Douglas J. Colter
Houston Texas 77082
Home/Cell: 360-***-****
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OBJECTIVE:
To secure a position in Operations, Project Management, and Pre-
Construction/Estimating, where my skills and more than 30 years of
experience can be utilized, with increasing responsibilities, leading to
upper management opportunities.
SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:
. Successful track record as General Manager, Estimating Manager
(projects to $19M), Senior Estimator, and Senior Project Manager
with Commercial and Industrial HVAC Mechanical Companies.
. Skilled in running profitable companies, divisions and projects.
. Skilled and experienced as a Senior Project Manager managing
(profitably) Plan & Spec New Construction projects from
$100,000.00 - $10,000,000.00.
. Skilled and experienced as a Senior Project Manager managing
(profitably) Design-Build New Construction projects from
$250,000.00 - $19,000,000.00.
. Skilled in Commercial & Residential Retro-fit Sector.
. Operations Management experience.
. Business Development, Marketing and Sales Skills.
. Leadership and Team Building Skills.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
May March 2012 to June 2013, Graves Mechanical Houston Texas
Chief Estimator
Duties Included For all Projects: Contract administration, job site office
staff supervision, sub-contractor coordination, estimating and conceptual
estimating, cost control, and cost accountability, subcontract negotiation,
subcontract and prime contract review and negotiation, change orders, and
completed project sale. Projects are commercial, medical and industrial.
Develop TSI estimating software.
May 2010 to March 2012, McCarthy Building Company Tempe AZ
Senior Project Manager (Went Back To a Mechanical Contractor)
Duties Included For all Projects: Contract administration, job site office
staff supervision, sub-contractor coordination, estimating and conceptual
estimating, cost control, and cost accountability, labor management,
productivity tracking, expediting, subcontract negotiation, subcontract and
prime contract review and negotiation, writing subcontracts, equipment buy-
out, project management training, change orders, and completed project
sale. Projects are commercial and waste water treatment plants with HVAC
plumbing and process piping, self perform scope. Coordinate with the
General Construction estimating department. Coordination with other
Mechanical Contractors on bid day. Various markets: Texas, Colorado, New
Mexico, California.
February 2007 to May 2010 Midstate Mechanical, Inc. Phoenix AZ
Estimating Manager, Tucson Division Manager (Opportunity with a General
Contractor)
Duties Include: All aspects and responsibilities of managing an Estimating
Department supporting revenues of $70M annually. Responsible for developing
an annual budget and managing to that budget. Hiring key personnel of a
staff of seven. Managing the estimating schedules. Oversee and approve
project budgets of successful bids. Managing and maintaining TSI/MAP
estimating software. Implementing piping and plumbing data, and software
development. Preparing data for monthly backlog reports to help manage and
forecast revenues and manpower needs. Prepare and hold weekly bid meetings,
and monthly department meetings. Member of the Executive Team, contribute
in monthly executive team meetings. Attend monthly Operations Department
meetings, and project review meetings. Division office set up. Business
Development for Phoenix and Tucson. Pre-construction services including
budgeting.
June 1995 to December 1998 Temp Control Mechanical Contractors
February 2002 to February 2007 Temp Control Mechanical, Portland OR
Senior Project Manager / Estimator (Moved to Phoenix for a new opportunity)
Duties Included For all Projects: Contract administration, job site office
staff supervision, prime contractor / sub-contractor coordination,
estimating and conceptual estimating, cost control, and cost
accountability, labor management, productivity tracking, expediting,
subcontract negotiation, subcontract and prime contract review and
negotiation, writing subcontracts, equipment buy-out, project management
training, change orders, and completed project sale. Projects are
commercial and industrial process piping, plumbing, controls, and HVAC.
Temp Control self performs sheet metal work. Most industrial work was T & M
/ NTE contracts with very short demanding schedules. Special focus on
business development, and pre-construction in both markets.
February 1999 to January 2002 Southland Industries, Portland, OR
Senior Project Manager / Estimator (Portland office closed)
Duties Included For all Projects: Contract administration, job site office
staff supervision, prime contractor / sub-contractor coordination,
estimating, cost control, and cost accountability, labor management,
productivity tracking, expediting, subcontract negotiation, subcontract and
prime contract review and negotiation, writing subcontracts, equipment buy-
out, project management training, estimates, change orders and completed
project sale. Projects were commercial and industrial. Southland Industries
self performs sheet metal work.
October 1987 to June 1995 Fullman Company Portland, OR
Senior Project Manager / Estimator
Duties Included For all Projects: Contract administration, job site office
staff supervision, prime contractor / sub-contractor coordination,
estimating, cost control, and cost accountability, labor management,
productivity tracking, expediting, subcontract negotiation, subcontract and
prime contract review and negotiation, writing subcontracts, equipment buy-
out, project management training, estimates, change orders and completed
project sale. All out of town, out of state work, including Alaska, was
managed from Portland, with frequent site visits.
