Tonio “Tony” Ricks

Project Manger

Education

B.S., Civil Engineering, University of New Orleans, Louisiana, 2001

Certifications

Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration

State of Louisiana Levee Inspector

State of Louisiana Contractor’s License

#66195

United States Army Corps of Engineers

Earthworks Certification

National Highway Institute (NHI) - Bridge Inspector Course (FHWA-NHI-13005)

Military

United States Army Veteran

United States Public Health Service Officer Veteran

Louisiana National Guard Veteran

Contact Information

Home Address:

101 Country Club Drive

Apt. 308

Marshall, Texas 75672

Cell: 1-985-***-****

Email: adni33@r.postjobfree.com

Tonio “Tony” Ricks has more than 19 years of experience in civil engineering /structural engineering/coastal engineering, serving in positions from Construction Manager to Project Director on a variety of assignments for vertical and horizontal construction.

Tony has been on all levels of design and construction for USACE large scale projects, City, Parishes and State roadways and highways, bridges. Tony has expanded his project management roles in healthcare facilities, school facilities, ports, airports, levees, flood walls and flood gates, industrial developments, residential subdivision development projects.

In the recent years Tony has been in lead roads on water and wastewater programs for capital improvement projects program. Tony works with a program management team identifying priority projects, funding, and cash flow.

In addition, Mr. Ricks has ten plus years as a general manager running a local office and managing project management teams, construction management teams, grants management teams, and business development and proposals teams.

Highlights of Tony’s work include:

Infrastructure Program Management

Manage facilities capital improvement programs.

Meet with client and stakeholders for project and program updates with budget and schedules.

Work with all stakeholders to coordinate programs and projects.

Understands building and industry code and regulation guidelines to successfully complete projects.

Works well with local governments and agencies to successfully complete projects.

Manages water and sewer programs for municipalities and counties.

Manage consent decree programs.

Managing cost for large construction programs for construction of, airport projects, K-12 and higher education programs, hurricane recovery programs, building construction projects. This included performing cost analysis for GOHSEP and FEMA on Cities, Parishes, and States recovery projects for FEMA reconciliation and reimbursement. Manage FEMA project closeouts for infrastructure and facilities damage recovery and repairs.

Managing design documents for large size projects like airports, ports, sewage plants, water treatment and distribution, off-system bridge improvement programs, levee systems, navigation control structures, hospitals and health systems, K-12 projects, higher education projects, and jail complexes.

Manage contracts, invoices, change orders, and RFI’s documents to keep a project within budget and on schedule as an Owner’s representative.

Tony has the role of environmental compliance and safety officer and provides training in safety.

Mr. Ricks knows how to work with venders and tenants in facilities to make sure the project operates properly for Certificate of Occupancy.

Safety Management on large construction sites.

Quality Control and Quality Assurance management.

Document Management on Site Manager and SharePoint.

EXPERIENCE

Clean Water Shreveport Program, Shreveport, LA

Program Project Manager

Tony provides program design management and design deliveries for water and sewer system improvement projects. He manages a team of project engineers. Also, Tony is a lead program manager for FEMA winter storm recovery for the Shreveport water system recovery effort. (02/01 – Present)

Stantec, Inc. New Orleans, LA

SSERP Construction Manager

Tony provides construction management services for a citywide sanitation sewer rehabilitation program. He manages a team of construction managers, construction coordinators, construction administrators, document control specialists, and QC/QA specialists (07/20 -01/21)

Landmark Consulting, LLC., New Orleans, LA

General Manager

Tony is a seller-doer for Program Management, Project Management, and Construction Management services for capital improvements programs and FEMA funded programs. Mr. Ricks responds to RFP/RFQ advertisements, works with a proposal team, and puts professional team together, puts proposals together, puts scope of work together, work schedules, cost estimates, schedule of values, and program documents. Also managed an office of project managers, design managers, FEMA managers, document control specialists, and grant managers (10/19 -03/20)

Hill International, Inc., New Orleans, LA

Project Director

Tony is a seller-doer for Program Management, Project Management, and Construction Management services for capital improvements programs and FEMA funded programs. Mr. Ricks was the project management for a medical facility on a prison. Tony also led a group of professionals to build a health care career center at Ochsner Health Systems for high school student. (04/17 -10/19)

Jacobs Engineering Group, New Orleans, LA

Regional Business Development Assignments and Roadway Projects, New Orleans, LA, Project Manager/Business Developer

Tony’s main role for this position was performing as project manager for the City of New Orleans for Hurricane Katrina Recovery Programs to manage FEMA closeout for City reimbursement.

