Carl A. Tullis
Pre-Construction Manager / Estimator / Project Manager
Profile:
An accomplished professional in the construction industry, with current occupation in pre-construction project management, and 29 years accumulative experience in design-build and design-bid-build ventures with comprehensive involvement in construction project management, estimating, project superintendence, project engineering and engaged in a diverse portfolio of fast track design-build projects encompassing hospitality, K-12 / higher education, food processing, high tech, hospital, historic renovation, churches, office, retail, public works, meat packing / processing, manufacturing, medical / dental clinics, climate controlled warehousing, seismic upgrade, and tenant improvement from their inception to completion throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Capability:
Excels in Customer RelationsStrong Group Building / LeadershipAnalyzes Situations/Solutions Rapidly
Quality Control ManagementVisualize Projects ConceptuallySafety / Compliance Management
Master Planning / SchedulingOutstanding Start up SkillsTactical / Strategic Thinker
Employment History:
2009 PresentSenior Estimator. RBR Construction Inc. Weatherford, TX.
2003 2009Preconstruction Estimator / Project Manager. Batzer Inc., Medford, OR.
2002 2003Senior Project Manager / Estimator. Adroit Construction Company, Ashland, OR.
2000 2002Estimator / Project Manager. OC America Construction (Obayashi Corporation), Beaverton, OR.
1998 2000Project Manager. Merrill Contractors, Inc., Vancouver, WA.
1991 1998Estimator / Project Manager. Shimizu America Corporation (Shimizu Corporation), Tigard, OR.
1986 1991Estimator / Project Superintendent. Tecton Contracting Corporation, Omaha, NE.
1980 1986Asst. Superintendent / Project Engineer. Red Lion Motor Inns-Construction Division, Vancouver, WA.
Education:
University of Nebraska at Omaha. Construction & Architectural Design Engineering Technology.
University of Maryland. Accounting, Business Administration.
Construction & Construction Business Seminars.
United States Marine Corps. Supply Administration, Personnel Management.
Military Service:
1976 1979United States Marine Corps-Active. 3043-Supply Administration, Honorable Discharge, Vietnam Era Veteran.
1979 1981United States Marine Corps-Inactive Reserve. 3043-Supply Administration, Honorable Discharge.
Computer Skills:
Excel, Word, Microsoft Project, Primavera P3/P6, AGTEK, Timberline, Prolog, AutoDesk, On Center Takeoff, Internet.
Additional credentials available upon request:
Resume Supplement, Project List, Salary History, References, Client letters of recommendation & testimonials.
Carl A. Tullis
Senior Estimator
RBR Construction. Weatherford, TX.
Regional Industrial / Commercial Bid-Build, Design-Build General Contractor.
November 2009 Present
Review bid documents and prepare for competitive bid. Attend pre-bid meeting / job walk. Delegate bid advertisement in local trade publications, phone / fax solicitation contact with prospective bidders, request for information inquiry / coordination / and response distribution, assured total specification section coverage by at least three bidders in each trade or section with written acknowledgment of their intent to bid. Managed review and circulation of bid addendums. Chair internal pre-bid preparation meetings with bid day participants.
Manage or prepare full take-off and pre-estimate cost including MEP. Manage or prepare preliminary estimate for inclusion into estimate program prior to bid day.
Manage bidding process on bid day in accord with company President. Accountable for a complete bid, review all incoming bid submittals for comprehensiveness. Manage or enter bids into computer bid program. Review and finalize bid with company President. Manage the submittal of the bid by our representative. Manage submittal of subsequent documentation as required.
Increasing role in this company to manage pre-construction effort in conjunction with marketing manager as a member of the pre-construction team, providing cost analysis and conceptual estimates from facility visitation, envisionment of the clients program through discussion, preparing subsequent scope of work narrative and assumptions, often times with minimal involvement of Architects and Engineers, to draft the construction budget and/or design-build proposal.
Notable accomplishments;
Established estimating schedule in Microsoft Project complete with processes and deadlines, providing management with a timeline for planning multiple bids. Additionally, this provided a timeline for construction department personnel planning on future awarded projects.
