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• Managed competitive bidding process requiring the coordination of project specifications with budget restraints and negotiated bid proposals to reduce overall budget.• Analyzed construction documents thus evaluating bid accuracy and researched alternate specifications and construction methods to reduce forecasted budgets.• Reviewed construction documents submitted by contracted architectural firms and revised/improved the design based on company value engineering standards.• Maintained and supervised an extensive product catalog of construction materials that encompassed all phases of construction• Developed bid tracking system that incorporated an extensive subcontractor database with subsequent bid proposals allowing for a quick study of projected costs.• Worked in conjunction with field project managers to modify construction documents, budgets and purchase orders due to plan specification changes.• Scheduled and conducted “walk-throughs" of prototype plans in which members of the construction and design teams would critique the product; documented all modifications and coordinated the revision of all plans, specifications, budgets and purchase orders necessary.

• Compiled and evaluated project bid proposals and administered a line of communication between client and subcontractor in order to manage construction budgets.• Administered construction budgets for three individual townhouse projects (83 units) valued at $17.5 million.• Directed a competitive bidding process that required the coordination of project specifications with client budget restraints.• Initiated a system of tracking and comparing submitted bids in order to compare them among trades as well as validating them against proposed specifications.• Calculated construction budgets based upon accepted bid proposals and formatted them on a per unit basis.

• Designed several unique plans consisting of complete architectural, structural and electrical drawings for several communities in the Atlanta metro area.• Honored in 2002 with two Silver Winner Awards for Best Single Family Detached Home (Morningside and Piedmont plans) by “Best in American Living” as a member of HGI Designs.• Prepared labor and material estimates per plan and created budgets for each phase of construction.• Instituted analysis report of actual job cost vs. sales price to determine marketability of plan and potential profit to company.• Generated $172,000 of receivable income through custom design work for individual clients.

• Customized stock plans in coordination with individual clients and developed new plans to meet builder’s growing needs.• Processed zoning and construction permits and scheduled inspections in compliance with local zoning and building department.