JOHN FREDERICK BARMEN
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CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATOR, PROJECT MANAGER & BUSINESS DEVELOPER: Construction professional with two masters degrees, offering more than 17 years of construction experience, 13 of which as a construction cost estimator (including 6 years of project management), 4 years as a safety engineer, 3 years in a supervisory capacity. Mr. Barmen has both assisted with, and been directly responsible for managing the bidding process, as well as purchasing materials and services. He has successfully managed over seventy-five projects from inception to completion. Largest project involvement was over $4 billion (2/4K Water Injection Platform for Phillips Petroleum). Bid on projects up to $24 million as a lead (chief) estimator, $18 million as a concrete estimator, and managed jobs up to $2 million.


(70% Hard Bid, 25% Negotiated and 5% GMP).


==>Thorough understanding of the construction and estimating process, including change orders.

==>Conceptual, GMP, negotiated and hard bids experience. Established bidding strategy.

==>Pre- and post-screening of vendors and subs.

==>Strong blueprint and specification reading skills.

==>Planning & scheduling skills.

==>Project management skills. Earned value analysis.

==>Business development, sales and marketing skills.

==>Effective negotiation skills, including contracts.

==>Leadership and team building skills.

==>Cross-functional & cross-cultural experience.

==>International work experience



PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


Scurto Cement Construction Ltd., Gilberts, IL, USA, 3/99 1/09

Senior Estimator: Full service bidding, from identifying new clients & soliciting projects through negotiating project award with clients. Project management from award through project closeout, project p&l responsibilities.
Submitted over 1,560 bids, with sales totaling over $125 million. Bid projects to $4.3 million, average $900k. Managed over 75 projects to completion. Self-performed site, foundation, slab & structural concrete work.
Solicited work from General Contractors and Developers. Identified potential new clients and pursued them.
Solicited vendor quotes, negotiate mutually favorable terms upon project award.
Assisted clients with preliminary foundation design, including constructability concepts, to establish budgets.
Influenced upper management to reduce risk through diversification of work mix, from predominately big boxes to a wide mix of work and clients across many segments in the construction marketplace.
Solicited vendors and subcontractors by submitting a weekly bid invite with a project bid list. This resulted in an increase of the number of quotes obtained, increasing estimator productivity and accuracy, and increased estimate / bid precision with a higher project profitability.


Pepper Construction Company, Barrington, IL, USA, 3/96 3/99

Concrete Estimator: Submitted bids, activities ranged from take-offs through bid submittal of self-performed activities. Performed pricing of change orders. Solicited quotes from vendors and subcontractors.
Submitted over 360 bids, with sales totaling over $30 million. Bid projects to $18 million, average $500k.
Assisted other specialty trades on an as needed basis, performed both masonry and drywall take-offs.
Increased productivity by setting priorities through time & cost benefit analysis of bids vs. change orders.


MW Construction, Chicago, IL, USA, 8/95 12/95

Lead Estimator & Project Engineer: Organized bidding efforts, conducted quantity take-offs, solicited vendor quotes, and submitted bids, responsible for all 16 divisions. Established a marketing program.
Submitted about 20 bids and was responsible for a small remodeling project.
Choose where to advertise, coordinated the design and layout of the advertisement with publisher.
Wrote two articles for publication as a marketing and public relations effort for the company (see Realty & Building, 10/14/95 & 12/23/95).
Selected a Tele-marketer, and initiated direct mailings.
Streamlined companys material management by analyzing the material flow in the companies warehouse, made recommendations to improve security and storage capacity, reduce handling, damage and pick errors.


Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company, Chicago, IL, USA, 5/93 6/95

Assistant Trainmaster, Proviso Train Yard. Hands on operations management role involving efficient and safe operation of train movements through personnel supervision within the yard limits.
Assistant Manager, Customer Service, Wisconsin Territory. Part of call center management. Assisted with alpha and beta testing of AEI (Automated Equipment Identification) system for automated locating of railway cars.


Phillips Petroleum Company Norway, Stavanger, NORWAY, 12/84 12/88

Safety Representative: Attached to the Engineering & Construction Division. Designed, inspected & tested active and passive fire fighting systems. Evaluated and reported on both the departments and contractor safety performance, made suggestions on corrective action. Performed Hazard Assessment through Risk Analysis of various facility designs to align hazards to be within corporate levels of acceptable risk. Conducted site inspections.



EDUCATION

Masters of Business Administration (MBA), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA, '93
Double major:General Management (Entrepreneurship,)
Marketing (Sales Management)

Masters of Science in Civil Engineering (MSc), The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA, '91
Major: Construction Management and project Engineering
Minor: Business Administration

Candidatus Magisterii (Can.Mag.), The University Center of Rogaland, Stavanger, NORWAY, '89
Academic title:Title granted on the bases of the following academic achievements:
Coursework in Administration and Safety taken from the department of Science
and Technology at the University Center of Rogaland, last course taken spring '88
Petroleums Technology, Stavanger College of Engineering (1 year), '82
Environmental Engineering, Telemark College of Engineering, Porsgrunn (1 year), '81
Architectural Engineering, Stavanger College of Engineering (4 year), '80

Certifications: OSHA 10 hour Outreach for Construction, September 1996.

Computer skills: Proficient on PC & Mac platforms. Proprietary estimating packages, FileMakerPro, Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project), Suretrak, MacProject, FastTrackSchedule 9, AutoCAD & Photoshop.