SUMMARY: Supervisory, engineering, craft, and inspection experience in commercial, industrial, institutional, and multi-family housing construction. Extensive experience with structural concrete, steel, HVAC and plant equipment installation, pipe systems, pipe supports, and welding. Surveying, CADD, scheduling, carpentry, and plumbing experience.

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, Virginia

CADD Coursework, Dabney S. Lancaster Community College,
Clifton Forge, Virginia

CERTIFICATION: Engineer in Training (EIT), Virginia

EXPERIENCE:

4/05-2/09 United Forming, Inc., NC Division, Raleigh, NC (Concrete contractor)
Field Engineer Constructed 9-story VCU Medical Science Building and 18-story Vistas-on-the-James Condominium projects. Established field control points, provided control lines for mechanical crafts, and set grade for concrete forms (foundations, floors, columns, and walls). Operated surveying instruments and drew as-built drawings. Supervised two assistants, and trained two others who were then promoted to quality control inspectors.

8/03-11/04 J. B. Michael Company, Salem, VA (Plumbing contractor)
Layout/Supervisor/Engineer Constructed supermarket plumbing systems. Supervised operators and plumbers installing below-grade PVC drainage and overhead PVC vents and copper water systems.

6/02-8/03 ODAT Construction, Troutville, Virginia (Residential remodeler)
Construction Worker Excavated and poured concrete foundations. Framed additions, decks, and sunrooms. Installed replacement windows, insulation, flooring, vinyl siding, and roofing.

6/00-11/00 I.H.C., Ltd., Virginia Beach, VA (Bridge formwork contractor)
Engineer Constructed abutments for five bridges at VDOT Route 460 bypass project in Blacksburg, Virginia. Staked out concrete forms for footers, bridge abutments, and retaining walls. Set top of concrete grade for footers, abutments, and walls. Set anchor bolts for bridge steel. Operated surveying instruments.



3/97-5/00 Branch & Associates, Roanoke, VA (Institutional general contractor)
Engineer Constructed several 3-5 story government, college, and housing projects in VA and WV. Calculated coordinates for building corners, grid line intersections, caissons, elevator jackshafts, and reference points for site work. Programmed points into total station (Topcon GTS-500). Staked out building column lines with reference points, supervised foundation excavation, set and checked concrete grade, installed anchor bolts for structural steel, staked out utilities, chalked wall lines for concrete forms and masonry. Located elevator pits and jackshafts, doorframes, electrical conduit, pipe systems, and mechanical equipment.

10/96-2/97 TAD Technical Resources, Roanoke, VA (Temporary personnel)
Survey Technician - Assigned to VDOT Salem district survey crew. Researched deeds, located property corners, collected topographical data, and staked out rights-of-way and easements.

8/93-12/94 Moore Bros. Co., Inc., Verona, VA (Highway/utility contractor)
Engineer Constructed VDOT Route 11 highway and utility project in Verona, Virginia. Staked out highway centerline, right-of-way, easements, storm drainage system, curb and gutter, water main, and sanitary sewer.

9/91-10/92 Various Contractors, Covington, VA (Industrial contractors)
Construction Engineer Constructed #2 paper machine building and other structures at Westvaco, Covington, Virginia. Staked out and inspected concrete forms for columns, sill girders, drive foundations, and concrete equipment pads. Set structural steel base plates and plumbed building steel columns for paper machine, starch kitchen, and pulp mill buildings. Worked for several contractors in sequence on same project.

4/89-5/90 Knollwood Development Corp., Landover, MD (Commercial developer)
Superintendent Developed properties for office park projects. Supervised company civil construction personnel. Staked out property corners, erosion control devices, storm sewer systems, parking lots, and building foundations. Performed take-offs, estimating, purchasing, and time-keeping.

10/86-2/89 Central Contracting Co., Ashland, VA (Highway/utility contractor)
Project Manager, Project Engineer Managed VDOT interchange project completion. Staked out highway, utility, and historic area projects in Henrico Co. and Richmond. Trained storm sewer pipe crews. Performed pay quantity calculations for monthly estimates.