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Engineer Project Manager

Location:
7832
Posted:
April 20, 2010

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FRANK M. HOGAN

** ********** ***** ****

Columbia, New Jersey 07832

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

908-***-****

908-***-**** cell

Applicant seeks position in an engineering support function as

Assistant Resident Engineer, Senior Civil/Mechanical QA/QC, Senior Safety

Officer or a combination thereof. Training and history in tunnel

construction, safety and medical. Availability is immediate for a

permanent position.

WORK HISTORY/KEY PROJECTS:

NYC DEP, the North River WPCP - NR96 / Contract #200******** HAKS/Stone &

Webster/SHAW (JV). "Addition of thickening Centrifuge system including

control units, alarms and fire suppression. Hypo chlorination storage

facilities with containment areas, Polymer storage/distribution with

containment areas and permanently installed warehouse storage units."

Job location: 725 West 135th. St, NY, NY 10031

PC - Welkin Mechanical Services, LLC.

Contract: $10,840,000.00 +/- (prior to any changes and/or additions).

Position: Sr. Inspector; class 4, Construction Management Site Safety

Officer (CMSSO). Acting Assistant Resident Engineer (as necessary,

untitled due to Construction Management manpower numbers insufficient to

meet DEP title requirements (billing reasons). Acting Site Resident

Engineer (responsibilities as necessary with limited authority during

personnel changes).

Daily supervision of Contractors crews and the work preformed, assuring

conformance to contract specifications, drawings and details as well as

strict accordance to DEP site safety requirements. Assurance that

contractor's and Construction Mgt. Team's approved "Site Safety HASP" is

being followed uniformly and implemented in a manner consistent with the

spirit intended. Other duties consist of design/development of forms and

recording documents for HAKS/Stone & Webster/SHAW JV for all aspects of

field duties.

Constant updating of recorded milestones, monitoring critical path.

Reviewing and recording take-off data for management as requested,

implementing subcontractors background checks, reviewing and documenting

OSHA required contract personnel safety requirements, "open door"

communications maintained between field, main office, Contractor & Subs,

owners, Union personnel, etc., wherever and whenever needed. Intervene

with redirection and information for RFI's, RFC's, change orders, as well

as daily, weekly and monthly reports to include photographic documentation

under all conditions. Heavy influence in data and factual background

analysis for RE's reports as well as Monthly I & T (Issues & Tasks)

meetings.

Maintains filing system as set forth according to DEP requirements.

Documents all infractions, injuries and violations that fall under OSHA

regulations and documents with approved forms for submission and inspection

as required. Receiving all copies of deliveries to the field crew,

examines for suitability and requirements by contract specifications.

Site housekeeping and monthly/weekly safety inspections preformed and

documented. Observes with close attention to detail. Conscious

performance of duties with recommendations, in the Safety role, to all

personnel of both the Contractor and, and if necessary, to the Construction

Management team as well.

New Jersey Highway 1 & 9 North, Tonnelle Avenue, spanning +/- 7.0 miles.

Title: Senior Inspector.

Duties: Total revamp of traffic, lights, storm drains, roadway surface.

Concrete, rebar, hazardous waste removal, grading, resurfacing roadway,

traffic management in coordination with North Bergen Police Department and

New Jersey State Police. Traffic/pedestrian safety with emphasis on

preventative measures. Routinely reviewed on daily basis with state and

municipality enforcement agents.

Route 80 Rockfall Mitigation Protection Program, Township of Roxbury,

County of Morris, Borough of Mount Arlington, US Route 80 Westbound between

exits 30 and 28, State of New Jersey, spanning +/- 0.55miles. Title:

Nicet III Inspector/Safety Inspector.

Duties: Total familiarization with site plans, change orders, T&M and

baseline schedule for Critical Path Management. Performed daily site

safety inspections consulting current OSHA standards, coordination with

blasting crew, drilling crew, laborers, teamsters and operating engineers.

Heavy daily interaction with general contractor and affiliates, documenting

various methods used to improve and eliminate hazards to the general

public. Responsible for state daily site reports, including manpower,

activities, equipment, etc. Interpretation of engineering submittals for

"as built" submissions. Heavy interaction with NJ State Police

construction traffic unit and NJDOT administration. Ability to deal with

contractors, subcontractors, neighboring residents on a daily as needed

basis. Responsibility for oversight of rock fall mitigation protection and

barricades. Referenced, as needed on a daily basis, traffic control plans,

electrical plans, lighting plans, estimates of quantities removed from

site, drainage plans, environmental impact studies and general protection

to the public at large. Photographing, filming and documenting quantities,

techniques and manpower for blasting, clearing and removal of rubble in a

safe manner. Duties similar to what might be expected of an Assistant RE.

