Jan. 2010 Nov. 2010 Welty Building Company Fairlawn, OH
Pre-Construction Sr.
Estimator
Lead Estimator on all projects for the
new North Carolina office which opened in late Fall 2009.
Responsible for entire bid process
including but not limited to bid proposal forms, solicitation of
subs/suppliers, creating estimate and bid day operations for mostly hard bid
and short-list bid projects.
Responsible for developing new subcontractor
and supplier database for North Carolina market which included TN, NC, SC and
VA
Responsible for Pre-Construction
activities on Construction Management projects which included but not limited
to budgeting, value engineering, leading team meetings with project
consultants , constructability reviews, assembling bid proposal packages and solicitation of subcontractors and suppliers.
Review and award bid proposal packages
which included negotiating and writing contracts and purchase orders.
Responsible for Turnover Meeting with
Project Manager after contracts were awarded and project budget was
established.
Oct. 2006 2009
Thompson Thrift Construction/Development Terre Haute, IN
Pre-Construction
Manager
Responsible for the entire project
budget, design and contracts from project conception to construction start.
Met with owners initially to go over their
potential project and then work up a preliminary budget estimate and proposal
based on meeting.
Met with owners to discussion preliminary
budget proposal and potential value engineering ideas that they may want to
pursue to help reduce project costs
Responsible for hiring and managing the
architectural, structural, civil and MEP engineers for each project.
Conduct and led design meetings to ensure
design was progressing and keeping project within budget and meeting owners needs.
Responsible for subcontractor and vendor
solicitation for the project. This often involved traveling to new locations
to meet with new contractors and local agencies.
Met with owners to go over final
construction proposal once bids were received and finalized contract.
Responsible for buying out the project
after contract was signed and transferring to Timberline Job Cost prior to
turnover to Project Managers for construction.
Responsible for maintaining Timberline
Database and creating assemblies and templates for the different disciplines
of work performed.
Jan. 2005 Aug. 2006 C.H. Garmong & Son Inc. Terre Haute, IN
Estimating Manager
Responsible for the overall day-to-day
operations of Estimating Department.
Worked with Marketing/Business
Development Department on project proposals and client interviews.
Supervised and managed two full-time Estimators
and co-ops/interns.
Responsible for putting together hard-bid,
design-build, negotiated and budget estimates for the entire company.
Responsible for developing subcontractor and
vendor relationships in existing market area as well as new market areas as
needed.
Responsible for seeking out and
developing new clients in market area.
Purchased and Implementation of
Timberline Estimating Software company wide.
Feb. 2003 Dec. 2004 BACAR Constructors Nashville, TN
Sr. Estimator
Lead Estimator on design-build,
negotiated and short-list hard bid projects.
Responsible for subcontractor and vendor
solicitation for each project. This often involved traveling to new locations
across the country.
Responsible for quantity take-off for
Divisions #1 #14, including self-perform trades (Concrete and Carpentry)
Managed project team meetings with architects,
engineers and consultants to maintain project budget and schedule.
Assisted in scheduling of project with
the Project Manager and General Superintendent.
Assisted Project Manager in buy-out and
initial turnover of project.
Managed smaller projects that I estimated
when Project Managers were busy.
Installed Timberline updates and maintained
Timberline database with current information.
Jan. 1997 Jan.
2003 Doster
Construction Company Birmingham, AL
Estimator
/ Sr. Estimator Nashville, TN
Lead Estimator on mostly hard bid
projects ranging from $1 Million to $45 Million
Responsible for assigning work
responsibilities to other estimators for take-off and subcontractor coverage
Compiled and sent out subcontractor
bidding list using Constructware
Performed quantity take-offs for
Divisions #1 - #14 including self=perform trades (Concrete and Carpentry)
Managed internal project team meetings
with Estimators, Co-ops, and Project Managers
Assisted in the scheduling of the project
with the Project Manager and Superintendent
Responsible for the timely completion and
accuracy of the estimate.
Reviewed estimate with the Chief
Estimator before bid day.
Analyzed subcontractor scopes and
material supplier prices.
Assisted the Project Manager in the
buy-out and initial start-up of the project.
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