Scott Brace is a track construction veteran with more than 35 years of business and industry leadership. Since joining RailWorks in 1998, he has been instrumental in developing the company's North American track construction network and has successfully completed many strategic projects, including RailWorks' first light rail LRT project, the Hiawatha LRT in Minneapolis. Scott began his career with Railroad Service, Inc., beginning as a track laborer and operator, then opening and managing a branch office in Fargo, North Dakota, and later becoming its owner. During his 27 years of service, he built the company into the leading railroad contactor in the region. Scott has an accomplished record of industry leadership, including service as chairman and a 15-year board member for the National Railroad Construction Maintenance Association, Inc. (NRC), president of the Northwest Maintenance Railway Club, and a board member of the Minnesota Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. He currently serves as a REMSA board director.