Manager Construction

R.H. (Randy) Lange

SENIOR PROJECT CONSTRUCTION

MANAGER

Contact Info: Cell 403-***-****; Email: **********@*****.***

SUMMARY:

Senior Project Construction Manager with extensive experience in projects both in power, mining, pipeline, petrochemical and hydrocarbon sectors. Encompassing a wide range of management activities worldwide, including conceptual design input, site management, operation management, contracts, budgeting and costing, plant modifications, heavy lifts, and emergency repairs. Strengths include client representation in Owner's Engineer projects, site supervision and construction management, operation management, labour relations, financial budgets, greenfield, and brownfield design input, site modifications, and repairs and third-party site inspections.

EDUCATION:

EMPLOYMENT

HISTORY

2019

2019

2019

2001

1995

1994

2019 – Present

2019- 2019

2018 - 2019

2016 – 2019

2015 – 2016

2010 – 2015

2008 – 2010

2007 – 2008

2006 – 2007

2000 – 2006

API 1169 Pipeline Construction Inspector Certificate

PCST, CSTS, Global TDG, Global Ground Disturbance Level 2

Proactive Rigging Training, AWP, H2S Alive, Standard First Aid- Level C CPR/AED, NCSO course completion

Project Management Professional (PMI), working on re-certifying since 2013. Primavera P6 training

Level 3 Welding Inspector (Certified to ASME B31.3 and CWB) – Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

Accounting Major – University of Saskatchewan

Journeyman Steamfitter, Plumber, General Gasfitter – SIAST Saskatoon

Triple J Pipelines- Project Manager

Stantec Inc. – Senior Construction Manager

RVA & Associates – Claims Management Specialist

7 Generation – Senior Construction Manager

North West Refinery – Senior Construction Manager

Agrium – Senior Construction Manager

EPCOR – Assistant Construction Manager

STATS Group International – General Manager/Project Director

Shell Orion – Construction Manager

Suncor, Syncrude, Exxon, Encana, Nova Chemicals, Union Carbide

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Triple J Pipelines (TJP)- Project Manager

Managed the installation of 25Km 20" NPS and 5 Km of 12" NPS pipeline for Pembina Kakwa to Lator Pipeline Expansion, Grand Prairie, Alberta

Responsible for budgets, costs, and weekly updates, schedule, and weekly updates.

I participated in developing Project Execution Plans and Construction Execution Plans.

Accountable for writing change requests to capture scope changes from Time and Material Contract with Client.

Responsible for submitting to client approval of TJP daily LEM's

Responsible for developing and approval sub-contractors for TJP scope of work

Responsible for TJP invoicing to the Client and obtaining necessary signatures

Responsible for reviewing and accepting from TJP's 3rd party billings.

Reviewed and approved TJP RFI's before submitting to Client

I developed and documented summaries to support disputes claims from the site.

Stantec Inc. – Senior Construction Manager

TransCanada Energy, Carseland, Alberta. The shutdown of two (2) GE LM 6000 Gas Turbines to complete Inlet Heater modification for equipment efficiencies during cold temperatures.

Completed Pre-Construction input to the engineering design phases

Provided information to the Construction Contract and Bid Formation

Review and set construction milestones in the schedule

Identified, communicate, and documented risks to the project manager. Worked with PMT to understand, analyze and managed these risks

Lead/Facilitated construction kick-off meetings with all contractors and internal stakeholders ensuring properly documented exchange of information

Provide leadership and direction in the development Construction Execution Plan (CEP) and budget for the project

Provided constructability support to the project team from conceptual to design through execution

Ensure project was executed safely and within all regulatory and environmental requirements

Ensure project quality requirements were met, including reviewing and approving ITP's RFI's

Ensure timely and accurate reporting on all construction aspects of the project

Provided reporting of contractors' performance including safety, cost, schedule, material receiving, and quality every week

Implemented and monitored all aspects of construction management processes and procedures including: (specifications, inspections procedures, quality assurance program, materials management program, HSSE requirements, cost and schedule management)

RVA & Associates – Claims Management Specialist

Supporting Client's evaluation and building Variation Claims arriving from changes in specifications, and additional scope beyond original tender, errors and omissions and changes to drawings.

Review and analyze how site instructions and site deviations from the original scope, schedule delays, and scope modifications due to design changes affected critical path on schedules.

Review existing contracts from initial bid documents to Issue for Construction

Reviewed Contractors existing plans and baseline schedules.

I wrote a summary report supporting claims.

FWS Energy Ltd. – Senior Construction Manager

7 Generation, Grand Prairie, 16" pipeline modification including (2) 16" hot taps

Oversaw Project Execution including reviewing and approving the following: Emergency Response Plan, Project Hazard Assessment, Confined Space, Ground Disturbance Plan

Completed inspection, measurement, and monitoring of pipeline construction activities to assure conformance with applicable drawings, specifications, conditions, commitments, work plans, and procedures.

Ensured underground pipeline and utility sweeps, locate, access construction and upgrades, clearing, stripping, excavating, hydro testing, lowering-in, backfill, final grade, and clean-up completed as per specifications, processes, and procedures.

