Name : JBartCooper
Industry Type : Highway - Heavy Contractors
City & State : Salt Lake City, UT
Job Title Project Engineer
Relocation Preferences :
Objective : Construction Management
Resume :  
EDUCATION:BS Degree, Civil Engineering, Utah State University, 2000
AS Degree, Liberal Arts, Dixie College, 1990
Career GPA 3.0
HS Diploma, Gilroy High School, 1985, GPA 3.6

Experience w/ Granite Construction Company, Utah Region
April, 2009
Feb., 2010Project/Estimating Engineer
I-15 Near Clearfield estimated this bridge deck repair project as a check to Ogden area office estimate. Granite Construction was awarded this project.
I-15 CORE; Timpanogos Transportation Constructors, JV estimated the environmental control for this project on the second estimate team for comparison with the first estimate.
SR-189; 600 S. University Ave. estimated and was awarded this $2.3 million economic recovery project to repair substructure concrete and deck joint closure/replacement for viaduct over railroad and 600 South in Provo. Managed the initial production of substructure repair.
I-15; Aux. Lanes, 10000 to 7200 South & 90th So. Ramp estimated ATMS and Drainage subcontracts for bid. Granite Construction was awarded this $10.4 million economic recovery project.
I-215 (West), 4700 So. To SR-201 estimated this UDOT highway panel repair and replacement project, awarded to another contractor.
Feb., 2008
April, 2009Project Engineer
Riverdale Road, I-15 to Washington Blvd., widening.
Managed production, scheduling, and planning of this ABC precast bridge.
Structure consisted of over 9500 feet of H-pile driven and cast in place footings.
The remaining elements of the bridge were all precast concrete. These elements were the abutments, columns, bent caps, deck panels, and approach slabs.
Substructure and deck panels were post-tensioned by Granite crews.
Managed production of single stage MSE walls with lightweight backfill in most cases.
Managed subcontractor work for rebar installation, crane services, structure demolition, and structure painting.
Structure included steel murals depicting the city of Riverdale logo and scenes of outdoor activities representative of the area.
Nov., 2006
Feb., 2008Agtek Software Takeoff Engineer
Used Agtek software to produce takeoff quantities for estimates for highway, roadway, commercial, industrial, and resort residential projects site work (excavation and grading).
Digitized cross sections and produced quantities for the entire I-15 NOW Widening project as a check for ongoing work.
June, 2007
Dec., 2007Project Engineer
Salt Lake International Airport; Runway 16R/34L Storm Drain Improvements.
Placed over 15,000 feet of varying diameters of reinforced concrete pipe and over forty-five catch basins.
Graded to drain and seeded over eighty-four acres adjacent to runway.
July, 2006
Dec., 2006Project Engineer
3500 South; 5600 West to 8400 West Mill and Overlay.
Managed subcontractors lowering and raising utilities in roadway and building ADA pedestrian ramps.
Project consisted of milling, over three miles of roadway and overlaying with hot mix asphalt (HMA) and seal coat. Estimated in the field daily asphalt quantities for plant production and placement.
June, 2006
July, 2006Field Engineer
I-15; Various Bridges Polymer Overlay
Granite crews prepared bridge decks and supported subcontractor placement of polymer and rock chip overlay.
Project work occurred weekend nights with full bridge closures in Salt Lake City on I-15 and I-80.
Coordinated highway patrol support.
Mar, 2006
June, 2006Project Engineer
I-15/Provo Center Street Interchange
Co-managed Granite crews and subcontractor rehabilitation of substructure for five bridges at the I-15 and Center Street interchange in Provo, Utah.
Work included a cast in place bent wall to bolster existing columns and cap, existing asphalt removal by milling, deck concrete repair, deck expansion joint replacement, and HMA and seal coat overlays.
Jan., 2006
March, 2006Project Engineer
Office and estimating support of ongoing structure work at Chevron plant in North Salt Lake.
Project preparation for I-15 Center Street Interchange in Provo.

Experience w/ Edward Kraemer & Sons, Inc., October 04 to December 05
Sep. 16, 2005
Dec. 23, 2005Project Engineer
Cottonwood Street; 5600 South to Vine Street New Construction and Reconstruction for Murray City Corp. and UDOT. Murray, Utah.
Coordinated sub-contractor work on north end of project.
Used J. D. Edwards program for quantity reporting and job to date labor activity reporting.
Wrote sub-contractor and owner change orders.
Used Primavera Expedition for all letter writing, RFIs, submittals, and transmittal tracking.
Aug. 22, 2005
Sep. 16, 2005Estimating Engineer
Flour-Ames-Kraemer, LLC joint venture, SLC, UT for UDOT I-15 New Ogden to Weber widening.
Estimated traffic control as a member of the traffic control work group.
Advised and planned structures work with the structures work group.
Mar. 14,2005
Aug. 20, 2005Project Engineer
Bridge Preservation Deck Form Removal, UDOT Region 2 Project No.
SP-9999(688)
Managed a crew of four to five laborers in removing V-deck forms from 11 bridges along I-215. work was performed from aerial lifts using oxygen-gasoline cutting torches.
Traffic control was required at every location. Performed layout and supervised set up of traffic control daily. Also performed some minor traffic control design.
Used J. D. Edwards program for quantity reporting and job to date labor activity reporting.
Produced Cost to Complete reporting.
Nov. 1, 2004
Mar. 11,2005Estimating Engineer
EKS Utah Regional Office, UT
Assisted lead estimator in bidding work by performing quantity take-offs and soliciting sub-contractor quotes. Projects bid included steel and concrete girder bridges, parking structures, raw water concrete reservoirs, concrete water tanks, and concrete retaining walls.


