Manager Construction

Gary J. Collard

**** *. ****** ****** **** #***, Ozark, MO 65721 417-***-****

email: ************@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Over thirty-five years in Construction Management for major multi-million dollar projects

• Extensive experience in client relations, heavy, highway and civil planning, construction, and

completion; supervision of Field Managers and Subcontractors, managing and organizing

crews, cost estimating, budgeting, purchasing, scheduling, QA/QC issues, safety awareness,

solving problems with innovative solutions, meeting all deadlines

• Specializing in a wide variety of concrete form construction projects, piling, coffer dams,

paving, lock and dam work, structural steel erection

• Major clients have included State and Federal Departments of Transportation, U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers, The United States Army, and contract work with the states of IL, IN, IA,

MO, OH, TN, TX, CA. and LA.

WORK EXPERIENCE

CSA Supervisor Wacker Chemie

Plant

WG YATES CONSTRUCTION CO. CHARLESTON TN. 2011 to 2013

Manager Civil, Structural, and Architectural work, supervised numerous contractors on 2.8

billon dollars of construction of Poly silicon plant.

Construction Manager KBR Kellogg Brown& Root-North American Government & Defense

FEMA/USACE projects Site manager Arlington VA. 2010 to 2011

Construction Manager (in charge of numerous projects)

Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure Group; Baton Rouge, LA 2006 to 2010

SITE MANAGER for Barrier Berm Project; New Orleans, LA (2009 – 2010) - responsible for

$100 million BP berm project; supervised twelve Field Managers, Safety Managers and

Project Control Managers for the installation of 50 miles of berm for the state of Louisiana

SITE/TURNOVER MANAGER, Paducah Remediation Service, LLC (2009) – coordinated

construction and operation phase for a $10 million treatment process for an Electrical

Resistance Heating System at a Department of Energy facility

FIELD MANAGER, IHNC Project ;New Orleans .Louisiana (2009) - supervised construction

operations on a $1.2 billion U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contract in New Orleans,

Louisiana for the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal (IHNC)

Civil Superintendent; Shaw Power/Construction Group; Hamilton, New Jersey (2007) -

supervised civil work on $500 million projects in New Jersey for PSE&G and BET projects

Field Manager II; Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure, INC.; Houston, Texas (2006 to

2007) - Duties and responsibilities included a wide range of concrete infrastructure work, as

well as estimating and bidding services

Site Construction Manager

Fluor Global Services/Alcoa-Fluor Alliance; Tallassee, Tennessee 2008 to 2009

• Managed all site contractors while rebuilding Alcoa’s Chilhowee Dam related to the

hydroelectric power plant; rebuilding included excavation, repair, and replacement of earthen

sections of the dam site; successfully implemented all governmental and safety requirements

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Consultant

Falcon Ventures; Trenton, New Jersey/Nairobi, Kenya/West Africa 2007 to 2008

• Provided civil engineering and construction consulting services including technical advice,

dispute resolution assistance, and expert testimony to owners and contractors

Field Manager; Concrete Resources, Field Services; Columbia, Illinois 2005 to 2006

• Developed three new concrete plants, coordinated rebuilding of two concrete plants, and

directed erection and startup of a third new plant; managed five ready-mix operations

Project Coordinator; Amerwest Building Company, LLC; St. Louis, Missouri 2004 to 2005

• Coordinated all commercial and residential constructions projects, including scheduling and

estimating for bids

Supervisor; Pioneer Construction/Concrete Division, LLC; St. Louis, Missouri 2003 to 2004

• Supervised six subcontractors in production and scheduling for a $52 million structural

concrete project

Field Services QA/QC, Concrete Resources/Concrete Division; Columbia, Illinois 1998 to 2003

• Directed production of concrete at four concrete batch plants and forty ready-mix trucks and

drivers

Project Supervisor; Halverson Construction Company, INC.; Springfield, IL 1978 to 1996

• Supervised union craft employees and managed bridge, highway, and waterworks projects of

up to $25 million

TRAINING AND SEMINARS

ACI Certified field testing

Alcoa/Fluor Key Supervisor Training and High Voltage Training

OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120(e), 40 hour HAZWOPER 2009

8 Hours HAZWOPER Supervisor Training

Red Vector, 2008 - Communication and Leadership, Project Team Management, Team Building

I: Team Member Role, A Manager’s Guide to Performance Appraisals, Project Management

Basics

Shaw Environmental, 2008 - Safety Leadership Series: Best Practices,

Tidewater Center for Life Support, 2008 - Heartsaver First Aid

Shaw Environmental, 2007 - OSHA 30 Hour Construction Safety, Job Safety Analysis (HS045)

Workshop program op

Shaw Environmental, 2006 - Confined Space-Attendant/Entrant Training (4 Hour)

Rigging and Heavy Lifting Training 2009

PRS training 2009 - Lock out Tag out

Radiation Supervisor training, 2009

Waste Managers Safety Program, PRS 2009

Target Zero construction safety program

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