Transportation of reports between main office and site. Exacting details

of all quantities, consumables and rubble, displaced and all other items

attached thereto.

Metropolitan Transit Authority of New York City 7th Avenue Subway Extension

Project # CM-1311 (41st to 24th Street along 11th Avenue). Title: Lead

Inspector of Sites A, J, P, K, M and N.

Duties: Overseeing contractors QA/QC, reports, projections and

mobilization for project containing active subway connection, three

stations and assorted building of site mechanicals.

WP-103 Wards Island WPCP, BNR Treatment & Improvements, Contract 79G

Structure & Equipment. Title: Senior Civil & Mechanical Inspector. Lead for

Mechanical/Civil, HVAC, Electric and Plumbing. Heading crew in all

disciplines. Immediate second to Assistant Resident Engineer. Charged

with overseeing all T & M.

This project is a reconstruction/rehabilitation of an existing water system

on Wards Island receiving sludge from Manhattan, the Bronx, and via DEP

shallow draft shipping. Sludge is pumped westward from the shoreline to

initial batteries and returned via aeration system to the Hudson River.

Responsibilities include overseeing final inspection and approval of

mechanical and civil engineered job aspects under the direct approval of

Resident Engineer and Project Manager. Since starting with Hazen & Sawyer,

I have been asked to also assume position of Lead Inspector on 79 Electric,

79 Plumbing and 79 HVAC. Inspection staff is ample to assist with such a

broad spectrum of contracts. Receive daily reports from field personnel,

back-up inspect and interpret findings by inspectors. Duties also include

installation, lay-out, construction, etc. of cast in place and fabricated

manholes, concrete duct bank, water-tight walls, manhole and pumping

system. Current projects under the G contract include elevated 44 inch

aeration line plus concrete pads for installation into aeration tanks.

Primary and secondary settling tanks are mainly concerned with 79P

contract, which should commence in December of 2007. 79E contract

consisting of heaters, raceways, duct banks, heavy cable splicing and

installation has just begun in main pumping galleries and in sedimentation

tanks, as well as riverside hypo chlorination facility. Primary concern in

G contract is with rebar layout, shop drawings, concrete and concrete

testing (concrete testing not performed by this inspector, however all

paperwork and recently established DEP required testing schedules run

through this inspector). Also I assure compliance with current concrete

specification and ACI testing procedures.

Otherwise examination and understanding of all contract drawings, memos and

documentation are examined and disbursed as necessary on a daily basis as

instructed by the Resident Engineer. Heavy interaction with office

personnel on 78, 74, and 79 through engineering and secretarial staffs.

Daily contact with safety representative and familiarity with OSHA

requirements are enforced (i.e. fall protection, tag-in/tag-out, etc.).

New York City Water Tunnel Project/ Stages II and III. Title: Project Field

Engineer/ Inspector. 1st and 2nd shift site inspector for Shafts 31B, 30B,

29B, 28B, 27B, 25B and 24B. Tunnel TBM inspector for Shaft 26B. Heavy

tunnel boring work. Scope of project extends between the boundaries of the

borough of Manhattan. NYC Department of Environmental Protection,

Supervisor: Contractors: Schiavone/ Shea/Frontier Kemper Constructors,

Inc., a Joint Venture.

Duties: Heavy daily interaction with contractor and subcontractors.

Drawings, permits, journals, logs, daily reports, blasting reports,

blasting plans, site placement and photographic records are

responsibilities to understand. Enforce QA/QC per contract specifications.

Interaction with all branches of project safety programs and personnel.

Keeping records for detailed blasting reports designed and provided by

myself for the DEPNYC. Reports include pounds, lead-in line, delays, caps,

blasting pattern, hole depth and numbers, etc. Required to have a clearance

by NYPD and NY State Police, NYC Bomb Squad (NYFD) and separate security

background checks for shaft segments (13 and 14) as part of Homeland

Security requirements (voluntary submission as requested by the DEP).

Site liaison to local community including John J. Law College, Fordham

University, hospitals, fire departments as well as coordination of data

with the NYC Bomb Squad, Department of Transportation and NYPD, as related

to each shaft site worked.

Site sound, vibration and air blast monitoring, physical inspection of

damage claims, time sheets and training of new inspectors placed on site.

Experience with shotcrete, foam insulation lining for freeze plants, steel

concrete form work, wooden bulkhead, electrical and fall hazard abatement,

sheet steel, sidewalk and roadway repair and replacement in inspection

role. All shaft sites being returned to the community as green space,

therefore contaminated soil/material abatement and site spill control is a

very high DEP priority.

