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Principled, creative, high-performance team leadership for large, international design-build projects.
* Hydroelectric, Water, Wastewater Plants
* Hands-On Construction Management
* Civil/Structural Technical Specialties
* Engineering Design Management
* Liquid Natural Gas & Marine Construction
* Pre-qualifications / Bid Evaluations
* Project Lending Agency Procedures
* Business Development/Proposals
* Extensive International Project Experience
* Risk/Opportunity Management
* Constructability Planning and Reviews
* Owner's Agent & At-Risk Experience
* Construction Specifications
* Conflict / Claims Management
* Special Construction Methods
* High-Risk Geotechnical Construction
* Information Technology Applications to Construction Management
* Overseas Contracting Practices/Cultures
* Fluent English and Spanish
* Bilingual Technical Writing
* Limited Arabic, Portuguese, Italian
* Contract Negotiation & Administration
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON, Alexandria, Egypt 2004-Present
Civil Engineer, Various projects for Egyptian Navy
* Manages design and development of new projects, including design and estimating the largest ship hoist facility in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
* Manages construction of developed projects, including new building construction and heavy structural repairs of large long span buildings with major corrosion and concrete quality problems.
* Established and leads a high-performance design office. On a recent project, 99 finished drawings and specifications were produced with less than 1400 man-hours.
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTORS, INC., Alexandria, Egypt 2003-2004
Project Manager, Abu Qir Marine Railway Project
* Developed value engineering proposal that saved the company $300,000 unnecessary expenses during first month on the project.
* Increased onsite productivity, doubled average monthly billings, by the third month on the project.
* Managed accident-free project, with over 1,000,000 safe construction man-hours
BLACK & VEATCH, Overland Park, KS 1985-2002
Constructability Engineer--Procedures Enhancements, Training, Business Development (2002)
* Edited/upgraded Site Procedures Manual; compiled Field Administration Manual for Power Division.
* Developed and conducted training course on constructability for civil/structural designers.
* Researched contractor capabilities in USA and Europe. Wrote technical proposals for overseas jobs.
Construction Manager, Rio Taquesi Hydroelectric Project, Bolivia (2000-2001)
Managed at-risk construction of two EPC hydroelectric projects "in cascade" (dams, tunnels, penstocks, powerhouses, switchyards, substation and access roads) at isolated, remote mountainous site.
* Finished civil works on schedule by working around six-month design delay.
* Employed unusual construction methods demanded by site conditions, e.g. cableways, cyclopean concrete, hand-drilled tunneling, and placing concrete through chutes up to a half-mile long.
* Evacuated staff on foot when civilian roadblocks shut job down. Protected archaeological discoveries.
Wastewater Treatment Plant Inspections, Puerto Rico (2000)
* Inspected over 20 WWTP's owned by PRASA (Puerto Rican Aqueduct and Sanitary Authority) on behalf of Chase Manhattan Bank, bondholder. Identified issues affecting operability.
Construction Operations Manager, Summersville Hydroelectric Project, WV, USA (1999)
* Oversaw engineering and bidding of procurements and specialty works for 80 MW powerhouse, the first privately developed powerhouse on US Army Corps of Engineers (COE) property in history.
* Organized controlled blasting operation beside operating COE facility.
* Supervised and directed concrete reinforcement and lift detailing.
* Coordinated interfaces between civil works and turbine-generator components.
* Implemented structural design changes for constructability.
* Wrote Field Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manual. Prepared Construction Execution Guide for Environmental Division. (1998 & 1999)
Technical / Contracts Consultant, Machala and Portoviejo, Ecuador (1997 & 1998)
* Advised two contractors and PVC pipe supplier in Ecuador on technical and contractual issues:
* Researched local laws; wrote construction claim that doubled value of a client's contract.
* Established PVC Rib-LocTM technology in the local sanitary engineering market as a feasible alternative to large diameter concrete pipe.
