Name : michael hecimovich
Industry Type : Construction Recruiters
City & State : northville, MI
Job Title commercial project site supereintendent
Relocation Preferences : south east, midwest
Objective :
Resume :  
Michael Hecimovich
20149 East Whipple Drive
Northville, MI 48167
248-349-3556

I have over 28 years combined experience in construction/facility management field. My experience includes commercial, industrial, educational health care, sports and retail construction which I have served as a project superintendent, facilities/project manager, construction owners representative, project engineer, director of properties, physical plant superintendent, assistant physical plant superintendent and apprentice tradesman. My goal is to secure a position with within an organization that will utilize my skills and knowledge while enhancing professional development.
Experience includes:
The Dailey Company: Lake Orion, MI 9/06-1/09 (Project Superintendent)
Conduct all team coordination, owners, architect/engineers, kick off, pre construction, invitation to bid interviews, subcontractor, MEP coordination, site specific safety, scope review meetings as well as review of constructability with build team, prepare all detailed schedules/milestone schedules/update biweekly, requests for information-logs, review pay apps, schedule of values, extras, field directives, logistics, submittals/submittal tracking logs and daily activities with extensive use of lap top computer and software programs.

Saint Cornelius Catholic Church: Dryden MI. Develop 5 acre site with all infrastructures, detention basin parking lot and 12,000 ft addition of masonry bearing, high bay wood timber truss structure. 2.2M
Macys- Fitting Rooms: Ann Arbor MI. Construct fitting rooms and renovate retail centers. 600K
Macys- Fitting Rooms: Fort Wayne IN. Construct fittings rooms and renovate retail centers. 850K
Sacred Heart Academy: West Bloomfield, MI.. Demolition of existing cafeteria and renovate to
classrooms. 1.1M
Macys Textile Rightsizing: Oakland Mall- Renovation of store sales floor and fixturing.700K.

TH Marsh Construction: Livonia, MI. 5/05-5/06 (Project Superintendent 50%/project mgr. 50%)
Copperfield Plaza: White Lake, MI.Site development of 4.5 acre green site (MDEQ-wetlands and Retension pond including all underground utilities (storm, sanitary, water, power, gas, and communications), paving, irrigation and landscaping. Construct building from ground up. Project manage portions (as required) of the buyout .Write work scopes of all site package, foundations, flatwork, exterior site concrete and fire alarm. Work directly with owner/s, architects, civil engineers, structural engineers, city consulting engineers. Complete ground up construction of building and tenant spaces (chain retail stores) for 25,000sf of retail shopping center. Constructions manage build out, buyout, work scopes with chain retailers architects. Shell building, approximately 3/4M est. build out. Detailed scheduling Microsoft project 2.5M

Demaria Construction Company: Novi, MI. 12/04-4/05 (Project Superintendent)
General Motors Tech Center VEC Mock Up: Build out of automotive prototype technical facility
Including 8ton crane rails, bedplates, Mohawk car hoists, wood/metal shops, dust collection systems, paint booth and all equipment install. 11M

Alternative Painting: Westland, MI. 8/2004-12/2004 (Supervision of Construction)
Manage construction and supervise various hospital renovation projects.




JM Olson Corporation: St Clair Shores, MI. 4/1999-7/28/04 (Project Superintendent) Conduct all team coordination, owners, architect/engineers, kick off, pre construction, invitation to bid interviews, subcontractor, MEP coordination, site specific safety, scope review meetings as well as review of constructability with build team, prepare all detailed schedules/milestone schedules/update biweekly, requests for information-logs, review pay apps, schedule of values, extras, field directives, logistics, submittals/submittal tracking logs and daily activities with extensive use of lap top computer and software programs.


Detroit Zoo Animal Hospital: Royal Oak, MI.. Approximate 25,000 ft. vet hospital including surgery, treatment, radiology, labs, animal holding cells, and offices. Site development of green site including all underground utilities as above project. Ground up construction of building. Work directly with owners representatives and zoo head vet/s through completion of project including all addendums for special animal cage areas. Construction value 5M. Conduct all owners, architect/engineers, kick off, pre construction, invitation to bid interviews, subcontractor, MEP coordination, site specific safety,
scope review meetings as well as review of constructability with build team, prepare all detailed schedules/milestone schedules/update biweekly, requests for information -logs, review pay apps, schedule of values, extras, field directives, logistics, submittals/submittal tracking logs and daily activities with extensive use of lap top computer and software programs.

