Project Manager Construction

MICHAEL E. HOPE

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Carriere, Mississippi 39426 601-***-****

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OBJECTIVE

To continue to gain various exposures and experiences as a Construction Professional, while lending my knowledge, experience and unequalled intensity to an organization striving for excellence.

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

Bachelor of Science Degree in Construction Management.

Built over 2 million square feet of office, retail, and hotel space and in excess of 8 million square feet of residential product (Over 12,000 rental apartments as well as for sale town homes) 4 Assisted Living Facilities.

Successfully Built in excess of $590 million in Construction Projects located in 18 States.

Successful experience with Timberline / R.S.Means, Quick Bid and MC2 estimating and Microsoft Project and Primavera scheduling software.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lou-Mis Construction, LLC Slidell, LA 02/97-Present

Project Manager/Estimator

Full charge responsibility including bidding, buy out, budget performance, production, as well as client/architect interface for acquired public projects. Successfully obtained in excess of 20 million dollars in construction contracts with the State of Louisiana, City of New Orleans and the Jefferson, Orleans and St. Tammany Parish School Boards.

Superior Construction, Inc. Metairie, LA 01/92 - 01/97

Project Manager/Estimator

Full charge responsibility including bidding, buy out, budget performance, production as well as client/architect interface for acquired public projects. Successfully completed multiple major upgrades and renovations for the Orleans and Jefferson Parish School Boards, City of New Orleans, as well as various new buildings constructed in

St. Tammany Parish.

Deer Creek Construction, Inc. La Quinta, CA 02/90 - 12/91

Owner/President

Manage all aspects of the wholly owned Contracting/C.M. concern which included project draw and compliance inspection, as well as new project feasibility for Angeles Housing Corporation, one of the nation’s largest retirement facility developers.

Fogelman/Byrnes & Doggett Memphis, TN 05/87 - 02/90

n.s. North Star Construction

Vice President, Director of Construction

Responsibility for Profit/Loss of all company construction objectives throughout the country. Successfully completed in excess of 180 million dollars in contracting from 250,000 S.F. Retail, multiple congregate care facilities, resort/hotel development as well as over 4,000 garden apartment units. In 1989 completed over $78m in construction projects in 13 states.

Crow Western Company Dallas, TX 01/85 - 05/87

Oxford Development Corporation Bethesda, MD

D.C.B. Inc. Dallas, TX

Construction Consultant (Contract)

Performed Development and Construction Feasibilities for these major developers through their new geographic operations. Responsibilities included project development for over 5,000 apartment units located in California and Washington as well as assisting in workout of problem jobs in North Carolina and Florida.

The Chasewood Company & The Chaser Company

(Trammell Crow Affiliate Companies) Irving, TX 08/79 - 01/85

Senior Vice President

In 1979 The Trammell Crow Company, the nation’s largest private developer, re-entered the apartment business. Over the next 6 years as Sr. Project Manager, I managed all of its construction endeavors which included the successful construction of over 4,000 apartment units in Texas, Oklahoma and Illinois as well as a variety of select commercial structures for the Crow Family with a total contract value in excess of 200 million dollars.

In March of 1983, The Chaser Company, Crow’s general contracting company, was formed. As its President and through the end of 1984, we were successful in acquiring over $50 million in contracts for the construction of residential and commercial projects throughout the Southwest.

The Southland Corporation Houston, TX 10/78 - 08/79

Division Construction Manager

During my tenure at the Southland Corp., had total responsible for the construction of 55 new 7-11 stores both free standing and lessor, and the remodeling of 45 stores ranging in degree from minor face lift to complete gut/rebuild. Geographic area of responsibility included all of South Texas.

GreenMark Construction, Inc. Houston, TX 05/77 - 10/78

(A Subsidiary of Gerald D. Hinds Interests)

Responsible for all warranty service for all of GreenMark’s projects and all employees in said division. Promoted to superintendent on one of its townhouse projects.

EDUCATION

University of Southern Mississippi May 1977

Bachelor of Science in Construction Management

PERSONAL

Married with one son and one daughter

REFERENCES

Available on request

CONTRACTORS LICENSES

Hold active unlimited licenses in California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and North Carolina

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