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Architectural Engineering, Construction Management, Surety, Expert Consultant Resume

Resume of TDB, P.E. Consultant
Principal Industries Served:
  • Architectural Engineering
  • Construction
  • Environmental
  • Surety
  • Structural Engineering

Education:

This expert has a B.S. in Architectural Engineering from Pennsylvania State University.


Expertise and Services:

Architectural Engineering, Construction Management, Surety, Expert Consultant Resume

This expert specializes in architectural engineering with extensive experience in the preparation and review of building assessments or evaluations, plan and cost reviews, surety consulting, and construction management and administration for lending institutions. This expert has further experience with prospective owners, sureties, and attorneys. Further expertise includes working with environmental issues and preparation of environmental site assessments (ESA's).

Additional architectural capabilities include evaluating all systems of the building including structural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing. Issues of concern include water and/or moisture penetration of the building envelope, structural integrity of existing buildings, condensate leakage and excessive noise, and branch circuit aluminum wiring. Other issues of concern include fire retardant plywood, polybutylene, and galvanized piping.

Property types include warehouse, industrial, retail, and office. Additionally this expert has worked on projects for hotel/motel, multi-family, senior living, and assisted living. Further types include nursing homes and healthcare.

Construction management consulting experience includes scheduling and claims review for litigation support. Surety Consulting includes working with the obligee and principal on defaulted projects to minimize the financial exposure of the surety company.


Professional Experience:

Consultant, Kevin Kennedy Associates Inc.

Providing expertise in architectural engineering, preparation and review of building assessments, plan and cost reviews, surety consulting, construction management and administration, and related expertise to a wide variety of clients.

 

Regional Manager, engineering property condition assessment firm, Atlanta, GA

Reviewed and performed property condition assessments, construction document reviews, and pay request reviews for financial institutions and owners. Coordinated and prepared ESA’s. Reviewed, hired, and trained new employees. Communicated and discussed report issues to facilitate client relations.

 

Project Manager / Construction Administrator, E R Mitchell Company-Heery International, Stanley D Lindsey & Assoc Structural Engineers, Smallwood Reynolds Stewart & Stewart Architects, Atlanta, GA

Provided program management services for extensive school renovations for APS and facility surveys for Charleston County Schools. Responsibilities included: review of project schedules, monitoring construction in-progress, review of contractor and architect pay requests, and change orders, preparation of needs assessments. Provided resident engineering and construction administration services for an Asian 23 floor office complex and the Olympic aquatic center project. Responsibilities included: tracking of field progress and conformance to the contract documents, review of project schedules, monitoring construction activity, review of contractor and architect pay requests, and change orders, facilitating communication between the owner and the design team.

 

Surety Consultant / Project Manager, Surety Construction Consultants, Marietta, GA

Provided engineering, claims, and construction management consulting services to surety and insurance institutions, and contractors. Duties included: contract management, project financial evaluations, contract document reviews, scheduling reviews, claims analysis and research, estimating, architectural and engineering evaluations, property inspections, analysis and bidding of projects.

 

Arch-Engr-Plan Proj. Engr. & Computer Manager, Gulf Consult, Kuwait

Served as project liaison officer for design of gardens, and Project engineer for a precast prestressed parking garage. Performed structural analysis and design using finite element analysis.

 

Planning and Scheduling Engineer, Al Fulaij Contracting, Kuwait

Responsible for planning and scheduling for institutional, commercial, and multi-unit residential reinforced concrete buildings.

 

Preplanning Engineer, Blount Bros. Corp., Montgomery, AL

Preplanned the construction method for building and civil structures under contract and being bid and provide engineering support. Duties included: sequencing of the structural framing, labor studies, formwork planning, prepare claims data, structural integrity testing to promote construction progress.

 

Project Manager, Sectra-Laing Inc. / Noonan-Laing, Atlanta, GA & York, PA

Consulted with architects, engineers and owners on the application of "Sectra" a cast-in-place concrete system of construction. Duties included: equipment design, manufacture, research, & shipping, feasibility studies, field representation, manpower and equipment resource efficiency studies.

