Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Client satisfaction, Sales & Client Development of Professional Services (26 years), Licensed Professional Engineer (Minnesota and Wisconsin). Senior Civil Engineer and Senior Project Manager of difficult & unique Land Development solutions (20 years), Department Manager (3 years), Construction Project Manager & Estimator (8 years), Geotechnical Engineer & Construction Materials Testing Engineer (9 years) which included forensic review and recommendations, special testing including high strength concrete, ICBO Special Masonry Inspector, Certified Designer of Concrete and Bituminous Pavements using geo-grids and geotextiles, Certified Designer of Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP). Foreman of rebar tying crew, operator of cranes, boom trucks, dozers, driller's helper, concrete pour crew (5 years).
Diligent listening and excellent Business Development skills. Specialize in representing clients in neighborhood meetings, Planning Commission and City Council. Concept site designs, entitlements, Preliminary Plats, Construction Plans and Project Management. Experience includes over 90 residential uses: single family, senior housing, apartments Designs emphasized preserving trees, wetlands, creating Best Value designs, expanding profitable client portfolio. Retail: Target Superstore reconstruction having cost saving soil site balance, underground infiltration and storm water treatment train, concrete and bituminous pavement design, Edina, MN. Office: Medtronic Corporate Office and Great River Energy Corporate Office, LEED Platinum Award designs with pervious bituminous pavement, multi-cell, storm water treatment train, Maple Grove, MN. Industrial: First Industrial Properties, requiring temperature control of storm water into DNR protected trout stream, Lakeville, MN. Office: Blaine Industrial Park having flat site topography requiring unique underground concrete "creek" and by-in from DNR, watershed district and City, Blaine, MN. Municipal: Civil Engineering Consultant designing street reconstruction and related feasibility studies and assessments, storm water/sanitary sewer separation, sanitary lift station designs. Skills: Public Officials · Transportation · Adobe Creative Suite · Attention to Detail · Change Management · Interview Preparation · Staff Oversight · Client Presentation · Presentations · Quality Management · Bluebeam · Infrastructure Development · Site Planning · Strategy Implementation · Client Relations · Pre-Construction · Skilled Multi-tasker · Engineering Management · Construction Engineering · Supervisory Skills · Quality Control · Project Coordination · Written Communication · Land Use Planning
Coordinate transportation projects for roads, highways, bridges and intersections. New construction, expansion, replacement, rehabilitation, and related demolition. Project scoping, long-range planning, public involvement process. Structural retention systems, bridges and abutments, cloverleafs and off-ramps, roadside safety barriers, sound walls, directional exit and entrance signage, speed limit signage, traffic informational signage, and construction warning and safety signage. On-grade intersections. Traffic and speed control, traffic lights and related control equipment, ADA accessible design, lane and directional striping, light poles and lighting levels, roundabouts, right-hand and left-hand turn lanes, and by-pass lanes. Drainageways and stormwater management systems. Roadside ditches, storm sewer, storm water treatment ponds, underground stormwater treatment systems, infiltration basins, wetland preservation and wetland mitigation, erosion and sediment control measures.
Diligent listening and excellent Business Development skills. Specialize in representing clients in neighborhood meetings, Planning Commission and City Council. Concept site designs, entitlements, Preliminary Plats, Construction Plans and Project Management. Experience includes over 90 residential uses: single family, senior housing, apartments Designs emphasized preserving trees, wetlands, creating Best Value designs, expanding profitable client portfolio. Retail: Target Superstore reconstruction having cost saving soil site balance, underground infiltration and storm water treatment train, concrete and bituminous pavement design, Edina, MN. Office: Medtronic Corporate Office and Great River Energy Corporate Office, LEED Platinum Award designs with pervious bituminous pavement, multi-cell, storm water treatment train, Maple Grove, MN. Industrial: First Industrial Properties, requiring temperature control of storm water into DNR protected trout stream, Lakeville, MN. Office: Blaine Industrial Park having flat site topography requiring unique underground concrete "creek" and by-in from DNR, watershed district and City, Blaine, MN. Municipal: Civil Engineering Consultant designing street reconstruction and related feasibility studies and assessments, storm water/sanitary sewer separation reducing flow into sanitary treatment facility, sanitary lift station designs.
Clear, consise proposals leading to profitable projects, associated project management for drilled shaft foundations, drilled piers, caissons. Over 10 years extensive Project Management, and Business Development. Highway and Heavy construction. Initiative-taking, detailed-oriented Project Manager, readily volunteering to assist. Provided recognition of other team member’s accomplishments, and input. Trouble shooting, supplying unique value solutions for small, medium, and large sized, challenging projects. Emphasized diligent listening skills, development of relationships, and research to determine market pricing. Established long-term professional working relationships with Stakeholders at every level. Change orders, leading to profits exceeding annual goals. • Average Net Profit of 14%, not including change orders. • Change Orders accounting for up to 25% of base contract. Exacting reviews of plans and specifications, soil borings, and contracts leading to detailed, profitable bids. Consulted with construction superintendents, and foremen discussing constructability, most cost-effective means and methods, while learning other ways of doing things, maintaining conformance to existing strategies. Conferred with upper management during bidding, and throughout project. Effectively influenced other’s actions and opinions, building commitment to means and methods, overcoming resistance which would affect profitability. Reviewed material requirements to decide whether it is more cost-effective to produce or purchase components. Reviewed assigned labor to determine whether it is more cost-effective for in-house or subcontractor labor. Led project team through pre-construction Scope-of Work (SOW) with the project team, including execution plan, critical path schedule, base bid, and contract summary. Assisted field crews in identifying justifiable change orders. Conferred with stakeholders regarding changed conditions, and adjustments to cost estimates.