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Engineer Manager, Construction Manager, Project Manager

Location:
Bel Air, MD
Salary:
140000
Posted:
March 27, 2020

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William Runser, P.E. Page * *

CAREER PROFILE

Dedicated Professional Engineer with 30 years of experience and leadership in design/ management, project management

/ construction management of complex projects valued to $66M; skilled in all phases of projects from inception through design, construction, and closeout, engineering operations and maintenance. Exceptionally dependable and well-trained professional with wide experience and a variety of system specializations in project management, construction management, and facilities management. Adept at handling multiple complex technical projects simultaneously whether working independently or as part of a project team. Consistently finishes projects under budget and ahead of schedule. Especially adept at developing and implementing business development strategies to improve operations efficiency. Committed to projects leadership and motivating staff to achieve goals while ensuring efficient project progress. Forward- thinking professional familiar with all aspects of government, commercial, planning and construction projects. Committed to design environmentally conscious and cost-effective public and private sector infrastructure solutions. Conscientious and mindful of all local, state, and federal safety standards. KEY SKILLS AND STRENGTHS

• Lead/ direct teams of diverse specialization

• Stakeholder management and client engagement

• Design, manage, build governmental and private

• Commission, budget, financial management

• Architect/ Engineer / Contractor selection

• Hospitality / Healthcare design and construction

• Project take-offs and estimating

• Bid preparation

• Estimating - cost, time, impacts, negotiation

• Contract/ subcontract negotiations / contracting

• Change orders/ estimate/ validate / negotiate

• Passionate for complex projects

• Significant GC and CM experience

• Establish project plan

• Establish / adhere to design, budget, schedule

• Evaluate approaches, costs, energy efficiency,

sustainability / long-term costs

• Consultant and Construction draws / Requisitions

• Initial, daily, follow-up, final inspections

• QA/QC, Safety program establish and enforce

• SME - design, construction, contracting, drawings

• Set-up / prepare jobsite / related

• Safety plans - establish / enforce / jobsite safety

• RFI and submittal validation and processing

• Mechanical / electrical coordination

• Resident Engineer, multi-year bridge

• Meetings – progress/ team/ owner/ others

• Constructability reviews

• Excellent leadership

• Coordination of all project entities

• Procurement and logistics

• Solutions for complex technical problems

• Train, coach, and mentor

• Value engineering

• Technical management

• Material handling

• High dollar projects

• Technical training

• Complex schedules / schedule analysis

• CPM / ‘Fragnet’ / change order impact schedules

• Superior oral and written skills

• Inspect and accept project deliverables

• Material handling

• Budget / financial tracking / updates

• Punchlist establishment / management

• Commissioning / closeout / acceptance

• Research / compliance

• Microsoft Office Suite

• AutoCAD and BIM familiarity

William R. Runser, P.E.

Telephone: 443-***-**** Email: adchak@r.postjobfree.com 2421 Dixie Lane, Forest Hill, Maryland 21050

Senior Engineer Senior Construction Manager Nationwide Consulting Engineer William Runser, P.E. Page 2 6

CAREER HISTORY

Senior Project Engineer Nationwide Due Diligence Firms (nationally based companies) 10/1996 – 11/2019 Initially worked this consulting as a part-time professional engineering consultant but owing to exemplary performance and available workload, increased to fulltime in May 2019. As a Licensed Professional Engineer, have performed 3,500+ Property Condition Assessments (PCA) throughout U.S. in accordance with ASTM E-2018 requirements, adhering to protocols such as Freddie-Mac, Fannie-Mae, owner / developer specific protocols on real estate valued at $14+ Billion; have performed document reviews, constructability reviews, development analyses, forensic engineering. Services performed on low/ high-rise office buildings / complexes, industrial/ research/ institutional/ distribution facilities, apartment/ condominium complexes / strip centers / retail malls / big box stores / banks / post offices / historical facilities / properties for re-purposing. A PCA consists of an observation / physical inspection and assessment of the property, identification of all significant property site and building materials and systems, interviews with available sources, review of available documentation, to establish an opinion of the condition of the property, and the PCR (Property Condition Report) of a real estate's present physical condition including identification of all facility/ site systems and features. The final report includes the PCR, Excel Cost Tables with an Immediate Repairs Table and a Reserve Repair Cost Table, a captioned electronic photo log, site plan, and supplemental information. Final reports typically range from 50 - 70 pages. Other Information / Specialty Services Performed

