CARYN L. COWIN

Eau Claire, WI ***** C. 909-***-**** adevff@r.postjobfree.com

PROJECT MANAGER

Comprehensive background in Program, Project and Construction Management with over 25 years of experience. Versed in design and construction procedures, as well as interfacing with various state agencies having jurisdiction, such as the Division of the State Architect (DSA), Chancellor’s Office, State Fire Marshal, and the Office of Public School Construction (OPSC). Excellent communication skills enhance the position of liaison, developing strategic partnerships and alliances with design professionals, inspectors, contractors, and various departments and user groups. The majority of project experience has been in the education sector, including major renovations, additions, system upgrades, abatement as well as new facility construction. Reputation for integrity and strong, committed work ethic. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Wendel Companies, Inc., Project Manager - Construction (April, 2019 – Present) Providing Construction Management/Construction Administration for the Bloomington Fire Station No. 3 in Bloomington, MN. Construction Value: Approx. $8.7M. Project is currently under construction, with an anticipated construction completion in June, 2020.

Preconstruction services for Town of La Pointe Emergency Services Building. Preparation/coordination of Construction Bidding Documents, bidding of the project. Construction to begin in Spring, 2020. Various construction management/administration on a variety of projects, including submittal reviews, project closeout, etc.

MAAS Companies, Inc., Project Manager (January, 2017 – March, 2019) Desert Community College District, College of the Desert Program, Project and Construction Management for Desert Community College’s Measure B Construction Bond. Currently working on several projects at the College of the Desert Campus, including the Central Campus Redevelopment project, a

$37.5M renovation of two buildings in the campus core. Managed design, bidding, and construction of several projects in the Administration Building totaling $3M in value. Responsibilities include Budget Monitoring, Estimating, Schedule Management/Monitoring, Coordination of Professional Services (Testing/Inspection, Design Consultants, etc.) Bidding and Construction Procedures, Procurement, Design Oversight, Project and Construction Management, Constructability Reviews, Cost Management, and Relocation Services.

MT. SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE, Construction Project Manager (2 years: June, 2014 to June, 2016) Managed design, bidding and construction of between 30-40 projects, including a variety of small, miscellaneous improvements, renovations, and restorations, to heavy underground civil projects, on up to the planning, bidding and design phases of a 2.4MW photovoltaic system.

LEND LEASE (US) CONSTRUCTION, INC., Project Manager (October, 1996 through May, 2014) El Camino College, Compton Campus, CA (May, 2013 to June, 2014) Budget Monitoring, Estimating, Schedule Management/Monitoring, Coordination of Professional Services (Testing/Inspection, Design Consultants, etc.) Bidding and Construction Procedures, Procurement, Project and Construction Management, Constructability Reviews, and Cost Management. Projects listed below.

Utility Infrastructure, Phase I $20,641,648

Utility Infrastructure, Phase II $10,594,225

Central Plant, $10,125,368.47

Allied Health Building, $9,608,612 (Involved in bidding only) CARYN L. COWIN PAGE 2

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El Camino College, Torrance, CA (July, 2012 to May, 2013) Measure E Bond program, providing a full range of professional services to support the implementation of the District’s Measure E Master Plan encompassing 126-acres. Budget Monitoring, Estimating, Schedule Management/Monitoring, Coordination of Professional Services (Testing/Inspection, Design Consultants, etc.) Bidding and Construction Procedures, Procurement, Design Oversight, Project and Construction Management, Constructability Reviews, Cost Management, and Relocation Services. Projects listed below.

Campus Electrical Conversion - Close Out Phase $11 M

Parking Lot Lighting & Security Upgrades - 50% construction and close out phases $2.4M

Shops Building Replacement – New building to house welding, automotive technology, auto collision repair, air conditioning and refrigeration. Project includes landscape, site development, and infrastructure relocations. DSA Approval, Bidding/Preconstruction and Construction Phases, $21.9M.

