Torson Utne,

Torson Utne

CONSULTING

Location
United States - Massachusetts
Education
Master's degree,
Experience
38 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :38 years, 7 Months

at CONSULTING
  • United Arab Emirates
  • My current job since December 2012

Assignments and clientele have included: ▪Facility Condition Assessment, for Patrick Engineering at Plymouth, Minnesota. ▪Columbia Gas Disaster Recovery Construction Management, for Commodore Construction, recovery management. ▪College Campus Capital Forecasting, for Patrick Engineering, implementing capital forecasting system at Regis College. ▪Hospital Construction Management, for Boston Medical Center for new Pediatric, Intermediate and Intensive Care units. ▪Construction Strategic Plan, for Lord Cultural Resources, Toronto, Canada for the interior development of the Grand Egyptian Museum Project in Giza, Egypt. ▪Research Laboratory Construction Management, for Faithful & Gould at Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge. ▪Contractor Candidate Study, for Freyssinet, Saudi Arabia, sourcing American construction organizations for affiliation on Middle East healthcare projects.

SENIOR MANAGER
  • May 2015 to December 2015

with Project Risk Analytics, LLC, New York, a provider of construction management services for East Coast financial institutions. Responsible for Greater Boston based construction operations and staff. Senior regional representative to Santander Bank.

at PROJECT MANAGEMENT
  • Lebanon
  • January 2009 to October 2012
at NYSE:ACM
  • January 2012 to October 2012

the largest provider of planning, engineering and construction supervision services worldwide. Multiple Middle East assignments and titles as an AECOM senior manager included:
•Project Manager, client’s office-based liaison for the planning, design and engineering of the King Khalid Medical City Project, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Project won design awards for a 1, 000 bed tertiary care and teaching hospital with major academic, research and administrative buildings, mid-rise residential towers, parking garages, plant facilities, etc. Collective floor area order of +/-740, 000m2 at remote desert site without existing utility infrastructure.

Senior Project Manager
  • January 2010 to October 2010

site based, responsible for management of design and engineering consultant team for galleries and public venues of the National Museum Project, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Project planned as a 50, 000m2 iconic structure, the focal point for the surrounding multibillion dollar Cultural District development on Saadiyat Island.

Deputy Project Director
  • January 2009 to December 2009

site based, responsible for project reporting, management of design and engineering consultant team and advance contractor enabling work for the Louvre Classical Art Museum Project, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The Iconic 65, 000m2 structure is sited in Arabian Gulf waters off Saadiyat Island.

Senior Project Manager
  • October 2007 to November 2008

, by three major Boston area

PROJECT MANAGER
  • February 2005 to October 2007

with the former Archstone-Smith Operating Trust, Boston, acquired by Tishman Speyer Properties in 10/2007. Responsible for management of engineering, construction and special permit compliance for Cambridge Residential, a 22 story apartment building with 426 apartments, subterranean garage parking, two new streets and new infrastructure in East Cambridge.

Construction Management at CONSULTING
  • United Arab Emirates
  • November 2003 to November 2005

Assignments and clientele included: ▪Research Laboratory

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
  • October 1997 to November 2003

with The Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, the oldest continuously operating American museum. Responsible for development budget planning, phasing, scheduling, architecture, engineering and construction, in addition to support of acquisition, permitting and legal challenges. Project was awarded the Build Massachusetts 2003 Grand Honor distinction as the best project in Massachusetts and the object of international media coverage at opening. Project included:
•New Museum Wing, in excess of 9, 800m2, including a 1, 100m2 curvilinear skylight over three-story entrance concourse and atrium, a 200 seat auditorium, day-lighted galleries, full service food preparation, retail, exhibition support areas, collections management areas, etc.
•Museum Campus Development, including relocation of two, 300 ton historic structures, multiple demolitions, street and infrastructure realignments, new commemorative park and public gardens.
•Historic Structures, including reconstruction of a 200-year-old, 460m2 historic structure transported from Anhui Province, China. Retrofits of multiple other historic structures/landmarks.

at CONSULTING
  • United Arab Emirates
  • November 1995 to October 1997

responsible for managing feasibility study, design, engineering and construction for St. Francis Health System, Cranberry, including:
•Medical Center Vertical Expansion, two-story, 3, 300m2 redevelopment outpatient facility into a 37 inpatient bed, full service and licensed suburban satellite hospital.
•New Medical Office Building, two-story, 1, 900m2 of new construction.

SENIOR PROJECTS MANAGER
  • April 1990 to August 1995

with the former Legent Corporation, Pittsburgh. Responsible for all major construction projects nationally, including budgeting, scheduling, design, engineering and construction, in addition to related legal and media matters. Projects included:
•New Development Center, site acquisition, engineering and construction of a new, seven-story, 23, 000m2 development center along Pittsburgh’s Parkway West.
•Completion of Foreclosed, Partial Building Shell, five-story, 13, 000m2 in Herndon, Virginia, converting it into a new corporate headquarters building.
•Leased Facility Build-Outs, 24, 000m2 constructed across most major North American marketplaces.

at RESIDENT ARCHITECT
  • United States
  • December 1986 to March 1990

a 400 patient bed teaching and research hospital, now part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Responsible for planning, phasing and construction administration. Projects included:
•Healthcare Facilities, Including major surgical facilities expansion, outpatient surgicenter, 1.5 tesla MRI and broad spectrum of diagnostic, treatment and biomedical research laboratories.
•Hospital Infrastructure, including new chilled water plant, major subterranean emergency generation, primary transformation facilities, mechanical penthouse expansion, new granite plaza and loggia, etc.

at ARCHITECT
  • Egypt
  • July 1985 to November 1986

Architectural and engineering coordination of Marriott Hotel projects.

Education

Master's degree,
  • at Carnegie Mellon University
  • June 2019

courses: Certified, National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, USA, Certificate #40285.

Master's degree, Architecture
  • at Carnegie Mellon University
  • December 1986

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Specialties & Skills

MICROSOFT OFFICE
RESEARCH
SCHEDULING
TEACHING
BUDGET PLANNING
BUDGETING
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
SHELL SCRIPTING

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