Michael J. Correa

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Oakland Gardens, NY 11364

Cell (347) 472 - 9085

ad2h9r@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Construction and Educational Experience:

M.S. Civil Engineering (Emphasis on Construction Management) Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY, 2006.

B.S. Computer Science (With a Mathematics Minor) St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY, 2002.

Computer Skills AutoCAD 2003; C++; Constructware; HTML; Primavera; MS Office Professional; Visual Basic, Primavera Contract Manager.

Mr. Correa has nearly twenty-four years of experience helping guide construction projects to completion. Mr. Correa has demonstrated an ability to move projects forward using his excellent communication skills and ability to identify and develop relationships with individuals with the potential to contribute to the project. Mr. Correa has worked on projects in the million dollars plus range. Mr. Correa is experienced working with project managers and superintendents, contractors, subcontractors, and skilled tradesmen and engineers. Mr. Correa is well versed in many computer programs and applications and easily adapts to new methodologies, technologies and environments.

Professional Construction Experience:

Director of Design and Construction Management – March 2023 – Present

Mastermind, Ltd.

Real Estate Development, Commercial Investment and Property Management Firm:

Major responsibilities included the following:

Oversee the design of construction management of all new ground-up development sites (Affordable and Luxury Housing) along with construction management of all existing properties within the firms various portfolio assets.

Currently building an eleven story residential ground-up building containing 148,992 S/F, one hundred fifty (153) rentals.

Planning stage of the development of a luxury house located in an exclusive neighborhood of New Jersey consisting of 14,000 S/F.

Planning stage of a retail development strip mall consisting of over 100,000 S/F in Pennsylvania.

Overseeing the curing of the Department of Buildings violations on the firm’s existing retail, residential and commercial projects on a daily basis.

Conduct and attend various design and construction meetings with all hired consultants, contractors and tenants.

Currently renovating a luxury 10,000 S/F house within an exclusive house in New Jersey on behalf of the ownership of the firm.

Construction management training to the field staff as well as the office staff within the various departments in dealing with all related construction and real estate development matters.

Consultation to the firm’s upper management and principals related to construction and real estate development trends, designs, analyzing potential development deals.

Assist with the firm’s lead broker in searching for potential development deals within the five boroughs of New York as well as in New Jersey.

Mastermind, Ltd.

440 Sylvan Avenue

Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632

Office (718) 933 – 1353

Vice President of Communications – Mr. Damien Perez.

Website: Mastermindltd.com

Next Firm:

Owner’s Representative. Edelstein Development Group, LLC - 03/2020 to 05/2022

Real Estate Development and Real Estate Property Management Firm:

Major responsibilities included the following:

Phase 1 - Overseeing alongside with the real estate developer the day-to-day planning, strategizing, design before the commencement of the construction of a nine-story residential ground up mixed-use building located at 1777 Weeks Avenue in the Bronx, NY. Containing forty-five (45) apartments both as affordable and market rate units with a square footage of thirty-seventy thousand (37,000)

Phase 2 - Now overseeing the day-to-day construction of the above-mentioned project as an Owner’s Rep. / General Contractor. In this role, Mr. Correa continues to buy out (Award) the various

subcontractor’s, vendor’s, suppliers needed. Mr. Correa reviews all revised contract drawings, shop drawings, specifications, etc. as well as deal with the various consultant’s used on this project including both the Architectural and Engineering Firms of Record. Mr. Correa deals daily with his site safety superintendent on all safety related issues, to make sure that the job-site is being running both effectively and safely.

Edelstein Development Group, LLC

97 Ft. Washington Avenue, Suite No. 1

Office: (212) 927 – 5252

Office Manager: Ms. Nancy Espaillat.

Developer / Owner: Mr. Marc Edelstein: Cell (917) 560 – 6044.

No website.

Next Firm:

Senior Project Manager / Senior Project Superintendent.

United Construction & Development Group, Corp., Northern Blvd., NY - 02/2015 to 11/2019.

Residential and Commercial Real Estate Development and General Contracting Firm:

Major responsibilities included the following:

Managed the day to day ground up construction from the excavation, support of excavation (S.O.E) phases to the on-going interior work phase of a fifteen story Marriott Courtyard and Fairfield Inn Hotel containing three hundred thirty eight 3 rooms with a square footage of two hundred three thousand eight hundred 203,800 S/F as both the project manager and superintendent coordinating, scheduling and overseeing the related work items with the various subcontractor’s along with the architect and engineer of record, various NYC and NYS governmental agencies (DOB, DOT, DEP, etc.) along with the ownership with whom Mr. Correa worked for directly.

Mr. Correa was also involved with the excavation, support of excavation (S.OE.) and concrete superstructure phases in assisting the current project’s superintendent of an eighteen story residential mixed-use containing one hundred eighty-three condos along with the lower level (1st) four floors of retail and commercials spaces containing over three hundred forty thousand total S/F.

Mr. Correa also was overseeing the excavation, support of excavation (S.O.E.) and the concrete superstructure phases of a six story Marriott Spring Hill Suites Hotel containing one hundred sixty rooms with a square footage of one hundred fifteen thousand S/F.

All three projects mentioned above are located in Elmhurst and Jamaica, Queens, NY.

United Construction & Development, Corp.