Lead daily toolbox talks reviewed JHA's and completed safety audits every week.

Reviewed and approved Contractors QMS, Quality Control and ITP's

Provided regular reports of construction activities, progress, and issues to PMT

Reviewed and accepted daily LEM's from subcontractors

Oversaw pre-commissioning activities

North West Refinery – Senior Construction Manager

Sturgeon Refinery Project, Alberta. Project Value $800 million

Oversaw installation of 18 storage tanks, 35 pipe rack modules, 5 Km 10" HDPE pipe

Construction Manager representing oversight in Owner Engineer Role and Construction

Reporting directly to Site Manager and working closely with Project Manager

Participated in Contractor Bid Proposals and Reviews

Responsible for managing the scope of work to maintain project schedules and budgets

Review and approve Contractor Execution Plans

Managed Contractors Key Performance Indicators

Managed turnover of Contractors Systems to Operations

Reviewed and recommended Construction Work Packages (CWP) and Field Installation Work Packages (FIWP) from various contractors before the execution of work.

Agrium – Senior Construction Manager

Potash mine upgrade and surface facilities, Vanscoy, Saskatchewan. Project value $4.2 billion

Monitored construction activities including tailings management area, installation of various pipelines – 36" HDPE, 10" HDPE, 4" HDPE and 4", product loadout, Glulam storage, rail car modification, and multiple conveyor installations.

Construction Manager representing oversight in Owner Engineer Role and Construction

Reporting directly to Project Construction Director and working closely with Area Project Manager. Currently, I have 20 coordinators multi-discipline background reporting directly to myself.

I participated in the risk management process throughout the project scope definition to project execution.

I participated in the early design of FEED and constructability reviews to help incorporate construction knowledge and experience in the delivery of the overall project.

Participated in the review of Project Execution Plans for several contractors including PCL, SIMS, and PNR RailWorks

Involved in review projects cost at DBM stage

Participated in 30/60/90% model reviews to ensure sizing of buildings, primary process, material handling, electrical equipment, associated foundation, buried services, plant road, and drainage

Reviewed Quality Control Plans from Joint Venture (SNC Lavalin and PCL Constructors)

Reviewed Project Safety Plans from Joint Venture (SNC Lavalin and PCL Constructors)

Reviewed and critiqued project key performance indicators – health and safety, environmental, capital cost, schedule and quality

Oversaw construction of electrical modules at Pyramid, Tarpon Energy Services and PCL

I managed the turnaround of various plant outages with durations of 14 and 30 days.

Oversaw pre-commissioning activities

EPCOR – Assistant Construction Manager

Keephills 3, Alberta. The project was a 450 MW Coal Fired Supercritical Boiler manufactured by Hitachi, project value $2.0 billion

Reported to the Construction Manager

Completed and evaluated risks of labour and project costs using Monte Carlo simulations. Reports provided to the executive management team

Participated in contract strategies, bid evaluation and contractor recommendations for project

extended and intermediate-range area plans existed to allow all Contractors in the area of responsibility

to effectively plan and complete their scope of work safely and productively

Ensure that all information, materials, and equipment supplied by the Owner for each scheduled task was identified and was available for the contractor when required

Ensuring that the contractor was adequately planning and meeting his or her supplied resource requirement for the work in compliance with the schedule

Monitoring and evaluating the reported contractor productivity, schedule and cost performance relative to budget and ensured corrective actions occurred when necessary

Continuously assess future risks to the achievement of performance, schedule and cost targets and worked with Area Manager to develop and implement mitigation strategies and plants

Prepared required area plans and reports and submitted them to the Project Management

Assisted in setting up and implementing construction-related systems and procedures Reviewed contractor human resources and equipment requests and monitored against the contractor's plan. Investigated deviations

Worked with the Area Construction Manager to develop a 90-day look-ahead schedule for the area of responsibility and ensured that action plans were in place to achieve critical milestones.

Worked with the Turnover Coordinator to develop clear and logical system boundaries for turn over to commissioning

Responsible for the compilation of contract requests for quotation documents and ensured contracts were in place on schedule

STATS Group International – General Manager/Project Director

General Manager for a specialized tooling and testing company. Responsible for day to day operations of 20 staff and 80 DFL personnel

Responsible for targeting markets aligned with the company's specialized tooling, including pipeline isolation, hot taps, bisep tooling, torque and tensioning, cold cutting tooling.

Estimating jobs on lump sum and time and material basis

Dealing with insurance and bonding requirements from clients (construction, engineering and oil companies)

Responsible for recruiting operational and construction personnel

The primary market was support contractors during plant outages and significant turnarounds.