Authored a written estimating departmental procedure utilized in the companys current procedure manual.
Revised subcontractor/vendor contact and pre-qualification standards.
Pre-Construction Estimator / Project Manager
Batzer Inc. Medford, OR.
Regional Industrial / Commercial Design-Build General Contractor.
March 2003 April 2009
Reviewed prospective client Request for Proposal letter. Prepare draft, oversaw preparation, edit changes, review and finalize RFP response package with company president and submit. Attend and contribute dialogue in client / contractor interview(s).
Singularly directed construction and estimating effort, in concert with in-house architect and director of marketing, as a valued member of the design-build leadership. When outsourcing architects and engineers, administered the lead in design-build group effort.
Authored design-build proposal and retainer agreement utilizing scope of work narrative, preliminary drawings consisting of site plan, floor plan, and building elevation with minimal information, and conceptual budget cost from unit cost history database.
Prepared / executed part one of the design-build prime contract upon clients acceptance of design-build proposal and retainer agreement, and proceed with schematic document set development. Effect subsequent contracts with architect, engineers and design-build MEP contractors.
Met with client and design-group players in design development of the 30%, 60%, and 90% completion stages of the schematic document set. Advised design build group on constructability review, schematic estimate, value engineering at each interval.
Directed the preparation of design meeting minutes, review final copy for accuracy and oversee distribution.
Joined with Architect, provide and articulate the project to planning department and building department.
Prepared detailed estimate of self performed work consisting of earthwork, utilities, horizontal / vertical concrete, steel fabrication / erection, PEMB, carpentry, doors & hardware, and specialty installations. Accountable for distribution of drawings and scope of work narrative to specialty trades bidding on project, responding to their requests for information, receiving the bids and selecting lowest responsible bidder.
Met with client in final development and review of construction document set. Submit construction documents to building department and acquired building permit.
Prepared / executed part two of the design-build prime contract with client. Effect subsequent subcontracts with remaining construction trades. Effect subsequent purchase orders to suppliers, ordering major material purchases and monitoring their shipments and delivery.
Upon acquisition of building permit, managed project as project manager in unification with project superintendent. Accountable for initiating temporary utilities / site office, publish and updating project schedule / three week interval schedule, client / contractor / subcontractor / supplier relations and chairing and documenting weekly meetings with all, organize and consolidate / expedite major material purchases, change order management, review / approve shop drawings, QC/QA, safety and OSHA compliance, project administration, profit / loss projections / reporting, project close out documents, and certificate of occupancy.
Performed aforementioned tasks on two to three simultaneous projects based on availability, project timing and project complexity.
Notable accomplishments;
Accredited for bringing this design build contractor into the forefront as the flourishing leader of design build projects in this region.
Consistently accelerated construction projects using fast track design build concepts to greatly reduce time and cost of design development and construction.
Earned letters of recommendation from three clients, and three testimonials from clients complimenting my achievements which are currently posted on this employers website at www.batzerconstruction.com.
Accredited for conceptual estimates being consistently within 3% 5% of the final construction estimate.
Instituted the three week interval planning schedule. Regulated it into subcontract and purchase order supplemental conditions language. Managed the weekly update and circulation.
Published and implemented a Design and Construction Master Planning Schedule utilizing Microsoft Project, illustrating a global snap shot view to management of the status of progress and milestones for each department, provided marketing with the black hole dates to infill with potential projects, monitoring backlog projects upcoming, manage the timeline of design document preparation, status on planning department and building permits, construction crew and equipment planning on all known projects, and each project cost loaded using earned value management for quarterly cash flow projections. Proved to be a significant source and aid to the incoming newly hired general superintendent on the status and summarization of his 16 construction projects in various stages of start up.
Acknowledged for implementing and publishing a flow chart based presentation advocating the company design-build standard procedure that was successful in diagramming the path and addressing responsibilities of each department from marketing to construction. This flow chart eliminated departmental crossover in assignments and cultivated teamwork. Chart presentation was patented by the company and used as a sales tool by the marketing department.
Notable projects;
Lead involvement in successful competition and awarded design build project for a private catholic school encompassing six (6) new campus buildings, new chapel, additional gymnasium, renovation of multi-level classroom buildings, new utility services, HAZMAT remediation in 5 separate phases during school in session.
