MICHAEL HOOVER

**** *. ********** ** ( Pueblo, Colorado 81004

Cellular: 303-***-**** ( abjve3@r.postjobfree.com

Construction Professional

Highly accomplished and seasoned construction professional who began as a

laborer and learned/earned each rung of the ladder towards construction

management. Over twelve years of management and supervision experience

effectively building America. With an extreme enjoyment of the construction

industry, I am a successful driver of project safety, budgets, schedules,

employee relations, training, and client relations. Through extensive

knowledge of construction methods, operational procedures, and safety

procedures an interactive management style has progressively developed and

motivated employees and sub-contractors who with a task-by-task safety

conscious comprehension, executed in an extremely dangerous work

environment with no loss-time accidents. Using needs assessments, value

engineering, hands-on experience, and an education in management have

successfully performed on design build, cost plus, and hard bid project

types including:

( High-Rise Commercial ( High-Rise Residential (

Agricultural Manufacturing

( Entertainment Commercial ( Big Box Retail ( High-

Rise Parking

( Under-Ground Parking ( Water/Waste Water (

Professional Sports Stadium

Broad based responsibilities, core competencies, experience, and education

skills include:

Superintendent and Field Engineering

. Accountable for project management and supervision including all

project recording and reporting, employee relations, recruiting,

orientation and skills training; productivity, and safety supervision.

. Performed risk analysis and site management duties including diligent

safety management; project quality management; project Federal and

local legal assurance manager including OSHA and EPA Storm Water

Protection development and management.

. Performed project administration such as employee time cards; permit

allocation project recording, tracking and reporting.

. Building value for organization and client through diligent safety

enforcement; team building and customer relations using supply and

value chain management; value engineering; and executive level liaison

and communications. From pre-construction through final close out and

client relationships, continued task analysis, short and long term

scheduling, and continual communications to ensure projects finishe

ahead of schedule and under budget.

. Performed all precision project lay out including site control with

total stations and other survey equipment.

Additional contributions to build competitive advantage and profitability:

. Assisting ownership in the development of a comprehensive interactive

safety program.

. Developed and managed site specific safety and Hazardous

Communications procedures.

. Promoted client relations for repeat business development.

. Constantly perform a budget, schedule, and task comparative analysis

to develop contingencies and effective planning to ensure deliverables

are exceeded.

Successfully functioned in remote locations requiring extensive travel with

absolute autonomy.

Construction Management and Project Engineering

. Performed contract management, project procurement, pre-bid

management, project scheduling using critical path methodology, and

close out procedures.

. Executive liaison and communications including progress meeting

facilitator, design process meetings, budgetary meetings and progress

reports, sub-contractor and vendor negotiations, RFI facilitator, and

contract document tracking, .

. Technical management including submittal review; shop drawing review;

materials scheduling, tracking, and inventory (compare receivables to

submittals); assist in design build; and quality management.

Unique experience involved performing for a General Contractor while the

Owner negotiated a merger/take over of project management. Employed with

both companies at one time to ensure smooth transition, new sub-contractor

negotiations; managed both companies risk, and managed the relations of two

separately employed work forces, contractors, and vendors. Retention of

management position was included in the negotiated take over. Maintained

project schedules, client deliverables, and budgets through out the take

over process.

Work History

GLACIER CONSTRUCTION - Greenwood Village, CO. 2009 -

Present

Large Project Assistant Superintendent

RN CIVIL CONSTRUCTION - Centennial, CO. 2007 - 2009

Laid Off

Superintendent / Project Engineer

PINNACLE CONSTRUCTION GROUP - Des Moines, IA. 2006 - 2007

Laid Off

Superintendent / Pre-Construction Manager / Project Engineer

SALMET / CENTER FRESH 2003 - 2005 Laid

Off

Expansion Project Construction Manager / Superintendent

STANEK CONSTRUCTORS - Golden, CO. 2001 - 2003

Resigned

Project Engineer Family

Emerg.

BAKER CONCRETE - Aurora, CO. 1999 - 2001 Laid

Off

Field Engineer

HASELDEN CONSTRUCTION - Englewood, CO. 1997 - 1999

Resigned

Field Engineer / General Foreman

Specialized Experience

Performed as a Field Engineer for the new Denver Bronco's stadium (Invesco

Field). Fast paced High-Rise commercial with a five story underground

parking garage. Operate total stations, data collectors, and field

calculations programs. Operate track-hoe, back-hoe, pay loader, skid

steers, compactors, etc.

Education

University of Phoenix MBA - Energy Management GPA 3.81

Anticipated Graduate March 2011

University of Phoenix BS Business - Management GPA 3.87

Graduated March 2009

University of Phoenix BS Business - Global Business Management

GPA 3.81

Graduated March 2009

Western International University AA Business GPA

3.91

Graduated November 2006

Professional Career Development Institute Diploma Real

Estate Inspection

HP&P Safety Certificate OSHA 30 Hour

Outreach for Construction

Colorado Department of Transportation Certificate Erosion

Control Supervisor

Class A CDL

Military

U.S. Navy 4 years Honorable Discharge

U.S. Naval Reserve 2 years Honorable Discharge

Army National Guard 6 years Honorable Discharge

Military Training - Preservation and Maintenance, Visual Communications,

Transportation, Supply, Construction Heavy Equipment Operator,

Leadership Development, Combat Tactics and Situational

Awareness.

Computer Skills

Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point; Primavera Expedition, SureTrac3, and

Contractor; TDS Foresight.

"I am a builder of America and enjoy the fact no machine will ever take my

place, and that my grandchildren will one day see all the buildings /

projects I have put my name on with the sweat and brawn of a professional

construction worker."

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