Experience2009 PresentNew National LLC. (A Related Group Partner)Miami Beach, Fl. Construction Manager The National Hotel: $55M renovation while maintaining the hotel open, with 152 suites in an Art Deco hotel originally built in 1939 within the historic district of Miami Beach. Implementation of all construction protocols from Letters of Intent, Contracts, Purchase Orders, Insurance requirements, Accounting Department practices, and CPM schedule development.
2005 2008The Related GroupMiami, Fl. Construction Manager The Plaza on Brickell: $225M, 1,000 Unit, two tower (57 story and 45 story towers) condominium sitting upon a 10 level parking garage with 25,000 SF retail commercial area, totaling over 2,000,000 SF built. Overall management of contractors, design team, schedule, and ownership interests culminating in a successful project repaying the project bank loan in full and exceeding projected profits. Creation of Requests For Proposals and evaluation culminating with selection of contractors and procurement of materials. Preparation of subcontracts and scopes of work through review of plans and specifications and negotiation of proposals. Review with acceptance and/or rejection of all general contractor and subcontractor Requests For Change Orders. Thorough knowledge of Contractual Scopes of Work required along with the ability to research architect and engineer drawings in order to determine actual costs with fair market values. Complete project management from bidding stages to construction, to Field Work Directives, to RFI and Submittal review, Application for Payment reviews, punch lists, warranties, as-builts, and project turnover. Coordinate Developer, Architect, Engineers, and GC through clear communication including RFIs, ASIs, architect directives, shop drawings and submittals, signed & sealed drawings, field inspections, regular schedule meetings, and regular Owner/Architect/GC meetings to ensure early completion of project.
PreConstruction and Purchasing Agent for Mexico, Central America, and South America Solicitation of domestic and foreign contractors and subcontractors and contractual negotiations based upon architectural and engineer drawings and specifications, and Owner requirements. Review and approval of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico project of subcontractor applications for payment.
2004 2005Suffolk Construction Company, Inc.West Palm Beach, Fl. Project Manager / Cost Engineer Latitude: $135M Project ,Phase One- Latitude on the River, 452 unit, 42-story condominium. Phase Two- Latitude One, $45M, 22-story mixed use space in Miami, Fl. Both Phases built concurrently. Analyze and create contract agreements, implementation of Owner changes, and structure management. Implementation and responsibility of subcontractor changes, from notifications of changes through execution of prime contract change orders. 117 PCOs created through structure.
1995 2003Miller & Solomon General Contractors, Inc.Miami, Fl. Various Positions held from Chief Estimator to Project Management Positions High-Rise contractor for fast track quality and safe projects with contractual minimum 10 Hour Days- 6 day work weeks in order to minimize build time and complete construction ahead of schedule. Duties include determination of scopes of work, review of subcontract proposals, manual and electronic takeoffs, and preparation of GC proposals and qualifications for review with developers and architects. Projects ranging from hard bids such as the Hamptons, $87M, 28 story luxury condo with 40,000 SF typical floors, to conceptual proposals as with One Riverview Square (GSA), $13M, 8 story commercial/office building with a 3 level garage. Responsible for training staff on computer hardware and applications, and company procedures.
1992 1995Oren DevelopmentSurfside, Fl.
EducationContinual training such as attending FMI seminars and the Construction Estimating Institute. 2001 2003Florida International UniversityMiami, Fl. College of Engineering, studies in Construction Management. 1997 1998 Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Fl. Associate in Arts in Construction Management earned.
SkillsProficient in Prolog, Expedition, Timberline and Ziatek estimating/digitizing software, Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, PowerPoint and Project (Schedules), Autodesk View, and fluent in Spanish.
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