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My most recent project was a $400M USD tunnel, bridge, and roadway project, Project Vía al Mar in Antioquia, Colombia. The details included seven tunnels of 12.5km, 17 bridges of 1.3km with post-tensioned beams, consecutive cantilevers, and steel structure, and 4.5km of a highway for a total length of 18.3km. I provided primary support, managing excavation, waterproofing, and definitive lining of a 9,730m tunnel with 130m2 of a cross-section for an emergency exit, and six additional tunnels with a total of 2770m and 90 m2 of a cross-section.I leveraged my negotiation skills to meet with the client to establish contractual obligations and define the project scope to ensure profitability. I collaborated with cross-functional departments to streamline multiple concurrent workflows and ensure that we met the established timelines and budgets, where I monitored costs and controlled expenditures without sacrificing quality or safety. As a result of my attention to detail and ability to plan, we were able to begin the excavation of the tunnel’s entry portal six months before plan date- this work represented 80% of the project’s entire budget, so starting work that much in advance resulted in a significant gain. I actively drove compliance to Integrated Management System requirements and procedures, including performing root-cause analysis of non-conformity reports, to identify the cause of accidents and environmental incidents to improve plans of action.

I was the lead for Project Bogotá Villavicencio worth $195M USD, developing 8,808m of tunnels, 4134m of a highway, and five bridges with a total length of 1781m with post-tensioned beams and consecutive cantilevers. I supervised teams in multiple concurrent activities, reviewed schematics, maintained documentation, procured and allocated materials, and developed and managed schedules and budgets. I also led the accounting department, served as the face of the company when meeting with clients, liaised between project financial and technical departments to develop future projections, directed disposal of materials, performed inspections to meet quality standards, and drove a work culture focused on safety for all. In this role, I completed the scope of all three contracts on or ahead of schedule, finishing the last segment of tunnel 16 three months ahead of schedule. This was partially achieved through my leadership, creating improvements to our productivity levels while simultaneously reducing nonconformities by leading an improvement initiative to analyze, correct, and launch new construction methodologies.I was also instrumental in the successful claim against the client for budget overruns related to an over-excavation that wasn't accounted for in the original design. This was attributed to the geological conditions of a rock mass.

For this project, I spearheaded all procurement and startup activities for a 150M VEF rehab and optimization for a water treatment plant in Caracas. Our target was to improve the capacity to 7500 l/s, renovate the lime and activated carbon facilities, and install a liquid aluminum sulfate dosage system, new polyelectrolyte and potassium permanganate dosage systems, and access hall filtration zone roof replacement. We also built new transformers, an administrative building, multiple storage facilities, and new electric installations across the entire plant, involving control wiring and a generator control center. I oversaw all facets of the project lifecycle, including selecting, building, and managing teams; developing and managing budgets; liaising with stakeholders and construction teams; led aggressive negotiations; troubleshot construction and schedule issues; and developed and presented status reports, and gave the same to leadership.

I this role, I managed a $630M public transit system construction project located in Barquisimeto. This was a large project involving 30km of dedicated electric bus lanes, a four-story, 40,000 m2 main building and a seven-story administrative building with six platforms of 2000 m2 each, and a storage and maintenance facility over six hectares with a 300m test track and parking area for 120 buses.As the Director, I oversaw all facets of project execution, from planning to procurement and resource allocation, budget development to report generation, cost controls to team selection and hiring, subcontractor management to quality controls, and troubleshooting any issues arising as we moved through the different project phases. I developed and launched an occupational hazard risk prevention protocol to ensure the highest security and safety levels for all personnel, sites, and equipment.

Construction of the station “El Tambor” and tunnel “Corral de Piedra”. Line 1 Metro Los Teques. Caracas. Venezuela.Project Cost: USD. 58.300.000,00Project Characteristics:The station is a reinforced concrete structure of 10,000 m2 approximately. The tunnel “Corral de Piedra” has a section of approximately 100 m2 and 1,162 linear meters in length, excavated with mechanical means and explosives.Duties:– Conduct, coordinate and control the overall construction, financial resources, technical resources, and human talent.– Decision-making in corrections of planning deviations.– Preparation of economic and financial reports.– Implement management indicators to control the completion of the work.– Establish the control and supervision mechanisms of the subcontracted work both in quality and costs and terms.– Elaborate, execute and control quality plans an environmental management of the work.– Elaborate the occupational risk prevention plan.– Relations with clients, inspection and unions.

Construction work DAM AND CENTRAL HYDROELECTRIC CARUACHI. Ciudad Guayana. Venezuela.Construction work Amount: USD. 667.000.000,00.Work Characteristics: Foundations and structure for 12 (twelve) units Kaplan group of 189 MW each. Spillway of 9 (nine) spans with a design flow of 30.000 m3/sec. 1.710.000m3 of refrigerated concrete between 8º and 15ºC, 77.000.000 kg of reinforcing steel, 5.400.000 kg of first phase building steel and pipelines, 663.000 m2 of formwork.Duties: Engineer Implementation Manager, responsible for planning, and organize the staffing in spillway construction and the powerhouse of the dam.

Construction work: CONSTRUCTION OF PIPE RACKS AND COOLING TOWER. Barcelona Venezuela.Work Characteristics: Precast and assembly of 150 reinforced concrete Pipe racks. Construction of a cooling tower with 17 reinforced concrete cells, some casted “in situ” and some prefabricated.Duties:Responsible of planning, organizing and staffing of the work for the precast and assembly of 150 Pipe Racks of reinforced concrete and the construction of a Cooling Tower of 17 cells in reinforced concrete, some casted “in situ” and some prefabricated.