• Pre-development viability assessment(s)

• Design reviews / constructability reviews

• Construction inspection / draw / construction management services

• Only 'contracted' engineering consultant tasked with reviewing PCRs submitted by other engineers for quality and completeness

VA Medical Center Maryland healthcare system Facilities and Engineering (Baltimore and Perry Point, MD) Senior (Project) Engineer/ Manager 07/2015 – 05/2019

• Serve as the engineer responsible for the agency’s location Home Improvement and Structural Alterations Program

(HISA), and accessibility efforts

• Preliminary planning, establishing POR (Program of Requirements), design, project management and construction management of facilities / structural / technical, renovations, improvements, infrastructure upgrades

• Design and construction management of projects in varying engineering disciplines characterized by their variety – as engineer with most diverse knowledge/ experience

• AutoCAD and BIM coordination

Key Projects

• Provide critical temporary complex corrections to D-Quad Emergency Electrical Riser by adding additional buss taps off riser and reallocation to other buss taps having additional electrical load capacity

• Design / construction startup of upgrade to hospital’s sterile processing department

• Police Chief chosen to design security hardened Director’s suite

• Establish SOW, IGE, IDIQ A/E to update one-line electrical diagrams and med-gas diagrams Construction Manager/ Environmental Services Coordinator 11/2011 – 07/2015 Newly established hybrid position filled two (2) long-vacant mandated agency positions- active construction project management and environmental services coordinator. Manage ongoing construction projects; coordinate environmental efforts and policies associated with hazardous materials collection, disposal, associated. Associate Chief Engineer 04/2009 – 11/2011

Responsible for 370 acre campus / oversee staff of 97 Full-time Employees. Campus contains: 44 primary buildings of 2,000,000+ square feet with inpatient and outpatient services, associated medical staff, 19 miles paved roadways, parking lots, central heating/ cooling plant, potable water generation plant with raw water intake, pre-treatment of sanitary effluent; staff includes: project engineers, administrative, safety, fire department, grounds, mechanic, site and buildings maintenance through carpenters, painters, biomedical, mechanical/ HVAC, electrical. William Runser, P.E. Page 3 6

• Timely execution of all administrative requirements to ensure transparency and accountability, while also streamlining the reporting/monitoring functions

• Provide expertise, coordination, direction, oversight of significant design and construction projects with durations of several months to five (5) plus years

• Conceptual and design kick-off for a complex $77,000,000 (2020 dollars) (structural) community living center

• Provide responses to Senatorial and Congressional inquiries

• Oversee federal mandate of utilization of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and Green Globes

(science-based building rating / certification of sustainable features / operational efficiencies) program

• Review and analysis to assess status and progress toward meeting project / programmatic goals

• Oversee campus-wide safety program/ related staff

• Assess employee performance through development of written performance plans including documentation of actual performance; provide employee counseling; initiate employee awards Perform Dual Role as Project Engineering Supervisor Budgeting constraints necessitated performing concurrent role of Project Engineering Supervisor for 14 months with direct oversight of five (5) Project Engineers

• Lead team in ascertaining strengths and weaknesses and how to overcome negative performance issues

• Navigate through all phases- planning, design, construction, and activation

• Determine project engineering assignments based on engineers’ workload and strengths Engineering Project Manager Department of Agriculture/ Agricultural Research Service (USDA/ARS) Facilities Engineering Branch/ Nationwide (Beltsville, MD) 03/2001-04/2009 Duties similar as those at prior agency except that as a USDA/ARS EPM (Engineering Project Manager), the EPM serves as

'Area Engineer' including multiple Resident Offices at multiple projects located throughout the U.S. valued above $1,000,000

(site, structural, general, mechanical, electrical) and also administers the agency construction safety program within area(s) of responsibility from cradle to grave. Travel to each site on monthly basis for inspections, meetings with end-users, A/E firms, consultants, contractors, construction management, close-out, punchlist, formal acceptance.

