DENNIS L. CHENOWETH


39 West 70th Terracedlchenoweth[at]gmail.com
Kansas City, MO 64113www.linkedin.com/pub/dennis-chenoweth/12/97b/747Cell: 816.365.1575

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Well regarded senior team member with a proven 20 year record of accomplishment in leading key capital construction projects for multi-site healthcare facilities. Respected team leader and valued business partner with a collaborative approach that engages teams and individuals across organizational functions to achieve shared goals. Customer focused leader able to pinpoint business needs and deliver innovative solutions. Persuasive and influential communicator with strong presentation skills. Action-oriented, problem solver known for ability to step in and get results. Regarded as a go-to-person for flawless execution of business partnering and project development with core expertise in:
Strategic PlanningProcess & performance improvement Teambuilding / Leadership
Operations ManagementExecutive Negotiations & Presentations Program / Project Leadership
Budget ManagementProblem Solving / Decision Making Facilities Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


SAUDI ARAMCO MEDICAL SERVICES ORGANIZATION(SAMSO), JAN-APRIL 2010
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Facility Engineer
Reviewed existing Facilities Design and Construction Policies developed for the Petrochemical Industry and provided alternatives that are more closely aligned with Healthcare Facilities Practices.


SAINT LUKES HEALTH SYSTEM (SLHS), Kansas City, MO1988 2009
Senior Director
Directed and project managed master planning, zoning variance, and schematics through construction document design, bidding, construction administration and project closeout for over 500 projects on the 11 hospital campuses valued in excess on one billion dollars. Led and motivated teams of talented people. All successes were joint successes.

Responsible for working with White House Advance Team and Secret Service Presidential Detail to insure a flawless Healthcare Roundtable Discussion with President Bush at Saint Lukes East Lees Summit Health Campus.

Negotiated and brokered a unique three-legged partnership with Johnson Controls, Inc., ADJ-HUX and SLHS to provide plant operations and maintenance services for 9 of Saint Lukes Health Systems 13 major locations. This partnership has resulted in $11.7 million savings since its inception.

Directed design/construction and negotiations with Kansas City Parks Board to construct a $1.2 million chilled water loop project through park property which provided significant energy savings and
redundancy to SLHS Wornall campus.

Developed RFPs and negotiated five-year purchasing agreements for capital equipment that provided significant first cost and end operational savings through out SLHS.

Managed the design and construction of a 2 year project State of the Art Energy Center and 575 space parking structure. This $42 million project is designed for future capacity and maximum energy savings.
Directed design and construction of a 5-story, 75,000 square foot vertical expansion. This structure included a rooftop dual pad heliport over Saint Lukes Mid America Heart Institutes existing five-story facility. Encountering a winter challenged by severe weather, this project was completed six months ahead of schedule and 900,000 dollars under budget.
Directed Saint Lukes Hospital of Kansas City 25-year master plan including zoning variations, traffic studies and urban planning for a major expansion on the main campus to create the new Saint Lukes. The total budget for Phase I of this plan is 350 million dollars.
Created, developed and directed a unique partnership between key contractors and SLHS. This partnership controls and manages an insurance program that saves the health system $2.4 million versus the cost of the then existing conventional insurance programs. This program is completely unique to the construction industry.
Developed and managed a master plan featured in the Healthcare Facilities Management journal for construction of a new $130 million 46-acre, 305,000 square foot suburban hospital on time and ahead of schedule.
Provided leadership and expertise that resulted in a key and successful county election in Anderson County, Kansas which raised the mill levy and funded the renovation and modernization of the Anderson County Hospital, established as a part of the funding which resulted from the Hill-Burton Act, and managed by SLHS. Funding for this project was $3.2 million project.
Additional noteworthy projects include:
Two-story patient towers and central plant at SLHS Barry Road campus.
Addition and renovation of surgery and emergency department with no disruption in surgical services at SLHS Wornall campus.
Two-story 17,500 square foot level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and a 20 bed Neuro Surgical Intensive Care Unit built over existing surgical suites at SLHS Wornall campus.
A funding gap that was halting the efforts to build a remarkable two-story, 11,000 square foot Childrens SPOT (a Speech, Occupational Heal and Physical Therapy Clinic) was created as a by-product of the 9/11 disaster.
Personally engaged the local construction community, using long-standing relationships with organized labor, contractors, suppliers and manufacturers, to generate $400,000 in cash donations plus in-kind labor and materials donations in excess of $800,000.
In addition to being recognized for this effort by Saint Lukes CEO, Richard G. Hastings, and the community. This will long be one of my most coveted accomplishments.
Directed the design and construction of a new $4,000,000, 45,000 square foot Information Systems Office and Corporate Data Center. The office design was based on a raised floor architecture supporting over 130 personnel. The Data Center design consisted of UPS and closed system HVAC system infrastructures supported by backup diesel generator and 100 ton chiller.

Directed design and construction of a $2.5 million UPS electrical power and HVAC expansion to support increased data center operating loads. The design included installation of two parallel 450 KVA UPS units, one 1000 KW back diesel generator and one 200 ton chiller unit.


TITAN CONSTRUCTION, INC., Olathe, KS1987-1988
Construction Executive
Developed business contacts and marketing strategies in pursuit of Federal Government
Construction Contracts

WAGNER-HOHNS-INGLIS, Mount Holly, NJ 1981-1987
Senior Scheduling & Claims & Litigation Consultant
Developed and monitored Critical Path Method (CPM) schedules for clients throughout
The United States. Clients included general contractors, specialty contractors, developers,
Health Systems and Governmental Agencies

Participated (Expert Witness) in numerous depositions and arbitration hearings defending
Delay Claims utilizing CPM Analysis

Expanded client base and profit margins for the Kansas City Regional Office

HARRINGTON & CORTELYOU, INC., Kansas City, MO1979-1981
Design Engineer
Provided field engineering for transportation projects

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Developing and Defending Delay Claims Utilizing the Critical Path Method Analysis
Kansas City, MOSeptember 1984

NATIONAL HEALTHCARE FACILITIES SUMMIT TAMPA, FLNovember 2004
Developing Master Plans for Healthcare Campuses

Panelist Round Table Discussion
Issues Confronting Healthcare Facility Managers in the 21st Century


EDUCATION AND TRAINING

B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Missouri, Rolla, MO

SixSigma Greenbelt, Villanova University, Philadelphia, PA