Building Construction Start Up

ZALMAN SANDON

adz8pg@r.postjobfree.com 201-***-**** Fort Lee NJ

SUMMARY

PROVEN ability to successfully plan, design and construct buildings, from concept to turnkey. HISTORY of successful completed projects in a variety of fields: food processing plants, health care facilities, office buildings, residential buildings, educational buildings as well as others. DEMONSTRABLE competence, clarity, determination, dedication, energy and persistence in the process of building, from project definition and formal approvals through start-up of occupancy. Believes to have have made a substantial and positive difference to every project where he was involved in.

OFFERING thorough understanding, competence and credibility in process of building construction. Successfully fulfilled tasks to date have ranged from project feasibility and economic considerations, through project planning and architecture, through actual building construction, to ownership and maintenance of substantial building projects.

ABLE to continue learning and adapt to requirements. WORK HISTORY - Reverse chronological order.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

• Miamax LLC - Residential construction. Project sizes < $ 1 MM.

• Al & John Inc. / Glen Rock - Project Manager / Owners’ Rep. Food manufacturing. Project size <

$ 70 MM.

• Placeway Construction Co., Yonkers NY.Partner/ Project Mgr. Project sizes < $ 25 MM.

• Homestead Mfg.Co. - Norwalk CT and Linden NJ - Food manufacturing plants. Principal / CEO. Project sizes < $ 30 MM.

ARCHITECTURE / ENGINEERING

Worked in a wide range of positions in architectural and A/E firms, from model builder to draftsman, to job captain, to project architect, to project owner. Some of those firms or individual architects, over the years:

• Perkins & Will, Architects / ISD Div., Chicago - Chicago Mercantile Exchange; Sears Tower.

• Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago IL - Chicago 21 Project

• Office of Mies van Der Rohe, Chicago IL - IBM Building, Chicago - Office building, Hi-Rise

• Mittelbusher & Tourtelot, Chicago IL - South Chicago Hospital, Roosevelt University Hospital

• Idea Associates, Chicago IL - Hilton Hotels, Hilton Inns, Restaurant Facilities. Skokie IL and Baltimore Hilton projects.

• John Heinrich, Architect, Chicago IL - Apartment buildings, Madison, WI

• Sinclair Oil Refining Co., Chicago IL - Auto service stations.

• Lester B. Knight & Co., Chicago IL - Caterpillar Foundry, Peoria IL.

• Combustion Equipment Associates, Div of Todd Shipyards, NYC - Air pollution control structures

& equipment; Smyrna, Turkey copper smelter.

• Weissberg - Castro Architects, NYC - Gucci Inc., Goodbody & Co., Banco de Minas Gerais - Retail stores.

• Woolco Div of Woolworth’s, NYC - Retail stores.

• Paul Chen, Architect, NYC - Tavern on the Green restaurant NYC reconstruction & expansion, New York City Botanical Garden, Bronx NY - various structures; Jakarta Airport, Indonesia

• Wigton Abbott, Plainfield NJ - Ethicon Div. of Johnson & Johnson Inc. Hi-Rise Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories, Bridgewater NJ

• Eckert & Gatarz, Architects, North Brunswick NJ - Schools, municipal office buildings.

• Rothe - Johnson, Architects, Edison NJ - Speculative office buildings, residential structures, recreational / park development projects across the Tri-State area. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AS OWNER / OWNER’S REP - Defining project requirements and budget; code searches and site limitations; preliminary structure and site plan design; selection of and effective collaboration with consultants; technology and equipment selection; contract generation and execution for construction subcontracts and major plant equipment; project design and approvals; water and air treatment technology selections and development; refrigeration & lighting and thermal energy conservation planning and implementation; bid comparisons and negotiations; subcontractor selection and project buyout; value engineering considerations; workforce training and safety planning and implementation; mobilizations; coordination of trades and subcontractors; union and prevailing wage environments; construction coordination and execution; punch lists and certificates of occupancy. Production commencement and continued operation of industrial projects.

• BUILDING CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AS GENERAL CONTRACTOR - Project selection; project pricing; project bidding; subcontractor bid comparisons; subcontract negotiations and buy- out. Project scheduling. Material and equipment acquisitions; personnel selection; workmanship and safety training and supervision; quality supervision and assurance; requisitions, change orders; punch lists and job closeout; job safety and profitability control.

• ARCHITECTURAL - Experience encompasses site surveying, zoning code consideration and compliance; feasibility studies; material considerations; structural design consideration; budget planning; preliminary design and approvals; consultant selection; contract documents: working drawings: floor plans; building construction details; elevations; site plan design and approvals; mechanical & electrical considerations; specifications; work staging, if necessary; project approval & issuance for construction.

Tenant work; Interior Design; Cabinetry design & detailing; physical model construction. Others. Particular expertise in the planning, design and construction of: Food Processing facilities; Health Care facilities; Industrial and Municipal Wastewater Treatment facilities; Industrial Manufacturing facilities ; Residential structures; Office buildings; Restaurants; Municipal buildings; Schools; Commercial establishments; Pharmaceutical; Parks & recreation projects; Hotels.

• ENGINEERING - Air pollution control equipment design & construction. Industrial waste water treatment facilities; ammonia refrigeration plant approvals and design strategies. Contributor of IIAR / EPA first new ammonia plant design alternative in over one century; CFC alternative refrigeration strategies and planning; meat food plant design and construction; food processing technology selection and implementation; SQF and HACCP considerations and implementations; water and energy usage monitoring, control, conservation strategies and installations.

• CITY PLANNING - Park planning; surface modeling, plantings, traffic circulation, storm drainage, lighting, accessory structures. Peripheral involvement with Chicago 21 urban development project.

• INTERIOR DESIGN - Mercantile Exchange trading structures and display balconies, office station furniture and finishes; tenant work on a multitude of other projects.

• DATABASE MANAGEMENT - Computer programming on the cross-platform Filemaker DMS. Solution developed for own companies’ and projects’ needs, including dedicated estimating and BIM software solutions. Generally familiar and comfortable with popular computer software packages and operating systems.

CERTIFICATIONS - HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points), AMMONIA SAFETY & EMERGENCY RESPONSE - Incident Command, OSHA 30 (Site Safety Training - Supervisor). LANGUAGES - Professional level knowledge of several, including Spanish. REFERENCES - Available

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL - School of Architecture and City Planning.

B.A. - English Literature.

Università Degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy – Facoltà de Ingegneria - Building construction technologies.

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