Frank William Gruber

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Childersburg, Al. 35044

256-***-****

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering, Alabama A&M, 1991. WORK EXPERIENCE

**** – Present

Construction Management Projects.

Project Manager, McCarthy Building Company 9/15/16 to present Atlanta International Airport.

Responsible for managing all structural and misc. steel for the Atlanta Airport Canopy System. Currently this project is around $60 mil.

Responsible for the renovation and replacement of various conveyor system at the Atlanta Airport. The replacement of conveyor system within an operating airport and there coordination of the work with airport and Delta facility managers.

Senior Site Manager, Hazama-Ando, 8/30/2013 to 8/30/16

Unipress, Forrest Ms and Portland Tenn.

o 100,000 s/f additions to both Unipress plants for additional 3500 Komotsu presses. Work includes 100,000 s/f building, press pits, laser welder pits, robotic arms and assembly line, installation of Komotsu presses. Both projects where worked and scheduled within a 24/7 working facility. o Portland Unipress added work of $2.3m 402,000 s/f re-roofing project. o Forrest, Ms. $5m, office addition, of 50,000 S/F. o Within all the above work, there were conveyor system that handled material to and from the stamping presses.

Senior Construction Manager. Amason Associates 3/2010 to 7/2013

Mercedes Benz, Vance, Alabama, Hydrogen Fuel Cell Facility. $5m.

Mercedes Benz, Vance Alabama, ASRS -3 Stacker Building, $10m. o Managed the start to finish of the 10 story stacked building. The stacker building was of structural steel and metal siding.

o Installation of a Body and Skid Conveyor systems with mechanical and software integration into Mercedes overall conveyor system. This system included cross chain, vertical lift and scissor lift tables, quad roller tables, two (2) 1.5-ton warehouse cranes, two (2) 1.5 ton vertical distance lifts. Integration of the Warehouse Management System and KPS operation system. The overall system managed four (4) levels of conveyor systems and fifteen (15) levels of storage. Worked directly with the Mercedes management team on the initial design and timing sequencing of the entire system to match that of the existing system.

Steel Dust Recovery Inc. Columbus Ms. Exhaust Scrubber System, $15m. o This work included a granular transportation system from receiving area to Kiln area for processing. Separating system for the extracted zinc from Kiln location to silo storage area for conveyor loading for semi-trucks and gravity fed system from the silos to train cars. This system included measurement sensors integrated into the existing software Senior Construction Manager. Volkert and Associates 3/2005 to 1/2010

Sumter County High School.

Jacksonville State University, Stadium Renovation and Living Units, a $50M addition to the stadium with additional living unit of 255,000 s/f with 314 dorm rooms, 5th Floor alumni/booster area, 6

th

floor press boxes

and 7

th

floor private game viewing suits. The overall project was scheduled to be constructed in eighteen months. The stadium was pre-cast units, the living units and game viewing area where of structural steel on composite decking and brick fascia.

Alabama State University Life Science Facility a $26M grass roots, 87,000 s/f five (5) story biological education facility. Responsible for the design phase of the project, after completion of the design phase put together bid packages per state requirements. This facility had class rooms, lecture hall, laboratories with gas, RO, reversed osmosis water along with fume hoods per lab. Senior Project Manager. Faithful & Gould 3/2002 to2/ 2005

Miami Inter-National Airport, Managed the B/C Infill project for the Miami-Dade Aviation Department

(MDAD) a $35m project. This project was an infill structure between the A and D Terminal at the Miami International Airport. The structure was a concrete formed four (4) story structure with a glass curtain wall system. My duties were of the Construction Manager for MDAD, coordinating and managing The Turner- Austin Airport Team through the construction process. o Included within the building structure, the baggage conveyor system was integrated into the new A&D terminal facility from the existing backbone baggage conveyor. This work included, mechanical and software integration along with kick-in and kick out locations for baggage from the backbone system.

Convention Center Projects:

McCormick Center West, Chicago, Ill. $45m manager of the structural steel package. This project was the delivery and erection of the structural steel for the expansion of the McCormick Center. Contract’s Manager B.L. Harbert 7/1995 to 2/2002

HHG, A Joint Venture Group, of B.L. Harbert, Global, and Faithful & Gould.

The Honda Phase A2 project, primary responsible was for the structural steel package of the Paint Shop, Stamping and Frame Plant, the steel package was $35M with and aggressive schedule. At its completion, the structural steel was a total of 12,000 tons and took 4 months and 4 days to erect to completion. We also encountered a total of 180 engineering changes, all of which were negotiated, approved and the contract modification was issued to the contractor. This quick turnaround of change orders allowed for a smooth project with a quick close out of the contract. At the same period of time I managed the per-finished metal siding package contract valued at $2.2M.

o Installation of a new conveyor system from stamping, to welding, to paint shop to final assembly. This system included roller beds, tread conveyors, overhead chain conveyor, lift tables and one vertical distance lifting system.

The Honda Phase A1 project primary responsibility was estimating change orders, settling claims and close out of contracts. There were some 200 change orders that were estimated and settled with in a 6-month time frame. There were fifteen construction claims, the claims were handled by myself and were settled in house; with one claim settling in arbitration. During this 6-month time frame I closed out eighteen contracts all to the owner’s satisfaction.

• Honda Phase A2, Lincoln, AL - $350M expansion to the A1 auto plant.

