CALVIN NARA / RESUME
Box 681, 27 2nd Street
McGill, Nevada 89318
Home phone: 775 235-7955
Cell phone: 775 293-3501
e-mail: calvinnara[at]att.net
Experience in mining and metals, oil refinery, power plant, water/ waste treatment, commercial and hazardous waste construction projects. These projects were direct hire construction, engineer-procure-construct, Engineer, procure-construction management with union or merit shop construction forces in the United States, Canada, Peoples Republic of China, Australia, Peru and Mexico.
Archtructural Design- Denver Technical College- GPA-3.89
National School of Heavy Equipment Operation- Weiser, Idaho- -GPA-3.98
US Navel Boiler and Turbine School- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania- GPA-3.85
Carpenters / Millwrights Apprentice Program- Denver, Colorado-Grad Journeyman
Home Study: ICS: Building Construction and Drafting. GPA-4.0
Surveying and Mapping. GPA-4.0
Safety: MSHA-surface/underground, OSHA, First Aid, CPR, OSHA-for Supervisors.
Psychological Associates, Saint Louis, Mo.-Dimensional Management Training Program (outstanding student award)
US Navy: Fire Fighting, Class I, II,III (team leader).
ORGANIZATIONS
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers- 25 yr member
Business Round Table- company representative..
ABC-company representative
NCCER-skills training- company representative
AGC- Chairman wage negotiation committee.
SKILLS
Carpenter, carpenter foreman, millwright, crane operator, marine power plant operator, underground miner, shaft sinker, tunnel driver, design engineer, project construction engineer, project superintendent, heavy lift supervisor, project construction manager, construction manager, operations. USN damage control leader, Salvage II special ops team leader. ISO: 9001
EMPLOYMENT
Self Employed/ Contract Employee/ Consultant/ direct employee. Confidential clients. Working on business development, estimating, proposals and project construction manager.
Clients: SNC Lavalin- Power Division. – Vancouver, BC, Canada
Pre-construction planning:: Power plant, 500MW, clean coal, $2.5 billion. Canada
100MW diesel fired. $1.0 billion. Dominican Republic.
100MW existing coal fired to multi fueled. $800 million
Position: Project Construction Manager
Intermountain Rigging and Heavy Haul- Salt Lake City, UT
Disassembly of all steel making machinery/ equipment of Geneva Steel Works. Ready for sea
transport to existing steel mill in
HC Price/ ConAm Construction- Anchorage, AK
Construction of 2 unit expassion to existing 100,000 bbpd oil refinery for Alaska Refining , North
Pole, AK. Pre-construction planning, and bid submittal for 2 major gold mines in Alaska. Positio
Project Construction Manager
Lintek Engineering, Denver, CO.
Construction of a 500 tpd gold mill , air strip, camp, offices, and shop. Air access only in remote
Area of
Centeral Industrial Construction, Lehi, UT
Placer Dome, Cortez Gold Mine, Nevada. Construction of South Area Heap Leach Project.
Position: Project Site Manager
OTHER EMPLOYERS
CDK/ Skanska Contracting Company-
Ford, Bacon and Davis- Dalles, Texas. Manager of construction operations including business development, estimating, bid proposals and contract negotiations, scheduling, and the execution of field construction. Position: Manager of Construction Operations.
McNally- Pittsburg- Pittsburg, Kansas. Management EPC projects in the US and the Peoples Republic of China. Planning and organizing of field construction forces, equipment utilization, materials procurement, cost and scheduling, QC/QA, safety, client and public relations. Direct hire and construction management. Position: Project Construction Manager, Site Manager.
Dravo Corp.,
Morrison Knudsen Company, Inc., Boise, Idaho. Duties consisted of business development, estimating, scheduling/cost control, and the organization of field construction forces. Position: Manager-Projects
MM Sundt Construction Company,
A.G. McKee Inc./ Western Knapp Engineering and Construction-
MINING /MINERAL PROCESS PLANTS A Amax Lead Company,. 8000 tpd concentrating plant, two mine shafts, and railroad, ancillary buildings. EPC, direct hire project. $20 mill. Position: Project Construction Engineer.
Amax Lead Smelting Company,
Anaconda Minerals-Colorado. Revamp and addition to coal handling, slip formed silo/storage and load out facilities. EPC, direct hire project. $10 mil. Position: Manager of Construction.
The Anaconda Company- New Mexico. Re-vamps, new facilities, maintenance of existing uranium mill, open pit and underground mines, ancillary buildings, railroad, company housing. Design engineering and construction. EPC in house direct hire mining company employees and sub-contractors. $10 mil. Position: Design & Construction Engineer.
Barrick Gold Strike Mines-Nevada, 65000 gph mine water treatment plant , $42 mil. 8,000 tpd gold roaster plant. Crushing, load-out, leaching plant, and oxygen plant. $22mil portion of $4oo mil. Project. Misc. buildings, structures and ancillary facilities. $20 mil. Senior Projects Manager.
