Project Manager Engineer

Joseph T. Erchenian, P.E, M-ASCE

Sr. Project Manager

Education: 1973 Civil Engineering Graduate, Mohawk College, Hamilton,

Ontario, Canada

Continuing Education Seminars

Construction Administration, University of Maryland

Construction Management, Pennsylvania State University,

Project Management and Advanced Scheduling classes, Jacobs College

Joined Jacobs May 1995, and previously with Sverdrup (now Jacobs) 1978-

1993

With Others : 9 years in Construction/Design Industry

Registration: Professional Engineer, 1991, Maryland (18843)(#18843)

Certifications: Certified Erosion and Sediment Control Specialist,

Virginia and Maryland

Certified Nuclear Density Gauge Operator

OSHA 10-hr. Safety Course

Affiliations: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Construction Management Association of America (CMAA)

Construction Institute (ASCE-CI)

Personal Summary Paragraph

A seasoned Project Manager and a Professional Engineer with over 30 years

of design and construction industry experience. Managing projects totaling

to $2.0 B for Federal, State government agencies and private industry

clients. Projects have included contracts based on Unit Price Contracts,

Guaranteed Maximum Price, fixed price, multi-prime projects, Capital

Improvement Programs, and extended government contracts.

Have an understanding of construction techniques and requirements in the

Washington Metro area, establishing working relationships with major local

contractors and developers. Responsibilities have included overall project

management (including Designer and contractor selections), Contract

Administration, Shop Drawing Review, Document Control, Construction Quality

Assurance & Inspection, Testing, Estimating, Interactive schedule

preparation & Schedule Updates, Progress Payments, Change Order Review and

Negotiations, Project Safety, Project Budget Preparation, Monthly Executive

Reports and presentations.

Relevant Horizontal Design/Construction Experience

Prior to joining Jacobs Facilities, Inc. Mr. Erchenian was the Manager of

Construction Projects with William H. Gordon Associates, Inc., Chantilly,

Virginia. His project assignments and activities included:

50,000-linear foot, 42-inch diameter water transmission main located in

developed sections of Western Fairfax County. Resident Construction

Engineer responsible for construction. The alignment was constructed

through rural, residential, and commercial local and regional park

properties, some of which included wetlands, historic and prehistoric sites

as well as three major stream crossings which contribute to the Upper

Occoquan Watershed.

6,000-linear foot, four-lane divided Lawyers Road Extension in Centreville,

Virginia. Resident Construction Engineer responsible for providing

construction consultation for construction, including upgrade of an

intersection with Centreville Road. The project consisted of one triple

nine-foot by 10-foot precast box culvert as well as a double 36-foot Con

Span Arch with a 13.5-foot rise; this was the largest precast arch in

Virginia.

Infrastructure systems. Project Manager providing detailed review of

proposed public and private infrastructure systems for compliance with the

town of Leesburg design and construction standards manual, including a

cross-check of compliance with the town's subdivision ordinance.

Established an in-house plan control and inventory system compatible with

the town's standard filing system. Provided a computerized copy as well as

hard copy for each review, as well as a detailed managing system to monitor

status, cost, fees, physical location and engineers' effort.

With Sverdrup Corporation, Falls Church, Virginia, (Now Jacobs) Mr.

Erchenian held varied positions from Project Engineer to Project Executive.

His project assignments and activities included:

. Airpark Rd, Rockville, MD. Resident Engineer - Construction of 4 lane

arterial roadway between MD 124 and MD 115 including upgrades to

Woddfield Rd (MD 115) and Muncaster Mill Rd (MD124) project included the

largest spanning corrugated metal panel arch over Rock Creek (Class 1

Tributary). Responsible for design interpretation, compliance with MDSHA

and Montgomery County regulations.

. Pitt-Greenville Airport runway and taxiway, Greenville, North Carolina.

Project Engineer. Design and plan preparation for the new Taxiways and

Existing runway reconstruction, including Horizontal and vertical

alignment, erosion control, drainage, runway intersections and clearance

of flight take-off obstructions.

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission facility maintenance yard

construction plans, Washington, D.C. Utility and Roadway Design Engineer.

Design of horizontal and vertical alignment of roads, drainage, erosion

control, maintenance of traffic and quantity computations and plan

preparation.

Inspection of interstate structures in five North Carolina counties.

Analysis Engineer/Senior Inspector. Inspection of 150 special interstate

structures and trusses extracted from a total of 1,800 bridges to measure

and detail quantity of member losses on superstructure and substructures.

Included examination and evaluation of structural integrity; and alignment

of road and stream. Also computed structural analysis of simple structures

and evaluation reports for some 200 structures.

