Quality Control Project Management
Resume:
Thomas D. J. Cronshaw
**** ******* ** **** ******* B.C
Objective:
To obtain full-time employment as a Superintendent within the Construction Industry.
QUALIFICATIONS and SKILLS:
I bring over thirty years of construction experience, I have held the role in the management position as first Superintendent advancing to Operations Manger with the option to take over the position of General Manger in British Columbia and Alberta. As a Superintendent, I have been responsible for putting together quotes, budgets, standard building practices, longevity reports for exterior finishes. I have been responsible for projects from inception to completion, managing staff, project management, quality control to give the clients or owners the finish they expect on completion.
Strengths: Well organized; efficient; articulate; energetic; a self-starter; conscientious; works well independently; thrive in a team setting; excellent communication skills; ability to problem-solve and make decisions under pressure; I have extensive experience reading and following blueprints, site layout and plans for all aspects of construction builds. I lead by example in all aspects of my duties.
Computer: Proficient with Microsoft Windows, extensive use of Internet, email, texting.
Building Envelope Experience: All Peel and Stick applications; window to wall Interface; all liquid applied membranes; flashing and metal work; deck coatings; stucco and acrylic application; Over three hundred inspections of full building envelope installation from substrate to finished product.
Window and Door installation Service: Repaired or replaced sealed units to new high efficiency products; installed over ten thousand windows in new construction to BC building code; replaced old windows with new high efficiency in commercial and residential; installed new casing and liners in retrofit installations
General Contracting: Completed all aspects of new and renovation construction; capable of taking a jobsite from foundation to finish product; coordination of sub trades to finish on schedule; all aspects of the drywall trade; able to put deficiency lists for all trades; hiring and maintaining employees from laborers to carpenters to complete projects
Exterior Finishes: All aspects of installation of vinyl and Hardi board siding; stucco and acrylic finishes; fascia and trim details, flashing details including custom railing and decking membrane installations
Interior Finishes: Installation of flooring; trim and door installations; painting and drywall applications; cabinet installation; plumbing and electrical.
Equipment Operation: Bobcat or similar machinery; Excavators; Zoom boom and forklift; arial machines
WORK EXPERIENCE:
From 2001/2023. I have been contracting in the Okanagan doing tenant improvements commercial and residential, custom millwork, windows and doors and multiple adverse projects. I also work as a superintendent for Sajo from Montreal competing for many different stores from Kelowna to Vancouver including to the top of BC. I have worked with Sajo a company that specializes in store upgrades in malls around the world. Sajo are the leaders in the industry as they work for all the big box stores and independents. I completed the new Aldo shoe store in Orchard Park Mall. It entailed full demolition, layout change, new electrical, walls, flooring, and millwork. I took the project to full competition in three months from content manipulation to grand opening. I have just finished repairing the decks on a two-hundred-unit apartment building including repairing there building envelope issues including the pool gazebos rebuilding the heavy timber beams. We quote on all aspects of construction servicing Kelowna deck and Rail in the Okanagan from 2006 to present completing their construction or rebuild projects.
King Hoe Excavating. I have been a contractor for King Hoe on the west Kelowna Gellatly site, repair of water leaks. The removal of drywall, flooring, and ceiling. The work was specific to one unit (123) due to a plumbing failure. The unit was dried out and I replaced the drywall for the walls and ceiling and completed the finishing of the unit.
Employed by Tricon Developments in Lacome Alberta 2015/2017. Superintendent of a three and a half million dollar building for Watts Projects. This project consists of a five-bay shop with 2 overhead cranes, two story office, on a five-acre lot. This project was started from initial excavation including deep services until completion. The rear of the building was used for repair work on heavy equipment for the oil field. Remediation work on mutable steel buildings around Alberta that had water egress issues due to roof and wall issues. I have extensive experience in steel buildings, commercial, wood frame construction.
Contracted from March 2013/2015with Skyline Building Envelope Solutions as the Operations Manager. In charge of operations from Calgary to Fort MacMurray, I supervised four Superintendents, all the office staff in the Red Deer and Edmonton offices, as well as acting superintendent of sites in the Fort MC Murry area directing all subtrades for multi family apartment buildings that had water related issues caused by poor building practices, inexperienced management of multi family builds. Duties included overseeing all the aspects of the building envelope remediation projects, new construction roofing projects, waterproofing and re roof projects. It was my duty was to insure they were on time and budget. Responsibilities included accommodations, safety, hiring, truck servicing, and all required paperwork for ordering of material, billing and keeping the crews working in the extreme weather conditions.
2008/2011. Subcontracted 3 years as a Superintendent for Apple Valley Construction completing tenant improvements, additions to residential and commercial buildings with the addition of sales and quoting. Our major client was Scott Contracting they handled workers for WCB that were affected by workplace accidents rendering them unable to access normal living conditions. We renovated or built new living spaces according to specific individuals living requirement needs to allow them to be self sufficient, independent, and allowing care givers the ability to provide quality care. Duties included project and site management, quality control to meet the individuals’ specialized needs.
Owner/Operator of BC Building Envelope Installations LTD from 2005 to 2013. We where the first Building Envelope company in the Okanagan area to specialize in this field offering services to residential and commercial builders. I provide companies with applications needed to prevent building envelope failure and have completed more than sixty separate jobs sites that have ranged from one to three hundred million without sacrificing safety or quality. Our biggest accomplishments was that we acted on behalf of Apex Building Sciences to complete on site assessments weekly for full building envelope and construction practices for the UBC Parkade, Vernon Jubilee Hospital and the Centennial buildings for the Kelowna General Hospital from 2009 to 2011. I was able to complete all the work on schedule time and budget for these three projects saving the client time and money without cost overruns.
In 2010 Tolko Industries contracted BC Building Envelope Installations LTD to complete a building envelope assessment for the five different roof locations at their Armstrong Division. Our duties were to supply a detailed book of all envelope failure for their roof and wall assemblies describing the point of water egress into the building. The second part was to supply a detailed construction report for the accounting division showing the repair method that was needed and a complete budget for the years 2011 through 2015. The budget was separated into each division and broken down to labor, material and follow up inspections. The final part of the assessment was to source capable contractors and run them through the plant explaining the scope of work making them aware of the obstacles involved in working in a mill setting to protect Tolko from receiving extra costs that would put them over budget and off schedule.
Regards,
Tom Cronshaw.
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