Lead involvement in extremely successful design, construction and client satisfaction of a hematology oncology clinic project. The first architectural building of this nature undertaken by this construction company.
Sole project manager on many concrete tilt up projects and being the only contractor in southern Oregon self-performing these installations.
Project manager on an award winning pre-engineered metal building for its unique concept in design. Constructed for a commercial retail business along Highway 101 in Brookings, OR, 500 or so yards from the Pacific Ocean and its winter gale force storms, and it is weather tight.
Estimator / Senior Project Manager
Adroit Construction Company, Inc. Ashland, OR.
Regional Industrial / Commercial General Contractor
February 2002 March 2003
Initially hired by CEO in launching of a new design build venture for this historically design bid build company.
Reviewed bid documents and prepare for competitive bid. Attend pre-bid meeting / job walk. Delegated bid advertisement in local trade publications, phone / fax solicitation contact with prospective bidders, request for information inquiry / coordination / and response distribution, assured total specification section coverage by at least three bidders in each trade or section with written acknowledgment of their intent to bid. Managed review and circulation of bid addendums. Chaired internal pre-bid preparation meetings with bid day participants.
Managed or prepared full take-off and pre-estimate cost including MEP. Managed or prepared preliminary estimate for inclusion into estimate program prior to bid day.
Delegated bidding process on bid day in accord with company CEO. Accountable for a complete bid, reviewed all incoming bid submittals for comprehensiveness. Managed or entered bids into computer bid program. Review and finalize bid with CEO. Manage the submittal of the bid by our representative. Manage submittal of subsequent documentation as required. Author and present letter of protest of the bid.
Upon successful bid, award of project, and acquisition of building permit, managed project as project manager in unison with project superintendent. Accountable for initiating temporary utilities / site office, publish and updating project schedule / three week interval schedule, client / contractor / subcontractor / supplier relations and chairing and documenting weekly meetings with all, organize and consolidate / expedite major material purchases, change order management, review and approve shop drawings, QC/QA, safety and OSHA compliance, project administration, profit and loss projections and reporting, project close out documents, and certificate of occupancy.
Notable accomplishments;
Instituted the three week interval planning schedule. Regulated it into subcontract and purchase order supplemental conditions language. Managed the weekly updates and circulation.
Notable projects;
Rehabilitation, seismic stabilization of a three story 1908 salt box style school building without incident.
Involvement in design and construction of a Jewish Temple significant for the only facility of its kind between San Francisco, CA and Portland, OR.
Refurbished a full service medical facility in Yreka, Ca without disrupting their normal business operations.
Estimator / Project Manager
OC America Construction, Inc. Beaverton, OR.
International Industrial / Commercial Design-Build General Contractor.
May 2000 February 2002
Established regional estimating presence and procedure in Portland, OR office under the direction of vice president of estimating headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.
Reviewed bid documents and prepare for competitive bid. Attend pre-bid meeting / job walk. Manage bid advertisement in local trade publications, phone / fax solicitation contact with prospective bidders, request for information inquiry / coordination / and response distribution, assured total specification section coverage by at least three bidders in each trade or section with written acknowledgment of their intent to bid. Managed review and distribution of bid addendums. Chaired internal pre-bid preparation meetings with bid day participants.
Managed or prepared full take-off and pre-estimate cost including MEP. Managed or prepared preliminary estimate for inclusion into estimate program prior to bid day.
Managed bidding process on bid day in accord with vice president of construction visiting from Los Angeles, CA. Accountable for a complete bid, reviewed all incoming bid submittals for comprehensiveness. Managed or entered bids into computer bid program. Review and finalize bid with VPC. Manage submittal of bid by our representative. Manage submittal of subsequent documentation as required. Author and present letter of protest of the bid.
Upon successful bid, award of project, and acquisition of building permit, managed project as project manager in conjunction with project superintendent. Accountable for initiating temporary utilities / site office, publish and updating project schedule / three week interval schedule, client / contractor / subcontractor / supplier relations and chairing and documenting weekly meetings with all, organize and consolidate / expedite major material purchases, change order management, review and approve shop drawings, QC/QA, safety and OSHA compliance, project administration, profit and loss projections and reporting, project close out documents, and certificate of occupancy.
