Zoning/Permitting Mgr.
Julia LaBella
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**** ** **** ** ****** 817-***-****
Mount Vernon, TX 75457
** ***** ********* ** ******, Permitting, Inspections, Certificates of Occupancies & Completions in USA & Great Britain in Wireless Telecom/Energy Industries: Experience & references attest to my ability as a strong, creative problem solver, with a sense of urgency. Vast knowledge of Ordinances/Bldg. Code requirements, Mgr. & Supvr. skills.Acquired/renewed over 1700+ Permits, Zoning Board Appeals & City Council cases, Inspections, Cert. of Occupancies & Cert. of Completions.
●CPS Construction Permit Services, NYC, NY Project Mgr., Telecom Mods, in the 5 Boroughs. LTE/4G. Sept. 2016
Williams Companies, Access Midstream, Chesapeake Midstream/Energy, Fort Worth, TX Dec. 2015-May. 2008
Compressors Coord.Permitting Specialist : Obtained valid Compressor Facilities Permits, Inspections & Certificates of Occupancy, for Compressor Facilities by coordinating with Engineers, Draftsmen, Surveyors, Construction, Electricians, Field Techs, Attys., Public Affairs, ROW, City Planners, Water-Engineering, Fire Dept. & Bldg. Codes Inspectors. Kept records on-site, maintained ROW/Dwg./Permit records, trackers & created Visio work-flow processes. Led weekly status meetings with Facility Engineers, P.E.s, Construction & Electricians & led bi-weekly Management of Change meetings for Barnett Shale & Permian Basin. Kept all data for Construction Operations/Safety records.
Pipeline Permitting Specialist Swiftly Obtained Permits for over 285,000 feet, 54 miles & 642 Permits & 87 Foreign Gas Notifications for pipeline in 2 1/2 yrs from TXDOT, DART/TRE, ONCOR, Utilities, ROW, Water/Sewer, Flood Plain, UPRR & BNSF Railroads DFW Metroplex area, (over 100 jurisdictions). Accurately reviewed & red-lined hundreds of plats, easements & drawings. Achieved positive negotiation skills w/all City/County Water, Engineering/Public Works/Planning/Devel., Fire & Bldg./Inspections. Highest percentage (Team 1) 38% off total pipeline permitted/constructed in Barnett Shale area.
LV Oil & Gas, Ft. Worth TX: (Title Agent)July-Aug. 2007 interim project
T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, Nextel: Long Island, NY 2006-May 2008
Sr. Wireless Telecom Permitting Supvr./Consultant: Ensured the successful launch of USA CDMA/3G, Great Britain UMTS 3G network rollouts. Kept ahead of construction schedules. 100% zoning/bldg. permit approvals/Final Inspections, Certificates of Completion, swiftly for the Client, from due diligence of Cell Site Search Rings to Commercialization. Persuasive negotiations, 100% approvals @ Planning Commission, Public Hearings, ZBA, ROW, Utilities, Bldg. Codes Depts. Marked-up hundreds of Construction Dwgs.
●Supervised Permit Expeditors over 168 Jurisdictions. Obtained & renewed 100’s of Building Permits, Final Codes Inspections & Cert. of Completions/Occupancy by coordinating w/Architectural & Engineering firms, Attys. Construction, & NY ORD./Codes Compliance, per Dwg. Mark-ups.
●T-Mobile USA, Nashville, TN & Atlanta, GA 2005 2004
● (GSM build 460+towers/co-los/rooftop, water tank, stealth design sites built GA, TN, KY, IN, MS, AR) Procured Zoning/Building Permits in 6 states. 100% zoning/permit/Inspections approvals. Positive relationships/negotiations with Govt. Officials/City Mgrs./Neighborhood Groups: Atlanta, GA, Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga, TN, Tupelo, MS, Louisville, KY, Evansville, IN & all rural areas. Completed 200+ pre-zoning and zoning analyses
●Prepared concise applications, land-use planning justifications, red-lined drawings accurately per Code & T-Mobile. Detailed diagrams, plans, surveys, propagation maps, structural reports, electromagnetic reports, stealth design & photo-sims compiled and presented to Public Hearings, myself, without Attys.
Nextel, TN (Contract Permitting Mgr., 16 New Towers permitted in 12 wks.) 2004
●Accelera Wireless, UK & Accelera Wireless LLC (USA). 2003-2001
T-Mobile UK: UMTS 3G Roll-out- London, England (342+ rooftop, tower, water tank sites: Queen Elizabeth II Conference Center, Science Museum, St. Mary’s Hospital, Cumberland Hotel, strategic City of Westminster sites adjacent to Parliament, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Harrod’s, Sotheby’s, St. Edward the Confessor Cathedral, Communications Bldg.-Leicester Sq., etc).
Saved Client $100,000+ pounds, negated need to hire outside Planning Consultants for highly-sensitive City of Westminster, Chelsea & greater London for Bldg./Planning negotiations/applications.
Delivered 14-year, record-setting Planning approvals for T-Mobile UK, enabling on-time construction.
Reviewed/red-lined Construction plans accurately; per strict British Land Use Planning/Building Codes.
Coordinated RF Engineers, A&E, Site Acquisition, Construction Mgmt. & T-Mobile UK Mgrs., ensured maximum use of Permitted Development Rights. Established positive relationships with all Local Planning Authorities in London. Negotiated, prepared & submitted British Planning/Bldg. applications before deadlines. Compiled “Close-Outs". Scheduled Site access appts for Construction, Architects, Engineers, Main Switch & Electricians.
Lucent Technologies/Cricket: CDMA Build-out-Lansing/Kalamazoo, MI / South Carolina
(Pre-deployment – 300+ sites/Launch 200+ Identified 900 potential site candidates for RF inZoning Analyses/ Site Acq. Pkgs. Submitted Regulatory, planning/bldg. permit applications, stealth design, Site Safe-NIER reports, on-time.
Gained 100% Zoning/Bldg. Permits for MI sites (85 jurisdictions) from Town Planning Commission, Public Hearing Meetings & televised Commissioner’s Meetings. Toughest Zoning in State.
Turn-Key “On-Time” launch. Only Zoning/Permitting Specialist transferred to London.
Charles LaBella Consulting/Sam Weller Construction/BPI Communications 2000-1999
Permits Expeditor: (Palm Beach-Ft. Lauderdale-Miami, FL) Telecom, Zoning/Bldg. Permits/Codes Compliance, Inspections & Certificates of Occupancies/Completions (rooftops, co-los & new stealth sites)
EDUCATION: Communications major, Northeast Texas Community College, Mt. Pleasant, TX. (Landman 101, Tyler, TX July 2007)
SKILLS: Successful negotiations, presentations, promote positive relationships with all County, City Officials, Utility/Elec. Companies, Leases, ROW USE Agreements, Easements, Lease Reviews, Legal Research, Plats/Survey/Const. Dwgs. redline/review, Ordinances, Due Diligence.
References: Matt Chastain: Crown Castle Atlanta, GA ****************@*****.***
Terry Rowe, Permit Mgr., Chesapeake, Access Midstream, Williams Companies 972-***-****
Owen Gibbs, Dir., Accelera Wireless USA/UK for T-Mobile & Lucent build-outs ******@***.*** 817-***-****
Andrew Overton, Atty., Real Estate/Zoning Mgr., T-Mobile NY & Atlanta, GA 347-***-****
Greg Hazlehurst: Devel. Mgr., T-Mobile SE Region ***********@*****.*** 404-***-****
Frank Romeo: Dir. Real Estate/Project. Mgr. T-Mobile/PMass *********@*********.*** 404-***-****