Larry P. Baum

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Irondale AL 35210 205-***-**** Mobile

Background Summary

Experienced and successful engineering/construction/scheduling manager with

direct responsibility of complex projects from inception through execution.

A determined hands-on leader and strategic planner with the proven ability

to conceptualize develop and implement project solutions. An energetic,

results-oriented manager with excellent strategic/system planning, channel

development, communication, problem solving, and organizational skills,

leads teams to consistently achieve targeted objectives and maintain a

strong customer focus.

Professional Experience

SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES Birmingham, AL

Piping Coordinator, Scheduling Manager, PSM Facilitator 2/2012 to

4/2015

Kemper County IGCC Project

Coordinated and scheduled pipe fabrication activities to support

construction. Managed a diverse scheduling team, which provided detailed

Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Start-up Activity Schedule.

Worked with Southern Company Services Engineering and Procurement, Area

Managers, Contractors and related personnel for required updates to provide

Site Management the detail they needed to manage the overall project.

Currently, facilitating the collection, and review of PSM (Process Safety

Management) documentation from fabricators and installers which will become

an integral portion of the Kemper County Mechanical Integrity program.

ALSTOM

Richmond, VA

Worldwide leader in Turbine Design and Installation. Installation includes

new builds and retrofits in the power (fossil, hydro and nuclear) industry.

Installation Planner

10/2010 to 1/2012

Representative Projects:

Surry Nuclear Power Station Unit 2 Outage - Surry, VA

DC Cook Nuclear Power Unit 1 Outage - Bridgman, MI

Provided Scheduling and Work Instruction Planning for major Turbine

Retrofits during the Outages referenced above. Also, provide Pre-Planning

Scheduling for other Projects as necessary

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PIC Group, Inc. Subsidiary of the Marubeni Group

Marietta, GA

A boiler/steam turbine repair company who performs field work for major

electrical providers in the Americas and Caribbean. Parent Company,

Marubeni, is a world-wide diversified corporation with over $5 billion

dollars of sales.

Project Manager/Scheduler

9/2009 to 6/2010

Representative Projects:

Mirant Morgantown 2010 Unit 2 Outage - Morgantown, MD

AEP Flint Creek 2009 Fall Unit 1 Outage - Gentry, AR

Turbine Overhaul, Water Wall, Superheat Replacement, Reheat Pendants, Coal

Feeders, Air Heaters and other associated plant equipment. Both outages

were completed ahead of schedule. Specific duties were; P6 schedule

development and reporting, project coordination and liaison with the

client.

. Mirant - Instrumental in the development of a master outage schedule for

both operating units. This streamlining of the planning process allows

the owner to devote more time in the evaluation of outage cost and scope.

Plant Performance Services Subsidiary of Fluor

Baton Rouge, LA

A full service construction company that executes capital and turnaround

work along the gulf coast for; the chemical, oil and gas, government and

power sectors.

Scheduler/Project Manager/Area Manager

2/2008 to 8/2009

Developed detailed fabrication schedules for nine refinery heaters for

Marathon Garyville major expansion project. This work was done in

conjunction with the heater supplier,

On-Quest and was performed at fabrication facilities in Mexico. Was

assigned as Scheduler, Material Manager and Area Manager over the

installation of five refinery heaters at the Marathon major expansion site

in Garyville, LA.

Fluor Enterprises, Inc.

Greenville, SC

A full service Engineering, Procurement, Construction Company, with

expertise in the industrial sector; concentrating in the oil and gas,

government, chemicals, power, pharmaceutical, mining and infrastructure

markets both domestically and abroad. Current contract backlog for 2010 is

$27 billion dollars.

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Project Manager

3/2006 to 2/2008

Provided detailed proposal estimates and schedules for major environmental

retrofit projects for Progress Energy and Southern Company.

Assigned as Project/Site Manager for Texas Utilities Sandow 4 Environmental

Retrofit Program. Work consisted of an SCR Installation with new ID Fans,

water cannons, intelligent soot-blowing and additional boiler upgrades.

. During project negotiations and review; was able to earn the respect of

the client's upper management by being straightforward and self-

confident.

. Meetings and decisions were in a Kaizen environment; at the plant and

corporate level.

The Saxon Group, Inc.

Sugar Hill, GA

WBE Construction Company that; performs mechanical work on industrial

projects in the Southeastern United States. Saxon Group is considered a

small disadvantaged company with annual contracts of less than $25 million.

Project Manager

6/2005 to 3/2006

Provided complete site responsibility, on a mechanical expansion of an

existing gas producing plant, located at the Air Products facility in

Baytown, TX.

. Worked in an active Kaizen environment; mentored construction supervision

on the process, which enhanced communications with plant and Air Products

Corporate staff.

CB & A Project Management Services

Birmingham, AL

CB&A is a project management and consulting firm that was formed by me and

three of my former colleagues from Raytheon. Provided industrial clients

with project management services on an as needed basis. CB&A is a small

private enterprise with billings of less than $5 million dollars a year.

Owner/ Project Manager

2/1996 to 6/2005

. Achieved profitability within nine months of company start.

. Reduced advertising costs by 75%, promoted repeat business with clients.

