JOHN CASSEL, PE

**** ****** **** *****: 859-***-****

Versailles KY 40383 Cell: 859-***-****

EMPLOYMENT OBJECTIVE

Serving the community with Planning, Design, Construction, Management and Operations expertise

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Thirty years providing supervision, planning, design, construction, project management and facilities management services

• Twenty one years of military service providing the same for the military community

• “Can manage people and multiple projects"; poised and mature leader...strong steadying influence

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MASON & HANGER, Lexington, KY 2007 - Present

Design Project Manager, Planner

Assist the Director of Project Management in proposing, planning, design, estimating, and project management of military and commercial facilities including: Master Plans, Area Development Plans; commercial, industrial, administrative as well as military specific buildings; airfield and vehicle pavements; landscaping.

• Projects include: Area Development Plans for Torii Station Okinawa, Schofield Barracks Hawaii (ACASS pending), Butts Army Airfield at Joint Base Lewis McChord Washington (ACASS pending), Gray Army Airfield at Ft Carson Colorado (ACASS Rating “Exceptional”); Planning (Requirements Analyses and DD1391 planning charrettes) for thirty projects at bases worldwide (ACASS Rating “Very Good”); Ammunition Storage and Support Facilities, McGregor Range, Ft Bliss NM (ACASS Rating “Outstanding”); Utility Relocation projects at MCLB Albany GA and Ft Leonard Wood MO; Armed Forces Reserve Center at New Century KS; Blasting Agent Manufacturing Facility, Hawthorne NV; Airfield Striping Design and Specifications, NAS New Orleans LA; Qualification Training Range, Ft Lee VA; Agile Chemical Facility, Indian Head MD; 155mm Howitzer Operations and Forward Arming and Refueling Point, Quantico VA; Various Training Ranges, Ft Bliss TX.

• Carry out proposal, negotiation, contract/subcontract agreement, and bid processes. Oversee planning, architectural, engineering and subcontractor personnel in completing assigned projects.

• Work with government and local officials at bases/installations and agencies such as IMCOM, FORSCOM, the Corps of Engineers, Naval Facilities Command, Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency, and Federal Aviation Administration to plan, design, build and maintain facilities, ensure compliance, and assist in appropriations/grant applications/funding.

BLUE GRASS AIRPORT, Lexington, KY 1985 – 2005

FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY AIRPORT BOARD, Lexington KY

Engineer/Project Manager 00 – 05; Assistant Airport Engineer/Engineer 92 – 00; Engineer I 85 – 92

Assist the Director of Planning and Development in supervising and training the department as well as planning, design, project/construction management and maintenance of airport facilities including: airfield and vehicle pavements; landscaping; commercial, industrial, administrative, private as well as aviation specific buildings.

• Projects include: Concourse B Expansion and later Modification and Terminal Concourse Interior Improvements; Executive Lounge; Terminal ADA; TSA Bag Screen; Maintenance Complex Buildings and Site; Avis/Murphy Surf-Air Service Facility; ARFF Training Facility design/construction; Runway Overlay (including lighting); Runway and Taxiway Signage (national FAA award) and Lighting; Runway Safety Area Improvements; Ramp Additions; Terminal Road Re-Alignment and Man-O-War Entrance; Pavement Maintenance Management Programs; Access Control; Parking Structure; hangars; Master Plan and Updates; Noise Program; Utility Relocations; Underground Storage Tank Removal; Georgetown GA Airport construction (including Terminal, Hangar, and Airfield); Georgetown Runway Extension, Paving, Fuel Storage and Disposal, Taxiway, Lighting and Navaids

• From 1993 to May 1995 served as department head in his absence numerous times, including a two-month and a five-month period. Managed all Engineering functions and personnel.

• Assist in negotiations, contract agreements, and bid processes with consultants and contractors

• Work with Federal Aviation Administration, Kentucky Department of Aeronautics, local and other governmental officials to provide for and maintain facilities, ensure compliance, and assist in grant applications/funding

• Assist the Director in managing and training personnel in use of AutoCAD and Microsoft software and keeping up with industry trends. In-house construction management, design, surveying and drafting as required

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KENTUCKY AIR NATIONAL GUARD, 123D CIVIL ENGINEER SQUADRON, Louisville KY 1989 – 2010

Retired Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Commander (previously OIC of Operations)

Assist the Squadron Commander/Base Civil Engineer in supervision, training, planning, design, construction, and maintenance of base facilities as well as squadron operations including Crash Fire Rescue, Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Emergency Management.

• Assist the Squadron Commander in personnel and project management

• On Scene Commander, Unit Public Affairs Representative, Unit Historian, Safety and Security Officer

• Commanded deployments to off-¬base projects as assigned, including building, paving, infrastructure and planning projects in Iraq (we operated Baghdad International Airport, renovated a VIP palace and other building construction), Saudi Arabia (desert road), Spain (ramp), Germany (base demo and airfield lighting), Belize (warehouse and hospital additions), Costa Rica (school buildings), Canada (Armory renovations), Hawaii (training building renovation), California (warehouse and housing renovation), Oregon (utilities), North Carolina (asbestos abatement and housing renovation), Arizona (border security fencing) and Kentucky (base maintenance, planning, etc.)

J. D. WILLIAMS ENGINEERS-SURVEYORS, Mt. Sterling KY 1984 – 1985

Construction Inspector, Survey Crewman and Draftsman

Inspect construction on the Mt. Sterling-Montgomery County Airport’s new runway and roads in major reconstruction; maintained construction records and performed engineering, drafting and surveying assignments on industrial, highway and residential projects

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, University of Kentucky, May 1982. Specialized in Structural Analysis and Hydraulics

• Professional Engineer #16976, KY, June 1991

• Post-graduate work in Construction Management

• American Planning Association (Federal Planning Division) planning and sustainability seminars in Boston 2011 and Los Angeles 2012

• USA Corps of Engineer PROSPECT courses on Economic Analysis, Area and Facility Planning, Real Property Management and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) applications 2009-2012

• Post-graduate study at Air Force Air Command and Staff College, March 2007, post graduate studies in organizational management, leadership and joint operations; Squadron Officer School, April 1998, post graduate studies through individual and team class work and exercises to study management, leadership and Air Force operations; Combat Engineering School, Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton OH, February 1991; Base Civil Engineering School, McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard Base, March 1991; Academy of Military Science, December 1989

AFFILIATIONS / COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP

Member of Cornerstone Church, Lexington KY

Part owner and operator of Buckoak Farm in Versailles KY

Past chairman of the KyANG Officer's Association, Louisville KY

Former County Commissioner, District 2, Fayette County

Member of: American Society of Civil Engineers; Kentucky Society of Professional Engineers; Society of American Military Engineers; American Association of Airport Executives; Air Force Association; National Guard Association of the United States; National Eagle Scout Association

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