Joel Swanson Email & Phone Number

Western United States

San Francisco Bay Area

CUMMING Project Team working on the design and preconstruction services of the Oyster Point Development at South San Francisco. Phase I is 500,000 sf of commercial space/office/R&D life sciences buildings. Phase II will be 1 million sf of office/R&D. Phases III and IV is proposed to be 1191 residential units and 22,000 sf of retail and amenity space at the.

Dublin, CA

Pre-Construction Services: Estimating - Conceptual design through construction docs. Design Review, Scheduling, Value Management, Constructability Analysis, Site Analysis, Logistics Planning, Long-Lead Planning /Procurement, Subcontractor Procurement.

Walnut Creek, CA

Senior Project Manager for The Arroyo project consisting of 100 units of luxury apartments near downtown Walnut Creek. 6 story cast in place concrete structure. Preconstruction services for mixed use, apartments, condominiums, retail and hotels.

Walnut Creek, CA

Senior Estimator working on Department of Defense & GSA Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build Proposals for Medical / Dental Clinics, Aircraft Hangers, Office Building Renovations at various military installations across the counrty and around the world. Leads team of estimators to develop detailed estimates for 2 - 3 project proposal at a time. Projects range.

Emeryville, CA

Plan, coordinate and direct the major estimating and pre-construction functions for design-build and negotiated projects in both the public and private sectors. Most recently assisted senior management in the "sale" of $38 million major retail mall renovation and 2 major hotel renovations (approximately 400 guestrooms each as well as public space.

In the position of V.P. Urban Operations with DR Horton I managed the design, procurement and construction of 4-5 high-density urban projects in the Northern California Region. Elan at Dublin Station - 285 unit condominiums with 6 residential levels over two level podium project complete with HOA amenities including Cyber lounge and business center in.

Managed the general development and production of construction drawings, selection of General Contractor and Design Consultants utilizing the lean processes of Last Planner System & IPT - Integrated Project Team, 3D modeling and the early partnering of the design and subcontractor professionals. Projects included parking structures, hospital renovations.

Managed all field operations of the Division, including apartment and office buildings, bio-tech laboratories, hospitals and outpatient clinics with a combined value greater than $220 million. Conduct review of prime contracts of owners and assess risks associated with these contracts. Provide review of subcontracts and bonds to ensure that they are.

Managed the construction of various Public and Private projects including healthcare, institutional, retail, transportation, multi-family, mixed use and parking structures.

Residential Development - The construction consisted of the development of 88 acres of raw ground to completion of 250 developed hillside residential lots and the phased construction of 120 single family semi-custom homes. Authority for independent action and exercise of judgement and discretion within the limits of the company policies.

Responsible for the management of residential construction of 150 single-family homes. Established estimating, job costing and scheduling policies and implemented them. Took a small start-up construction company and made it profitable within a short period of time, with the least amount of growing pains and with a short learning curve.

Responsible for preparing detailed quantity estimates for project control, involving civil, structural and architectural disciplines. Instrumental in the pricing of the estimates and application of applicable mark-ups and allowances necessary to achieve a completed control estimate from which the procurement department could order all necessary materials.