Safety Officer Qc Inspector

RICHARD THOMPSON 714-***-****

Mr. Thompson has over 35 years of Heavy Horizontal and Vertical Construction. Experience includes Construction Management (CM), Quality Control Management (QC) and Supervising CM-QA-QC. Provide project assurance for CM/QA/QC on Masonry, Concrete, Concrete pours, Concrete bridges, Grading, Earthwork, Roadways, Concrete foundations, Concrete piles, Schools, Hospitals, Government VA hospitals, Light and Heavy Rail work, Tunneling, Freeways, Shotcrete, Tie-backs, Pipelines, Utilities; and all other types of heavy commercial construction. Including projects of National Significance which include Alameda Corridor Rail project from the Port of Long Beach to Downtown Los Angeles, Inland Feeder Project using a TBM under Lake Arrowhead which will feed 4 lakes and dams. Mr. Thompson provides a wide range of expertise within the Tunneling, Masonry, Concrete inspection and testing field, Geotechnical inspection and testing. familiar with all ASTM testing procedures and Caltrans requirements (Greenbook), for fieldwork and laboratory testing, which includes Army Corps procedures.

Mr. Thompson taught concrete testing certification classes for the (ACI), American Concrete Institute for 8 years. This included training of over 3000 students and has written Masonry programs to pass I.C.B.O, and (ICC) International Code Council exams for Contractors Exam Centers. MR. Thompson has written instruction manuals for soil and concrete technicians for in-the field. Trainer to apprentices in Operating Engineers Union Local 12.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/ MEMBERSHIPS/ CERTIFICATIONS

I.C.C.-Current member of the Cal Trans World-Wide Natural Disaster Team

I.C.C.-Structural Masonry #107562

I.C.C- Certified Building Inspector #1074562

I.C.C.- Certified Plans Examiner #1074562-21

I.C.C.- Accessibility / Useability #107562-15

American Concrete Institute- (ACI)

A.C.I.- Chairman, Riverside, Orange County Membership Committee 3-0ne year terms

A.C.I.- Chairman, Riverside, Orange County Hospitality committee 3-year term

A.C.I.- Committee Member Field Day 5-year term

A.C.I.- Instructor/Trainer 8 years 3000 students

A.C.I.- Certified as a Concrete grade tech level one

A.C.I.- Member of the American Concrete Association

CPN. - Nuclear Gage Certified

CPN. - Radiation Safety Officer

Caltrans Certifications- 125b-231-504-518-533-539-540-557-217-6-202B-105-106-110-111-115-

201-204-206-207-209-217-227-308-368-375-404-416, lab and field sampling certs

(RCSC)- Railroad Club of Southern California

FRA Certified Part 213 A-F (Federal Railroad Administration)

OSHA Certified 40hr - 10hr, certified by Irvine and Santa Ana for Cold Plane, Hot Asphalt Inspection and Testing including Stormwater Pollution & Prevention Training & JITT

Mr. THOMPSON / CAREER HISTORY

From 2021 to 2023 provided CM/QA on behalf of the Caltrans and the City of Torrance. This project was removing PCH and Hawthorne Blvd. Then replacing it with CTB, AC, and High Early Concrete. Duties also included all CM/QA related items, including but not limited to, Signage replacement, Demolition, Striping, Traffic Control, Message Boards, all Asphalt, Soil, Base, Concrete, Fiber Optics, Masonry, Iron work, Traffic loops, wiring of loops, install new traffic Signal Arms with cameras, and provided data on quantities for contract payment to Griffith Construction Company.

From November 2022 to February 2023, Micro Tunneling using the Bore & Method. Project location was under the State Route 55 Freeway in Santa Ana, California. I performed CM/QA inspections on all aspects of this project, which included fit up, welding of root, heat pass, fill, and cap, 12” ductile iron pipe carrier pipe, with 30” steel casing, and a 22” iron pipe with a 42” steel casing, including fittings with restrained joints. Air blown sand filling annular spaces, grout couplings and grouting of exterior voids using grout ports, pressure testing and bacteriologic testing, shoring in the sending and receiving pits. I was chosen to provide CM/QA inspections by the City of Santa Ana and Caltrans.

