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Beau McCartin

Honolulu

Summary

Construction management expert versed in elevated guide way construction, temporary structures and construction devices, field supervision, scheduling, and contract administration. Successful at finding cost-effective solutions to the various challenges that arise during rail, wastewater, and underground construction. Seeking position in construction management.

Goal-oriented field engineer able to work under tight schedules and limited budgets to achieve innovative designs that meet and exceed objectives.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Project Manager

Max Kuney
Spokane
10.2019 - Current
  • Coordinated and reviewed civil engineering (MOT, Civil site and roadway, Demo, landscape, geotechnical, MOT, survey and property acquisitions, drawings, technical specifications, and other project deliverables during design phase of design Downtown Redmond Link Extension (DRLE).
  • Successfully Implemented Maintenance of Traffic Plan on DRLE on time and under budget.
  • Met with client property Management group weekly during design phase. communicated design and construction land needs. Communicated with community stakeholders to temporarily access properties needed for geotechnical and survey design information.
  • Communicated temporary design needs with various engineering firms and successfully to design, permit, and build temporary retaining walls.
  • Reviewed and compared bid day quotations and executed in excess of $40 million subcontracts.
  • Managed Civil superintendents, engineers, subcontractors, and equipment review performance on daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
  • Currently Managing planning and execution of two precast girder bridges and two steel pedestrian bridges.

Field Engineer

Granite Construction
Honolulu
06.2018 - 10.2019

Planned and executed assembly of 400 ton overhead conventional Launching Gantry (LG) and 700 ton overhead articulated LG supplied by Deal. Completed assembly of conventional gantry within 3 month duration and 12,000 man-hours. Assembled of articulated and 4 month duration and 15,000 man-hours for articulated. Responsibilities included:

  • Procurement tracking and coordination from Italy and China to Honolulu
  • Work planning
  • Critical Lift planning and supervision
  • Cost tracking
  • Electrical subcontract coordination and supervision
  • Facilitated LG Load tests
  • Prepare Load test reports

Maintenance of Traffic Manager

Granite Construction Company
Honolulu
10.2016 - 06.2018
  • Led maintenance of traffic (MOT) team to deliver over 200 project road closures requiring close cooperation among public involvement team to share information and develop solutions to meet broad array of deliverables
  • Facilitate hundreds of individual traffic control design requests, reviews, and approval process
  • Daily coordination with jurisdictional agencies, contractor team, and other stakeholders
  • Advanced construction schedule by effectively communicating with jobsite disciplines on monthly, weekly, and daily basis
  • Periodic quality inspections mitigating potential safety issues and minimizing impacts to traveling public
  • Mentor and train field engineers, and subcontract teams to achieve project goals
  • Proactively identified and solved complex problems impacting operations management and business direction

Construction Superintendent

Kiewit
Honolulu
10.2015 - 10.2016

Managed team of up to twenty five craft, four subcontractors, field engineers for 10 months. Collaborated with field engineering and construction to prepare scopes of work for inclusion into work packages. Coordinated schedules and day-to-day activities of crew to satisfy project needs.

  • Sound wall alignment
  • Sound absorption tiles
  • Drainage
  • Bridge walkways
  • Expansion joints
  • Fiberglass reinforced plastic handrail
  • Expansion joint covers
  • Concrete repairs and finishes
  • Stray current
  • Punch list operations

Project Engineer

Kiewit
Honolulu
01.2014 - 10.2015
  • Successfully led underslung girder system steel component assembly
  • Planned and supervised erection, alignment, and temporary post tensioning operations
  • Scheduled precast segmental work efficiently by performing method analysis and reducing cycle times
  • Developed comprehensive understanding of precast segmental construction
  • Under slung girder system, false work, critical crane picks, segment alignment, epoxy, and post tensioning
  • Successfully erected 75 elevated spans one month ahead of schedule

