Name : Gene Marsh
Industry Type : Highway - Heavy Contractors
City & State : Birmingham, Alabama
Job Title Estimator/Project manager
Relocation Preferences : South East
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Gene Marsh
Post office box 1592
Pell City, Alabama 35125
Phone 205-288-5610
E-mail gmarsh1948[at]aol.com

Summary: Over 23 years progressively responsible project management in large scale projects. And multiple projects with direct reports of project managers
Highway, Road, Subdivisions, Dams Sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water, asphalt
CAREER/SKILL KNOWLEDGE
Cost estimating
Permitting process
Contract administration
Bid/award process
Liaison with government, agencies
Construction management
Plan/constructability review
Managing multiple projects
Bid packaging, contract negotiating, scheduling/planning
Cost/production control, project close out
20 years experience in the heavy construction industry

Work History:
May 2008 through present:
Consulting with contractors
Take off proposed projects to bid
Preparing hard bid packages
Writing subcontracts

2005 through April 2008:
Bartlett Contracting Company Birmingham, Alabama
Project manager/Estimator:
Plan and seek projects consistent with company marketing strategy, while managing details associated with individual projects
Visit proposed project site to determine site conditions
Review plans to compare existing conditions to proposed
Take quantities off of design plans-using pay dirt software
Determine type and amount of equipment to install project
Review project quantities to apply the personnel for project
Calculate labor, equipment, materials and subcontractors cost
Secure equipment and calculate cost
Pre bid meetings
Prepare hard bid package
Submit hard bid
Project management
Develop and implement pre construction meeting with design engineer and owner to resolve any issues that may be involved with construction
Develop project construction schedule
Negotiate and prepare trade contracts of sub contractors
Authorize material and equipment purchases
Conduct shop drawings and submittal review
Prepare and review monthly construction pay request
Review all change orders prepare and execute any and all change orders
Review and develop cost tracking, production, and cost projections report
Review with design engineer close out paper work
Expedite with design engineer and owner project punch list completion and final payment

Project supervision
Direct and over see Superintendent and construction team
Develop and implement safety and compliance program
Review safety meeting documents
Conduct weekly project progress meeting
Conduct and maintain quality assurance of materials quality of workmanship
Review and maintain construction compliance and contract documents
Facilitate owner and acceptances of project

1998 through 2005: Ocet Inc. Leeds, Alabama


Operations Manager: develop and administer estimating team
Develop and administer accounting department
Securing civil projects through negotiating and/or hard bid process
Taking quantities off of plans (cubic yards of soils, materials)
Determine if the project is an balanced, waste or borrow project
Cost estimating (labor, equipment, materials, and sub contractors.)
Solicit suppliers and subcontract bids
Reviewing and authorizing payments of vendors and subcontractors
Review and implement monthly progress payments
Securing bonding, insurance, permits etc.
Preparing bid proposal package
Submitting hard bids

1988 through 1997 Ground Engineering, Birmingham, Alabama

Department manager subsurface investigating
Plan and seek projects consistent with company marketing strategy
Bid or quote jobs based on profitability and overall market strategy
Review and critique cost estimates and take off of plans in a timely manner
Maintain knowledge of updated production rates, subs labor rate, pricing methods, cost containment and value engineering methods
Implement programs to promote cost effectiveness
Train new hires
Manage change orders, field work orders, and all budgetary items associated
Directly supervise field staff
Maintain all job journals
Create construction schedule and monitor cost and production
Manage billing with CFO
Schedule, conduct progress meeting with design engineer and client
Manage subcontractors, progress and invoicing


Subsurface drilling to obtain splt spoon samples in order to classify soils to determine soil strengths/weakness for structure foundation
Determine depth of rock, type of rock characteristics
Install monitoring wells

Projects

Fultondale Subdivision, Fultondale, Alabama

Clearing and grubbing 205 acre
Design, developed environmental safe burning system
Excavation of 1.4 million cubic yards mass rock and soils
Design and developed excavation method to utilize rock excavation in slopes and earth dams
Installed 7.6 miles gravity sanitary sewer
Design and developed storm water out fall
Installed network of highway and bridges

Water reservoir Chattanooga, Tn.
Core drill and collected soil and rocks samples for construction of 60,000 acre reservoir dam classify soils and rock to determine the presents of fractures/faults for the construction of earth dam

Highway 31 bridge Decatur, Alabama
Developed and implemented drilling method on the Tennessee River
60 feet of water, 30 feet of silt, 70 feet rock
Collect core samples of bed rock
To determine the characteristics of bed rock for the construction of a 4 lane bridge across the Tennessee River
Conduct daily meetings with ALDOT design engineers on projects progress and conflicting issues ie barge traffic, weather conditions




Weaver Avenue Leeds, Alabama Jan. 2006 June 2007
7 mile four lane highway
1.2 million cubic yards mass excavation
Sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water, asphalt paving, and curb and gutter
Developed and implemented construction method to remove and stabilize unsuitable soils, to improve the integrity of the asphalt paving foundation
Developed and design rerouting of quad 72 inch storm drain
Developed and implemented flood relief storm water out fall after massive flooding.





Oliver Lock and Dam, Northport, Alabama

Install coffer dams across Warrior River
2.4 million cubic yards mass earth excavation
Diversion channels 4 each 75x 4500 Lined with class 2 Rip Rap
Install 750,000 tons Rip Rap

Pensacola Water, Pensacola, Florida

Installed 6,200 24 Barge pipe across Pensacola Bay

Fort Walton Water- Fort Walton, Florida
Installed 7,300 20 Barge pipe across Choctawwohatchee Bay

O.S.H.A. 40 hour training
F.E.M.A. Opp training

Education: B.S.C.E. University of Central Florida (1973)
Geotechnical University of Alabama Birmingham

Equipment Rock trucks dozers, excavators, scrapers,

Software: Pay dirt, Timberline, MS word, excel

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