Dealing with local trade unions and collective agreements (UA 488 and CLAC)

Establishing pro formula financial statements for U.K. board of directors and financial institutions

Working to budgets and managing sales trends, account management

Daily coordination of human resources and asset management

Developed and monitored safety and quality program

Shell Orion – Construction Manager

IVM Projects (SAGD Project), Cold Lake, Alberta. Project value $250 million

Responsibilities included: Managing the fabrication for 35 modules at multiple fabrication facilities in

Edmonton, Alberta, coordinating and signing off RFIs, reviewing and signing off IFC drawings, developing and maintaining construction schedule from numerous on-site construction companies, managing all mechanical and piping activities on-site, developing, and implementing strategies for new vendors, and coordinating with operations for plant turnover.

Monitored 10" pipelines installation that supplied well pads and primary processing plant.

Suncor MCU – General Site Superintendent

Plant 52 Fire rebuild project, Fort McMurray, Alberta.

General Site Superintendent was responsible for managing all construction activities for on-site plant work, dealing with Operations and coordinators daily, developing plans, schedules, and human resources loading for the identified scope. Responsible for all workers maintaining the company's HSE manual, participating in HAZOP and risk reviews, massive lifting operations, and coordination of Vendors on site.

Syncrude Canada – Senior Construction Specialist

UE-1 Project, Fort McMurray, Alberta

Senior Site Coordinator responsible for planning/scheduling resources and directs for new equipment, revamp, and debottlenecking work from UE-1 in preparation for future turnaround work, developing forecasts of work-scopes for upper management. Responsible for ensuring that all work planned and executed for the turnaround is in compliance with Syncrude's and legislated standards, safe work practices, and work protection codes.

Exxon Mobile Development – Mechanical and Pipe Superintendent on the Project Management Team

The project consisted of Acid Gas Injection system, 3-GE frame 6B combustion turbines with 3 Deltak HRSG and Hydrogen Reformer, project value $400 million

Senior Mechanical and Piping Superintendent responsible for auditing safety and quality of construction management team, critiquing plans and schedules for on-site construction contractors, coordinating and planning turn around work at the Shute Creek plant, and coordinating with on-site vendors. Responsible for liaison between operations, engineering, and the construction management team, planning inspection test plans for the scope of work.

As I was part of the management team, I verified costing for new scope performed by contractors. Monitored and notified the construction manager of anomalies in the contractor's progress, safety, cost, quality control, and schedule performance as per contractual commitments.

Supervised the installation of 20 Km of 6" CO2 disposal pipeline

Encana – Construction Manager

The project consisted of installing two (2) LM6000 GE turbines with two OTSG boilers and a combined cycle Dresser-Rand Steam Turbine, project value $116 million

Construction Manager was responsible for all aspects of construction, which included civil, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation. Responsibilities included ensuring health, safety, and environment systems implemented correctly based on corporate policies, scheduling, and chairing on construction planning, safety, and coordination meetings. Verified progress payments as to physical completion quantities, prepared deficiency list(s) before substantial and mechanical completion certificates issued to the contractor(s). Adjusted back charge costs for direct and indirect services not supplied by contractor and vendors and closed out of final invoices and scope of work.

I monitored the 10Km installation of 10 km of 6" FRP pipe from pumphouse to the main plant.

Pan Canadian – Mechanical Superintendent

The project consisted of installing two LM6000 GE turbines with two OTSG boilers and a combined cycle Dresser-Rand Steam Turbine, project value $116 million

Mechanical Superintendent was responsible for supervising the mechanical installation for the project. Responsible for ensuring the contractor followed all ASME codes and practices and performed due diligence relating to safety, interpreting specifications, and codes (ASME B31.1, B31.3, Section 1- "Rules for Construction of Power Boilers" and Z662.1), and implementing welding inspection aspects of quality programs. Ensured that all non-destructive and other examinations were performed in accordance to contract documentation, assisted in the constructability for the mechanical scope of work, and provided assistance in the planning and scheduling of the mechanical contractor's scope of work. Supervised the pre-commissioning and the start-up for a simple and combined cycle and attended daily construction and weekly progress meetings.

Nova Chemical & Union Carbide – Construction Superintendent

I supervised the installation of reverse osmosis water treatment packages supplying potable water for Cogeneration Units for Nova Chemicals Poly Ethylene plant Joffre Site, near Red Deer Alberta

Supervised numerous turnarounds at Nova Chemicals Joffre site and Union Carbide Poly Ethylene and polyethylene plants, near Red Deer, Alberta. Work consisted of removing and installing trays on towers, remove and install new catalysts and refurbishing reactor units.

I was responsible for estimating bid packages for new projects, planning/scheduling for new construction projects, supervising field installations for new projects, coordinating and dealing with Client' day to day problems. I participated in writing Quality Assurance and Quality Control manuals for the corporate offices.

Various Clients- Key Lake, Saskatchewan, and Barnowko Poland– Mechanical Piping Superintendent

Piping Superintendent responsible for supervising the piping and mechanical installation for new tailings storage tank (Cameco Uranium Mine)

Mechanical and Piping Superintendent accountable for the installation of a sour gas and oil processing plant and 20 km 10" pipeline from well pads to main processing plant. (Barnowko, Poland).

I participated in weekly construction and progress meetings, forecasting human resources requirements. Responsible for the testing and inspecting the progress of welding and viewing x-rays.

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