Ronald A. Lavarnway
P.O. Box 92
Lebanon, OK 73440
Mobile: (580) 340-0121
Email: ron.lavarnway[at]sbcglobal.net
A Professional in Construction Quality Assurance and Surveying industry. Having experience in Airport/Mapping, Military, Commercial/Industrial, Water/Wastewater, Waterways, Dams, Institutional/Educational, Transportation and Laboratories/Research and Development. I have experience with GPS and Total Station surveying equipment as well as CADD software. I have extensive experience in project management of multiple crews and prefer working in a “TEAM†environment.
AIRPORT/MAPPING EXPERIENCE:
- Facility and Utility Mapping, JFK International Airport, New York - Chief
Surveyor
- Facility and Utility Mapping, Newark International Airport, Newark, New
Jersey - Chief Surveyor
- Facility and Utility Mapping, LaGuardia International Airport, New York,
New York - Chief Surveyor
- 5,000 SF Runway Rehabilitation, Eaker Field Municipal Airport, Durant,
Oklahoma - Preliminary surveys - Chief Surveyor/Field Engineer
- Drainage Improvements, Eaker Field Municipal Airport, Durant, Oklahoma -
Preliminary surveys - Chief surveyor/Field Engineer
- Airport Improvements, Mustang Airfield, City of El Reno, Oklahoma including
runway, taxiway and airport improvements, master planning and FAA
coordination - Chief Surveyor/Field Engineer
- Facility and Utility Mapping, Terminal 4E, Dallas/Ft. Worth IAP, Dallas,
Texas - Chief Surveyor
MILITARY EXPERIENCE:
- Space Operations Intelligence System, Peterson AFB, Colorado ($21,000,000) -
Chief Surveyor/Field Engineer
- Aviation Complex, First Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Lewis,
Washington ($26,960,000), Chief Surveyor/Field Engineer
- B-1 Bomber Avionics Maintenance Facility, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma
($8,000,000) - Party Chief/Field Engineer
- Reynolds Army Hospital, Fort Sill, Oklahoma ($76,800,000) - Chief Surveyor
- Administration and Support Facilities, First Special Forces Permanent Complex,
Fort Lewis, Washington ($15,700,000) - Chief Surveyor
- Air Force Communications Command Headquarters Facility, Scott AFB,
Illinois ($16,609,000) - Chief Surveyor
- Base Comprehensive Plan (856-acre site), Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts -
Chief Surveyor
- Laboratory Support Complex, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico
($9,800,000) - Chief Surveyor/Field Engineer
- Mission Support Complex, Vance AFB, Oklahoma, Tulsa District, U.S. Army
Engineering District ($3,000,000) - Party Chief
- Base Master Plan, Aerial Survey, and Computerized Mapping, Naval Air
Development Center, Warminster, Pennsylvania
- Defense Engineering Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore,
California ($29,300,000) - Chief Surveyor
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE:
- Engine Manufacturing Plant, Ford Motor Company, Romeo, Michigan
($67,000,000) - Chief surveyor
- Solids Control Projects, TOTCO Industries, Inc., Norman and Moore,
Oklahoma – Chief Surveyor/Field Engineer
- Warehouse and Distribution Center, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Plainview, Texas
($18,000,000), Preliminary surveys - Chief Surveyor/Field Engineer
- Lid Manufacturing Center, Metal Container Corporation (Division of Anheuser-
Busch), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ($28,800,000) - Chief Surveyor
- One Benham Place (158,000 SF office building), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -
Chief Surveyor/Field Engineer
- Cold Storage and General Purpose Warehouse, The Fleming Companies,
Geneva, Alabama ($11,012,000), Final Stage Inspection - Chief Surveyor
- USAA World Headquarters Complex ), United Services Automobile Association, San Antonio, Texas ($137,000,000) - Party Chief
- Headquarters Building, Oklahoma Publishing Company, Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma ($36,000,000) - Chief Surveyor/Field Engineer
WATER/WASTE WATER EXPERIENCE:
- 96-Mile Raw Water Pipeline, Waurika, Oklahoma to Lawton, Oklahoma -
Party Chief
- North Canadian Waste Water Treatment Plant Flood Protection, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma -Chief Surveyor/Field Engineer
- 12-Mile Raw Water Pipeline, Shawnee, Oklahoma - Chief Surveyor
- Two Water Well Field Avg. 8,000 acres each and 30-mile pipeline, Enid,
Oklahoma - Chief Surveyor
- Advanced 8.5 MGD Waste Water Treatment Plant Expansion, City of Enid,
Oklahoma ($8,509,000) Chief Surveyor/Field Engineer
- 7 MGD Water Treatment Plant Expansion and Sludge-Handling, Shawnee,
Oklahoma ($6,500,000) – Chief Surveyor
- 6 MGD Waste Water Treatment Plant and Computer Controlled Land
Application, City of Duncan, Oklahoma ($7,000,000) - Party Chief
- North Canadian Waste Water Treatment Plant, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
