James Van Buren
706-***-**** – *************@*****.*** – 3842 Belair Rd. Augusta, GA, 30909
Superintendent
Process improvements / CPM Scheduling / QA / CRM / Cost Controls / Productivity Enhancements / Re-engineering / Contract Negotiation/ Training/ Logistics
Built team atmosphere to complete projects with aggressive schedules. Managed project lifecycles from concept to completion. Simplified and solved complex problems, enhanced team performance and increased productivity.
Skills
Managing large staff – Building and leading highly effective teams
Problem solving
Maintaining quality standards
Communicating effectively with staff and clients
Experience
Bailey Construction and Consulting LLC - Little Rock, AR – Superintendent
Regal (renovation) – Willoughby, OH
Regal (renovation) – Mallison, OH
Regal (renovation) – Mason, OH
Regal (renovation) – Wilder, KY
Regal (renovation) – Cary, NC
Remolded the theaters, including adding a full bar into the lobbies.
J.C. Stockton – Superintendent
Doctor’s Hospital -Remolded patient rooms and installed new flooring while the hospital was fully functioning.
First Baptist Church – Maintained seven buildings, including the electrical, plumbing and HVAC. Worked with contractors on a five-million-dollar project, which included changing all HVAC units and light fixtures.
Finite Reimaging – Doraville, GA – Superintendent
Remodeled extended stay hotels. Remodeled the floors while the hotel was fully functioning.
Aerotek / Trane & Knox / Campell County Schoos District – Superintendent
Larry Pittman & Associates – Augusta, GA – Superintendent
Interior renovations including bathroom demolitions (new tile and interior wall fixtures) while the hospital was fully functioning.
Barton Malow Company – Alpharetta, GA- Superintendent
Best Academy - Successfully completed the $38,000,000 (240,000 SF) four story school in an aggressive eight-month schedule.
Cherokee County High School – completed the $55,290,000 (320,000 SF) facility on seventy-five acres.
VCC – Augusta, GA – Superintendent
Best Buy / Barnes & Noble – Completed interior renovations including demolition, new MEP, interior wall systems and finishes. Coordinated renovations while business was fully operational.
Context Construction – Murfreesboro, TN – Superintendent
The Avenue – Oversaw fifteen out of thirty-one building complexes including Roads & Utilities, Steel & Masonry shell with multiple exterior veneer systems.
Managed assistant superintendent and thirty subcontractors.
Kulke Construction – Augusta, GA – Superintendent
Club Car National Headquarters – Completed interior renovations including demolition, new MEP, interior wall systems and finishes. Coordinated renovations while business was fully operational. Managed ten employees and six subcontractors.
Charlestown Homes, LCC – Charleston, SC – Superintendent
Managed the construction of three high end custom homes.
Skanska USA Building Inc – Atlanta, GA – Superintendent
University of North Carolina at Charlotte Infrastructure – $3,800,00, three-mile underground utilities including telecommunications, gas, water, and electrical duct bank.
Goody’s Family Clothing, Columbia, SC
Columbia Place Mall, Columbia, SC
-Zach’s Brick Oven Pizza $150,000 (2,000 SF)
-Atlanta Bread Company $298,000 (3,826 SF)
-Jenny Craig $42,000 (1,500SF)
-Merle Norman $23,100 (1,050 SF)
Renovations to the business above included plumbing, electrical, HVAC, fire protection systems, acoustical ceilings, doors, frames, hardware, interior partition walls, soffits, millwork, fireplace, brick, flooring, handicap accessible restrooms, installation of fire rated premier demising walls, metal studs and drywall.
Augusta Remodel – Augusta, GA
Remodeled homes in the area.