1.7 miles of Delaware Route 7 and Stanton Intersection, Stanton, Delaware.

Project Engineer. Included design of vertical and horizontal alignments

including compound spiral curves, drainage, erosion control, maintenance of

traffic, a major at-grade intersection and quantity computations and right-

of-way plan preparation including the search and transformation of deeds

from the 19th century to the modern Delaware grid system utilities and

construction plans.

Inspection of trusses and structures in Baltimore County. Bridge

Inspector. Bridge inspections of 90 trusses and special structures

extracted from 400 bridges to measure and detail quantity of member losses

and superstructure and substructures. Examined general structural

conditioning and integrity, roadway and stream alignments.

Bridge structures, North Carolina and Delaware. Civil Design Engineer.

Design computations of horizontal and vertical alignments, hydrological

analysis for substructures and superstructure of bridges over Flat River,

North Carolina; Little Alamonal Creek in Greensboro, North Carolina; White

Clay Creek in Stanton, Delaware and South Fork of the New River, North

Carolina.

Rockville Center's Courthouse Drive, Rockville, Maryland. Civil Design

Engineer. Design computations of the horizontal and vertical alignments

and drainage, as well as construction consultation.

Fields Roads, Rockville, Maryland. Project Engineer. Design computations

of major drainage cross culverts, enclosed drainage system, horizontal and

vertical alignment of a 1.7-mile roadway, side streets, driveways, and

major intersections with MD 355, preparation of construction plans. Other

responsibilities included coordinating with County and State agencies,

including sub-consultants.

Union Station Bus/Parking Garage and Rail Access Facilities, Washington,

D.C. Assistant Construction Manager/Office Engineer. Review and approval

of material submittals, shop drawings review and negotiation of change

orders, claims, monthly progress payments and an office staff consisting of

a secretary, clerk and five inspectors (three structural, one mechanical,

one electrical). Also responsible for the coordination with local railroad

authorities, utility owners, adjacent contractors and owners and sub-

consultants e.g., soils, welding, concrete, engineers) for construction.

Fairfax County Parkway between I-95 and Beulah Street, Fairfax, Virginia.

Project Engineer. Design of horizontal and vertical alignment of roadway,

including a diamond interchange and at-grade intersection, erosion control,

drainage, maintenance of traffic, quantity computations and final

construction plan preparation for a two-mile portion of the Parkway.

Charlottesville Bypass study. Construction Engineer. Constructability

review of seven different proposed alignments in the design of 65 miles of

the Bypass study. Included major urban and suburban interchanges

conformity with AASHTO and State standards. Preliminary redesign of

extremely complicated merger between three major Arterial Highways, the

Business U.S. 250 West, Bypass U.S. 250 West, and Bypass U.S. 29 South.

Upgrade of the Grant County Airport, Petersburg, West Virginia. Project

Manager. Modify the existing automated weather observation system I to

system III and extend the existing runway by 800 linear feet, Overlay the

existing runway and include a "T-Cup" taxiway . Design, plan preparation

and specifications conforming with FAA standards. Included Resident

Engineering and administration of contracts, review of bids and

qualifications of contractors.

Maryland highway projects. Project Engineer. Design and plan preparation

for the MD 202 Dualization study, hydraulic analysis, West Branch Creek and

design of the intersection between MD Route 202 and MD Route 193 (556).

MCI South-East Regional Headquarters Douglasville, Georgia. Resident

Construction Engineer. Onsite supervision and inspection of the

construction phase activities to assure proper construction methods,

conformance to plans and specifications, safe work practices and

procedures, adherence to sediment control plans and maintenance of traffic

plans. Supervise daily activities of the project inspectors assuring

proper scheduling, monitoring and review of material tasks. Documented,

reviewed and negotiated force account work, change order work, construction

progress, unusual events and conditions, conducted bi-weekly progress

meetings and prepare monthly executive reports. Mr. Erchenian's

professional demeanor to obtain a construction permit top-out the 12,000

square foot 2 story building and obtain partial occupancy permit within 6

weeks was recognized by County officials.

Dover Air Force Base Civil Air Terminal in Dover, Delaware. Project

Manager. Design and construction plan preparation for the apron and

taxiway extension to accommodate "Air Bus" cargo planes.

Baltimore Washington International Airport, Maryland. Project Engineer.

Provided various field condition inspections and preparation of reports for

the BWI Airport elevated departure ramp and bridge over MD 110, for MDOT,

MAA and MSHA.

