Milford Cockfield

**** *** **** ******

Lake Worth, Florida 33467

305-***-**** (Off.) 786-***-**** (Cell) abgfsg@r.postjobfree.com

SAFETY ENGINEERING~RISK ~SECURITY & EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT

SUMMARY

Highly respected safety manager offering more than 20 years of hands-on and consulting safety

expertise provided for highly complexed and regulated construction safety management systems

that include: construction management (at-risk), designed-build and self-performing contractor

safety. Having served extensively and progressively as a Safety Engineer, Safety Manager and

Director, extensive value has been added programs-wide making for safer and productive

projects. The Safety Director is the senior staff manager and expert exercising a broad range of

responsibilities, including that of providing for: budgeting and administration processes, policy

operation, risk management (e.g., casualty insurance, claims administration, damage assessment,

emergency management, general liability, OCIP/CCIP, and wrap-up insurance programs), and

technical safety procedures. Superior and effective relationship manager at building

collaborative partnerships with leaders from all levels of private sector and governmental

regulatory agencies. Excellent decision-maker and problem solver respected for sound

judgment in crisis situation, and a strong proponent for staff development through continuing

training.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Served as key senior management resource and subject matter expert within construction

safety (e.g., Safety Engineer, Safety Manager and Safety Director), claims management,

third-party insurance administration, disaster and recovery planning, emergency

management, environmental protection, risk and site security.

• Developed the vision and execution of a variety of world-class safety programs, disaster

and emergency response plans (e.g. hurricane readiness, tornadic activity and Flooding),

security plans, audit programs, and accident prevention procedures,

• Provided guidance, interpretation and audit of environmental standards as it relates to:

OSHA 1926, ISO-9001 (Quality), ISO 14001 and EPA 40 (Environmental), ISO-18001

(Safety & Health), and CFR 49 (Transportation). Other areas of responsibility included:

Hazardous Waste Management and countermeasures and cleanup.

• Provided direction in the development, implementation and sustainability of behavior

based, Zero Harm and Zero Accident safety. Instituted effective safety monitoring safety

systems that includes: DB02 Safety Audit and GEMS Systems.

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PROFESSIONAL SAFETY EXPERTISE

Aviation Construction Petroleum Piping Systems

Baggage Handling Systems Passenger Terminals

Boilers Power Generation and

Transmission

Bridges

Renewable Energy (e.g.,

Canals

electrical, solar and wind)

Chiller Plants

Roofing Systems

Core of Engineer Projects

Runways

(USACE 3851-1)

Safety Systems Management

Environmental Protection

Security

Garages

Taxiways

Gas Turbines Generators

Tunnels and Shafts (boring and

Geotechnical Safety

jacking)

HVAC/MEP/Cooling Towers

Underground Utilities

Highways and Secondary Roads

Wrap-up Insurance Programs

Light Rails (Elevated)

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Developed (1995, South Terminal Development and again in 2007, North Terminal

Development), Miami International Airport’s Capital Improvement Program) long-

standing signature Program Safety and Emergency Management Programs (e.g.,

hurricane, tornado and flooding, etc.), that have dramatically reduced damage to on-

going construction projects and the airport by 80%. As a result of these proactive

programs FEMA and Liability Claims related to construction and natural disaster events

have been negligible.

• In 1996, the Miami Airport’s Employee Safety Management Systems and Loss

Prevention Programs were developed and were immediately implemented for their 3,800

employees. During the same year the airport received its ISO 14001 certification with

primary consultation from Dade Aviation Consultants. Since the implementation

countless accolades have been received from senior management along with full

recognition of the long-term sustained reduction of workplace injuries and property

damage. In 1997, JFK Airport fully adopted Miami’s fall protection system developed

for passenger loading bridges.

• Developed the initial safety and health contact language in accordance with global

environmental management system requirements for the Capital Improvement Program

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(rolled out in 1995), which included safety provisions and responsibility for:

Construction Management Contractor(s), Architect-Engineers, CCIP, Consultants,

Construction Inspection Services (CIS), Design-Build, OCIP, Project Managers, Safety

Managers at all tiers, and Site Managers.

