Category: CONSTRUCTION

         FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION MANAGER           Summary    Highly motivated professional responsible for managing overall construction projects and building maintenance. Extensive commercial construction experience, from initial concept, design, and throughout construction. Responsible for handling organizational functions and building sustainability and environmental considerations. Outstanding interpersonal skills, communication, negotiation, and extensive experience interacting with all levels of construction professionals. Direct correspondence with military officers, upper government management, architectural, and engineering firms throughout Nebraska, general contractors, and subcontractors on all size of projects from multi-million dollar facilities to roof repairs. Provide strategic planning and implementation of construction. Responsive to challenges dealing with emergency situations and problems that arise on any construction site. Admired for the ability to make any task an opportunity to showcase the team involved. Analytical thinker, with attention to detail and high expectations, which are of the utmost importance to provide a quality product to any customer.           Experience      Facilities Construction Manager    January 2005   to   Current     Company Name   －   City  ,   State      Solely responsible for capital construction project management up to $35 Million, including the new military headquarters building in Lincoln, NE.  Manage Architects, Engineers, General Contractors and Subcontractors.  Responsible for following Army regulations and guidelines in building design.  Ultimately responsible for all inspections of buildings supporting state and federal military operations.  Solely responsible for the coordination and design, construction and maintenance of the Nebraska National Guards 2500 Square Foot Data Center, which was designed to TIA/EIA standards, integrated climate controls, triple redundant HVAC, dual 200Kw UPS systems, 750KVA emergency power generator and chemical fire suppression.  Responsible for overseeing all IT equipment and infrastructure.  Instrumental in the implementation of statewide life safety systems designed to shut down HVAC systems in the event of a biological attack in a building and provide preprogrammed audible direction in the event of any form of emergency from fire and tornados to terrorist attacks.  Primary coordinator of space management, furniture planning, procurement, and installation.  Cross coordination with Master Planning, Environmental, Financial, and Facility Management.  Briefings to Senior Construction and Facilities Officer to facilitate program updates to The Adjutant General and Governor of the State of Nebraska Additional responsibilities include maintaining the CAD standards and managing as-built drawings for over 350 buildings at 48 locations state wide.          Project Manager / Estimator    January 2002   to   January 2005     Company Name   －   City  ,   State      Instrumental in procuring company projects up to $10 million.  Managed all aspects of commercial construction projects.  Supervised field superintendents and associated crews.  Solely responsible for obtaining necessary construction permits for entire firm.  Established detailed project schedules and updated 2 week look ahead schedules with input from superintendents.  Conducted weekly job site inspections and progress meetings.  Presented project status and budget information to owners.  Highly skilled in coordinating subcontractors, suppliers, and owner supplied materials.  Solely responsible for processing project submittals and architectural requests for information.  In charge of pricing, reviewing, processing and tracking change orders.  Collected and reviewed subcontract bids.  Proficient in reviewing architectural plans and developing project estimates.          Office Manager and Assistant Party Chief    January 2000   to   January 2002     Company Name   －   City  ,   State      Managed survey crews.  Prioritized job orders.  Processed billing statements.  Coordinated fieldwork assignments for all employees.  Provided field work and drafting for topographical surveys, boundary surveys, improvement location reports, and elevation certificates.  Researched and analyzed various county plats.  Provided survey documentation to appropriate banking institutions and insurance companies.  Compiled construction staking for commercial and residential construction sites.          Education      Bachelor of Science   :   Construction Management      University of Nebraska   －   City  ,   State      Construction Management          Pre-Engineering Studies      Peru State College   －     State  ,   Peru    Pre-Engineering Studies        Skills    Army, banking, billing, budget, CAD, direction, documentation, drafting, EIA, Financial, HVAC, insurance, managing, materials, meetings, pricing, procurement, progress, project management, safety