PM - Estimator

William C. Roche

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Cell: 832-***-**** Houston,TX 77082 ******@*****.***

SUMMARY

A Construction Management Professional with 15+ years of comprehensive

experience in Residential, Commercial and Multi-Family projects in Houston

including 8+ years experience as an Estimator. Strong working relationship

with Houston area vendors, engineers and subcontractors. Reputation for

developing strong relationships with employees, co-workers, sub-

contractors, and vendors. Highly skilled in facilitating interaction with

architects and designers. Key accomplishments include:

. Reduced variance purchase orders by 30% by reviewing take-offs and

verifying material use to reduce costs, along with budget review.

. Reduced construction time by 5 days and dry-in material costs by 4% for

Trendmaker Homes

EDUCATION & TRAINING

University of Houston College of Architecture, Houston, TX

Lloyds / AS400 AutoCAD TJBeam EWP VBA

MS Excel MS Access MS PowerPoint JD Edwards

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Contractor / Estimator, Houston, TX

2008 -2009/2011- present

Provide material take-off, prepare material and labor bids for commercial,

multi-family and residential projects. Contract construction projects as

sub-contractor including designing, engineering, construction and designed

a beach home in Galveston for LLC partnership.

MERITAGE HOMES, Houston, TX 2009 -

2010

Estimator

Prepared residential materials estimating and budgets for a volume

residential homebuilder.

. Identified and recommended changes to engineered plans to improve

effectiveness and efficiency of material usage.

. Provided material take-off and Labor bids.

STOCK BUILDING SUPPLY, Houston, TX 2005 - 2008

Install Manager

Recruited by Stock Building Supply to manage install sales program. Hired

and managed 12-15 sub-contractor crews. Bid and managed commercial and

residential installed sales framing, cornice, drywall and interior trim

projects.

. Bid and managed commercial projects including 2727 Kirby ($4.6 million

project), Pet Paradise ($130,000 project) and Colonial Lakes Office Park

($240,000 project), Beaumont showroom and lumber yard ($380,000 project).

TRENDMAKER HOMES, Houston, TX 1998 - 2005

Materials Manager, 2003 - 2005

Coordinated with builders, estimators, designers and vendors to increase

efficiency, decrease cost / construction time for single and multi-family

projects. Assisted in selection of vendors and recruitment of sub-

contractors with a thorough knowledge of local area vendors.

. Reduced variance by 38% by checking estimators' work and correcting

budget errors.

. Prepared project reports for senior management - detailing material

variances and recommending cost savings on future projects.

. Trained on TJ Beam software and completed Weyerhaeuser Truss Joist

training.

Estimator, 1998 - 2003

. Implemented a computerized in-house "sticks and bricks" estimating system

utilizing MS Excel to query Lloyds / AS400.

. Realized considerable savings in materials costs by utilizing "Value

Engineering".

. Checked plans to conform to code; checked EWP systems; checked engineered

plans for accuracy.

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