24 underground fuel tanks at National Institute of Health, Bethesda,

Maryland. Project Manager. Coordinated replacement, reviewed industrial

hygienist reports, and reinforced environmental requirements during

construction. Reviewed construction progress and pay requisitions and

changes from contract.

Conway Bypass, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Hydrology Engineer. Prepare

preliminary design computations for major and minor drainage areas, sized

ALL culverts at stream crossings along 30+ miles of the proposed Bypass.

11-story federal office building for the General Services Administration,

Richmond, Virginia. Construction Executive. Design review of all

disciplines, construction and tenant relocation schedule, while maintaining

70 percent occupancy during construction; procurement and renovation.

Building houses several federal agencies including the regional offices for

the IRS.

Buildings 5, Building 30 Tower, Building 29 HVAC and steam manholes, for

the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Deputy Project

Manager. Project oversight for several simultaneous construction projects.

Maryland State Highway Administration project. Project Engineer.

Constructability review. Included analysis of a $9 million claim for the

widening of MD 495 between I 270 and Connecticut Avenue.

Philadelphia Transit Authority. Senior Structural Inspector. Conducted

the condition inspection for nine (9) miles of an elevated rail structure.

Measured and detailed quantity of member losses for superstructure and

substructures, examined general structural conditioning and integrity,

roadway and rail alignments.

West Virginia Bridge Inspection. Senior Structural Inspector. Conducted

condition inspection of two multi-span trusses spanning over the west

branch of the Ohio River, to measure and detail quantity of member losses

for superstructure and substructures, examined general condition of

scouring and integrity of roadway and river alignments.

As a Survey Party Chief/Resident Inspector with Proctor and Redfern

Consulting Services, St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada, Mr. Erchenian project

assignments and activities included:

Stanley Avenue and Morrison Street bridges over the Sir Adam Beck

Hydroelectric Power Plant supply channel, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

Survey Party Chief/Assistant Inspector. Construction survey. Cut sheet

preparation for utilities, approach roadways, substructure and

superstructure.

500-acre Confederation Heights Subdivision, Thorold, Ontario, Canada.

Senior Party Chief. Supervised five survey crews for construction surveys

and cut sheet preparation for all infrastructure work including, Storm

Waters, Sanitary Sewers, Water Lines, Roadways and sidewalks..

Town of Lincoln, Ontario, Canada. Design Party Chief. Conducted pre-design

surveys and investigation of all services for the existing sanitary sewer.

Brock Solid Waste Site in St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada. Survey Party

Chief/Assistant Resident Engineer. Performed construction surveys and

inspection of the underground utilities.

King Street sewer system in St. Catherines, Ontario. Survey Party

Chief/Assistant Resident Engineer. Conducted construction/as-built surveys

and inspection of the 300-linear foot construction of 102-inch sewer

connector under King Street.

Town of Crystal Beach, Ontario. Resident Inspector. Surveyed existing

grades, designed and prepared grade cut sheet computations for the

construction of complete roadside ditches for the town of Crystal Beach,

Ontario.

As an Assistant Resident Engineer/Survey Party Chief with Kerry T. Howe,

Ltd., St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada, Mr. Erchenian assisted the resident

engineer in QA/QC assurance of construction. He provided construction

surveys and prepared cut sheets for all infrastructure, reviewed monthly

pay requisitions, and confirmed quantities.

As a Senior Technician with Acres Consulting Services, Niagara Falls,

Ontario, Canada, Mr. Erchenian's projects activities included:

Inspection of rock core drilling operations for the geotechnical subsurface

investigation of the Lower Churchill Hydroelectric Dam at Goose Bay,

Labrador, Canada.

Quantity survey for the rehabilitation construction and dredging of the

Redeau Canal, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Construction inspection of the damming operations of the Niagara River and

large boulder removal under the American Waterfalls, Niagara Falls, New

York.

Relevant Vertical Construction Experience

. Porter Neuroscience Research Center Phase II, Bethesda, MD. Sr. Project

Manager for CQM Team - Responsible for all aspects of the Construction

Quality Control team's duties and responsibilities. Supporting the

Government in Change Management, Budget preparations, GMP estimates,

evaluations and recommendations to Government. Supported the owner with

budgeting/cost control, financial reporting and recommendations on

obtaining a final GMP (2 years after NTP). . Phase II consist of the

construction of the final phase of the 600,000 GSF facility, composed of

Vivarium, basement to house the largest magnet in the world 18T, Ground

floor cafeteria and conference center, 1st, 2nd & 3rd Floors with

interstitial spaces for a total of 310,000 GSF.

