CLARENCE EUGENE STONE, JR.
*** ****** ******, *.*. Box 256
Upton, MA 01568
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SUMMARY:
Civil Engineer, Registered Professional Engineer and Certified Construction Specifier with extensive experience in providing construction monitoring, engineering, drawings, and bidding/contract documents for public and private clients on a variety of projects. Effective team leader and member that has contributed to the successful design, approval, bidding, administration, and construction of projects. Knowledgeable in Construction Specifications Institute’s (CSI) MasterFormat, and Manual of Practice. Familiar with industry standardized documents, Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS) (SpecsIntact), and Massachusetts Public Bidding Requirements.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Tetra Tech, Framingham, MA (2010 – 2013)
Senior Specifications Writer
Responsible for preparing and coordinating the preparation of construction contract documents. Responsibilities included preparation of contract documents, and general requirements, development of and coordination of specification sections with project managers, discipline engineers, architects, and subconsultants. Construction contract documents prepared in CSI 1995/2004 MasterFormat, Three-Part Format.
Assignments included:
1. Austere Standard Design of 80 Man Barracks, Afghanistan (USACE)
2. Physical Security Overhead Coverage Structures, Iraq (USACE), design/build project
3. Preparation and coordination of specification sections (existing conditions, concrete, metals, special construction, earthwork, exterior improvements and utilities) for use as office masters by Tetra Tech’s Kabul, Afghanistan office on USAID projects
4. Sagai Crossing Bridge Project, Khost, Afghanistan (USAID)
Accomplishments included:
1. Developed detailed index to UFGS Quick Start Guide and notes for use by administration staff when processing work with SpecsIntact
National Engineering Staffing Company, Portsmouth, NH (2010)
Technical Specialist on contract assignment to Tetra Tech, Framingham, MA
Responsible for preparing and coordinating the preparation of construction contract documents. Responsibilities included preparation of contract documents, and general requirements, development of and coordination of specification sections with project managers, discipline engineers, architects, and subconsultants. Construction contract documents prepared in CSI 1995/2004 MasterFormat, Three-Part Format.
Assignments included:
1. Ghazi Boys, and Sardar Girls High Schools, Kabul, Afghanistan (USAID), civil and site design
2. Prototype Design of Regional and Provincial Training Centers, Afghanistan (USAID)
3. Emergency Sanquin River Diversion Channel Bridge Replacement, Liberia (USAID)
STV Incorporated, Boston, MA (1995 – 2009)
Chief Specifications Engineer, Specifications Engineer
Responsible for preparing and coordinating the preparation of construction contract documents. Responsibilities included preparation of bidding and contract documents, and general requirements, development of and coordination of specification sections with project managers, discipline engineers, architects, and subconsultants. Construction contract documents prepared in CSI 1995/2004 MasterFormat, Three-Part Format, or the client’s format. Cost estimating performed as requested by project managers.
Assignments included:
1. Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Wachusetts Reservoir Crest Gate System, Clinton, MA
2. MBTA Secure Stations, Redundant Operations Control Center, Boston, MA
3. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management, State Pier, Site/Building Projects, New Bedford, MA
4. City of New Bedford, Redevelopment Authority, North Terminal Railyard, New Bedford, MA
5. Montachusetts Regional Transit Authority, MART Parking Complex, Fitchburg, MA
6. Massachusetts Bureau of State Office Buildings, “House Doctor” projects, Boston, MA
7. MBTA South Boston Transitway, Court House Station and Tunnel Section, Boston, MA
Other assignments included:
1. Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA), documenting and cataloging physical conditions of school facilities and assessing the maintenance condition of school facilities
2. New York City School Construction Authority (NYCSCA), Architecture and Engineering Department, Project Management Consultant (Senior Construction Assessment Specialist)
3. East Side Access – New York City, Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Long Island Rail Road, Design Criteria Technical Editor/Coordinator
Accomplishments included:
1. Developed quality assurance/quality control checklists and forms for company wide use
2. Revised cost estimate for the Congress Street/Fort Point Channel Bridge, Boston, MA. Revised estimate within 5 percent of the low bid.
3. Developed Grand Master Guide Specification for STV-Boston office use on MBTA projects
Garofalo & Associates, Providence, RI (1992 – 1994)
Project Manager
Responsible for the design and supervision of civil/site engineering projects. Responsibilities included preparing conceptual, preliminary and final plans, site plans, presentation of projects, permitting, calculations, project inspections, preparing contract documents, and cost estimating.
R. H. Gallo Builders, Holden, MA (1991 – 1992)
Civil Engineer
Responsible for preparing subdivision definitive plans, presentation of projects to town boards, permitting, and calculations.
The BSC Group, Worcester, MA and Bedford, MA (1986 – 1990)
Project Engineer
Responsible for preparing conceptual, preliminary and definitive plans, site plans, presentation of projects to town boards, permitting, calculations, review of plans prepared by others for town boards, project inspections, preparing contract documents, and cost estimating.
Symmes, Maini & McKee Associates, Cambridge, MA (1984 – 1986)
Specifications Engineer
Responsible for preparing and coordinating contract documents. Responsibilities included writing CSI Divisions 0, 1, 4, and 6 to 14, and assisting discipline engineers in writing CSI Divisions 2, 3, 5, 15, and 16.
United Engineers & Constructors, Inc., Boston, MA (1979 – 1984)
Specifications Engineer
Responsible for preparing and coordinating contract documents. Responsibilities included writing CSI Divisions 1 to 14, and assisting discipline engineers in writing CSI Divisions 15, and 16 for US Army Corps of Engineers projects, and Department of the Navy projects.
Edward C. Jordan Company, Portland, ME (1975 – 1979)
Construction Engineer
Responsible for construction monitoring of a designed project. Primary responsibilities included interpretation and enforcement of drawings and specifications, preparation of application for payment, record keeping, and daily reports. Assisted in Specifications, Purchasing, and Estimating Departments.
Nelson, Haley, Patterson and Quirk, Greeley, CO (1973 – 1974)
Senior Resident Engineer
Responsible for construction monitoring of a designed project. Primary responsibilities included interpretation and enforcement of drawings and specifications, preparation of application for payment, record keeping, and daily reports.
REGISTRATION: Professional Engineer – Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Colorado
CERTIFICATES: Certified Construction Specifier – Construction Specifications Institute
EDUCATION: Lowell Technological Institute – MMS, Management Science
University of Connecticut – MS, Civil Engineering
Lowell Technological Institute – BS, Civil Engineering