Project Manager Construction

GREGORY W. VANCE

***** ********* ***. ****: 661-***-****

Santa Clarita, CA 91351-3414 Fax: 661-***-****

E-mail: abhyf8@r.postjobfree.com Cell: 661-***-****

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

Goal oriented highly motivated professional assuring project requirements from the planning stage through customer

acceptance are met or exceeded. Demonstrated experience in project selection, planning phase with customer input and

compression of upcoming tasks. Assure the prime contractor and selected sub-tier contractors can perform to the high

standards mandatory to survive in the construction market place today. A capability for understanding stringent requirements

established by OSHPD. Certified by OSHA for Construction Safety & Health. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction

Quality Management for Contractors certified for Southwest Division Naval Facilities Engineering Command. NAVFAC Web

Construction Management Training. Achievement Award Stationary Engineer / Air Conditioning & Certified by ESCO Institute

as a Universal Technician as required by 40 CFR part 82 subpart F. Proactive evaluation of bids to assure compliance &

understanding to assist the customer‘s goals are met and profit margins are in place.

AREAS OF STRENGTH

DIVERSE MARKET KNOWLEDGE – UNDERSTANDING CLIENTS UNIQUE NEEDS & REQUIREMENTS – CONTRACT

NEGOTIATIONS – BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT – JOB SAFETY AWARENESS – QUALITY CONTROL – OPERATING COST

REDUCTION APPLICATIONS – TEAM PLAYER – COMMUNICATION & PRESENTATION SKILLS – COMPUTER LITERATE

– CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVER = HIGH VISIVILITY ON JOB SITES. ASSOCIATED of SCIENCE DEGREE MECHANICAL

ENGINEERING SANTA MONICA COLLEGE. RECENT TRAINING ON ESTIMATION MAXWELL VERSION 9 FOR PLUMBING

& ESTIMATION FOR HVAC.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Circulating Air, Inc. - North Hollywood, CA 09/2008 – 07/2009

Project Manager, Estimator

Oversaw the daily operations at a UCLA ten story resident hall rehabilitation & Los Angeles Unified School District new K – 6

school located in South Los Angeles. Responsibilities included equipment & material submittals, purchasing of approved

items, purchase orders, estimating & presentation of change orders, scheduling, attending weekly meetings at both sites,

coordinate activities between trades & general overseeing of activities within our area of contract documents.

Darrow Heating & Air Conditioning – North Hollywood, CA 09/2007 - 08/2008

Project Coordinator, New Project & existing client Base Estimator 05/1988 – 06/1997

Recently held position as commercial estimator to include Biomedical Manufacturing Facilities, Multi-family living

Apartments / Condominiums, Commercial Center, Hospitals, Assisted living Buildings, Professional Buildings New & School

Expansions & Single Family Homes.

Prior time with company:

Obtained position as plans & specs estimator for commercial sales staff for this full service mechanical contractor. As skills

developed & overall knowledge grew I worked my way up to handling existing customer base requirements in addition to

plans & specs bidding. Successful bids enabled me to make scheduled job site visits to insure installations were in-line with

bid package. Continued site visits opened up opportunities to generate change orders to offset variations due to preexisting

or construction deviations. Projects included work up to 10M were: St. Mary’s Hospital Long Beach CA, St Jude’s Hospital

two sites, new wing St. Joseph Children’s Hospital Orange CA, Henry Mayo Hospital Santa Clarita CA. All work included a

wide variety of HVAC and piping work performed by in-house mechanics & union pipe fitters. The piping requirements ranged

from life support systems such as bed side oxygen, refrigeration piping, domestic heating & cooling water systems. As Direct

Digital Control Systems developed a need for more sophisticated Instrumentation & Control also became apparent.

Element Service, Inc. – Van Nuys, CA 01/2005 – 09/2007

Director of Operations

Hired on by a start-up company with individuals known to me from my experience in the industry. As the employee list

increased due to my hiring practices to fill voids to meet new customer requirements so did the need for a facility to operate

out of. Soon we grew from three management personnel to residential installer / salesperson, two service technicians with

three old house installation crews. By mid-summer ’05in our new 1200 square foot facility, we had three install / service ton

utility bed trucks a Scion for the superintendent. The management team used our personally owned trucks to assist with

deliveries of equipment. Continued efforts in conjunction with major equipment suppliers marketing efforts the summer of ’06

found the service & installation crews over whelmed with a back log of work. Poor owner decisions, coupled with incorrect

financial decisions lead the company down the road to over extending our capabilities. These indiscretions lead to gradual

layoffs of productive employees which lead the closing of a potential win-win scenario for a start-up company.

