Fire Protection Project Management

ROSS B. CARTER

Telephone 850-***-**** PO Box 1372 - Destin, Fla. 32540 *********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE: Fire Protection Shop Drawing / Project Management Specialist

EDUCATION: FL All Lines Adjuster License 99

USCG Master 100 Ton License 94

BSIM Georgia Institute of Technology 71

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

2008 - Present Fire Protection Specialist / Destin, FL

Survey, cad shop drawings, project management

2004 - 2008 Capsco Industries / Design Manager / Destin, FL

Creation of shop "dwgs" w/ stocklisting for fast track luxury high-rise condominiums, PM, coordination and fire marshal

meetings, also design / build meetings w/ A/E firms. Cambria @ Daytona, Orchid Beach @ Lido Key Sarasota, Ariel

Dune @ Destin, Tidewater @ Panama City; - 22 simultaneous projects - requiring cosmetic alignments and

"impossible" solutions to insufficient time & concealed depth. Condominiums w/ 10,000 sprinklers, parking garages,

multiple pumps, PRVs. Responsible for: documents, permits, marketing, and troubleshooting.

2000 - 2003 Green Fire Systems Inc. - Conyers, GA / Destin, FL

Project management for all aspects of automatic fire protection systems including job coordination meetings. Utilization

of HydraCAD software for cad - calc - list production. Recent work : Gwinnett County Correction Complex with 1400

sprinklers of six different types, and Fayette County Jail Expansion/ Criminal Justice Center with 2100 sprinklers of 7

different types, Woodstock Baptist Church round facility with 3912 sprinklers.

1980 - 2000 Fire Protection Consultant - Southeastern United States.

Responsible for Automatic Fire Sprinkler and Special Hazard System shop drawings. Satisfy contractors' needs for field

survey of retro-fit installations. Provide "Jobs That Fit" capability/ dependability for every imaginable occupancy. Client list

included: Aqua Safe, Automatic, Capsco, Fire Protection Specialist, Green, Grinnell, Viking, Wigington. Built 46 ft

catamaran as live aboard vessel; converted to day charter as family business in 94.

Scope of Projects:

Maxwell Air Force Base Hospital - Montgomery, AL

Heraeus Photonics Mfg - Gwinnett Co, GA

Marriott Resorts International - Orlando, FL

Freedom Village Nursing Facility - Bradenton, FL

Gruman - Gulfstar Aviation Hangar - Savannah, GA

Northminster Presbyterian Church - Pensacola, FL

Single & Multiple family residential PVC systems - FL, AL, GA

Singing River Hospital - Pascagola, MS

Grand Casino - Biloxi, MS

Tropicana Whse & Mfg - Bradenton, FL

Pensacola Naval Air Station - Pensacola, FL

1978 - 1980 Aqua Safe Fire Protection Inc. - Tampa, FL

Wet systems, field survey, calculate with HASS software, stock list, field check.

1974 - 1978 Grinnell Fire Protection Systems and Services Inc. - Atlanta, GA / Tampa, FL

Wet and dry system shop drawings for contract work within office territory.

Exposure to Special Hazard projects and hydraulic calculations by hand.

1972 - 1974 Liberty Mutual Insurance - Atlanta, Georgia. Loss Prevention Representative to: Deering Milliken,

Georgia Power, F.M.C., Singer, Grinnell and others in a two state territory.

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