Engineering Steel
Resume:
Ron Graves
North Little Rock, AR 72116
email (***.********@*****.***)
Work Experience
AFCO Steel
Little Rock, AR 2007 to 2010
Unit Price Specialist (Contract Basis): Reviewed structural shop drawings for AFCO Steel
as Follows:
• Reviewed all structural steel shop drawings for Unit Price assignment accuracy.
Responsibilities’ Included verifying structural members were placed in the correct
pay category by the Steel Detailers.
• Prepared Excel Labor Cost and Contract Price spreadsheets for projects over
25,000 tons.
• Projects included: Thyssennkrupp Steel Mill in Calvert Alabama, Arkansas
Foreman Concrete Plant, and Puerto Viejo Mining Plant in South America, Hatch
Mining Corporation in British Columbia.
ICE Engineering/Crafton, Tull, Sparks & Associates
Little Rock, AR 1999 to 2007
Submittal Coordinator: Checked structural shop drawings for ICE/Crafton, Tull, & Sparks
as follows:
• Expedited, received, and recorded all shop drawings and schedules; reviewed
shop drawings for contract compliance; kept tickler file to assure prompt return.
Transmitted to Architect for detailed technical checking.
• Projects Completed: UAMS Patient Tower, UAMS PRS Building, New Acxiom
Office Building, Alltel Office Building, Mercy Hospital in Rogers, AR, President
Clinton Library Stairs and Miscellaneous Structures.
Prime Structural Drafting, Inc
Sherwood, AR 1996 to 1999
Worked as a contract Steel Detailer to Prime Structural Drafting for AFCO Steel Projects
as follows:
• Performed Structural Steel Detailing
• Prepared Material Prep Lists
• Prepared Bolt Connection and Summary Lists
• Made Steel Erection Plan Drawings
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AFCO Steel
Little Rock, AR 1994 to 1996
Drawing Coordinator: Managed drawing projects with contract amounts ranging from
$250,000 to $5,000,000.
• Coordinated details and schedules with Contract Steel Detailers, Customers,
Engineers and Fabrication shops.
• Managed and expedited Outside Detailing Firms.
• Ordered structural steel materials, and handled the distribution of Shop Drawings
and Steel Erection Plans for the construction of large Industrial, and Commercial
Building Projects.
• Created and maintained unit price ledgers for the cost analysis of detailing, and
project change orders using Microsoft Excel.
• Requested and transmitted design data between Project Engineers and Steel
Detailers.
R. E. Graves Computer Graphics and Design Service
North Little Rock, AR 1992-1994
• Performed AutoCad Drafting on a contract basis for various Engineering/
Construction firms.
University Of Little Rock (1994 to 1996)
Attended for 3 years taking subjects such as:
• Composition 1, and 2
• Psychology 1
• Technical Writing
• Served as Tutor in the Writing Lab for 2 semesters
• Other core required subjects (Music, Algebra, etc.
Accreditations:
• Certified Engineering Technician
• The Institute For The Certification Of Engineering Technicians
Professional Memberships
(Past and Present)
• Steel Structures Painting Council
• American Society Of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Associate Member
• American Society Of Professional Estimators (ASPE) Charter Member and Past
Member of the Board, Arkansas Chapter
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