Project Construction
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PROJECT LEAD – PROJECT DIRECTION – LEADERSHIP – HONOR AND INTEGRITY –
PROFESSIONALISM – WINNER – FAMILY - SAFETY - QUALITY
Mark C. Pope
SENIOR CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONAL - 15 YEARS EXPERIENCED
Able to cover and work 2 States (Florida and North Carolina)
Consultant or Direct Hire Opportunities Desired
Highlights
Strong Experience in the area of Directing, Supervising and Managing Large and Intricate Heavy
Civil Safety, Commercial and Residential projects
Effectively maintained all Federal, State and Local Safety procedures
Experience maintaining corporate management standards - Expertise in EHS management systems
(ISO 9001, 14001/OHSAS 18001)
Highly Competent in PSM and BHB – Safety Protocols for Plant Environments
Strong competency in Intricate Heavy Civil, Commercial and Residential Safety in a Marine
Environment
Implemented effective strategies & safety measures to increase safety & reduce risk exposures to
employees and contracting companies along with working directly with Contractors Insurance
and Risk Managers to lower insurance premiums
Successfully planned the handling of specific DFOW’s for USACE, Commercial Projects
Extremely knowledgeable of NAVFAC/USACE safety procedures to include (OSHA 29 C FR 1910
and 1926 standards).
EXPERIENCED IN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, USACE CORPS APP/EPP REQUIRMENTS, CQM CERTIFIED, CIVIL
CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGIES, BEHAVIORAL BASED SAFETY PROGRAMS and PROCESS SAFETY
MANAGEMENT ORIENTED
128 Pinners Point Hayesville, NC 28904
PO BOX 1367 Hayesville, NC 28904-1367
850-***-**** Cell
Email: **********@*****.***
PROJECT LEAD – PROJECT DIRECTION – LEADERSHIP – HONOR AND INTEGRITY –
PROFESSIONALISM – WINNER – FAMILY - SAFETY - QUALITY
Work Experience – COMMERCIAL, FEDERAL, STATE, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL
2012 - 2013
Level VI – SSHO (McCarthy Builders Inc.) Texarkana, Texas for Design Build USACE – Red River Army
Depot “Maneuver Systems Sustainment Center Ft. Worth District. Contract #W9126G -12-C-0015. Project
disposition is for new construction of a 3 story facility for US Army to include facilities, Tilt -Wall Panels
during construction, installation of all utilities to include “Gas -Water-Sewer-Comm Lines-Power,
Foundation (Site Preparation), Form and Pour Concrete on Sub Grade/Beams and Concrete Slab o n Grade.
Worked as Primary Safety Officer and Alternate Superintendent in a “JV” Joint-Venture capacity for
McCarthy and GCC Enterprises. Project duration is 19 months and cost is 49.5 million. My duties currently
include Coordination Meeting, Sub-Contractor evaluation and orientation process, coordination of all site
access privileges with Base Access/Control, coordination of Haul routes and management of internal base
access for all material entering or leaving site with base personnel. Coordination with EMS, Fire,
Police/MP's on the Post. Duties also include working with all subs coordinating needs to include
streamlining the approaches for submittal process for the GDA and getting those assets approved and on -
site more quickly. Liaison for contractor with GDA on all Safety Related Items, coordinate and review AHA
submittal process to include all Critical Lift Plans, Concrete and Sub Grade related task.
03/2011 till 09/2012
Level VI – SSHO/Alt Superintendent – National Safety Consulting Partnership with (HW Pence
Construction/Russell Construction) for USACE Rock Island District for Lockport Lock/Dam Pool
Rehabilitation Project USACE Contract Number W912QR -09-D-0017-CD01 Lockport, Illinois Stage II
Controlling Works.
Working with USACE and Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) Chicago on the Chicago
Sanitary Discharge Canal. Project duration 18 mos., revamp – refit 7 sluice gates, demolish and rebuild 7
piers, engineer and build 2 180,000 pound cofferdams and place from land in canal to provide pr otection
of all below water piers (demo and replace limestone, capping, granite sub structure) Transfer from land
to barges Lieberr 1300 Crane to Barges after placement of cofferdam and continue process from canal on
other 7 piers. Place/Erect Porta-Dam and Dewater pool areas associated with work plan. Coordinated all
meetings with USACE and Prime/prime Sub, Manage and Oversee prime and Prime Sub personnel during
dive operations to include process of the following: placement of cofferdams, dewatering, insid e/outside
cofferdam dive inspections, oversee lockout/tagout process of sluice gates for dewatering operations,
inspect and oversee scaffolding inspections and erection operations for pier demo and replacement.