Product Development Center: Ford Motor Company-Research and Engineering Center: Dearborn MI... Renovation of approximately 300,000 ft. occupied office space and 15000 s.f. phased demo/install 3 penthouse AHU-mechanical rooms. Manage composite UAW trades. Construction value 5M.
Hyatt Regency: Ford Land Development-Dearborn MI. Renovation / build out of banquet room, Kafays restaurant and conference center. Construction value approximately 2M
Shaffer Court Lincoln Mercury Testing Facilities: Ford Land Development-Dearborn MI... Approximately 10,000 ft. build out of vehicle testing facility including vehicle bedplates and hoisting systems, specialized HVAC systems. Construction value approximately 2M.
Oakland University School of Education and Human Resources: Rochester Hills, MI. Approximatly120000 ft 5 level building with basement (green site project). Ground up construction including building shell / envelope and interior construction of classrooms, labs, offices and atrium, paving, playground, landscaping. Construction value approximately 32M.
Oakland University- Detroit Edison Substation: Substation for School of Education/ new parking structure and university campus and future construction. Work concurrent to above project. Exterior specialty site work-concrete for Detroit Edison power distribution station. Construction value approximately 5M.
Ford Field- Detroit, MI: Completion 1st level of Old Hudsons Warehouse: Ground level included all commissary offices, docks, telecommunications and television distribution room/s, concession stands, concession store, ground level restrooms, elevator lobby, ticket booths, security main offices and central station, mechanical room/s . Came on board approximately 5 months from completion.
Dearborn Inn- Marriott Hotel: Ford Land Development-Dearborn MI (historic site). Approximately 5 acres of Oakwood Blvd/ West Road site entrance alterations including utility (storm, water) underground ,stone, concrete and bituminous paving, entrance masonry, signage, site lighting entrance, irrigation and landscaping. Scope adds of doors and window replacement and restoration.
Manage construction included UAW workforce/s.1.5M
Technology Review Center: Ford Motor Company-Research and Engineering Center-Dearborn MI... Approximately 8000 s.f. renovation of technology showroom center and lobby area Manage construction included UAW workforce/s. 1M
Vehicle Operations Assembly Testing Facility: Ford Motor Company-Dearborn MI... 3 story exterior renovation of glazing and granite stone faade. 1.5M.
College of Arts, Sciences and Letters: University of Michigan- Dearborn MI... Approximately 150000 feet with site develop green site including all underground utilities (storm, sanitary, water
communication, power, gas). Ground up construction. 4 level building exterior shell included serpentine
masonry, stainless steel roof and siding and radius glass atrium in courtyard and curtain wall.
Build project above during site underground, foundations, structural steel,
concrete floor, masonry, glazing, roofing, landscape rough, site paving, MEP rough in(primary switchgear,motor control, all piping systems, plumbing, HVAC equipment, duct, fire suppression and
metal studs phase of construction.

RA Demattia Company: Plymouth, MI. 1994-1999 (Project Superintendent)
Tomra of North America: Howell, MI. Approximately 80,000 feet green site construction including all
underground utilities (storm, sanitary, water, gas, power, communications. Complete build of site and
building. Building used for glass and aluminum can / bottle crushing. Building included approx. 20k feet
office area and 60,000 feet shop area which included conveying systems, 24- truck wells. This distribution
center is on a 5 acre site. Construction value approximately 6M.
Michigan Rod Products: Complete landscape, site lighting and closeout in conjunction with above project. Construction value approximately 500K
St. Germain Catholic Church: St. Clair Shores, MI... Approximately 14,000 feet activity center addition with gymnasium, bleachers, full service commercial kitchen and food prep rooms: Second addition with 6000 feet with music, computer labs, library and 15,000 feet parking lot and landscaping. Green site, ground up construction as above projects.4.5M

Strohs Arrow Cold Storage: Detroit MI. Ground up site and building construction. Approximately 60000 feet high bay cold storage facility with deep freeze -20 degrees. Ammonia compressors and fan coil units, rooftop cooling towers and looped glycol system embedded into concrete floors. Construction value approximately 5.5M.
Computer Data Center: University of Michigan- Ann Arbor, MI. Conversion of approximately
8000 feet of parking garage into computer center of statewide university internet system.
Construction value approximately 1.5M.

