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Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Texas, United States

• Responsible for the successful planning and coordination of estimates.• Ensuring estimates are executed to the highest standards, while focusing on meeting budget constraints, safety, quality, and client desires.• Lead preconstruction activities, including cost estimating, budget development, and value engineering. • Collaborate with the internal and external teams to ensure project designs align with client expectations and requirements. • Conduct feasibility studies and risk assessments to mitigate potential challenges.• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, consultants, subcontractors and stakeholders. • Review subcontract pricing and give feedback regarding cost, progress or any potential obstacles.• Perform site visits to take photographs, gather and analyze data to determine project conditions.• Complete quantity and detailed cost estimating from specifications and drawings for client review.• Estimate take offs, specialized equipment pricing and subcontractor input to finalize bid numbers.• Develop conceptual estimates from incomplete drawings with minimal information or scope.

Houston, Texas, United States

SENIOR ESTIMATOR• Project types: Airports, Educational, Federal Government, Municipal Bond and Privately Owned.• Review RFQs and give management feedback regarding progress or any potential obstacles.• Perform site visits to take photographs, gather and analyze data to determine project conditions.• Complete quantity and detailed cost estimating from specifications and drawings for client review.• Estimate take offs, specialized equipment pricing and subcontractor input to finalize bid numbers.• Develop conceptual estimates from incomplete drawings with minimal information or scope.• Identify and evaluate technology or process improvements to increase client’s project efficiencies.• Present value-driven cost and price solutions aligned to the client’s budget at Design meetings.• Consult with owner, contractor and design team to discuss various engineering options available.• Review bid drawings and create estimates for all construction divisions in multiple industries.• Analyze proposal pricing and submit data to IT for entry into the company’s knowledge database.• Research bidding opportunities and track upcoming projects for new business development.

Houston, Texas, United States

SENIOR ESTIMATOR• Project types include: Municipals, Educational, Military, U.S. Government and Private Owners.• Produce and manage cost estimates through final bid packages delivery and bid submission.• Complete, assemble and ensure the integrity of the full bid packages for client review.• Create and provide project scheduling, including milestones and project management targets.• Participate in design reviews by outside engineering contractors, fabricators, and vendors.• Provide both conceptual estimates of cost and detailed line-item budgets for projects in various stages of design and development.• Coordinate the project cost estimating with AG|CM staff estimators, assigning work as necessary.• Review plans and specifications to determine the nature, duration and scope of project.• Communicate inconsistencies discovered in the bid documents to subs, owners and architects.• Perform quantity take-offs in a manner and level of detail consistent with the project goals• Collect proposals, blueprints, specifications, and related documents to prepare estimate.• Identify the labor pool, subcontractors, material sources, and time requirements.• Solicit, research and develop sources for compiling and maintaining accurate cost information.• Perform quote review of material suppliers and subcontract trades to ensure accuracy.• Research and track possible new projects and bidding opportunities for the company.• Take on any additional assignments as required or directed by the Chief Estimator.

Sugar Land, Texas, United States

Estimator – Energy & Chemical Laid Off – Due to lack of work• Estimating Energy and Chemical projects for refinery and processing facilities buildings locally and globally.• Prepare Rough Estimates to establish a benchmark for construction bid, determining if job will be bid.• Maintain Estimating database of manpower, outside labor and material rates for future forecasting.• Prepare Detailed Multi Disciplined Estimates for contract negotiations in the following estimating programs used by the company: CCE, ICE, Aquarius, RIB, OGM and MS Excel.• Review RFQ and Technical Specifications validating contents and assumptions pertinent to our scope of work. Clearly define scope of service and parameters to be used, identifying equipment and trades that will be purchased and subbed out.• Monitor cost control. Track and document all change orders to ensure customer is invoiced; follow the job progress and any problems that need to be corrected on a project. • Perform Take-Offs to create detailed Bills of Material for suppliers and sub-trades. • Work with Procurement to identify qualified suppliers and subs for purchased major equipment, shop fabrication and installation. Review with Procurement the quotations received from suppliers. Verify Shop Production Rates and Output are able to meet schedules.• Prepare and reconcile estimate with Procurement, Sales and Engineering. • Conduct bid review meetings.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Analyze RFQs; submit bids, prepare proposal drawings and conduct negotiations when awarded. • Provide Design/Build Engineering prior to estimating projects. • Evaluate, select, hire and coordinate contractors and subs for project.• Specify and purchase material and equipment for projects.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Estimate and manage new commercial construction projects and pre-engineered metal buildings.• Prepare proposals for electrical contracting, structural steel fab and erection and custom built homes.• Select subs, issue and award contracts, generate drawings, specify and purchase materials.

Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas and Katy, Texas • Estimate new retail, office, apartment and condominium design/build projects.• Architectural design for tenant build-outs in company managed properties. Field Supervision.• Assess damages and schedule repairs on existing properties. Specify and purchase job materials. • Coordinate and schedule projects, selecting trades and subs, issue and award contracts.

Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States

T.S. Quatro Inc. – Commercial Design / Build General Contractor • Estimate in-house Design-Build projects or Plan & Spec Bid Packages prepared by others• Prepare Proposals, budget costs for projects, specify purchased equipment• Create as-built drawings of existing buildings to include re-work or additions for permitting • Provide electrical, mechanical ventilation and plumbing design and engineering for projects• Select sub- contractors, negotiate scope of work, write and award contracts

Flat Rock, Michigan, United States

D. Williams Building and Remodeling Company, Flat Rock, Michigan 1980 – August 2006 • Estimate new and remodeled residential home construction projects. • Provide architectural, mechanical, ventilation, electrical, and plumbing drawings for remodel projects.• Assist in field (on weekends) with carpentry and miscellaneous site work.

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Associate'S Degree, Architecture

Activities and Societies: 3.47 GPA

Refrigeration - Certified

Drafting, Welding, Sheet Metal Journeyman