128 Pinners Point Hayesville, NC 28904
PO BOX 1367 Hayesville, NC 28904-1367
850-***-**** Cell
Email: **********@*****.***
PROJECT LEAD – PROJECT DIRECTION – LEADERSHIP – HONOR AND INTEGRITY –
PROFESSIONALISM – WINNER – FAMILY - SAFETY - QUALITY
Level VI – SSHO/Quality Control Officer – USACE Chicago District for Levee Construction (Little Calumet
Flood Control Project Stage VII) 15.9 Million 17 mos. Install Sheet Pile and supervise/oversee cast in place
concrete flood wall, drainage improvements to local storm and sanitary to include ret rofit River Drive
Pump Station 72”, 54” 36” pipes. Construct cofferdam to extend footprint of pump station to USACE
Specifications. Worked over 127,000 man-hours with No Loss Time or Recordable Injuries, over 6 trades
involved in project working 6/10 hour days at times. Project scope included working with 2 (City/Local)
districts and mutual coordination with State DEP, Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management, USACE
QA/QC personnel, Hammond and Munster Indiana Civil Engineers, Local fire and EMS/Police to
coordinate equipment and road blocking operations. Aug 9, 2009 – February 22, 2011 Ceres
Environmental Services Inc.
Level VI – SSHO/QCM – USACE Rock Island District for Levee Construction (Birdland Levee Project) 11.8
Million 11 mos. The flood damage reduction features consist of constructing 7,700 feet of levee and 440
feet of retaining wall with one closure structure phase 2 – was constructing 5,900 feet of levee generally
along and extending the existing non -Federal Central Place levee; and modifying t hree existing pump
stations. The recommended plan also included modification to nineteen closure structures in the existing
Federal downtown levee system including permanently closing 7 levee closures, reducing the size of 11
levee closures, and installing gates at existing pedestrian walkway closures. The recreation features
include installation of 5,100 feet of recreational trail along the Birdland Park levee with access to
Riverview Park and landscaping along the levee crossing. Work consisted of excavat ion, trenching, rip rap
installation, coffer dam installation, installing rebar and concrete pours to accomplish DFOW’s for corps.
March 2010 to February 22, 2011 Ceres Environmental Services Inc.
Level VI – Safety Officer/ QC for USACE - Contract Disaster Recovery Operations/Blue Roof program.
Oversaw over 100 Subs to include Equipment Safety Inspections, Daily Tool Box Talks, performed initial
Contractor Orientations and field follow-ups to all USACE QA – near miss incidents and complaints.
Coordinated City and State agencies for several FEMA/USACE Demolition programs on severely damaged
commercial and residential structures in Louisiana. Worked in Louisiana and Texas in 2008, where 36,235
temporary roofs were installed as a result of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
Level V – SSHO/Superintendent. for USACE - Jefferson Parish, Louisiana Project Description: Project
consisted of selective demolition, 54” force main, steel pipe pile, pump station cofferdam, complete pump
station, excavation, embankment, granul ar material, bedding material, 3700 linear of flume concrete
structure, temporary retaining structures, utilities relocation, drainage, de-watering, and other related
work. Owner/Agency: Jefferson Parish Department of Public Works
128 Pinners Point Hayesville, NC 28904
PO BOX 1367 Hayesville, NC 28904-1367
850-***-**** Cell
Email: **********@*****.***
PROJECT LEAD – PROJECT DIRECTION – LEADERSHIP – HONOR AND INTEGRITY –
PROFESSIONALISM – WINNER – FAMILY - SAFETY - QUALITY
Level V – SSHO/Superintendent for USACE - Pearl River Country, Mississippi & St. Tammany Parish, and
Louisiana Project Description: The work consisted of constructing five closures with rip -rap and stone,
one sheet pile weir, excavating a pilot channel of the Pearl River, erosion control, clearing & snagging for
channel excavation. Contract Value: $3, 8 Mil Owner/Agency: Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District
Level V – SSHO/QCM Pearl River Country, Mississippi & St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana Project
Description: The work consisted of constructing weir, closure repair, earth work, engineering fabric, stone
protection, cofferdam, and erosion control. Owner/Agency: Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District
Contract Value: $2, 7 Mil
Level IV – SSHO/Supt. Jefferson Parish, LA Project Description: Project consisted of demolition, earth
work, steel sheet pile placement, timber and concrete pile driving, concrete work, embankment, asphalt
pavement, grass seeding, traffic control, sewer force main relocation, water main relocation, concrete b ox
culvert, concrete flume, granular embankment, bedding material and other incidental work.
