Public Works Group Director & Vice President - Program Management & Construction Management
Nolte Vertical Five
Total years of experience :30 years, 1 Months
The Company is a full-service engineering firm with capabilities and expertise to successfully complete infrastructure projects.
Inducted as Assistant Engineer and advanced through numerous promotions to the present level.
Key Project credit:
• Capital improvement projects and Street maintenance plan for the city of Colorado Springs- a 10 year $500 million program that includes a large number of transportation projects, annual city wide concrete and asphalt repair evaluation and rehabilitation planning. The overall program includes projects which vary substantially in magnitude, complexity, and budget.
Highlight:
• Developed a program structure from the ground up and assembled a custom professional staff including project managers, team leaders, inspection unit leaders and administrative staff.
Key Responsibilities:
• Constantly developing and maintaining project management control system, designing and evaluating proposals, developing technical designs, reviewing construction project drawings/specifications to provide optimal cost-efficiency and value to customers.
• Establishing standardized processes for development, documentation and quality assurance, coordinating with architects/engineers to monitor project progress while adhering to set targets and agreed implementation time-frames.
• Overseeing financial functions of the projects in accordance with relevant rules/procedures, ensuring proper financial management of project funds, appropriate resource utilization, including prompt accountability of funds/reporting by various departments.
• Coordinating all process/functions with construction managers, supervisors, planners, quantity surveyors and workforce, liaising with client representatives as well as consultants, architects, engineers and surveyors.
Key Responsibilities (Cont..):
• Building project requirements, budgeting, scheduling, setting performance requirements and assigning field-specialists, reviewing and approving construction submittals and shop drawings, assisting with private and public utility relocation matters.
• Maintaining master project schedule, supervising conceptual, preliminary and final construction plans, monitoring all program functions, pay requests reveiws and approvals, evaluation and processing of Change Order submittals,
• Designing staff direction, coordinating on design projects from concept to delivery, bolstering productivity, and facilitating completion of projects, proactively addressing conflicts and reviewing issues.
October 2003 - December 2004, Engineer III: El Paso County, Department of Transportation, Colorado
Key Responsibilities:
• Coordinated with government held civil departments, processed pertinent documents, administered assigned projects, participated in consultant design meetings.
• Validated the implementation of standard engineering criteria, defined project schedule, work scope and budgetary constraints, resolved construction issues and matters in a prompt fashion.
• Coordinated federally funded county projects, projected progress reports of assigned design and construction contracts to the senior management and other participating departments, guided junior engineers.
• Maintained quality control, reviewed in-house design plans for accuracy and adherence to standards, and completeness, reviewed existing construction documents for completeness, ensured compliance and adherence to contract terms, conditions and specifications.
• Represented the Department of Transportation at various meetings with citizens, developers, contractors, consultants, other county departments, and other governmental agencies; participated in capital improvement project budget preparation.
Job Role: Program Management
Bus infrastructure Program Manager for the King Abdul Aziz Project for Riyadh Public Transport (Project) in the Capital City of Riyadh through the ArRiyadh Development Authority (ADA) and Program Management Office (PMO). This role requirement includes working as a client representative to manage, coordinate and align the infrastructure design work for the Kingdom capital city into construction on the new citywide public transportation plan. The design work is being performed by various internationally recognized design consultants. The design work includes Roadway corridors, Streetscape, Landscape, Streetlighting, Irrigation, Terminals, Stations, Stops, Footbridges, Park & Ride, Traffic Signal, and Community Bus Stop. This portion of the overall Project also requires interfaces with several municipal entities, a large array of stakeholders, and the ongoing Metro program development.
Key Project Credits:
Integration and alignment of several international consultants’ design efforts plagued by poor leadership, team fragmentation, and dynamically evolving client directives and ambitions. Establish standard processes, and workflow to bring order to a multifaceted and complex operation and program, and address client immediate needs toward a fundamental and crucial end results.
Key Position Highlights and Responsibilities:
Coordination of the infrastructure design and construction for the Bus Infrastructure Program:
1. Task #1: Coordination of infrastructure design and construction requirements, contracts, and delivery of work by consultants through various departments within the ADA, including: Transportation Planning, Procurement. Construction Management, and Architectural Department
2. Task #2: Coordination and alignment of infrastructure design work for the Bus Infrastructure Program being performed by various design consultants. Specific subtasks performed include:
a. Organize and facilitate reviews, review meetings and workshops with ADA departments
b. Deliverable schedule coordination
c. Information coordination
i. Requests
ii. Responses
iii. ADA Transportation Planning
iv. Various ADA departments
v. Municipality requests for information
vi. Develop recommendations for ADA's and consultant use
vii. Navigate both ADA and consultants through solutions
d. Consultant and ADA outstanding decision coordination
e. Consultant and ADA Information flow management and exchange
3. Task #3: Coordination of Bus Infrastructure interests within various aspects of the overall Public Transport Program including all PMO, PMCM and DV Bus and Metro interfaces
4. Task #4: Representation of Bus Infrastructure Program in various meetings across the Public Transport Program
5. Deliverables for Tasks #1 - #4:
a. Schedule update
i. Examine current activities and events
ii. Navigate through Interdependencies
iii. Manage schedule Adjustments
iv. Coordinate schedule update and finalize
v. Provide and present updates to the client and stakeholders
b. Reports
i. ADA PMO Bi-Weekly reports
ii. Weekly Activity Reports
iii. Meeting Minutes and review
iv. Infrastructure Weekly Report
c. Requests for Proposal for the three phases of construction contracts; the Construction Management and Monitoring (CMC) contract; the Traffic Signal Design Phase 2 & 3 contract; the Community Bus Stop Siting Phase 2 & 3 contract, technical structural, mechanical and electrical review for the Terminals, Stations, Stops and Footbridges contracts.
i. Terms of Reference
ii. Identify and collect key project information
iii. Coordinate scope, schedule, specifications, and Terms and Conditions
iv. Provide recommendations and overview to the ADA
v. Provide draft and final comment coordination between design groups and stakeholders
Key Responsibilities:
• Prepared test reports of geotechnical and construction materials, conducted environment assessments.
• Managed construction dewatering permit programs and contaminated water treatment permit programs as well as operations and maintenance plans for new and existing remedial systems, project budget tracking and invoicing.
• Prepared and implemented voluntary cleanup and corrective action plans as per applicable codes and regulation, and submitted to the state.
• Negotiated with the Public Health and Environment Department, Oil Inspection Section regarding remedial cleanup reimbursements on behalf of the company’s’ clients.
Previous Professional Experience:
April 1993 - April 1994: Quality Control Engineer, Kiewit Western Company
• Oversaw project operations, interpreted project plans to ensure compliance, evaluated and analysed construction materials testing.
May 1991 - December 1991:Quality Assurance Inspector and Surveyor, Wyoming Highway Department
• Supervised earthwork, evaluated geometric design and installation of drainage facility for a bridge structure reconstruction project.
August 1989 - May 1991: Grader, University of Wyoming