Also, Tony provided business development leadership for program management/construction management opportunities. In addition, he served as Project Manager for design of roadway infrastructure projects. In these roles, Tony coordinated proposals for program management opportunities, met with clients to discuss opportunities, composed Excel workbooks to assist in project management and program management, reviewed invoices, and plan changes for accuracy for grant funding. He also attended community conferences and economic development for ports, municipalities, and coastal restoration. (07/16 - 05/17)

Jacobs/CSRS

City of New Orleans, Recovery Roads Program- Citywide Program, New Orleans, LA, Design Manager

Tony was a project manager managing FEMA projects for repairs from Hurricane Katrina damages to infrastructure and facilities. He was responsible for reviewing plans and specifications, bidding documents, funding forms, plan changes, field changes, invoices, scoping reports, design documents, surveys, and geotechnical reports. Tony aligned cost with FEMA Project Worksheets and versions and reconciliation for FEMA reimbursement and closeout. He also provided training to City project managers and staff for advance education in project management and quality control of infrastructure projects. (10/15 - 05/16)

Stanley Consultants, Inc., New Orleans, LA

New Orleans and Mississippi Region, Project Manager, Construction Manager and Business Developer

Tony leveraged his field experience to construction projects to assist staff engineers in problem solving complex construction issues. He drafted plans using AutoCAD, managed municipal street and bridge programs, and managed the New Orleans office administration and business relationships within the New Orleans/Mississippi Region and managed capital projects and downtown development projects. Other assignments included St. Tammany Parish Hospital improvements, flood control and hurricane protection projects. He also maintained business relationships with Parish and City officials and coordinated with U.S. Corps of Engineers and Louisiana Department of Transportation for several projects. (12/12 - 10/15)

Pinnacle Engineering, L.L.C., Covington, LA, Construction Manager

Tony served as Construction Manager on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood protection projects, healthcare facilities, municipal waste water plant construction projects, municipal street improvement projects, off-system bridge inspections and repairs, LA 21 Bridge Replacement, Emergency Bridge Replacements for St. Tammany Parish, waste water collection improvement projects, retail development projects, residential subdivision development projects, downtown sidewalk improvement projects, domestic water supply improvement projects, recreation sport complex construction projects and SCADA projects. This included work as an emergency response consultant for utilities for Hurricane Katrina damages. (04/06 - 11/12)

Citywide Testing and Inspection, New Orleans, Louisiana, Operations Manager/Project Manager/Quality Control Manager

Tony managed testing and inspection operations for City construction projects. He trained technicians to provide testing and inspection services, provided Quality Assurance Management on construction projects for infrastructure and healthcare and education facilities. He was a first responder for the City of New Orleans for the Recovery from Hurricane Katrina.

(07/03 - 04/06)

United States Public Health Services, Sanitation and Water Supply Projects, Billings, MT, Sanitation Field Engineer Officer

Tony provided sanitation and domestic water supply to Native American Indian Reservations. Tony was stationed at Lame Deer Native American Hospital. Work encompassed environmental consultant services to improve the quality of life for Native Americans, serving as an emergency responder to sanitation crises and sanitation security from attacks on water supply and storage. He designed wastewater treatment for small communities and individual homes, water supply wells and wastewater lift stations (2002 - 2003).

United States Army Corps of Engineers, Multiple Projects, Louisiana, Construction Manager

Tony served as construction manager for public schools and government buildings, and as a Field Engineer Intern for highway projects. (1999 - 2002)

KEY PROJECTS

1.OCHSNER HEALTH SYSTEMS – Technical review and quality assurance.

2.UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, NEW ORLEANS, LA – quality assurance for deep foundation construction.

3.REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY – NAPOLEAN AVE BUILDING RENOVATIONS – Director of project management services. $250M

4.CITY OF NEW ORLEANS – CAPITAL PROJECTS ADMININSTRATION – OJC MEDICAL FACILITY

Tony is a design manager/construction manager for a FEMA funded jail improvement. $40M.

