Christopher Bolen
Kernersville,NC
Summary
Construction Material Testing professional and Quality Control/Assurance with over 25 years of experience, progressing from Field Technician to Client Manager and CMT Operations Manager at Michael Baker International and ECS Limited. Expertise includes construction materials testing, special inspections, project management, value engineering and business development, supported by a strong foundation in quality control and assurance. Proven leadership skills demonstrated through effective oversight of the Construction Materials Testing (CMT) and Special Inspections (SI) Team in North Carolina, managing projects from inception to completion while ensuring adherence to specifications and regulatory standards. Committed to enhancing operational efficiency and quality service delivery, with a focus on training field technicians and inspectors to uphold the highest industry standards.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
CMT Manager
Michael Baker International
Greensboro, NC
02.2019 - Current
- As part of the Michael Baker team, I helped create and manage the Construction Materials Testing Division (CMT), which started in 2020. Strong management skills will allow me to manage a project from start to finish. I can also be utilized as a senior inspector, providing oversight to contractors and engineers alike.
- Performed a vast range of services, such as working on the City of Greensboro CEI on-call projects as a construction inspector. Then, I began working as a CEI consultant for NCDOT in the Materials and Test Division as a technical trainer and QA specialist. In this role, I performed stone quarry inspections and QA sampling, concrete batch plant inspections and QA sampling, and served as an NCDOT class instructor for asphalt, concrete, and soils, as well as on-site pipe and guardrail inspections. I have worked as an assistant project manager, special inspector, and now manager of the division.
- Responsibilities:
- CMT Division: Project Management, Equipment Maintenance, and Calibrations.
- Monitoring and reporting progress on projects.
- Reviewing daily reports and providing projects' closeout packages.
- Contribute technically to the team, training, and scheduling of field technicians and inspectors; CEI and commercial field testing; commercial and roadway construction materials testing; concrete, soils, foundations, structural, and asphalt field testing; special inspections.
- Development of Proposals, Marketing and Business Development, Pre-Construction Management.
- Conduct observations, evaluations, and inspections on projects.
- Perform on-site and laboratory testing of construction materials.
- Handle quality control and assurance for both Michael Baker International and clients
CMT Manager
ECS Southeast, LLP
Greensboro, NC
04.2000 - 12.2018
- Titles included: Technician Lab and Field, Team Leader, Field Services Manager, Project Manager and as Construction Materials Testing Department Manager. Chris worked on many projects in the Peidmont Triad and surrounding States. Projects included FBOP Williamsburg, Amazon, Honda Jet, Bryan Boulevard Relocation, Baptist Medical.
Education
High School Diploma -
Northeast Guilford High School
McLeansville, NC06-2000
Construction Management
East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina, NCSkills
- Concrete testing
- Quality control monitoring
- Value engineering
- Subcontractor management
- Preconstruction planning
- Estimating
- Change order management
- Scope development
- Construction management
- Laboratory testing
- Equipment calibration
- Geotechnical engineering
- Asphalt inspection
Certification
- ABC Nuclear Density Technician
- ABC Sampling Technician
- Borrow Pit Sampling Technician
- Chemically Stabilized Subgrade/Base Essentials
- NCDOT/ACI Concrete Field Technician
- Conventional Density Technician
- Introduction to Asphalt Pavements
- QA Chemical Stabilization Technician
- QMS Density Gauge Technician
- QMS Roadway Technician
- Erosion & Sedimentation Control-Level II
- 10 hr. OSHA
- NCDOT – Final Review Technician
- Troxler Assistant Radiation Safety Officer
- Troxler Nuclear Density Gauge Safety User
- ICC – Earthwork and Soils Special Inspector
- ICC – Structural and Masonry Special Inspector
Timeline
CMT Manager
Michael Baker International
02.2019 - Current
CMT Manager
ECS Southeast, LLP
04.2000 - 12.2018
High School Diploma -
Northeast Guilford High School
Construction Management
East Carolina University