• Honda Phase A1, Lincoln, AL - $375M grassroots auto and engine plant. General Construction projects, lump sum, hard dollar projects. Project Manager, B.L. Harbert International Construction Co.

Primary responsibilities include the duties of scope of work for bid packages, negotiation of job contracts, pricing of change orders any claims for the project. Liaison between owner, architectural and engineering firms for pre-construction and construction activities. Project budget and Indicated Out Come Report. Conduct Monthly Owner’s Meeting and Monthly job cost review meeting with superiors. Supervised on site engineering and field staff. Handled the owner controlled insurance program.

• Huntsville Airport Parking Deck, Huntsville, AL - $15M Post tensioned concrete six floor parking deck.

• Boeing Delta IV Rocket Facility, Decatur AL - $7M Concrete Tunnel systems for utilities and emergency egress.

Senior Project Engineer. Turner Construction Company 4/1991to 6/1995.

Primary responsibilities included the duties of bid packages and negotiation of job contracts, pricing of change orders to the owner, coordination and scheduling of work activities using the Primavera Scheduling System, review and approve shop drawings. Liaison between owner, architectural and engineering firms for pre-construction and construction problem resolution. Job Budget and Indicated Out Come Report. Conducted Monthly Owner’s Meeting. Administered the owners control insurance program. General Construction projects, lump sum, hard dollar projects. Turner Construction Company, Kansas City, KS Office

Bayer Animal Health Division, Shawnee, KS – $50M Pharmaceutical Project for the manufacturing of animal health care products.

Doner Pharmaceutical Assembly line conveyor system for animal heath product. This system compressed pills, filling drums with pills, high speed bottle filling, blister packaging with integration to the off-line inspection area. Some areas within the conveyor system were stainless steel

Turner Construction Company, Huntsville, AL

Choctaw Maid Farms, Phases 1 & 2, Carthage, MS – $40M Project for a Poultry Processing Plant. o Animal processing conveyor system. This system conveyed live chickens from off- loading to processing to final packaging then to flash freezers. The process system had pneumatic, vacuum, air and water integration to each process station with a rubberized conveyor system. The cleaned chicken would then be diverted to one of several conveyor systems to debone and filet, whole chickens or parted then into packaging line. Within this systeminspection locations and removal bins.

Project Engineer, Contractor’s Quality Control Manager Control verification and acceptance of testing procedures per contract specifications for equipment and material to be installed. Reviewed all submittals and final design drawings for constructability and compliance with contract requirements. Directed all preparatory, initial and follow-up meetings. Supervise quality control and project engineering staff. Develop request for information to Corps and A/E firms. Control, development and maintenance of the job schedule using the Primavera Scheduling System, which included cost, and resource loading for change orders, scheduling projections and monthly billing. Turner Construction Company, Huntsville, AL

LOGSA Operational Facility, Redstone Arsenal, AL – $11M Design/Build Project – Corps of Engineers.

Laboratory 5400 Addition, Redstone Arsenal, AL – $1.5M Project – Corps of Engineers.

Nine Hole Golf Course and Clubhouse, Redstone Arsenal, AL – $5M Project – Corps of Engineers. Project Engineer, Quality Control and Site Safety Representative Performed site inspection of all work activities ensuring all activities meet the Kentucky OSHA, Toyota Safety and Quality Control guidelines. This project went 190 days without an OSHA recordable accident. At completion, a 2.5 recordable accident ratio and 1 lost time accident with 300,000 man-hours was achieved. Performed off-site factory acceptance test for equipment to be installed. Assisted Project Engineer at peak periods of the project. General Construction projects, lump sum, hard dollar projects. Turner Construction Company, Cincinnati, OH Office

Toyota Manufacturing Facility – Georgetown, KY – $40M Project for the Powertrain Three Engine Plant Project Engineer

Reviewed, corrected and approved all shop drawings. Maintained job schedule and projected delays due to change orders. Estimated and priced change orders. Developed RFI’s to owner and A/E firm. Construction problem resolution and procurement of equipment and material.

Summer Co-Op projects during school 1988 to1991 with Turner Construction Company, Huntsville, AL

Inland Container, Maysville, KY – $10M Subcontract to Brown & Root for a Cardboard Recycling Mill

James River, Pennington, AL - $8M Subcontract to National Industrial Contractors for the Boiler Recovery Facility

Champion Paper Mill, Courtland, AL – $8M Subcontract to Brown & Root for the Champion Paper Machine Building #35

Huntsville Hospital, Huntsville, AL - $15M for the Medical Towers Complex

X-Ray Calibration, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL – $15M for the Advanced X-Ray Telescope Testing Facility for NASA.

Radisson Hotel, - Huntsville, AL- $15M, Four story, hotel 48,000 s/f, full kitchen, bar and restaurant. Exterior landscaping with pool and work out room.

June 1988 – October 1991

Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, AL

Pursued Civil Engineering Degree.

Computer Experience & Skills

Primavera Scheduling System

Microsoft Office Complete

Most any other computer program with in a week.

Awards

Universal Safety Award Second Quarter 1995

Universal Safety Award First Quarter 1995

Universal Safety Award Second Quarter 1993

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Safety Award for Powertrain III 1993 Memberships and Affiliations

Cahaba Shrine Temple

Cahaba Temple Motor Corps

Zamora Temple

Masonic Riders Association

Certified PADI Dive Master

Harley Owners Group

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