Project Manager Program

KUNLE IFESANYA, PMP, CCM

PROJECT MANAGER – CONSTRUCTION

Union, New Jersey 07083 • *************@*****.*** • 862-***-**** • www.linkedin.com/in/kunleifesanya/

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

PMI Licensed Project Management Professional and CMAA Certified Construction Manager, with broad technical and management experience in construction projects and programs, including educational, K-12 and college campuses, residential, mixed-use, multifamily, commercial, institutional, transport, healthcare, etc. Possessing sound knowledge and robust experience in various aspects of building and infrastructure development including planning and design, construction management, inspection, and inspections. Track record of producing world-class deliverables for multimillion-dollar construction projects, including the $150 million 26-story 350- dorm luxury apartment building for Cornell University on Roosevelt Island campus. Outstanding team building and collaboration skills, as well as excellent documentation/report preparation.

SKILLS / COMPETENCIES

Project Management • Program Management • Construction Management • Housing Research • Housing Construction and Management • Architectural and Engineering Construction • Drawings and Specifications • Masonry • Budget Control • Estimating • Scheduling • RFI • RFP • COR • Process Improvement • Change Management • Quality Assurance & Control (QA/QC) • Progress Meetings • Inspections • Safety • Project Close-out • Reporting and Documentation • Performance Monitoring • Best Practices • Stakeholder Management • Sustainability • NCR • Bidding • Contract Negotiation • Risk Management • Mentoring • Training • Smartsheet • Procore • Primavera / C13 • IBM TRIRIGA • ProjNet DrChecks • Microsoft Project • MS Word • MS Excel • Peer Review • Shut-down Management • Project Charrette • Site Management •

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CURRENT ROLE

Senior Project Manager (Consultant) 3/2022 to present

PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY (McKissack Consultant)

Newark International Airport (EWR) Redevelopment Program

Manage early work projects on the $1 billion Newark International Airport Redevelopment program

Manage stakeholder interaction among designers (engineers and architects), contractors, specialty disciplines, estimators, attorneys, etc.to ensure project is delivered on time, within schedule and per scope.

Ensure compliance of design and construction with relevant codes and regulations, safety requirements, project specifications, building codes, state laws and city ordinances.

Manage the permitting process with various agencies including the DOT, EPA, City Councils, etc.

Coordinate various pre-construction phase studies including ridership surveys,

Participated in agency-wide interdisciplinary reviews and charettes to ensure efficient design and cost control

Managed submittals and other technical documentation for timely and effective release and approval

Conducts regular site visits to monitor progress and address issues arising hands-on.

EDUCATION EXPERIENCE

Associate Program Manager 2019

NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY (Consultant)

At the New York City School Construction Authority (NYCSCA), I ran a program comprising over a dozen projects across various boroughs concurrently, and completed, within six months, some projects that had been stalled for many years. My responsibilities included:

Managing all processes from pre-construction to design, construction, and close-out.

KUNLE IFESANYA, PHD, PMP, CCM 1917 CHURCHILL DR, UNION, NJ 07083 *************@*****.*** 862-***-****

Program management of more than 50 school construction work in various boroughs of NYC concurrently.

Conducted initial project planning; site studies, site investigations; site surveys; preliminary cost estimates

Peer review and constructability review activities at various project stages.

Supervision of 12 assigned project officers.

Managing ground-up construction processes

Developing and enforcing project budgets/forecasting, schedules, procurement and site-safety.

Effectively managed project funds through efficient PCO evaluation and reliable estimating

Effectively managed multiple variegated stakeholders including school principals, teachers, building custodians, parents’ associations, city agencies, design professionals, skilled laborers, etc.

Identified and rectified variances between project scope and deliverables in critical work packages.

Enforced compliance with statutory regulations, building codes and standards (including NFPA and ADA), contract documents and safety regulations.

Prepared/reviewed Independent Government Estimates (IGEs), Change Order Requests (CORs), Scope of Work (SOW), Request for Proposals (RFP), RFIs, Price Negotiation Memos, Submittals, etc.

Maintaining proper project documentation, utilizing digital Management Information System (MIS)

Managed utilities’ shut-down requirements and operations

Review submittals by ensuring that sub-standard / non-conforming materials were not installed.

Prepares and maintains various spreadsheets for contract documentation, including Risk Register, Financial Exposure Log, Change Order Log, Safety Log, Issues Log, etc.

Support contract close-out activities and documentation for contract termination.

Project Locations

Bard College, 525 E. Houston St, NYC, NY

PS X530 Banana Kelly High School, 965 Longwood Av, Bronx, NY

PS/ES130 Hernando De Soto School, 143 Baxter St, NYC, NY

PS/MS X424 Bronx Academy for Multi-Media, 730 Bryant Avenue, Bronx, NY

PS/MS X020 P.O. George J. Werdan III School, 3050 Webster Av, Bronx, NY

OTHER PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE - 2005 TO 2022

CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER – VA MEDICAL CENTER, NYC, NY

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (ISI Contract), Office of Construction and Facilities Management

PROJECT MANAGER (QC) - CONSTRUCTION REALTY SERVICES GROUP, Valley Stream, NY

Project Management, Engineering, Design, Compliance and Safety Services

PROJECT MANAGER - JPCL ENGINEERING, Hillsborough, NJ

Engineering design consulting, construction management, material testing and Inspection Company

PROJECT MANAGER - INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTS AND PLANNERS, Ibadan

. CERTIFICATIONS .

• Project Management Professional (PMP)

• Certified Construction Manager (CCM)

• International Code Council Certification (ICC) – Masonry

SAFETY CERTIFICATIONS

• OSHA 30: 30-Hour General Industry Safety

• OSHA 10: 10-Hour Construction Safety

•Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) NYC Transit Track

. EDUCATION .

•Ph.D., Urban Development, Faculty of Architecture, Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany

•M.A., Urban & Regional Planning (MURP), University of Ibadan, Ibadan

•B.S., Environmental Studies (BES), University of Lagos, Lagos

•B.A., Architecture (BArch), University of Lagos, Lagos

All degrees accredited by World Evaluation Services (WES), NY and the New York State Education Dept. (NYSED)

CERTIFICATIONS

FEW SELECTED PAST PROJECTS - GROUND-UP, RENOVATION AND RESTORATION

43-Story Luxury Apartment Building - 29-22 Northern Blvd, Long Island, NY

41-Story Luxury Apartment Building - 42 W 33rd St, NY

$150 million 26-story 350-dorm Luxury Apartment Building for Cornell University, NYC, NY

$10B+ East Side Access megaproject for expansion of New York City subway system by the MTA

$3.6B rebuilding project at LaGuardia Airport by Port Authority of New York & New Jersey.

$500 million program at the US Dept. of Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center - 423 E 23rd St, NYC, NY

$6 million Electrical Sub-Station for VA Medical Center, New York, NY

Merck Pharmaceutical Company Projects – Rahway, NJ

Military Museum – 168th St, Jamaica, Queens

16-Storey Luxury Apartments (Landmark Structure) - 1035 Fifth Avenue, NY

Ford Building – 11th Ave, NYC, NY

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