ALEXANDER OLEN

Over twenty years of extensive experience in pre-construction and construction project management, estimating, budgeting, value engineering in site development, industrial, warehouse/distribution, commercial, educational, health care, pharmaceutical and municipal construction in both traditional delivery and design/built environment.

EXPERIENCE

PRINCIPLE CONSTRUCTION CORP., Bannockburn, Illinois, December 2004 September 2009

Senior Project Manager, January 2007 September 2009
Responsible for design / built construction process on industrial / warehouse, site development, office and healthcare projects up to $25M from inception to close-out including:
Initial meetings with clients and design professionals to define project objectives and scope.
Programming, preparation and review of conceptual drawings and outline specifications.
Budgetary and hard bid (lump sum / GMP) estimating.
Sales presentations.
Value engineering / LEED certification viability study.
Coordination of design and permitting including variances as necessary.
Negotiating and awarding subcontracts.
Scheduling, submittals, pay applications / payouts, change management, cost and schedule control, coordination with local authorities having jurisdiction.
Project close-out.

Project Manager, December 2004 December 2006
Preparation and review of conceptual drawings and outline specifications
Estimating / Scheduling.
Coordination of design and permitting.
Negotiating and awarding subcontracts.
Submittals, pay applications / payouts, change management, cost and schedule control.
Project close-out.

UBM, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, May 1999 November 2004

Lead Estimator, March 2000 November 2004
Played an instrumental role in setting up an estimating group to handle hard bids and negotiated work:
Developed estimating and related document control procedures.
Established and maintained database of qualified vendors and subcontractors.

Led a team of estimators responsible for estimating and pre-construction management of commercial, municipal, office, educational, retail, industrial / lab, healthcare and multi-family residential projects up to $15M including:
Lump sum competitive bidding.
Negotiated contracts and conceptual budgeting (CM, GC and design / built).
Value engineering.
Progress drawings reviews / budget updates.
Managing trade bids.
Negotiating and awarding subcontracts.

Project Manager, May 1999 March 2000
Responsible for the entire construction process from budgeting to closeout including design coordination on design/built industrial / warehouse projects up to $25M.

MORRISON KNUDSEN CORPORATION

Construction Coordinator, July 1998 - May 1999

At Aux Sable Liquid Products, Morris, Illinois:
Member of the Construction Managers project team at the construction of the $365M new natural gas refinery. Responsibilities included coordination of Architects / Engineers, preparation of supplemental specifications and bid packages, sub-bidding, evaluating, negotiating and awarding subcontracts, scheduling, coordination of subcontractors, submittals, change orders, payouts.

At G.D. Searle Facility Management, Skokie, Illinois:
Responsible for coordination of construction in fast track design/built environment on multiple projects at the pharmaceutical research and development facility with pilot plant from project inception / funds appropriation, defining project objectives, preparation and approval of project specifications, coordination of design, approvals and permitting to construction management and project closeout, including system validations as per FDA GMP regulations.

ZURICH CONSTRUCTION, INC., Arlington Heights, Illinois

Project Manager / Lead Estimator, May 1995 - July 1998
Responsible for the entire construction process from bidding to the project closeout on the multiple projects up to $5M.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

FLEX-KLEEN CORP. / AIR AND WATER TECHNOLOGIES, Itasca, Illinois.
Senior Designer

ORBITAL ENGINEERING, INC., Whiting, Indiana.
Staff Engineer

DNZSK / PPSP, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.
Project Engineer / Project Manager

EDUCATION

M.S. Construction Management and Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering Institute (Currently State Academy of Construction and Architecture), Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.

RELEVANT SKILLS

Project Management / Scheduling Software: Primavera Project Planner (P3), SureTrak, Expedition.
Estimating Software: On Screen Takeoff.
Computer Aided Design Software: AutoCAD v.10 through v. 2004, STAAD-III ISDS.
Database: FileMaker Pro.
Office: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), Lotus SmartSuite (WordPro, 1-2-3, Organizer), ACT, OpenOffice.
Fluent in Russian and Ukrainian languages.