• In July 2007, the North Terminal Development Program experienced a devastating

project fire loss at one of its multi-million dollar air traffic control towers under

construction. The fire damage was quite extensive, and the effects were wide spread

(e.g., Insurance, Fire Department Inspections, Litigation, Injury to workers,

notwithstanding the construction delay) Hired in (October 2007) to change the safety

culture and eliminate the potential for future fire events. Expertise and guidance were

brought to bar to change the safety culture and eliminate fire risks. Both fire load

reduction and fire prevention technologies were instituted successfully, thus eliminating

fire load and other potential for fire incidents. Zero Fires!

• Since October 2007, the North Terminal Development Program; upon recommendation,

initiated the Zero Accident Program and the Productivity Plus Program (rolled out 2008),

addressed safety compliance and training and have greatly contributed to dramatic

decline in worker injury. As a result of these programs: injuries have been reduced by

36.3%. The recordable incident rate (TRIR) for 201, was 2.03, the lowest on record for

this program, and was 77 below program’s 2009 rate, and a 45% reduction since

beginning the program.

• From 1994-2010, provided project safety oversight for power systems which include:

power generation, transmission and distribution lines, substations, power transformers

and tower (13.2/34.5/115/230Kv) construction. Constructed well over some 4800

electrical panels; 13 Megawatts of Megavolts Amperes; 400 Hz power generator plants

and auxiliaries 3 Megawatts; and 750 DC Power Rails for elevated light-rail train

without electrical mishap.

• From 1994 to 2012 there have been tens of millions of cubic yards of soil removed from

excavations involving millions of man-hours without one single cave-in or mishap

resulting into work stoppage or injury to a worker. Boring and jacking operations; to

include tunneling and diverting of tunnels have been accident and cave-in free. Zero

Fatalities.

• Over 78 million man-hours worked (1994-2007) without a single fatality, zero crippling

injuries zero-structural-fire damage, zero electrocutions, or structural damage; with a

signature 100% workers returned to work. This was accomplished by equipping

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employees with the knowledge and tools that enabled them to work more efficiently and

safety; task pre-planning became a value added.

• Established safety cultures for the North and South Terminals of The Miami international

Airport.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HEERY INTERNATIONAL, INC., Atlanta, Georgia 2007 to

Present

DIRECTOR OF SAFETY, SECURITY & EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

(Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida

$3.5 Billion Capital Improvement Program:

The North Terminal Development Program at Miami International Airport (MIA) is a $3.5

billion dollar capital improvement program (3.5 million square feet) designed to construct the

Latin American hub for American Airlines. Construction of this hub included significant

demolition of existing concourses, the modernization of existing spaces, and the adding of new

facilities and special systems while the airport continued to operate at full capacity. Adding to

the myriad of challenges of constructing this hub was the construction and full integration of the

1.2 miles of single-lane elevated Light-Rail Automated People Mover (APM) System, hundreds

of electrical panels 13 Megawatts; 750 DC Power rails, hundreds of electrical vaults with an

average of 27.5 Megavolts Amperes; 400 Hz Power generator plants and auxiliaries 3

Megawatts, and a 10 mile conveyor baggage handling system with TSA security components.

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Office, the Director of Safety served as the senior

safety and environmental professional responsible for both, the vision and execution of Program

Construction Safety, Environmental Protection, Risk & Claims Management and Security. The

Director of Safety, Security & Emergency Management exercised broad leadership along with a

high degree of specialized expertise in all phases of the project’s safety life-cycle within a highly

complex and regulatory aviation construction environment. This increasingly complexity of

aviation construction requires close integration of advanced safety systems technology and many

sub safety systems and their individual components which also includes safety sustainability.

The Director of Safety defined, coordinated and directed all elements of programs construction

safety and environmental protection, while leading the entire safety team and working

collaboratively with the: architects-engineers, construction management contractor, contractors

(and their trades at all tiers), consultants, environmental consultants, project managers, OCIP

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insurance administrators (Third-Party), safety directors and safety managers, security managers,

and site managers to ensure that construction activities are conducted in accordance with sound

environmental safety practices and regulatory requirements. Duties include:

o Established organizational goals with accompanying key performances; leading and

lagging safety performance indicators and various metrics measurement tools.

o Monitored all aspects of business related to safety, health, and environmental programs,

including capital and overhead budgets, OSHA Recordkeeping, Pre-Employment

Screening, Drug Free Workplace, Ergonomics, and Alternative Work Program.

