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Tulsa, Ok, Us

Tulsa, Ok, Us

Tulsa, Oklahoma, Us

Our team research, analysis of best practices, emerging technologies, tools, and methodologies that will improve project outcomes, optimize efficiency, productivity, and quality, within the Federal Construction space. Develop and deliver educational programs, workshops, and training sessions to promote awareness and adoption of technology and best practices. Actively lead the technical response to proposal requests, including developing solution strategies, defining technical approaches, and crafting proposal content. Utilize constructability principles and tools to evaluate project designs and identify opportunities to optimize constructability, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Collaborate with design teams, contractors, and project stakeholders to integrate constructability considerations into project planning and execution.

New York, New York, Us

Served as project team liaison with local municipal and State of Oklahoma highway authorities for road and highway infrastructure improvements supporting the project. Responsibilities include resource vetting and selection, budgeting, work phasing, and scheduling. Planning comprises six miles of water lines, fourteen (14) miles of sewer lines, ten (10) miles of electrical distribution, six (6) miles of internet cabling, ten (10) miles of State highway, and eight (8) miles of county roads with a total spend of approximately 192M dollars.Concurrent with infrastructure and government coordination, I also coordinated master planning, budgeting, and utility infrastructure for 1,500-unit employee housing development with rehearsal studio facilities and American Heartland Preview Center and meeting facilities. The total budget is 150M to 185M dollars.Project paused to secure State funding for municipal and state road and utilities improvements. The Cumming service team to American Heartland was disbanded.

Dallas, Tx, Us

As Director I led Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, Associate Project Managers and Project Coordinators focusing on implementing multi-phase, multi-year, mechanical and electrical Infrastructure, vertical circulation, roofing and building envelope projects for the 5M SQFT USAA headquarters campus in San Antonio and multiple TX cities, and other locations in AZ, FL, NC. Activities included performance management, project guidance, oversight, resources; monthly project cash-flow projections; dashboard development. 2023 capital project $120M. Project range $180K to $38.9M. My friend, colleague, and peer, Paul Montgomery, is also a CBRE Director focusing on USAA Renovation projects. The San Antonio PM team for Infrastructure and Renovations include: Bashshar Saunders, Abraham Galindo, Valerie Garcia-Kutlu, Megan Munns, Ke'Yana Scott-Tyler, Alex Suarez, Jason Visosky, and James Nichols.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Our Program Management Office (PMO) team of five (5) provided budget oversight of the Discovery Global Headquarters (GHQ) project in New York City. Work included monthly forecasts, accruals, payment processing, change order approvals, procurement, client reporting, team protocols. development of procedures and playbooks for Project Management and Facilities Management. Capital project totaling $208M. Our PMO team including: Yoav Gluckman (now CBRE Finance Manager w/ our TD Bank team), Ryan Blake (now CBRE Associate Project Manager with our CBRE GWS PJM Principal Project group), administered reporting, monthly forecasts, accruals, contractor payments with the support and guidance of our CBRE Finance counterparts, Diane House and Chris Lovino. As SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER, CBRE | TRI-STATE PJM, assigned to the GHQ project (above), with the assistance of Taylor Casey, APM and Yoav Gluckman, Project Analyst, we led investigations, design, and installations of 10.8M dollars in Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) improvements for employees return-to-work, including HEPA filtering, ERV equipment, UVGI sterilization, Bipolar ionization, Thermal Camera screening, Building Management System (BMS) monitoring of humidity, temperature and CO2, best practices for purging air from occupied spaces, and maintenance/cleaning practices.Project "Industry Recognitions" World Design Awards WINNER: Corporate Design Built AND Design Built AND Corporate Interior Built RUNNER-UP: Commercial Interior Built AND Commercial Built AND Office Building Built Architecture MasterPrize Awards HONORABLE MENTION - Commercial Interiors https://architectureprize.com/winners/winner.php?id=5339&mode=hm&compID=12798 HONORABLE MENTION - Restoration & Renovation https://architectureprize.com/winners/winner.php?id=5005&mode=hm&compID=12798

Dallas, Tx, Us

As SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER with CBRE I HEALTHCARE I GLOBAL WORKPLACE SOLUTIONS – Central Division, for the Ardent Health Services account, I managed projects at the 1.2 million Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, and supported five (5) regional hospitals in NE Oklahoma. CBRE's services included feasibility studies, programming, budgeting, contracting, design, construction, FF&E installations, and due diligence for property acquisitions and forensic building evaluations.My management team included Barry Howard (now a CBRE Managing Director with our State Farm account) and Steve Stottlemyer. Our completed projects exceed $11.5M and projects in planning, design exceeded $14.4M.The CBRE Healthcare Projects included the following: HMC - Linear Accelerator Installation - Completed ($4.1M w/Fry Construction and Varian)HMC - Construction of Neuroscience ICU - Completed ($3.9M w/Rick Scott Construction)HMC - Respiratory Therapy Renovation - Completed ($275K w/Standard Construction)HMC - Oncology Renovation - Completed (Standard Construction)HMC - Advanced Wound Care Clinic Renovation - Completed (Standard Construction);HMC - Outpatient Radiology CT Scan and MRI equipment replacement - Completed (w/Flintco Construction)HMC - Bidding/Negotiation - Oklahoma Heart Institute (OHI) Hybrid Cath OR ($7M w/Key Construction) HMC - Bidding/Negotiation - OHI Pre-Post Operative and CHF Clinic ($6.9M w/Manhattan Construction)HMC - Bidding/Negotiation - Kaiser Rehab Expansion and Renovation ($500K w/Manhattan Construction)Hillcrest South - Bidding/Negotiation Infusion Clinic Renovation

