Project Manager Construction
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Ben Neil II
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My experience includes working for a "Best in Class" corporate real estate
firm and establishing a commercial general contracting company in Los
Angeles, CA. I have a solid background in construction practices having
managed my construction firm for over 20 years. My corporate roles
included owner representative, project manager, development manager and
development review consultant. I thoroughly enjoy all subjects relating to
real property and I look forward to the future of intelligent and
sustainable development.
Professional Experience
MAY, 2003 TO PRESENT
Jones Lang LaSalle
Los Angeles, CA
Associate Director
I performed multiple roles for Jones Lang LaSalle. As a team leader and
mentor to a group of project managers we renovated 200 bank retail
branches. I was the fee developer for five "de novo" credit unions in
Northern Nevada providing due diligence studies, entitlement management,
design and construction management. As a project manager I coordinated
multiple tenant interior build-outs for law firms, software development
companies, industrial warehouses and a retail shopping center. As a
development advisor to our clients (U.S. Army and Air Force) I provided
development review analysis of the privatized housing for the military
families at over 20 installations. For all of my different roles the
primary goal was to add value and to provide superior client service. By
providing realistic pre-construction estimates, critical path schedules,
value engineering, Web accessible reporting tools (budgets, schedule,
meeting notes) and my full attention on the projects our clients received
the best in class project service delivery available.
DDecember, 1988 to May, 2003
Neil & Associates, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
President
My general contracting firm provided construction services to a select
group of clients. We constructed various types of structures such as "tilt
up" warehouses, type II and type III block structures, pre-engineered
buildings and even a type V residence. Projects ranged from commercial
office tenant improvements, retail bank branches, clean rooms, restaurants,
medical offices, seismic retrofits to charity and entertainment offices.
June, 1987 to December, 1988
Inner Space Constructors
South Gate, CA
Project Manager
Inner Space is primarily a tenant improvement general construction firm.
My role was a project manager for construction of multiple tenant
improvement for a banking institution. I provided pre-construction
estimating, subcontractor RFP's and bidding, timeline schedules, budget
management, chaired weekly meetings, punch list and close-out
documentation.
Trammell Crow Company July, 1985 to June, 1987
Commerce, CA
Project Manager
As a project manager for Trammell Crow Company I headed up the tenant
improvement division in Commerce, CA. I coordinated the design process,
solicited RFPs from general contractors, wrote construction agreements,
oversaw the construction process through tenant move-in.
Shamrock Builders, Inc. 1973 to July, 1985
Pasadena, CA
Superintendent, Foreman
Shamrock Builders was a family owned and managed development firm. I
worked all of the trades and achieved a foremen status. In later years I
became a superintendent and passed the General Contractors exam in 1980.
We developed single family detached and multi-family housing units.
Sample Projects
COMMERCIAL OFFICE:
Latham Watkins (72,000 s.f. office tenant improvement, San Diego, CA)
The County of Los Angeles (105,000 s.f. retrofit/tenant improvement, Los
Angeles, CA)
Farmers Insurance (20,000 s.f. tenant improvement office restack, Los
Angeles, CA)
Microsoft ADECN (22,000 s.f. office tenant improvement/relocation,
Carpinteria, CA)
Maguire Thomas Partners (150,000 s.f. multiple office T.I., Los Angeles,
CA)
Data Center:
Greater Nevada Mortgage Service (5,500 s.f. tier II data center, Reno, NV)
LA Celluar (10,000 s.f. cell switch and tier III data center, Commerce, CA)
Retail:
The Lawndale Center (35,000 s.f. retail center redevelopment, Lawndale, CA)
The Skin Spa (10,000 s.f. day spa for women tenant improvement, Encino, CA)
Great American Short Story (5,000 s.f. retail tenant improvement, Los
Angeles, CA)
Critter Caterers (5,000 s.f. retail tenant improvement, Beverly Hills, CA)
Banking/Finance:
Greater Nevada Credit Union (6 de novo ground up branches, Northern Nevada)
Bank of America (200 retail branch renovations, LA and Orange County, CA)
Scandinavian Bank (20,000 business bank branch tenant improvement, Los
Angeles, CA)
Bank of New Zealand (20,000 s.f. retail branch tenant improvement, Los
Angeles, CA)
Restaurant:
Greco Restaurant (12,000 s.f. Japanese entertainment restaurant T.I., Los
Angeles, CA)
Bread Basket (5,000 s.f. walk up restaurant tenant improvement, Commerce,
CA)
Laboratory/Clean Room:
Leach Corp (50,000 s.f. Type III electric switch testing lab. Ground up
with T.I., Buena Park, CA)
Law Crandall (20,000 s.f. office and geological lab T.I., Commerce, CA)
Beckman Industrial (50,000 s.f. clean rooms, thin film lab, Fullerton, CA)
Residential:
U.S. Army (4 installation development reviews of privatized housing,
U.S.A.)
U.S. Air Force (16 installation development reviews of privatized housing,
U.S.A.)
Long Beach Community Development (Development consultant 300 unit mixed use
development, Long Beach, CA)
Glencoe Lofts (250 unit condominium, development management consultant,
Venice, CA)
Paraiso on the Promenade (88 unit condominium, development manager
consultant, Playa Vista, CA)
Medical:
Japan Medical (7,500 s.f. medical center/surgery center T.I., Los Angeles,
CA)
Anaheim Chiropractor Center (10,000 s.f. chiropractor's office, Anaheim,
CA)
Seismic Retrofit:
Bank of New Zealand (20,000 s.f. seismic and structural retrofit, Los
Angeles, CA)
Mica Company (75,000 s.f. seismic retrofit with artist in residence T.I.,
Los Angeles, CA)
Mitsui Air (5,000 s.f. seismic retrofit unreinforced brick structure, Los
Angeles, CA)
Warehouse:
Trammell Crow (100,000 s.f. multiple tilt up structures with T.I.,
Commerce, CA)
Charities:
Hadassa House (18,000 s.f. Type II office building with T.I., Beverly
Hills, CA)
St. Marks Church ( 5,000 s.f. music building retrofit/renovation, Glendale,
CA)
Children's Bureau (12,000 s.f. office, interview room, lobby T.I., Los
Angeles, CA)
Entertainment:
Walt Disney (20,000 s.f. office/assembly room/warehouse T.I., Burbank, CA)
Amblin Entertainment (Steven Spielberg office renovation, Studio City, CA)
Education & Licenses
CALIFORNIA GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTOR LICENSE CLASS B (JANUARY 1980)
Named one of The Los Angeles Business Journal's Top 25 Tenant Improvement
General Building Contractors in the Los Angeles area.
College: Immaculate Heart College (Loyola Marymount) Bachelors Degree
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