Bookstore Exterior Elevator – Bidding/Preconstruction and Construction Phases, $617,400 Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA (02/2002 to 06/30/2012)

$800 million. Provided Program, Project and Construction Management services for Mt. San Antonio College. Duties included oversight and coordination of all consultants and trade contractors (most projects were multi-prime) from conceptual design through project completion. Projects listed below, which include some non-bond, scheduled maintenance, and state funded projects.

Design Technology Building - $27.5 million. 66,074 s.f. new building consolidated computer-based design programs such as animation, architecture, graphic arts, photography and geographic information systems. Building main section includes 2 floors of classroom and lab space, which is joined to a large assembly space featuring stepped-seating and audio/visual controls. Project achieved LEED-Silver certification.

Building 7 Exterior Improvements - $1.4 million.

Building 11 Exterior Improvements- $1.2 million.

Building 26 Exterior Improvements. Projects include the breezeways, stairways and exterior upgrades ($1.2 million), the Bridge/Parking Lot ($850,000) and the Courtyard ($600,000).

Athletics Practice Field - $600,000. Replacement of a 54,000 s.f. existing practice field to address drainage and operation issues. Work involved replacement of the sod subgrade with a sand-based system, rerouting of data infrastructure lines, installation of an extensive perforated pipe drainage system, new site paving, fencing and lighting

Southwest Infrastructure Pathway - $91,000

Building 12 Renovation - $6 million, Involved during Design phases only, up to submission to DSA.

Building 23 Remodel and New Data Center - $7.4 million. Remodel of approximately 75% of existing 20,200 s.f. building as well as the addition of a new 7,152 s.f. Data Center to accommodate Public Safety and Information Technology. Due to the complicated and essential technology housed in these facilities, triple-redundancies were designed for power, data and HVAC systems to allow continuous functionality of all systems. The project included a new Server, or “Machine” room, which maintains continuous function of all computer-based operations throughout campus.

Athletic Fields - $8.9 million. Project Manager. Complete relocation of existing athletic fields and associated facilities including Soccer, Baseball, Softball, Golf Driving, Putting and Chipping greens, on an approximate 18-acre site. Associated facilities include bleachers, concessions, press boxes, lockers, team rooms, weight rooms and classrooms.

Air Conditioning/Refrigeration/Welding Building - $6.1 million. Construction of a 26,500 gsf new facility to house the College’s Welding and Air Conditioning/Refrigeration shops and associated classroom and lab spaces.

Relocation of Building 23 - $1.5 million. Complete dismantling, relocation, reassembly and build out of this 20,000 s.f. building, which housed the telecommunications department and various facilities maintenance staff.

Data Center Infrastructure - $800,000. Construction/installation of media duct banks on campus, including the placement of 24 single-mode/21 multi-mode fiber cables from the new Data Center to Buildings 6, 66, 28A, 26A, and Future Agricultural Sciences and Math Sciences, as well as the placement of 100-pair copper from the new Data Center to Math Science, providing much-needed redundant media pathways to and from the Data Center.

Softball Restroom Building - $500,000. New construction of restrooms for student and visitor use adjacent to the new Baseball/Softball complex. Design of the building matches that of the existing athletic complex.

Student Parking Lot S and Pedestrian Crossing at Temple and Bonita - $850,000. Conversion of a temporary parking lot to a fully paved permanent lot and a new pedestrian north/south cross walk at the western side of the intersection of Temple and Bonita Avenues. Included irrigation infrastructure, continuation of sidewalks and the paving of the service yard at the baseball and softball fields.

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Pay Parking Lot B: $200,000 - Resurfacing and restriping of existing parking lot, and redirection of traffic through the west end of campus.

Remodel Building for Photography - $900,000. Remodel 18,600 s.f. single story Building 21 to provide temporary housing for the College’s Photography program, including classroom and lecture spaces, offices, darkrooms, film processing, enlarging stations, and a large photo studio . Scope included demolition and abatement

Staff Parking Lot D3 - $700,000. New staff parking lot, including lot and pedestrian lighting, addition of ramp and stairs, pedestrian walkways, relocation of an Emergency Phone, demolition of and electrical substation and restroom buildings, reworking of site electrical, replacement of underground utilities, repaving of existing parking areas, and the provision of many planters, irrigation and landscaping.

