Actively pursing a senior management opportunity with a progressive organization that can effectively utilize my 35 years of construction experience and couple it with my creative business acumen. The ideal position would be one in an environment that encourages continued growth, long term stability, and professional
expansion.
Summary of Qualifications
 Communicator - Communication effectively, excellent oral and written skills, comfortably interfaces with all levels of management / employees, design professionals, building officials, and municipalities.
 Negotiator -Extensive proven record as a negotiator with clients, contractors, and suppliers.
 Creative- Establishes innovative procedures, processes, techniques, and value engineering.
 Businessman – Has the business acumen to properly analyze cause and effect.
 Results oriented individual - Effectively sets and exceeds expectations in scheduling, budgeting, and quality, as well as in all personal endevours.
Areas of Expertise
Design Implementation, Analysis and Value Engineering.
 Manage the design consultants, architects and engineers throughout the design process. To include all mass grade, utilities, storm water management, finish grading, road / parking lots, detention systems, sight lighting, landscaping, walks, curb cuts and access, sanitary sewer, construction classification types, use groups, fire suppression systems, egress, occupancy loads, and all schedules / specifications, HVAC, MEP, IT, and alarm systems.
Contracts and Specifications:
 Review of Real estate purchase and lease contracts.
 Write all scopes of work, contracts and specifications with 3rd party contractors.
 Negotiate and approve all subcontractor agreements, specifications, and contracts.
 Project buyout.
Software:
 Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Outlook, and Project, Quickbooks Pro, and Timberline accounting.
 Design software - AutoCAD, Softplan 6.0.,Varco Pruden pre-engineered steel buildings design software.
Project and Operations Management:
 25 years of experience managing construction sites.
 6 years of experience managing a general contracting company with in-house crews.
 5 years managing a commercial general contracting division.
 11 years of managing cash flow.
Employment History
June 2007 – December 2008 Pirhl Contracting, Warrensville Heights, Ohio
Pirhl Contracting is a company specializing in low income / senior housing. All of their projects are in the tax credit program. And virtually all of their work is 100% travel.
PROJECT SUPERINTENDENT / PROJECT MANAGER
Responsibilities Included:
 Finding local qualified contractors
 Processed all associated requirements and designs for local utility providers.
 Processed all associated permits.
 Defined design criteria to create as-built drawings from working drawings.
 Negotiated prices of sub-contractors and suppliers.
 Scheduling and monitoring of all subcontractors.
 Troubleshooting for all construction related issues.
 Monitored all construction for quality control.
 Approved all application for payments and change orders to subcontractors.
 Client communication and design assistance.
Projects of Note:
 Water Tower Place Apartments: Elkhart, Indiana, 60,000 sf 3 story apt building
 Gate way Town Homes: Cumberland, Maryland, 30 Town homes
 Chambersburg Family Town Homes: Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 40 Town Homes
March 2002 – Sept. 2006 Pride One Omni Real Estate, Medina, Ohio
Director of Construction
Pride One Omni is a real estate development company with a general contracting division. I served as the Head of the commercial construction department, and Senior Project Manager overseeing ground up and renovation projects of commercial offices, warehouses, retail / mixed use, restaurants, and multifamily facilities in N.E. Ohio. As general contractors we developed land, constructed shells and completed the interior build-outs. Pride One acted as both an owner representative and general contractor. I was responsible from the initial concept of the project through final occupancy.
Responsibilities Included:
 Established and updated estimating systems and budget procedures.
 Managed, monitored, hired, developed, and evaluated employees performance.
 Established and instituted a purchase order system.
 Established a schedule reporting system.
 Coordinated efforts for all procedures to ensure a smooth transition from the construction department to the real estate and property management department upon completion of construction.
 Troubleshooting with the property management division on all issues that involve any type of construction
to insure maximum use of resources.
 Managed and coordinated all warranty / maintenance / minor construction adjustments and renovations involving tenants of company owned portfolio.
 Managed all account receivables, account payables, cash flow, and project budgets.
 Prepared, created, and authorized all proposals for construction projects
Commercial Construction Senior Project Manager
Responsibilities Included:
 Hiring, guiding and monitoring the architectural and engineering design professionals. Including all site designs and all mechanical designs. Play a critical role in value engineering not only assessing the construction costs, but also ensuring future maintenance and expansion efforts were implemented into all designs. Monitor and guide the design professionals for all system specifications.
 Prepared an initial conceptual budget, estimates and final budget.
 Write scopes of work; negotiate all contracts with subcontractors.
 Prepare schedules and sequencing of events.
 Issue all purchase orders and verify specifications, verify all change order requests, approve all applications for payment.
 Processing, monitoring and expediting all associated permits. Including zoning, plumbing, building, sanitary sewer, storm water, road opening, driveway, and demolition.
 Managed all field employees including superintendents and construction managers
 Monitored all quality control to insure that the company standards were always being met.
 Served as clients main point of contact from inception to final completion and turn over.
 Tallmadge Pointe Apartments, Tallmadge, OH: 40 unit apartment building. This project also included 30 units of existing apartments that we completely renovated the interiors.
 Hidden Acres Apartments, Elyria, OH: 176 apartments units.
 Milltown Pointe Apartments, Wooster, OH: 125 apartments units.
