Major Accomplishments: Managed to keep costs to USS way under budget for the entirety of the project. Created a equipment management CAD model that allows for dynamically locating all the $270 million worth of equipment for Project ICON by crate. Model is searchable and contains several key attributes for each piece, allowing audits, locating, and planning to be take a fraction of the time it would using standard methods. Model also allowed for storing 336% of the capacity of the very valuable temperature-controlled class four storage space. Responsible for all duties as a project manager at a premier heavy industrial general contracting and design-build company, specializing in industrial construction, engineering solutions, and material management. Daily duties include management of all aspects of project construction, & coordination. Managed all aspects of the material management portion of United States Steel’s Project ICON. Including local logistics, receiving, setting, staging, storing and maintenance on over $270 million worth of equipment for construction of an endless steel production facility. Equipment was stored in a 250,000 sqft warehouse and 350,000 sqft setting yard. Some equipment weighed over 96 tons. Managed the constructed of a temperature and humidity controlled 350,000 square foot class 4 storage area inside the warehouse. Work included managing all trades to construct 500 linear foot demising wall, refrigerator curtain, electrical and lighting upgrades, and HVAC system installation. To maximize the limited square footage of the warehouse and setting yard and to work around existing building constraints, created a searchable 3D CAD model system, utilizing AutoCAD Plant 3D, and Drone point cloud scans. CAD Model used to keep inventory, & to layout, plan, locate, equipment. Created all documentation & workflows for receiving & maintenance, including timesheets, daily reports, Job safety assessments, delivery, and maintenance outlooks.

Major Accomplishments: Successfully managed the largest project in company history. The project was a $23 million, 250,000 sqft, full renovation/re-purpose creating (205) luxury apartments in downtown Pittsburgh. The building was a 1920s ten-story building with full basement; formerly a shipping depot and slaughterhouse. We completed full site work, full lightwell restoration, and added an interior parking garage with access ramp.Duties as a project manager at a premier general contracting and design-build company, specializing in commercial office, commercial multifamily residential, and healthcare construction projects. Responsible for all aspects of project construction, starting with direct input with the estimating team, and continued through completed build. Communicated input to estimating for final proposals per condocs or design build scope of work. Managed or delegated all preconstruction and in-progress project work including; contract review, securing the permit, scheduling, subcontracts, submittals, RFIs, project buyout, project cost management, and change orders. Daily work, also included; leading all weekly onsite client construction meetings & field subcontractor meetings, scheduling inspections, and managing field staff from project start through punch-list. Also accountable for; overseeing, progress billing, final billing, overseeing as built drawings and all required project close out documentation. Other accomplishments included creating improvements, leading to several new project management tools in Smartsheets and Google Sheets.

As an account manager with a premier GC and design-build company, specializing in commercial, industrial and institutional construction, consisted of: Managing a portion of the company’s portfolio, Responsible for all aspects of project construction, starting with estimating and bid packages, through completed build. Solicited, checked and leveled the subcontractor proposals, prepared the take off for all the self-performed work, of Clarion tradesmen. Prepare all final proposals per condocs or design build scope of work. Managed all preconstruction work, including; drafting the contract, the permit, scheduling, subcontracts, submittals, RFIs and project buyout. Daily work included: leading all weekly construction meetings, scheduling inspections, and managing field staff from project start through punch-list. Also accountable for; overseeing as built drawings and all required project close out documentation. Other duties: Customer relations, training estimating staff, & minor accounting duties.Major Accomplishments: Significantly increased the company’s downtown portfolio. Dramatic improvements to estimating & project management processes through the implementations of software technology, and LEAN practices. Established file structure and naming conventions. Managed up to (16) projects concurrently, and had the highest job margins in 2017. Clarions top Sales account manger at over $6.2 Million in 2018. Sold/ Bid / Managed the largest Miscellaneous project in Clarion history, a Multi-family Commercial Residential project "York Terrace" downtown Chicago's Bronzeville Neighborhood. Also Sold/ Bid / Co-Managed, the largest Industrial project in Clarion history, which was a giant "turn-key" industrial fit out, in new shell building in Franklin Park Illinois. The Client was a global logistics leader with very specific: TSA, IATA, AC, as well as company requirements for international air freight and vaccine/ medical handling and storage.

Consult client needs, and manage client budgets by; ensuring communication of timelines, deadlines, project requirements & pertinent details. Coordinate with designers, the sales force, and the production team, to produce the final designs, costs, and deliverables, for a company specializing in trade show environments, and architectural installations. Daily duties include cost estimating, and value engineering, and project management. Typical projects range in physical size from kiosks to multi-floored structures, and prices ranging from a few thousand dollars, up to millions of dollars. Major Accomplishments: S.W.C.A.

Day to day responsibilities included managing a small design team; coordinating with developers, city officials, and allied design professionals to produce all the documents necessary for a number of projects. Projects ranged from site design, land development, streetscape design, trail/bikeway design, large park design, roadway re-alignment, green roofs, plaza design, urban corridor design, urban design projects, industrial corridor design, outdoor classrooms, playground design, signage studies, comprehensive master planning, residential design and all the necessary construction documents.As the Senior Production Manager, responsible for restructuring the production process for Land Design Collaborative. Used the concepts of lean systems to establish company conventions that resulted in dramatically improved through-put times on all documents. Created a working AutoCAD Design Center, and an Adobe rendering system.Co-developed LDC’s sustainable design practices, including: bio-swales, rain gardens, wet detention B.M.P., native plants list, erosion and sediment controls. Responsible for researching and procuring “green” building materials. Coordinated and led weekly company improvement meetings that facilitated a bottom-up power structure by implementing a platform of sharing ideas, and open discussion on company related improvements. In addition to daily work, was also responsible for all the in-house LDC IT duties, and some company marketing work. Major Accomplishments: Major Accomplishments: Developed a team-oriented, bottom up power structure, which yielded more productive employees, thus fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Established all company conventions related to process relating to construction documents. Developed lasting friendships and professional relationships with the staff and principals.

In the role of project manager, successfully managed ten or more projects running concurrently. Responsible for all sales and general contracting duties including: pulling all necessary permits, researching required building codes, and assembling the needed crews. Assessed and consulted client needs as well as developed detailed project estimates. Procured materials, performed quality control checks, and collected accounts receivable. In addition, also performed marketing and graphic design duties. Developed some of the company branding, including: brochures, flyers, and yard signs.

Coordinated with a small design team; typically consisting of a project manager, another designer, and myself, in order to produce the documents necessary for comprehensive master planning for smaller cities in the Chicago-land area. Responsible for the production of all construction documents including: site plans, layout plans, construction details, and most often planting plans and planting details. In addition to daily work created a standardized Adobe Illustrator library greatly reducing the time requirements for the standard planning exhibits. Other duties performed included: hand rendering all final concepts, site photography, and preparing slideshows.

Responsible for the production of various construction documents including: grading plans, layout plans, planting plans, construction details, planting details, demolition drawings, and site plans. I was also solely responsible for the production of all color renderings, including many projects that I re-rendered for the company-marketing brochure. I had sole responsibility for all drawings produced on a number of projects. Other duties performed included: conceptual design, site photography, processing site photography, site surveying, preparing slide shows, and hand renderings.