Chris Cherry
Project Superintendent - Construction Professional
Career Summary
A construction professional with 25+ years of construction experience, 15+ years as a Project Superintendent, providing a full range of expertise in areas of project supervision and management roles. Working effectively with architects, engineers, developers, owners, lenders, contractors, inspectors, and city officials. Background with OSHPD – LEED – Public Works – Military Federal Work – Design Build. Computer literate with experience in MS Project, Word, Excel, Outlook, AutoCAD and Expedition Project Manager, etc.
Core Competencies
Meeting Goals: Recognizes the importance of long term goals. Has realizable vision, the ability to see things as they should become, defining the team and organizations future. Committed to succeed, focused on solutions while never losing sight of the fact that how goals are achieved, matters.
Trust in Others: Develops and maintains a high level of trust with all team members. Maintains a high level of commitment to the team, specifically focuses on core values. Strives to be associated with competent, responsible, ambitious and energetic people.
Communication Style: Encourages free flowing interactive communication. Actively listens. Receptive to feedback, both positive and negative, incorporates into action. Recognizes clear and honest communication as essential in today’s fast paced business world.
Ability To Take Action: Self starter and action oriented with a “Let’s Do It†attitude when consensus is reached. Able to identify when new ways of doing things should be implemented and putting them into action. Excels in stressed environments, problem solver, constantly weighing risk/reward opportunities, prepares for success.
Measuring Performance: Qualifies goals, assures team members understand objectives and have the tools for success, document performance as feasible and then tracks progress. Measurements are meant as training/growth tools as well as nonjudgmental methods of feedback. Measurement of team performance is always known.
Managing People: Strategizes project and team direction, building a roadmap to the future and defined goals. Leverages team experience, building consensus. Keeps team discussion alive with respect to developing a plan “B†backup, which is often employed in the dynamic field of construction and assures the team has ownership, in/of ‘the right thing to do’.
Work Experience
Ledcor Construction Inc., San Diego, CA 06/2004 - 08-21-09
Project Superintendent: Responsible for managing, and directing all site activities, coordinating and scheduling all subcontractors, all aspects of field production, safety assurance and timely delivery of projects. Monitoring, updating progress of production, budgeting and schedules. LEED – Design Build – Federal Government Military - ground-up Steel and Tilt-up, tenant improvements, and mixed use projects.
Triad Therapeutics. San Diego, CA 06/2002 - 06/2004
Associate Director of Facilities: Maintain building and facility for the operation of biotechnical facility. Incorporating the management, budgeting, planning, coordination and monitoring of the physical, environmental and security conditions and general maintenance of the building facilities. Formulated procedures for use in event of accidents, fires, or other emergencies. Coordination of all construction work within facility.
RG Petty Construction. San Diego, CA 06/1999 - 06/2002
Project Superintendent: Coordinating and scheduling all subcontractors, all aspects of field production, safety assurance and timely delivery of projects. Monitoring, updating progress of production, budgeting and schedules. Tenant Improvement – Ground-up steel, CMU and tilt-up construction.
Davis & Adams Construction, San Diego, CA 1995 - 06/1999
Project Superintendent: Responsible for scheduling, monitoring, inspecting and directing all construction work from start to finish. Tenant improvement, hospital and medical office building. OSHPD – Government – Military work. School building and modernization.
Cerise Construction, San Diego, CA 1994-1995
Owner : General Contractor – “B†License #701620 Inactive
Estimating, Budget Schedule and Build - Residential custom home building remodeling.
Misc. Residential and Commercial Construction 1985-1994
San Diego, CA – Los Angeles, CA - Denver, CO
EDUCATION - Grossmont - Cuyamacca College – 1985-1988
AA degree Liberal Arts, Architecture
Licenses - Certificates
General Contractor, State of California #701620 (inactive)
Red Cross CPR – First Aid Certified
10 Hr OSHA Safety Course
MS Project 2007 Two Day Fast Track Course
Misc Courses in Hazmat, Confined Space, Tower Crane Rigging Safety,
SWPPP Training, Safe Driving Practices Course, Fire Safety Etc.
