RON VALENTINE
5991 BANBURY AVE. COCOA, FL 32927
(321)504-4548/ (321)684-1366 cell
rvalentine1958[at]yahoo.com
Structural/Bridge Superintendent
heavy highway
EDUCATION:
Florida Atlantic University- Boca Raton, FL
Attended: 1996-
Courses: Civil engineering structural design, civil engineering fundamentals, engineering blueprint and plan design, foundations of engineering structural steel.

Palm Beach Community College- Lake Worth, FL
Attended: 1999
Courses: General studies

Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision repair (II-Car)
North Institute- Riviera Beach, FL
Unibody Vehicle Collision Damage Repair
Attended: 1982

Bayshore High School- New York- graduate, 1978

CERTIFICATIONS:
State certified MOT supervisor, certified OSHA mass excavation safety, certified OSHA scaffolding (light to 50k), OSHA certified crane safety training, certified national crane safety and rigging, Watson Bowman Jennie Joint, Watson Bowman Jot Elastomerits Joints, safety drop line in rigging , welding, equipment hazard, CPR and emergency triage, confined space training, demolition and safety training, concrete testing and US
Coast Guard water safety program.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

GLR Consulting Group- Jacksonville , FL[ contact work]
Port of Jacksonville rebuild- $165 Million
Estimator/structural-superintendent
Bascule bridge 67 million project

ASHLAND Southeast Division [sold division]
5590 State Rd 7, Coconut Creek Pkwy FL
Structure Superintendent revamp/rebuild (8 bridges), Saw grass Expressway, Coral Springs, FL
Structure Superintendent to (4 bridges), $67 million project. Palmetto Pkwy, Miami


Superior Construction Co.-April, 2005 to March, 2 006[pulled out of central fl.]
2000 Merritt Island Causeway, Merritt Island FL (321) 863-6793
Super Structure Superintendent-Job sites: St. Johns River-subcontractor $2 million project, SR 520 and the Banana River-$25 million pro
Bascule bridge superintendent 47million

Hubbard Construction Co.-March 2000 to April, 2005
Indian Road, West Palm Beach FL (561)272-8882
Bridge Foreman-Job sites: South Florida Turnpike Project (5 bridges) $28 million
Project, Delray Beach Project (10 bridges) from Congress Ave. North to Lake Worth -$57 million project, I-95 from 6th Ave. South to Southern Blvd. Bridge-$68 million project and Northlake Blvd. Reliever bridge-$4 million proj

Butler Construction-Northeast Division-1995 to 2000
3841 Mayor Road, Jacksonville FL
Concrete Foreman-Bascule bridge rehabilitation. Structural steel repair, bridge decks,

JOB SITE EXPERIENCE
Sub/Super structure Foreman- coordinate and confer with DOT, county and state inspectors regarding quality and specifications of bridges. Survey lay outs, structural problems, environmental codes, problem shooting and overall progression of site work.

Bridge Super Structure- Demolition on existing concrete structures. Form and build caps, columns, footers, endbents and wing walls. Coordinate ironworkers for placement of steel. Coordinate for beam set (including crane pads, beam set and MOT). Set up safety drop lines. Coordinate SIP firms (install jacks and edge forms). Set up and install Bidwell. Set up pump trucks, order concrete for bridge deck and approach slabs.

Bridge Sub Structure-Coordinate removal of ill for footers. Set up trench boxes and dewatering. Install silt barriers. Install forms and set steel. Pour footers. Build Columns. Build K520 scaffolding or friction collars. Build pier caps and pedestal. Placement of steel and pour concrete.

Demolition- Coordinate Bridge for optimum drop. Removal of concrete and iron set up MOT and highway patrol.

Wall Division- Build gravity walls, cantilever walls, MSC walls and RE walls. Install precast coping, leveling pads and cast in place.

Management- Train employees to their fullest potential for optimum productivity. Staff meetings, quality control purchasing (including steel weekly) safety and budget meetings. Read metric or US standard plans, concrete and miscellaneous hardware, payroll, employee evaluations, daily and bi-weekly reports.

Primary Responsibilities:
* Reports to Project Manager or Project Director.
* Assist in Schedule Development.
* Preparation of Daily Field Reports and Daily Safety Reports.
* Field coordination of subcontractors.
* Coordination of logistics.
* Chair weekly subcontractor meetings.
* Review minutes from weekly subcontractor meetings.
* Responsible for Quality Control.
* Responsible for all fields operations.
* Scheduling trades, short term. (e.g. two week look ahead)
* Maintain Site Security.
* Assist in Scope development and review of trade scopes.
* Field office set up and dismantlement.
* All field related reporting. (DEP, township)
* Supervision of laborers.
* Primary enforcement of KCG corporate safety policy.
* Documentation of action items, punch list, subs on notice,
Logs and other field related documentation.
* Maintain site communication and harmony.
* Coordinate and track township and municipal inspections.
* Identify, schedule and track specialty and third party
Inspections.
* Attend and liaise with third party safety inspections.
* Supervise, train and mentor subordinates. Engineering
* Coordinate manpower, deliveries, containers and trash removal.