Quality Control Project Manager

Michael D Graham

**** ****** ** • Silverthorne, Colorado 80498

970-***-**** • *********@*******.***

General Superintendent, Superintendent, Superintendent-Project Manager, Quality Control Manager

Self-motivated and results driven professional with 30 years experience in the construction industry. Successfully delivering projects on time and under budget. Leadership and team building a strong suit. Ability to turn troubled jobs around by identifying key component problems with Safety, Quality, Schedule and Budget. Additional strong point: Quality Control and Documentation. Well versed with pre-construction and design build planning and development. Willing to travel.

Federally Funded Heavy and Highway projects • Affordable housing neighborhoods • Commercial Retail Centers

Industrial and Government buildings • Condominiums • Apartment and Employee Housing • High-end Resort Income Properties • Parking Structures • USACE Structures • Federally Funded Housing projects • Large Custom homes

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MANSON CONSTRUCTION • New Orleans, LA • 2010- present

Heavy civil contractor company specializing in intra-coastal and marine work. Primarily with the Army Corps of Engineers.

Superintendent:

(100 million or so) GIWW by pass gate and the Bayou Bienvenue sector gate located on the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Levy in New Orleans. Work for USACE

Built the team and field supervised 40 to 50 field craft workers , engineers and Quality control personnel in the successful completion and the ongoing construction of the by-pass gate and the sector gate. Monitoring shop drawings and plans and specification adherence with the construction consisting of pile driving, coffer cell installation, structural steel and rebar placement. Installation of concrete forming equipment for 35 foot tall walls, base slabs and upper slabs. Placing all concrete as specified and finishing concrete with very strict tolerances. Supporting our client in quality control and preparation meetings. Conducting field quality control and safety meetings and providing quality control and safety documentation.

SWINERTON BUILDERS • Aspen, Colorado • 2008- 2010

Construction general contractor company with 300 employees

Superintendent:

(270 M) Four Seasons 45 story hi rise condominium and hotel in Denver CO

Supervised subcontractors with installation of concrete foundations, tunnel, site concrete and walls , drainage and utility vaults and three story underground parking structure and all vertical construction. I generated, drafted and distributed punch lists for all facets of work from excavation to final room close-out on a very high profile and very high end project with strict code compliance and extremely high levels of quality. Setting of all mechanical and isolation pads. Installing boilers, pumps and fan coil units and commissioning of all mechanical equipment. Adhering to all state and local codes as well as the Four Seasons specifications.

Superintendent:

($ 98 M) Residences at Little Nell 2007-2008 Aspen, Colorado

24 units, one sixth time share condominiums units and 2 level concrete parking structures. 218,000 sf. successfully delivered a troubled project to C.O. and tenant move in after the general superintendent and manager were fired. Subcontractor compliance, poor quality and behind schedule were just a few of the many hurdles to overcome. Accomplished by identifying the issues, notifying the right parties and removing the hurdles for subcontractor success. Implementation of Quality Control checklists. Installing and commissioning of all mechanical equipment. Installation of retaining wall systems and dewatering mechanisms. Installation of all site, civil and vertical construction to project close-out.

R.A. NELSON & ASSOCIATES, INC. • Avon, Colorado • 2003 - 2007

Construction general contractor company with 150 employees

General Superintendent:

($38 M) Mountain View Condominiums 2006-2007 Vail, Colorado

(24), 4 story pre-cast structures with 3 stories below grade pre-cast parking structure.

The project required working extensively with Town of Vail and CDOT due to the proximity of I-70 and frontage road easements. Blasting, rock bolting and pile driving along easements. Installing all mechanical and electrical equipment. Limited hours and limited access was a major challenge.

($29 M) Gore Creek Place 2004-2006 Vail, Colorado

(16) $5-6M Townhome Residences with integrated underground parking structure. Total Construction: 104,000 sq. ft.

Dewatering and soil stabilization was a major challenge. Installing all utility pads and setting and commissioning of all electrical and mechanical equipment. Installation of water and sewer mains access difficult.

