Gary J. Beach

Construction Manager

Summary of Relevant Qualifications

Gary Beach is a senior construction manager with extensive experience in engineering and construction management on large heavy civil projects, including water and wastewater treatment plants, underground utilities, electrical substations and electrical power distribution, and petrochemical plants, domestically and aboard. His expertise includes:

• Facilitating team approach and resolving on-site construction/design issues, including risk management, inspection, QA/QC management, constructability review, tracking and controlling costs, estimating, dispute resolution, project scheduling, and maintaining schedule dates without jeopardizing quality.

• Developing and maintaining strong stakeholder/contractor/operator relationships while providing interface and liaison with the design teams during construction.

• Diverse experience in design-build, GC/CM, CM At-Risk and EPC projects within the construction industry, including structural engineering, project and construction management duties on small to large mega projects throughout the United States and internationally.

Work Experience

KDG Construction Consulting, Glendale and Owens Lake, California, February 2015 to May 2015

Project Manager, Construction Manager, and Assistant Resident Engineer: Responsible for developing bid documents and overseeing the bid process to build hangers at the Van Nuys Airport as a project manager for the Pacific Aviation Development Group. Conducted internal audit on approved change orders to confirm that the cost and hourly rates conform to the requirements of the Contract Documents.

Venture Engineering and Construction, Weaver, Iowa and Las Vegas, Nevada, January 2013 to March 2014

Project and Construction Manager: Worked with Uhde Corporation of America to resolve civil and structural foundation issues, responded to contractor questions and communicating the changes made on-site back to the Engineer of Record to update and revise the Issued for Construction drawings. Provided various on-site small and medium project construction services for Venture clients in California and Nevada. Assisted staff engineers with constructability review and value engineering suggestions during the design of piping systems, equipment supports and structures to save cost and time during fabrication and construction.

Eichleay Engineers, Mountain Pass, California, October 2011 to December 2012

Senior Construction/Process Engineer: Managed the $53-million construction, procurement, and start-up of facility components: SXHI FeU Mixer/Settler cells, storage tank farm, mechanical, electrical and piping (MEP) to separate rare earth metals from other waste earth minerals. The SXHI FeU facility was completed and began testing within 8 months from starting construction. After completion of the SXHI FeU facility, Gary started the site wide tank farm MEP construction and turned over to a process engineer for completion. Coordinated and managed the tie-in of the site distribution system between the various Molycorp process facilities for start-up and full operation of the Molycorp process.

Jacobs Engineering, Fremont, California, January 2010 to September 2011

Field Contract Administrator/Resident Project Engineer: Assisted the regional and project construction managers to build a $84-million, 7- mile, 72-inch diameter water transmission pipeline with three miles of both micro tunneling, bore and jack operations, pipeline appurtenances, four vault structures, three control buildings and customer service turnouts. The project was completed on schedule despite discovery of severely contaminated groundwater. Working closely with the contractor to develop a method agree upon by the contractor and other stakeholders to resolve the cost and schedule: 1) development of an economical treatment system, to discharge treated groundwater to a municipal sewer system and 2) installation of a new receiving/bore shaft outside the 25-foot work zone of the tracks and removing a 35-foot section of casing to back out the micro tunneling boring machine while not delaying rail traffic. The groundwater treatment system saved the project approximately $13 million in trucking fees to dispose of groundwater elsewhere. Work continued concurrently on pipeline construction to stay on schedule.

Carollo Engineers, Hillsboro, Oregon June 2008 to December 2009

Construction Manager: Managed construction of a new aeration basin and improvements to the existing aeration basins to provide an additional 10 mgd wastewater treatment to an award winning 25 mgd wastewater treatment plant operated by clean water services. The project was completed 11 months ahead of schedule with change orders less than 3% of the original contract price; this was accomplished by working with the contractor to implement a same day response process from the engineers to submitted requests for information.