Kasco Incorporated: Huntington Woods, MI. 1993-1994 (Project Superintendent/PM)
Vencor/Oakwood Hospital: Allen Park, MI... Approximately 30,000 feet demolition and
renovation of respiratory floors, 25 patient, isolation rooms, nurses station, doctors
conference rooms, visitor lounge, patient showers, pharmacy labs and doctor offices. Construction
value approximately 3M. All projects healthcare facilities.
William Beaumont Hospital: Royal Oak, MI... Approximately 20,000 s.f. demo and buildout
of main pharmacy, labs, offices, conference and medical supply rooms. Construction value
approximately 2M.
William Beaumont Hospital: Royal Oak, MI... Approximately 8000 s.f. demo and buildout of
radiology procedure rooms, patient examination rooms, doctor viewing and charting rooms.
Construction value approximately 1M.
North Oakland Medical Center: Pontiac, MI... 10,000 s.f. demo and buildout renovation of
endoscopy procedure and operating rooms, patient prep rooms, nurses station, doctors offices,
examination and charting rooms. Construction value approximately 1.5M.

Focus Hope: Detroit, MI. 1992-1993 (Project/Facilities Manager/Owners Representative)
Owners representative for ground up construction building.
90% building demo of original Albert Kahn design automotive plant.
Building included co-generation power plant independent of public electric utility.
Ground up construction including site development.10M
Focus Hope Center for Advanced Technology Center: Detroit MI... Approximately 10,000
s.f. of construction and installation of production manufacturing cells configured with Fanuc
robotic chambered high pressure deburr cell and Henry Filtration flumed in ground coolant system,
foundations, pits, assembly conveying system, leak detection cells for turnkey operation.
Construction Value approximately 4M.
Focus Hope Center for Advanced Technology Center: Detroit MI... Construction and installation of approximately 8000 s.f. Ford Motor production manufacturing cells configured with high speed Cincinnati Milicron precision milling machining with RGV robotic transfer lines, foundations, pits and Henry Filtration flumed in ground coolant system piped to clean chip house recycling out building. Construction and project value approximately 6M.

Focus Hope Center for Advanced Technology Center: Detroit MI... Construction and installation of approximately 8000 feet General Motors production manufacturing cells configured with high speed Giddings and Lewis precision milling machines with RGV robotic transfer lines, foundations, pits, and Henry Filtration flumed in ground coolant system piped to clean chip house recycling out building. Construction and project value approximately 5M.
Focus Hope Center for Advanced Technology Center: Facility and construction mgr.
Construction owners representative for approximately 450,000 sf CAT building and adjacent manufacturing facility. Owners representative managing build out/operation of 5.5 KW co-generation power plant featuring 6 natural gas fired enginator tied into HVAC plant system independent of Detroit Edison and tie switchgear in at adjacent manufacturing facility. Manage all construction and cogen plant maintenance programs. Maintain all budgets, staff new facility/hiring and termination. Estimating of all capital projects, selection of A/E firms, design development, maintain budgeting and cost reporting, contract awards, project manage build outs. Maintain and manage all contracts of subcontractors and vendors. Plant logistics and layout of assembly operations. Construction value approximately 25M.

