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Seattle, Washington

Seattle, Wa

West Ship Canal Water Quality Project Controls

GE Aviation, TI Work, Bellevue, WA: ($.3M)Served as Project Manager. Coordinated facility demolition, framing, electrical, mechanical, and finish work with GE subcontracts for IT/data cabling, access controls, telepresence and communication systems. Resolved procurement, contract and design issues. Expedited work and the decision process to achieve project deadlines. Managed project costs, schedules, changes and files from kickoff thru punch list. Prepared daily and weekly progress reports. Developed a PM System for the work.Snohomish County, SR530 Landslide Debris Removal / Sitework Project, Oso, WA, $5.5M: Served as Project Manager for monitoring and tracking of the contract work for processing of 118 debris piles spread over 67 acres, including timber removal and grinding, material screening, distribution and grading. Two streams that run through the site were diverted until final site grading, drainage swales and culverts, erosion control matting, wattles and hydro seeding were completed. Prepared progress reports and updates to the project execution and safety plan.FEMA Project Work: New York, Florida, Alabama, $443M:Served as an Estimator/Project Specialist with FEMA on the disaster recovery efforts from Hurricane’s Sandy, Irene, Katrina, Rita, Charlie, Frances and Ivan. Performed on-site damage assessments, defined the scope of work and estimated the costs of repairs using the Cost Estimate Format (CEF). Prepared project worksheets for infrastructure including roads, culverts, water supply, utilities, hospitals, and diesel spill remediation.Port of Seattle, Consolidated Rental Car Facility, Seattle, WA, $225M: Served as Assistant Resident Engineer on this GCCM contract. Estimated construction costs for contractor change order requests. Evaluated contractual merit based on the contract, plans and specifications. Evaluated scope, verified quantities, determined entitlement, negotiated settlements, and documented the findings.

Greater Seattle Area

Spokane Street Viaduct Widening, Seattle, WA, $67M:Served as a Cost Engineer. Prepared contractor submittals for force account work. Incorporated all labor, equipment, material, and subcontract costs & markups. Performed associated accounting, reporting and document control. Prepared project meeting minutes, progress reports and force account progress payments. Approved contractor labor and equipment rates. Coordinated force account submittal requirements with inspectors, contractors and SDOT staff. Resolved cost/payment issues.Sound Transit Central Link Light Rail, Beacon Hill Tunnel, Seattle, WA, $310M:Served as a Scheduler on the construction of a twin bore 21’ diameter, one-mile long light rail tunnel, associated trackwork and two transit stations. Reviewed and approved contractor CPM Schedule baseline and update submittals for completeness, accuracy and contract compliance. Prepared critical construction progress trend and status reports, responded to contractor delay claims, prepared Time Impact Analysis and as-built schedules. Prepared cost estimates for change orders.Regional Wastewater System Program, King County, WA, $1.6B:Served as a Project Controls Engineer for the program management of a new 36-mgd wastewater treatment facility and associated pump station, conveyance and outfall projects. Developed and maintained the cost and resource loaded baseline master program schedule. Developed detailed plant, conveyance and pump station schedules.Inchon International Airport, Korea, US$1B:As Project Controls Manager, provided CPM schedule and contract submittal control services for the new 4.5 million-square-foot terminal building being constructed as part of a new airport in Inchon. Developed and maintained the master schedule. Performed project control reviews of component contractor schedules. Prepared critical construction progress trend and status reports. Made improvements to the document control system.

Umatila, Or

Project Controls Engineer for the general contractor constructing a new lethal chemical agent incinerator plant. Prepared cost- and resource-loaded time impact analysis schedules for project change orders. Chaired the weekly superintendent schedule review meeting and produced the weekly craft-level “look ahead” work schedule. Updated the monthly cost-loaded billing schedule needed for pay applications.

Bellevue, Wa

Served as a Sr. Scheduling Consultant. Prepared schedule delay analysis and exhibits for expert witnesses. Established the baseline critical path. Prepared as-built schedules and delay exhibits to facilitate claims resolutions. Wrote narratives to support technical findings in contract changes, delays, and unforeseen conditions. Assisted consultants and counsel preparing for and during arbitration and in the development of expert reports.