John Sayer Email & Phone Number

United States, Us

Superintendent - Frederick Douglas Tunnel - South Approach - Structures Team

United States, Us

Pepco Takoma Substation - Takoma Park, MD• Drive day-to-day operations of project from completion of precast erection to turnover of building to owner.• Coordinate utility relocations throughout an active electrical substation.• Proactively address financial and field impacts of out-of-sequence work and changing conditions.• Teach methods and maintain standards of document management to team.• Create schedule and logistic strategies to support project pursuits.• Coordinate and schedule four (4) planned system outages with multiple owner shareholders

United States, Us

Internal Transfer to Shirley Contracting, a subsidiary of Clark ConstructionFederal Reserve Board Building Revitalization• Led the coordination and execution of earthworks, managing the removal of 170,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil and 30,000 cubic yards of rock.• Oversaw subgrade utility coordination with plumbing and drainage teams, ensuring compliance with project specifications and timelines.• Collaborated with the Engineer of Record and concrete subcontractor for efficient subgrade turnover, facilitating seamless transitions and project continuity.• Directed the demolition of slurry walls, implementing safety protocols to minimize disruption to adjacent structures.• Coordinated bracing and support of excavation efforts, enhancing site safety and structural integrity throughout the project.• Supervised a team of 20 to 40 employees, fostering collaboration and efficiency in high-pressure environments while maintaining zero lost time incidents.• Managed the operation and maintenance of up to 15 pieces of large construction equipment, ranging from CAT 299D track loaders and CAT 336 excavators, ensuring optimal performance and adherence to safety standards.

United States, Us

MD 355 Crossing (BRAC) - Bethesda, MD• Developed, coordinated, and managed subcontractors for scopes of work that were acquired through change orders.• Review and assess subcontractors through the Safe Start process including all Job Hazard Analysis. • Drive day- to-day operations while communication demands of the schedule to project management and subcontractors.• Analyze and provide effective resolutions to issues with production tracking, especially when working with WMATA.• Coordination of utility relocations between shared contractors.Pepco Harvard Substation Washington, DC• Drove day-to-day operations of project from excavation through concrete placement and start of steel erection while accelerating the construction schedule by 2 weeks.• Strategically managed changing field conditions and developed resolutions to prevent project delays.• Identified, proposed, and evaluated challenging constructability issues with sequencing of oversized owner supplied equipment with steel erection.

United States, Us

Pepco Harvard Substation - Washington, DC• Worked with Company Safety officers to bring company up to date with safety reporting compliance for Exelon projects.• Reviewed and approved contractor safety plans including crane operations and fall protection programs.• Analyzed data to identify systemic safety trends and implement resolution and remediations through company safety software.

United States, Us

CSX Virginia Avenue Tunnel Project – Phase II and Closeout - Washington, DC• Oversaw the demolition and excavation of 4,000 feet of a freight rail tunnel and managed coordination with active track.• Managed roadway closures, detours, and opening over 11 city blocks during construction. • Managed and successfully turned over to DDOT the construction of 8 city blocks of roadway including sidewalks, bioretention ponds, and bike lanes.• Directed daily superintendent and foreman status meeting, effectively communicating short and long-term objective • Worked with Quality Control to commission all systems in an active railway tunnel. • Strategically managed overall project schedule changes and established accurate fragnet in Primavera P6 accordingly. • Led monthly project wide safety stand-down meetings, facilitated regular site safety trainings, and enforced pre-activity safety initiatives across jobsite. • Led schedule related communications to owner, project team and subcontractors, ensuring key priorities were aligned. • Prepared short-term look-ahead schedules on a weekly basis to communicate complex priority structures on site.WMATA Northern Bus Garage – Preconstruction - Washington, DC• Constructability review and design assist with Project and Engineering team• Created site utilization plans to optimize equipment usage, staging areas, and work flow• Development of resource and manpower loaded baseline schedule based off 60% Design Drawings

United States, Us

Back River Waste Water Treatment Plant - Baltimore, MD• Maintained a fully cost and resource loaded Primavera P6 construction schedule consisting of 9,500 activities and prepared monthly schedule updates and narrative reports for submission to the owner. • Implemented Google Sheet Request forms for the Superintendent staff to reduce the time required for monthly schedule updates. Improved update distribution turnaround from 3 days to 1 day.• Worked with Quality Control to create and maintain a detailed commissioning schedule from contract documents and drawings to assist with equipment turnover to the owner. • Prepare and distributed a Time Impact Analysis to model a 9-month delay to the project due to manufacturing failures.

United States, Us

CSX Virginia Avenue Tunnel Project – Phase I - Washington DC • Supported the project superintendent in comprehensively supervising and coordinating the installation of a $300 million freight rail tunnel in accordance with the contract documents, project schedule and the planned sequence of work • Developed and oversaw sequence of work plans, coordinating with self-perform crews, sub-contractors, suppliers, and cross-functional stakeholders, to maintain site efficiency.• Perform constructability/technical review of plan and specification modifications resulting from field design changes.• Supported the project superintendent with management of 27 different utility relocations over 11 city blocks including coordination meetings and RFI documentation. • Assisted lead Superintendent with management of the Primavera P6 construction schedule.• Analyzed site trends and tracking metrics to resolve production inefficiencies. • Continuously identified, resolved, and documented site safety issues.

Lorton, Virginia, Us

Federal Reserve Board Building Revitalization• Led the coordination and execution of earthworks, managing the removal of 170,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil and 30,000 cubic yards of rock.• Oversaw subgrade utility coordination with plumbing and drainage teams, ensuring compliance with project specifications and timelines.• Collaborated with the Engineer of Record and concrete subcontractor for efficient subgrade turnover, facilitating seamless transitions and project continuity.• Directed the demolition of slurry walls, implementing safety protocols to minimize disruption to adjacent structures.• Coordinated bracing and support of excavation efforts, enhancing site safety and structural integrity throughout the project.• Supervised a team of 20 to 40 employees, fostering collaboration and efficiency in high-pressure environments while maintaining zero lost time incidents.• Managed the operation and maintenance of up to 15 pieces of large construction equipment, ranging from CAT 299D track loaders and CAT 336 excavators, ensuring optimal performance and adherence to safety standards.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

Located and identified rail defects with Federal Railroad Administration Inspector and created a spreadsheet to report findings.Delegated defect tasks to maintainers to ensure a successful repair.Designed railroad crossing while estimating cost and project completion time.Purchased required parts and oversaw construction to complete the project before the deadline.Independently created and presented a lecture on electricity to new employees.Compiled and analyzed data using statistical analysis to define the average travel times between Control Points for the Board of Directors.

College Park, Md, Us

Bachelor'S Degree, Civil Engineering

High School Diploma, General Education