• Provide resolution of technical difficulties without sacrificing quality

• Oversee the Resident Engineer on remote sites to inspect, monitor, and inform of developing issues at the site Primary Projects

• Miami complex research laboratory consolidation project, $9,000,000 (2020 dollars) project; at 40% construction completion, issued a TFD (Termination For Default) based on lack of contractor performance; the replacement contractor and enhanced on-site presence subsequently moved project forward to completion; hired independent commissioning agent to obtain non-biased commissioning results; performed monthly site visits for progress meetings and inspection of progress

• Complex relocation of original historic administrative and research facilities campus to newly constructed Consolidated Administrative and Research Building and sub-sequent Greenhouse and Headhouse addition, Charleston, South Carolina

• Mid-south research center multiple renovations and improvements upgrades (Athens, Georgia). Multi-phased engineering projects; all dealing with location customers, A/E's, and contractors very distant to Beltsville MD; full responsibility for all facets of pre-authorization resource planning for development, re-utilization, design, and facility construction projects to support organizational initiatives including BSL-2 labs (Bio Safety Level 2)

• Member of immediate Tiger Task Team (security assessment) following the 9/11/2001 events seeking piloting programs for agency security hardening efforts

• Plan, schedule, organize, coordinate, control planning program including reconnaissance and feasibility investigations, planning, design, and construction programs, associated flood plain management services

• Enter contractor/consultant performance into federal agency contractor assessment system

• Exercise supervisory team leadership responsibilities over project technical support staff, A/E, end customer, others, and serve as COTR / EPM during development of the POR (Program of Requirements)/ SOW (Statement of Work), pre-design, engineering studies, design, construction, commissioning, and closeout phases William Runser, P.E. Page 4 6

Program Manager Housing and Urban Development Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) (Washington, D.C.) 12/2000 – 01/2002

Responsible for re-engineering nationwide inspector administration program based on extensive experience of performing property condition assessments as a professional engineer, superior technical engineering knowledge of engineering and construction administration/ management, communication skills, and personnel managerial skills as this program, having national implications, necessitated an engineer possessing proper knowledge and skill mix. Project Manager / Construction Manager / Engineer National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA)

(Greenbelt, MD) 09/1994 – 12/2000

Due to excellent performance as a contract engineer working for support contractor (preceding employer), was requested to become a federal space agency employee. Primary responsibility as NASA facilities engineer is to support the programmatic functions, missions, and technical operations within the facilities management service.

• Determine resource requirements, materials, subordinates for largest research and administrative building project and central plant project

• Implement state of the art construction methods, equipment, materials, and techniques to ensure quality of performance

• Received temporary promotion to higher graded position in the planning branch for a complex program to perform oversight, coordinate, plan, schedule, and problem solve during a 2,700 personnel campus-wide relocation effort

• Establish and implement project control mechanisms in support of real property asset management- adherence to Quality Assurance/Quality Control program

Key Projects Performed

• Within 30 days of becoming a federal space agency employee, assigned to newest/ largest project going into construction – $14,000,000 (2020 dollars) East Diesel-Chiller Central Plant Addition; provide five (5) each 1,350 kV

(kilovolt) emergency generators, one new 1,400 ton chiller including construction of concrete cooling towers, building addition, associated site work, and two above ground 10,000 gallon ASTs (above ground storage tanks); later during construction, had the entire fulltime on-site contractor management team sanctioned and ultimately removed for imminent safety violations.

