Jan. 2010 – Nov. 2010 Welty Building Company Fairlawn, OH
Pre-Construction Sr.
Estimator
§ Lead Estimator on all projects for the
new North Carolina office which opened in late Fall 2009.
§ Responsible for entire bid process
including but not limited to bid proposal forms, solicitation of
subs/suppliers, creating estimate and bid day operations for mostly hard bid
and short-list bid projects.
§ Responsible for developing new subcontractor
and supplier database for North Carolina market which included TN, NC, SC and
VA
§ Responsible for Pre-Construction
activities on Construction Management projects which included but not limited
to budgeting, value engineering, leading team meetings with project
consultants , constructability reviews, assembling bid proposal packages and solicitation of subcontractors and suppliers.
§ Review and award bid proposal packages
which included negotiating and writing contracts and purchase orders.
§ Responsible for Turnover Meeting with
Project Manager after contracts were awarded and project budget was
established.
Oct. 2006 – 2009
Thompson Thrift Construction/Development Terre Haute, IN
Pre-Construction
Manager
§ Responsible for the entire project
budget, design and contracts from project conception to construction start.
§ Met with owners initially to go over their
potential project and then work up a preliminary budget estimate and proposal
based on meeting.
§ Met with owners to discussion preliminary
budget proposal and potential value engineering ideas that they may want to
pursue to help reduce project costs
§ Responsible for hiring and managing the
architectural, structural, civil and MEP engineers for each project.
§ Conduct and led design meetings to ensure
design was progressing and keeping project within budget and meeting owner’s needs.
§ Responsible for subcontractor and vendor
solicitation for the project. This often involved traveling to new locations
to meet with new contractors and local agencies.
§ Met with owners to go over final
construction proposal once bids were received and finalized contract.
§ Responsible for buying out the project
after contract was signed and transferring to Timberline Job Cost prior to
turnover to Project Managers for construction.
§ Responsible for maintaining Timberline
Database and creating assemblies and templates for the different disciplines
of work performed.
Jan. 2005 – Aug. 2006 C.H. Garmong & Son Inc. Terre Haute, IN
Estimating Manager
§ Responsible for the overall day-to-day
operations of Estimating Department.
§ Worked with Marketing/Business
Development Department on project proposals and client interviews.
§ Supervised and managed two full-time Estimators
and co-ops/interns.
§ Responsible for putting together hard-bid,
design-build, negotiated and budget estimates for the entire company.
§ Responsible for developing subcontractor and
vendor relationships in existing market area as well as new market areas as
needed.
§ Responsible for seeking out and
developing new clients in market area.
§ Purchased and Implementation of
Timberline Estimating Software company wide.
Feb. 2003 – Dec. 2004 BACAR Constructors Nashville, TN
Sr. Estimator
§ Lead Estimator on design-build,
negotiated and short-list hard bid projects.
§ Responsible for subcontractor and vendor
solicitation for each project. This often involved traveling to new locations
across the country.
§ Responsible for quantity take-off for
Divisions #1 – #14, including self-perform trades (Concrete and Carpentry)
§ Managed project team meetings with architects,
engineers and consultants to maintain project budget and schedule.
§ Assisted in scheduling of project with
the Project Manager and General Superintendent.
§ Assisted Project Manager in buy-out and
initial turnover of project.
§ Managed smaller projects that I estimated
when Project Managers were busy.
§ Installed Timberline updates and maintained
Timberline database with current information.
Jan. 1997 – Jan.
2003 Doster
Construction Company Birmingham, AL
Estimator
/ Sr. Estimator Nashville, TN
§ Lead Estimator on mostly hard bid
projects ranging from $1 Million to $45 Million
§ Responsible for assigning work
responsibilities to other estimators for take-off and subcontractor coverage
§ Compiled and sent out subcontractor
bidding list using Constructware
§ Performed quantity take-offs for
Divisions #1 - #14 including self=perform trades (Concrete and Carpentry)
§ Managed internal project team meetings
with Estimators, Co-ops, and Project Managers
§ Assisted in the scheduling of the project
with the Project Manager and Superintendent
§ Responsible for the timely completion and
accuracy of the estimate.
§ Reviewed estimate with the Chief
Estimator before bid day.
§ Analyzed subcontractor scopes and
material supplier prices.
§ Assisted the Project Manager in the
buy-out and initial start-up of the project.
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