October 1974 to October 1987 Oregon Mechanical Company Salem, OR
President and Partner (Sold company to partner to go with Fullman)
Duties included; all of the daily aspects of managing a small contracting
firm with annual sales of 1.5 to 2 million dollars. Started as an
Apprentice Plumber, then Journeyman, then Foreman. Responsibilities as a
managing partner included all financial responsibilities, marketing,
project management, estimating, and labor coordination and relations.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE WITH MCCARTHY
Industrial:
City of Dallas Texas Wylie Waste Water Treatment Plant. 2.8 Million
Mechanical Total Project Value: 125 M Million HVAC, plumbing and
controls.
Arizona Power Supply Outage Support Facility. 300 K Process Piping
Total Project Value 10 Million 304 Stainless steel process piping.
Commercial/Institutional:
Barry Goldwater High School Glendale AZ. 2 Million Mechanical Total
Project Value: 10 Million HVAC plumbing and controls retro fit. Fifty-
seven day schedule.
San Carlos Rural Health Center. 1.8 Million. Total Project Value: 80
Million Remote health facility for the Indian Health Service. HVAC,
controls, and plumbing.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE WITH TEMP CONTROL
Industrial:
Intel, Planar Expansion. Fab 15. Aloha, OR. 6 Million. Tool install,
all process high purity gases piping, and process exhaust. Slurry
piping and slurry handling equipment, tool move in and set. One-year
schedule.
Komatsu Silicon America. Hillsboro, OR. Design assist 4.2 Million.
Total Project Value 900 Million EPI Tool install, all process piping,
utility piping, DI water piping, process waste, and process exhaust.
Three-month schedule.
Fujitsu Manufacturing. Gresham, OR. 500 Thousand. Various sustaining
projects including CDA tie-in, failure analysis lab addition and retro
fit. Scope included process piping, utility piping, HVAC piping, and
ductwork, process exhaust.
Maxim Integrated Products. Beaverton, OR. 6 Million. Fab 3
expansion. HVAC piping and duct, process piping, utility piping,
process waste. High purity gases. 5 M tool upgrades, six-inch tool
upgrades. All tool move in and set. The project peaked at over 6M.
Three-month schedule, 150 people. T&M not to exceed contract.
ETEC Systems. Beaverton, OR. 2 Million Various sustaining projects
in existing facility that included Fab expansion and tool installs,
HVAC, process piping and exhaust.
Commercial/Institutional:
Oregon Health Sciences University, River Campus. Portland OR. 9
Million. Total Project Valve 50 Million
One of the first buildings in the redevelopment of Portland's south
water front. Sixteen story building full medical facility. Scope
includes all HVAC equipment, HVAC piping and duct, medical steam
systems, medical air, vacuum, medical gases, medical alarms and
outlets, and valves, acid waste, and plumbing systems.
Hillsboro Civic Center. Hillsboro, OR 2.6 Million Total Project Value
10 Million. Five story design-build facility for the City of
Hillsboro. HVAC and plumbing systems. LEED Gold Certification.
Oregon State University Kelley Engineering. Corvallis OR, 1.5 Million
Total project Value 10 Million
Four story teaching facility serving the Engineering department. Scope
included HVAC duct work. Fume hoods. LEED Gold Certification.
Clark County Exhibition Hall. Ridgefield WA. 1.8 Million Total Project
Value 8 Million.
New 97,000 square foot facility. HVAC and plumbing systems.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE WITH SOUTHLAND INDUSTRIES
Commercial:
Oregon Humane Society. 1.3 Million Total Project Value 8 Million.
HVAC and process piping systems for a state of the art animal care and
shelter facility with animal medical facilities.
Industrial:
Intel Fab 11 West. Rio Rancho, NM. 19 Million Total Project Value 60
Million. Process piping, utility piping, process waste, OFA, ICW, all
utilities. Total refitting of an existing fab, floor to ceiling & wall-
to-wall, all sub-fab support. Project totaled 200,000 man-hours over
six months; manpower peaked at 200 people working 24-7.
Intel JF-4 Office Building. 9 Million Total Project Value 25 Million.
