Project Manager Construction

Scott C. Carboni

**** ***** **** ****, *******, GA. 30101, 678-***-****,

abml33@r.postjobfree.com

Summary:

I am seeking to continue my career in retail store design and construction

project management. I bring to the table professional experience in

construction project management, store planning and design, visual

merchandising, fixture design and cabinet making for soft lines and hard

lines. I started my career at 18 and have successfully been promoted within

the retail design and construction industry over the years.

Employment:

Owner - Carboni Design Group, LLC. 3/2009 - Present

. Contracted residential and commercial design and project management

. Viewing foreclosed houses for clients for potential purchase (KDS

Construction)

. Writing construction budgets for same properties for potential

profit (KDS Construction)

. Accessing the comps in the neighborhoods for the properties (KDS

Construction)

. Design and project management to complete the properties (KDS

Construction)

. Contracted Marketing Manager/Project Manager for Dagasa Store

Fixtures and Displays

. Preparing bids for retailers for new and remodel projects including

store fixture installation and GC work (Dagasa)

. Project managing awarded contracts for store fixture installation

and GC work (Dagasa)

Manager of Construction Services - HD Supply, Inc. 9/2004 - 1/2009

. Due diligence of proposed new sites to create pro-forma budgets for

director of real estate

. Review leases before signing saving up to 25% on lease agreements

. Lead for design meetings between store planning department and

outside architect firms to design new facilities

. Reduced errors and omissions 95%

. Champion of writing and managing all construction, fixtures,

furniture and I.T. budgets

. Final construction document review before sending out to bid

. Selecting architects, engineers and general contractors and awarding

contracts after bid process

. Writing and maintain construction schedules

. Design all warehouse layouts for various lines of business using

AutoCAD 2007

. Procurement and scheduling deliveries for HVAC, lighting, doors,

store fixtures, warehouse racks and signs

. Contract security systems, IT, store fixture and warehouse racking

installations

. Conduct site visits as necessary to review safety, budget and

schedule for on time and on 5%) budget delivery

. Hold weekly construction project calls with internal operations

people. Write and distribute the minutes

. Complete punch lists and turnover buildings to management in turnkey

condition

. Responsible for warranty work for the first year

. Travel averaged 80% across the U.S.A.

Construction/Set Up Project Manager - The Home Depot 9/2002 - 9/2004

. As project manager my responsibilities were the same as for HD

Supply, building Tool Rental Centers

. Review all purchases for racking inside new Home Depots

. Award contracts to winning racking installation and supervise

install on a weekly basis

. Ensure that rack contractors use the Home Depot National Racking

Installation Standards during installation

. Turnover building to merchants and store management for

merchandising

. Maintain a small carpentry staff on site until store merchandising

is complete

. Developed the first manual for instructing rack installers how to

build-out the inside of the racks for merchandising

Store Planner - EXPO Design Centers 1/2001 - 9/2002

. Designing fixture and store layouts

. Meet with merchants to ensure that all merchandising criteria is met

. Custom store fixture, kitchen and bath designs

. Supply fixture take-offs for purchasing department

. Main contact for RFI's

. Produced first in-house fixture manuals, value engineering and

electrical requirement drawings saving $100k/store

. Training other store planners methods I had developed as Manager of

Store Planning for Boscov's Department Stores

Designer/Principal - Carboni Design Group, LLC 3/1998 - 1/2001

. Store planning for small independent retailers and architectural

firms

. Custom home design and bid manager for people who wanted to build

their own home

. 3D detail drawings for various exhibit houses including shop

drawings and field set up drawings

. Utilized AutoCAD R14, Architectural Desktop 2000 and 3D Studio Viz

R2

Store Planning Manager - Boscov's Department Stores, Inc. 10/1981 -

6/1988, 12/1989 - 3/1998

. Managing and training staff of 5 store planners all Boscov's design

disciplines (7+ years)

. Teaching AutoCAD R9 - R14 to planners and new hires

. Annual reviews and hiring store planners

. Designed stores from conception through hiring architect to draw the

construction documents

. Reviewed drawings with owner for overall layout of the store and

square footages for department leasing

. Worked with merchants to ensure proper counts for product

. Lead for meetings with visual merchandising for proper high impact

displays

. Lead for all store remodeling projects

. Project manager for interior store build-outs new or remodels

. Designed lighting, electrical and interior design drawings

. Custom store fixture design and champion of the store fixture manual

. Responsible for scheduling manufacturing and delivering store

fixture with Boscov's carpentry/plexi shop

. Procurement and scheduling for all store fixtures not built in-house

. 2 years as store planner (6/1986 - 6/1988)

. 1 year visual merchandising asst. and 3 years visual merchandising

manager (6/1982 - 6/1986)

. 8 months working in wood/plexi shop (10/1981 - 6/1982)

Drafting Manager - North American homes 6/1988 - 12/1989

. Drawing custom homes for home buyers and managing one other

draftsperson

. Responsible for material take-offs, procurement and scheduling

deliveries for all materials

Education:

Architectural Drafting - Lincoln Technical Institute 9/1982 - 9/1985

AutoCAD Certified - Reading Area Community College 9/1989 - 12/1989

Six Sigma Training - The Home Depot 11/2002

Construction Project Management - Georgia Technical Institute 2/2004

SWPPP Certified 3/2007

Professional Member - Retail Design Institute 1994 - 2009

AutoCAD - R9 - R2009, Architectural Desktop 2000, 3D Studio Viz R2,

Office Project 2003, SAP, Outlook and Microsoft Office 2007

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