Notable accomplishments;
Recognized as a consistent top three bidder in public works, K-12 schools ranging in cost from $3mil to $33mil.
Accredited for successful assumption of duties as project manager from the previous project manager on a 162,000 square foot, $32,000,000 high school in the building shell stage and onward to completion.
Involved in the constructing the first green building high school in the U.S. certified LEED Silver. This school serves as a national model for energy conservation-Architectural Record
Project Manager
Merrill Contractors, Inc. Vancouver, WA.
Regional Industrial & Commercial Design-Build General Contractor.
May 1998 May 2000
Assisted chief estimator in preparation and presentation of bid. Amass project from chief estimator upon award.
Involved in two design-build projects. Provided constructability review and value engineering as a member of design-build team, in concert with client, clients architect, and chief estimator. Assist chief estimator with author and presentation of design-build proposal and acquisition of prime contract.
Managed both design-bid-build and design-build projects as project manager in unity with project superintendent(s). Accountable for contract and purchase order execution, initializing temporary utilities and site office, publish and updating project schedule / three week interval schedule, client / contractor / subcontractor / supplier relations and chairing and documenting weekly meetings with all, organize / expedite major material purchases, change order management, QC/QA, safety and OSHA compliance, project administration, profit and loss projections and reporting, project close out documents, and certificate of occupancy.
Notable accomplishments;
Assumed responsibility and accomplished the successful completion of two (2) concurrent Veterans Administration hospital clinic projects after the initial project manager was relieved of his duties.
Direct involvement in one of the first design build projects embarked upon by this general contractor. Project was deemed a great success.
Notable projects;
Successful design build project for a mental health clinic in Vancouver, WA. Actress Mary Tyler Moore was on the board of directors, and was very involved in the project, complimented my team and me on a job well done.
Estimator / Project Manager
Shimizu America Corporation, Tigard, OR.
International Industrial / Commercial Design-Build General Contractor.
June 1991 May 1998
Assigned to perform quantity take-off for design-bid-build projects as a junior estimator under the direction of chief estimator. Publish bid advertisement in local trade publications, forward phone / fax solicitations to prospective bidders and requesting their written acknowledgment of their intent to bid. Review bid addendums, revise estimate take-off and circulated addendums to bidders. Participate in bid day activity reviewing incoming bids and entering into bid computer program. Assisted other estimating departments on location in Vancouver, BC, and Los Angeles, CA on bid preparation and presentation.
As a member of design-build group, assigned to prepare conceptual estimates under the direction and tutelage of the chief estimator and in conjunction with scope of work document and design drawings distributed by the construction & design project manager. Promoted to design-build estimator. Under the direction and accompaniment of the chief estimator, met with the client and Architect from initial design stage until design completion. Involved in estimate, scope of work and proposal revisions. Progressively I was entrusted to meet singularly with client and architect on subsequent projects. Provide conceptual design narrative, schematic estimates and author them in proposal to client.
Progressively became involved in projects on the project site after presenting the final estimate, assisted project superintendent in scope of the work indoctrination, changes in design of work in progress, project engineer role, expediting materials, and managing portions of fit-up work.
Promoted to project manager after assuming responsibility on a project in relief of previous project manager.
Increasingly my role in this company was to participate in construction and estimating effort as a member of the design-build unit, in concert with our in-house construction & design project manager in meeting with and identifying the clients program, providing conceptual estimates utilizing preliminary drawings consisting of site plan, floor plan, and building elevation with minimal information, drafting design-build proposal and prime contract, and building permit acquisition.
Upon acquisition of the building permit, managed the project as project manager under the direction of the senior project manager and in unification with project superintendent. Accountable for initializing temporary utilities and site office, publish and updating project schedule / three week interval schedule, client / contractor / subcontractor / supplier relations and chairing and documenting weekly meetings with all, organize and consolidate / expedite major material purchases, change order management, review and approve shop drawings, QC/QA, safety and OSHA compliance, project administration, profit and loss projections and reporting, project close out documents, and certificate of occupancy.