Gym Floor Replacement - $608,000. Complete replacement of the existing gym floor, including subfloor, repainting of the gymnasium and foyer, replacement of bleacher seating. Additional scope items included the replacement of scoreboards, addition of wall pads, painting of interior graphics, construction of a storage room, replacement of gym lighting, among several other items.

Various other projects include:

o Building 45 Renovation

o Student Information Station

o Demolition of Buildings 13, 14, 15, 16, 5/5A

o Storage Building at Football Stadium

o Soccer Screening

o Demolition of Building 22

o Replacement of Marquee at corner of Grand and Temple o Elevator Addition at Building 26A - $278,000

o Fountain and Hardscape Project - $500,000.

o Access Compliance Upgrades - $70,000.

o Campus Wide Infrastructure – Signage Master Plan - $250,000 Los Angeles USD, Los Angeles, CA (10/2001 to 02/2002)

$40 Million. Involved in a variety of preconstruction activities for two new elementary schools, and one new primary center, as well as the expansion of 21 playgrounds on existing campuses to bring them up to regulatory size. Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA (10/1996 to 09/2001)

Health Occupations Center $2 million. Project Manager. Construction of a 20,000 s.f. classroom facility for the College’s health-related programs. The center, which opened August 14, 2000, included the construction of a 470-stall parking lot, transforming a horse pasture and farmland on campus in just 10 short weeks.

Deferred/Scheduled Maintenance Projects $12 million. Assistant Project Manager, then Project Manager, assigned to oversee and coordinate bidding, document controls, submittal processing, construction administration, RFI's, Change Orders, etc., utilizing newly implemented Prolog Manager program. Involved in design, coordination and construction as they relate to all consultants and trade contractors through project completion. Involved in more than 130 projects over a four-year period.

Learning Technology Center - $14.4 million. Project Coordinator, then Assistant Project Manager. Renovation and modernization of existing two-story, 100,000 s.f. library facility into the new Learning Technology Center. The project included all required abatement, demolition and reconstruction of architectural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing. Multiple-prime bidding of 16 separate trade contracts CHCG ARCHITECTS, INC. (Currently Gonzalez Goodale Architects), Pasadena, CA (1991 to 10/1996) Construction Contracts Coordinator and Purchasing Coordinator. Duties involved all administrative tasks required for projects for all phases beyond design development, including construction documents, bidding and construction contract administration. This required word processing of architectural specifications, coordination of specifications with other disciplines, and bidding coordination. Maintained databases and logs for all construction-related documents including submittals, change orders, and requests for information (RFI’s). Submission of documents required by State Agencies such as the Division of the State Architect, Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, and the Office of Public School Construction. CARYN L. COWIN PAGE 4

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Project Experience at CHCG

Culver City – New City Hall

San Bernardino City Unified School District – Palm Avenue Elementary School

Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. – KABC/KLOS Radio Station

Mt. San Antonio College – Performing Arts Center

Mt. San Antonio College – Student Services Center

Mt. San Antonio College – Deferred Maintenance Projects

Mountain View Unified School District – Variety of smaller projects, primarily relocatable classrooms

Glendora Unified School District – Variety of projects

City of Simi Valley – Boys and Girls Club of Simi Valley

City of Pasadena – Pasadena Community Health Center

Engineering Management Consultants (MTA) – Red Line Extension, East Los Angeles, 1st and Boyle

City of California City – New Police Station

San Bernardino City Unified School District – Modernization of 8 Schools

California PEO Homes – Wing Addition

COMPETENCIES/PROFICIENCIES

• Proactive Problem Solving • LEED Construction • Microsoft Office Suite

• Project Management • Relationship Building • OSHA-30 and OSHA-10

• Construction Administration • Prolog Manager/Converge • First Aid/CPR

• Bluebeam • Prompt.ed • SCAQMD PM-10 Dust Control

• Smartsheet

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