Restart of a building, mothballed in 1994. All HVAC piping, equipment,
lab process piping, OFA, N2, PCW. Project totaled 30,000 man-hours
over 4 months.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE WITH FULLMAN COMPANY
Commercial/Institutional:
Kotzebue Hospital, Kotzebue, AK. 7 Million Total Project Value 85
Million. Three year project. State of the art replacement hospital for
the Indian Health Service. All medical services, dental, OBGYN,
surgical and managed care. Kotzebue is 600 miles north of Nome AK.
above the Artic Circle. All HVAC equipment, tools, trucks, pipe, valve
and fitting were sent to Seattle WA. by May of each year to arrive in
Kotzebue by barge on July 4th. Scope included all HVAC equipment, HVAC
piping and duct, humidification, and medical steam systems, medical
air, vacuum, dental vacuum, medical gases, all medical equipment,
compressors, pumps, alarms, outlets, and valves, acid waste, fuel oil
piping and fuel oil handling systems, plumbing systems and waste
handing systems unique to the area.
Oregon Health Sciences University, C Wing Addition and Remodel,
Portland, OR 2.5 Million Total Project Value 8.5 Million. Oregon's
teaching hospital, in an extremely congested area. Eight floor
addition, with remodel and tie-ins at the main building. Material
could only be delivered to the site as needed on short-term basis.
Scope included all HVAC equipment, HVAC piping and duct, medical steam
systems, medical air, vacuum, medical gases, medical alarms and
outlets, and valves, acid waste, and plumbing systems
Oregon Health Sciences University, Mechanical Upgrades Portland, OR.
1.5 Million. 6 month retro-fit of piping that included new condenser
water, chilled water and heating water pumps and equipment. 10 and 12
inch piping ran from the basement to the roof, 10 stories in an
existing fully functional facility.
Meridian Park Hospital Tualatin, OR 2 Million Total Project Value 9.5
Million. Addition including nursery, 1-year schedule. Scope included
all HVAC equipment, HVAC piping and duct, medical steam systems,
medical air, vacuum, medical gases, medical alarms and outlets, and
valves, acid waste, and plumbing systems.
Industrial:
Hewlett Packard Building 8 & Energy Center, Corvallis, OR. 7.2 Million
Total Project Value 65 Million. Facility, 6-month schedule. Scope
included a new energy center to serve building 8 and future buildings.
Scope included all HVAC equipment, all HVAC piping and duct, condenser
water, oil free air systems, steam systems, process piping, ink
handling piping and equipment, vacuum pumps and piping, acid waste
systems, plumbing systems. Custom air handlers were set with air
bearings.
Oregon Graduate Institute Hillsboro OR 1.8 Million Total Project Value
12 Million. Lab Facility, Scope included DI water systems, process
piping, and acid waste systems, fume hoods, clean dry air, HVAC
equipment, piping and duct, laboratory supply and exhaust valve
systems.
Commercial:
Fairbanks Princess Hotel, Fairbanks, AK 2.6 Million Total Project
Value 25 Million. 200-room hotel, 2-year schedule. Scope included,
all HVAC equipment piping and duct, steam systems, plumbing systems,
fuel oil piping and handling systems, restaurant, commercial laundry
and banquet facilities.
Fred Meyer, Fairbanks, AK 2.5 Million. Retail facility, 6-month
schedule. The Fred Meyer chain is much like a Wal-Mart Super Store.
This building was 200,000 square feet. Scope included all HVAC
equipment piping, and duct, steam humidification systems, plumbing
systems, fuel oil piping and fuel oil handling systems.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE WITH OREGON MECHANICAL
Residential:
Sterling Point Apartments Beaverton, OR. 500 Thousand. 300 unit
facility. Plumbing systems. Completed on an 8-month schedule.
Meadow Creek Apartments, Beaverton, OR. 550 Thousand. 300 unit
facility. Plumbing systems, 9-month schedule.
French Prairie Apartments Wilsonville, OR. 350 Thousand. 200 unit
facility. Plumbing systems, completed on an 8 month schedule.
Institutional:
Lakeport Care Center, Lakeport, CA. 400 Thousand. 50 bed nursing home
in remote location. Plumbing systems.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Member Associated General Contractors
Past Board Member of Joint Apprenticeship and Training Council
Past Board Member of Associated Builders and Contractors
EDUCATION & TRAINING:
Graduate of McNary High School; Salem, OR,
Associate of Science; Chemeketa Community College,
Five year Plumbing Apprenticeship
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
Fred Pryor Project Management Seminars
Fred Pryor Marketing Seminars
Ottaviano Mechanical Estimating Seminars
American Arbitration Seminars
Allan Kilmer E.E.O. Seminars
Stoel, Rives, Boley, Jones & Gray Employment Law Seminars
Fullman Company Project Management Training & Seminars
Southland University Continuous Training
State of Oregon Continuing Education
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES:
State of Oregon - Journeyman Plumbers License
State of Washington - Journeyman Plumbers License
State of California - C36 Plumbing License
State of California - B General Contractors License
State of Alaska - Mechanical Administrators License
Municipality of Anchorage, AK - Mechanical Contractors License