Construction Project Manager/Engineer

JAMES B. RUNION

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PROJECT MANAGER

SUMMARY

Versatile, highly experienced project manager with history of effective leadership for major industrial and marine engineering initiatives, including planning, construction and economic stewardship of projects and capital building programs. Experienced in efficient business management and administrative direction of multi-million-dollar engineering projects, with proven ability to coordinate with owners, project team members, contractors and regulatory officials to assure the on-time, cost-effective achievement of contractual goals.

￭ Project Management ￭ Planning & Implementation ￭ Negotiations

￭ Feasibility Studies ￭ Relationship Building ￭ Cost Control Strategies

￭ Industrial Expansion ￭ Proposal Development ￭ Team Leadership

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

▪ Accomplished a value engineering program resulting in $2 million savings on a high-visibility project, allowing a new North American headquarters and labs be built.

▪ Managed a three year effort in providing an EIS submittal and subsequent permitting. This was approximately two years faster than those performed by federal agencies.

▪ Successfully completed all phases of design and construction for offices and food processing center within a fixed and underfunded budget of $5 million.

▪ Completed the largest multidiscipline project ever undertaken by the engineering office. This included all non-process related design and construction for a new chemical plant.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Project Manager 2003-2009

Gahagan and Bryant, Associates Baltimore, MD

Managed multi-million dollar dredging related projects including feasibility studies, Environmental Impact Statements, permits and design. Work included federal and state agency coordination, and community liaison activities. The design team included several independent consulting firms requiring close coordination.

Selected Projects

▪ Maryland Port Administration Dredged Material Management Plan: Collaborated with a team of consultants to perform studies and reports assessing multiple sites within the Baltimore Harbor. Coordinated ongoing updates and revisions to the Port’s mandated 20-year Dredged Material Management Plan.

▪ Masonville Dredged Material Containment Facility: Conducted feasibility study, EIS Support and Design for the $150 million facility in Baltimore to prepare for placement and containment of a portion of harbor dredging for the next fifteen years.

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Project Manager 1989-2003

Lockwood Greene Engineers Savannah, GA

Project Engineer and Project Manager for design and construction related services for various industrial projects. Developed and maintained project schedules and cost control procedures for capital expansion programs of $150 million. Developed scopes for multi-discipline projects and collaborated closely with engineering disciplines and client representatives. Managed port, manufacturing, and other industrial projects. Developed new clients and prepared proposals for new work.

Selected Projects

▪ New Distribution Center: Warehousing and rail/truck distribution facilities totaling 217,000 SF. The twin warehouses were designed utilizing conventional steel construction.

▪ New Sodium Chlorate Manufacturing Facility: $35 million greenfield sodium chlorate manufacturing facility, including all non-process-related design, assistance in permitting, and construction management activities. Largest multidiscipline project ever undertaken by Lockwood Greene’s Savannah office.

▪ Multiple Assignments: Multiple design and construction projects for Georgia Ports Authority to develop new container storage fields for containerized cargo movement from ship to chassis storage areas to highways, gate modifications, rework interior roads, drainage modifications, new and rebuilt container cranes, dock rebuilds, etc.. Work also involved inspection, repairs and modifications to port facilities.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Project Engineer Lockwood Greene Engineers Spartanburg, SC

Project Control Engineer Lockwood Greene Engineers Spartanburg, SC

Structural Engineer J.E. Sirrine Engineers Greenville, SC

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering Clemson University Clemson, SC

Bachelor of Science, Industrial Management Clemson University Clemson, SC

AFFILIATIONS

American Society of Civil Engineers

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SELECTED CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

As Project Manager except where indicated otherwise

US TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, Angola

▪ Multi-faceted feasibility study for a new $150 million port in the Province of Cabinda, Angola.

MARYLAND PORT ADMINISTRATION, Baltimore, Maryland

▪ Conceptual and Feasibility studies, Environmental Impact Statement, and permitting for a new $150 million Dredged Material Containment Facility.

KOCH INDUSTRIES, North Carolina, Georgia and New Jersey

▪ Multiple $100,000 to $3 million expansion projects including new asphalt plant design and construction, dock modifications and inspections, and permit assistance.

UNOCAL, Savannah, Georgia

▪ Multiple $5,000 to $5 million projects for this liquid bulk facility, including design, construction, modification and repairs to waterfront and landside structures, loading and storage systems.

HURON TECH CORPORATION, Eastover, South Carolina

▪ $5 million new North American headquarters, labs and manufacturing facility.

▪ Value engineering resulted in $2 million savings on this high-visibility project, allowing the facility to be built.

EM INDUSTRIES, Savannah, Georgia

▪ $8 million plant expansion to increase mica processing and improve control system.

GEORGIA KAOLIN, Savannah, Georgia

▪ $5 million new dock for berthing and loading of kaolin clay, including access bridges and ship loader foundations.

FUJI, Savannah, Georgia

▪ $1 million hydrogenation expansion project for edible oil processing and refining plant, including design and contract administration.

HURON TECH CORPORATION, Eastover, South Carolina

▪ $35 million greenfield sodium chlorate manufacturing facility, including all non-process-related design, assistance in permitting, and construction management activities.

GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY, Savannah, Georgia

▪ $17 million installation of four new postpanamax container cranes for offloading shipboard containers.

ALUMAX, Charleston, South Carolina

▪ Conceptual design of a bulk handling expansion program utilizing pneumatic and bulk conveyors for product movement from ship to tank to rail.

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HURON TECH CORPORATION, Jesup, Georgia

▪ $15 million new sodium chlorate plant including preliminary and final design and assistance in permitting.

GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATION, Savannah, Georgia

▪ $6.5 million, two-story, 16,000 SF completion center annex for aircraft manufacturing facility.

COLONIAL GROUP, Savannah, Georgia

▪ $2.5 million conceptual, final design and construction services for Dock 1, a new tanker berth.

GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY, Savannah, Georgia

▪ $9 million warehousing and rail/truck distribution facilities totaling 217,000 SF.

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Atlanta, Georgia

▪ Participated in The Chatham County Intermodal Freight Study, a VZM-led consortium of engineering and consulting firms charged with identifying and forecasting regional freight movement and developing scenarios and alternatives to improve to the entire transportation system.

PANOCEAN, Savannah, Georgia

▪ Master plan for 40-acre chemical product handling facility, including expansion of tank storage and transfer facilities and other projects ranging from $50,000 to $4 million.

GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY, Savannah, Georgia

▪ $7 million, 30-acre container storage development project including detailed analysis of container handling equipment for intermodal cargo transfers.

COLONIAL GROUP, Savannah, Georgia

▪ $2 million conceptual, final design and construction services for Dock 3, liquid and bulk products.

GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY, Savannah, Georgia

▪ $5 million design of new tanker berth.

GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY, Savannah, Georgia

▪ $6 million upgrade for two 20-year-old container cranes, including new drives, boom extension and extended clear height to accommodate postpanamax vessels.

DELMONTE, Savannah, Georgia

▪ Food processing center including refrigerated coolers and new Class A office building.

▪ Successfully completed all phases of design and construction within a fixed and underfunded budget of $5 million.

GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY, Savannah, Georgia

▪ Multiple design and construction projects to develop new container storage fields for containerized cargo movement from ship to chassis storage areas to highways, gate modifications, rework interior roads, drainage modifications, etc.

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