($31 M) Miller Ranch 2003-2005 Edwards, Colorado

(282) Residential units including single family, duplex, town home and condominium structures of an affordable housing development. Monitored and recorded many inspections and draw schedules for our client. Scheduling done by Primavera Sure-track and Expedition record keeping. Total Construction: 320,000 sq. ft. Federally Funded Project

High volume of QC documentation and budget tracking

Installation of all site concrete foundations, civil infrastructure and vertical construction

Installation of 30 foot MSE and concrete retaining walls. 2 miles along I-70.

COLORADO FIRST CONSTRUCTION • 2000-2003 • Golden, CO

Construction general contractor company with 150 employees

($40 M) Prospect Park 2002-2003 Denver, CO

City and County of Denver / Union Pacific Railroad

60 acre lower downtown water shed project relocating infrastructure gas, water and electrical mains. Installing concrete and HDPE pipe. Erect pump stations, weir structures, culverts and reservoirs. Working around the Union Pacific Railroad and tunneling under the railroad tracks with box culverts. Installation of all pads , isolation joints and pumps. Challenging task of keeping the surrounding buildings and business’s operational and controlling storm water.

($8.5 M) Glenwood Springs Community Center 2001-2002 Glenwood Springs, CO

Mass sub-excavation and blasting in the 7 acre site. Installation of CMP draining system with weir structures.

Athletic facility with racquetball & basketball courts, state of the art climbing wall, and covered outdoor hockey arena. Installation of all mechanical equipment and pumps for the storm water holding ponds , hockey arena and swimming pools. Commissioning of all mechanical and electrical equipment. Total Construction: 68,000 sq. ft.

($350 M) Many commercial projects 1991-2001. Throughout the state of CO

Infra structure relocation and water shed systems. Installation of all mechanical equipment. Installation of concrete foundations, retaining walls, barriers and holding ponds. Erecting the core and shell of all structures. Installing all interiors and exteriors. Finishing all site work and bridges. Building all projects from the infra-structure to final finishes.

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($45 M) Silverthorne Factory Stores, Phases I, II, & III 1988-1990 Silverthorne, Colorado

(80 retail units) High profile, I-70 corridor, phased retail construction with extensive infrastructure, water & sewer relocation and improvements. Erecting of 4 bridges. Total Construction: 1,450,000 sq. ft.

($75 M) Harvey’s Wagon Wheel 1986-1988 Central City, Colorado

Hotel and Casino with 3-story underground parking garage. Extensive excavation created by pre-shear and production blasting of 300 ft. vertical granite. Rock bolting and soil nailing. Installation of massive concrete walls for retaining and foundations. Installation of all boiler system pumps and related mechanical equipment. Commissioning of all mechanical equipment. Total Construction: 248,000 sq. ft.

FLATIRON STRUCTURES 1980- 1986 LONGMONT, CO ($870M)

All through the Colorado Dept. of Highways

Assistant Superintendent Glenwood Canyon precast post-tension segmental bridges. 11 bridges running 8 miles to to exit the canyon. Installation of sheet piling in the Colorado River.

Assistant Superintendent C-470/1-25 cloverleaf. Total of 4 steel box girder bridges over I-25 in Denver.

Boulder Turnpike at 1-25 on and off ramps with 4 miles of 25 foot tall concrete retaining walls and extensive relocation of infra-structure and utilities

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Walnut Street Viaduct downtown Denver over I-25. 2 bridges. Concrete and box girder assemblies. Extensive false work. Installation of a lower water shed concrete pump stations.

Demo and erection of 3 new bridges in Roswell, New Mexico using I-90 girders. Extensive H and sheet piling.

And many miles of I-70 improvements and civil work with expansion joints, abutments, retaining walls, box culverts, type 4 barricades, and erosion control and infrastructure relocation.

AVERY STRUCTURES 1977-1980 BUENA VISTA, CO ($180 M)

Union Iron worker erecting heavy industrial water treatment plants, pump stations and mining facilities through-out the state of Colorado and New Mexico. Work done for the State of Colorado and USACE

EDUCATION

B.S. Natural Sciences / Construction Management - Civil Engineering, Business Management

University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

General Contractors License Class A #1052201

LEEDS Training - Certificate of Completion

OSHA 40-Hour Training Certificate

Primavera Contract Manager and Expedition Trained

References available upon request. Contact Mike Graham 970-***-**** *********@*******.***

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