GARRET R. GEER
Marietta,Ga.
Summary
- Licensed Builder Seeking position as superintendent or project manager I am an owner operator of a Home Building business, with over 25 years of comprehensive construction experience in management, land procurement. Construction background includes light commercial/ residential, custom residential design build projects, renovations & restorations, Multi-use communities. I have also managed Fast track /Multi –Family and zero lot line condo housing. I hold a private General Contractors License in the State of Georgia, {RBI classification} Naturally having operated a custom home business it was imperative to have developed skills in budgeting, scheduling, plan review, working extensively with architects and engineers, etc.. Also experienced at drafting technical scope of work for contractors. I have been fortunate in great experiences gained over a diverse range of construction environments. Qualifications & Experience’s
- Site Development—Building all types of residential, including, multifamily projects ranging from 6 mil to 30mil Critical Path Scheduling – Value Engineering – Production Management—Material take offsInitiating RFIs
- Material Management – Budgeting – Project Estimating – Contract negotiations with vendor’s suppliers, and owners—Plan analysis for constructability.
- Design Build Projects – Energy efficiency Methodologies – ADA & OSHA guidelines Capable in Pro Core & other scheduling programs.
- Willing to relocate and, or travel anywhere in the US or Canada..
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Superintendent
Genoa, Citizens Community Bank
Johnsonville, Tennessee
08.2021 - 07.2022
- Adept at prioritizing and completing multiple projects within budget and timelines
- Comfortable handling customer’s contracts and technical specifications
- Hands on Supervisor, managing sub-contractors and assisting in design and installations of interior finishes, including tile, casework, trim work, drywall, exterior finishes, etc
- Construction Manager/Builder, was instrumental in helping Fidelis Signature
- Homes earned the OBIE Award for “best overall” new home construction
- Owned and operated a custom design build company, homes ranging from $500K -$2.8 million
- Two of these homes were featured in design magazines
- Extensive knowledge in sustainable building methods, I have an EARTH CRAFT/ ENERGY-STAR certification since 2005.
- I also have an OSHA Safety Certificate
- GWCSS certification (Erosion/Soil and Water Management) for the state of Georgia
- Ground up New construction
Superintendent
Johnson Laux Construction Co
01.2017 - 01.2020
- For Johnson Laux for numerous National Guard rebuilds & full builds for the Nat
- Guard
- Thru ought Georgia.
Superintendent
B H Payne Co
01.2015 - 01.2017
- For Commercial building company I have been in charge of tenant build-out for doctor offices etc to include ground up construction of vascular surgery centers and kidney dialysis center.
Fairway Construction Company
01.2011 - 05.2015
- Fast tract building company, based in Columbia Missouri]
- Project Superintendent: Clearing / Site work & construction of Magnolia Trace in Augusta Georgia in
Tucker
Pinnacle Bank
Alpharetta, Georgia
01.2013 - 12.2013
- New Kiosk
- Navy Federal, Georgia, interior remodel
- Navy Federal Stockbridge, Georgia
- Kiosk enclosure, I was the project superintendent on a Multi-family project in Laurens South Carolina {Village at Fairgrounds Approx
- 8.Mil project} totaling 76,000 Square feet & clubhouse.
- This project again all ADA accessible and EARTH-CRAFT certified
- I managed all clearing /site work, civils and build-out as described above
- Duration ten months
- From early 2014, I was in charge of remodeling the owner of the company’s { {Fairway Construction & JES Holdings } condo the Borghese, a high-rise Condo in Buckhead, Atlanta Ga
- In June of 2014 I was asked to transfer to Columbia Missouri to do the first “Market rate construction” build the company had attempted in 30 years
- This was ‘out of pocket” build on an 86k square foot/ 4 story/ basement building, with detached parking garage
- Also included were 9 individual triplex condos @ 47k with garages attached.
Navy
, Georgia
01.2011 - 01.2012
- Interior expansion
- Hardy Springs/ Multi-family.
- 125 units.
- 40 buildings + Community Center, consisting of 50 detached / two car garage/Approximate cost 8 Mil , with Club house, underground detention and all site work
- The community was an ADA accessible compliant and EARTH CRAFT Gold certified
- Most projects ranged from 9 mil to30 million
- From
G. Geer Builders
01.2009 - 01.2011
- Company temporarily} I started the company back up again and began to build and or remodeled again for approximately 2 years in my home town in South West Georgia
- I addition I had negotiated an exclusive three county contract with a nationwide exterminator for reconstruction of all termite damage to the homes of their clients
- This is area of Georgia is strictly a farming community for a hundred miles around and I discovered it was impossible to find well rounded employees to handle the volume
- It became apparent that without the help to produce the volume, I wouldn’t be able to predictably sustain profits
- I determined to close the company and take the offer from Fairway Construction in 2011.
Quantum Homes, Atlanta, Lennox Regence Towers
01.2007 - 01.2008
- A start-up company, foreign owned-- failed quickly
- I was hired as a project superintendent over two communities
- One was an eight building condo project in Norcross Georgia, approximately 112 planed units
- The other community was tear-downs in older neighborhoods and reconstruct high end single family homes in Decatur Georgia.