Rehabilitation of the Weehawken Tunnel for New Jersey Transit Light Rail

System. Located at U.S. Routes 1 and 9, Tonneley Avenue, Weehawken, New

Jersey. Tunnel includes 2 tracks, underground station and elevator shaft.

Owner: N.J. Transit Light Rail. Title: Field Engineer.

Duties: Interpretation of drawings, schedule and performance criteria. All

work placed into daily report format. Pre and post inspection of work area

to assure contract specifications are correctly met.

Majority of background in heavy tunneling and construction with TBMs, soft

ground shield work mining, drill, shoot and muck out (6 simultaneous

headings), liner plates, lattice girder, rebar, pumped shotcrete and poured

concrete with ULMA, Bernold and EFCO hydraulic/electric form travelers.

Various shotcrete placement and robots including Meyco and schwing pumps.

Finish critiqued and quantities recorded. Normal OSHA Safety practiced and

enforced.

Along with the above-listed qualifications, daily reports, detailed logs,

stationing with heavy interaction with survey teams. Form work, scaffolding

and shoring, inspected for form, function and safety prior to use.

Bergen Tunnel Rehabilitation project, north tube # 01-035. Owner: N.J.

Transit Rail Services. General Contractor: Merco, Inc./ Austin Powder Corp.

Title: Construction Inspector.

Duties include written journal and record keeping in multiple formats

including Windows, interpretation and evaluation of multiple simultaneous

contractor and subcontractor functions including demolition, fulfillment of

contract specifications as written, manpower, material removal to offsite

locations with appropriate written reports. Recovery and recording of

unexploded ordinance, safety hazards and violations, recommendations and

follow-through of procedure implementation. The job site is over one mile

in length with two tubes and six shafts.

Sandhog with Local # 147

TBM construction and operation, hydraulic shield construction, heavy

caisson, cofferdam, sewer construction and compressed air/free air tunnel

work, assistant to project superintendent. Relevant family history of

tunnel construction spanning 45 years. Prior construction projects/tunnels

include: Catipano & Grow (N.Y.C.), Poieor & McClain (N.Y.C.), Perini & Ball

(N.Y.C.) and New York State Water Tunnel Project - Roosevelt Island

location, all shafts and TBM.

TRAINING:

Amtrak Safety Training Program - Employee # V000030254. Complies with

OSHA, RFA and Federal laws. For underground active work construction.

Completed 2/11/08.

MTA 8 hour Safety Program/Contractor. Live track, self-rescue and testing

completed. Completed 3/23/08.

New York City Department of Environmental Protection in accordance with DEP

policy and OSHA 29CFR1910 Subpart Q and 1926 Subpart J. Certificate of

Hotwork PAI. Issued 8/15/07

OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER - currently enrolled, certification pending.

OSHA Standards for the Construction Industry (29 CFR 1926) - currently

enrolled,

certification pending.

OSHA Confined Space Training - currently enrolled, certification pending.

OSHA (guided) NYCFD Explosives Handling and Safe Practice training for NYC.

(Guided by Austin Powder Explosives, NYCFD Bomb Squad, NYC Fire Marshals)

OSHA approved Scaffold Safety Challenge Exam for New York City, NY -

completed

5/30/02.

OSHA approved on site fall restraint harness training by DEP and S/S/F -

2005 and 2006.

ACI Certification - American Concrete Institute - Concrete Field Testing

Technician Grade I. Member in good standing - certification pending

New Jersey Transit Contractor Training - Safety Training, roadway worker

safety, railway worker safety, number 8667.

Bovis Lend Lease, Inc. "License to Practice in the Americas" - in house 16-

hour

training program completed 2002.

Class A CDL, Smith & Solomon Tractor Trailer Driving School - includes

hazardous

materials cargo, double/triple and tanker endorsements. Current homeland

security requirements met (fingerprinting for background check).

Greenville Technical College, Greenville, South Carolina - surgical

technology program, 2 years - pre-op/post-op sterile technique,

instrumentation, RN and paramedic training, graduation degree pending.

Asheville-Buncombe Technical College, Asheville, North Carolina - 1 year

paramedic program (specialization in 1st Responder, CPR, Shock/Mast

training). EMT training completed as first leg of program.

University of North Carolina at Asheville, North Carolina - 6 month RN

program, transferred to Asheville-Buncombe Technical College.

Greenville, South Carolina, 1st District Court, 1998 (employed by NBC TV as

producer) - established as photographic recording expert standing for court

system.

Certificate of Completion, County College of Morris, Building Inspector RCS

program - studies include pre-CO Residential/Commercial inspection; BOCA,

CABO and International inspection standards training.

American Home Inspectors Training program, Fairfield, New Jersey -

residential

inspections with reports and documentation, post-Certificate of Occupancy

inspections.



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