Project Manager Construction

Michael A. Kowalski

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Barnstead, New Hampshire 03218

603-***-**** ~ *************@*****.***

Profile:

Architectural Door and Hardware General Manager; Operations Manager (Wholesale

Distribution of Residential/Commercial Building Products); Commercial Developer; Vice

President of Construction Services; District Operations Manager; Clerk of Works;

Supervisory Leadership Instructor; Senior Project Manager; Project Manager;

Construction Manager; Project Superintendent; Carpenter Superintendent; Carpenter

Foreman; Master Journeyman Carpenter; Apprentice Carpenter.

Construction/Operations Experience:

General Manager of Architectural Doors and Hardware Firm with Business

Expenditures of $4,000,000 + per year.

Directed all Receiving, Shipping, Door Production, Complex Development,

Safety and Service Work for a $60,000,000 per year distribution business.

Vice President of Design/Build Construction Firm, managing all Construction

Activities.

Design Process Facilitator.

Project Managed and Construction Managed Multi-Million Dollar Projects.

Clerk of Works for Bay Care Hospitals; Plans,Specifications and

Contract Documents Review.

Managing Liaison and Developer between Indian Tribes and B.I.A, on

Waterfront Project in Northern Michigan.

Cost Analysis and Value Engineering of Industrial, Commercial, Residential

and Multi-Family Development Projects.

Project Schedule Management - Prima Vera and Microsoft Project.

Created, Implemented and Instructed for Contracts and Contract Documents

for both Owners and Sub Contracts on various types of Projects.

Certified Instructor by The Associated General Contractors of America -

Supervisory Training Program and Associated Builders and Contractors -

Craft Training Program.

Active Board Member of the National AGC Education Council.

Architectural Doors and Hardware Estimating and Project Management.

Vice President/District Operations Management

Experience:

Managed all operations including Administration, Accounting, and Construction

Contracts, Client Relationships, Design and Project development. Implemented and

Executed duties related to Construction Management, Human Resources, Sub-

Contractor Relations, Construction Cost Accounting and Safety Management.

Expertise includes, but is not limited to: Computer Skills in Accounting, Scheduling,

Spreadsheets and Word Processing. Design Process Value Engineering, Subcontractor

Relations, Pre-Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, Budget Development,

Estimating, Financial Control and Accounting, Project Scheduling, Contract

Implementation, Execution and Administration, Coordination of Construction Services,

Project Start up and Close-out, Expediting and Procurement of Construction Sub-

Contractors and Materials, Chairing Owner, Architectural Design and Sub-Contractor

Meetings, Superintendent Training.

Skills and Positions:

32+ years in the Construction Industry, which include, but are not limited to the

following:

General Manager Northeast Interior Supply 2008-2009

Operations Manager Huttig Building Products 2005-2007

Project Manager Pro Con, Inc 2002-2005

Vice President Const Services Orion Construction Group 2000-2001

Clerk of Works M2 Construction Consult 1998-1999

District Operations Manager The Jansen Group 1997-2000

Senior Project Manager Midstate Construction 1996-1997

Project Manager Miron Construction 1995-1996

Construction Manager Miron Construction 1993-1995

Project Superintendent Miron Construction 1988-1993

Carpenter Superintendent Miron Construction 1985-1988

Carpenter Foreman Miron Construction 1984-1985

Carpenter Holster Construction 1978-1984

Teaching and Instructing Skills in Leadership/Motivation, Oral/Written

Communication, Problem Solving/Decision Making, Contract Documents,

Construction Planning/Scheduling, Cost Awareness/Production Control, Project

Safety Construction Law, Productivity Improvement, Project and Construction

Management.

Proficient user in Windows based programs, including Word; Excel; Access,

Power Point, Project and Prima Vera.

Top Flight Project and Construction Management experience.

Builder/Innovator and Visionary.

Projects:

Ironwood/Village Dr. Apts. $32 Million

Ironwood Condo Development $13 Million

Barrington Middle School $12 Million

Huttig Building Products $5.7 Million

SBA/ Cellular Towers Projects $15 Million

Manitowoc City Hall $7.0 Million

Uffenbeck Diamonds Jewelry $1.5 Million

St. John Lutheran Church $1.6 Million

Bay Care Hospitals $35 Million

Appleton Senior Living Center $4.9 Million

U.S. Paper Converters $4.0 Million

Kimberly Clark R & E Renovations $6.7 Million

Hortonville Schools $7.0 Million

Bay Care Surgery Center $3.5 Million

Glenbrook Elementary $4.5 Million

U.W. River Falls $7.8 Million

U.W. Fox Valley Menasha $9.8 Million

Tombstone Pizza Corporate Hdqrs $7.0 Million

Tombstone Pizza Plant Upgrades $5.0 Million

Marshfield Clinic $13 Million

Weston Power Plant $50 Million

Education:

North Central Technical College in Wausau, Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin State Carpentry Apprenticeship Program.

AGC-STP 5 Year Construction Supervisory Program.

Associates Degrees to Adjunct Staff Program, to Teach the AGC-STP Program.

OSHA Certified Safety Program.

Prima Vera Project Scheduling Certification.

Star Metal Building Estimating Program.

World of Concrete Certification on Concrete Testing.

DHI Accreditation Courses on Doors and Hardware.

Accomplishments:

Taught the AGC/STP Program at the University of Wisconsin-Menasha for 12

Years.

Teaching Construction Management Techniques to over 225 Graduates. Two

Year Program.

Authored rewrites of three AGC-STP Instructors and Participants Manuals.

Received the first ever “Excellence in Construction” Award in 1991 by Governor

Tommy Thompson in the State of Wisconsin, for the “Best Constructed and

Managed Project”.

Acknowledged for Presenting Leadership/Motivation Seminars to Clients/Firms.

Activities:

Elected member of the Town of Barnstead Planning Board (2007 – 2010)

Chairman of Barnstead Development Group.

New Hampshire Notary Public

Member of AGC National and Wisconsin State Educational Committee.

Co-Author of Rewrites for AGC-STP Program Units Four, Seven and Nine.

Author of a Five Unit Supervisory Training Program for the Industrial Sector.

References:

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