James J. Brady

Founder and President

James Brady was born in Connecticut and graduated from Renssaelaer Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. Mr. Brady has over 40 years of Construction Experience providing services to Project Owners, Design Engineers and Contractors. He is the Founder and President of B-U Corp.

In 1981, Mr. Brady formed B-U Corp which provides consulting services for Owners and Design Engineering Firms, while allowing him to remain an active contractor. Since then to the present, Mr. Brady has divided his time equally between "hands on" construction and consulting work for Owners, Engineers and Contractors. He has been an active participant in the resolution of disputes and has served, and is currently serving on, several Dispute Resolution Boards (D R.B's). He has appeared as a consultant and expert witness before numerous Arbitration Boards. James Brady has also served as a consultant and expert witness in the Mini-trial procedure as developed by the Army Corp of Engineers. His most recent construction experience was the clearance improvement of the two Railroad Tunnels in Pennsylvania. B-U Corp. also recently constructed the hard-rock Wine Storage Cavern in eastern United States.

Since 1981, Mr. Brady and B-U Corp. have successfully participated in all types of underground construction projects. The projects have included cut and cover, drill and blast, N.A.T.M., soft ground TBM, roadheader, i and hard rock T.B.M. The dollar value of these projects has varied greatly from $350,000 for a storage cavern to the Long Island Railroad East Side Access project study at $3.5 billion. His balance between world wide consulting and actual "hands on" construction enable B-U Corp. to continuously provide the most up to date methods on projects of all sizes.

Two B-U Corp commissions of particular interest were The Israeli Government's Dead Sea Pump Storage Project and the evaluation of contractor methods for the Roosevelt Dam. The Dead Sea Project began as a feasibility study for the world's first credible "perpetual motion" machine. Based upon this study, the exploratory tunnel was built. At Roosevelt Dam, the B-U Corp. evaluation of contractor's methods for the new water intake tunnel and lake tap for the Bureau of Reclamation represented a radical departure from United States bidding practices. Their selection of the successful bidder was based upon his methods and expertise instead of upon price.

Mr. Brady's early construction experience began in 1962 as a field engineer for S. J. Groves and Sons Company where he was rapidly promoted to Project Engineer on a multi-million dollar highway project near Middletown, New York. Mr. Brady was later assigned to Groves' Estimating and Engineering Division. By 1967, he had risen to Chief Regional Engineer, with the added responsibility of overseeing engineering on current projects. In 1969 S. J. Groves was successful bidder on a major water supply tunnel and Mr. Brady was appointed Project Engineer. Here he gained experience with rock bolts, Shotcrete and T.B.M. excavation by association with tunnel pioneer Kirk Fox.

In 1971, Mr. Brady was engaged by Mr. Fox of the Gates and Fox Company, as Project Manager for the New England Power Company's Bear Swamp Pump Storage Project. Through the course often years his increasing experience earned him the position of Vice President and Operations Manager, and with it the responsibility for all underground civil construction.

Mr. Brady's largest project during this period was Virginia Electric Power Company's Bath County Pump Storage Project. This 2,100 Mesa Watt plant is the largest pump storage facility in the United States The Project had 1.3 million yards of underground drill, blast excavation, four miles of T.B.M. excavation, 28 ft diameter concrete tunnel linings and seven shafts (three of which were blind shafts over 1000 ft deep").

Jim Brady is an active member in several professional Associations, including the prestigious Moles Organization. He has lectured on the construction industry practices and projects, and has taught courses on construction estimating.