Scheduler/Project Control/Estimator

James A. McGuigan

**** ***** ******, *.*., Washington, DC 20002

Email: ************@*****.***

POSITION(S):

EMPLOYMENT:

Estimator/Scheduler

Alfonso & Associates Consulting (National Cancer Institute Tenant Improvement Project, Rockville, MD)

Aug. ’11 to Present

Provided project management support services including cost estimating and scheduling support for

NIH/NCI’s new tenant improvement project (90M).

*Responsibilities include reviews of all GC’s change order proposals and integration of schedules for a 500,000+ S.F. office building consisting of two seven floor buildings.

Issued acceptance of all tenant change order requests to GSA, resulting a saving of $1.35+ million through a collective team effort.

*Developed independent government estimates on potential change orders.

*Provided conceptual estimates for additional work requested by NCI during post occupancy period.

*Coordinated with the general contractor, developer, and NCI to create a monthly integrated schedule

using Primavera P6, monitoring the progress of government procurement and tenant activation dates.

*Maintained an activation schedule listing critical activities up to tenant move date at each floor for approximately 2,400 tenants.

*Maintained document control of construction drawings, change proposals, schedules, and email

correspondence

*Participated in a weekly owner progress project meeting at the jobsite.

Nov. ’05 to Feb. ‘11 Scheduling Engineer/ Cost Engineer/Office Engineer

Hensel Phelps Construction Co. (Pentagon Renovation W2 5, Arlington, VA)

*Maintained and updated monthly Primavera (P3) CPM, reflecting task activities completed to date.

Scheduling

*Collaborated with multiple other government contractors, resolving all out of sequence logic and

Engineer negative floats.

*Coordinated with area superintendents in preparation of monthly CPM updates.

*Maintained weekly foreman’s agendas and schedules, and updating SIPS for participating subcontractors.

*Developed fragments of new activities per approved change orders, integrating into the monthly CPM

schedule.

*Conducted monthly site walk with owner’s scheduler, updating percent completions of various work

performed.

*Prepared owner change proposals with values in excess of $100M for the Pentagon Renovation Wedges 2; the largest single change order was approved for $40M through 5 projects, performing quantity takeoff, pricing, and developing scope of work narratives.

*Solicited, reviewed, and evaluated subcontractors’ quotes in conformance with owner’s RFPs.

*Performed quantity takeoff of various CSI divisions for HP’s estimating department for Wedge 5 Bid

*Processed and review subcontractors’ shop drawings, submittals, and expedited material deliveries per construction schedule. Utilized Prolog Manager to compile, document, and maintain files.

*Reviewed and processed subcontractors’ bonds, certificates of insurance, monthly pay applications.

*Maintained review of subcontractors’ budgets; approved company’s general condition invoices including monthly projection costs; and tracked expenditures for materials installed onsite for self performed work.

*Assisted area superintendents and field engineers on interpretation of drawings, specifications, RFIs, and questions for and from architects.

*Resolved interface conflicts between the company and subcontractors.

*Prepared and incorporated project closeout documentation received from subcontractors.

*Participated in quality control meetings with subcontractors during preconstruction and construction phases.

*Performed weekly safety walk using DuPont’s STOP program on jobsite, eliminating unsafe acts or

reinforcing acceptable safe acts.

Sept. ’96 to Nov. ’05 Project Manager/Estimator

Tri State Design Construction Co., Inc. Elkins Park, PA

*Performed quantity and pricing for projects ranging from $500k to $15M for both government and private construction projects. Experience included competitive, design build, and best value bids.

*Developed narrative proposals for negotiated bids; compiling all cost items per specifications and

drawings, and identifying potential cost items not shown on the drawings.

*Scoped suppliers and subcontractors during a buyout phase. Issued purchased orders and subcontracts.

*Evaluated subcontractors’ submittals/shop drawings for approval prior to submitting to owner, carrying out all required submissions to owner.

*Prepared job costs for accounting and cost coding purposes upon award of contract. This provided a

financial control in managing costs and maximizing profit.

*Submitted monthly invoice to owner on a monthly basis, approving invoices from suppliers and

subcontractors for payment upon receipt of payment from owner.

*Implemented a requisition recapitulation of each project to confirm the cash flow status, creating a financial window to determine profit after all cost paid to suppliers/subcontractors.

*Maintained change request and change order logs for owner and subcontractors/suppliers.

*Issued change requests with pricing breakdown to owner and change orders upon approval.

Feb. ’01 to Dec. ’01 Estimator/Drafter

National Construction Services, Inc., Frazer, PA

*Performed quantity survey and pricing of cold storage construction in various type of bids. *Successful low bidder of largest Walmart Distribution Center (500,000 SF) since 1996.

*Issued RFI’s and change request proposals during the construction phase.

*Calculated actual panel heights prior to release of fabrication, decreasing labor cost of field cutting at jobsite.

*Developed shop drawings including floor plans, elevations, and details.

*Prepared as built drawings and all required documents for project closeout, finalizing all contractual obligations.

*Provided training and supervision of new hires in estimating and CADD drafting.

EDUCATION: ’97 B.S., Civil & Construction Engineering Technology (ABET), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

COMPUTER SKILLS: Primavera P6 & P3, Prolog, MS Office including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Project

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