Starting my own business seemed like a natural step after six great years managing retail projects for M&T Bank. I have the drive and ambition necessary to be successful and was ready to take on the challenge of starting McHenry Project Consultants. I’m work with clients in all areas of retail and commercial real estate, including banks, restaurants, retail chains and small businesses. Together, we work to select a site that is best suited for their business to grow and I act as the construction management consultant during the entire process. I am responsible for the design, budget, construction and project completion of each new retail construction or renovation site. I specialize in strategic planning for market expansion and repositioning. This is an integral part of the business in order for company’s to achieve success and desired outcomes. I am in charge of the overall development management and oversight of all activities; providing a turnkey real estate service for my clients.

My job at M&T Bank was three-fold:I was responsible for the future growth planning of their retail locations across the Mid-Atlantic area, including Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and Washington DC. In order to be effective, I had to understand the existing portfolio of locations so that I could determine where M&T should expand, as well as contract, with regards to their retail sites. The portfolio consisted of 550 retails spaces, equivalent to 1.2 million square feet.Secondly, I was responsible for evaluating new retail site locations and determining if an existing structure needed renovation. During my six years with M&T Bank, I performed capital budgeting for over 100 new retail locations and retail renovations. This included managing a team of seven on-site construction managers to successfully open, relocate, displace or rebrand over $200 million worth of projects.Once we determined where to build, I oversaw the design, bidding, construction, quality control and final negotiations on all aspects of the project. I acted as the point person with the architects, engineers, general contractors, construction workers, consultants, as well as both local and Federal agencies in order to achieve the desired outcomes. I worked each project from site development to building completion.I played an integral part in retail site selection and management of M&T Bank’s expansion in the Mid-Atlantic Region as well as provided due diligence and project management for all of M&T Bank’s acquisitions during those six years.

Everyone knows that the housing market boomed from early 2000 until the late 2007, but who could predict that the bottom was going to fall out the way it did. Just before that that time, many housing projects were still being approved, planned out and funded. During my tenure at NVR Homes, I acted as the on-site project manager for a new homes community located in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The site consisted of 200 single-family homes and 750 town homes. My role was to manage the new home construction, with budgets ranging from $1 million to $10 million. As with any construction site, problems arose on a daily basis. I was responsible for troubleshooting those issues and acting as a liaison between NVR and county officials.As project manager, I maintained critical path schedule, as well as tracked and documented cost controls for all projects using project management software. The sub-contractors were organized, scheduled and managed through the same system. Safety standards are something that I take very seriously, so I worked diligently to ensure that my sites were compliant and up to code. Clients were kept in the loop regarding the construction process through daily updates communicated by me. If a problem arose, I was the person that worked to find a solution.

I worked for Masonry Preservation Services while I attended college in Pennsylvania. MPS as they’re known, restores old college buildings by upgrading the exterior and adding new technology. I started as a laborer, but over time the owner saw that I was a responsible and reliable employee. Nearing graduation from college, he offered me a fulltime job as a project manager and I accepted.As a project manager, my duties had greatly increased and I was managing construction and restoration projects from start to finish. On a daily basis I was communicating with my clients, coordinating the team on what needed to be accomplished each day and working with suppliers to negotiate a fair deal My goal was to deliver the highest level of customer service while finishing the project on time and under budget.• Consulted and communicated with engineers, architects, owners, contractors and subcontractors• Prepared estimates of probable costs of materials, labor and equipment for construction projects based on contract bids, quotations, schematic drawings and specifications• Advised on tendering procedures, examined and analyzed tenders, recommended tender awards and conducted negotiations• Established and maintained tendering process and set up cost monitoring and reporting systems and procedures• Prepared cost and expenditure statements and forecasts at regular intervals for the duration of a project• Established relationships with and maintained a directory of reliable and cost-effective suppliers, contractors and subcontractors• Prepared economic feasibility studies on changes and adjustments to cost estimates; managed and coordinated construction projects as well as construction progress schedules.