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Dwellie Striggles

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Decatur,Georgia
11
years of professional experience

Results-driven Senior Data Center Construction Manager with over 10 years of experience in managing large-scale data center projects from preconstruction to operational turnover. Expertise includes overseeing complex infrastructure, managing construction budgets, and leading multidisciplinary teams. Skilled in contractor management, MEP coordination, and risk mitigation, ensuring project execution aligns with safety and quality standards while optimizing operational efficiency.

Work History

Senior Data Center Construction Manager

4 Years 10 Months
Amazon Web Services (AWS) | 01.2022 - Current

- Lead end-to-end construction management of hyperspace data center projects, overseeing planning, procurement, execution, commissioning, and turnover of mission-critical facilities. - Direct construction activities involving large-scale data center campuses, including phased deployments of approximately 24–72 MW of critical IT capacity and facilities ranging from 250,000 to 600,000 square feet. - Manage general contractors, subcontractors, design consultants, and equipment vendors to ensure successful project delivery within established budget, schedule, quality, and safety requirements. - Oversee installation and integration of critical electrical infrastructure, including medium-voltage distribution, utility substations, transformers, switchgear, UPS systems, generators, and power distribution equipment. - Coordinate mechanical infrastructure installation, including chilled-water systems, cooling towers, CRAH units, pumps, piping networks, and associated building automation systems. - Drove construction schedules through critical-path analysis, milestone tracking, procurement coordination, and proactive risk mitigation to ensure timely project delivery. - Lead multidisciplinary coordination meetings involving engineering, construction, operations, commissioning, and utility stakeholders to resolve technical challenges and maintain project progress. - Oversaw commissioning readiness, integrated systems testing (IST), equipment energization, and phased turnover of mission-critical infrastructure to facilitate seamless operations for data center teams. - Review contractor change orders, RFIs, submittals, construction drawings, and payment applications to maintain cost control and contractual compliance. - Championed safety programs, construction quality standards, and operational readiness initiatives to enhance project execution and compliance throughout all phases of construction.

Construction Manager - Data Center

4 Years 2 Months
QTS Data Centers | 09.2018 - 11.2022

- Managed construction and expansion of large-scale colocation and hyperspace data center facilities, coordinating projects from preconstruction through substantial completion and operational turnover.
- Oversaw data center development projects with approximately 12–36 MW of critical power capacity and building footprints ranging from 150,000 to 400,000 square feet.
- Directed general contractors and trade partners responsible for civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection construction activities.
- Managed installation of critical electrical systems, including utility feeds, transformers, medium-voltage switchgear, UPS equipment, standby generators, PDUs, and redundant electrical distribution networks.
- Coordinated installation of mission-critical cooling infrastructure, including chilled-water plants, CRAH units, cooling towers, pumps, and associated control systems.
- Supported phased construction and expansion within active data center environments while minimizing operational disruptions and maintaining facility reliability.
- Monitored construction budgets, master schedules, contractor productivity, material procurement, and milestone performance to identify and resolve potential project delays.
- Led weekly owner-architect-contractor meetings, construction progress reviews, and coordination sessions to address design conflicts, RFIs, equipment delivery constraints, and field execution challenges.
- Collaborated with commissioning agents and facility operations personnel to coordinate equipment startup, functional performance testing, integrated systems testing, and final project acceptance.
- Enforced construction quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC), environmental health and safety (EHS), and mission-critical construction standards.

Construction Manager – Data Center

3 Years 1 Month
Brasfield & Gorrie LLC | 08.2015 - 09.2018

- Managed field construction activities for mission-critical data center developments, supporting delivery of facilities with approximately 6–18 MW of critical IT capacity and 100,000–250,000 square feet of building area.
- Coordinated daily construction operations across civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection trades.
- Supervised installation and construction of data center infrastructure, including raised-access flooring, equipment rooms, electrical distribution systems, mechanical cooling systems, and supporting building infrastructure.
- Oversaw installation of critical power systems, including transformers, switchgear, backup generators, UPS equipment, and associated electrical distribution pathways.
- Coordinated mechanical construction activities involving air-handling equipment, chilled-water piping, CRAH units, cooling equipment, and mechanical support systems.
- Managed subcontractor performance, manpower coordination, material deliveries, construction sequencing, and short-interval planning to maintain established project schedules.
- Reviewed construction drawings, specifications, RFIs, and submittals to identify conflicts and coordinate field solutions with engineering and design teams.
- Conducted daily site inspections, quality control reviews, safety walks, and construction progress meetings to verify workmanship and compliance with project requirements.
- Supported equipment startup, commissioning activities, punch-list resolution, and final turnover documentation for completed data center spaces.
- Collaborated with project executives, superintendents, engineers, and subcontractors to resolve field challenges, maintain construction productivity, and achieve project milestones.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Construction Management

SUNY At Buffalo | Buffalo, NY | 06-2015

Skills

- Construction Safety
- Vendor Management
Project management
Construction management
Problem-solving
Risk Management
- Project Delivery
- Budget Management

Timeline

Senior Data Center Construction Manager

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
01.2022 - CurrentRead More

Construction Manager - Data Center

QTS Data Centers
09.2018 - 11.2022Read More

Construction Manager – Data Center

Brasfield & Gorrie LLC
08.2015 - 09.2018Read More

SUNY At Buffalo

Bachelor of Science from Construction Management
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Dwellie Striggles