Project Controls / Scheduling

Professional Summary:

Experience in all aspects of project management consultancy as owner’s representative with particular focus on project controls including project scheduling, project document management, budget control monitoring, and reporting. Project portfolio includes airports, power utilities, school facilities, courthouses, and industrial facilities. Responsible for creating and maintaining program/project schedules and for the production of program/project metrics in monthly reports in addition to other deliverables. Responsible program administrator for the implementation of project management documentation collaboration utilizing Oracle Primavera Contract Management 12 (Expedition). Certified in Oracle Primavera Project Management scheduling software (P6); courses 102 and 106 and Oracle Primavera Contract Management 12 (Expedition) course 201. Collaborates with senior project managers (SPMs) and miscellaneous subcontractors to produce Critical Path Method (CPM) schedules and project control devices that empower SPMs and owners to readily identify, monitor, forecast, and address project concerns related to progress, delay, budget and cash flow. Works closely with SPMs and owners throughout the life cycle of the program and helps to modify and update the program/project schedules and work breakdown structure, network logic, resource, activity codes, cost loading and float as needed to ensure the most efficient critical path and control features toward successful program implementation. Forecasts program/project future cash flow projections. Responds to RFP sections related to scheduling, project controls and project management software for implementation. Collaborates with SPMs and various technical leads during RFP response phase to structure preliminary program/project schedules for planning, scope development, design, procurement, construction and commissioning which are ultimately refined and absorbed into one complete Master Program Schedule that includes:

 An overall schedule confirming that the program can be completed as projected

 Each phase of the program

 Each project included in the program

 Major milestones for the overall program and associated projects

 Multiple review periods during the design phases

 Multiple cost reviews

 Major construction activities, including time for punch list completion, maintenance training, and owner occupancy or control

URS Corporation, Project Specific Experience:

Savannah-Chatham County Public School System ESPLOST K-12 Program -

Savannah, GA $216M:

Project Controls Manager responsible for scheduling and cost control. Responsibilities include setting up communication logistics and reporting systems for the client, developing a master schedule and offering Expedition and P6 support. The program includes eight new schools (elementary and high school), and additions and modifications to five elementary schools and one high school.

Baton Rouge International Airport - Baton Rouge, LA $167M:

Project Controls Manager responsible for cost control and scheduling for 35 projects at the airport including Plank Road construction, Parking Garage, Runway 13/31, and Air Cargo Building Phase II. P6 is used for scheduling. Custom Excel reporting utilized to forecast cash flow analysis for the client.

Tulsa International Airport - Tulsa, Oklahoma $50M:

Project Controls Manager providing support on scheduling and project controls protocol. The project includes two terminal concourse renovations and managing the installation of the in-bound baggage system.

Richmond International Airport - Richmond, VA $50M:

Scheduler Manager for renovation work and additional construction projects including the Roadway Connector and North Parking Garage projects. Provide schedule analysis to determine progress of general contractor’s performance in accordance with contract.

Tennessee Valley Authority – Chattanooga, TN $20M:

Ongoing TVA conversion of wet coal combustion byproduct to dry cold combustion. URS is tasked with evaluating, siting, design, and construction support services of existing and proposed new management facilities including dry landfills and ponds. Scheduler responsible for weekly P3 schedule updating for multiple projects including progress, coding, and reporting.

New Bern Courthouse – New Bern, NC $8.5M:

Scheduling Manager responsible for review of contractor’s schedule submissions and progress analysis. Renovation services performed directly for the GSA. Courthouse was constructed in 1935 and is listed in the national register of historic places as a contributing building within the New Bern Historic District. The 38,268 square foot, 3 story courthouse is being completely restored and renovated while maintaining the historical look and materials, in the Georgian Revival architectural style and while maintaining on-going court operations. Renovation aims to obtain a Platinum level of LEED certification.

Education:

Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, GA

 Master’s of Science, Construction Management, Final GPA, 4.0

 Completed Coursework: Construction Graphics, Structural Systems, Estimating I (Quantity Take-Off), Construction Finance & Feasibility, Scheduling, Commercial Building Techniques and Methods, Building Information Modeling (Revit), Construction Law, Strategic Bidding & Estimating, Advanced Project Management (GT), Applied Real Estate Market Analysis (GSU)

 Spring 2010 Construction Information Systems (BIM II), Advanced Integrated Scheduling

 Certificate: Managing Construction Risks in a Changing Industry; McDonough Bolyard & Peck, Nov. 1, 2007.

 Certified CMIT by CMAA

Yeshiva University, New York, NY

 Bachelor of Arts, Communications, Business Minor - 3.2 GPA, 1996

Leadership:

Construction Management Association of America (CMAA)

 University Outreach Chair for CMAA South Atlantic Chapter; 2009-2010

 CMAA certified Construction Manager in Training (CMIT) for CMAA Capstone Assessment; 2009

 Founding Member and President of CMAA SPSU Chapter; 2008-2009

Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International (AACEI)

 AACEI Atlanta Section Regional Director; 2009-2010

 Lead initiative to coordinate between student chapter members and Atlanta chapter professional members to create mission and agenda to enhance students’ understanding and of estimating and its importance to the construction industry; 2007-2008

 Chapter co-founder and first elected SPSU AACEI chapter president; 2007-2008

Project Management Institute (PMI) College of Scheduling (COS)

 Member and attendee of annual conference; 2008

Association of Owners and Developers

 Member; 2009

Construction Owner Association of America (COAA)

 Member; 2009

Awards:

 CMAA national excellence in student focus – SAC University Outreach Chair; 2009

 Who’s Who Among American Universities & Colleges; listing 2009

 Inducted into Sigma Lambda Chi National Honor Society for Construction Students; 2009

 Inducted into the Alpha Chi National Honor Society top 10% academic performance; 2008

 Scholarship Winner of the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering, selected by The Georgia Engineering Foundation; 2008

 Scholarship Winner of the Marietta Rotary Club’s Larry & Jane Carithers Free Enterprise; 2008

Community Outreach:

 URS Employee Action Committee Community Outreach Officer lead effort to volunteer rehabilitation labor to rehabilitate residence of disadvantaged elderly owner with Rebuilding Together’s Atlanta branch; 2009

 Participated in CMAA SAC’s contribution to American Red Cross donation following disaster flooding; 2009

 URS member of American Corporate Partners, a mentoring organization devised to help reintegrate returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan into the corporate world through mentoring; 2009 - Present

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