From 2007 to 2021 Mr. Thompson served as Office Manager/Field Superintendent of Spec Tech Inc. Spec Tech Inc was a (DVBE), Signatory Company with Operating Engineers Union Local 12 for Engineering, Inspection, Construction Testing and Inspection. Mr. Thompson duties included setting up the laboratories for ASTM, and Cal Trans testing of project materials on and off site. Mr. Thompson was responsible for hiring all employees, maintaining company standards on all projects in the field and served as Project Manager on all projects. Mr. Thompson was also responsible for Marketing, SOQs, and bidding presentations to Cal Trans as a sub under Washington Group, Granite Construction, and Morrison-Knudsen. Spec Tech provided a special service as a DVBE, (Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise). When Mr. Thompson left the company, it was disbanded and changed to a non-union company connected to American Geotech, on Old Canal Road in Anaheim Hills. Before Mr. Thompson left, he had American Geotech’s Lab Cal Trans Certified.

SR 22 FREEWAY WIDENING: From October 2004 to November 2007, Mr. Thompson was the

Person-In charge representing Operating Engineers Local 12 on loan to Granite, Myers, Rados.

Performing the duty of First Responder, and in charge of CM/QA/QC Inspection on this 500-750-million-dollar design build project. My daily responsibilities of CM/QA/QC was for 100% of the project. Which included all concrete pours, 41 concrete bridges, 20 miles of concrete retaining walls, Pile layout and verification, concrete bent footings, concrete abutments, concrete spiral column hoop reinforcing for bents, soil testing, concrete testing, striping, k-rail installation, paint and patch repair, signage, COZEEP, MOT, shoring, falsework, barrier rail, utilities, MSE wall footings, electrical items, stems, soffits bridge deck pours and asphalt. The freeway ran for 22 miles in Orange County California. My signature was the final word for construction inspections.

SANTA ANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: From October of 2002 to October of 2004, Mr. Thompson was the lead CM/QA/QC inspector on the following 5 schools. Jackson Elementary, Lincoln Elementary, Washington Elementary, Roosevelt Elementary, and Hector Godinez High School (entire school). As the only on-site contact Mr. Thompson was responsible for monitoring utilities, driving 1400 piles, concrete sampling and testing in the field, and all other DSA inspections.

Alameda Corridor - Mr. Thompson was the person in charge on this 2.2 Billion Dollar Project for all QM/QA/QC management and coordination of all projects related to AC, concrete and earthwork construction, including 4 - million yards of trench excavation removal, grading operations of 26 miles of roadways which included excavation of base materials and paving, utility trenches, foundations for pump stations, concrete box culverts, concrete sampling and testing and adjusting concrete trucks in the field, concrete curb and gutter, driven piles, caissons, shotcrete, all rail replacement, new rail placement, concrete bridges, concrete overpasses, masonry, and 30,000 cast in place concrete piles as a member of Twinning Labs in Long Beach. Mr. Thompson was allowed the honor of laying the first Ceremonial Block on opening day and his children were allowed to drive the first train out of the trench at project closing ceremonies.

Port of Long Beach- 13 miles of refinery pipelines, 11 block building at Pier T, Port of LA, Pierpoint 200, and POLB, 3.5 miles of wire for switch houses and signal arm foundations with Berg CM. Dock work at Pierpoint 200 Port of LA the conception of the Alameda Corridor, responsible for excavation-compaction, all soils testing, concrete sampling and field testing including adjustment of concrete trucks, asphalt, rebar. This also included working on the Desmond Howard Bridge that connected the 710 with Terminal Island. Also included was the Middle Harbors to make over fingered berths to accommodate super sizes vessels to enable parking in one massive birth. Which then led to the Alameda Corridor project.