Representative Projects:

Holcim Cement Midlothian, TX, - Provided project management for two Flue

Gas Desulphurization Scrubbers on existing and new cement facilities.

CIBA Specialty Chemical Plant West Memphis, AR, - Provided project

management and

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Start- up coordination for a new plant which manufactures water treatment

chemicals.

BP Amoco Chemicals, Decatur AL - Provided pre-outage/outage planning and

project management services, for replacement of PTA Dryer Systems on two

operating units.

. Worked with team members to outline, develop and implement an improvement

process on execution of work that produced a savings of 125K in direct

project execution costs.

Southern Company Services Birmingham AL, - Provided project management and

subcontract development services on existing coal fired power plants during

their environmental program.

. Provided insight and detailed analysis on outage schedules that provided

a four day improvement to the baseline; allowed the facility to start-up

four days earlier than scheduled; that resulted in improved generation

billings by $4,000,000.

Merck & Company Albany GA - Provided project management, subcontractor and

material management services for Clean Room Modifications and

Process/Chemical Sewer Upgrades. Majority of the work was executed on an

outage basis in a pure room environment.

Raytheon Engineering and Constructors, Inc.

Birmingham, AL

Raytheon purchased Rust Engineering in 1996 from Rust's owner Waste

Management. Raytheon and Rust provided full service Engineering,

Procurement and Construction, with expertise in the industrial sector;

concentrating in the pulp and paper, government, chemicals, power and steel

markets primarily in the United States. Currently Raytheon does not support

full service EPC work except in the defense area.

Materials Manager

2/1994 to 2/1996

Developed procurement coordination plans, provided expediting for

vendor/supplier deliverables, vendor/supplier coordination, delivery

coordination, purchase order and change order negotiations, coordination of

QA/QC shop inspections and development of startup programs.

Representative Projects:

Blue Water Fiber- Port Huron MI

Vista Chemical Company Aberdeen MS

Mead Corporation Stevenson, AL

Olin Corporation McIntosh, AL

Rust Construction Services Division

4/1989 to 2/1994

Chief Construction Engineer

Monitored all related field engineering, constructability, scheduling,

procurement activities,

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Sub-contract development and coordination, shutdown coordination, material

control and start up for pulp and paper and other industrial facilities.

Rust was consistently rated in the top ten of Engineering and Construction

companies worldwide with billings of over $1 billion dollars.

Representative Projects:

St Joe Forest Products Port St. Joe, FL

Great Northern Nekoosa Clyatville, GA

Naheola Recovery and Power Facility Pennington, AL

. Spearheaded an initiative to develop a field purchasing database system

that would track field purchased items, receiving/warehousing and

accounts payables. System provided instant cost information, reduced

errors, improved productivity and produced savings of 5% on invoiced

materials.

. Organized functional managers to discuss the merits of placing an active

3-D design model on the project site. System immediately improved

communications across all trade boundaries. Minimized field work due to

interferences issues. System produced savings of 5% in installation

costs.

Weyerhaeuser Consumer Products Columbus, MS

Riverwood International Macon, GA

Blount International

Montgomery, AL

Blount provided full service Engineering, Procurement and Construction,

with expertise in the industrial sector; concentrating in the pulp and

paper, government, and power. Blount exited the construction business in

1993 and turned its focus exclusively on manufacturing. During the late

eighties Blount consistently had billings over $250 million dollars.

Project Engineer

11/1986 to 4/1989

Manager of Engineering responsible for subcontracts and permit

coordination, A-E coordination, quantity estimates and trending,

scheduling, material control and site liaison with regulatory agencies for

a Waste-to-Energy facility.

. Contaminated materials (soil and water) were encountered during

construction of a power facility. Designed, secured approval from the

environmental agencies, and implemented a process to treat the

contaminated materials on-site. Ultimate benefit was removing the

responsibility (due to RCRA standards) of the contaminated materials at

an off-site landfill or treatment facility. This ultimately saved future

litigation costs related to these contaminated materials.

A.E. Staley Company

Decatur, IL

A.E. Staley is a producer of agriculturally based products including corn

starches, corn oil, high fructose corn syrup and ethanol. Staley was

acquired by Tate & Lyle in 1988 and currently have sales worldwide of over

$6 billion dollars.

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Project Manager/ Engineer

1980 to 1986

Responsible for overseeing new construction, expansions and upgrades at

various site locations related to corn wet milling. Responsibilities

included involvement in the civil and mechanical aspects of these projects,

with emphasis on equipment and food grade piping.

Representative Projects:

Corn Syrup Plant Upgrade Lafayette, IN

. Re-engineered, planned and implemented plant modifications (tie-ins) at

this facility that were accomplished in one day, saving any subsequent

downtime to the existing facility (plant produced $1,000,000 of sellable

product/day)

Corn Syrup Plant Upgrade Morrisville PA

New Corn Syrup/Ethanol Facility Loudon TN

. Proposed an alternate design for pipe support materials which saved

$250K.

. Planned and managed: boiler repair, evaporator equipment repairs and

major water piping modifications. All work was fast tracked in the

operating facility. Strategies implemented during the execution of

aforementioned projects saved the facility $5,000,000 in lost operations.

Education

University of Dayton- Dayton, OH BS-

Civil Engineering

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