Experience Overview: Has more than 20 years direct experience in quality control supervision and management on federally funded heavy rail transit construction projects. Personally performed and directed a variety of inspections and testing operations for civil, architectural, electrical, and mechanical construction. Supervised field and factory testing programs, and reviewed inspection reports for soils, mass concrete and reinforcing steel placement and structural steel fabrications and erection activities.
Experience working with standards governed by:
• American Railroad and Maintenance of Way Engineering Association (AREMA)
• American Standards and Testing Association (ASTM)
• American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT)
• American Association of State Highway Department Officials of Transportation (AASHTO)
• American Waterworks Association (AWWA)
• Various State and Toll Highway Specifications.
Experience includes: shop drawing review; quality control program development compliant with the Quality Program Requirements of the Federal Transportation Administration; nonconforming conditions programs (NCR), with control and tracking logs; welding procedure review and acceptance; experience with multiple welding codes, soils testing and concrete testing and inspection programs.
Quality Assurance Program experience includes; development and administration of quality assurance programs conforming to the Quality Program Requirements of the Federal Transportation Administration; Liaison with contractors for the development of qualified supplier and contractor quality programs
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
STV Inc 2008 - Current
Chicago, IL Position: Senior Inspector
Project: Red Line Howard Station Reconstruction Project
Brown Line Tie Replacement Program
Tran Systems, Incorporated 2006 – 2008
Kansas City MO Position: Project Manager
Project: Logan Hill Capacity Improvement Project 2007
F. H. Paschen Tectonics, INC 2005 - 2006
CHICAGO, IL Position: QC Manager
Project: Brown Line Rehabilitation
Reyes Construction LLC 2004– 2005
Markham, IL Position: QA Manager
Project: Red Line Rehabilitation Project
Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission 2001 - 2003
Wood bridge, VA Position: Transit Construction
Project Manager
Mc Donough Associates 1998 - 2001
Chicago, IL Position: CM
Construction
Projects Various Observer
Kenny Construction Company 1995 – 1998
Chicago, IL Position: CMO Quality Office
Project: Green Line Reconstruction and Improvement Project Engineer
Parsons Transportation Group 1988 – 1994
Chicago, IL Position: CM Quality Control
Project: Southwest Transit Project Manager
Education:
• BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Northland College BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Ashland, WI
• PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROGRAM Abex Corporation
• 40 Hour OSHA Construction Safety Course Chicago Construction Council
• 10 Hour OSHA Construction Safety Course Chicago Construction Council
• Confined Space Attendant General Industry IMS Environmental Services, Inc.
• Certified Level I Concrete Technician Illinois DOT
• Certified Pavement Inspector Illinois DOT
• Quality Auditor Training ASQ Chicago
• Nuclear Testing Equipment (soils) Troxler Laboratories, Inc.
• Welding Inspection AWS
Quality Control Experience and Responsibilities:
• Review and understanding of plans, specifications, and shop drawings of project
• Development of test and inspection plans for soil, concrete and structural steel
• Estimating the cost of subcontracted quality control services
• Perform manufacturers plant capability studies and quality systems evaluations
• Review and authorize requests for payment of Contractor’s monthly pay requests
• Attend weekly construction progress meetings
• Report to the Owner contractor quality related issues
• Coordinate field quality control tests and inspections with production to document the achievement of quality requirements
• Supervise independent testing laboratory technicians, and construction management consultants
• Monitor active construction contracts for compliance
• Determine the cost of non compliant quality related issues
• Evaluate costs of Change Orders
• Wrote daily inspection reports to document contractor and subcontractor Work efforts, and quality control testing.
QA Experience and Responsibilities:
• Assisted subcontractors and suppliers in the development of quality assurance programs compliant with the Client and Federal Transportation Administration (FTA) requirements
• Worked with subcontractors and suppliers in development of quality programs that met client and Federal Transportation Administration’s quality program requirements
• Audited supplier and field quality records for compliance with contract requirements, and quality program specifications and requirements.
• Audited contractor’s submitted quality records for conformance with contract specifications and requirements
• Reviewed quality control documentation submitted by subcontractors and suppliers to verify quality requirements are achieved and documented.
• Communicated quality related issues with the construction manager’s quality assurance staff.
• Audited contractor records to confirm compliance with established inspection and testing requirements and test frequencies were maintained
Scope of Work Value
(Millions)
Red Line Howard Station Reconstruction Project Construction of new $66
Chicago Transit Authority transit station and renewal
of existing station
Brown Line Tie Renewal Project Replacement of Timber Ties $25
Chicago Transit Authority on elevated structure
Logan Hill Capacity Improvement Project 2007 Construction of new track bed $20
BNSF Railroad Company 20 miles long, with 16 bridges
Brown Line Rehabilitation and Expansion Project Reconstruction of Belmont and $120
Chicago Transit Authority Fullerton stations
Red Line Rehabilitation Project Reconstruction of existing track- $150
Chicago Transit Authority bed and four stations
Millennium Park Development Project Design and Construction of $200
Chicago Park District Elevated park structure
I-55 Bridge Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Project Demolition and reconstruction $150
Illinois Department of Transportation of a two mile long eight lane bridge
Deer Field Plaza Reconstruction Project Reconstruction of existing toll plaza $15
Illinois Toll Highway Authority
Green Line Reconstruction and Improvement project Reconstruction of 20 miles of elevated $300
Chicago Transit Authority Transit bridge structure, including lead
paint removal
Southwest Transit Project New construction of 9.9 mile Elevated $650 $625Chicago Department of Bridges Transit Guideway, nine handicapped
accessible stations, nine power substations,
one maintenance facility and two mile
test track and storage yard
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