112-15 Northern Blvd, Street Level Suite Entrance

Flushing, NY 11368

Office: (718) 397 – 8800

Office Manager: Ms. Kelly Chen

Senior Development Manager: Mr. William Xu – Cell (917) 517 – 5483

Website: Unitedconstructionanddevelopment.com.

Next Firm:

Assistant Project Manager.

Bradford Construction Corp., Manhattan, NY - 07/2009 to 12/2014.

Commercial Construction Management Firm:

Major responsibilities included the following:

Assist the construction project manager as an assistant construction manager of an architectural and engineering firm, with the day-to-day construction project management of the interior (Office space build-outs) and roof 4 renovation of a CUNY community college located in Long Island City, Queens (LaGuardia Community College). Handle all the paper work dealing with insurance, daily reports and process all submittals from the subcontractor’s using the construction management based software Primavera Contract Manager.

Bradford Construction, Corp,

42 West 39th Street, 7th Floor

New York, NY 10018

Office: (212) 967 – 6002 Business Manager: Ms. Catherine Yang

Senior Construction Manager at the College is Mr. Carl Lightburn: Cell 917-***-****

Website: Bradfordconstruction.com.

Next Firm:

Assistant Project Manager / Project Engineer.

Pike Construction Company, Patterson, NJ - 01/2008 to 05/2009.

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Residential and Commercial General Contracting Firm:

Major responsibilities included the following:

Assisting in project managing of a five hundred ninety thousand S/F assisted living facility for an elderly condominium project located in Long Island, NY.

Managed project issues on a daily basis in working alongside the project management team at different levels in contributing to the successful completion of the initial and final stages of the project.

Ensured that all drawings submitted by the steel manufacturer (Beauce Atlas) were in compliance with project specifications and in compliance with adopted engineering standards and good engineering practices.

Planned and coordinated different aspects of the project from reviewing and adjusting any discrepancies and issues found within the approved contract drawings to submitting request for information (R.F.I.), to attend weekly office 5 job-site meetings with the upper management as well as the on-site project management team. Maintained accurate logs, project status reports and other required project documentation.

Pike Construction Co., LLC

171 5th Avenue, Street Level Suite Entrance

Paterson, NJ 07524

Office : (973) 278 – 2300

Owners : Mr. David J. Weiner & Mr. Jeffrey L. Abrams

Website: pike construction.com.

Next Firm:

Assistant Superintendent / Assistant Project Manager.

VJB Construction, Corp., New York, NY - 05/2006 to 04/2007.

High-Rise Residential and Commercial General Contracting firm.

Major responsibilities included the following:

Assisting in overseeing the one hundred six thousand two hundred seventy-nine S/F landmark Manhattan building renovation, transforming eight floors of commercial space into forty-eight loft like residential condominiums located within The O’Neil Building.

Oversaw day-to-day field operations, ensuring conformity to specifications and modifying blueprints / drawings as necessary.

Resolved discrepancies among on-site contractor’s and foremen, upper-level management, project managers and the various trades.

Assisted in ordering all the building materials and supplies needed on a daily basis and scheduled the various trades.

Prepared daily field reports and attended weekly meetings with the developers, project managers, project superintendents and upper-level management. Documented completion of work ensuring satisfactory completion before units were shown to perspective buyers.

VJB Construction, Corp. (Are no longer in business)

555 8th Avenue, Room No. 10018

Office: (212) 268 – 4364 Owner: Mr. Vincent J. Bagnoli (Deceased)

Website: Vjbconstruction.com

Next Firm:

Assistant to the Vice President / Assistant Project Manager.

Royal Guard Fence, Inc., Westbury, NY - 05/2004 to 05/2006.

Signs and Fence Public Works Subcontracting Firm.

Major responsibilities included the following:

Projects included city and state funded public works projects in furnishing and installing overhead highway directional signs for highways, expressways and street projects, as well as the JFK Rail Project (Air Train) linking Jamaica, Queens to JFK Airport.

Managed all required administrative work to ensure projects were completed on time and under budget.

Obtained approvals and functioned as key liaison between our contractors and fabricators.

Interacted with our engineering firms and fabricators, general contractor and subcontractors along with the various city and state agencies.

Reviewed and maintained files of all shop drawings, blueprints, architectural drawings as well as specifications.

Copied all construction and financial related documents, converting measurements from metric to standard U.S. system. Used the Lotus spreadsheets for tracking purchase orders, and used AutoCAD for architectural drawings, inputting financial data, bids, etc.

Royal Guard Fence, Corp.

550 Main Street, 2nd Floor.

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Westbury, NY 11590 Office: (516) 334 – 7544

Office Manager: Ms. Patty

Website: royalguardfence.com.

Next Firm:

Project Administrator.

Skanska USA Building Inc., New York, NY - 10/2003 to 02/2004.

Residential and Commercial General Contracting and Construction Management Firm.

Major responsibilities included the following:

Activities centered on assisting with the guidance of major construction projects, including a major reconstruction of the New York City West Side Highway, a large New York city-funded project.

Assisted with moving the West Side Highway project forward, handling a wide range of administrative functions including matters pertaining to project financing.

Use the primavera and Constructware project management-based software to generate correspondences and invoicing and to schedule appointments.

Skansa USA Building

350 5th Avenue, Suite No. 32.

New York, NY Office: (917) 438 – 4500

Website: Skansa.com.

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