 Stoney Run Apartments, Brunswick, OH: 100 apartments units.
August 1996-March 2002 High Point Home Builders, Inc., Massillon, Ohio
President
High Point Home Builders Inc. was a general contracting company specializing in custom home building, multi-family, light commercial and remodeling. Annual sales: $2.3 million. Price range of homes $90k-$330k.I was responsible for all aspects of operating home building business.
Responsibilities Included:
 Designed over 100 homes, 7 multifamily buildings, and numerous additions and renovations. All designs were completed in Softplan architectural format.
 All estimating, purchasing, and subcontractor / supplier negotiations.
 I managed all sales associates, and worked at the sales center as needed. In this role I projected advertising budgets and needs, projected sales and established goals.
 Served in the project manager role with field superintendents reporting to me.
 Negotiated all sales pricing.
 Approved and proposed all necessary contracts.
 Managed all operating costs, overhead, projected future budgets, and cash flow needs.
 Purchased all associated building sites, and undeveloped property.
 Authorized payment requests and Change Order requests by subcontractors.
August 1994-July 1996 Omni Realty, Solon, Ohio
PROJECT MANAGER
Omni Realty was a company that focused in commercial property development and construction. As a general contractor the focus was on ground up construction of office buildings, retail buildings, warehouses, and restaurants.
Responsibilities Included:
 Managed all phases of commercial construction projects up to $4 million.
 Hired, monitored, and value engineered all designs.
 Processed all associated permits.
 Defined design criteria to create as-built drawings from working drawings.
 Negotiated prices of sub-contractors and suppliers.
 Controlled all material take-off, purchasing, ordering, and substituting.
 Scheduling and monitoring of all subcontractors.
 Troubleshooting for all construction related issues.
 Monitored all construction for quality control.
 Approved all application for payments and change orders to subcontractor.
 Client communication and design assistance.
Projects of Note:
 Strongsville Savings Bank Plaza, Medina, OH
 Omni Office Complex, Middleburg Heights, OH
 Strongsville Savings Bank, Avon, OH
 High Point Shopping Center, Stow, OH
 Hudson Omni Office Building, Hudson, OH
August 1993-August 1994 Windsong Homes, Medina, OH
Senior Project Manager
 Managed all phases of single-family and cluster homes construction.
 Designed and wrote superintendent construction process training manual.
 Implemented Purchase Order and Work Order procedure.
 Estimated requirements and budgets for construction of homes.
 Created new master schedule based on sales performance and projections.
 Managed all field personnel including three superintendents.
 Implemented all reporting systems for quality, and scheduling of all projects.
 Performed all pre-construction meetings with clients.
 Training of all field personnel.
 Hiring, recruiting and releasing all construction personnel as needed.
 Authorized payment requests and Change Order requests by subcontractors.
December 1988-May 1993 Wayne Homes, Inc., North Canton, OH
Construction Superintendent
 Responsible for all aspects of residential construction management of 40 homes annually.
 Site evaluation, setting grade and submitted topography with all utility specifications.
 Negotiated pricing, hired, and scheduled all sub-contractors.
 Monitored cost of each home to stay within budget.
 Authorized payment requests and Change Order requests by subcontractors.
 Directed field inspections with clients and served as point of contact to them throughout construction.
 Monitored all sites for quality control.
 Scheduled all contractors and material deliveries.
 Managed, monitored, and maintained all warranty issues.
June 1974 – November 1983 Valentine Bros. Masonry Inc.
I held various positions with upward mobility and increasing responsibility.
Valentine Brothers Masonry Inc. was initially founded as a union masonry contracting company, and expanded into a full service general contractor. The main company focus of business was in public and private masonry, excavation, and concrete. In 1976, as a general contractor, the focus was on municipal buildings, churches, hospitals, schools, jails, shopping centers, multi – story apartment buildings, hotels, and multi- story office buildings.
The following is list of the positions I held at this company:
 7 years as a Union Laborer. I worked on masonry, concrete, and excavation crews. This experience gave me invaluable knowledge and perspective of commercial construction job sites.
 1 year as a Union Bricklayer.
 1 year as an Estimator / Project Manager in training. This position was in the fashion of the old type of Project Manager. At the time the Project Manager was also the estimator. The Project Manager bid the job and then upon securing a contract, he managed the construction of it.
EDUCATION
January 1981-June 1981 STARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE, Canton, OH
Completed courses in Map Drawing, Building Materials I & II, and Blueprint Reading.
January 1985-Dec. 1987 UNIVERSITY OF AKRON, Akron, Ohio.
Civil Engineer Major. Worked towards a Bachelor of Science degree.
January 1976 KENT STATE UNIVERSITY, Stark County Branch, North Canton, Ohio, completed courses in Real Estate Law, Real Estate Finance, and Real Estate Appraisal.
VOLUNTEER WORK
April 2000-Present JACKSON TOWNSHIP PARKS & RECREATION
Coached 7-13 year old girls in softball and fast-pitch softball.
Manage baseball for 11-12 year old boys travel team.
1998 – 2000 STARK COUNTY BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
Served on Board of Directors for Stark County Building Industry Association.
2006 – 2007 ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDICTION SERVICES OF STARK COUNTY
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