Jeffery J. Borowicz, AIC CPC CCPAACE PSP CEP CPEASPE CCANACA CCPNACA FAACE

South Lyon, MI Cell 734-***-****

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Experience:

Chief Cost Estimator

Certified Professional Cost Innovation, Inc. (dba CPCII) 2003 - Present Virginia, Florida, and Michigan

Consultant providing Estimating Process Improvements, Cost Estimating, Estimate Validation, CPM Scheduling, Risk Management, Value Engineering, Change Order management, Cost Claim reviews, and Construction Auditing services.

Work on US and International projects of the same nature as career. Full-service Consultant company with multiple construction discipline employees. Capital Cost Estimator Lead – North America

Cargill

Wayzata, MN Headquarters - Remote September 2022 – October 2023 Developed estimating vision and roadmaps for the Capital Projects Capability Center (PMO). Leads estimating team, workload management, develop business unit understanding of estimating, presented at lunch and learn training sessions, capital estimating and developing estimating initiatives. Developed and adopted tools to improve teams’ ability to leverage estimating best practices and delivered improved project results. Utilized data to produce predictable project outcomes, while measuring against industry benchmarking.

Manager - Chief Cost Estimator & Risk Manager

Consumers Energy

Jackson, MI August 2016-September 2022

Enterprise Project Development (EPD) and Enterprise Project Management

Manager - Chief Cost Estimator

Managed workload for Major and Portfolio project cost estimating strategies for all CE markets in Renewables (Wind, Solar, Hydro and Battery), Gas Compression & Storage and Pipeline Transmission work, Electric Distribution & Transmission, Service Center Facilities, Fossil Generation and Divestment and Environmental upgrade projects.

Project estimating annual portfolio of projects near $2.0 Billion annually in Capital Investment. Manage estimating staff of 12 and workload assignments for projects. Developed estimator log for managing and tracking estimator workload.

Established Estimating group with multiple estimator discipline estimators. Established standard work in a standard Estimating Process which included vigorous reviews resulting in “world class” estimate accuracies.

Trained core CE Way values (Lean) relating to Standard Work processes, Daily Operating Reviews, Problem Solving and Visual Metrics with an ever-increasing role in Waste Elimination and Cost Savings and Avoidance.

Risk Manager

Developed the Risk Roadmap for the organization and started a new department. Streamlined Risk Registers and modified improvements to the process. Facilitated Risk meetings to develop risk registers with systemic and project ideas, categorization, impacts and probability, scoring risks and establishing the Estimated Monetary Value (EMV). Developed risk response plans and assigned staff to implement. Produced Monte Carlo simulations using the CAPEX cost estimates and risk registers to determine risk based contingency P-values and expected monetary value (EMV) of the Capital spend.

Drawdown curves were established to return mitigated risks (contingency) dollars to the organization. Risk responses were either watched, mitigated, shared, or accepted. Post Mortem risk Analysis was also developed to determine the success of the modeling and contingency spend. Predictability model developed for early funding consideration influencing. Risk management reporting to project teams and management. Jeffery J. Borowicz, AIC CPC CCPAACE PSP CEP CPEASPE CCANACA CCPNACA FAACE South Lyon, MI Cell 734-***-****

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Chief Cost Estimator / Senior Project Controls Specialist DTE Energy

Detroit, MI August 2008-July 2016

Major Enterprise Projects

Implement estimating, project controls strategies for growth markets in Fossil Generation, Renewable Energy, Nuclear, Gas & Electric Distribution including Environmental upgrade projects. Program Office is currently constructing $2.0+ Billion annually.

SME of the estimating staff and manage workload assignments for projects. Developed Capital cost estimates which are maintained in cash flow for portfolio strategic planning. Finance uses Capital budgets for forecasting future corporate program annual spending initiatives. Developed new Yellow Belt (Six Sigma) initiatives for capturing cost savings and avoidance of $20M Annually for portfolio savings from annual spend budgets. Streamlined the estimating process by purchasing estimating software that can be used to develop cost estimates to challenge contractor pricing.

