Project Construction

FERNANDO GARCIA

Phone: 954-***-**** - Email: fhj2qd@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Site work and heavy civil jobs Senior Costs Estimator with additional extensive knowledge of scheduling and

administration/control of construction contracts and augmented with ample experience in management and

direct supervision of the construction sites related to civil and mechanical projects.

EDUCATION_______________________________________________________________________

BS Civil Engineering - Metropolitan University - Caracas, Venezuela.

CERTIFICATES

Primary Pipelines & Minor Roads - Engineered Construction Contractor License - Broward County Construction

Board, Florida, USA.

Pipeline & Paving Engineering Contractor – Specialty Engineering Contractor License – Construction Trades

Qualifying Board -Dade County, Florida, USA.

Oil and gas industry certified in OSHA courses of Plant Safety (40 hr) and Quality Assurance/Control (30 hr).

PDVSA,Venezuela.

Certificate of Management for Engineers – I.E.S.A., Caracas, Venezuela .

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE AND SKILLS

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• Extensive knowledge of construction costs estimating, costs control, scheduling and contract administration,

including the bidding of equipment, materials, labor and any other required resources.

• Experienced in the organization and leading of the company’s estimating department to complete and

submit biddings (hard bid, design-build, conceptual) for site works, public utilities for cities and counties in

South Florida and for FDOT heavy civil jobs, including seeking out and reviewing solicitations for potential

projects listed on web pages like The Construction Journal or McGraw Hill Dodge Project.

• Ability to prepare the construction initial schedule in order to anticipate personnel, equipment and material

resources, progress installments, the elaboration of the monthly cash flows, ‘S’ curves, contingency and the

contract cost escalation.

• Specialized in keeping an organized and updated data from the actual field costs and productions in order to

monitoring and modify the estimating department costs database.

• Researched, purchased and implemented (for the company) the construction cost estimating specialized

software/hardware, including the creation of the costs items database.

• Coordination of the bid packages for the various trades of vendors and suppliers. Arranging, requesting and

reviewing the quotes for materials and services with detailed scopes per trade to assure that each submittal

(vendor’s bid) is complete. Management of the preconstruction buy-out.

• Ability to fully understand and manage construction contracts and subcontracts, including all general and

special conditions, change orders, claims, disputes, time extensions, liabilities and warranties.

• Reading and analyzing the project plans and specifications for the thorough elaboration of take-offs.

Evaluation and resolution of constructability issues detected on the plans by methods of value engineering

to identify initiatives of interest to reduce construction costs and improve times in the original project

schedule.

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• Proficient in the following project management, estimating and costs control software and hardware: MS

OFFICE (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook); PRIMAVERA Project Management/Planner v.5; MS

FERNANDO GARCIA

Phone: 954-***-**** - Email: fhj2qd@r.postjobfree.com

PROJECT v2007; HCSS Heavy Bid; MAXELL SYSTEMS ProMax Earthwork & Estimator; AGTEK 3D

Earthwork & 3D Highway; TRACKWARE Earthwork for Windows; GTCO Calc-Comp Tablet and other on

screen estimating tools.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills in both English and Spanish languages.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2011 to 2012

Company/Assignment: Conex Engineering Inc - Miami, Florida, USA - Advice on construction management and

projects costs estimating and control to organize and submit biddings for general residential and commercial

building construction and for heavy civil jobs to the Florida State Department of Transportation. - Consultant

2003 to 2011

Company/Assignment: City Engineering, Inc/Budget Construction, Inc. - Miami, Florida, USA. - Chief

Estimator/Contract Administrator.

Duties: Organize and command a team of estimators to submit multiple biddings ranging from $500K to

$20 MM for site work and heavy civil jobs (DOT). Due to more than 600 proposals were submitted during the

course of those years, a list with some of the most representative jobs can be provided.

Tasks: Cost estimate, budget control and project scheduling of erosion control structures, demolition, earthwork,

drainage/water/sewer pipelines, flat and structural concrete, highways construction and asphalt pavement.

1994 to 2003

Company/Project/Cost/Assignment: Geohidra/Conoco Philips -PDVGAS offshore facilities, Paria Gulf, Venezuela -

($200K) - Logistic and Operations Field Engineer

Company/Project/Cost/Assignment: Perez Companc (Petrobras)/Jantesa -Expansion of PDVSA two oil booster and

pumping plants, Oritupano Field, El Tigre, Anzoategui State, Venezuela -($350K) - Project Mgr.

Company/Project/Cost/Assignment: Simtek/Aliva Stump -PDVSA Sta. Rosa gas compression plant expansion in San

Joaquin, Anaco, Anzoategui State, Venezuela - ($670K) - Superintendent.

Company/Project/Cost/Assignment: Simtek -Construction of four PDVSA new image gas stations, Caracas,

Venezuela - ($220K) - Project Mgr.

Company/Project/Cost/Assignment: Jantesa -New wood chipping plant for Venepal/Stone Container - Monagas State,

Venezuela -($715K) - Construction Mgr.

Company/Project/Cost/Assignment: Technipetrol Italy/Jantesa -PEQUIVEN PVC II new plant construction - El

Tablazo, Zulia State, Venezuela -($2MM) - Construction Mgr.

Company/Project/Cost/Assignment: Jantesa - Expansion of the Procter & Gamble plant - Barquisimeto, Lara State,

Venezuela -($800K) - Construction Mgr.

Company/Project/Cost/Assignment: Jantesa/Bechtel Interamerican - PDVSA PARC Project construction of packages

B/C - Punta Cardon, Falcon State, Venezuela -($22MM) - Field Inspection Engineer.

Duties: Management and superintendence of several H.B., D-B, EPC and LSTK construction projects for the private

industry, oil refineries and petrochemical plants expansions. Also improvement of existing installations for the oil

and gas processing, transmission and compression.

Tasks: Construction of civil and mechanical works involving site work, under/above ground pipe lines, steel

pipe racks, concrete structures, underground canalization of electrical and instrumentation lines, gas stations,

equipment installation, substation buildings and offshore gas platforms geological explorations.

1990 to 1994

Company/Project/Cost/Assignment: Venezuelan Dpt. of Transportation public infrastructure plan. Expansion works and

improvements at the State Rd. No. 9, Miranda State, Venezuela -($860K) - Project Mgr.

Duties: Project management for the new construction, reinforcing or improvement of concrete and steel bridges, asphalt

highways, roadway drainages and river erosion control structures

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