• Chosen to close-out on-going $49,000,000 (2020 dollars) 190,000 square foot Earth Observing Data Information System / Life Sciences building project (concurrent with construction of the East Diesel-Chiller Central Plant Addition project above) with many open complex issues needing resolution

• Assigned as construction manager / COTR for space agency’s location largest and most complex single administrative / lab / clean rooms / life sciences / vertical construction building on previously untouched 17-acre wooded site valued at $66,000,000 (2020 dollars) with extensive site clearing, substantial new roadway system, parking lots, and a value-engineered structurally changed 237,000 square foot four story building with a utilities tunnel, cleanrooms, research and lab spaces, and administrative areas; this largest building at NASA campus CPM

(Critical Path Method) Primavera schedule contained in excess of 1,500 activities

• Exercise/perform oversight, coordinate, plan, schedule, problem solve during temporary promotion to the Planning Branch for a dynamic and largest ever campus-wide project to relocate 2,700 agency / contractor personnel throughout the space administration’s campus

Contributed Substantially in Engineering and Management of Other Select Projects

• Renovation Project for an original (1960’s vintage) building – multi-phased project of interior and HVAC upgrades to a 3-story sectional building occupied during construction

• Renovation Project for another original (1960’s vintage) building multiple-phased engineering project of interior renovations and upgrades to a 3-story building occupied during construction PREVIOUS CAREER HISTORY

Project Manager/ Engineer/ Construction Manager Several General Contractors / Engineering Firms in the Baltimore, MD / Washington, D.C. metropolitan area) 05/1985 – 09/1994

• RFP / presentation

• Constructability reviews / analysis

• Establish jobsite costs / general conditions / updates / management

• Develop bid strategy/ bid scopes / bidder lists / solicitation for bidders

• Pre-Bid meetings, bidder questions / analysis / evaluation / management

• Contract writing / negotiations / management

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• Coordination with owner / architect/engineer / municipality / subcontractors

• RFI’s to project owner / engineer / agency

• Ensure bids / scopes complete – absent of ‘holes’

• Value Engineering

• Write contracts / owners / engineer / inspection / subcontracts / and management

• Establish project / subcontractor schedules / complex

• Site set-up- superintendent / signage / trailers / services / supplies / staffing / EEO signage- associated

• Permits

• Field office management / procedures / correspondence / supplies

• Safety hazard analysis / jobsite oversite / weekly jobsite/safety meetings / emergency plan

• Monthly project cost and time analyses / electronic

• Punchlist / management / municipality acceptance Select projects include:

• $22,000,000 (2020 dollars) Washington, D.C. Duke Ellington (Calvert Street) bridge reconstruction

• $17,000,000 (2020 dollars) seven 7-story office building and site improvements project with adjacent 2-level parking garage

• $8,000,000 (2020 dollars) industrial building utilizing technical DDC (Dynamic Deep Compaction) system to provide acceptable building footprint strength; method required adjacent structures seismic monitoring

• Performed mini-pile engineering design system for use within first floor of Building 17 at NASA / GSFC; building southwest corner had settled 3-inches; construction repairs performed with the balance of the building remaining occupied

• Forensic analysis of hospitality structure issue EDUCATION

Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering/ Construction Management 1985 University of Maryland at College Park (College Park, Maryland) RELEVANT LICENSES

Licensed Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia since 1991 (license number 22052) Licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Maryland since 1992 (license number 19685) PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

• FAC / PPM (Federal Acquisition Certification of Program and Project Managers); provides federal program managers and project managers essential program and project competencies; accepted by civilian agencies that employee meets core training and experience requirements for general program and project management; certification similar to Agency Level Project Manager (ALPM) as many of associated key criteria are included: program and project management knowledge /coordination applicable from campus /project concept through obtaining stakeholder buy-in, project/ program planning, design, documentation, construction, equipment installation, checkout, delivery; similar to private sector PMP (Project Management Professional) certification

• Sustainability

• Implementing Green Business Sustainability Strategies

• Life Cycle Cost Estimating

• VHA (Veterans Health Administration) 30-Hour Construction Safety

• State of Maryland Erosion and Sediment Control Certification (Environmental Article 4-104)

• GEMS (Green Environmental Management System) Basic (40 hour) certification; criminal environmental liability, Executive Orders 13514, 13423, minimization reporting, environmental management systems overview/ specifics, policy, planning, legal; objectives, targets, baselines, recurring data calls

• Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) Level II (formerly COTR)

• FAC-COR Technical (Facilities Acquisition Certification - Contracting Officer's Representative) William Runser, P.E. Page 6 6

WORK GROUPS / COMMITTEES

• Senior Leadership Committee • Architect / Engineer Selection Boards

• Environment of Care • General Contractor Selection Boards

• Leadership Committee

• Scope of Work Meetings

• Progress Meetings

• Monthly Requisition Meetings

• Integrated Project Teams • Issue Resolution Meetings

• Engineering and Contracting • Change Order/ Negotiations

• Diversity Committee • Infection Control

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Maryland — Statutes, Regulations, and Ethics for Professional Engineers

• Structural Forensic Engineering

• Geothermal Heating and Cooling

• Foundation Design and Construction

• Property (Facility, Complex) Condition Assessments

• Best Practices in Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC), Part I

• RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) Compliance Training – 40 CFR 265.16

• Solving Moisture and Mold Problems

• Construction of Facilities Best Practices

• Green Business: Implementing Sustainability Strategies

• OSHA Noise Hazards

• Estimating & Budgeting Project Costs

• Project Management Overview

• Managing Projects within Organizations

• Project Management Process Groups

• F.A.R (Federal Acquisition Regulations)

• Supervisory training: Role as Supervisor, Day-to-Day Communication, Day-to-Day Operations, Labor Management Relations, Employee Relations and Performance Management, Diversity and Equal Employment Opportunity, Workload, Staff, and Team Management, Position Classification and Management, Staffing Practices, Employee Development, Strategic Alignment, Accreditation and Regulatory Standards, Organizational Performance Improvement/ Quality Management

• Electronic Contract Management System (eCMS)

• Building Mechanical Systems

• Building Electrical Systems

• Trips, Traps, and Ploys Used in Construction Schedules AFFILIATIONS

American Society of Civil Engineers - Professional Member; Maryland Metro Section National Society of Professional Engineers - NSPE Licensed/ Maryland Licensed Member REFERENCES (available upon request)

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SUPPLEMENT

W. Runser, P.E. GC Senior PM/CM Duties, Responsibilities, Tasks KEY SKILL: LEADERSHIP

Bid Preparation

NOTE: COMPANY ESTIMATOR OFTEN DRAFTS MUCH OF THIS

Review contract documents: specs, drawings, references, addendums

Determine scope packages

Bidders: contact contractors, suppliers, consultants

Establish in-house trades performance costs

Establish in-house management and overhead costs & bonds

Review and finalize bid / submit to owner/ rep

Award / contract review / negotiation / contract

Preconstruction

Review contract, specifications, drawings, ancillary documents, etc.

Value Engineering

Obtain bonds

Subcontractor / services / consultant contract negotiation / contracts

Obtain permits if required, cognizant of obtaining

Establish Quality Assurance and Safety Plan

Project plan

Schedule (CPM) with input of subs / consultants

Finalize in-house trades & services costs

Finalize overall project financials for electronic tracking & status

Obtain / review/approve / submit submittals including schedule

Submit / obtain worker approvals & access badges for worksite William Runser, P.E. Page 8 6

Meet with owner rep as possible prior to Preconstruction meeting with owner

Preconstruction meeting

Construction

Work with accepted superintendent to set-up jobsite & filing system

Establish recurring progress meetings & specialty meetings schedules

Financial monitoring, tracking

Field office, electronic, submittals, financials, requisitions management

Detailed monthly requisition calculations

Schedule updating

Change orders / estimate costs & time / submission / negotiation / finalize

Site inspections for conformance with contract documents

Submittals / change order / potential change order logs and management

Reviews / walk-throughs with owner’s representative (and contracting officer) Project Close-Out

Commissioning / throughout project duration / or near completion as required

Punchlist establishment with owner/ associated, monitor completion

As-built drawings/ documents/ warranties/ extra materials

Subcontracts closeouts

Bonds closeout

Contract closeout with owner

Lessons learned

Internal documents/ drawings/ electronic/ related closeout & filing/ archiving



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