LARRY BRANDON
13901 S. Robinson Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73170 (405) 371- 5529
VP/Dir Construction Operations Project Manager Dir Entitlement
Constructing and Managing Property Assets for Maximal Profitability
P&L Responsibility/Property Development/ Project Management/ Marketing Entitlement / Feasibility Analyses / Estimations / Codes and Regulations / Purchasing
Career Profile: A highly skilled construction professional with over 25 years management experience in residential and commercial operations. Spanning all aspects of construction, Im best known for getting projects done on time, within specifications and under budget. Effective in creating business models for proposed land development projects to make them profitable, I posses an outstanding ability to visualize a completed project from engineering designs and drawings which enables me to take charge of multiple tasks and get them all completed in a coordinated sequence, reducing downtime to near zero. My expertise makes me ideal for any position requiring troubleshooting skills as Ive successfully completed many stalled projects and brought them through to completion and profitability. I have extensive experience in Civil Engineering and with a comprehensive knowledge and application of state and local codes and regulations, work with all required government agencies to bring all projects into legal compliance. I provide comprehensive construction management to projects to get them successfully completed.
Selected Career Accomplishments
Constructed and engineered:
Over 1500 detached single family homes with a gross value of $187M.
1,200 attached single family Condo/Town/Patio homes with a gross value of $176M
2,100 Market rent apartments dwelling units with a value in excess of $83M
Commercial/Retail components of mixed-use projects, with a value in excess of $7.7M
Through establishing an accurate business model and a site re-design at Savanna Estates in Oklahoma City, salvaged this project from a probable loss to a proposed $4.5M profit.
Successfully completed the impossible re-zoning of a 10 acre site in central Scottsdale and increased the land owners profit from $1.9M to $8.M.
Increased the projected profit by over $10M at D.R. HORTON HOMES in San Diego by successfully implementing new policies and procedures.
Professional Skills
Certified Drafter - American Design and Drafting Association
Certified Auto-Cad 2006 Civil 3-D
Microsoft Word: Excel, Access, Outlook, and Project
Highly effective in creating business models for land development projects
Consistent success working with governmental agencies in the entitlement process
Extensive background in Civil Engineering
Education: Bachelor of Science Engineering
Rose State College and Warren National University
Professional Experience
General Manager, Lifestyles Custom Builders, Oklahoma City 2006 Present
Completed site development for three new Sub-Stations for the Western Farmers Electric Cooperative, more than doubling their distribution capacity
Created business model budgets & time lines for residential & commercial developments
Created precise quantity take-offs and earth calculations for commercial developers
Worked with builders and developers to Value Engineer site design
Completed design and drafting, through permitable plans, for local developers
Senior VP Construction Operations, D.R. Horton Homes Inc, San Diego May 2005 Sept 2006
Promoted from Vice President of Engineering and Land Development
Developed and implemented all processes required to successfully entitle, develop and build 800 attached and detached residential units per year, some with retail components
Created a master schedule system, which incorporated all departments of every project into a master schedule system, which is now being used as a standard for most divisions
Established a system to successfully complete feasibility studies on all proposed projects while creating a working business model designed to establish profitability
Managed the hiring and training of over 75 employees within three departments
Engineering Project Manager, Griffin Industries Inc. Riverside CA. Nov 2003 April 2005
Managed the engineering design and construction through final build out of a 1,022 lot community in Riverside which included a city park consisting of 4.5 miles of man made lakes and streams, simultaneously managing the entitlement process for a 402 lot community in Riverside and an 111 lot upper bracket community in Redlands along with the preliminary planning and feasibility studies for a 600 unit multi-family complex
Negotiated and contracted with consultants including the establishment of contractual time-line requirements for the completion of (respective) projects
Created all budgets, value engineering and cash flow for all projects
Project Manager, Legend Development, Scottsdale AZ Aug 1995 Nov 2003
Designed and completed the re-zoning on a 10 acre tract of land located within the
Equestrian Corridor of Scottsdale, previously believed to be impossible to accomplish
resulting in increased value from $1.9M to $8.6M
Entitled and developed multiple communities ranging from 30 to 250 units
Designed and drafted conceptual plans for zoning changes, including public presentations, for multiple communities
Negotiated and contracted with outside consultants in the preparation of the required construction documents
Project Manager, Brandon & Holt, Branson MO Sept 1992 July 1995
Coordinated and supervised all aspects of the civil engineering design, survey and construction for Smoke Tree, a 350-lot sub division
Designed and managed all aspects of the civil engineering and construction of a 500-unit time-share project on Table Rock Lake
Managed the civil engineering and architectural design and budgeting for a 250 unit apartment project
Project Manager, Oak Development, Kansas City, MO May 1988 Oct 1993
Managed and supervised all aspects of the land acquisition entitlement and development through build-out of Windsor Hills and Normandy Courts, master planned communities, consisting of 149 units of attached townhomes and 60 single family lot
President, Brandon and Brandon Builders June 1979 March 1988
Specializing in apartment production framing. I managed over 250 full time employees working in 8 states. We produced approximately 2,500 apartment units a year, and at our peak were rated as the second largest framing company in the US. I helped introduce Auto-Cad into the panelizing process (pre-fabrication). Our pre-fabrication systems are generally used today by several of the largest framing companies on the West Coast
References: Provided upon request
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