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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

•Managed various mixed use developments through design phases, construction phases and turnover phases.•Oversaw project development budgets, including monthly construction draw creation and submission, and building hard cost reviews.•Managed project closeout of various mixed use residential towers including budget and construction completion.•Built and implemented new organizational processes related to budget and workflow management.•Remediated construction defects across multiple operating assets, including management of engineers and contractors, and execution of work.•Collaborated with asset management teams on occupied buildings to improve asset performance.•Was heavily involved in contract buyout and GMP pricing negotiation.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

•Oversee a current combined construction portfolio in excess of $450-million.•Perform pre-construction document and cost reviews including but not limited to multi-family,renovation, industrial, and mid-rise buildings.Evaluated project risk from a variety of standards including construability, cost, and schedule•Perform on site observations services for new construction, including schedule analysis, quality ofwork analysis and contractor billing request reviews.•Conduct existing property evaluations to generate replacement reserve schedules and propertydeficiency reports on behalf of developers, private equity funds and lenders.

Greater Chicago Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Participated in production of architectural construction drawings of 300+unit multi use dwellings.•Performed on-site job analyses including documentation, measurements and OAC meeting attendance.•Attained information relative to coordination of engineers and subcontractor trades.•Gained experience in achieving project codes and specifications requirements.

Orlando, Florida Area

• Participated on design/development team for mixed-use buildings design and coordination.•Engaged in multi-disciplinary clash detection and building coordination modeling.•Gained experience fabricating precast components, including in-field manufacturing.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Provide help to visitors, students, and faculty at information desk• Assist with Whitten University Center advertising and event ticketing• Assist with Student Center Complex reservations

Coral Gables, Florida

• Served as a student representative on the University of Miami Board of Trustees• Sat-in on the two Academic Affairs Board meetings• Presented to the Board presentation updates on current projects and events of University of Miami Student Government

Union, New Jersey

• Completed architectural drawings of existing commercial and residential structures for submission to clients• Performed on-site job analyses including photographs, as-built drawings, measurements and general surveys• Shadowed in meetings with engineers and developers to ensure codes and specifications were correct

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

•Shadowed the licensed architect leading the Braman Miller Center renovation•Toured construction site weekly, gaining first-hand experience of the progression of project construction•Sat-in on a construction meeting, learning about the various issues that come up during building and demolition processes