General Construction Estimator

Martin L. Forbes

GENERAL CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATOR

Suffolk, Virginia

757-***-****, 757-***-**** (cell), ************@*****.***

Experienced Professional Cost Estimator for all Construction Divisions from pre bid through contracts; Civil, Structural, Architectural, & MEP.

Seeking a long term career with a respected construction firm where I can use my skills and experience, commitment and determination, passion and creativity to generate multiple subcontractor quotes in each trade, accurately estimate costs, and successfully price and bid profitable work.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Estimated and successfully negotiated profitable hotel conversion to timeshares based on

incomplete documents. Owner gave us his next project.

Competitively bid a Design/Build radiation contamination training facility. Additional profit realized by working closely with the architect to keep costs under control while tracking the cost of owner design changes.

Awarded a higher education project based in part on my enthusiasm for the project’s architectural details during the competitive post bid presentations to the owner and their design team.

Strengths include:

Team oriented, but can work independently

Detailed, accurate and thorough

Organized, flexible, and multi-tasking

Computerized estimating: Timberline, MC2 ICE, Accubid, & Excel, On-Screen Takeoff

Microsoft Word & Outlook

R.S. Means Cost Data Manuals & R.S. Means Estimating Handbook

Budgeting: Conceptual, Schematic, and 30 60 90% design document estimates.

Develop Fixed Price Competitive DesignBuild Proposals from conceptual designs

Lead the estimate development, coordinate with owners, designers, & engineers

Commercial, industrial, institutional, federal/military, state, & municipal

Health care, education, assisted living, airports, wastewater, & manufacturing plants

Sports facilities, condominiums, barracks, hotels, labs, & office buildings

Prepare preliminary schedule and Value Engineering estimates

Solicit, analyze, compare & evaluate subcontractor pricing

Post award procurement: Write contracts, subcontracts & purchase orders

Price & negotiate change orders

Prepare cost history reports & maintain historical cost database

ACTIVITIES: Regularly attend and participate in the Professional Construction Estimators Association of America, Inc., Hampton Roads Chapter, Virginia

Martin L. Forbes

GENERAL CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATOR

Suffolk, Virginia

757-***-****, 757-***-**** (cell)

EXPERIENCE:

YORK RIVER ELECTRIC, General & Electrical Contractor, Yorktown, Virginia 2011

Competitively bid DesignBuild and Plans & Specs commercial and federal projects estimating both general and electrical work.

SAUER INC., General Contractor, Regional Office, Newport News, Virginia 2010-2011

Competitively bid DesignBuild and Multiple Award Contract military projects in North and Southeast Virginia. Competitively bid commercial, federal, and municipal projects.

STURDEVANT CONSTRUCTION, Gen’l Contractor, Newport News, Virginia 2008-2009

Competitively bid DesignBuild and Plans & Specs commercial construction.

W. M. JORDAN COMPANY, General Contractor, Newport News, Virginia 2000-2008

Negotiated, DesignBuild, and Plans & Specs bidding on public and private projects. Read and understand blueprints. Prepare site, foundation, superstructure, and building finishes estimates. Perform Value Engineering. Determine scope of work to be engineered prior to soliciting for subcontractor bids. Meet LEED requirements, review project at hand off.

PREVIOUS PROJECTS - HIGHLIGHTS:

US Army, Job Order Contract at Fort Monroe & Ft. Eustis, Hampton & Newport News, VA

Centennial Contractors Enterprises, Vienna, Virginia 1997-2000

Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, Oregon; Computer Chip Manufacturing Renovations

New Tech Electric, Hillsboro, Oregon 1995-1997

The Boeing Company, Everett, Washington; New 777 Jet Assembly Buildings

Trigon Technical Services, Seattle, Washington 1992-1993

Hyperion Wastewater Treatment Plant, Playa del Ray, California; $1 Billion Expansion

The City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 1988-1991

Lead Estimator for fourteen general, mechanical and electrical estimators.

EPCOT Center, Orlando, Florida: New Theme Park

Walt Disney Imagineering, Glendale, California 1981-1984

EDUCATION: Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA; Associate of Arts, Business Administration

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