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Robert B. Daigh P.E. began his tenure as the Senior Director of Infrastructure for Williamson County in September of 2009.  Prior to joining the County, Robert retired from the Texas Department of Transportation where he held a variety of positions through his career including Austin District Engineer, Deputy Director of TxDOT’s Turnpike Division, and the Director of Turnpike Planning and Development for the Turnpike Division. In these assignments, Robert was instrumental in the planning, design and construction of the  $3.2 billion SH 130, SH 45 & LP1 toll system. 

Before joining TxDOT, Robert, for almost a decade designed structures in seismic and non-seismic areas around the globe for a Houston based consulting firm.  Recognition received includes the 2003 Texas A&M Gibb Gilchrist award for “Outstanding service in highway engineering” and the 2005 Capital Area Council of Governments Jack Griesenbeck award for “Leadership in Regionalism”. Robert is a 1977 civil engineering graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and was inducted into the UT Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni in 2018.