David Ballew Email & Phone Number

Texas, United States

Grand Prairie, Texas, United States

Austin, Texas, United States

While the company continued its growth, my job as the Vice President of Construction was to oversee and manage the construction business, manage contracts, projects and operations functions of the construction department. I managed project teams, third party consultants, project managers and general contractors. I negotiate, review, and execute all construction business contracts, ensures that bid documents and contracts encompass the complete scope coverage, and as well as ensuring compliance with company’s policies, safety program, procedures and federal, state and local regulations. I also maintain forecasting for construction business financial results, evaluate opportunities for new business and explore ways to reduce costs and to streamline our processes.

Austin, Texas, United States

Due to the growth and expansion of the company my job was to continue to review architectural drawings, coordinate with design engineers, FF&E manufactures and installers. I continued contracting all design professional consultants, general contractors and purchased all furniture, fixtures and equipment. For Franchisee projects I reviewed all plans and specs provided mark-ups and comments, performed construction site visits to ensure project was being constructed to meet the Design Criteria Manual and the architect’s drawings.

Austin, Texas, United States

Hired to develop and implement construction standards and design requirements for a national rollout which includes franchisees project compliance of these standards. Upon reviewing and approving all products to be used in the Design Criteria Manual and working with suppliers to create custom design elements, my job was also to provide the best projection presentation in the industry by insuring auditorium size ratios with 4.k projection resolution standards. For Corporate projects, I contracted all design professional consultants, general contractors and purchased all furniture, fixtures and equipment. For Franchisee projects I reviewed all plans and specs provided mark-ups and comments, performed construction site visits to ensure project was being constructed to meet the Design Criteria Manual and the architect’s drawings.

Hired to research and purchase all furniture, fixtures and equipment (including: IT equipment, seating, carpet, kitchen Eq, office Eq, projectors, sound Eq and furniture). I coordinated the maintenance and repairs of the facilities (including: elevators, escalators, HVAC, Kitchen Eq, Order any operation’s needs, landscaping and any repairs needed) and project managed all close-out project manuals and warranties.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Hired as a cinema projection, sound, furniture, fixtures and equipment expert for Hodges & Associates Architecture. My job was to infuse my expertise into the architectural drawings for cinema projects providing better quality and lower costs. Furthermore, I provided Technical Audio Visual specifications and details to Architect, AutoCAD Drafting of details, Source FF&E (Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment) manufactures, products and items, procure vendor quotes and bid negotiations, vendor selection, contract negotiations.

Portland, Oregon Area

Facilities maintenance, Service contracts for HVAC, Projection and Information Technology. Purchasing for all FF&E Equipment: Projection, Concession, I.T., Signage, Carpet, Seats, Drapes and Front-Ends. Construction Project Manager: screen surveys, lens calculations, speakers layouts, architect & MEP coordination, project scheduling.

Field Service Engineer Supervisor, Managed Parts Warehouse, Inventory & Stock, Parts Ordering & Distribution, Purchase Agent for New Construction Projection Equipment, Scheduling of Deliveries and Installations.

Portland, Oregon

Field Service Technician (Oregon), Projection Equipment Repair, Installation, Shop Rebuild Engineer - (Simplex, Ballantyne, Century, Norelco AA-II, FP-20), New Construction Pre-Wire assembly (Projector, Automation, Consoles, Load Centers), Warehouse Inventory Manager, New Construction Remodel Budget and FF&E Specs.

Projectionist, Concession, Box Office Attendant, Asst. Manager, Assist with Projection Repairs and New Construction Installation and Remodels.