Construction Manager
Resume:
DOUGLAS A. BROWN
**** ********** *** ****** *******, GA 30127
EXPERIENCE
Diversified Commercial Builders, Inc, Kennesaw, GA 5/09 – 10/09
Senior Project Manager – Part time
• Shoney’s 2009 Proto Type Development
• Yum Brands Consulting for damaged facilities.
• Assisting with all items as needed in the day to day operations or a QSR General Contractor’s office, proto type development for Shoney’s, consulting for Yum Brands, bidding, project management, scheduling, vendors, permitting, and regulatory agencies.
Fiesta Brands, Inc., Atlanta GA 2/07 – 1/09
Director of Construction and Facilities
• Responsible for 50M development, design, and construction budget for test market.
• 9 El Pollo Loco QSR Facilities from concept to completion in 16 months.
• Assisted real estate, site selection, negotiations, budgeting, and cost modeling.
• Overseeing and directing A&E and in developing designs that upheld brand standards.
• Responsible for all zoning, permitting, FF&E, & Facilities maintenance, site layout, building design, equipment redesign, for a start up franchisee restaurant chain in North Georgia, Complete responsibility of development, construction, and facilities.
• Responsible for corporate approvals as related to franchisee development.
• Assisted CEO with all loan requirements, close outs, ALTA surveys, and documentation.
• Established and wrote the Fiesta Brands / El Pollo Loco Maintenance Manual.
• Tracked issues and developed repair schedules.
• Set up the National Vendor and Supplier accounts, including all negotiations.
Diversified Commercial Builders, Inc., Marietta, GA 5/98 – 2/07
Senior Estimator / Senior Project Manager
• 198 Popeye’s Chicken and Biscuits, PM / Owners Representative 400k to 750k.
• 42 Churches Chicken’s, PM / Owners Representative 250k to 500k.
• 29 Fazoli’s, PM / Owners Representative 525K
• 24 A7W / LJS co brand test markets for Yorkshire Global, PM 175 to 300K
• 9 Chili’s, PM 90K
• 3 Cheddar’s Restaurants, PM / Owners Representative 1.5 M
• 1 Texaco / Churches Chicken, Cumming GA 600K
• 1 Wendy’s, North Charleston, SC, PM 500K
• 1 Copeland’s, Alexandria, LA, PM 1.2M
• 1 Atlanta Bread, Warner Robin, GA, PM 400K
• 1 Fire Station, Marietta GA, PM 470K
• Managed project managers, estimators, and all construction activities for a well established firm in the restaurant construction and consulting industry.
• Responsible for design, zoning, permitting, estimating, scheduling, appeals, change orders, procurement, contracts, and contracts for restaurant / fast-food on the East Coast as either an owner representative or GC for multiple chains and locations.
• Acted as both an owner’s representative and brand representative in this position, depending on the contractual relationship.
• Established standards for national prototypes, including national accounts.
• Established brand reimages that allowed the brand and franchisees to maximize ROI.
Additional Projects and Skills List for Douglas Brown
The Leapley Company
• Winstar Telecommunications Switch, Atlanta, GA, PM-4.2 M
• KPMG GA Lotto Office, Atlanta GA 760K
• Aetna Offices, Atlanta GA 410K
• Boston Technologies Offices, Marietta GA, PM-45K
TRW Construction, Inc.
• 178 Friedman’s Jewelers, Owners Rep, Nationwide, 200 to PM-700K
• 41 Wolf Camera, Owners Rep, Nationwide, PM-80K to 1.2 Million
• 1 Eckerd Drug, Ground up, Developer, PM-950K
Custom Stores and Fixtures, Inc.
• Multiple locations for Arrow, Gold Toe, Burberry. Interior finish only, PM-35K top 325K
Itasca Construction Associates, Inc
• 1 Spiegel retail location, Superintendent – 3.4M
• 1 Spiegel Telecommunication Switch, Norcross GA- Superintendent, 1.1M
Contract Projects
• 5 SunTrust Banks, Miami, FL – 900K to 1.1M Each
• Delta Credit Union, Metro Atlanta Georgia - Design and program set up, 2M each
• Tuesday Morning Retail Fit-up, Mooresville NC, 400K
• The Grape Restaurant, Atlanta, GA, 800K
SKILLS
Construction / Development
• Knowledge of construction from design to FF&E of retail facilities.
• Knowledge of ground-up, tenant finish, store in a store, FF&E, and heavy millwork packages, kitchen equipment, shop drawings, etc…
• Lead the program management for Wolf Camera and Friedman’s Jewelers as contractor / developer, from lease out lines to store opening, including FF&E, 80+ locations per year.
• Multiple local and national contacts, Architects, Engineers, Contractors, Real-estate Representatives, FF&E Vendors, etc...
• Trainer certification for OSHA OTI 500, Construction Industry
• Georgia Excavation and Trenching Certification
• Georgia Erosion and Sedimentation Level 1A Certification
• Timberline, Sure track / P3 certification
EDUCATION
SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY
Marietta, GA, BS Construction Management 1994
AUGUSTA TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
Augusta, GA, AS, Mechanical Engineering 1991
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