Dallas, Tx, Us

Concurrent with his roles at the Hillcrest Hospital, above, I regularly performed due diligence for property acquisition and investigation and resolution of hospital system / equipment installation failures, and engaged eminent professionals to support those investigations. Working with local CBRE FMs Spencer Duncan, Chris Worley, Ed Lawler, Jeff Hillburn, Brent Strope (now CBRE Regional Facilities Manager on the Christus account) this work focused on Hillcrest Hospital facilities and our Utica Park Clinic system.Projects include, but are not limited to the following:Hillcrest Hospital - South - Structural Evaluations for South Emergency Entrance;Hillcrest Hospital - South - Parking Lot Pavement Failure Evaluations;Hillcrest Hospital - Claremore - Operating Room HVAC Upgrades / Post-construction Corrective ActionsUtica Park Clinic - Southcreek Medical Plaza - Building Purchase Due DiligenceUtica Park Clinic - Southcreek Medical Plaza - Building Foundation Failure InvestigationsUtica Park Clinic, 4408 South Harvard - Structural evaluations, footings, floor slab, water intrusion, floor deterioration.Critical resources included: Elli Johannsson of 360 Engineering Group (Tulsa).

Jeff Batterton and I co-founded PARADIGM GROUP, a Tulsa design-build company. Paradigm successfully completed projects for Commerce Bank, Emerson, Travelers Insurance, Bank of Oklahoma, UBS, Iron Mountain, and multiple Chevrolet and Ford dealership renovations, and designs for Oklahoma City's Metropolitan Area Projects (OCMAPS) for Kids K-12 school renovations and additions. I also regularly investigated and resolved building issues for facilities managers, CBRE property managers, owners and insurers including curtainwall failures, structural collapse, and construction/design defects. Design and Construction projects included:OKCMAPS (Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area Projects), Spencer Elementary School Addition and RenovationsHarland Ford Dealership - Corporate Prototype - Design and Construction AdministrationBob Hard Chevrolet Dealership Renovations - Corporate Rebranding - Design, Engineering and Construction AdministrationLake Country Dealership Renovations - Corporate Rebranding - Design, Engineering and Construction AdministrationJohn Holt Chevrolet Dealership Renovations - Corporate Rebranding - ConstructionForensic projects included:CBRE - Urology Specialists - Floor Failure Evaluations and Remediation OpinionsCBRE - Southland Tower - Curtain-wall Evaluations, Opinions, Designs and RepairsCBRE - Expressway Center - Tilt-wall Panel Failure Assessments and OpinionsCBRE - Unisource - Drainage and Paving RepairsCBRE - Shopping Center Purchase Due Diligence / Roof EvaluationCBRE - Fredudenberg Group - Purchase Due DiligenceOklahoma State University - CVHS Academic Center / David L. Boren Veterinary Hospital - Curtain-wall Water InfiltrationCentral Plains Cement Co.(formerly Lafarge) - Structural Collapse of Reclaimer BuildingCatholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma, Tulsa - Curtain-wall Water InfiltrationCase Associates - Southern Hills Tower - Curtain-wall EvaluationsJenks Riverwalk - Phase 2 Construction - Project Recovery and Completion

San Francisco, Ca, Us

I performed numerous forensic evaluations supporting the Project's completion; a project that I had previously led as District Project Construction Manager, while with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. I provided oversight of permanent construction solutions resolving design and construction issues, closeout commissioning (CX), punch-list closeout, warranty closeout; all of which supporting the release of $1M in project retainage.Areas of forensic investigations and construction activity included: Architectural Precast Quality Control, Access Floor System Finish Failures/Delamination, Resolution of Emergency Generator Fuel Oil System Operational Sequences, Concrete Floor Failures.Activities included: floor replacements (construction defect) for the Shipping and Receiving processing rooms; secure dock accommodations for armored vehicles (design defect); identification of contributing factors aesthetic failures of Architectural Precast (design coordination failure); an innovative concept for the retrofit of access panel flooring, which addressed sheet vinyl flooring delamination (design defect), with powder coated steel cover panels.