. Magnuson Clinical Center "F" Wing Renovations, Bethesda, MD. Sr. Project

Manager- Leading the Construction Quality Management Team for the Phases

A & B renovation of 215,584 GSF of former patient care and laboratory

areas on floors 2 through 14 of the "F" Wing to build-out laboratory,

laboratory support spaces and offices for 379 personnel in the clinical

research program on NIAID, NCI, NHLBI, NEI & NICHD. Was reassigned to

PNRC II construction team.

. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, Virginia, (Business Weeks 2006

Architectural Wonder of the World, McGraw Hill Merit Award for Mid

Atlantic Region, CMAA Best Project over $100M for the Mid Atlantic

Region) Project Manager - Program Management for new $450 million,

706,300 GSF research campus. Responsible for project closeout which

included the completion of an 15,000 item Punch List, obtaining

Certificates of Occupancy for landscape building, and studio building,

finalize all outstanding changes, obtaining all record documentation and

release of County held bonds.

. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Project Manager.

Responsible for multiple capital project including design and

construction program. Responsibilities included preparation of RFP's,

budgets, schedules, Designer & Construction selection and contract

administration of the following:

> National Institute of Allergic and Infectious Disease (NIAID)

Integrated Research Facility. Construction and Activation Liaison.

This $130 million dollar 149,000 GSF new construction project

includes BSL 2, 3 and 4 laboratories and vivaria. Reporting

directly to NIAID Director and was responsible for coordinating

NIAID's interaction with the design and construction team as well

as the laboratory operations contractor to ensure proper exchange

of O&M manuals, appropriate personnel training and management of

the Occupants SOP's.

> Building 6 and 6A Renovation Project. Contract Project Officer.

This $61 million dollar multiple-phased program included renovation

of the 80, 000 GSF Building 6 and 6A. Served as the NIH's

technical representative to the project's design and construction

team. Responsibilities included liaison with the building

occupants; evaluating proposals monitoring cost, schedule, and

quality; and preparing monthly project updates for the Scientific

Directors and Facility Director.

> Porter Neuroscience Research Center Phase I Contract Project

Officer. As the NIH's technical representative to the development

manager from activation of Phase 1 through Decommissioning and

Demolition of Building 36 and design of Phase 2. Responsibilities

included resolving Phase 1 technical problems and overseeing Phase

2 design, program budget and demolition of building 36.

. University of Maryland Program Management Services, Statewide, Maryland.

Project Manager augmenting owner's staff, acting as the owner.

Responsible for multiple projects totaling 764,000 GSF of construction

value under this $1.3 billion, capital project design and construction

program. Responsibilities included preparation of RFP's, budgets,

schedules, and contract administration of the following design and

construction projects varying from NCAA compliant Athletic Fields to

BSL3-Research and cGMP Pharmaceutical laboratory construction projects.

> Hagerstown Educational Center Renovation-HAZMAT abatement,

structural stabilization, and renovation of a 76,665 Gross Square

Feet of historical Baldwin Hotel and Routzen Department store into

faculty and administrative rooms as well as teaching classrooms for

an undetermined program use (approximate cost of $15 M). The

facility contains technology enhanced classrooms, Distance learning

(Interactive Training) classrooms, open class laboratories, two-six

bed Nursing laboratory classrooms (intensive care & general ward),

study spaces, media centers and related support spaces. Project was

completed ahead of schedule and under the budget. Project was

featured in several articles and magazines as the prime property of

the Downtown Revitalization plan for the city of Hagerstown, MD.

Received first place in State of Maryland Historical Preservation

Award.

> Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology (CARB II) at UMBI -

140,000 Gross Square Foot Biotech Research laboratories, general

training labs, crystallography rooms, animal holding rooms as well

as Biosafety Level 3 lab, Green house and phase I pharmaceutical

clinical Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) space including support

spaces, faculty and executive offices for the University of

Maryland's Biotechnology Institute. State Budget of $50M includes

design construction and equipment.

> Compton Center for the Frostburg State University. The construction

of a 130,000 GSF building comprising of general teaching chemistry

laboratories, animal holding rooms, faculty offices and lecture

halls for Frostburg State University. The $32 M project was

completed on time (5/24/03) and within budget, allowing the users to

purchase additional equipment for the students. Project was

featured in the July 2004 edition of College Planning and Management

magazine.

> New Residence Hall for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore

(UMES). The 70,000 GSF Design Built Project consisted of a 300-bed

dormitory for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore at a budgeted

cost of $18M.