Estimator

Kiewit
Federal Way
08.2013 - 01.2014
  • Collaborated with estimating teams to select efficient concrete placement equipment
  • Wrote approximately forty pages and designed twenty graphics pertaining to temporary power, mechanical, and electrical scopes of work
  • Collaborated with estimating teams to select efficient concrete placement equipment in order to meet goal of pouring 500 cubic yard of concrete per day

Contract Administration Manager

Kiewit
Eureka
04.2013 - 08.2013

Humboldt Bay Turbine Building Demolition:

  • Took on contract administration responsibility for Kiewit Power Nuclear job
  • Ability to quickly settle up on disputed change order requests
  • Worked with clients team to provide input on offers fair for Kiewit and PG&E
  • Settled up on over $250,000 requests for change orders
  • Agreed to accelerated schedule with incentives for finishing early

Project Engineer

Kiewit
Kenmore
01.2012 - 04.2013
  • Supervised team of seven craft to complete critical path operations ahead of schedule.
  • Accelerated project schedule by establishing second shift.
  • Contributed to teams successful pricing and negotiations of over $7 million dollars of change orders
  • Priced and negotiated $1.2 million dollar cumulative impact of multiple changes claim
  • Determined and scheduled priorities as required to progress engineering work
  • Maintained records of cost and quantity information for each project and engineering discipline

Field Engineer

Kiewit
Bothell
11.2008 - 01.2012
  • Accurately provided status information on project progress for project managers
  • Led and managed resolution of all contract issues during project construction and commissioning phases
  • Project liaison with King County representatives to negotiate requests for change orders
  • Managed Projects Critical Path Method (CPM) schedule by collaborating with project team to achieve common goals
  • Hired and supervised subcontractors to improve production and meet critical deadlines
  • Identified major issues that could arise and provided solutions for these problems

Project Engineer

Frank Coluccio Construction
Shoreline
04.2006 - 07.2008

The Hidden Lake Pump Station work included a 500,000 gallon underground storage pipe, 12,000 feet of sewer pipe, 6,500 feet of water mains, and a new pump station. Was one of two staff responsible for producing all contract requirements including:

  • Project submittals
  • Requests for Information (RFI)
  • Change orders
  • Material procurement and tracking
  • Schedule updates and progress reports
  • Completed daily construction tasks while providing safe working conditions, staying on budget and meeting project deadlines

Education

Bachelor of Science - Construction Management

Washington State University
Pullman, WA

Skills

  • Traffic Control Management
  • Leader in safety
  • Develop client and subcontractor relations
  • Pre cast segmental bridge construction
  • Temporary structures and construction devices
  • Revenue and cost tracking
  • Design and specification fluency
  • Project scheduling expert
  • Change management expert
  • Level 1 bonded post tensioning certification

Accomplishments

  • Reduced Gantry assembly schedule by analyzing and improving methods via lift planning, team engagement, and work plan reviews. 
  • Saved company in excess of $250,000 by engineering and modifying existing construction devices which eliminated the need for large amounts of earthwork and false work.
  • Produced detailed AutoCAD drawings showing power line proximities to crane in order to safely and efficiently lift precast concrete and equipment.
  • Planned and executed all aspects of precast segment erect work at the Farrington Guideway project.
  • Managed over $30 million dollars in executed change orders including a $1.2 million dollar cumulative impact of multiple changes change order at the King County Brightwater projects.

Timeline

Project Manager

Max Kuney
10.2019 - Current

Field Engineer

Granite Construction
06.2018 - 10.2019

Maintenance of Traffic Manager

Granite Construction Company
10.2016 - 06.2018

Construction Superintendent

Kiewit
10.2015 - 10.2016

Project Engineer

Kiewit
01.2014 - 10.2015

Estimator

Kiewit
08.2013 - 01.2014

Contract Administration Manager

Kiewit
04.2013 - 08.2013

Project Engineer

Kiewit
01.2012 - 04.2013

Field Engineer

Kiewit
11.2008 - 01.2012

Project Engineer

Frank Coluccio Construction
04.2006 - 07.2008

Bachelor of Science - Construction Management

Washington State University
Beau McCartin