o Collaborated with senior management, construction management contractors and

insurance administrators to develop the direction and implement safety specific

strategies, action plans, policies and procedures to improve overall safety performance

and drive the safety culture.

o Served as an expert policy and program resource in the areas of aviation security,

environmental protection, hurricane preparedness and disaster recovery and safety.

o Provided guidance, expertise and simplification for contract requirements for safety and

environmental protection within the various construction project management structures,

most notably: Construction Management (At-Risk, included), Construction Inspection

Services (CIS) Design-Build, Partnering, and Self-Performing Contractor.

o Coordinated and conducted training for senior management, project managers, site

managers and contractors within the areas of: claims management and reporting, CFR-

30, DOT, FIFRA, GEMS, MSHA, NFPA, OSHA and USACE regulatory requirements,

worker’s compensation, general liability, benefits of early return to work programs,

safety program management, safety culture training, emergency and disaster recovery

management.

o Oversaw program-wide safety, claims management compliance, environmental

protection, security, risk management compliance for a work force of more than 3,000

union trades and some 300 support personnel (e.g., architects, construction management,

core staff, engineers, inspection services and project managers.)

o Evaluated construction management contractor’s operation for loss potential through site

visits, reviewing loss history, leading and lagging indicators and personal interviews.

These audits resulted into overall improved project safety and reduction in insurance

rates through the underwriter.

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o Ensured compliance with legal requirements and high standards of performance though

the project as it related to safety and risk management. Assessed bridges, chiller plants,

connectors, emergency and disaster preparedness, environmental practices and

procedures, high-rise garages (post-tension); lift-stations, light-rail elevated trains,

MOT’s, petroleum pipe installation and storage silos, power distribution plants, roads,

runways, taxiways, terminal facilities (multiple sites), tunnels (jacking and boring

included), water treatment facilities for compliance with strict safety specification,

functionality, and best practices.

DADE AVIATION CONSULTANTS, Miami, Florida 1994-

2007

DIRECTOR OF CONSTUCTION SAFETY & EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT

(General Consultants to the Miami international Airport: Bechtel Corporation Joint

Venture/Forrest Construction.

$4.5 Billion Capital Improvement Program (South Terminal)

The Capital Improvement Program (South Terminal Development) at Miami International

Airport (MIA) is a $4.5 billion dollar capital improvement program designed to expand airport

terminal space (4 million square feet); improve efficiency of runways and taxiways; divert

underground tunnel; increase international passenger gate capacity; enhance connections to the

surrounding expressways (highway system), and MIA Intermodal System (Automated People

Mover Train), expand parking and create new facilities while the airport continued to operate at

full capacity.

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Office, this position required the Director of

Construction Safety & Emergency Management to serve as the senior safety and environmental

professional responsible for both the vision and execution of Program Construction Safety,

Environmental Protection, Risk & Claims Management and Security. The Director of Safety

defined, coordinated and directed all elements of program construction safety and environment

protection, while leading the entire safety team and working collaboratively with the

construction management team to ensure that construction activities were conducted in

accordance with sound safety practices and regulatory requirements. Duties include:

o Providing leadership in the management and administration of safety, environmental,

health, security, and emergency management programs(including: hurricane readiness,

flooding and tornado events) and life safety supervision of hazardous waste operation

(e.g. collection sites and disposal in accordance with NPDES permit requirements,

DERM, DOT, EPA, NFPA, RCRA, Title V-Permitting, SARA III reporting and SWPPP

standards.

o Oversaw the investigation of accidents, incidents and injuries and cooperated in the

preparation of material and evidence for organizational use in hearings, litigation, and

insurance investigations.

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o Provided guidance and interpretation for the proper implementation of established

environmental health and safety policies along with applicable local, federal and state

regulatory requirements.

o Developed annual organizational safety and health goals which provided for inclusion of

leading and lagging indicators that would aid in the reduction of accident exposure to

construction workers.

