James Anderson

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Address: **** #* ***** **.

City: Santa Barbara

State: CA

Zip: 93101

Country: USA

Phone: 805-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $80,000

Willing to Relocate

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James Edward Anderson

1315 #A Olive St

Santa Barbara, CA 93101

805-***-****

Email: abqrpp@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

Estimators Position

Education

B.A. Liberal Studies

(University of California at Santa Barbara) 1987

With emphasis in Environmental Studies

Masters of Business Administration

(Chaminade University of Honolulu) 1990

Emphasis in Quantitative Analysis

Masters of Science in Information Systems

(Hawaii Pacific University) 1996

Relational Database Design & Systems Analysis

Juris Doctorate

(Southern California Institute of Law) 2005

Qualifications

Cost Accounting: Variance analysis, Job costing design & coding systems and

-Managerial- accounting systems & implementation.

Government -Negotiated Contracts- experience with FAR`s Part 15.0 - 15.6 and -Variable Quantity- contracts, Part 11.7 & Part 16.6

Contract drafting and negotiations, contract interpretation and enforcement.

Material and non-material breach analysis and Legal research expertise.

Posses California State General Building Contractors License B-1, License #463953 under the name of: Precision Craftsmen Construction Company. (1984)

Expert -level- proficiencies in quantity take-offs and unit cost development.

Cost accounting compilations. Capital & Job budget compilations, cash flow analysis.

Quantitative Analysis for: machine & manpower requirements.

Materials purchases expertise on -critical -components with extensive field & shop drafting proficiency.

Employment History

Historical Renovations and Residential Remodeling Expert

Self Employed. (Private projects)

Dates: Sept 2008 - present.

Provide private expertise to owners of high end and historical buildings in Santa Barbara engaged in preservation and remodeling of private residential houses. Promote conservation and renovations of valuable historical features and unique architectural details. Order replicas, repairs and replacements for existing historical and unique architectural details. Provide construction coordination and upgrades to plumbing, electrical, tiling and carpentry work on residential and some commercial units. Detail important material acquisitions to comply with Historical Landmarks Commissions guidelines. Historical renovations are a -passion- of mine and I frequently will pursue unique and/or interesting opportunities. Recently completed comprehensive restoration to 1 of 98 registered -historic- homes within the city of Santa Barbara at 311 W. Pedregosa St.

Project Solutions Inc. Dates: Sept 2005 - Sept 2007 (periodic)

Capital Budgeting & Contract Administration

El Encanto Hotel- Historical Renovation Project

Santa Barbara CA. 93101

Immediate Supervisor: James Jones

805-***-****

Duties included: Assisted with budget development and estimating, materials procurement procedures. And purchase orders. Established and distributed subcontractors bid packages, monitor contractors schedule of values against work completed on site. Interviewed subcontractors, developed and maintained all bid comparisons and subcontractor files. Maintained accounts payable files. Drafted and executed contracts and P.O.s. Administered contract documents.

Private Practice - Self Employed Dates: Aug 1999 to 2004

Federal Administrative Law Practice

Regulatory Compliance issues

Ventura Ca. 93004

Represented clients in legal challenges to denied administrative legal claims. Represented clients in Federal Administrative Law Court. Corrected oversights on improperly handled federal administrative

Law claims. Appeals and requests for reconsideration. Legal Research in Federal Administration Law.

DPS Inc. Dates: Sept 1998 to Aug 1999

Estimator

226 Montgomery Ave

Oxnard Ca. 93030

Immediate Supervisor: Richard Bell

Duties included: Quantity take-offs on cold storage panels & structural steel support systems, cast in place concrete and poured concrete foundations, sheet metal work, Confirmed clients Purchase Orders on compressor and evaporative coils, specialty doors, modular ceiling and wall panel systems. Freight calculations. Relational database administration in -Access- w/ crystal reports. Contract write ups.

Golden State Appraisal Company Dates: May 1996 to Sept 1998

Estimator

21740 Devonshire St.

Chatsworth, Ca. 91311

Immediate Supervisor: Joan Anderson

Duties included: Estimating and Cost Accounting - Quantity take-offs commercial and residential buildings. -Agreed Price Negotiations- - Real Property loss appraisals on buildings and contents. Determination of legal subrogation`s. Negotiations with contractors on scope of loss. Drafting of contracts, loss statements and subsequent recommendations.

