To use my 11 plus years of estimating experience in joining a company to provide detailed accurate bidding, and contracting; to cust costs and provide these skills to assure a profitable company.
Duane R. Trammell trammellhome[at]dslextreme.com
29718 Avida Drive Menifee, California 92584 Home (951) 679-4001
ESTIMATOR
Work for Construction Company where I can provide my estimating and management skills to provide cost savings and budget reductions. Become a valued asset to the Project Team and Company.
BUDGET PREPARATION BID PREPARATION & AWARDING VALUE ENGINEERING
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• 12 years experience of preparing estimates and proposals. Reviewing & revising scopes of work. Performing takeoffs. Compiling all information for complete bid packages. Complete understanding of plan & specification reading, and construction documents.
• Receiving, and producing spreadsheets for details analysis of bid proposals. Make recommendation of award to VP or designee. Analysis shows what the budget is and by what percentage the bidders were over or under the budget.
• Highly experienced in reviewing specifications and drawings, to provide value engineering suggestions.
• Effectively develop subcontractor bid lists of subcontractors with culture and values that match the Company.
• Strong ability to create and manage project budgets for the entire duration of project. Provide cost control to assure budget compliance.
• Confidently create and maintain all documentation for estimates on the project.
• Effectively handle subcontractor and vendor disputes in regards to scopes of work, determining whether an extra to contract is warranted.
• Proficient in communicating scopes of work and contract content to Project Management Team, to provide information to make decisions.
• Exceptional problem solver, driven to succeed with strong interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• A natural leader, able to get team to move forward on common goals; turn vision into reality.
• Exceptional work ethics, capable of adopting a number of roles simultaneously, embrace change readily.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
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SELECTED CARRER ACHIEVEMENTS
• Developed New Purchasing Department that took on the responsibility of all Offsite bidding, contracting, budgets and reviews.
• Through more efficient bidding and contracting, the field purchase order dollars were reduced by $650,000 (76%)
• Exceptional bidding and cost control all project budgets were equal to or less than original proposed budgets.
• Helped in preparing Land Development Due diligence budgets that were accurate and on time for the purchasing / selling of land.
• Participated with management in many negotiations where in excess of $1M was saved by reducing sellers’ price because of aggressive accurate budget numbers from subcontractors prior to negotiations.
• In three years saved the company $3M+ through value engineering and strategic negotiations.
• Successfully negotiated cost savings from Trade partners on the average of 5% during declined economy.
• Built up trade Partner base by 100% with honest, high quality, and cost conscience companies with 100% retention.
• Developed a trust with all the trade partners where my word was golden – always performed what I said I would.
• Revised all existing Scopes of Work in conjunction with Trade Partner buy-in.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
OFFSITE PURCHASING October 2005 to January 2009
SHEA HOMES, LP Corona, CA
OFFSITE PURCHASING April 2002 to October 2005
KB HOME Pomona, CA
OFFSITE FIELD SUPERINTENDENT April 1999 to April 2002
KB HOME Pomona, CA
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER November 1996 to January 1999
SYSTEMS PAVING, INC. Newport Beach, CA
OFFSITE SUPERINTENDENT August 1994 to November 1996
KATHRYN G. THOMPSON CONSTRUCTION Aliso Viejo, CA
OFFSITE SUPERINTENDENT August 1992 to August 1994
RBF ENGINEERING Irvine, CA
ESTIMATOR / PROJECT MANAGER June 1988 to August 1992
COCHRAN-IZANT & CO., INC. Santa Fe Springs, CA
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EDUCATION
BACHELOR OF ARTS – BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (BA) DEGREE
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, AT FULLERTON Fullerton, CA
GENERAL CONTRACTORS LICENSE “Aâ€
CALIFORNIA STATE LICENSE BOARD Sacramento, CA
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