Ladbroke Detroit Race Course: Livonia, MI 1976-1992 (Director of Properties/Project Manager
Plant Facilities & Grounds Superintendent, Assistant Physical Plant/Facilities & Grounds Superintendent, apprentice tradesman)
Ladbroke Detroit Race Course: Served as director of properties and facilities manager, of approximately 1M s.f. physical plant, superintendent managing construction operations and tradesmen / housekeeping maintenance of 220-acre property. Establish and manage all construction / maintenance budgets, all outside contracts, maintain relations with all vendors, performed all purchasing (including capital equipment of backhoes, waterwagons, track surface harrows, farm tractors, graders, maintenance trucks, jet/vac truck, streetsweeper, starting gates, industrial lawn equipment, parking lot vacuum truck, Tennant riding cleaning machines, electrical boom truck and all maintenance / housekeeping supplies. Conduct cost analysis, monitor and submit all payrolls of staff of 55-60 employees and additional seasonal employees. Conducted all interviews and hiring and termination / arbitration of all union / non-union employees. Owners representatives for construction of 5-200 stall horse barns, infrastructure of utilities and roads. Prepare all design concepts for construction and renovation projects and presentations to executive officers. Conduct yearly inspections with all city officials. Prepare feasibility study and budgeting for composting joint venture with Livonia DPW director / city engineering and presentation to executives and city officials. Coordinate topsoil processing and sales from ground up construction projects. Project manage all construction projects and renovations of approximately 7M including all betting line renovation, all bar renovations, restroom renovations, betting / wagering handicap area, totalization infield board expansions, demo and install of Fontana safety rail, construct TV studio for cable network broadcast, exterior restoration and painting of approximately 1M clubhouse and grandstand, park and playground, winner circle landscaping, infield landscaping, parking ticket booths, admissions booths for clubhouse and grandstands, construct judges viewing track viewing towers, several re-roofing projects, total reconstruction/renovation of 5000 s.f. general managers home on property, install global Carrier energy management system and controls-retrofit 2-380 ton chiller, install 6- 90 ton reciprocating units, retrofit all cooling/heating coils, several rooftop units, retrofit all track lighting for
energy management, domestic water system to 10 winter annex barns, owners rep for infrastructure of underground domestic water system and paving for 26 barns, construct ladies jockey room, renovate mens jockey room/ steam rooms / showers, demo and renovation of general offices and office expansion, coordinate electrical energy management studies with M/E, coordinate and perform testing of all electrical transformers for PCB federal regulation mandates, retrofit 3-500 KVA intertene PCB transformers and coordinate manifests. Estimating all capital projects, preparation of drawings and or selection of A/E, contractor awards, project manage buildouts.
Description of duties:
Attend contract pre- award (review and modify scopes of work), pre- construction meeting with contractors, invitation to bid interviews with owners and architects and present overview of build out plan, review contract design documents / shop drawings, advise owner / architect of constructibility or value engineering design opportunities. Conduct owner / architect, contractor, contractor kickoff meetings, ME coordination and special meetings and maintain team relationships. Demonstrate best in class and solutions.
Review general conditions, schedule of values, contract retainage, approve payment applications and review with owners. Prepare requests for informantion-RFIs, change orders-COs, extras to the contract / review with owner, resolve disputes with all parties, milestone schedules, schedules/timelines, 2/ 4 week lookahead schedules, evaluate plans/site logistic plans for sequencing of project and marshalling staging - hold areas etc., review all shop drawings and manpower requirements with contractors, daily / monthly reports, manage all contractors (35-120 tradesmen). Monitor all costs,
testing agencies, overall quality, schedule, budget, execute procedures Q9001 / policies, site specific safety plans and overall safety on jobsite, material status- required per-
formance / non-performance of contractors and termination if required. Inspection walk throughs with city officials. Execute punchlist, as- built drawings and project closeout.
Education:
Henry Ford Community College: Dearborn MI...Associates in Science 1990,
Associates in General Studies 1990, Associates Architectural Construction Management Technology 2000, Eastern Michigan University1980: 1984 University of Michigan-Dbn: business management.
Related courses: architectural drafting/detailing, computer architectural drafting CAD, and graphics.




Training:
10 hour-AGC MIOSHA, 30 hour MIOSHA, Storm Water Management-DEQ, SWPP-stormwater professional training- 8 hour course, AGC courses,CPR- 8 hour and 4 hour refresher classes, safe2work 14 modules, knowledge of general building codes and regulations.

Computer skills:
Primavera Suretrak scheduling, Microsoft project, Timberline, primavera expedition, word, excel, outlook, AutoCAD-trained at version 10/11/limited time on ACAD 2000, limited training on Pro Engineer, Preventive Maint. Programs-CMMS as well as other general software packages.

Career:
1976-84: apprentice trades (carpentry, plumbing, HVAC, electrical)
1985-87: physical plant/grounds superintendent assistant
1988-89: physical plant/grounds manager
1989-92: director of operation/construction mgr/facilities manager. owners representative
1992-94: facility manager/construction mgr. / construction owners representative
1994-present: commercial project site superintendent
Photographs of projects upon request.
Resume confidential.
Email: michaelhecimovich[at]comcast.net










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