Pinnacle One, Williams, Surprise & Gilbert, Arizona, May 2006 to May 2008

Senior Project Manager: Provided project management to three Arizona city growth projects: 1) upgrade and expansion of a 0.98 mgd wastewater treatment plant with the option to expand to a 2.5 mgd facility utilizing the design-build alternative delivery method. Based on the schedule analysis completed due to design and on-site man power issues observed during the early stages of construction, the City of Williams was able to recoup $25,000 early and save on potential federal and state water quality discharge fines; 2) Provided a scope of work and program management to the City of Surprise with the fast-track expansion of an existing 7.2 mgd water reclamation facility to a 24 mgd facility utilizing the CM At-Risk alternative delivery method; and 3) Provided program management oversight of the streets and water portions of the Town of Gilbert’s $400-million, five-year capital- improvements program.

Kiewit Western, Buckeye & Phoenix, Arizona, September 2005 to April 2006

Senior Project Engineer/Project Manager: Provided design and construction oversight of a $350,000 underground pump station added to an existing water reclamation plant projected to experience a significant flow increase due to demands from a new subdivision. The project was completed on time and on budget. Assisted with estimating a 20 mile expansion of a light rail line from Love Field in Dallas to the Northeast district of Dallas, Texas.

Earth Tech, Phoenix, Arizona & Mashantucket, Connecticut, June 2003 to August 2005

Senior Project Engineer/Senior Resident Engineer: Provided solutions to daily construction issues and interfaced with the stakeholder engineering consulting group on a $110-million CM At-Risk treatment plant expansion. Tasks included procuring subcontractors services, reviewing the scope of work and means and methods of the subcontractors, track actual cost vs. the estimated cost on actual self- performed and subcontractors man hours to complete assigned tasks, training of the plant operators, and oversight of the functional and performance tests on various equipment and systems. Assisted the Tribal Land Use Commissioner during the expansion of the $100 million Rainmaker Casino and parking facility with daily site observation of the construction. Primary tasks included review and comment on as-built drawings and proposed site utility designs during construction, and review and comment on egress pathways of the patrons’ traffic through the construction site, along with coordinating and overseeing the on-site QA program.

Camp Dresser & McKee, Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 1999 to May 2003

Senior Resident Engineer/Senior Construction Engineer/ Superintendent/Project Manager: Provided daily site observation and engineering services during the lump sum construction of a $1.4-million dollar landfill closure, a $2-million 2 mgd groundwater filtration facility, oversight and managed a $2-million design-build repair of a 90-inch diameter concrete aqueduct. Also provided construction coordination, engineering services and scheduled daily work activities on a lump sum $21-million 9,000 cubic meter wastewater project in the Kingdom of Jordan for USAID.

ICF Kaiser Engineers/Earth Tech, Winthrop, Massachusetts, August 1992 to January 1999

Resident Engineer/Area Engineer: Provided daily site observation and engineering services during the $88-million primary treatment structure repair construction packages due to exposure to high levels of H2S. Also provided design and constructability review for the $100-million secondary sludge digester construction package from the 50 percent design phase to the Notice-to-Proceed.

McNamara/Salvia, Fairfax, Virginia & Boston, Massachusetts, June 1988 to July 1992

Structural Design Engineer: Responsible for the analysis and design of the deep/mat/pile foundation and superstructure of mid-rise commercial and institutional structures. Also responsible for analyzing the load capacity of existing for systems in mid and high rise towers and modifying the structural framing for medical and lawyer office libraries and filing systems. Performed field engineering visits to the various job sites during construction to resolve issues due to the framing or foundations not being constructed per plans.

Construction Engineering Services, Newburyport, Massachusetts, March 1984 to May 1988

Structural Design Engineer: Responsible for the analysis and design of the foundation and superstructure of single to three story residential, commercial and institutional structures. Responsible for designing prestressed piles for a prestressing pile fabricator. Performed field engineering visits to the various job sites during construction to resolve issues due to the framing or foundations not being constructed per plans.

Stone & Webster, Virginia, Massachusetts, Michigan, Texas, New York, Libya, and South Korea, August 1979 to February 1984

Structural Design Engineer: Responsible for the analysis and design of the deep/mat/pile foundations for petrochemical and nuclear, coal, and gas power plants. Worked on various power plant shut downs to analyze and modify the existing pipe supports and block walls to meet new NRC seismic requirements.

Years of Experience:

27

Education:

B.S., Civil Engineering

Technology, University

of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA

Certification:

24-hour Mine Safety and

Health Administration

30-hour Occupation

Safety and Health

Training Course

8-hour Electrical

Flashover and Grounding

Training Course

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