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Albuquerque, NM *****

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ALEX CHAVEZ

PROFILE

Results-oriented, hands-on, construction and development professional with twenty-seven years of experience in many facets of the construction industry, specializing in the fields of single and multi-family residential, light-commercial, and heavy-civil. Verifiable track record for the successful completion of a varied range of projects from small side-jobs to multi-million-dollar projects through coordinating trades, managing resources, promoting sales, developing partnerships, and building positive rapport with owner’s representatives, engineers, local officials, inspectors, vendors, and clients, while maintaining focus on cost, schedule, quality, and safety. Versed in contract negotiations, project estimating, proposal writing, reviewing construction drawings for early identification of design issues, risk analysis, recognition of opportunities, local permit requirements, material purchasing, invoicing, and site management from project inception to warranty execution.

EDUCATION

July 1999 - University of New Mexico

B.S. in Construction Management with a Minor in Business Management

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Suite including, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher, and Project. Primavera/Sure track, HCSS Heavy Build, Buildertrend CRM, TopBuilder Solutions CRM, some AutoCAD, and other misc. scheduling programs.

AWARDS

Received a Divisional Recognition Award at Intel as part of a team for completion of an L1D critical need S204 toolset within a 16-week duration from start to SL3 (construction completion), a record across the Intel Virtual Factory.

CERTIFICATIONS

ACIVITIES

June 2003 Received Project Management Professional “PMP” * certification from the Project Management Institute. Also set up training for other project managers at AUI to achieve the same.

Feb. 2007 Successfully participated in the local Junior Achievement organization Spring/Fall 2007 session with a classroom from Tomasita Elementary.

Mar. 2007 Invited by the State of NM Regulation and Licensing Department Construction and Industries Division to participate in a periodic review of current licensing exams. Reviewed test procedures and statistics to modify and correct hundreds of test questions.

2006 – 2012 Volunteer soccer coach with East Mountain AYSO U-6, U8 and U10.

2006 – 2010 Active participant in NM Building Branch of Associated General Contractors volunteering time tutoring UNM college students by preparing them for an annual regional estimating and construction competition, providing feedback when invited by the UNM Construction Engineering Department Chair, (Dr. Deborah Fisher) and participating in the Young Contractors Forum.

2007 – 2011. Founding member of the Sandia Mountain Ranch Neighborhood Architectural Control Committee overseeing creation of a charter, review, and correction of past violations, and helping plan new construction in our jurisdiction and check for adherence to existing covenants.

EXPERIENCE

April 2019 - Present Independent Contractor.

Solicited and performed kitchen remodels, additions, detached garages, landscaping, demolitions, waterlines, sewer lines, heavy equipment work, gabions, site evaluations, and estimating.

August 2018 – April 2019 Twilight Homes LLC

Custom Home Project Superintendent/Permit Administrator

Permit Administrator for 150-unit annual home builder specializing in the Albuquerque/Rio Rancho/and Santa Fe markets. Processed up to twenty-four permits over 6 communities simultaneously with varying municipal, HOA, and local neighborhood requirements. Created promotional materials using in-house resources. Worked closely with the sole identified Custom Home superintendent to oversee the planning, designing, permitting, and constructing $500k+ homes.

November 2017 – May 2018 Pavilion Construction Superintendent

Built a new 200+ unit multifamily complex with a clubhouse and pool. Oversaw day to day operations on the construction of 3 story wood framed buildings from plumbing rough-in to final cleanout totaling over 17 trades and up to 110 personnel on any given day. Specialized in working with City of Albuquerque inspectors ensuring that 1 hour fire rated wall assemblies were constructed to code. Created detailed daily logs for the Oregon home office management oversight. Resolved scheduling conflicts and helped maintain storage, traffic, construction, and safety flow on a very tight site.

March 2017 – June 2017 Panorama Homes

Project Superintendent

Worked for an award winning, green, custom home building company with another superintendent performing every aspect of the home-building process from site development to final finish in a dynamic environment where the customer had complete freedom to make changes on-the-fly during and even after many of the construction phases were complete. Support from the home office was minimal and all the coordination occurred out in the field. Many of the home designs were experimental and extra precautions were taken to ensure structural integrity, safety, and long-lasting quality.

September 2009 – February 2017 Alternative Building Solutions

General Manager / Operations Manager /Superintendent / Business Development /Sales / Design Consultant /Site Development.

Helped launch a new construction upstart specializing in residential and small commercial projects in an unfavorable economic environment. Utilizing experience earned in various construction trades, was able to apply accumulated knowledge to tackle implementation of basic business tenets such as the creation and maintenance of a comprehensive business plan to aid in business development, commissioning and guiding the design and continuing evolution of a new company logo and successful website, research, compilation, and implementation of working operations documents, setting-up and strictly maintaining on-line file systems, participating in the creation and review of marketing and sales strategies including radio, print, and television, provided input on strategic decisions, reviewing, managing, and procuring contracts, assessing and mitigating risk at the lowest level of engagement, smart networking, implementing and daily supervision of subcontractor management strategies, estimating project costs, navigating the permit process in multiple and unique NM counties, created proposals using multiple contract delivery systems, promoting and winning sales, collaborated in building design, increasing bonding capacity, researched 8a strategies, and performed market research. Transitioned from multiple smaller projects that were high risk to fewer larger projects that resulted in reducing risk.

