SUMMARY: Experienced General Contractor and Project Manager in general construction, construction management, and architecture/engineering business. Twenty five years of experience in negotiating/proposals/contracting, conceptual and hard-bid estimating, scheduling and construction management, and operations.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1991 – 2008 Herbst Construction and engineering Company AZ.
20years Contact Courtney James 651 230 6085 Vice President
General Contractor / Project Manager
• Managed a design/build $20 million factory and 170 MM Wind Farms directing company employees and subcontractor personnel, with peak employment of approximately 220 people. Prepared initial budgets and monthly cost tracking reports using Microsoft Excel. Worked with the accounting department on preparing monthly billings and approving subcontractor and supplier invoices. Prepared initial schedule and monthly updates using Microsoft Project. Chaired weekly separate owner and construction meetings and prepared monthly owner reports.
• Led $17 million clean room facility project with duties as described above.
• Project Manager / construction MPLS. Airport control tower.
• Worked with the developers in preparing budgets and schedules for pre-construction services for $60 million hotel and $75 million retail and housing project.
• Ran competitive bid Senior Housing projects. These were HUD financed projects that involved governmental reporting and preparation of monthly billings. Managed subcontractors, weekly meetings, budgets and schedules.
• Managed retail projects involving site development, shell construction, and tenant build-outs.
• Managed wind farm projects of $170 ML.
Wallner companies
1977 - 1991 Contact Rochelle Remolds CFO 651 230 6086
Construction Manager for Public Projects
• Created Bidding Phase for a $30 million new high school campus. Prepared work descriptions for various bid packages and worked with the school district on bidding and awarding approximately 100 different contracts. The project included a new 267,000 SF new building and development of a 222 acre campus for 1,400 students. Pre-Construction Phase included attending Building Committee meetings, preparing budget estimates and schedules. During construction conducted weekly site visits and construction meetings, monthly budget and schedule updates and periodic meetings with the building committee and school board.
• Performed cost estimating services for various architects on projects ranging from $10 million to $25 million.
• Project Manager on commercial, institutional and health care projects. Estimated and managed the cost for self preformed work including concrete, masonry and carpentry trades.
• On site project manager for an $11 million hotel in Lansing MI.
• On site construction manager for a $10 million hospital addition and remodeling in St. Paul.
• On site project manager for a $7 million Veterinary Medicine building at the University of MN, St. Paul Campus.
• Field Engineer on a 1,000 MW coal fired power plant in North Dakota with responsibilities for scheduling and change order pricing/ tracking.
• Prepared cost estimates during various stages of the design process, including conceptual SF budgets, schematic design estimates and design development estimates.
• Estimated volume was approximately $250 million per year with approximately 75% being health care related.
• Estimated all paving and grading projects for company’s road and utilities division.
• Walner and its batch plants and gravel pits were sold to Cemstone concrete ready mix in 1988 Making Cemstone the larges ready mix co. in the Midwest.
Education: B.S. in Construction Engineering
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Undergrad Wind Resource Assessment at R.N.R.F.
Bethesda, Maryland
Undergrad Wind permitting/settings at R.N.R.F.
Bethesda, Maryland
Undergrad Wind integrations with utility operations at R.N.R.F.
Bethesda, Maryland
C.P.C.M.
Associations: Tau Beta Phi Engineering Honorary Society
American Institute of Constructors
American Society of Professional Estimators
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