Gary L. Smith (Caesar)
4123 Hirschfield Rd.
Spring Texas 77373
Home: 281-353-7587
Cell: 832-347-1182 or 281-813-3897
LS31101[at]aol.com

Commercial Retail Development Ground-Out / Design Build Construction Retail Build-Outs Tenant Improvements Utility & Site Development Contract Management

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Major project management responsibility with career praise for managing various types of large scale ground out retail and commercial developments. Project experience includes office / warehouse, retail strip center, residential, low rise commercial, municipality, big box. Noted for the ability to adapt, innovate and complete projects on time and on budget. Major areas of expertise include:
Construction supervision including project manager, senior construction manager, owners representative to hi-rise projects and traveling superintendent.
Experience in full on-site construction management.-Residential and Commercial
Effectively schedule, monitor and inspect all work from start to contract completion.
Work effectively with owners, architects, engineers, contractors, inspectors and city officials to ensure harmonious compliance of contract documents.
Land Development Project Manager- Residential

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Kimball Hill Homes- Houston Texas2002 - 2009
Responsible for turnkey supervision of single-family construction, warranty. and sales coordination.
Managed the construction of the scheduled activities in the following core areas: excavation, plumbing, electrical, bathrooms, telephone lines/poles, mechanical rooms, kitchen, parking areas, entrance encroachments, landscaping and city planning and permitting and all tenant finish design and interior construction.

Royce Homes - Onclave Division- Houston Texas2001 - 2002
On-site Manager of high end series-golf course community at Existing Heron Lakes Golf Course. . Construction and Sales with budgetary responsibilities of $10M. All homes priced in high end scale of 160K plus options.
Homes built to owners specifications and completed ahead of schedule.
Recruited to manage a $20-million residential construction and market development project that required the deployment and construction of on going new homes in the move-up semi-custom market throughout the Harris and Montgomery county area. .

General Homes-Houston Texas1989 - 2001
Project Manager, Senior Construction Manager- Residential Construction North Houston Area.
Responsible for project cost of on going construction of $1.2 M budget.
All homes complete per fast-track time line, with the completion of 6 subdivisions in Harris and Montgomery county

St Thomas High School- Houston Texas1988-1989
English Teacher- 11th & 12th Grade.

Incarnate Word Academy- Houston Texas1987 - 1988
English Teacher- 11th& 12th Grade.

Self Employed Real Estate Broker.-Houston Texas1980-1986
Owners representative to several large Commercial Construction Developers.
On-site manager of hi and lo-rise office buildings, shell and tenant finish construction.
Developers included - Regency Development Co.; Mac Haik Development; Joe A MacDermott Development
Office building projects raged from $8.5M to $30M

EDUCATION: Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches Texas - Bachelor of Arts-Communication