 

Project Representative, Dept. of Planning & Development, Trenton, NJ

Construction administration for a steel framed firehouse.

 

Structural Engineer, Geddes Brecher Qualls Cunningham A&E, Philadelphia, PA

Staff structural engineer.

Additional Experience:

Architectural Engineering Building Evaluations - Over 2000 properties, Nationwide

Evaluate the condition and adequacy of the physical components of properties, including foundations, framing, walls, roofing, interior improvements, mechanical and electrical equipment, pavement, and drainage. Identify needs and costs for accessibility (ADA) issues, deferred maintenance or immediate repairs, and physical needs over the term. Evaluations mitigate the risk of financial institutions and owners.

Construction Document and Pay Request Reviews

Review the adequacy of construction documents, budgeted costs, and perform site visits as required for new and renovation construction. The document review is to determine if the construction documents are sufficiently complete to adequately describe the scope of work required to execute the proposed project with a minimum of change orders. Review of the budget is to ascertain that the scope of work can be executed for the budgeted amount of money. Construction site visits provide a check of work-in-place in reference to construction pay requests. Reviews mitigate the risk of financial institutions and owners.

Surety Construction Consulting

Provide engineering, claims, and construction management consulting services to surety companies. Services include contract management; project financial evaluations-cost-to-complete; contract document reviews; scheduling reviews; claims analysis and research; estimating; architectural and engineering evaluations; analysis and rebidding of defaulted projects. Services are to minimize the financial exposure to the Surety. Clients included: USF&G, ConsumerUnion, AIG, Chubb, CNA and Peerless.

Construction Management Consulting

Provide construction management consulting services to contractors, government and private owners. Services include labor studies, construction preplanning, scheduling, claims review, contract management for new and renovation construction, adequacy of the scope of work; and client representation. Services facilitate the on time delivery of a successful project within budget.

Structural Engineering

Design, preparation of construction documents, and observation of reinforced concrete and steel frames for commercial and institutional structures.

Key words and phrases related to this expert's capabilities include:

Architectural Engineering Building Evaluations; Surety Construction Consulting; Construction default, Property Condition Assessments; Due Diligence, Construction Claims; Scheduling Analysis

Key Projects

  • Property evaluations and Document Reviews: Over 2000 commercial properties, Nationwide. Project properties include warehouse, industrial, retail, office, hotel/motel, multi-family, & healthcare. (Low, mid, and high rise buildings).
  • Atlanta Public Schools (APS): Project manager for an extensive school renovation program.
  • Aquatic Center Atlanta, GA: Construction administrator for an aquatic center for the 1996 Olympics.
  • Commercial Mixed Use complex in Jakarta, Indonesia: Resident engineering administration services.

Facilitate Completion of Bonded Construction Projects

County Courthouse : Completion of a historical courthouse renovation in Claiborne County, MS.

Hurlburt Field Housing : Completion of a military housing complex in Ft. Walton Beach, FL.

Elementary Schools : Completion of several elementary schools.

Hangar facility : Completion of a military hangar facility in Cherry Point, NC.

Parking Garage for Kuwait : Construction of a parking garage for the State of Kuwait.

Designated Gardens for Kuwait : Management of Planning for public recreational gardens.

Commercial complex in Kuwait : structural engineering.

Complex of ten five story apartment buildings in Kuwait : scheduling.

Nine story residential building in Kuwait : scheduling.

TVA Office Complex : Construction preplanning for a 1.25 million square foot office complex.

Sewage Treatment Facility for the City of Chattanooga, TN : Construction preplanning.

Civic center for Lafayette, LA : Construction preplanning.

Addition to an existing hydro-electric facility : formwork utilization

Sectra System: Construction of multi-unit residential cast-in-place concrete building structures.

City of Trenton Firehouse : Construction administration of a firehouse for Trenton, NJ.

Parking Garage for a hotel in the University City area of Philadelphia, PA : structural engineering.

Interior renovation / additions to the Philadelphia Museum of Art : structural engineering.


Case Studies:

Precast-concrete Erection Issue: resolved, construction proceeded
Due Diligence: Costs for Roof Replacement and Renovation Recovered
Contractor Claim Not Required To Be Paid


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