Comimco of
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company-
Cobriza Copper Company- Peru, SA. 3000 tpd copper concentrator, underground mine, ancillary buildings, camp and townsite, power plant, 65 km access road (8,000 to 13000 elv.), airstrip at 14000+. EPC, direct hire, $150 mil. Project. Positions: Project Construction Engineer to Project Construction Manager.
Echo Bay-McCoy
Echo Bay-Republic
Holmam Cement Mill #3.-
Homestake- Sapin Mining Company. New Mexico. New facilities, re-vamp existing, shut-downs, additions to two existing uranium mills, three underground mines, company housing, and estimating for new proposed mines in US and or foreign. $20 mill. EPC direct hire projects. Position: Design & Construction Engineer.
Intermountain Power
Kennecott Copper Company-
Moly Corporation of
Nevada Gold Fields, Inc.-
Newnont Gold-
Noranda Aluminum, LTD-
Pacific Corp Power- Wyoming. Coal load-in station, overland conveyor, stacker, and upgrade of existing coal handling facilities. Direct hire, $8 mil. Project. Position: Senior Projects Manager.
Ping Shou First Coal- An
Queensland Alumna Ltd.-
Quintana Minerals Company- New Mexico. 10,000 tpd copper-moly concentrating plant, open pit mine, power line and substation, and ancillary buildings. EPC, direct hire, $80 mil. project. Position: Project Construction Manager.
Republic of Mexico- Iron Projects
Hercules Iron Company- 8000 tpd iron concentrator, power line and substation and ancillary buildings. $80 mil. EPCM project.
La Perla Iron Company- $10000 tpd iron ore concentrator, power line and substation, and ancillary buildings. $60 mil. EPCM project.
Lazard Cardenns- 3mtpy iron pelletizing plant ,power line and substation and ancillary buildings. $100 mil. EPCM project.
Monclova Steel- 3mtpy iron pelletizing plant and ancillary buildings.. $100 mil. EPCM project.
Pipeline- 250 mile iron concentrate slurry pipeline connecting Hercules Iron, La Perla and Monclova Steel. $60 mil. EPCM project.
Position: Construction Manager.
Santa Fe Gold-Twin Creeks Mine- Nevada. Process piping contract for the concentrator plant and autoclave circuit, general construction of oxygen plant. Direct hire, $10 mil. Contract. Position: Senior Projects Manager.
Solder Creek
United Nuclear Corporation-New
REFINERY PROJECTS
Rlaska Petroleum Company-Mapco Refinery-Alaska. Addition of two units to existing 100,000 bbpd oil refinery. $20 mil. Direct hire construction project. Position: Project Construction Manager.
Amoco Petroleum-Utah. Concrete foundations, pipeline installation, process equipment installation, and process piping installation. Shutdown for tie-ins. $10 mil. Direct hire construction project.
VP/Construction.
Chevron Refining-Utah. Construction of concrete machinery foundations, general excavations, plant roads, process pipe installation, structural steel erection, process equipment installation, pre-engineered building erection. Shut down for tie-ins. $8 mil. Direct hire construction project. Position: VP/ Construction.
Giant Refining Company-New
Pennzoil Refining Company/ Seagull Refining
Texaco- Canada. Ontario, Canada. 100,000 bbpd grass routes oil refinery. Six process lines, tank farm, ancillary buildings, water & waste water treatment plant, railroad spur, truck and deep water tanker load out terminal. EPC, $400 mil. Direct hire project. Position: Project Superintendent.
Seagull Refining Company. Utah. 10,000 bbpd unifier/plat former and dewax units. Dismantle, move, retro-fit to existing oil refinery. Additional work of two spring turn-arounds. EPC, $18 mil., direct hire project. Manager of Construction Operations.
Sinclair Oil Company. Wyoming. Oil refinery turn-arounds and boiler plant re-builds/ retro-fit. $5 mil. Direct hire project. Position: Manager of Construction Operations.
Northwest Pipeline Company.
POWER PLANT PROJECTS
Intermountain Power Project, Utah. 1500 MW coal fired power plant. Coal handling contract. Car dumper station, stacking stations, conveyors (24†to 96â€) about 18 miles in various systems, crushings, pulverizers, dust collectors, etc. EPC and manufacture of much of the process equipment. $42 million fixed price (engineering $ not included) Position: Project Construction Manager.
Associated Electric Power,
Pacific Corporation Power, Wyoming. Coal load-in station, overland conveyor, stacker, dust collectors, electrical and control systems, up-grade of existing coal handling system. Direct hire construction project. $7 million. Position: Senior Projects Manager.
Queensland Alumna LTD.
Moly Corporation of
Santa Fe Gold-Twin Creeks Mine, Nevada. Two diesel fired 1000kw generating units for emergency power. EPC project. Position: Senior Projects Manager.
Nevada Gold Fields, Inc.,
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company, Michigan. !00 MW gas fired power. Supply backup power for mine, mill, pellet plant , power line and substation and ancillary buildings. EPCM project. Position: Project Construction Superintendent.