An estimating position with a progressive company that I can lend all my talents to and help them grow their business.
Bernard E. Oostra
Summary of qualifications
17 years in construction – estimating, supervising, project management, and carpentry, in every thing from Homes to High Rises.
9 Years full-time estimating from napkin conceptual budgets complete with site work for negotiated clients, to hard bidding in very competitive markets. Buying out jobs, writing owner contracts and subcontracts, overseeing the projects from start to finish.
10 years in the Financial Services/Investment Management business – Marketing my firm, myself and finding, raising, managing, servicing a diverse clientele with over 25 million in assets. (Morgan Stanley/Dean Witter, Prudential Securities, Smith Barney/Shearson)
I own and have utilized Timberline’s Precision Estimating Software & Digitizer.
Familiar with Microsoft Project and Primavera’s - P3 & SureTrak scheduling software.
Working knowledge of Viewpoint Accounting, Estimating and Project management Software
Computer literate and familiar with most applications utilized in a business or construction-estimating environment.
Professional experience
09/2006 – 12/2008 EMJ Corporation Chattanooga, TN
Estimator
 Project Estimator for a top 100 ENR General Contractor (#56).
 Estimate everything from Retail Super Centers, Malls, Schools, Government VA Hospital Projects, Mall Renovations, and Parking Lot Renovations.
 Competitive and Negotiated jobs along with a host of conceptual budgets covering all Civil and Architectural requirements.
Responsible for creating budgets, preparing and submitting bid proposals, negotiating with clients and subcontractors, writing contracts and buying out the job, overseeing the Project Managers, meeting all deadlines
03/2005 – 09/2006 PWI Construction, Inc. (Price Woods) Mesa, AZ
Estimator
 Project Estimator for a Retail Specialty G.C.
 Estimate everything from Tenant Improvements to brand new ground up buildings, along with Hospitality renovations from rooms to the public spaces. Competitive and Negotiated jobs along with a host of conceptual budgets.
 Responsible for creating budgets, preparing and submitting bid proposals, negotiating with clients and subcontractors, writing contracts and buying out the job, overseeing the Project Managers, meeting all deadlines.
10/2003 – 03/2005 Simac Construction, Inc. Escondido, CA
Estimator
 Chief Estimator for a Retail Specialty G.C. (San Diego Office)
 Estimate everything from Tenant Improvements to brand new ground up buildings both hard bid and conceptual for client budgets.
 Moved this company from 100% bidding on paper to instituting a new online plan room service for our subcontractors to utilize. We were saving about 20% of our usual cost to roll out a job to our subcontractors, before I left.
 Responsible for creating budgets, preparing and submitting bid proposals, negotiating with clients and subcontractors, meeting all deadlines.
Objective
Education 01/2003 – 9/2003 Excel Construction Services. Escondido, CA
Estimator/Project Manager
 Helped a friend grow his new construction business.
 Estimate, project manage, supervise, and sell jobs.
 Small Insurance repair and remodeling contractor
04/2000 – 01/2003 Mekia Construction Co., Inc. Chula Vista, CA
Vice President then President
 Co-managed, estimated, and supervised a self-performing G.C.
 My primary focus was estimating, selling jobs and Project Managing jobs from Seismic retrofits to renovations, remodels etc.
 Our projects were mainly high end T.I.s for companies like; Tiffany & Company – Fashion Valley Store, San Diego. IBM Sales & Tech. Offices – Golden Triangle, San Diego. Kaiser Permanente, San Diego
Professional and personal references available upon request.
Compensation commensurate with my experience and talents.
2000 Estimating Courses at San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
1999 AutoCAD courses from Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA
1997 Attended the Certified Investment Management Analyst program from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.
1987 I was recruited out of College to join a small regional investment-banking firm, a member of the American Stock Exchange.
1985 – 1987 Grossmont Junior College, San Diego, CA. Studies: General education, Psychology and Finance.