Holmes & Narver Constructions Services Inc. Dates April 1995 to April 1996

Estimator - Project Manager

U.S. Army Corp of Engineers & Naval Public Work Projects

Honolulu, Hi,

Responsible for work production and managerial cost accounting controls of Multi-Trades contracts for Dept of Naval Public Works. Upgrades to dry docks at Pearl Harbor Naval Base. Fixed price and variable quantity contracts. Renovation of historic dive tower at Subase, Pearl Harbor Hawaii. Negotiations with Naval Public Works Dept. for equitable adjustment conflicts, provided unit cost evaluations & unit cost compilations compared with industry standards on equitable adjustment issue negotiations. Utilized and implemented Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR`s). Assembled internal budgets, drafted contracts for subcontractors. Scheduled work production and directed field foremen. Handled all submittals and transmittals to architects and engineers. Managed all material procurements, Managed and coordinated industrial hygienist and EPA compliance issues including air & soils monitoring, surveying and action compliance levels. Monitored weekly cost and production levels with variance reports. Managed installation of 4 new 450 HP air cooled water pumps in 1500 ft deep pump chambers. Project managed 2000 unit military housing renovation contract at Pearl Harbor and historic renovations to officers housing on Ford Island. Prepared -as-built- plans for final submission. Close out procedures and warranty submissions. Discovered Accounting errors in government accounting system of $90,000.00 - owed to our contracting firm. Supervised quality protocols and inspections with government inspectors.

TAKENAKA (U.S.A.) Corporation Dates: Oct 1994 to April 1995

Senior Project Engineer/Superintendent

Melim Building Upgrade Project.

Job Description: Project engineering submittals, materials procurement & status monitoring, RFIs, field orders, force account monitoring, Manpower analysis through job completion. Month end reports w/ applied variance analysis. designed and implemented variance analysis forms. Cash flow analysis, Change order review and negotiations, quantity take-offs. All general architectural and subcontractor correspondences. OSHA compliance administration including Safety meetings & MSDS files. Field layouts, Responsible for passing all inspections & certificate of occupancy. Coordinated all procurements, e.i. millwork package and hardware schedules.

TAKENAKA is one of the largest construction company's in the world and at over 700 years of continuous operations is certainly the oldest. I was Hired through Dunhill Professional Search as a temporary project engineer for the renovation of the Melim Building Only. The Melim Building is a 10 story high rise in downtown Honolulu. It was occupied almost exclusively by Attorneys, Building was occupied during renovation. I was their on site point man running the job. Handled complaints from attorney tenants, who were outright predatory! This was a tough position which I successfully handled.

HP MAC Inc. Dates: Jan 1994 to May 1994

Concrete Forms Carpenter

Barbers Point Naval Air Station

Barbers Point, Oahu

Job Description: Built Satellite Communications Building, concrete forms on grade, loading ramps, oil/water separators, concrete finishing. Metal Building Foundations. Temp position, Dunhill Professional Search - Government Contract.

Takashimaya Pacific / Abella International Inc. Dates: Dec 1991 to August 1993

Estimator & Accountant

Courtyards of Punahou & Kele Kai Projects

Honolulu Hi.

Takashimaya Inc. is an International Fortune 400 Company. I was hired as a private consultant to run their -pacific projects-. Kakele Kai and Courtyards of Punahou were two of the states most prestigious

Condominium projects. Takashimaya purchased the -interior packages- contracts. I was given the responsibility of administering them. I developed all estimates and budgets for these projects. Set up cost and financial accounting systems and material procurements. Cash flow analysis & variance analysis design of all cost information was to be provided to main office in Japan on a weekly basis. Project budget 5 million.

OUTRIGGER HOTELS HAWAII Dates June 1990 to October 1991

Owners Representative - Estimator & Project Manager

Outrigger Hotel and Restaurant Renovations

Honolulu Hi.

Job Description: Hotel, restaurant and theater renovations. TI work. Budget compilation and development for all projects I managed, project scheduling and coordination with ongoing hotel operations. Permit applications, bid solicitations and contract negotiations with subcontractors. Reported on status of design and construction documents and ongoing construction activities. Negotiation of change orders, cash flow projections, variance analysis. Chaired coordination meetings with hotel management, architects engineers and contractors. Supervised capital budget and material procurements of several millions dollars of expenditure over 7 different hotels. Contract close out - warranty compliance.

Albert C. Kobayashi, Inc Dates: February 1986 to March 1989

Hilton Hawaiian Village Renovation Project

Project Engineer

Job Description: Evaluated change orders for the entire 105 Million Dollar Renovation of the existing Hilton Hotel Renovation. Reported weekly to the Joint Venture administration Board on any out of variance unit cost or non-compliant -quantity- applications. This required I provided quantity-take off's for all submitted change orders and confirm the sub-contractors unit costs against acceptable -standard industry- costs. Primarily working with R.S. Means, Dodge and Lee Saylor.

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