January 2009 – July 2009 Meridian Engineering

New Mexico Area Manager PMP

Founding manager of the NM branch office for Meridian Engineering, a heavy-civil contractor based in Tucson, AZ looking to break-into the NM market. Was responsible for the oversight of the NM area operational theatre by identifying problems and implementing effective and appropriate courses of action. Responsibilities included evaluating and analyzing processes and procedures to determine their effectiveness. This required detailed knowledge of main-office accounting, information technology, estimating, contract management, human resource, safety processes, and integration of field office inputs. Ensured that the staff had the necessary tools and resources to excel in individual job performance and overall project success. Acted as liaison between field office and Arizona main office to minimize duplication. Ensured clear and timely conveyance of higher-level information that is pertinent to ongoing activities. Worked with management to evaluate NM staff to set goals for each individual and for the organization. Coordinated with field safety managers and company safety officer to reinforce any ongoing safety initiatives and continued to “talk safety”. Capitalized on work opportunities through establishing partnerships and even joint ventures with like-minded organizations.

December 2002 – January 2009 AUI Inc.

Project Manager PMP

Administered AUI construction projects with government agencies including The Army Corps of Engineers, Kirtland Air Force Base, The University of New Mexico, The City of Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, Santa Fe County, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Chugach, and The New Mexico Department of Transportation. Actively participated in a larger part of the project lifecycle from specification production (involving meetings with SNL to develop language describing procedures for a new construction process to be used for the first time on a specific site), to providing design input (working with an engineering firm to design part of a water project), to DOE procurement and contract negotiations (participating in pricing strategies and proposals to cover multiple field situations while minimizing taxpayer impacts using FAR guidelines), to contract management (active daily management of scope, schedule, and budget), to contract closeout activities (producing lessons learned and historical data documentation for future use.) to dispute resolution (researching and compiling data, negotiating with the legal departments of Owner agencies to find the most amiable solution that satisfied all parties). Performed lead roles in miscellaneous team development activities including coordination of training activities resulting in companywide PMP certifications with the Project Management Institute. Maximized revenue by concurrently managing multiple projects on adjacent sites resulting in overhead sharing and the resource capitalization. Chosen by SNL to represent a highly ranking contractor to be subjected to multiple DOE permit and procedure inspections resulting in successful outcomes reinforcing AUI’s already strong relationship with SNL as is reflected in AUI’s latest SNL contractor progress report cards. Actively networked with SNL campus contracting participants resulting in strengthened relationships resulting in obtaining new opportunities. company

August 2000 – December 2002 Intel Corp. Services Construction Project Manager

Represented Intel Corporate Services Construction in the role of Tool Install Project Manager (1 of 12 for the entire NM site.) supervising multiple tier-1 contractors installing high technology tools used in microprocessor manufacturing within a Class-1 particle contamination environment. Averaged 70+ tool installs and demos worth an estimated $10M in construction budget per year. (Individual tool capitalization costs range from $2 to $14M each.) (Tier 1 contractors included Big J, Brycon, CDK Contracting, Masthead International, Klinger Constructors, JB Henderson Corp, Yearout Construction, and others.) Effectively managed and matrixed necessary resources to accomplish tasks within the complex and constantly changing Intel organization structure including QA/QC department, Micro-contamination, Safety Team, PM Team, Move-In Coordinators, Design Teams, installation Tool Owner organizations, Manufacturing Supervisors, Electrical, Piping, Mechanical, and Architectural System Owners, Intel Finance, Estimating, Scheduling, and Procurement departments. Determined funding needs based on upcoming ramp requirements projected on a rolling quarterly update schedule. Involved in the evaluation of installation costs utilizing historical data along with current contractor unit-price bids and reporting to Intel Finance for recommendation. Actively participated in the contractor procurement process for contractor selection. Included inspection of contractor safety records, production of contractor evaluations, and coordination with other projects across site to level the resource impacts of resulting selection. Design scheduling, scope analysis, and final sign-off approval of individual design construction packages. Managed tier 1 contractors on a daily basis including setting-up Intel installation teams, communicating team expectations and priorities, driving schedule adherence through accurate progress reporting and staffing adjustments, tracking quantities, checking design adherence and needs for field modifications, evaluating, negotiating, and executing change order costs and scope, identifying long-lead item needs, creating temporary task force teams to eliminate roadblocks while minimizing potential impacts to the working factory, and performing closeout procedures.

July 1999 – August 2000 Albuquerque Underground Inc.

Jr. Project Manager

In charge of maintaining daily field operations including: (In addition to below listed responsibilities as a trainee): scheduling crews, assigning crew responsibilities, tracking quantities, coding invoices, reviewing project expenditures-to-date and suggesting alternative methods of construction for cost reduction, maintaining as-built drawings, designing field-office yard layouts, negotiating change-orders, communicating with the public, ensuring quality control, and adhering to established safety protocols to help sustain a safe working environment.

May 1995 – July 1999 Albuquerque Underground Inc.

Construction Manager Trainee

Field Laborer: Measured and calculated completed contract bid item quantities for submission to contract owner for payment.

Estimator: Researched specifications and plans, performed take-off analysis, solicited subcontractor and supplier quotes, priced crews, calculated production rates, designed preliminary schedules, and helped submit successful bids from $20k to $3M.

Project Coordinator: Prepared purchase orders, subcontracts, submittals, and monthly pay-estimates more than $100k. Researched and filed construction permits, created schedules-of-values for lump-sum bid items, and maintained verbal and written communications with subcontractors, suppliers, and owners. Contributed research and writing skills toward the formation of a successful $5.5M design-build proposal for the Army Corps of Engineers. Created a standardized budgeting MS Excel spreadsheet template used company-wide to track costs of multi-million-dollar projects. Used MS Access skills to generate a tracking system for office equipment.

Network Administrator: Assisted Information Systems Manager in configuring desktop and laptop PCs for field use. Helped maintain local area network, performed minor software upgrades, and assisted in researching and evaluating data management needs.

Misc: Created artistic design graphics for everything from company t-shirts to posters, to magazine ads, to an 8’ x 30’ semi-trailer-mounted company logo used for roadside advertising.

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