Raymond Forrest Email & Phone Number

Irvine, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Kris Gaughran, Owner (818) 640-3589
• Manage various high-end residential construction projects. Assisted the owner in planning, documentation, implementation, and overall management of projects.
• Accomplished sub-contractor evaluations/comparison of bids, scope revision, and complete buy as requested by owner. Ensure contracts, insurance, and bonds are current and received before the sub-contractor performs any.
• Worked collaboratively with colleagues to deliver intelligent solutions to ensure quality delivery, fostering growth, communication, and teamwork. Identified, analyzed, and resolved day to day challenges, scheduled.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Manage multiple high-end residential and theater construction projects throughout Southern California collaborating directly with owners, owner’s representatives, architects, and designers.
• Review all plans/specs and solicit/evaluate all subcontractor bids to develop budget, prepare CO’s as necessary, and monitor budget throughout project to ensure adherence.
• Determine project schedule using BuilderTrend software and publish to team, schedule all subcontractors, and procure/arrange deliveries to job site.
• Perform project pre-inspections and daily job site observations to monitor superintendents and subcontractor progress, lead/manage resolution of issues, ensure quality and client satisfaction.
• Conduct weekly production meetings with team members to enable timely resolution of critical issues.

Orange County, California Area

• Managed residential remodels, working closely with sales team, architects, and engineers to evaluate designs, confirm job costs, monitor budgets, acquire permits, and monitor onsite/offsite safety guidelines. Oversaw.

Orange County, California, United States

• Complete project management from initial bid request through turnover to end user. Responsibilities included complete project estimating, scheduling, contract management, supervision, cost control, construction project.
• Successfully led project team that managed the remodeling and maintenance of Circuit City, CarMax Auto Superstores, MaidPro, along with commercial tenant improvement and build-outs.

Rancho Santa Margarita, California, United States

• Contributed towards the achievement of the company’s strategic and operational objectives. Responsible for the coordination and management of tenant improvement projects, commercial build-outs, maintenance contracts.
• Managed project budgets exceeding $3,500,000 annually.