Construction Management

Career summary

Licensed professional with extensive experience in risk management, loss

prevention, construction management, design-build, claims and management

consulting. Proven ability to work with senior management to improve

management practices, increase operational performance, execute project

turn-arounds and resolve complex construction disputes. Accomplished

authority on contractual risk transfer and professional liability claims.

Adept at developing and delivering leading-edge management

training/consulting.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TRAVELERS INSURANCE 2006 TO PRESENT

National Risk Management Director

Interacts with underwriting, claims and agency distribution channels to

provide risk management training and consulting for design professionals

nationwide. Regular speaker at national trade associations. Member of

American Counsel of Engineering Companies Risk and Management Practices

Committees.

RIMKUS CONSULTING GROUP 2005 to 2006

Vice President

Consulted with design professionals, owners, attorneys and construction

executives on design-construction risk management issues and problem

projects.

CONSTRUCTION RISK SOLUTIONS 2003 - 2005

Principal

Provided owner representation and construction oversight services to public

and private entities. Performed management consulting to $1.25 Billion

Light Rail Project.

ZURICH NORTH AMERICA 2000 - 2003

OCIP Director/Risk Management Consultant

Successfully delivered risk management advice to owners construction firm

senior management.

. Prepared risk evaluation for high-profile NFL Stadium

Expansion/Remodel; Report facilitated implementation of

significant risk/operational management protocols for the $500

Million Project.

. Directed $200 Million Owner Controlled Insurance Program for

leading telecommunications provider.

. Awarded prestigious Bronze Award for superior Client service

DPIC COMPANIES 1997-2000

Director of Loss Prevention Services

Responsible for providing loss prevention services for design

professionals. Implemented loss prevention programs; provided risk

management, contractual and insurance consulting services.

. Successfully managed writing and provided subject matter expertise

for the DPIC's Contract Guide,

. Delivered leading-edge risk design-build risk management services

to wide range of design professionals

GOULD EVANS ASSOCIATES

1995 - 1997

Risk Management/Contract Administration

Responsible for project administration, design quality and risk management

functions for large architectural firm.

. Successfully managed construction document quality and construction phase

services for a $60 Million fast track casino project with an aggressive

10-month schedule.

. Working with the school district, executed a successful project turn-a-

round that allowed a $5 Million school project to open on time and

without contractor claims.

ESHENRODER CONSTRUCTION, Kansas City, Missouri

1991 to 1995

Vice President

Responsible for managing construction projects, design/build programs and

insurance consulting services.

. Managed design-build for exclusive golf course construction

. Provided successful management consulting on $50 Million reconstruction

of 5 star hotel on the Hawaii Islands.

J.E. DUNN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY - Kansas City, Missouri 1984

to 1991

Project Controls Manager/Construction Manager

Responsible for the development, and control of construction project

schedules and subcontractor performance. Successfully executed complex

program and construction management contracts.

. Directed the successful completion of a major $48 million fast track

computer facility in demanding 12-month schedule.

. Developed and executed comprehensive construction schedule for a

$43,000,000 prison with a very aggressive contract completion date and

$5,000 per day liquidated damages clause.

. Developed field quality/productivity program with projected annual cost

savings of $750,000 to $1,000,000.

. Managed project schedules for over $20,000,000 in construction management

contracts for large college capital improvements program

WAGNER HOHNS INGLIS Kansas City, Missouri 1981 to

1984

Construction Consultant

Responsible for providing consulting services to construct owners,

contractors, architects, engineers, insurance companies and attorneys.

Presented expert testimony in disputes relating to design errors,

construction defects, delay claims, and field labor inefficiencies.

THE MARLEY COOLING TOWER COMPANY - Kansas City, Missouri 1977 to

1984

Quality Engineer

Responsible for the overall quality of design, fabrication, construction of

cooling towers for the nuclear power industry.

EDUCATION

MBA, Rockhurst College, Kansas City, MO

MS, CIVIL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, COLUMBIA, MO

BS, Civil Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia MO

professional

REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION

GARY M. PRATHER, P.E.

SELECTED PROJECTS

HOSPITALS

VAMC Hospital, Oklahoma City $33,000,000

VAMC Hospital, Popular Bluff, MO $7,500,000

University of Tennessee Medical C Construction Dispute, $15,000,000

Baptist Hospital Maternity Addition, Kansas City, MO $2,100,000

Manor Square Retirement Center, Overland Park, KS $3,500,000

MUNICIPAL

Wastewater Treatment Plant Construction Dispute Stockton, CA $7,200,000

Wastewater Treatment Plant, Construction Dispute, Greenville, TX

$5,200,000

Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements, Durant, OK $4,000,000

Water Treatment Plant Insurance Claim, Estes Park, CO, $1,000,000.