Notable accomplishments;
Recognized for design and implementation of a Lotus 1-2-3 computer spreadsheet program automated to compute data input of item quantity take-off, line item price, insurance and bonds, and overhead and profit to tabulate a final estimate value all in one file. The programs were also automated to instantly translate all material quantity measurements from or into metric measure, and provide cost of the work stated in US$ adapting it into various international currencies at the current exchange rate.
Acknowledged for training subordinates in estimating and project management procedure(s).
Notable projects;
Our design build division constructed approximately one third of the high technology projects during the high tech building boom in Portland, OR in the mid nineties.
When constructing the computer manufacturing facility in Camas, WA. The new building in progress of construction had to once be re-designed, partially demolished, and re-built, the manufacturing equipment fit up redone once, and one shipment of equipment sent back to Japan for re-tooling and returned to the U.S. for installation, all due to the rapid changes in computer manufacturing processes and technology at that time.
Estimator / Superintendent / Assistant Superintendent
Tecton Contracting Corporation. Omaha, NE.
National Industrial / Commercial Design-Build General Contractor.
July 1986 June 1991
Assigned initially as assistant superintendent, accountable to support project superintendent in material handling, subcontractor / supplier coordination, expedite major material purchases, daily field operations, personnel management, daily reports, and as-built documentation.
Promoted to project superintendent, accountable for initializing temporary utilities and office at project site, building layout on the site and/or abutting existing building, employee and equipment mobilization, publish and update project schedule, client / subcontractor / supplier relations and weekly meetings with all, daily reports, organize and consolidate / expedite major material purchases, change order monitoring documentation, QC/QA, safety and OSHA compliance, project engineering, profit and loss, project close out inspections, and certificate of occupancy, and as-built documents.
Progressively became proficient in demonstrating the cost effectiveness of certain building designs and construction, and was promoted to estimator. Became an active member of the design-build group in concert with client, architect and company design manager in preparation of conceptual and final estimates for the work.
Notable accomplishments;
Recognized for implementation and utilization of a computer spreadsheet based program for estimating.
Designed and implemented a task code system for estimating, construction task identification and job cost accounting.
Accredited for implementation, data evaluation and assembly, assembly data input, and management of the construction cost history database. Individual task data was assembled into an overall activity format for use in application and accuracy of preliminary estimates produced with minimal time and labor cost.
Notable projects;
Company was well respected and a recognized leader in the specialty general contractor industry for design build of food processing and climate controlled food storage facilities throughout the continental U.S. Was directly involved on the project sites in Olathe, KS, Detroit, MI, Atlanta, GA, Joliet, IL, Vernon, CA, and Omaha, NE.
Assistant Superintendent / Project Engineer
Red Lion Motor Inns Construction Division, Vancouver, WA.
Regional Hospitality Design-Build Owner / Developer.
November 1980 July 1986
Employed as project engineer, involved in 19 story hotel remodeling project from start up to completion while attending pre-architecture courses at University of Nebraska-Omaha. Responsibilities included providing construction details and drawings of the conditions within the existing building and conveying them to the corporate design department in Vancouver, WA under direction of the corporate architect, design captain and interior designer, provided and maintained as-builts and record drawings, document distribution to trades, design captains liaison.
Performed additional duties as directed by the general superintendent, organize / expedite major material purchases, subcontractor / supplier liaison, shipping & receiving, warehouse manager, material procurement, equipment purchasing and rental, scheduling, and timekeeper.
Transferred by company to home office in Vancouver, WA and assigned to the construction division.
During periods of idle hotel construction assigned as an artisan in training and involved in the in house production and installation of wood / glass / metal architectural specialty products.
Promoted to assistant superintendent after serving a period of training with in house carpentry, drywall, painting, plumbing and electrical tradesmen. Involved in small remodeling or repair projects on sixteen (16) Red Lion Motor Inns properties in Washington, Oregon, California, and Montana.
Performed duties as assistant superintendent / project engineer on Red Lions La Posada Resort remodel and additions project in Paradise Valley, AZ, and Inn at the Quay in Vancouver, WA.
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