To work in an aggressive enviroment in the construction industry
Erik Normann
Project Management / Estimating
An experienced results driven construction individual with 30 plus years in a variety of construction trade fields. Million dollar sales involvement while representing a variety of specialty construction related industries. A subcontractor entrepreneur who worked directly for a retail store across the United States. Estimating background in the plastering and wall trades. Experience includes 20 plus years working directly with architects involving promotion and detailing assistance during the design and construction phases of projects. Many on site visitations to ensure quality installation while coordinating work with other trades.
Professional Experience
National Painting, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Current
Business development, Project Estimating
September 2009 to current
Develop contacts and bidding opportunities within different segments of the construction industry.
Obtain invitations to bid, download electronic drawing and specifications. Perform the project take off, review the specifications for the project and complete the estimate including writing the proposal. Deliver the proposals and follow up as the results become available.
Typical projects bid range from $ 10K to $ 900K ( painting portion value )
Schools, offices, hospitals, high rise buildings, exterior renovations. Extensive experience in bidding City of Chicago public projects.
Ultimate Outdoor Kitchens, Geneva, Illinois
Point of Sales, Estimating, Project Management, Product Development
(July 2007 to August 2008)
Coordinate projects from the initial point of contact; generate models and estimates for all projects. Follow through to the completion of each project. Expand existing distribution of a master distribution line. Create distribution for a new product line.
Selected Achievements:
ï‚•ï€ Create a new system for building outdoor kitchen structures. Involving researching and testing materials compatible to speed up the efficiency in build structures.
ï‚•ï€ Estimating program created to consolidate all aspects of the building process to insure consistency in bidding leading to faster responses to R.F.P.s and an increase in bids successfully won.
ï‚•ï€ Increased the number of Landscape Designers who specified U.O.K. for their work.
Plan Express, Memphis Tennessee
National Training and Implementation
(September 2006 to July 2007)
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Work with new and existing Plan Express accounts in the education of the online plan room for document centralization and distribution. Duties included working with nationwide retailers, developers, architects and general contractors. This position included calling on existing and new accounts with greater potential for revenue. This included training the new accounts in house and on line for the use of the online plan room. Customizing the plan room use based upon the business model of the individual account. Target accounts were major retailers, nationwide General Contractors, architects and local general contractors.
Selected achievements:
ï‚•ï€ Implementation of a nationwide new plan room and education of most major accounts.
Plan Express, Memphis Tennessee
Outside Sales
(February 2005 to September 2006)
Selected Achievements:
Prospecting and following leads to establish accounts for a nationwide reprographer.
Selected Achievements:
ï‚•ï€ Establishing over 15 new nationwide retail accounts along with numerous localized General Contractors across the country.
Central Acoustical Supply House, Schaumburg, Illinois
Outside Sales
(March 1997 to August 2004)
Outside sales primarily calling on Architects and contractors. Promotional work for new products including Dryvit Systems, Ultra-Tex, Plydek Systems, USG interior finishes, Marmarino Finishes, Permatone Finishes. Box Lunch presentations for small and large architectural groups utilizing Microsoft Power Point.
Selected achievements:
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ï‚•ï€ Developing Ultra Tex brick finishes into a widely specified product for interior and exterior use by the architectural community.
ï‚•ï€ Growing the Dryvit System use specified by the architectural community.
Marie Carl Enterprises, Mundelein, Illinois
Business Partner
(April 2002 to October 2004)
Subcontracting firm that traveled nationwide to install wall and floor finishes for one major retailer. Estimating, coordinate material ordering and shipping, quality assurance.
Selected Achievements:
ï‚•ï€ 78 stores were successfully completed over a 2 1/2 yr span.
ï‚•ï€ Designing the wall and floor finishes and successfully landing the account
E.F.Wood, Inc., Mundelein, Illinois
Outside Sales
(April 1984 to March 1997)
Outside sales in the architectural and subcontracting community. Products represented:
Dryvit Systems, Stone Panels, Ultra Tex, Fedderlite Panels. Duties included
Detailing projects during working drawing phase and aiding architects with coordinating adjacent materials on the walls. On side trouble shooting and problem solving were also a large part of the duties.
Selected Achievements:
ï‚•ï€ Leading the nation in sales for Fedderlite Panels. Leading the nation in number of installed projects for Stone Panels.
Lester’s Materials, Mundelein, Illinois
Vice President
(June 1978 to November 1983)
Manage day to day operations of a large landscape supply company.
Selected Achievements:
ï‚•ï€ Design a pressure treated oak blocking system for a rubberized railroad crossing system that developed into a million dollar per year sister company.
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Education
Bachelor of Science (BS) Western Illinois University
Industrial Technology (construction and technical illustration)
Skills
Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Excel, Google Sketch Up,
Group Presentations, Blue print reading, Online Plan Rooms
Computer generated take off programs.
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