INDUSTRIAL

National Institute of Health Chiller Plant Construction Dispute, Bethesda,

MD, $4,000,000

Munitions Maintenance Facility, Dyess, AFB, Abilene, TX, $2,400,000

Consolidated Plant Operations Center, Parsons, KS, $5,600,000

Cryptologic Systems Training Facility, Goodfellow AFB, San Angelo, TX,

$2,600,000

Commissary, Naval Air Station, Memphis, TN, $1,000,000

Flight Simulator Facility, Blythville, AFB, AR, $2,000,000

Data Processing Facility, Aaltus, AFB, AR, $2,000,000

Mazda Warehouse, Kansas, City, MO, $2,400,000

Downtown Airport Gate Facilitate, Kansas City, MO, $550,000

Angus Chemical Plant Explosion, Serlington, LA, $120,000,000

Lennox Warehouse Collapse, Lenexa, KS, $600,000

OFFICE/COMMERCIAL

Two Warren Place Office Tower & Garage, Tulsa, OK, $27,000,000

Plaza West Office Tower & Garage, Kansas City, MO, $16,000,000

Leawood Executive Centre Buildings No. 1 & 2, Leawood, KS, $5,300,000

Townsend Place Condominiums, Kansas City, MO, $6,500,000

One Main Plaza Office Building, Kansas City, MO, $10,000,000

AT&T Computer Complex, Kansas City, MO, $48,000,000

Corporate Woods Building #70, Overland Park, KS, $5,000,000

Corporate Woods Building #12, Overland Park, KS, $6,000,000

Civic Center Transfer Facility Substructure Delay Claim, Denver, CO,

$1,000,000

Princeville Resort Renovation, Kauai, HA, $50,000,000

Commercial Building Insurance Claim, Park City, UT, $500,000

Hilton River Boat Casino, Kansas City, MO, $60,000,000

SCHOOLS

Platte city Middle & Elementary Schools, Platte City, MO $4,000,000

Bishop Meige School Addition, Mission KS, $1,800,000

Longview Community College, Building Expansion, Lee's Summit, MO,

$14,500,000

Maplewoods Community College, Building Expansion, Kansas City, MO,

$9,700,000

St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Overland Park, KS, $10,000,000

Crittenton Center Building Addition, Kansas City, MO, $4,000,000

University of Missouri, Kansas City, Swinney Sports Complex, $9,500,000

University of Missouri, Kansas City, Bloch School of Business Building,

$6,000,000

Kansas City Missouri School District Capital Improvements Program,

$30,000,000

PRISONS

Wyandotte County Justice Complex, Kansas City, KS, $27,000,000

Western Missouri Correctional Center, Cameron, MO, $45,000,000

Medium Security Prison Construction Dispute, Las Cruces, NM $18,000,000

author (Partial Listing)

"CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTIVITY: MATERIAL AVAILABILITY," BUILDER INSIDER

"CPM's Role in Project Communications," Walker's Estimating & Construction

Journal

"An Owner's Guide To Claims Prevention," Public Works

"Quality Assurance/Quality Control- Applying 10CFR50 to Construction

Management, CMAA

"Total Quality Management," Modern Builder

"Peer Review, Something to Consider," DPIC's Communiqu

"Architectural Claims Go through the Roof," DPIC's Communiqu

"Keeping a Lid on HVAC Claims," DPIC's Communiqu

Public Speaker (Partial Listing)

"CONSULTANT MANAGEMENT" LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL UNDERWRITER'S NATIONAL A/E

CONVOCATION, SCOTTSDALE, AZ

"Construction Defects", Holmes Murphy Des Moines, IA

"Design Build," DBIA, Seattle, WA

"Risk Management," Structural Engineers' Association, San Francisco, CA

"Designer-Led Project Delivery," Palm Springs, CA

"Managing Risks & Profits," AIA Philadelphia, PA

"Job Site Safety," Colorado Consulting Engineers, Denver CO

"Project First," AIA National Convention, San Francisco, CA

"Construction Administration", Civil Engineers, Sacramento, CA

"Design Quality, AIA St. Louis, MO

"Designer-Led Project Delivery," AIA National Convention Philadelphia, PA

"Warranties, Guarantees & Certifications," AIA Miami, FL

"Design Build," ACEC National Convention, Traverse City, MI

Teaching:

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS - UNIVERSITY MISSOURI, COLUMBIA

Construction Planning & Scheduling - University Missouri, Columbia

arbitrations:

ARBITRATOR FOR COMPLEX DISPUTE INVOLVING $1,000,000 IN DIFFERING-SITE

CONDITIONS/DELAY

Panel member for first RICO claim heard by the AAA

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