Hired new project controls and estimating staff and developed tier job descriptions for career progression. Working with Co-op & intern program to develop future candidates for hire within the program office group. Renewable Energy Projects

Wind Farm Turbine Construction; Solar Energy construction; Bio-Fuels Pump Storage Facilities - Hydro Electric

Substation upgrade & new construction

Rail Utility Relocation; Downriver International Bridge Crossing Relocation – Substation Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) - Smart Currents – Gas & Electric DOE Grant implementation on Smart Meters

Fossil Generation Project

Fossil Generation Power Plant maintenance and major upgrades Unit assessment of capital improvements scope of work Fly/Bottom Ash Slurry Basin upgrades; CCR Closures Fuel Blending Enhancements (Western Coal vs. Eastern Coal) Combine Cycle Generation studies and Cooling Loop Expansions Combustion Turbine Generation studies

Plant Demolition & Decommissioning; Plant Stack Demolitions Nuclear Operations

FERMI 1 – Decommissioning, SAFESTOR

FERMI 2 – On-Going Facility Upgrades & Maintenance FERMI 3 – Pre-Planning, COLA, Construction Budgeting License Renewal, ISFSI, Fukushima Response, Peaker’s, Black Starts, Cooling Tower Mods, Security Upgrades, Generator Replacements, Turbine Building HVAC Upgrades, LRA Improvements, Flow Meters, MUR, Steam Dryers, etc.

Distribution Operations

Wind Farm Distribution of Power Lines

Public Lighting Department (PLD) – Delivery System upgrades Detroit) Public Lighting Authority (PLA) – Street Lighting Program - Detroit Environmental Projects

Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) MONPP U1/2/3/4

Activated Carbon Injection (ACI) –multiple plants

Dry Sorbent Injection (DSI) – multiple plants

Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) of CO2, NOx and Sox CEM / Mercury Monitoring

DCS Controls – Multiple Plant Upgrades

Fly Ash Basin Upgrades and Dry Ash Conversion

Gas Operations

MI & OH Gas Operations –NG Pipeline & Compressor Station Pre-Planning PA Gas Operations –Gathering – Pipeline & Compressor Station construction Facilities & Service Center Capital Improvements

Workplace Transformation, Service Center Optimization, Roofing and Paving programs, etc., NERC CIP Jeffery J. Borowicz, AIC CPC CCPAACE PSP CEP CPEASPE CCANACA CCPNACA FAACE South Lyon, MI Cell 734-***-****

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Detroit, Troy, Lansing and Pontiac, MI December 1999 – August 2008 General Motors -Worldwide Facilities Group - Capital Projects Chief Technical Cost Estimator

- Subject Matter Expert instituting International cost guidelines and policy for work International. Trainer of Timberline Estimating software in all areas of Cost estimating: Conceptual, Appropriation, Low Bidder Evaluations, Unit Pricing, Labor Rate Checks, Change Order Management, Value Engineering, Claims Evaluations, Audits, and Life Cycle Studies.

- Manage Timberline Estimating and P3e Scheduling implementation, training and long-range planning of system hardware and software needed to function in the GM – IS&S/EDS system. Timberline utilizes a Pervasive Engine while P3ec requires an Oracle Engine. Long-range plans included designing a Pre-Production and Production Servers with multiple Schemas’ as data partitions.

- Chief Cost Estimator for the General Motors Lansing Delta Township Project ($250 Million) Administered the Design Build Contract through Initial Bidding, Addenda, Post Bid Addenda, Value Engineering, Field Orders, Additional Scope, Process changes affecting Building Expansions, etc.

- Lead Construction Cost Estimator for the General Motors Renaissance Center Global Headquarters ($1 Billion) renovation project. Helped GM Project Managers interpret contract language on many of the different Construction Contracts and provide advice to the GM Funding Coordinator for Cost/Claims avoidance. Provided GM Project Managers with assistance to process monthly contractor progress payments using schedule of values.

- Management Liaison for Estimating Automation, Collaborated with management sell an automation concept to estimating staff, Received funding for the program by convincing top management of urgent need, Worked with software and data vendors to develop a workable system, Constructed the basis for RFP and awarded to best applicable vendor, Developed an automated estimating system, Developed estimating standards and guidelines, Organized training programs for all disciplines of estimators (Architectural, Mechanical, Electrical), Recruited "top notch" estimators, Established estimating goals and objectives for the Department. Purchased Timberline software.

- Developed a database for GM estimators to standardize labor rates in one location reducing estimator errors and providing one place to store data on a network. Working on developing an Estimating 'Assemblies' type database that would provide estimators with GM typical Assembly costs using a R.S. Means interface and Microsoft Access as the Engine and other nationally accepted labor, material, equipment guides. Established and maintained Estimator website for easy access of Policy, Procedures, Historic Data, etc. Integrated Management Systems, Inc. (IMSI) January 1999 – December 1999 Detroit, MI

Lead Architectural Estimator (Contractor) for WFG-Capital Project Group

- Worked with Estimating Group to produce, review and scope-out project requirements and provide cost budgets for Capital Finance Funding on all GM campus locations in Michigan and Worldwide. At GM, Lead Estimator usually leads the estimating process and gets input from Mechanical and Electrical Estimators.

