Loulakis

Michael C. (Mike) Loulakis is president and CEO of Capital Project Strategies, LLC, a Reston, VA-based consulting firm providing procurement, contracting, and risk management services. He holds a civil engineering degree from Tufts University and a law degree from Boston University School of Law.

Mike has over 30 years of experience advising public and private sector owners on capital project programs. He is particularly well-known for his extensive background in alternative project delivery systems such as EPC, design-build, and public-private partnerships. Prior to forming Capital Project Strategies, he was a shareholder in the national construction law firm of Wickwire Gavin, PC, where he served as chairman and president.

Mike has particular expertise with large projects in the transportation, water, and tunneling sectors, and is well known in the private sector on power, petrochemical, and process industry projects. He frequently serves as a neutral in arbitrations, mediations, and dispute resolution boards. He has written numerous books on project delivery and design-build, and since 1981 has contributed the legal column for Civil Engineering magazine.

He and his wife, Karen, live in Great Falls, VA, and have three children.