1983 – 1985 Mesa College, San Diego, CA. Studies: Trade school for the occupation of Carpenter, 4-year program completed in only 2 years. The Apprenticeship council allowed me and early out due to my outstanding performance in the program so that I could attend other College courses.
1982 Graduated from Will C. Crawford High School in San Diego, CA
Representative Job list
(At EMJ Corp.)
Representative Job list
(Bid and Won at PWI)
Representative Job list
(Bid and Won at SIMAC)
1) Cherryvale Mall Addition and Renovation, Rockford, Illinois. Added a Barnes & Noble to the Mall along with 55,000 SF of Lifestyle Center adjacent to the Mall. $11,400,000. I inherited this job from another estimator, when we bid it out it was $1,000,000 over budget, I value engineered it down to only $300,000 over, which was acceptable to out client and we moved forward and built it.
2) Kohl’s in Richmond, KY. New store behind curb 76,000 SF $3,800,000.
3) Equestrian Crossing in Georgetown, KY. 224 Acre Super Center $45,000,000 Conceptual estimate for client’s proforma now moving ahead into construction drawings.
4) The Terrace at Hamilton Place, Chattanooga, TN. 25,000 SF conversion from a Barnes & Noble to two tenant spaces (DSW & ULTA) $2,400,000.
5) The Mall of Acadiana – Lafayette, LA. Complete Site lighting renovation. $2,000,000.
6) Kohl’s in Anderson, SC. 86,000 SF new store behind curb, $4,100,000.
7) Kohl’s in Wake Forest, NC. 88,000 SF new store behind curb, $4,400,000.
8) Imperial Valley Commons in El Centro, CA a 30 Acre new retail Super center, $25,000,000. (site work is nearly complete moving forward with some of the buildings soon)
1) Bag n’ Baggage, 3101 PGA Blvd, Palm Beach Gardens, FL. 2330 SF Retail Store. Accepted bid $204,268.00
2) T, Rowe Price Investor Center, 40 Skokie Blvd. Northbrook, IL 2511 SF, Investment Offices, Accepted bid $522,595.00
3) T. Rowe Price Investor Center, 1100 Franklin Ave, Garden City, NY. 3541 SF, Investment Offices. Accepted bid $936,529.00.
4) Mandarin Oriental Hotel, 222 Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA. (Five Star Hotel) 154 room renovation, Accepted bid $1,576,000.00.
5) San Francisco Airport Westin (SFO), 1 Old Bayshore Highway, Millbrae, CA. 403 room renovation, Accepted bid $2,075,000.00.
6) Cincinnati Westin, 21 East 5th Street, Cincinnati, OH. 20,431 SF of Public Space and Restaurant renovation. Accepted bid $ 1,377,000.00.
7) SFO Westin Generator, 1 Old Bayshore Highway, Millbrae, CA. Installation of a new Emergency Generator. Accepted bid $578,000.00.
8) Marc Jacobs – Forum Shops, Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, NV. 915 SF Retail Store. Accepted bid $432,000.00.
9) Stuart Weitzman – San Antonio TX. 1,300 SF Retail Store. Accepted bid $286,000.00.
10) Stuart Weitzman – San Francisco, CA. 3,058 SF Retail Store. Accepted bid $864,450.00.
11) Venetian Hotel & Casino – Bouchan Restaurant Terrace Enclosure, Las Vegas, NV. 942 SF Restaurant addition. Accepted Bid $940,000.00.
12) Escada Company Store – Sawgrass Mills, Sunrise, FL. 3,079 SF Retail Store. Accepted bid $267,161.00.
Total $10,059,003.00 in 11 months
1) Retail Shopping Center for Silver Creek Properties, 91st Ave. & McDowell Road, Phoenix AZ. 10,625 SF New ground up building with site work. Accepted bid $1,425.000.00.
