BRIAN L. COOPER

South Carolina
Senior Construction Project Manager

Education - Training

Clemson University
BS Civil Engineering - 1992

Greenville Technical
College
Construction Law
Seminar

OSHA

Primavera- Advanced
Expedition
Project Planner P3
Scheduling
Suretrack

Timberline - Advanced
Precision Estimating

Microsoft - Advanced
Project
Excel
Word
Outlook
Access
Powerpoint

Oracle

SC/NC General Contractor
License Qualifier
SC LLR Elevator Review Board
Association of General
Contractors

DISC Profile
OSHA
ISO 14000 14001

Wonderlic 98 percentile

Civil Organizations

United Way
Habitat for Humanity
Mt. Calvary Presbyterian
Church Roebuck, SC
Ruling Elder
Teacher
Board of Deacons
Chairman 1998 to 02
Mission to North America

Professional Estimators Association




BRIAN L. COOPER
Sr. Construction Manager
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References upon
request Objective
Serve others by making a positive difference in the construction related industry.
Develop, manage, lead, succeed, and challenge with every opportunity.
Help build, maintain, and grow successful teams, individuals, leaders and myself.

Core Experience
Twenty years of hands-on construction and construction management experience, progressing from concrete laborer through the ranks to Director of Construction.
Competent in heavy industrial, commercial, and healthcare.
Combination of construction knowledge, experience, strong integrity and ethics, communication skills and leadership have ensured under budget, on time, quality and successful completion of every single project in my career.
Excellent communicator, conflict negotiation & resolution, creative problem solver, results oriented, International experience.
Detailed construction management performance and procedures.

Talent Inventory
Complete Project Management, Program management, Contract Administration, Negotiation, Management, Travel and Site assignments, International capability
Team Building, Goal Setting, Mentoring.
Civil, Structural, Electrical, HVAC, Medical Gas, Mechanical drawing and design review
Site Management, Estimating, Scheduling, Budgeting, Profit Loss Report, Quality Control, Storm Water, Tunneling, Paving, Utilities
Human Resources, Davis Bacon, Employee hiring, termination, and performance review
RFI, RFP, protocol, shop drawing, submittal maintenance, CSI Specification author

Career Highlights and Results
AnMed Area Medical Center$110,000,000
oDirector of Construction Administration, collaborative effort of master plan development and implementation
oWomen's & Children's Hospital, Cancer Center, Cardiopulmonary-Orthopedic Center
oOfficiated contract dispute resolution replacing general contractor avoiding litigation
oIntroduced multimillion dollar construction cost and time savings program
Bellsouth/AT&T Southeastern Headquarters$26,000,000
oPromoted to senior management assuming direction of failing $26 million contract
oEight story, reinforced concrete, office complex with parking garage
oConflict resolution, team building and Zero lost time accidents
oCompleted on time, increased profit/loss from -1.5% to 6.9% gross profit

Bridgestone USA Aircraft Tire Industrial,$13,000,000
omulti prime partnering effort with CH2M Hill
ogreen revitalization and relocation of industrial manufacturing plant
ovalue engineering efforts saved over $1,000,000

Professional Experience
2007- presentDirector of Construction
1995-2007Senior Construction Project Manager
1999 - 2007 Healthcare Construction Manager
1990 - 1995 Field Engineer - Estimator - Project Manager

Director of Construction
Arby's Corporation - Atlanta, GA - 2007 to present
oOversee corporate restaurant construction operations for NC, SC, TN and FL
oNew stores, renovations, site selection and emergency response/disaster relief efforts
oSupervise over 100 team members and employees
oManage solicitation, selection and performance of general contractor, architect and engineering teams
oSuccessfully achieved company goals on time and under budget

Senior Construction Manager/Healthcare Manager
Roebuck Buildings Co. - Spartanburg, SC - 2004 to 2007
oDirectly manage business solicitation, preconstruction services, estimating, consulting, design, execution, staffing, employee training, site management, cost control, profitability
oDesign build, hard bid and negotiated healthcare, pharmaceutical, industrial, ecumenical projects ranging $500,000 to $11,000,000
oSuccessful project completion securing multimillion dollar record profits with zero accidents.

Director of Healthcare Construction Administration - Corporate Associate
JHM Architects, Pazdan Smith Group - 2001-2004
oExecute program management of preconstruction, contract administration, and construction administration
oCertificate of Need, DHEC, constructability review, RFP, design review, budgeting, quality control, field inspection
oHospital System Owner's Representative

Project Manager
BEERS - Beers/Skanska - Greenville, SC - 1999-2001
oProject range from $2,000,000 to $26,000,000
oTrained Assistant Project Manager and Superintendents
oPromoted to Sr. Project Manger assuming responsibility of BellSouth Program
oSuccessful conflict resolution of BellSouth project resulting in zero accidents, profit recovery, on time completion and no litigation

Civic Endeavors
Mt. Calvary Presbyterian Church
oRuling Elder, Board of Deacons, Chairman 1998 to 2002
oYouth Leader and Missions Director, Teacher
oMission to North American
United Way
Habitat for Humanity

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