H. Eric DavidsonProject Manager
Architect / Construction Manager / Owners Project Manager



Profile:

Bottom-line, performance-driven and versatile real estate development Project Management professional :

Sound record of leading and managing successful development projects over the last 12 years: continually at-or-below budget, and on-or-ahead of schedule, and meeting-or-exceeding scope & quality expectations;

Assumes principal/sole responsibility for project performance while effectively leading project teams with minimal individual authority;

Proactively integrates inherently diverse agendas into consensus objectives shared by the entire project team and all stakeholders;

Consummate breadth of Design, Construction & Development management experience characterized by comprehensive planning & oversight, thorough attention to detail and relevance, effective & insightful team building & process alignment, and proactive, innovative response & adaptations to project issues & changing conditions;

Consistently meets and often exceeds stakeholder expectations of cost containment & profit, schedule management & recovery, design quality & fitness, end-user affirmation & satisfaction, ongoing risk & liability mitigation, operations suitability & savings, and general public/market acceptance.


Professional Experience:

St. Joe Company premier residential resort real estate development and placemaking; Jacksonville, FL (2004-08) www.joe.com
Project Manager for Village Center commercial entitlements & Town Center for WindMark Beach;
Asst. Project Manager for WindMark Beach 1600 home resort development; including relocation of 4-mile section of state highway.

Village Center 6 buildings developed concurrently, mixed-use including 2 restaurants, resort check-in building, sales center, town hall, fitness center, market, community pool facility, condominiums. 100,000 sq. ft; $80 mil. www.windmarkbeach.com/villagecenter.htm

Design and Program Innovation: Capital/operating cost feasibility of central plant cooling was proposed, evaluated, approved and built within the project budget. Design team advanced the plant concept from a mundane engineering imperative into a distinctive, iconic entry feature tower that efficiently preserved valuable land area and provided an artful element to the town center. A custom cooling tower was designed with low velocity fans to mitigate noise from traditional high velocity units, preserving a dark, quiet sky ethic of the rural locale. The water tower look reinforced a rural town aesthetic and removed the usual visual blight of compressor farms.

Intrapreneurial Development: Effected 50% savings on cost and schedule for high-end furniture by engaging a company cypress lumber mill and local craftsmen to produce custom designs in lieu of specialty retail pieces the results allowed St. Joe to promote the established architectural indigenous ethic of Old Florida of this place through its furniture as well as supporting local business and arts.

Southern Accents Magazine ShowHouse crash internal program to budget, design, document and build a premier Cracker Chic style home for Southern Accents Magazine. Published: June, 2006. 5,000 sf; $3.1 mil. http://www.joe.com/WindMark-Beach-Community/460-Property
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URS Construction Services program manager for $1.5 bil. Public Schools initiative; San Diego, CA (2002-04)
Construction Manager for 3 concurrent renovation/addition projects in construction;
Program Manager for Relocatable Classrooms, 2600 units upgrade evaluations, budgeting, construction and relocations.

Process Innovation: Designed and implemented a custom FilePro database used on handheld computers to inventory, inspect, budget and track each relocatable classroom unit effectively reducing the punch process by 50% in terms of manpower required for surveys and inspections by 50% while simultaneously cutting the overall evaluation schedule allocated by 50%.
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Hill Glazier Architects resort hospitality design firm; Palo Alto, CA (1999-2001)
Director of Construction Services recruited to facilitate the realignment of project teams with issues trending toward litigation.

All target projects were successfully re-balanced and avoided litigation; with only two requiring global settlements with GC

Beatty / Harvey / Fillat (JV) Peter Fillat Architects www.pfarc.com full services architectural firm; Baltimore, MD (1998 - 1999)
Associate Principal recruited to facilitate the recovery of a major fast-track project over-budget and with the schedule in contention.

Waterfront Marriott on the Inner Harbor 750 key hi-rise, 43,000 sf retail leasable, 600 car parking deck.

Project Intervention independently commissioned a quantity survey cost study on existing design; located contributing causes effectively; proffered cost-effective alternatives; established Owner, Project Manager and GC buy-in to redirect the project; effected the re-design trade-by-trade thru shop drawings, finish packages and subcontractor negotiations project was completed substantially on-budget and on-time, with no litigation.
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Jonathan Nehmer + Assoc. PC turnkey Construction Project Management Services for hospitality; Rockville, MD (1994 - 1998)
Director of Architecture directed the expansion of firms internal capacity to include A/E design & production directly for investment clients.

Business Unit Development and Management implemented firms expansion into architectural design and production and managed multiple teams concurrently company revenues tripled within 2 years, while saving client investment groups up to 30% in overall design documentation fees during the same period.

Representative Projects: Hershey Lodge and Convention Center, PA; Courtyard/Residence Inn Marriotts: Downtown Atlanta, Scranton, PA, Green Valley / Las Vegas, NV; Wyndham Hotels: Boston, MA, Lexington, KY
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Olivola / Parker & Assoc. PC commercial and Dept. of State planning and architecture; Alexandria, VA (1988 - 1994)
Associate Principal / Project Architect liaison & dedicated support to external rainmakers; design & production project management.

Representative Projects: Philippine Embassy, 1600 Mass. Ave, DC; Ford Motors Training Center, Chantilly, VA; Embassy Facilities: Moscow, Rome, Malawi, Vienna; 1724 F Street, DC;


Core Competencies:
Pro forma:Budgets Business Plan Alignment/Forecasting/Tracking, Phasing.
Schedule Master Project Scheduling, Construction & CPM development/analysis/tracking/recovery.
Scope Entitlements/Property Evaluation & Public Approvals; Programming, Systems Feasibility Development & Analysis; Cost/Benefit Analysis; RFQ / RFP Solicitation & Analysis; Contract Scoping & Negotiations; Marketing support, Insurer/Lender/Lease support.
Design:Master Planning, Systems and Component Refinement & Coordination, budget testing & confirmation, Code/ADA/LEED compliance, document coordination & control, condominium documents
Build:Systems coordination & confirmation, constructability review, GC pricing & schedule review/analysis, value engineering proposal & analysis, trade contract scoping & pricing evaluation, progress team meetings, payment application & approval, punch lists, final permits & licenses, warranty packages & operations training.
Sectors:Hospitality - resort, hotel, restaurant
Commercial - Office, Retail, R&D, Training Centers
Government - Embassy and Intelligence Facilities
Computer:Office Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher, Outlook; Adobe Pro
Schedule Suretrak, MS Project;
Database Access, FilePro, Expedition;
Design AutoCad, SketchUp.


Credentials:B. Architecture / 1987 / Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Reg. Architect / 1989 / Virginia

Board Director St. Joe Co. WindMark Beach Design Review Board (2008 to present).
Board Chair Port St. Joe Redevelopment Agency Design Review Board, FL (2007-2008). (Authored Bldg. Design Guidelines)
Board Director & Construction Chair Habitat for Humanity of Gulf County, FL (2005-2007).