References
Chris Cherry
Project Superintendent -Construction Professional
Projects list
Costco Warehouse, Santee, CA – San Bernardino, CA Value 1.2m
New Fire Sprinkler Systems Remove and Replacement Retrofit 2009
MCAS Miramar, San Diego, CA Value 300k
ADA men’s / women’s restroom additions. Supervision and Quality Control.
At “The Hub†a Restaurant / Bar and meeting area, on Base. 2009
Windy Pointe, San Marcos, CA Value 4.3m
56,000 SF - two concrete tilt-up buildings
Sports medicine campus for St. Augustine University. 2008-09
Ocean View Terraces, Oceanside, CA Value 32m
6-story 193,903 SF Mixed use development.
Consisting of retail, offices and 38 luxury condos.
4 Str. Steel framing over 2 CIP concrete w/2 underground parking. 2006-08
Lede Residence, La Jolla, CA value 1.2m
1500 SF six car subterranean garage and shop.
200 SF room additions to CEO of Ledcor’s home. 2005-06
Otay Gateway Phase II, Otay Mesa, San Diego, CA Value 2.3m
60,819 SF concrete tilt-up building
manufacturing/warehouse. 2004-05
Neurocrine Bioscience, San Diego, CA Value 20m
150,000 SF Steel Frame Biotech Facilities, Complete Tenant Improvement
for Biotech Facility. Multi Level lab space (1000-100,000) Vivarium.
Constructed over a 45,000 SF subterranean parking garage. 2002
Triad Therapeutics, San Diego, CA Value 13m
90,934 SF 2-story concrete tilt-up building
Constructed over a 40,000 SF subterranean parking garage.
Complete Tenant Improvement for Biotech Facility.
Multi Level lab space (1000-100,000) Vivarium and NMR Lab. 2001-02
Plexus, Poway, CA Value 2.5m
100,000 SF TI - 45,000 SF office space
55,000 SF Electronics Manufacturing Floor with Clean room Labs. 2000-01
Xcellsis, Poway, CA. Value 1.2m
52,000 SF - Tenant Improvement.
25,000 SF - office space, 27,000 SF - engineering/testing labs 2000
Bayla.com, Otay Mesa, San Diego, CA Value 600k
100,000 SF with 10,000 SF Mezzanine / Office TI
Online Furniture Company 1999
City of San Diego, Metropolitan Wastewater, San Diego, CA Value 2.5m
MOC 1 – 60,000 SF - Four phased project, complete TI for
City of San Diego Metro Waste Water operations and maintenance.
MOC 2 – 100,000 SF TI - Office space and building seismic retrofit. 1998-99
UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, CA Value 1.5m
60,000 SF Tenant Improvement
Floors 2, 4, 7 and 9 Existing patient rooms and medical office space
Floor 2 – Labor and Delivery Ward, new Patient / Delivery rooms.
Emergency Room TI and Technology Remodels. OSHPD 1996-1998
VA Hospital, La Jolla, CA Value 600k
20,000 SF tenant improvement of the Psych-Ward. New layout and ADA.
TB Labs and Pathology labs. 1997
Petland Pet stores, San Diego, CA – Arcadia, CA Value 1.2m
New Retail Pet and Pet supply stores. 1996-97
Wateridge Pavilion, San Diego, CA
Three floors of Tenant Improvements for various clients. 1996 Value 700k
Poway High School, Poway, CA Value 1.5m
Modernization and Tenant Improvement.
30 year classroom and Office remodel, new locker room.
Technology upgrade to entire facility. 1995-96
Naval Submarine Base, Point Loma, CA Value 1.5m
BEQ, BOQ and Athletic Field approach.
Remodel and Tenant Improvement to BEQ,
Replace redwood siding BOQ, Parking Lot approach retrofit. 1995
Scani-Valve, San Diego, CA Value 600k
Tenant Improvement Seismic Retrofit.
Parking lot stabilization and pavement. 1995
Misc. Custom Home Building and Remodeling, San Diego, CA 1985-95
Custom Home Building, Silverthorne, CO. 1992
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