J. Paul Guyer, P.E., RA, Fellow ASCE, Fellow AEI, is a registered Mechanical Engineer, Civil Engineer, Fire Protection Engineer and Architect with over 44 years experience. For thirty-five of those years he was involved in the design of buildings.

Mr. Guyer worked for 17 years for the State of California designing very large facilities for the State Water Project and small to medium-size facilities for the State Park System. He then founded and served as president of a private architectural engineering firm designing small to medium size projects for government and private clients in the Pacific region for 18 years. Then, returning to government work, he served an additional 9 years in a senior staff position with the California legislature.

Mr. Guyer received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES (past and present)

American Society of Civil Engineers 

• Fellow
•  President, Sacramento Section
•  National Chairman, Urban Planning and Development Division
•  National Chairman, Land Development Committee
•  National Chairman, Land Use Committee
•  National Transportation Policy Committee
•  National Technical Activities Committee
•  National Management Group C
•  California State Council
•  Chairman, Legislative Committee, California State Council
•  Chairman, Transportation and Development Institute, Sacramento Section

Architectural Engineering Institute

• Fellow
•  National Chairman, Board of Governors

International Facilities Management Association
California Architects and Engineers Conference Committee
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
National Institute of Building Standards

Sacramento Engineers Club

• President

California Society of Professional Engineers

• State Vice President
• Chairman, Legislative Committee

California Legislative Council of Professional Engineers
International Conference of Building Officials
Building Owners and Managers Association

Sacramento Junior Chamber of Commerce

• Director

California Junior Chamber of CommerceDirector

• Chairman, Governmental Affairs

U.S. Committee of the International Commission on Large Dams

Davis Science Center (Explorit)

• Director

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Harland Bartholomew Award, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991, for contributions to the urban planning field
• Service Appreciation Award, Sacramento Section, ASCE, 1995
• Service to the Profession Award, Sacramento Section, ASCE, 1994
• Certificate of Appreciation, American Society of Civil Engineers for service as Chairman of Management Group C, 1991 and 1992
• Certificate of Appreciation, Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, 1989
• Certificate of Appreciation, American Society of Civil Engineers for service as Chairman of the Urban Planning and Development Division, 1988
• Certificate of Appreciation, American Society of Civil Engineers for service as Chairman of the Architectural Engineering Division, 1996
• Letter of Appreciation, Western Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command for F18 Support Facility, NAS Lemoore, CA, 1981
• Outstanding Service Award, California Society of Professional Engineers, 1973
• Unit Citation Award, California Department of Water Resources, 1970
• Outstanding Service Award, California Society of Professional Engineers,  1968 and 1969
• Presidential Award of Honor, Sacramento Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1968
• Certificate of Merit, Sacramento Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1967
• Legislative Resolution Citation, California State Senate, 1966
• Listed, Who's Who in Science and Engineering

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS AND TECHNICAL REPORTS

• A Review of the 2002 California Infrastructure Plan, California Legislature, Legislative
  Analyst’s Office
• Design-Build: An Alternative Construction System, California Legislature, Legislative
  Analyst’s Office
• Funding UC Research Facilities, California Legislature, Legislative Analyst’s Office
• Building Standards in Higher Education, California Legislature, Legislative Analyst’s Office
• Flexible Facility Utilization Standards, California Legislature, Legislative Analyst’s Office
• UC Research Facilities, California Legislature, Legislative Analyst’s Office
• 1998-99 California Budget Bill Analysis – Capital Outlay (co-author), California
  Legislature, Legislative Analyst’s Office
  1999-2000 California Budget Bill Analysis – Capital Outlay (co-author), California Legislature, Legislative Analyst’s Office
• 2000-01 California Budget Bill Analysis – Capital Outlay (co-author), California
  Legislature, Legislative Analyst’s Office
• 2001-02 California Budget Bill Analysis – Capital Outlay (co-author), California
  Legislature, Legislative Analyst’s Office
• 2002-03 California Budget Bill Analysis – Capital Outlay (co-author), California Legislature, Legislative Analyst’s Office2003-04 California Budget Bill Analysis – Capital Outlay (co-author), California
  Legislature, Legislative Analyst’s Office
• 2004-05 California Budget Bill Analysis – Capital Outlay (co-author), California Legislature, Legislative Analyst’s Office
• 2005-06 California Budget Bill Analysis – Capital Outlay (co-author), California Legislature, Legislative Analyst’s Office
• Electromagnetic Pulse Isolation Using a Short Fiber Optic Cable, Electronic Systems  Division, U.S. Air Force Systems Command.
• Smart Water Reactive Grouts for Underground Low-Level Radioactive Waste    Entombment Sites, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
• Application of Grouting Technology to Deep-Based Weapons Systems,  Ballistic   Missile Office, U.S. Air Force.
• Rapidly Deployable Electromagnetically Lossy Blanket System, U.S. Defense Nuclear  Agency.
• State-of-the-Art Groundwater Control for ICBM Deep Basing, Ballistic Missile Office,  U.S. Air Force.
• A Vision for the Architectural Engineering Division, Journal of Architectural Engineering,  American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Planning and Development Manual, California Department of Parks and Recreation.
• Planning and Development Guidelines, California Department of Parks and Recreation.
• Arithmetic Integration of Restricted Orifice Surge Chambers, California Department of  Water Resources.
• Construction Direction.....a New Way of Looking at Things,  Journal of Architectural  Engineering,  American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Editor, Infrastructure for Urban Growth, American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Editor, Recreation Planning, American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Editor, An Introduction to Architectural Engineering, The Clubhouse Press
• Contributing Author, Recreation Planning Guide, American Society of Civil Engineers
• Member, Editorial Board, ASCE Journal of Planning and Development
• Peer Reviewer, ASCE Journal of Architectural Engineering