Martha P. Chonna

Cell Phone: 786-***-****

Email Address: adu8t2@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

** ***** ** ****** ************ and technical expertise and leadership exceeding customer expectations and delivering value through successful outcomes to complex problems in Program and Project Management.

Successful management of the triple constraint (cost, schedule, and scope) on multiple concurrent projects.

Dedicated problem solver who tackles challenges and gets struggling projects back on track; Leader, manager, mentor and coach of cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams.

Effective communicator skilled at developing transparent, productive relationships with all levels of stakeholders. Kaizen mindset to inspire innovation and continual improvement.

Construction Project Manager & Design Manager (03/2008 to 12/2022)

NAVFAC Washington, Walter Reed National Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.

·Responsible to oversee contracted design and construction activities to ensure compliance with contract specifications, safety standards and programs, requirements' compliance, while tracking documentation records and drawings.

·Management and coordination of construction projects, including technical guidance to develop solutions in order to mitigate and resolve unforeseen conditions for timely project completion.

·Responsible for management of all project milestone's activities, including scheduling changes, and compile written reports to provide leadership with status updates, for periodic project team meetings with architect/engineer, contractors, and program manager.

·Responsible to provide assistance and technical guidance to other engineers/architects, during the design and execution phases of the construction projects.

·Managing inter-related construction projects associated with high-visibility programs to ensure funding thresholds and impacts to operational needs are not exceeded.

·Oversee contractor's performance within the safety program & construction progress goals, issuing construction management reports, assuring overall contract conformance, per the Scope of Work (SOW), contract drawings and specifications, adequacy of contractor and subcontractors resources; tracking construction milestones progress.

·Assist with standard practices and adapted techniques to resolve highly complex design/site problems that involve conflicts from cost limitations, building materials, environmental conditions and local impacts; building codes and regulations, space directives, and site conditions.

·Managed all construction projects from the cradle to grave phases for Design-Build, and Design-Bid Build projects to ensure compliance with the client's Scope of Work (SOW) drawings and specifications.

·Negotiated with contractors/subcontractors all change orders, assisted acquisition personnel in negotiations of all other modifications, initiated & monitored actions and correspondence to incorporate changes.

·Performed construction management during the construction of military retail, commercial construction, government facilities, hospital and clinic's construction, such as the POTUS' Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD for new buildings and parking garages on base.

·Prepared plans, specifications, and cost estimates for utility construction projects as needed.

·Experienced in revising feasibility and economic studies for proposed construction planning, necessary new or renovated facilities to the satisfaction of the customer.

·Provided technical reviews and performed in house design, design build, and developed construction drawings and specifications for adequacy of construction features and MEP systems.

·Responsible for updating field surveys; provided quality control and quality assurance; quantity take-offs for the civil features and systems to the project cost engineer for preparation of the contract cost estimate.

·Expertise with technical support during the preparation of Design-Build projects, Request for Proposal (RFP) and contract document packages, for new construction & renovation of existing facilities.

·Review of contractor submittals, including shop drawings, catalog data, brochures, and samples.

·Provided interpretations of plans and specifications to contractor and project inspectors.

·Review, approve or recommend approval of contractor payment invoices and initiates field changes to insure continuance of progress, acceptance of the facility, and obligation of funding.

·Responsible for preparing in-house architectural Auto-Cad drawings in accordance to customer's request, specifications, zoning and building code requirements.

·Assisted teams of Lead Architect/Engineer (A&E) firms to generate or produce construction documents for construction projects and studies (Architectural/Structural/MEP/Fire Protection).

·Manage and coordinate between Walter Reed Hospital and the General Service Administration (GSA), the Army Corps of Engineers, the development of projects from the conception to final construction phase.

·Maintained a close relationship with contracting functions in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Federal Election Commission (FEC) internal procedures, and all other applicable regulations and policies.

·Managed the turnover of the facility to the owner/customer. Ensure all manuals, test results, parts lists, transfer documents, and record drawings; comply with contract including the official TCO and CO certificates for final acceptance.

Project Manager (01/2004 to 02/2008)

A&H Architects, Miami, FL.

·Responsible for construction management for administrative technical requirements of the assigned construction projects

·Responsible for Pre-Construction preparation documents, monitoring of information for the General Maximum Price (GMP) reports related to costs involved in assigned facilities projects.

·Prepared bid packages and scopes of work for contractors, pre-construction meetings, kept minutes and follow up.

·Manage the coordination, planning, scoping, design, acquisition, construction, direction and execution of assigned projects.

·Responsible for managing all activities related to change orders, submittals, procurement, budgets, project financials set-up and updates, and schedules to ensure projects are completed within budget and in time.

·Responsible for updating construction specifications, plans and project schedules from beginning through the end of each construction project.

·Assisted in the design of projects through concept development; preparation of both final “design bid build” and “design build” construction bid documents and provided technical construction support.

·Responsible for preparing scopes of work for facilities' projects, Private Estimates of A&E fees for the various phases of work, assisted in acquisition personnel in the negotiation of the contracts.

·Participated in all planning, progress, and close out meetings with project staff and other key people to discuss project concerns, problems, and unexpected situations that may arise with subcontractors, suppliers, customer changes, etc.

·Compared field progress to schedule and milestones; compared actual versus estimated cost, checked compliance with plans and specifications, verified quality of work to meet contract requirements.

·Provided Quality Control and Quality Assurance (QC/QA); also quantity take-offs for the projects and systems, for the preparation of the contract cost estimate.

·Managed project closeout process to settle all financial obligations, demobilization of all resources, and project transition to the customer; and ensured compliance with local City, State and Federal codes and regulations.

EDUCATION

·American Military University, Fairfax, VA.

Master of Business Administration, 2018; GPA 3.91.

·Andes University, Bogota, Colombia

Bachelor of Architecture, 1999; GPA 3.48.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, SKILLS AND CERTIFICATES

·Auto-Cad 2017 Advanced Technician courses, spring 2017, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.

·Facility Construction Estimating & Cost Works course, by RS Means, June 2011.

·Principles and Practice of Estimating for Construction Design Professionals, 1.2 CEUs, 12/2003.

·Principles and Practice of Construction Project Scheduling, P-6 0.6 CEUs, 12/2008.

·Tools and Techniques for Effective Construction Project Management, 1.2 CEUS, 10/2008.

·Structural Steel Design for Architects, Florida International University, Miami.

·Principles of Acoustics and the Measurement of Sound Seminar.

·Familiar with Local Building Codes in Florida, Zoning regulations, and Fire Safety Regulations, Environmental safety codes, electrical and plumbing codes, Life-safety and ANSI, 2018.

·Developed detailed project timelines and coordinate contractor Request for Proposal (RFP) Packages.

·NAVFAC Construction Quality Management for Contractors Certificate, February 16, 2016

·OSHA Construction Safety and Health, 40 hrs, on February 1, 2018.

·Knowledge of contracting regulations, procedures, and policies per Federal Acquisition Regulation.

·Skills in dealing with others in a work relationship to present information orally and in written form.

·Skills in interpreting and explaining a variety of procurement procedures and technical requirements, coordinating plans and programs with a variety of related activities.

·Custom Commissioning Building Enclosure Assemblies and Systems (Wisconsin University), September 16, 2022.

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