Project Manager Engineer

Steven L. Ballard

Current Address: Permanent Address:

PO Box 27777 Doha, Qatar 268 Tri-Oak Rd.

Mobile Phone: +974-***-**** Winchester, TN 37398

Email: ***************@*****.*** U.S.A.

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Profession: Civil Engineer, Project Manager

Nationality: U.S.A.

Title: Construction Manager

Key Attributes:

• Over 15 years of experience in project delivery with career history to demonstrate ability and achievements.

• Excellent leadership and team building skills with both internal and external organizations.

• Personal and professional, particularly with clients and good presentation ability.

• Calm and considerate nature, yet forceful when necessary.

Key Experience:

• Manage development and construction related issues for each project either with “in-house” management

team or with due diligence consultants, master developers, design consultants, project/construction

management consultants.

• Perform required Technical Due Diligence including, but not limited to: Design Strategy, Construction and

Contract Strategy, Site Development Services, Construction Costing, and Project Feasibility.

• Advise client on technical issues regarding potential developments.

• Negotiate and coordinate with regulatory bodies, and government authorities in undertaking current and

future development plans.

• Provide Consultant/Contractor Pre-Qualification, Request for Proposals, Bid Documents, and Contracts.

• Manage all aspects of a project from inception to completion.

Work History and Project Experience:

Barwa International, Doha, Qatar

(April 2008 – Present)

• Perform services of Construction Manager and assist Projects and Technical Services Team with all aspects of

each of the following Projects –

New Cairo District – 8.7 km mixed use development, $6 billion

Ajman Towers, U.A.E – 54 story, 1300 luxury apartment/retail development, $361 million

Astrakhan, Russia – Steering Committee Member, 51,000 m retail development, $52 million

Istanbul, Turkey – 40,000 m high rise residential development, $40 million

Guidance Hotel Investments Company (GHIC) – Shaza Hotel Investment Joint Venture – Evaluation

Committee Member, Various Projects

GAF Portfolio, France – Technical Inspection of Properties and Facility Maintenance Review

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Elkins Constructors, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida (USA)

(June 2006 – April 2008)

• First Baptist Church of Oviedo, FL – Bid Manager and Project Manager for $25.6 million, 116,600 s.f., 2508

seat, 3 story Sanctuary and related classroom space. Concrete tilt wall construction with hollow core concrete

panels, extensive site work, and underground drainage systems. Building is being constructed within 18’ of

existing facilities. Extensive finish package including theatrical cat walks, acoustical clouds, lapendary panels,

and cast urethane moldings. Oversee team including Assistant Project Manager, Project Administrator, Field

Engineer, Superintendent, and Assistant Superintendent.

• Community Christian Church, Tamarac, FL – Project Manager for $13.6 million, 90,000 s.f., 1800 seat, 2 story

Sanctuary and related office space. Concrete tilt wall construction and elaborate finish packages including

terrazzo, epoxy coatings, theatrical lighting systems, and acoustical treatments. Oversee team including

Assistant Project Manager, Project Administrator, Superintendent, and Assistant Superintendent.

• Christ’s Church – Fleming Island, Jacksonville, FL – Bid Manager and Project Manager for $5.3 million, 39,400

s.f., 650 seat Sanctuary and classroom facility. Included renovation of an existing chicken hatchery plant that

was converted to the classroom facility. Concrete tilt wall construction and hollow core slabs.

• Pine Castle School for the Adult Disabled – Jacksonville, FL – Bid Manager and Project Manager for $4 million,

20,000 s.f. Life Enrichment Facility. New construction of office, training, and gymnasium facility. Included

block wall, steel truss, metal roof, and finish packages. Constructed on existing campus.

• The Medical Imaging Partnership Facility, Jacksonville, FL – Bid Manager and Project Manager for $3.6 million,

8,000 s.f. medical imaging facility. Fit out facility included state of the art 3.0T MR Machine, PET/CT Scan, and

Mammogram Equipment. Also included elaborate finish packages which gave the facility a high end spa feel.

Sain Construction Co., Manchester, Tennessee (USA)

(May ’96 – June ’06) Relevant Projects Included:

COMMERCIAL/INSTITUTIONAL/RETAIL

• City of Murfreesboro Siegel Park Soccer Complex, Murfreesboro, TN – Estimator and Project Manager for $19

million, 100 Acre Soccer and Multi-Purpose Field Complex. Constructed seven (7) facilities and (1) precast

concrete grandstand. Also included widening of the existing Cherry Lane roadway and constructed new

concrete box culvert bridge.

• Centertown Elementary School, Centertown, TN – Estimator and Project Manager for $12.6 million, 110,000

s.f. New Elementary School. Masonry and precast concrete construction. Oversee team including Assistant

Project Manager, Project Administrator, Field Engineer, Superintendent, and Assistant Superintendent.

• City of Manchester Recreational Complex, Manchester, TN – Estimator and Project Manager for $7.5 million,

65,000 s.f. Athletic Facility which included (2) Gymnasiums, (2) Indoor Swimming Pools and (1) Outdoor.

Racquetball Courts and Weight Rooms. Managed installation of upgrade of existing chilled water piping

system.

• Smyrna Airport Authority, Smyrna, TN – Estimator and Project Manager for $2.5 million, 45,000 s.f. 3 story

Office Facility to house the new airport director’s office and tenant lease space. Fit out of 3rd floor to

accommodate 3 separate tenants. Facility included extensive “Alucobond” exterior finish facade. Building

was constructed adjacent to existing airport runways.

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INDUSTRIAL

• M-Tek, Inc. Industrial Plant, Manchester, TN – Estimator and Project Manager for $14.3 million, 225,000 s.f.

manufacturing facility. Design-Build and Fast Track. After sitework was complete, facility was in the dry in less

than 4 months. Included processed water system and concrete pits for stamp pressing and injection mold

equipment.

• Zanini, Inc. Wheel Cover Plant, Winchester, TN – Estimator and Project Manager for $9.8 million, 96,000 s.f.,

65 ft. tall manufacturing facility. Project included installation of overhead cranes, injection mold machine

rigging and relocation, and chilled water piping systems.

• Volunteer Engineering Industrial Plant, Manchester, TN – Estimator and Project Manager for $4.5 million, 40’

deep stamp pressing pit with reinforced, poured in-place concrete walls. Pit was constructed inside existing

facility with zero manufacturing shut down while meeting schedule and safety guidelines.

(May ’94 – May ’96)

• Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Chattanooga, TN – Engineer in Training. Field Engineer and Lead Surveyor

during Guntersville Dam Restoration Project. Familiar with “concrete growth phenomenon”. Worked with

Timberline Estimating and Scheduling software.

(May ’93 – May ’94)

• Tennessee Dept of Transportation (TDOT), Chattanooga, TN – Engineer in Training, Field Engineer and Lead

Surveyor during widening of State Hwy 127 and relocation of railroad lines. Inspected construction of

concrete bridge widening.

Education

• Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN – B.S. Civil Engineering, May 1993.

• Completed 18 hours of Master of Engineering Management, University of Tennessee Chattanooga, May 1995.

• Tennessee Road Builder’s Scholarship Recipient.

Other Related Items

• Utilizes MS Project, Primavera, IBILD Accounting and EdgeBuilder Construction Management Software.

• Comfortable with all types of AIA and FIDIC Contracts.

• Certified in Florida Storm Water Management, Utilizes Dade County Florida NOA Codes and 2004 Florida

Building Codes.

• Responsible for maintaining company safety policies on each project.

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