- The company had a small success initially in sales of around 30 units while I was there
- Their creditors began to be cut them off after approximately a year
- Toward the end, one of the owners was investigated by the FBI for embezzling funds back to Iran
- I took the first opportunity that became available at Fidelis Homes.
Project Manager/Builder
HEDGEWOOD PROPERTIES
Cumming, Georgia
01.2004 - 01.2007
- Worked directly with the developers of SERENBE, a 900-acre planned “sustainable community” of mixed- use design
- As one of the two project managers I directed the construction of town homes with multi use / commercial below and single family dwelling above
- There were 14 presales of detached single family before the project broke ground
- Responsible for the entire scope of projects, profitability, contractor negotiation, vendor selection and pricing, value engineering, etc
- Approved invoicing of all vendors, and securing the building permits, Certificate of Occupancy, and warranty work for 1 year
- Meeting with owners or prospects for the purpose of pricing and acceptance of contract or offer, change orders, design modifications and addendums to contracts
- Constructed both private residences of the owners/developers of SERENBE
- Hedgewood began to have monetary / inventory issues and began to cut back positions, then shortly filed for chapter 11
Owner/ President of G
G.GEER BUILDERS, also, Geer & Weaver, W. Southwell Builders Company
, GA
01.1996 - 01.2005
- Properties, Inc.} Atlanta, for 23 years
- I built a mixture of speculative and custom homes, ranging in cost from the $170,000s to $1.5M, in and around metro Atlanta, Georgia during the first half of my building business..
- Circa, , I changed my market approach to build strictly “design build” custom homes on the client’s property
- The average cost to build, not including the land would range from $475,000 to $2.6 million
- Two of these homes were featured in local design magazine
- Often there would be changes in the design as the home was under construction
- I would typically handle all major design/ structural changes to include aesthetics without the aid of an architect or engineer
- In these remote areas it was imperative the builder be competent in engineering / architectural changes, as the closest engineer could be a hundred miles away if available at all
- Specialized in highly energy efficient construction {before there was an ENERGY STAR program} utilizing “closed envelope” design/ closed cell foam insulated walls & slabs
- I began utilizing many of these methods as early as 1995., Over the years I I have also done homes with insulated slabs, with hydro thermally heated floors, solar water heaters, etc
- EARLY YEARS.., superintendent .] , J, A Division of Arthur Rutenberg Homes), And Bowles & Harrison in Roswell Ga
- Superintendent over spec & custom homes including the custom home of a nationally renowned designer in Atlanta Georgia on Mt
- Paran Road.
Fellowship Christian School
Roswell, Georgia
- Classroom expansion
- Fellowship Christian School, Batting cage to Classroom buildout
- Medistream, Roswell Georgia
- Demo and renovation of 2 story office space.
Construction Manager/Builder
FIDELIS HOMES, Fidelis Signature Homes
Cumming, GA.
- A Custom / production, builder with in-house design team] The Company specialized in a higher end custom production home in an “Arts & Crafts style”
- Project manager here and pulled all the building permits under my personal Georgia Builders license
- There were three communities, all custom-production homes, the lowest priced from mid $500,000+
- The owners were not builders, but rather real estate speculators that got caught in the market down turn in 2007-08 with several communities with building lots ready to sell
- They were unable to sell these lots to their normal builder partners and were forced to build themselves
- Accountable for all operations from surveying {building placement} site preparation, invoice approval and acceptance of work preformed
- Directed all critical path scheduling, ordering of & procurement of all materials, vendor negotiations
- I managed as needed any inspectors and structural engineers
- Responsible for design and structural changes, working with the buyers on their design needs
- I assisted in all change orders and negotiations with buyers
- Down turn in the market ended the position
- Managed all the day to day operations in the field
- Performed “Tool box Talks”, OSHA safety compliance meetings for the purpose of accident risk mitigation
- Managed the training of assistant superintendent
- Changed the company’s approach to the market, taking it from a standard efficiency built design, to “EARTH CRAFT/ ENERGY STAR ” standards.
Education
A.A. Program - Business
Southern Tech
Skills
- Affiliations
- Microsoft Office, Word, Outlook, QuickBooks Pro, Estimator Pro, ProCore, computers, IPhone, I Pads, etc
Timeline
Superintendent
Genoa, Citizens Community Bank
08.2021 - 07.2022
Superintendent
Johnson Laux Construction Co
01.2017 - 01.2020
Superintendent
B H Payne Co
01.2015 - 01.2017
Tucker
Pinnacle Bank
01.2013 - 12.2013
Fairway Construction Company
01.2011 - 05.2015
Navy
01.2011 - 01.2012
G. Geer Builders
01.2009 - 01.2011
Quantum Homes, Atlanta, Lennox Regence Towers
01.2007 - 01.2008
Project Manager/Builder
HEDGEWOOD PROPERTIES
01.2004 - 01.2007
Owner/ President of G
G.GEER BUILDERS, also, Geer & Weaver, W. Southwell Builders Company
01.1996 - 01.2005
Fellowship Christian School
Construction Manager/Builder
FIDELIS HOMES, Fidelis Signature Homes
A.A. Program - Business
Southern Tech
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