Experience w/ Edward Kraemer & Sons, Inc., (Fluor-Ames-Kraemer, LLC)-January 03 to October 04
Jan. 23, 2003
Oct. 29, 2004Structural Field Engineer
Legacy Parkway Project, Farmington, UT
Managed fieldwork for the construction of two bridges, two creek inlet and two creek outlet structures, production of MSE precast shop, and various concrete work around bridges, MSE walls, and roadways.
Work included activity planning, quantity estimating, materials ordering, and joint venture partner and subcontractor coordination, as well as QA inspector, designer and owner coordination.
Tracked and summarized weekly data for quantity report.


Experience w/ Kiewit Companies-November 99 to October 02
Mar.25, 2002
Oct. 4,2002Scheduling Engineer/Office Engineer
Henderson Executive Airport, Henderson, NV
Bechtel (owners representative)
Assisted in job start-up, planning, submittals, permitting, etc.
Developed P3 Primavera job schedule from estimators pre-bid schedule and through coordination w/ project management.
Tracked daily data for costs and quantities.
Nov. 2001 Mar. 2002Insulation Subcontract Administration-Field Engineer
Carville Energy Center, St. Gabriel, LA
Subcontract administration for the pipe insulation scope of work
Co-wrote subcontract, received bid proposals, and awarded pipe insulation subcontract.
Scheduled, planned, and coordinated fieldwork for initial stages of subcontract.
Developed four-week, 90-day, and Job schedule for insulation work.
Jun. 2001 Nov. 2001Lead Field Engineer Night Shift
Carville Energy Center, St. Gabriel, LA
Managed fieldwork and crews for civil discipline.
Coordinated work w/ Day shift Civil Superintendent and Field Engineer.
Calculated man-hours, production, and daily costs for NS civil discipline.
Compiled data for nightly report of five work disciplines daily costs and productions.
Jan. 2001 Jun. 2001Office Engineer
I-15 Reconstruction Jordan Segment, Salt Lake City, UT
Tracked and summarized daily costs and quantities for the grading group as well as the punch list work for the Downtown and Cottonwood segments (900 1200 man-hours daily).
Summarized four-week schedules for Jordan grading group.
Updated Blue Stake notices for grading work.


Jun. 2000 Jan. 2001Cable Protection Engineer
Level(3) Communications Long Haul Project Ogden-LV, Salt Lake City, UT
Coordinated fiber-optic cable protection with the Level (3) Cable Protection Bureau.
Received notice of new construction near the duct bank for the states of Idaho and Utah and determined whether a conflict existed or not.
Marked location of duct bank in the field for Salt Lake area to the northern Utah border.
Witnessed new construction near or crossing duct bank.
Coordinated and assigned above duties to field engineers in the state of Idaho and the southern Utah area.
Trained a Level (3) employee to perform the above duties.
Feb. 2000
June 2000Field Engineer
Level (3) Communications Long Haul Project Ogden-LV, Salt Lake City, UT
Directed as many as six directional drilling subcontractors in their fieldwork.
Designed profiles and laid out baseline for bores.
Monitored subcontractors and recorded field data for subcontractor work.
Trained summer intern engineer to perform the above duties.

Nov. 1999
Jan. 2000
Field Engineer
Level (3) Communications Long Haul Project Ogden-LV, Salt Lake City, UT
Laid out baseline for fiber-optic duct bank route along Union Pacific Railroad.
Recorded field data for pre-rip operation.
Layout, QC, and recorded field data for tie-in and hand hole placement operations.


Other Experience
May. 1994 - Feb. 1999
Framer Various companies, Northern Utah
Rough frame custom homes (three years total experience).

Sep. 1990
Aug. 1998Assembly worker Icon Health & Fitness, Logan, UT
QC, lead person, line mechanic, and line worker were positions held for manufacturing treadmills.


Certificates, Training, and Software Use
Agtek software takeoff programs
Trimble Customized Training for Terramodel
UDOT Partnering Phase 1 & 2
AGC & UDOT Traffic Control Seminar (MUTCD)
Primavera P6 Scheduling and Expedition
HCSS FIS Timecard and Production software
JD Edwards One World software
NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (EIT)
Eagle Scout








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