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Chris Brock

Chris Brock

Kansas City,MO

Summary

Professional telecom project manager with over 24 years of diverse experience. Highly skilled in initiating, forecasting, supervising and executing all phases of telecom buildouts. Accomplished in providing accurate and detailed SOW’s, pre and post construction engineer drawings and precise scheduling adherence. Adapted all aspects of generator setup, modification and installation procedures. Highly organized, accurate and punctual reporting of construction milestones.

Expert estimator.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience

Work History

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

TRUE NORTH MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC
02.2019 - Current
  • Maintained schedules to meet key milestones at every project phase.
  • Directed changes to project scope and cost and implemented appropriate change management processes to keep project on track.
  • Presented regular status reports to executive leadership, providing insights into progress made toward achieving key milestones.
  • Sprint MIMO implementation & successful mapping of 120 site buildout.
  • Nokia / T-Mobile Anchor MoKan, IPN, Denver, Nebraska & Iowa.
  • Ericsson SMRT maintenance of hundreds of sites over the past 6 years. Worked with all major tower owners including ATC, SBA, American Tower and Crown. Familiar with all the associated apps, NTP process and EU University.
  • Extenet Small Cell project in OP, KS
  • DISH turnkey Build 50 sites in Kansas City, 35 sites in Omaha and 30 sites in rural Missouri.
  • Crown / T-Mobile 70+ Anchor builds in MoKan. Various scopes to include 200 Amp power upgrades, fiber-to-site and generator sets.

SUPERVISOR

ITS TECHNOLOGIES & LOGISTICS
01.2017 - Current
In charge of all aspects of Intermodal semi-trailer repair and modification including but not limited to; brakes, brake chambers, sub-frames, tires, lights, wiring, ABS systems, sensors, emergency service lines/air tank replacements etc. Completed one year of employment without any absences while working 5am-3pm. Successfully billed out 105% of hours worked to hours billed and was 4th overall on a crew of 16.
In charge of all DOT certified inspections.



OWNER OPERATOR

AXIS TOWER SERVICE
06.2015 - 12.2016
Focused mainly on modification work, tower re-work, structural mapping, installation of structural steel, welding, guy wire change-outs, new site construction, tower erection, installed/ changed-out x-bracing diagonals, add/remove/lowering of torque mounts, guy pull-offs etc. Currently own, operate and maintain equipment to complete this type of work, including double-drum hydraulic winch and 2- 60ft gin poles etc.
Customers include GPD, SBA, Crown, American Tower.

LEAD CONSTRUCTION MANAGER

OVERLAND CONTRACTING/BLACK & VEATCH
07.2013 - 06.2015
Regional manager over all microwave back haul construction in the Chicago, IL & Indianapolis, IN markets.
Managed team that reviewed all close out documents, order & purchasing of necessary equipment and oversaw daily crew deployment of all subcontractors involved in installation/pathing.
Secured vendors for install services along with procurement of materials that lead to customer savings in excess of $500k.
Reviewed and processed all change orders and was instrumental in the setup/implementation of matrix pricing for current vendors in Sprint’s first nationwide M/W 4G build out.

In charge of all aspects of converting the Nextel generators to the Sprint RAN build. This includes sub-panels and modifications for existing Telco and power requirements. Testing and actual turnup of generators and rerouting and installing of Appleton plugs. 

LEAD CONSTRUCTION MANAGER

OVERLAND CONTRACTING/BLACK & VEATCH
10.2011 - 10.2013

Averaged 65 sites built per month for Sprint Network Vision RAN.
Leader of an aggressive 2nd and 3rd quarter build out, while managing 15 field construction managers.
Responsible for approval of 90% CD’s prior to construction.
Supervised close out package process while coordinating with FCM’s, resulting in a 24 hour turnaround to the client and to the contractor if a return trip is required.

PROGRAM CONSTRUCTION MANAGER

OVERLAND CONTRACTING
03.2011 - 10.2011
Construction management of day to day operations of 4-8 in-house crews for the AT&T/UMTS overbuild.
Lead construction manager for the AT&T LTE project involving 14-16 in-house crews.
Duties included detailing material lists for material procurement, overseeing and assisting all general 

foremen in crew management of new construction.Sole contact for crane deployment and rental equipment.Worked closely with Safety Department to handle necessary paperwork. Responsible for all general foremen & crew scheduling, construction forecasting, daily tracker updates, daily conference calls and all other organizational and planning related duties.