2) Aero Drive III Commercial Center, Murphy Canyon Road, San Diego, CA 7,200 SF New ground up building with an extensive amount of site work. Accepted bid $1,359,000.00
3) Armstrong Garden Center, 1350 W. Morena Blvd, San Diego, CA. 6,400 SF New ground up building with T.I. and site work. Accepted bid $859,000.00
4) Façade Renovation – Retail and Trader Joe’s building, 1211 – 1231 Garnett Ave, San Diego, CA. Accepted bid $456,000.00
5) Henry’s Market, (Grocery Store) Escondido, CA 26,483 SF Relocate existing Henry’s Market to a brand new ground up building on same site with site work. Accepted bid $3,300,000.00
6) Charleston Corners Retail Center, 1509 Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89102. 2 brand new ground up buildings, 1 Java Detour Drive Thru with T.I. and Retail building on same site with site work. 3,411 SF total. Accepted bid $841,000.00
7) Java Detour, Tropicana Ave. & Harrison Drive, Las Vegas NV. 1345 SF brand new retail building and T.I. for Java with site work. Accepted bid $583,000.00
8) Retail Shops with a Java Detour on end cap, Corner of Pecos and Patrick, Clark County NV. 7,500 SF brand new ground up building with T.I. for Java (900 SF) with site work. Accepted bid $841,000.00
9) Retail Shop Building, 7180 Carson St. Long Beach, CA. 10,739 SF ground up building with site work. Accepted bid $1,583,000.00
10) NCR Corp. O.A.T.S. Facility Relocation San Diego, CA. 2,000 SF Testing room and site test platform with site work. Accepted bid $447,000.00
11) Plaza Antonio Retail Pad building (Washington Mutual), Rancho Santa Margarita, CA. 7,050 SF new ground up building with site work. Accepted bid $909,000.00
12) Rejeuvine Med Spa, 1905 Calle Barcelona, Carlsbad, CA. 1,786 SF T.I. Accepted bid $211,000.00
13) Panera Bread Restaurant - Mira Mesa, San Diego, CA. 4,200 SF T.I. Accepted bid $429,000.00
14) Panera Bread Restaurant – San Marcos, San Marcos CA. 3,600 SF T.I. Accepted bid $393,000.00
15) Panera Bread Restaurant – Vista Village, Vista, CA. 3,900 SF T.I. Accepted bid $414,000.00
16) Panera Bread Restaurant – Santa Clarita, Santa Clarita, CA. 4,500 SF T.I. Accepted bid $464,000.00
17) Sky Canyon Plaza, Sky Canyon Drive and Murrieta Hot Springs Road, Riverside, CA. 22,920 SF two new retail buildings with site work. Accepted bid $2,600,000.00
18) Verizon Wireless Renovation, 2990 Midway Drive, San Diego, CA. 1,890 SF T.I. remodel. Accepted bid $78,000.00
19) Verizon Wireless Renovation, 1571 N. Magnolia Ave. El Cajon, CA. 2892 SF T.I. remodel. Accepted bid $94,000.00
20) Piazza Santa Luz Retail, North and South Lots, Via Verrazono & Via Bettona, San Diego, CA. 8,000 SF buildings (2) new ground up with site work. Accepted bid $2,400,000.00
21) Windsor Marketplace Retail Shell, 1530 Main St. Windsor, CO. 7,500 SF new ground up building with site work. Accepted bid $724,000.00
22) Coachella Retail Center Phase1, Corner of 48th & Jackson St. Coachella, CA. 10.3-Acre site with 5 retail buildings totaling 32,300 SF and 4 ground-leased pads ready for tenant includes and extensive amount of site and off site work. Accepted bid $7,200,000.00
23) Palms to Pines West, 72655 – 72695 Hwy. 111, Palm Desert, CA. 800 LF of retail façade renovation. Accepted bid $1,100,000.00
24) Nightingale Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing Facility, 1802 Center City Parkway, Escondido, CA. 3.5 Acre site with a 3 story 55,000 SF assisted living center and 18,000 SF skilled nursing center, includes a significant amount of site work. Accepted bid $ 15,000,000.00
Total $43,710,000.00 in 15 months.
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