MITIG8 USA, LLC, Miami, Florida 2005-

2007

MANAGING SAFETY CONSULTANT (General Consultant for Renewable

Energy Initiatives in the Caribbean)

The Managing Safety Consultant exercised broad, but yet, highly specialized expertise in all

phases of the construction and subsequent commissioning of the land-based wind turbines’ safety

life-cycle. Operating within the highly complex and regulatory environment, these complexities

required close integration of advanced safety systems technology; notwithstanding, several other

sub safety systems and their individual components. Duties included:

o Provided expert safety consultation in the erection and commission of land-based Wind

Turbine Towers (Siemens SWT-2.3-108 Turbine); Nacelle, Step-Up Transformer (700

Volts Step-Up to between 11Kv and 132 Kv); Collection System, Substation and

Transmission.

o Developed guidelines for safety system management; with emphasis on accountability

and sustainability.

o Provided on-site safety training for project managers, site-safety offices, commissioning

agents, contactors and trades at all tiers having workers working at elevated heights

during the tower erection phase of the project. Other safely training included:

excavation, foundation, tower, transformer, hub, nacelle, rotor tip, rotor blades,

underground transmission cables and connection to power grid.

o Provided safety plan and program for a 75 Megawatt (MW) wind project for the

installation of the Siemens SWT 2.3-108 Turbine. (E.g. excavations and placement of

concrete; operating cranes for unloading and installation of equipment; and commission

of new equipment.

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o Developed provisions for successfully auditing compliance of safety systems.

o Established emergency action plans for hurricane preparation, damage assessment, and

remobilization.

REFERENCES:

Michael Mequet, Director of Construction, Seattle, Washington 206-***-****

Steve Anderson, AON Insurance Administration, Miami, Florida 305-***-****

Sonia Bridges, Director of Risk Management, Miami Airport, Miami, Florida 305-***-****

Linda Forrest, President of Forrest Construction, Miami, Florida 305-***-****

Carl Zimmerman, Director of Construction, LAX Intl. Airport (abgfsg@r.postjobfree.com)

EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s Degree in Public & Insurance Administration, Florida International University,

Miami, Florida

Associate Degree in Insurance Administration, Miami-Dade College, Miami, Florida

Associate Degree in Risk Management, Miami-Dade College, Miami, Florida

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

Alternative Fuels Saffety~Asbestos and Lead Abatement Program

Plans~Automated People Mover (APM) Systems Safety ~API 650~Behavioral

Based Safety~ Commercial ~Driver License Trainer ~Community-Right-to-

Know~CERCLA~CFR 40~(Environmental)~CFR49(Transportation)~Counter

Terrorism for Managers~DOT~DB02 Safety Audit System ~Dupont Supervisory

& Management Leadership Program~Electrical Safety (NFPA

70/70E)~EPA~FAA~FEMA~Disaster Recovery~FIFRA~ Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA)~Fire Prevention & Life Safety~HAZCOM~

HAZWOPER~Hurricane Readiness and Damage Assessment ~ISO 18001 (Safety

& Health)~ISO 14001 (Environmental)~JCAHHO (Joint Commission on

Accreditation of Healthcare Organization)~Laboratory Safety ~MSHA (CFR 30)

& Tunneling~ Property & Casualty Insurance~ NFPA 101(Life Safety)~NFPA 30,

30A, and 31~National Incident Management System (NIMS)~NPGA (National

Propane Gas Association)~OSHA 500 (Train-the-Trainer)~OSHA 1010 &

1026~Radiation Safety ~Rail Accident Investigation Program~Rail System Safety

Program~ Refrigerant Safety (Chilled Water, R-134a, R-22, R414a, and R-

502)~SPCC (UL 142, 2085)~SARA III (Tiers II and III)`Risk Management ~Storm

Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP)~TASC~ Transit Emergency Response

& Management~USACE-385-1-1 (Army Corps of Engineers) Regulatory

Compliance~ Underwriters Laboratory Regulatory Compliance ( 142, 2085,

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API650, F921, F941 and F001-03)~Vehicle Fire Investigation ~Work Zone

Safety~Workers’ Compensation Claims Management

STUDIES/ANALYSIS DEVELOPED:

Bow-Tie Diagramming (Prevention/Recovery Analysis)

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Behavioral-Based Safety Analysis (BBS)

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Global Environmental Management Systems (GEMS)

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Hazard Identification (HAZID)

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Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP)

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Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA)

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Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)

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Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Studies

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Zero Harm (ZH)

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