RESUME OF

David C Opoka

**** ******** **.

Apt. 1-C

Baltimore, MD. 21227

Cell: 240-***-****

E-mail: ac2qw7@r.postjobfree.com

Summary: Classifications – Estimation – Jr./Boardman, Staff, Senior, Chief; Project Management – Jr., staff, Senior;

Project Superintendent – heavy/highway, Civil, Environmental, Waste Management, Site-Development,

U G utilities.

Areas of Expertise – Heavy Highway, Heavy Civil, Site Development (commercial, residential, industrial),

Utilities (wet - water, sanitary, storm, SWM; dry – electrical, cable (communication, television), fiber optic),

Waste Management (landfills – new cell facilities, caps/closures – municipal, Super Fund, private industrial),

Environmental (stream rehabilitation, shoreline stabilization, wetland mitigation, site remediation, spill

containment), Petro-Chemical (fueling facilities – retail, municipal, private; UG & AG Storage Tank facilities –

steel & fiberglass, single & double-wall, containment structures, leak detection/monitoring, loading docks)

Education: The Johns Hopkins University, Evening Division

Baltimore, MD.

Major: Construction Management (4 years evening)

Training: AFLCIO-Operating Engineers, Class- A; Journeyman

OSHA: 40 Hour HAZMAT Certification; 30 hr. Competent Person

Experience:

N J Contractor

Clifton, NJ

2016

Contract – Estimator/Project Manager

AB Construction

16 Henry Ford Circle

Waldorf, MD. 20602

2014 - 2015

Project Manager/Estimator

CC & E, LLC

Southern MD.

2008 – 2014

Chief Estimator/Sr. Project Manager

BII Corporation

Pasadena, MD.

2005 – 2008

Chief Estimator/Sr. Project Manager

Pavex Inc.

Camp Hill, PA.

2004 – 2005

H/H Project Supt, Project Manager

Schultz Construction Inc.

Round Lake, N. Y.

1999 to 2003

H/H Project Superintendent/Project Manager

Napier & Donaldson Construction

El Cajon, CA.

H/H Project Superintendent, Estimator, Project manager

1987 to 1998

Summary of Experience & Knowledge:

Excavation: Mass, highway, structural, site development (commercial, industrial, residential),

recreational, utility, landfills-new celled facilities & closures, dredging,

surface mining; Methods - scraper, articulated end-dump, dump truck (haul-off & disposal,

Import), grade profiling, soil stabilization

Utilities: Public Works & Private Development; pump stations, water, sanitary, storm drain, SWM,

waste water treatment facilities & water Filtration facilities, process piping,

Petro-Chemical storage and transfer facilities; Dry - electrical, cable, fiber optic

Asphalt Paving: DOT, Municipal, Inner-City, Federal, Private Development, Recreational;

New construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, mill & overlay, hot in-place recycling,

Miscellaneous & production cold milling, mobile plant operations

Material Processing: Site selection, material sampling & analysis, material certification, permit

procurement; scalping, crushing, screening, pugmill operations

Environmental: Stream rehabilitation, shoreline stabilization, wetland mitigation, Pond/Lake reclamation

(dredging – hydraulic horizontal auger, dragline) Permit procurement as

required from State & Federal DEC; SWM ponds & final design conversions, E & SC site

devices

Waste Management/ Landfills – new cell facilities, expansions, closures/caps (complete, partial)

Petro-Chemical (B, C, D - Classification) - Municipal, Industrial, Military, Super Fund; Leachate/Black Liquor

containment, collection, conveyance, storage, disposal, detection/monitoring

systems, LFG extraction piping systems, compacted clay liner, drainage layer,

gas venting layer, final cover layer; Bentonite- slurry barrier wall, clay/bentonite liner

material pugmill processing, containment & settlement ponds;

geosynthetics – geomembrane & geocomposite liners, geonet, geogrid, geotextile,

curtain walls, HDPE thermal butt fusion piping;

waste – analysis, identification, containment, removal & disposal, site remediation

(petroleum, chemical)

quality control – sampling, analysis, classification, monitoring, site specific management

plan, quality control plan, erosion control plan, SWM plan

UST – removal & abandonment in-place – permit procurement, notification of Fire

Marshal, pump out and disposal of existing fluids, defuming/inerting,

de-sludging/cleaning, cut tank and dispose or fill with sand, pea gravel or concrete

slurry, site remediation of contaminated soil

UST – installation – underground and above ground tanks (Highland -steel single wall

A-G, steel single wall & double wall STI-P3; Xerxes/Owens-Corning – FRP single wall &

double wall tanks); associated pumping systems, conveyance pipe (steel & fiberglass)

dispensing systems (fuel pumps & loading docks), secondary containment monitoring,

Structural Concrete: CIP - Bridges – DOT –single span, double span, restoration/rehabilitation;

water filtration facility, sewage treatment facility, waste containment facility,

concrete highway paving, retaining walls, curb & gutter, sidewalk, Jersey barrier;

precast - pump stations, head/end walls, utility vaults, mechanically stabilized earth systems/

T-walls, manholes, inlets, oil/grease separators

Computer: Windows 8, 7, XP; Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, Outlook; Adobe Acrobat 11.0; Various – Wide

format Printer/Copier/Scanner Equipment;

Trimble – Paydirt; PlanSwift; HCSS – Heavy Bid 14.1, Heavy Job, Suretrak

Estimating: Federal, State DOT, Military (USACE, Dept. of Navy, USAF), Public Works, Private

Development (industrial, commercial, residential), Underground Utilities, Waste

Management, Petro/Chemical;

Review and selection of bids with highest percentage of possible success/ weekly bid

meetings/select, schedule and assign bids according to existing staff workload and

monitor production/ monitor a company’s existing projects in relation to crew and

equipment commitment and availability

Complete bid package includes:

Take-off, calculations, RFP (materials & subcontractors), formulate estimate &

pricing, draft & write proposal, bonding, pre-qualification requirements, permits &

fees, pre-bid & pre-construction meetings, Q&A meeting with superintendent &

Project Manager, cost coding, estimate to budget; Conceptual budgets;

estimate all categories of work listed on resume

Project Management: Project set-up; cost coding, budget, schedule-of-values, progress schedule, buy-out,

Purchase orders, subcontracts, submittal & shop drawing (schedule, approval &

Certification, release for manufacturing), material certifications; monthly pay

requisitions, change orders, value engineering, cost-to-complete, claims (delay,

impact, force account), progress meetings, RFI’s, safety compliance, insurance

claims, site specific plans (health, safety, security), QA/QC, personnel evaluations;

Order-on Contract, D/M/WBE reports, Utilization reports, training programs, Sub/

Supplier reports, Waiver of Liens, Consent of Surety, EEO criteria, insurance &

bonding, equipment certifications, authorization for payment (subs & suppliers),

final-out; Contract negotiations

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