Tulsa, Ok, Us

Led project management team designing and construction retail banking centers across a regional footprint of seven (7) Midwestern states; OK, TX, AR, KS, MO, NM, CO. Work included site due diligence, prototype development, entitlements, Privately Funded Public Improvements (PFPI), and equipping prototypical branches. Refined traditional work process with our prototypes, modular construction methods and component assemblies to reduce construction durations by 50 percent, making our organization nimbler and more profitable. Capital projects totaling $85M+.Concurrent with leading the project management team, performed as Regional Facilities Manager responsible for maintenance and refresh projects for thirty (30) branches in NE Oklahoma, maintenance, support, and refresh projects for multiple corporate office environments (BOK Tower) and back-of-house processing locations (Tech Centers), and management of a staff of twelve (12) planners, project managers, engineers, and service technicians.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

I was responsible for a team managing projects from conception through occupancy in five (5) western states. Our work included due diligence, definition of technical and design requirements, and management of design and construction teams. Projects included the $50.1M Seattle Branch replacement, automated materials handling vault equipment installations for the San Francisco and Los Angeles offices, multiple office restacks and renovations, security and infrastructure projects for facilities in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Salt Lake City and Phoenix, and building automation, security, and fire alarm systems replacements for the Los Angeles Branch.During this period, I also served as the Facilities Manager for the Los Angeles Branch, with a staff of twenty-three (23) professionals, technicians and specialists.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

I provided oversight of facility programming, pre-design, on-site construction management and equipping of the $20.8M Phoenix Operations Center, the first FRB Cash-Only facility. This work included relocation to Phoenix to oversee site activities for the duration of construction, between March 2000 to August 2001.I worked closely with Michael Blanks, Deborah Awai, Roger Replogle, Mark Mullinix and representatives from the FRB Cash Product Office (CPO), based in Los Angeles at the time of this project.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

I performed as the Owner's construction representative overseeing programming, design, construction and equipment installations for the $12.8M, multi-phase, multi-year, renovation of the Oklahoma City Branch. Our team's work also included recovery, temporary and permanent repairs to the Branch resulting from the neighboring Alfred P. Murrah Building Bombing (1995).

I managed our design teams production and quality assurance, and generated specifications and construction oversite for projects including: K-12 schools; commercial kitchen facilities for the Oklahoma National Guard; multiple administrative office, charity and church projects for the Oklahoma Archdiocese; retreat centers; community centers; office buildings and renovations; multiple clinical office projects for Edmond Regional Medical Center; multiple Oklahoma State Capitol renovations and memorials, including preliminary planning for completion of the Capitol with a dome structure; municipal fleet maintenance facilities; re-roof projects; cold storage facilities; distribution centers and manufacturing facilities; curtain-wall forensic evaluations for USPS facilities.I managed a team of four (4) design professionals, and reached the level of Associate, at the time of my departure from the firm in 2004.

I was given an opportunity to lead a small team of professionals to program, design and provide construction oversight for numerous projects including: Jefferson County Juvenile Detention Center; special education facilities; office building renovations for Carson & Coil Law Offices and Central Electric Cooperative; multiple clinical offices for St. Mary's Hospital; manufacturing and distribution projects for ABB and Scholastic Inc. This opportunity was unique because our office was focused on a very-large projects for the National Guard and the Jefferson City School District.During this period I also sat for the four day, 33-hour, architectural licensing exam, and secured my Missouri license. And, I owe my success to my wife, Carolyn, who quizzed me every night for 6-months to prepare for that exam; Seth Evans, Randy Allen and Larry Brandhorst of the Architects Alliance, which acclimated me to site topography design; Paul Meyer, who afforded me opportunities to manage all aspects of design, detailing, specification writing, bidding, construction administration and FF&E installations within 10 months of my joining Meyer Architects.

At Meyer Architects, I worked with Steve Weeks, a master of design detailing, and Kenny Goodwin (architecture school classmate). We generated designs for a new office building design and renovations for the State Insurance Fund of Oklahoma, designs for Clinton Middle School additions, renovations at the State Capital, which included reconstruction and expansion of the offices of the Speaker of the House.Within 10 months of joining Meyer Architects, Paul Meyer began assigning me to manage design development, specifications, construction documents and construction administration for a broad range of project assignments including: multiple projects for Southwest Oklahoma State University, the design and construction of the Weatherford Pioneer Center, a senior citizen's community center, and the City of Weatherford municipal fleet maintenance facilities.Working with Architectural College colleagues, Kenny Goodwin and Dave Stanton, together we designed the Auburn Newborn Retreat Center, at Turner Falls; designed and constructed technical education and commercial kitchens projects for Clinton and Anadarko Public Schools; multiple projects for the Oklahoma State Capitol in the form of renovations and memorials; the City of Oklahoma City - Fire Station 5; miscellaneous re-roof projects, cold storage facilities, distribution centers and manufacturing facilities.

Master Of Construction Science, Construction Management

Bachelor Of Architecture - Barch, Architecture