Transportation- Metro Rail Blue line, Gold line, Green line, Red line, Black line, Purple line, Alameda Corridor, Eastside Gold line extension, Concrete sampling and testing, platforms, concrete tunnels, soils, rebar, masonry, pump stations, new rail, utilities, electrical.

Prisons-Jails - Terminal Island Prison LB, Theo Lacy detention Center OC, Twin Towers Prison LA, Lynwood Prison LA, San Bernadino Prison, Concrete pours, masonry, rebar, grout, oversight on a crew of 60 masons and 80 laborers on Twin Towers Prison and Theo Lacy Jail.

Public Facilities- Long Beach Convention Center, Los Angeles Convention Center, LA Coliseum, Anaheim Stadium, J Paul Jetty restoration, LA Firehouses #3, #1, Universal Studios, Disney Land, LA Library burn out, Hanes Power Plant, Universal Studios, ET the ride and Back to the future.

SCHOOLS and UNIVERSITIES- UCLA 3 separate buildings including limestone restoration of Kerkhof Hall which was a 1-year project on the rooftop of the building, Loyola Marymount, Chapman University, Victor Valley High School, University of Santa Barbra, Brea Canyon High School, Walter Reed, LA Schools, #1 and #3, George Carver High School, Lincoln Elementary, Jackson Elementary, Belmont School, Washington Elementary, Roosevelt elementary, Hector Godinez High School. Provided DSA/OSHPOD on Concrete pours and Masonry inspections.

TUNNELING and DAMS- Inland feeder Project, worked at the head of Tunnel Boring Machine providing CM/QA/QC of hydraulic Concrete grout injection under Lake Arrowhead, this lasted for 7 miles, and fed 4 man-made lakes, concrete inspection and pours, rebar, falsework. This project is on the Discovery Channel and is called Tunneling Part A and B. Tunnel Boring Machine Certified for Tunnel Safety thru (MWD) Metropolitan Water District. Certified for Micro Tunneling, including Bore and Jack as well as regular Micro Tunneling. From November 1st 2022, to February 1st 2023 was Micro tunneling uber the 55 Freeway at Warner Bridge on behalf of the City of Santa Ana and Cal Trans.

HOSPITALS- Cedar Sianide in LA, U.C.I. Memorial in Orange County, Kaiser Fontana, Kaiser Hollywood, Kaiser Mid-way city, Kaiser Sunset, Kaiser 1000 Oaks, Kaiser Harbor city, Kaiser Panorama, provided CM/QA/QC on soils, masonry, concrete sampling and testing, rebar, concrete roadways, signage,

OTHER TYPES OF PROJECTS- provided QA/QC on Concrete pours for LA County Joint water pollution, LA Hyperion Plant, 60 miles of freeway walls, Mac Arthur High Rise, Carnation Building High rise, LA Sumitiomo High Rise, Mass Grading of 4 million cubic yards for Local 12 Pension fund, 27 parking structures, El Toro Marine Base, Fort Macarthur, Redondo Beach Library, GTE Buildings.

AIRPORTS- LA X Runways, March Air Force Base, Lockheed Aircraft, Ontario Airport, John Wayne Airport, Long Beach Airport, provided QA/QC for soils, asphalt, rebar, materials testing, concrete pours.

SHOPPING CENTERS/MALLS – QA/QC inspection on Buena Park Mall, Cabazon Mall, Northridge Mall, Irvine Spectrum Center, 6 Best Buys, Fashion Island Newport Beach, Edward I Max theaters, 34 strip malls, 4 ford dealerships, Newport Police Department, First Pure Residential High Rise 38 floors downtown LA. Provided soils, asphalt, masonry, paving, concrete observation and QA/QC on pours.

Thank you,

Richard Thompson

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