OWNER OPERATOR

PRIME COMMUNICATIONS
02.2000 - 12.2010
Responsible for crew accountability, daily production, time-management, profitability, job costing for each site, customer service, AP and AR.
Project management for nationwide carriers including AT&T, Verizon, Nextel and Sprint as well as Kansas City Power & Light.
Solely responsible for all facets of tower erection/modification crews that provided skilled labor to the Iron Workers Union Local  #10 in Kansas City.
Awarded first pick by SBA, of a 65 site build for Alamosa PCSs in Arizona.
Managed the installation of several 6Ghz microwave systems in power plant facilities on existing smoke stack structures.
Executed daily inspections of rigging and man-rated hoists and met or exceeded all safety expectations & guidelines of the KCP&L Safety  Program.

LEAD ESTIMATOR/OWNER

TX COMMUNICATIONS, INC
02.1996 - 02.2000
1996-1997 Installed the first PCS buildout for PCS PrimeCo in Chicago under Whalen and Associates, in addition to installing all structural steel and cabling for APT/T-Mobile in the Kansas City MO market.
1997-1999 Oversaw all aspects of nationwide buildout for Alltel mobile, managing 8-10 in-house crews and 4-6 subcontract crews, working in conjunction with engineering and site acquisition firms.
Coordinated all requires tower modifications for existing structures, execution of blueprint endorsement prior to fabrication and negotiated vendor contracts.

PROJECT MANAGER

COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT SPECIALISTS
02.1990 - 02.1996
1990 Started career erecting towers. Quickly advanced to Site Supervisor, overseeing installation of drilled piers and foundations requiring caissons.
1991-1993 Installed long haul microwave systems and performed testing and tuning of elliptical waveguide and path alignment for Panhandle Eastern Pipeline, Burlington Northern Railroad and Williams Pipeline.
1993-1996 Aquired and managed new accounts, provided precise estimates including detailed material lists for each project.
Managed 7 million dollars of field installation services including the implementation of a personally designed tower mapping spreadsheet for field crews to utilize for accurate collection of critical data needed for structural analysis.
Utilized industry specific diagnostic equipment such as Spectrum Analyzer, Signal Generator and a YZ Recorder to test and optimize the microwave system.
Provided towers and antenna cabeling equipment. Responsible for offloading of equipment shelters and generator offload setup/testing procedures for 200+ RAW land sites per year for 3 years for Alltel Mobile. 

Education

High School Diploma -

Lawson High School
Lawson, Mo
1989

Skills

  • National Center for Construction Education Research(NCCER)
  • Overland Contractong ND-00051 Training
  • Fluent in point to point microwave/backhaul
  • Project management
  • Leadership Systems graduate
  • Generator/battery backup
  • ERail Badge Certification
  • Dragonwave
  • OSHA 30 Hour & 10 Hour

Timeline

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

TRUE NORTH MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC
02.2019 - Current

SUPERVISOR

ITS TECHNOLOGIES & LOGISTICS
01.2017 - Current

OWNER OPERATOR

AXIS TOWER SERVICE
06.2015 - 12.2016

LEAD CONSTRUCTION MANAGER

OVERLAND CONTRACTING/BLACK & VEATCH
07.2013 - 06.2015

LEAD CONSTRUCTION MANAGER

OVERLAND CONTRACTING/BLACK & VEATCH
10.2011 - 10.2013

PROGRAM CONSTRUCTION MANAGER

OVERLAND CONTRACTING
03.2011 - 10.2011

OWNER OPERATOR

PRIME COMMUNICATIONS
02.2000 - 12.2010

LEAD ESTIMATOR/OWNER

TX COMMUNICATIONS, INC
02.1996 - 02.2000

PROJECT MANAGER

COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT SPECIALISTS
02.1990 - 02.1996

High School Diploma -

Lawson High School
Chris Brock