RESUME OF
David C Opoka
Apt. 1-C
Baltimore, MD. 21227
Cell: 240-***-****
E-mail: *******@*******.***
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