Project Manager Construction
Resume:
Frank Wm. Gruber *** S. Main St Apt.***
Memphis Tn.38106
***********@*****.***
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering, Alabama A&M, 1991.
WORK EXPERIENCE
1991 – Present
Senior Construction Manager: Ramboll International 3/4/24 to Present
Manager over the following work.
10 Pre-Engineered Building with a combined tonnage of 10K tons.
Coordination and delivery of large mechanical, electric furnace, process equipment and conveyer systems into the final positioning with the PEMB.
Approximately 2 miles of Exterior and Interior Pipe Rack structure throughout the interior and Exterior of the Plant Building and Property.
All platform steel and mezzanines throughout the project. Approximately 3K of Steel.
Project Manager, Baldwin & Shell, 2/6/23 to 2/28/2024
Manager over the following projects.
Design Built School for Gestalt Academy at $30m 220,000 S/F
Arkansa State University, Mechanical Systems Change Over. $10m
Project Manager, WG Yates, 1/14/22 to 1/13/23.
Envision Battery Plant, Bowling Green, Ky.
Structural project manager on a total project dollar figure of $988 million dollar grass roots plant. PM on Structural Steel portion of the project is $80 million.
15,000 tons of steel.
Project Manager, McCarthy Building Company 9/15/16 to 1/1/2022
Raider’s Stadium, Las Vegas
Steel coordinator for the fabrication of the structural steel for the Raider’s Stadium.
I traveled to each steel fabrication facility to coordinate the production of steel connection along with columns and beams. Connection nodes were multi-connections which required 3-D imagery to fabricate.
Atlanta International Airport. Atlanta Airport Canopy System.
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 systems at Atlanta Airport. The replacement of conveyor system within an operating airport and the 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.
o100,000 s/f additions to both Unipress plants for an 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 were worked on and scheduled within a 24/7 working facility.
oPortland Unipress added work of $2.3m 402,000 s/f re-roofing project.
oForrest, Ms. $5m, office addition, of 50,000 S/F.
oWithin all the above work, there was 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.
oManaged the start to finish of the 10-story stacked building. The stacker building was of structural steel and metal siding.
oInstallation 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.
This work included a granular transportation system from the 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 355,000 s/f with 314 dorm rooms, booster area, 6th floor press boxes and 7th 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 were 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 classrooms, 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.
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.
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.
Project Manager B.L. Harbert 7/1995 to2/2002
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 packaging of the Paint Shop, Stamping and Frame Plant, the steel package was $35M with an 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.
oInstallation 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- c o n t r o l l e d 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.
oAnimal 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 system inspection 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
Received Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Civil Engineering.
Computer Experience & Skills Primavera Scheduling System Microsoft Office Complete
Project Site
Blue Beam
Most any other computer program within a week.
Skills
Contracts
Change Orders
Budget
Pre-Construction
Scheduling
Engineering Resolution
RFI
Scope of Work
Contract and Change Order Negotiations.
Planning and Strategy
Inspections and Required Job Aspect control.
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