5.JEFFERSON PARISH PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM CAPTIAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN

Tony is the director of the program. Tony led a group of professionals to assess the school system to identify $750M in capital improvements including new schools, career centers, and retrofitting construction. $750M

6.ST. TAMMANY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM

Tony Ricks was part of the design team for new construction projects for school facilities and schools and administration buildings renovations. Tony also had the role of quality assurance manager. $3M

7.TOURO HOSPTIAL – NEW ORLEANS

Tony had the role of quality assurance manager for new construction projects and school renovations. $2M

8.DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM

Tony had the role of construction manager for new construction projects and school renovations. $500M

9.LOUIS ARMSTRONG NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT – NORTH TERMINAL

Tony was a structural resident engineer reviewing plans and specifications, bidding documents, funding forms, plan changes, field changes, invoices, scoping reports, design documents, surveys, and geotechnical reports. Mr. Ricks was over the structural aspects of the project for an airport terminal construction. $1.2B.

10.U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS – LPV 144 BAYOU DUPREE FLOODWALL AND SECTOR GATE,

LPV 145 FLOODWALL AND FOR BAYOU BIENVILLE TO BAYOU DUPREE,

LPV 146 FLOODWALL AND FOR BAYOU DUPREE TO HWY 46, VERRET,

LPV 147 FLOODWALL AND HIGHWAY FLOOD GATE,

LPV 148 FLOODWALL AND FOR BAYOU BIENVILLE TO BAYOU DUPREE,

LPV 149 CARNARVON FLOODWALL AND SECTOR GATE

Tony was a project manager for the State of Louisiana representing Coastal Protect and Restoration Authority, Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority – East, and the Lake Borgne Basin Levee District. Mr. Ricks reviewed plans, specifications, construction schedules, safety reports, and progress reports for quality assurance of deliverables and construction. Tony also observed construction and performed weekly inspections on construction materials and pile load tests. Tony inspected the quality control lab weekly and inspected steel sector gates, highway floodgates, and railroad floodgates. Mr. Ricks conducted weekly QA/QC Meetings to review all QC issues and action items. These projects were great project to work on a fast-track schedule with multiple challenges. $14.2B.

11.CITY OF NEW ORLEANS RECOVERY ROADS PROJECTS

Mr. Ricks had the role as project manager and construction manager for FEMA Hurricane Katrina Recovery Road street improvement projects. Tony reviewed contracts, amendments, design schedules, review field inspections, performed field inspections and field measurements to validate quantities. Coordinated Department of Public Works and Sewer and Water Board of New Orleans for utility repairs and alignments for construction. Also, coordinated all other utilities for construction. Reviewed preliminary plans and plan in hand. $2.1B

12.PORT OF NEW ORLEANS – NASHVILLE WHARF STORAGE FACILTY

Mr. Ricks was the quality assurance manager and resident inspector for the Port of New Orleans. Tony reviewed all design documents and construction documents for the construction of a wharf. This wharf had 22-inches of flexural strength concrete. Tony made daily inspections and held progress meetings. $320M

13.U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS WASHINGTON D.C. – GOVERNMENT BUILDING FACILITY CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

Tony had the role as construction manager to manage all construction activities for Public building for government operations to Public schools in the District of Columbia area. Some of the work was removing outdated underground heating oil storage tanks from schools following EPA guidelines and reviewing structural integrity during excavation and shoring. Other work was new construction projects for Public schools and government buildings.

14.NEW ORLEANS CONVENTION CENTER PHASE III AND PHASE IV

Tony had the role as quality control and quality control manager for the entire construction of the convention center construction. This included earthwork, pile design, pile program, concrete plant, concrete placement, building construction. $100M

15.CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HOUSING AUTHORITY HOUSING REDEVELEPMENT PROJECTS

Tony had the role as Owner’s Representative providing quality assurance with design review, submittal review, testing and inspections, for deep foundation pile construction activities, post-tension concrete slab activities, civil site work activities, roadway construction activities, utilities construction activities. $2.1B.

16.NEW ORLEANS D-DAY MUSEUM

Tony’s role was the quality control and quality control manager for the entire construction of the D-Day Museum Phase 1 thru Phase 3 construction. This included earthwork, pile design, pile program, concrete plant, concrete placement, building construction. $200M

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