* Taught Construction Management at Hyundai Engineering, Seoul, South Korea. (1998)
Construction Specialist, Drum Gate Rehabilitation, PG&E, California (1997)
* Developed specifications, schedules, method statements, budgets for dam gate retrofit that required helicopter lifts, divers, crane barge, confined spaces work, and fall protection.
* Guided owner and contractor to finish construction ahead of schedule and under budget.
Construction Specialist, Gatun Locks Tow Track Rehabilitation Project (1997)
* Developed procedures and schedules for rehabilitating locomotive tracks on the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal Commission implemented the recommendations.
Specifications Coordinator, Rio Reconquista Project, Argentina (1996)
* Managed production of specifications for four wastewater treatment plants, dredging, and flood control works in Spanish. Good specifications resulted in few claims during construction.
* Developed prequalification documents and procedures according to Japanese lender's requirements.
Chief Engineer, Valparaiso Water and Sanitation Project, Chile (1995-1996)
* Performed constructability reviews of water and wastewater system designs and specifications.
* Administered engineering contract with aggressive local public sector client, in Spanish.
* Developed bid and prequalification documents, in Spanish, to Japanese lender's requirements.
Construction Management Consultant, Monterrey IV Wastewater Project, Mexico (1993-1995)
* Engineering/construction oversight of turnkey construction of three secondary wastewater treatment plants. Reviewed and approved designs of over thirty large basin structures.
* Led slip-form crew to world-class performance on six large digester tanks, finished in 11 weeks.
Senior Resident Engineer/Resident Engineer, Greater Cairo Wastewater Project (1985-1993)
* Led under-funded Egyptian public-sector contractor to complete large, deep pipelines in crowded city. (Work had previously been awarded to a large US contractor who failed to perform.)
* Personally managed public disturbances caused by concerns about construction vibrations in the aftermath of Oct. 12, 1992 earthquake, which had caused extensive damage and 800 deaths.
* Prepared contract documents, estimates, oversaw bidding and construction, obtained permits, arranged utility relocations for concrete pipelines installed by US contractor. These were the largest, deepest pipelines ever designed by Black & Veatch. Completed construction ahead of schedule.
* Defended Owner against third-party liability claims associated with deep trenchworks in narrow streets.
* Conceived / kicked off Sphinx Emergency Project to clean up sewage-contaminated groundwater affecting the monument, in response to international concerns about its deterioration.
* All work was funded by, and administered according to, USAID regulations.
TECNICOS IP&C (a Brown & Root-led Joint Venture), Venezuela 1983-1985
Inspector Supervisor, Civil and Marine Works, Eastern Venezuela LNG Project.
Supervised civil/structural inspection of $1.1 Billion Liquid Natural Gas project, including marine loading platform, access trestle, foundations, drilled shafts, buildings, base plate grouting, dynamic compaction, pipe racks, coatings, fire protection, earthworks, road works, pavements.
OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE (Venezuela) 1975-1983
* Construction engineer, later superintendent, on 111-meter tall slip-formed post-tensioned intake tower.
* Designed two structural steel haul bridges, supervised their construction.
* Superintendent on 15 m3/second (350 mgd) water treatment plant, with crew of 200 craft workers.
* Operated slipforms on concrete building cores in Maracay, Venezuela.
* Structural designer, subway station and repair yards for Caracas Metro Project.
* Troubleshooter, prefabricated housing development projects in Eastern Venezuela.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
Master of Engineering (Civil), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. GPA 3.08
* Major-Structural Engineering
* Minor-Development Sociology
Bachelor of Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. GPA 3.15
* Major-Structural Engineering
* Minor-Cultural Anthropology
* Completed four-year undergraduate degree in six semesters.
Licensed Professional Engineer, New York State and Republic of Venezuela
Construction Claims Seminar, Lion Worldwide, Cairo, Egypt, 1989
Claims Management Seminar, Black & Veatch, Overland Park, KS, November 2002
Contract Administration Seminar, American Society of Civil Engineers, Houston, TX, January 2003
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