- Projects include: Oklahoma City Car Plant, Milford Proving Ground Facility Upgrades, Grand Rapids Building #36 Upgrades, Pontiac WWTP Improvements, Poletown Cadillac Plant Change Orders.

- Worked with Architects, civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical Engineers. Integrated Management Systems, Inc. (IMSI) August 1997 - January 1999 Dearborn, MI

Managed Ford programs for the U137, P131 and H215 North/South America for the Heavy Truck Division.

- Managed/Maintained Staff of 12 Cost Reduction Engineers under Jac Nasser Leadership.

- Developed and managed Ford Cost Reduction database for the Super Duty F-Series OPD Program.

- Developed and assisted Ford PM Cost Reduction Idea Database (CRID) for data integrity.

- Assist development of Ford Project Management Tracking Database Software called CRID-X.

- Managed all data flow into and out of the Cost Reductions Idea database.

- Worked with Body, Chassis, Electrical, Powertrain, Logistic and Visteon Groups, etc..

- Managed IMSI technicians during data manipulation of the CRID-X software.

- Planned and scheduled weekly program activities with Lead Program Engineers.

- Administration of Cost Reduction activities with Full Service Suppliers (FSS).

- Monitored CAE/CAD activities of a subcontract with an out-sourced Illustration Company.

- Develop and monitor FSS Design Verification Plan & Reports (DVP&R).

- Supply Lead Engineers with daily information regarding Durability Testing, Test Planning, Parts Status, and Illustration drawing development.

- Engineering support for Body Shell, Underbody, Interior Systems, Interior Seats & Trim. Jeffery J. Borowicz, AIC CPC CCPAACE PSP CEP CPEASPE CCANACA CCPNACA FAACE South Lyon, MI Cell 734-***-****

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Project Management Associates, LLC (PMA)

Orlando, FL and Detroit, MI November 1994– August 1997 Managed projects for Major Airports, Schools, Private Clients, Municipal, and Manufacturing. Set-up cost estimating guidelines for project budgeting and cost control/scheduling activities for many clients. Associated with the following types of projects:

- Commercial Building Upgrades

- Miami, Orlando, Tampa Airports

- Telecommunications

- Pharmaceutical

- Minor Educational

- Minor Sports Facilities

- Industrial

- Refinery

- Municipal Water / Wastewater Treatment

- Public Schools Programs

- Private Industries

- Hazardous Waste

CH2M Hill, Inc. June 1989 - November 1994

Reston, Virginia

Developed cost estimate templates, schedules and provided Construction Management services for Municipal, Industrial, Government Agencies, and Private Clients throughout the Mid-Atlantic area, East Coast and many areas around the country. Associated with the following types of projects:

- Municipal Water / Waste Treatment

- Hazardous Waste Remediation

- Refinery Upgrades

- Landfill Expansions

- Commercial Building Upgrades

- Computer Technology Industries

- Private Industries

- Paper Mill Industries

- Water distribution - Force main/Gravity

- Industrial Waste Treatment

- Landfill Closures

- Government Projects (DOD, COE)

- Contract Language Interpretation

- Change Order Negotiations

- Cost Management in Field

- Relational Database Development

- Contract Closeout & Punch list

- Monthly Payment Request

Jeffery J. Borowicz, AIC CPC CCPAACE PSP CEP CPEASPE CCANACA CCPNACA FAACE South Lyon, MI Cell 734-***-****

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Fellow (FAACE) Association for Advancement of Cost Engineers Construction Control Professional (CCP) P13001 National Association of Construction Auditors Certified Construction Auditor (CCA) A13005 National Association of Construction Auditors Certified Estimating Professional (CEP) Association for Advancement of Cost Engineers Certified Estimating Professional (CPE) American Society for Professional Estimators Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) #244 Association for Advancement of Cost Engineers Certified Cost Professional (CCP) #2335 Association for Advancement of Cost Engineers Michigan Contractors License #210-***-**** State of Michigan Certified Prof. Constructor (CPC) - #283 American Institute of Constructors Associate Constructor (AC) - #283 American Institute of Constructors Virginia Contractors License - "Class A" National Assessment Institute, State of Virginia EDUCATION

M.B.A. – Business Administration (Candidate)

Ellis College (NYIT)–6 Classes completed (4.0 GPA) B.S. - Construction Management Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI A.A.S. - Architectural Technology Ferris State College, Big Rapids, MI

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