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Project Manager Management

Location:
Chicago, IL, 60642
Posted:
July 30, 2010

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Resume:

Thomas William Chmielewski

**** **** ***** #**

Chicago, IL 60622

Phone: 312-***-****

*************@******.***

EXPERIENCE:

* Qualified managed and negotiated relationships with general

contractors, subcontractors and suppliers on national levels.

Responsible for coordinating efforts between planning, design,

engineering and construction to the clients for the duration of the

projects.

* Managed all predevelopment work including coordination of architect,

engineers and subcontractors, ran financial pro formas and responsible

for overseeing construction.

* Consulted companies on all aspects of real estate development and

asset management including, but not limited to, site selection, bid

analysis, budget management, change order and claim investigation.

* Experienced estimating conceptual and hard bid projects. Values

ranging for $1 to $10 million.

* Supervised construction, budgets, schedules and contracts for Fortune

500 clientele including Saturn, Sprint, Hewitt Associates, Cargill

Inc., SC Johnson Professionals, Aetna and Reuters. Projects ranged

from retrofits of existing facilities to new construction projects.

* Worked with federal agencies, EPA, and city governments, including

Chicago, Portland and Seattle, to determine new building codes and

regulations.

* Managed design and construction of multi-residential projects that

ranged in size for 15 to 30 unit complexes.

* Simultaneously managed the site selections, fast-track design, and

construction, move in and lease negotiations of five mission-critical

facilities in major cities across the U.S. Values ranging from $3 to

$20 million.

* Successfully managed the design and installation for multiple

companies into vendor-neutral locations nationwide. Clientele included

MCI/WorldCom, Level 3, AT&T and UUNET.

* Coordinated the demolition and build out of several thousand square

feet of office space. Clientele included Sprint, Hewitt Associates,

Katten, First National Bank, CPMG, American National Bank, Universal

Access and the Board of Trade.

* Successfully managed budgets in excess of $15 million dollars.

* Supervised and managed assistant project managers, architects,

consultants, engineers, contractors and subcontractors. Average size

of the teams was 10-15.

WORK HISTORY

03/08 - Present Principal

C7 Management

03/06 -03/08 Project Manager

Jones Lang LaSalle, Chicago, IL

5/05-01/06 Project Manager

Fine Line Group: San Francisco, CA

6/04-5/05 Project Manager

Pankow Special Projects: Oakland, CA

01/03-6/04 Construction Manager Northern California

Ascend Residential Properties: Oakland, CA

01/02-01/03 Independent Project Management Consultant

Clients include- AT&T; McSweeneys & Residential

03/00 - 01/02 Project Manager

C&H Management: Chicago, IL

11/98 - 03/00 Project Specialist

J.D. Edwards: Oak Brook, IL

6/97 - 8/98 Project Consultant

FMI, Inc.: Raleigh, NC

EDUCATION: Ball State University - Bachelor of Science - Business

Communications

Sample Projects

Tenant Improvement:

* 25,000sf remodel, remodel existing office space into new location

complete with a 5,000 sft. computer center for Sprint - Westerville,

OH.

* Owner's representative - Duties included - contract management,

management of general contractor and architect, budget analysis,

permit process, RFI's, change orders, scheduling and payments. Total

Project Cost - $5.2 million.

Tenant Improvement:

* 23,500sf remodel, converting existing space into new office location

for Reuters America, downtown Chicago.

* The new space is now their center piece for client meetings and also

incorporated all new standards for all new Hewitt office locations.

. Duties included - managing all efforts between engineers and

architects, contract management, budget management and analysis,

management of subcontractors, permit process, RFI's, change orders,

scheduling and man power. Total Project Cost - $4.5 million.

Tenant Improvement:

* 3,500sf remodel turning old storage and office space into high end

executive suites for the Board of Directors of California Pacific

Medical Group - San Francisco, CA.

* Duties included - managing all efforts between subcontractors,

engineers, architect and owner; determining schedule and necessary

manpower, budget and permitting requirements. Total Project Cost - $5

million.

New Office Build out:

* 37,500sf build out, converting existing space on two separate floors

in a major high rise building in downtown Chicago, for Hewitt

Associates. Challenges included a very difficult floor plan, condensed

schedule and building mgt. logistics.

* Duties included - managing all efforts between engineers, architects

and owner, contract management, budget management and analysis,

management of subcontractors, permit process, RFI's, change orders,

scheduling and man power. Total Project Cost - $4.4 million.

Mission Critical Facility:

* 15,000sf new construction for Hewitt Associates, including brand new

stand alone chiller plant.

* Facility contained UPS and generator back up systems. HVAC systems

comprised of water-cooled chillers and air handling units.

* Each project had a fully automated building management system,

security system, and a FM 200 fire suppression system.

* Owner's Representative - Duties included - managing all efforts

between contractors, engineers, architects and owner, contract

management, budget management and analysis, management of

subcontractors, permit process, RFI's, change orders, scheduling and

man power. Total Project Cost - $20 million.

Mission Critical Facilities:

* Simultaneously managed 5 mission critical facilities in Chicago, IL;

Boston, MA; Portland, OR; Seattle, WA over a 1 1/2 year period.

* Each project was located in the downtown area of each city with and

average square foot of 7,500sf. Each facility contained.

* Owner's Representative - Duties included - managing all efforts

between contractors, engineers, architects and owner, contract

management, budget management and analysis, management of

subcontractors, permit process. Total Project Cost - $25 million.

Specialty Concrete Facility:

* General contractor for a unique facility for the United States Marine

Corps - 29 Palms, CA.

* A specialty developed concrete mix [SACON] allowed the building of two

live fire facilities on the marine base.

* The sites consisted of specialty concrete that was pre-cast in our

facilities, shipped and erected on site in the desert.

* Duties included - managing all efforts between subcontractors,

engineers, government agencies and owner; shipping, accelerated

scheduling, manpower, budget analysis, RFI's and change orders. Total

Project Cost - $8 million.

Residential Remodels and New Construction:

* Simultaneously managed the remodel and new construction of over 20

projects per year through out Northern California.

* Duties included - managing all efforts between contractors, engineers

and architects, determine schedule and necessary manpower, budgets,

permitting requirements, contract management, RFI's, change orders,

scheduling and payments. Total Property Values - $12 million.

* Worked with several cities including: Oakland, Emeryville, San Pablo,

Contra Coat County and many others.

Restaurant Build out:

* 6,600sf build out converting office space for The Melting Pot, a

fondue restaurant located in the Union Square District - San

Francisco, Ca.

* Duties included - managing all efforts between contractors, engineers,

architects and owner, contract management, budget management and

analysis, management of subcontractors, permit process, RFI's, change

orders, scheduling and man power. Total Project Cost - $1.6 million.



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