Phase I- V - Chief Surveyor/Field Engineer
WATERWAYS, DAMS, AND HYDRO POWER EXPERIENCE:
- FEMA Flood Studies, 32 Communities in Central and Eastern Oklahoma -
Chief Surveyor
- Hydrographic Survey to Measure Sedimentation on a Five Year Basis,
Lake Overholser, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Party Chief
- Flood plain Surveys on Major Rivers: Chief Surveyor
- Poteau River, Poteau, Oklahoma
- Arkansas River, Fort Smith, Arkansas
- North Canadian River, Harrah, Oklahoma
- North Canadian River, Rolla, Oklahoma
- Hydro Geographic Sites, Enid, Oklahoma (30,000 + acres) and Purcell,
Oklahoma (5,000 acres) - Chief Surveyor
- Control and As-Built Surveys for Sooner Generating, Lake near Ponca City,
Oklahoma – Chief Surveyor/Field Engineer
- Surveys for Establishing Dam Axis, Spillway Alignment and High Water
Line, Pauls Valley Reservoir, Oklahoma - Chief Surveyor
- Surveys for Geological Exploration to Establish Location of Dam Axis,
High Water Line and Tail Race Alignment, Durant Reservoir, Oklahoma -
Chief Surveyor
- Addition of Hydro power Generation at Lock and Dam 13, Arkansas River;
Lock and Dam 9, Arkansas River; Lock and Dam 2, Arkansas River - Chief
Surveyor/Field Engineer
-Lake Tenkiller, Ok, Field Engineer on Construction of new Emergency Flood Gates
INSTITUTIONAL/EDUCATION EXPERIENCE:
- OU Energy Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma - Chief
Surveyor
- Four Correctional Barracks, Oklahoma Department of Corrections,
Lexington, Ouachita, Harp and Conners Correctional Centers, Oklahoma
($7,378,000) - Chief Surveyor
- OCU Library, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Integrated Manufacturing Technology Laboratory, Sandia National
Laboratories, Livermore, California ($29,300,000) - Chief Surveyor
- Noble Foundation, Ardmore Oklahoma, Field Engineer on construction of Greenhouse Expansion, Utility Services Building and Tunnel, Forage Biotech Research and Administration Building.
TRANSPORTATION EXPERIENCE:
- Turner Turnpike Arcadia Lake Relocation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -
Party Chief/Chief Surveyor
- Big Cabin Interchange, Will Rogers Turnpike, Oklahoma - Party Chief
- State Highway 28 Interchange, Will Rogers Turnpike, Oklahoma - Party
Chief/Chief Surveyor
- New Off-Ramp, Turner Turnpike, Wellston, Oklahoma - Chief Surveyor/
Construction Manager
- Interchange, H.E. Bailey Turnpike, Elgin, Oklahoma - Chief Surveyor
- Roadways, Department of Energy Headquarters, Los Alamos, New Mexico -
Party Chief
- Roadways, recreational areas on Lake DeGray, Arkansas – Chief Surveyor
- North Broadway Extension, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from Wilshire to
North 150th Street - Chief Surveyor
- I-240, Oklahoma City, from Anderson Road to I-40 - Party Chief
- I-44, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, from May Avenue to Western - Chief
Surveyor
LABORATORIES/RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE:
- Energy Research Laboratory Complex, University of Oklahoma, Norman,
Oklahoma ($46,086,000) - Chief Surveyor
- Technical Center Expansion, Kerr-McGee, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
($13,900,000) - Chief Surveyor
- Prince Engineering Center, Oklahoma Christian College, Edmond, Oklahoma
($2,338,000) - Chief Surveyor
ENVIRONMENTAL/HAZMAT EXPERIENCE:
- Mosley Super Fund site, 27+ acre site in Northeastern Oklahoma - Chief
Surveyor
- Fourth Street Super Fund Site, 13 acre remediation in Central Oklahoma
City - Chief Surveyor
- Wetlands Mediation Projects, 16 acre at Lock and Dam 9 and 54 acres at Lock
and Dam 2 on the Arkansas River - Chief Surveyor
- Zinc Corporation of America, 120 acre remediation site in Bartlesville,
Oklahoma - Chief Surveyor
- Elf - ATO Chem, site and facility mapping, also preliminary surveys of a 10 acre
remediation project - Chief Surveyor
-ORC Super Fund Site, Cyril, OK surveys for remediation of project site for Philip Services.
EMPLOYMENT:
Alliance Surveying, L.L.C. 2004 to 2009
Madill, OK
Field Manager
contact Jonell Barnes Tel: 580-371-6088
Fenix Constructors, Inc. 2002 to 2004
Ardmore, OK
Field Engineer
contact Bill Owen Tel: 580-223-4313
Wynn Construction 2001 to 2002
Oklahoma City, OK
- Field Engineer
Smith-Roberts Environmental Services April 1996 to Feb. 1997
Oklahoma City, OK
- president
The Benham Group July 1973 to March 1996
Edmond, OK
- Chief Surveyor
Davila Engineering 1972 to 1973
Oklahoma City, OK
- Instrument man
Oklahoma Department of Transportation 1970 to 1972
Oklahoma City, OK
- Engineering Aide
References
Kevin Barnes, Madill Oklahoma, 580-371-6083
Ron Johnson, Ardmore Oklahoma, 580-277-0303
Toby Reynolds, Tishomingo Oklahoma, 580-387-9677
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