Owner/Agency: Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District Contract Value: $9, 1 Mil
Level IV – SSHO St. Mary Parish, Louisiana Project Description: Project consisted of clearing & grubbing,
84,000 (CY) of levee embankment, 38,000 CY of levee embankment, 140,000 CY clay liner embankment,
314,141 (sy) of geo-textile, 155,100 sy of geo-net, 58,000 sy of geo-rid Owner/Agency: St. Mary Parish
Contract Value: $2, 7 Mil
Level IV – SSHO/Alt. QCM Pumping Station: Bonnet Carré Spillway, Louisiana
.Contract amount: $6,9 Mil Completed: January 1999 The work consisted of clearing and grubbing;
channel, canal, borrow pit and structural excavation; cofferdam installation, levee cons truction; placing
structural back-fill, bedding and riprap; furnishing and driving pre-stressed concrete piles and steel sheet
piling; placing reinforced concrete; installing precast concrete bridge deck units; installing staff gauges;
installing a 60-foot by 30-foot pre-engineered metal building; furnishing and installing structural steel
form suction intakes, trash racks and bulkheads; installing and removing a bypass road; utility
installation; modifications and relocation; fertilizing and seeding; and f urnishing and installing pumps,
motors and appurtenant mechanical and electrical equipment
128 Pinners Point Hayesville, NC 28904
PO BOX 1367 Hayesville, NC 28904-1367
850-***-**** Cell
Email: **********@*****.***
PROJECT LEAD – PROJECT DIRECTION – LEADERSHIP – HONOR AND INTEGRITY –
PROFESSIONALISM – WINNER – FAMILY - SAFETY - QUALITY
Additional Commercial, Light Industrial, Heavy Civil work related projects
My Vertical construction projects range from 3.4 Mil to 23.5 Mil they include SSHO an d QCM
responsibilities for installation of (Parking Garages, Youth Centers, Fire Stations, Fitness Center Bulk Fuel
Storage Farms - Eglin AFB, Jacksonville NAS Mayport, Construction of Heavy Brigade Combat Team (BCT)
complexes, Infantry Brigade Combat Teams, Combat Aviation Brigade Headquarters addition, Information
Technology Switch Building, Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) Range, To date I have worked
on military construction programs to include 19 projects involving 145 buildings.
My “Horizontal Construction” projects (Approach Lights and Taxiway, Fencing and Walls, Tractor Trailer
Parking, Infra-Structure for Roads and Parking, Decks and Bridges, Utility installation (water mains,
sanitary and storm sewer mains), Coal Fired Electrical Facili ties West Coast (Electrical and Mechanical
Shut-Downs and Retrofit), Natural gas mains, duct bank, copper conductor for electricity and
communications as Superintendent and Quality Control. Nearly 70 million cubic yards of dirt moved
safely, 8,050 miles of pipe has been laid safely, 8,200,000 cubic yards of concrete is in place safely, and
completed three major infrastructure projects in the Southeast and Midwest for USACE and DOT, DOE
agencies 1995-1999
Over 8.1 Million Man-Hours worked without a loss time incident. Mod Rates with companies associated
with are less than the USACE/NAVFAC required rate of 1.0, my avg. calculated rate for construction
projects run (.67) or 33% less than industry standards for heavy civil Construction.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:
Biology Major ‘Florida State University” BS. 86’
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION: (IN SAFETY)
Level VI Certified Construction Site Safety Officer, 15 + years’ experience in underground construction
working on water/wastewater, pipeline & pump station and/or underground utilities projects, with 5
years of recent and related military heavy-civil construction project experience.
128 Pinners Point Hayesville, NC 28904
PO BOX 1367 Hayesville, NC 28904-1367
850-***-**** Cell
Email: **********@*****.***
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PROFESSIONALISM – WINNER – FAMILY - SAFETY - QUALITY
Certification
Level VI – SSHO USACE-NAVFAC-AIR FORCE
Construction Quality Control Management (CQCM) USACE-NAVFAC
Certified Asbestos Abatement Supervisor and Contractor
Certified First Aid and CPR w/AED
US Navy Superintendents Leadership School
OSHA 500, 501, 502
OSHA 30/10
OSHA 5600 (Disaster Site Trainer)
Construction Safety Hazard Awareness Course 40 Hrs. for Federal/Government Contractors
Compliant with USACE/NAVFAC (CEU’s) – Training requirements past 16 years. Competent Person Rated
in the following: Excavation, Scaffolding, Fall Protection, Hazardous Energy, Confined Space, Health Hazard
Recognition, Evaluation and Control of chemical, physical and biological agents, Personal Protective Equipment
and Clothing to include selection, use and maintenance.
Military Service
USMC – 1984-1993
CAPT O-3
Additional Info
My additional service included a personally developed Oil Spill Re sponse Plan for
several companies contracted to work for BP Oil Company during the recent Deep
Water Horizon Oil Spill. Also under my guidance as a Safety Director, I developed a
formal Health and Safety Plan for the Government of Haiti. This plan was in r esponse to
several large contracts initiated through the World Bank for site stabilization disaster
recovery operations to support (Green) Operations for the Haitian authorities .
128 Pinners Point Hayesville, NC 28904
PO BOX 1367 Hayesville, NC 28904-1367
850-***-**** Cell
Email: **********@*****.***
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