Project Coordinator • Project Manager • Construction Administrator • Job Cost Auditor

Contract Administrator • Preconstruction Assistant • Office Manager

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Accomplished, results-oriented professional with skills gained during employment with architectural and engineering firms, construction management companies, a general contractor, and a heavy/highway site contractor.

Projects ranged from site development, retail, tenant build-outs, condominiums, historic restorations, medical/surgery centers, K-12, higher education, office buildings, religious, museum, library, heavy/highway, and landfills.

Experienced in the business of architecture from design phase through project closeout.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Project Management

Owners’ Representative for a $12 million, 2-building, 56-unit condominium restoration, renovation project. Coordinated construction with Paul Davis Restoration. Communicated those efforts with the condominium association, 56 homeowners, legal representatives, banks, insurance providers, architect, engineer, county and city officials by always being available to answer questions or solve problems.

Project Manager for two historic restoration projects ($700,000).

Assistant Construction Administrator of a $4 million education facility additions and alternations project.

Project Coordination

Onsite coordination of $65 million, 42-acre site project, including a new Super Target, 3 retail buildings hosting 15 stores and restaurants, and tenant fit-out. The initial assessment was for three coordinators, but due to economics I handled all three positions.

Onsite coordination of $23 million, 50-unit mid-rise condominium.

Responsible for submitting site development, FDOT, DEP, building permits and plan revisions to proper agencies.

Reviewed subcontracts, purchase orders, insurance certificates for discrepancies.

Participated in job site Owner and Subcontractor meetings.

Distributed revised drawings to subcontractors.

Obtained all submittals, shop drawings, MSDS documents, warranty documents from subcontractors.

Assisted PM with maintaining open communication with developers, processing pay applications, pricing Change Orders, issuing RFIs.

Assisted Superintendent with shop drawing and submittal review.

Assisted developer’s employees with monitoring condo owners’ finishes and appliance revisions.

Responsible for all O&M Manuals, and Homeowner manuals.

Scheduled final walk-thru with developer, individual condo owners and their financial representatives.

Assisted with punch lists and demobilization of jobsite at completion of project.

Project Administration

Accountable for all project records from permitting thru CO.

Developed and implemented systems and tracking procedures, and file maintenance and archiving processes to maximize operating results for both a fast-growing engineering firm and an architectural firm.

Prepared contracts including AIA, DBIA, and EJCDC, purchase orders, vendor orders, change orders, RFIs, O&M documents, and correspondence.

Managed the flow of shop drawings, submittals, schedules, pay requisitions, correspondence, change orders, and other documents for multiple architectural projects.

Construction Document preparation and bid phase coordination.

Maintained paper files, electronic files, project binders, Prolog updates.

Maintained site office equipment, supplies, and cleanliness.

Job Cost Auditing

Hired by former employer to audit the job costs of 30 earthwork, utility piping, concrete curb, asphalt paving, PennDOT, and subdivision projects of a heavy highway/site contractor with annual revenue of $25 million.

Assisted 26 superintendents to transition to “paperless” timesheets and to utilize their company-issued laptops for all project documentation.

Monitored the initiation of FleetWATCHER™ tracking device system on 100 heavy/highway equipment pieces

Executive Assistant

Executive Assistant to President, three Principals; Office Manager to total staff of 21 including 8 Registered Architects, Human Resources and Accounting. Responsible for the day-to-day office operations including business operations and support services.

Supported Vice President and five Estimators of a multi-city construction management firm on all preconstruction activities for all negotiated and hard-bid projects. Responsible for the administration of cradle-to-grave prime contracts and subcontracts.

Office Manager in newly formed architectural firm consisting of three Partners and three design professionals. Duties included marketing, preparation of proposals and project specifications, bid phase coordination, Construction Administration, file management.

Manager of Support Services and Assistant to Partner-in-Charge of multi-state architectural firm. Responsible for all documents related to Feasibility Studies, PlanCon, specifications, bidding processes, contracts and bonds for K-12, Higher Education, Healthcare, Government, Religious projects.

Assistant to Director of Operations in securing sufficient contract volume to meet corporate plans. Assisted in developing new business opportunities. Evaluated corporate qualification and certification status with municipal entities. Equipment leasing/purchasing, project job cost, project site safety.

Assistant to President. Maintained bonding capacity and insurance coverage for heavy/highway, site and building projects, both private and government. Sole responsibility for MBE/WBE/DBE solicitation and utilization. Prepared bid proposals.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Marketing/Client Service Qwik Pack & Ship, Ft. Myers, FL January 2010 – May 2015

Unemployed care giver for parent August 2008 – December 2009

Project Coordinator GATES Builders, Naples, FL January 2006 – August 2008

Project Manager LCM Engineering, Ft. Myers, FL March 2005 – December 2005

Construction Administrator Navarro & Wright Consulting Engineers, PA August 2004 – March 2005 .

Job Cost Auditor Leon E. Wintermyer, Inc., Etters, PA March 2004 – August 2004

Office Manager /

Contract Administrator Bink Architectural Partnership, Camp Hill, PA July 2002 – March 2004

Preconstruction Assistant/

Contract Administrator Alexander Builders, Harrisburg, PA July 2000 – July 2002

Office Manager/

Assistant to Principals McKissick, Chambers & Sunday, Harrisburg, PA 1999 – 2000

Assistant to Partner-in-Charge Hayes Large Architects, Harrisburg, PA 1995 – 1999

Assistant to Dir. Operations Leon E. Wintermyer, Inc., Etters, PA 1994 – 1995

Assistant to President Jay Fulkroad & Sons, Inc., McAlisterville, PA 1988 – 1994

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Marketing, including trade show preparation and participation

EDUCATION

Harrisburg Area Community College, Building Construction Technology

SKILLS

Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook, QuickBooks, Prolog, HCSS HeavyJob, Viewpoint

Arcom LinxTM and MasterworksTM

currently investigating Bluebeam Revu software

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Notary Public, State of Florida, April 2006 – April 2018

Construction Specification Institute, Construction Documents Technologist, April 5, 2003

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