Sea Pac Engineering – Los Angeles, CA 06/2003 – 12/2004

Chief Estimator, Director of Field Operations, Project Manager, Contractors Quality Control Manager

Hired as Chief Estimator, within three months I was promoted to Director of Field Operations. This was due to my

comprehensive knowledge & overall ability to coordinate efforts in the field to assist in the day to day smooth running of all

on-going & new projects awarded in conjunction with bidding efforts. Locations ranged from Naval Air Station Coronado, CA;

USMC Air Station Miramar, CA; USMC Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA; Port Hueneme & Point Mugu, Oxnard, CA;

Edwards Air Force Base Rosamond, CA; China Lake Naval Weapons Station, Ridgecrest, CA; Additional assignments

included Sierra Madre Elementary School, Pasadena, CA; University High School, Irvine, CA; Pierce College, Tarzana, CA;

Castaic Lake Recreation Area, Castaic, CA; Types of construction ranged from new buildings up to $10M, small tenant

improvement, complete renovation of existing buildings to pre-engineered buildings. Systems installed include basic framing

using Design / Build formats, electrical requirements, HVAC, plumbing / piping, site improvement & utilities, Fire Life Safety,

Local Area Network (LAN) & remote control surveillance systems. The government did not renew any on-going contracts for

non-essential requirements. As explained to the contractors involved this was driven by what has been labeled as “Cost of

War Spending” resulting in smaller 8A type companies closing their doors and other having drastic lay-offs.

NORESCO – Corporate Office, Bridgeport, CT 03/2000 – 05/2003

Project / Construction Manager, Estimator

Reviewed engineering department 50% complete conceptual drawings. Generate Scope(s) of Work. Assembled bidders

distribute drawings with specification packages and conduct job walks for design build Energy Savings Performance Contract

projects. Respond to all questions from individual bidders and distribute and distribute to all parties. Evaluate bid submissions

for compliance with bid package. Participate in contractor selection. Distribute safety package for completion by selected

contractors. Generate purchase orders for major items for corporate review and release for purchase. Assist with construction

phase from ground breaking or demo to customer buy-off. Projects ranged from lighting retrofit, site utilities for power, chiller

plants design & build or change out, process piping, sky lighting, daylight harvesting, cogeneration plants consisting of a 30

kW flat roof design & 750 kW carport structure Photovoltaic system and a facility consisting of (2) 60 kW Microturbines. All

systems were tied into Johnson Control Direct Digital Building Management Control Systems. Noted work is on Coronado for

the US Navy and US Marines Corps Air Station, Miramar. Complete HVAC & DDC building modernization of the IRS facility in

Austin TX. The system noted utilized modern Instrumentation & Control. As the work load wound down the work force was

reduced. Project Managers from out of state were sent home. Finishing the worked assigned directly to me resulted in getting

laid-off.

THI Group – Ventura, CA 06/1997 – 03/2000

Chief Mechanical Estimator / Construction Manager

Responsible for all bid packages for this full service mechanical contractor HVAC, Plumbing / Piping & Site Utilities ranging

from general plans & specifications to negotiated Solution Order Concept (SOC) & Energy Saving Performance Contracts

(ESPC) formats. Reviewed all equipment & material selection for submittal phase. Generated purchase orders in accordance

with approved submittals. Attended weekly construction status meetings tracking issues using on-going minutes notes.

Worked in close liaison with prime & subcontractors to achieve a goal of equal to or better than customer’s expectations.

Succeeded in having Ventura Community College District & Ojai Unified School District specify Automated Logic Direct

Digital Control System for upcoming new and modernization programs. Involved with Ventura College new Math & Science

Building. Goleta new K-6 school, Ventura School District two new K-6 schools, various types of piping systems tied to the

Instrumentation & Control to the DDC system. All systems reported to a standalone front end control computer. The control

suppliers were allowed capability to monitor their systems for performance, trouble shooting and on / off scheduling to assist

the end users. Ventura High School Auditorium Modernization and new expansion classrooms is an example. Either Johnson

Controls or Automated Logic Control Systems tied all facilities together with DDC.

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