Project Manager Management

PHILIPPE JOHN DAVIS

PROFILE

Development and Construction Project Manager with over 25 years experience as a developer, a general contractor, with design & build firms, a consultant and mainly as a client representative. Responsibilities were performed on all types of projects including retail, industrial, high end and low cost residential, multi-family units (condos & apartments), office buildings, a hotel, restaurants, commercial centers, hospitals, an airport and a stadium as well as many roll-out programs. Excellent knowledge of all areas of project management: managing A/E firms, scheduling, cost control, HSE, LEEDS, risk management and legal. My international experience includes USA (10 years) France, Vietnam, India, DR Congo,Iraq, Singapore, and Algeria. Fields of expertise:

Selection and Management of A/E firms (Design development, Technical coordination

Cost control (Budgeting, Cost estimates, financial planning, contract negotiations, value engineering, progress payments, …)

Contract Administration (Bids, preparing contracts, RFP, purchase orders, RFI’s, closing documents,…)

Computer Fluent (MS Office including Scheduling on MS Project)

Risk management and legal issues

Languages: Dual citizen (USA and France); completely bilingual including technical terms EXPERIENCE

10/12 – Present Groupe Rawji, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Technical Director, Development and construction management of all the group projects including, a multi-family luxury apartments building, a high end office building, a mix use building (office and residential) and bank branches roll-out program. Selection & Management of A/E firms and consultants and contractors. Team building and management. Preparing feasibilities and business plans for all future development. Creating procedures, standard contracts, cost control, risk management, safety procedures, quality and safety control. Prepare profit/loss reporting. 07/11 – 07/12 Albion France (Bilingual Project Management firm) Senior Project Manager Construction management services on construction and remodels of all types of projects. Due diligence visits, feasibility studies, design management, construction management, cost control, procurement, technical surveys. My main responsibilities were to manage the remodeling and upgrade of a high end office building in the center of Paris. It includes Management of A/E firms and consultants, cost control, contract management, and quality control. The project was a 6 storey building of 27,000 m2 including a 200 seat restaurant, 09/10 – 07/11 Planitec BTP (Program management consultant) 99 Ave. du Roi Baudoin

Kinshasa-Gombe

Democratic Republic of Congo

Email: *************@*******.***

Mobile: +243********* (DRC)

Paris, France

Senior Project Manager. Create the schedules on Microsoft Project for design development and the construction for a rugby stadium in Paris (Stade Jean Bouin). Chairing the coordination meetings with architects, engineers and consultants, relations with the owner on all changes. 06/07 – 03/10 Alpha Real Capital India (Real Estate Investment Management Group) Bangalore, India

Director of Development and Construction.

The responsibilities included the selection of an local development and construction team, the selection of architects, engineers consultants and suppliers. Cost control, quality control, prepare and manage schedules to develop 2.5M square feet per year of offices and apartment buildings throughout India.(SEZ) A business plan was prepared for each project including partner’s structure, cash flow, market study, client’s brief and schedules for Offices and multi-use projects, risk management, project monitoring, contract and agreements preparation, cost and quality control as well as reporting to the headquarters and investors. 09/03 – 05/07 HFH Ltd. / Getz Construction (Land Developer, G/C and Property Mgt. Firm) Emeryville, CA.USA

Director of Construction. Responsibilities include the entitlement and execution of conditions of approval for the development of 450 multi-family apartments in West Oakland. Urban planning, community meetings, permit procedures, Environment impact report. Design management and Construction. Preparation of schedules, budgets and cash flows. Selection and management of the A/E firms, consultants and contractors, cost control. Setting up and managing a team to build as the G.C. (Superintendents, contract administrator, project engineers,…) 01/02 – 05/03 Daniel Silverie III (General Contractor), Monterey, CA. USA

Senior Project Manager on multi-family residential multiple projects throughout the San Francisco Bay area. All responsibilities including cost control, bids analysis, contract negotiations and award, staff management, progress and quality control.3 Projects simultaneously in different stages. The projects ranged from 50 units to 300 units apartments, condos and town homes. 11/00 – 12/01 McClier Corporation,

San Francisco, CA. USA

Program Manager for Sky Chefs flight kitchen. Multiple projects in the Western region of the USA. All responsibilities including: identifying scope of work, reviewing design, preparing and awarding contracts, purchasing of equipment, scheduling, cost control. Complete project management scope of work including permit process and assistance to operations after opening of the facilities. 7 simultaneous projects in various stages. 01/99 – 10/00 Regus Business Centre Corp.,

San Francisco, CA. USA

01/99 Client representative. Offices fit-outs multiple projects rollout. Creation of standards and procedures, scheduling, cost control, management of A/E firms, negotiation and award of national contracts for construction, furniture and equipment. 02/00 West Region Program Manager for Swinerton & Walberg Co. SF, CA. after Regus restructure. Management and coordination of the S&W affiliates. Responsibilities from initial estimate to final completion of the Regus executive suites. Cost control and analysis. Permit procedures.15 to 25 projects per year.

1996 – 1998 Duffill Watts & Tse Ltd.,

Saigon, Vietnam.

Project Director (client representative) for the construction of the first shopping mall in Vietnam

(CORA, Saigon). Responsibilities started after the steel frame structure was up with 3 months delay. The project was completed on time and budget. Assistance to the operations and management of the retail TI fit-outs.

Project Manager for the design and construction of a ceramic tile factory (My Duc Ceramic J.V.) 80,000 sqft.

1995 - 1996 Riverside Apartments and hotel,

Saigon, Vietnam

Site construction Manager, representative of the investor Danao Corporation on RIVERSIDE APARTMENTS project, Thu Duc. (184 apartments / Hotel, swimming-pool, tennis club, restaurant/bar, supermarket)

1991 - 1994 Grand Metropolitan Estates, Paris, France Client representative, Construction Director, Continental Europe. Developing “Burger King” restaurants, including the creation of the new “drive in” units. Supporting franchisees for the construction of their restaurants in Paris, Madrid, Munich, Zurich and Brussels. 1987 - 1991 McDonald’s France S.A., Paris, France

Client representative Construction Manager. Multiple project manager. 17 restaurants built in France.

All responsibilities from feasibility to turnover and maintenance period. 1986 - 1987 C.M.A., Meudon la Forêt, France.

Construction Manager; housing and offices projects. 1985 - 1986 S.P.E., Algeria.

Coordinator in charge of scheduling and quality control; 1050 multi-family apartments project. 1982 - 1984 Building Finishing System.

Administrative Manager of the affiliate office in Singapore; housing projects Coordinator in charge of logistics in Iraq on a 6 hospitals project. (1983). Foreman in Iraq on Baghdad airport (1982).

1981 - 1982 Otis Elevator Company, San Francisco, USA Draftsman.

EDUCATION

1984 - 1985 California Polytechnic State University. Construction Management 1978 – 1979 San Francisco State University. General Engineering 1976 - 1977 University of San Francisco, Pre-engineering 1976 Baccalaureate “E” (Mathematics & Technology), Paris, FRANCE HOBBIES

Travelling, architecture and design, tennis, scuba diving, kite surfing, snowboarding, billiard.

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