> Henson Center-UMES - Completion of Defaulted Contractors incomplete

contract items for the 75,000 GSF Hotel and Culinary Laboratory

Building at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, at a budgeted

total cost of $13M. Work consisted or repairs to roof and room

finishes.

> William P. Hytch Center (UMES) - Completion of defaulted

Contractor's incomplete contract items for the 180,000 GSF Physical

Education building which includes a DIN certified basketball court,

NCAA certified 200 meter indoor track and Women's softball field.

> Waters and Somerset Halls (UMES) - 92,000 GSF renovations of two

historical structures to house the newly developed Instrumentation

Technologies Vice President's administration offices, classrooms and

computer laboratories for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore

for a Total Design and construction budget of $14.0M.

> 4,000 GSF Crop Aquaculture Laboratory Building Extension (UMES). The

$2.5M design and construction cost was an extension to the existing

Crop - Aquaculture building laboratories which is providing

additional tanks to support third world countries with Fishery

processes.

. Social Security Administration, Repair & Alteration, Small Projects

Group, GSA- Region 3, Woodlawn, Maryland. Assistant Project Manager. For

Jacobs' task order contract to provide construction management services

for the renovation, repair and upgrade of 11 buildings located on a 281-

acre suburban campus. Joe was Project Manager for $2.5 million worth of

Construction/Renovation Projects. Projects included construction of Staff

Offices, classrooms and two "Interactive Video Training Studios",

Construction of Audio Visual Studio and support staff office spaces, Site

Lighting Project and Computer Center Building's upgrade for Seismic

Compliance. His responsibilities included Contract Administration, Design

Reviews, Value Engineering, shop drawing review and control, construction

quality control and testing, schedule updates, progress payments, change

order review, negotiations and recommendation, project safety and final

punch-out.

. National Institute of Standards and Technology Advanced Chemical

Sciences Laboratory, Gaithersburg, Maryland. Construction Quality Manager.

Conducted final punch-out of the $75 million National Institutes of

Technology Advanced Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Gaithersburg, MD. Mr.

Erchenian's efforts to proactively oversee the contractor to complete some

9,000 deficiencies, prior to Occupation of the building, was acknowledged

by the Director.

35. Arlington County, Virginia Water Pollution Control, Arlington,

Virginia. Construction Manager responsible for the on-site construction

management/resident engineering of the $96 million upgrade and expansion

for the Arlington County, Virginia Water Pollution Control Plant's phase

IIIA dewatering building construction. His activities have included

contract administration, Design Reviews, Value Engineering Evaluation,

shop drawing review and control, construction quality control and

testing, schedule updates, progress payments, change order review,

negotiations and recommendation, project safety, monthly executive

reports, plant startup, operator training, and final project closeout.

Mr. Erchenian's Commitment to Partnering was incorporated in a paper

titled "Partnering: A Continuing Success" which was presented to the

1998 Virginia Water Environment Federation (VWEF) Convention, the 1999

combined National Water Environment Federation (NWEF), and the American

Water Works Association (AWWA).

36. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, Montgomery County Schools, MD.

Solicited bid and conducted pre-bid meetings, evaluated bids and

conducted value engineering efforts to meet budgeted costs for the

Montgomery County School Boards' Renovation of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase

High school approximate cost of $45 million.

37. Alexandria Sanitation Authority, Alexandria, Virginia. Conducted

constructability review of the $145 million Alexandria Sanitation

Authority Upgrade Programs for the Thickening/Dewatering Building and

Biological Reactor Basins to meet DEQ permit requirements.

Employment History:

Jacobs Project Management Company May 1995 to date

Construction Manager

W.H. Gordon Associates, Inc. Sep 1993 - May 1995

Resident Construction Manager

Sverdrup Corporation Jan 1979 - Sep 1993

Resident Engineer/Project Manager

Senior Technician/Project Engineer

Proctor and Redfern, Inc. Nov 1973 - Dec 1978

Survey Party Chief/Resident Inspector

Acres Consulting Services Jul 1974 - Nov 1975

Senior Technician

K.T. Howe Consultants May 1973 - Jul 1974

Party Chief/Resident Inspector

Languages spoken: Fluent in Spanish and Armenian

Client Commendations:

"Joe Erchenian has built a strong relationship with NIAID in his role as

liaison between NIAID, the Activation and Construction teams. NIAID

continually comments on his abilities and integral service in support of

their mission. His talents in this service have allowed the Activation

Phase of the project to move forward in ways that weren't previously

anticipated." Linda Coe - NIAID, Assistant Director.

"I've known Joe for many years, he is a local guy with many years of

experience, honest, trustworthy Thomas M. Kurek, DPR, Chief Estimator

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