Jesse Merkley

• Teach; Bloodborne Pathogens, Electrical Safety and Awareness, Confined Space, Hazard Communication, Lock out Tag out, Machine Guarding, PPE, Industrial Ergonomics, Working and Walking Surfaces, Emergency Preparedness
• Teach a manufacturing Simulated Work Environment where Lean and 5S principles were taught.
• Improved student comprehension by incorporating group activities and interaction.
  

• Inspected homes for safety, structural integrity and mechanical function during real estate transactions
• Marketing and promotion of services
• Website creation, SEO, graphics and marketing, home warranty program coordination
• Accounting, Insurance management
• Developed and implemented successful marketing strategies, resulting in increased brand awareness and customer base.

• Procore Administrator for the company
• Denargo Market 3 Utility Realignment: Phase 1 of a 337 unit apartment building which involved placing a 48” RCP storm line along the perimeter of the lot next to the rail road and removing the existing storm line through contaminated soils
• Safety oversight and morning trainings
• Pinch points, hazardous soil disposal, air monitoring, heavy equipment, crane picks, concrete pours, ladders, trench shoring, retaining wall
• 9 cast in place manholes of various types
• Contract buy-out and coordination for all phases
• Change Orders
• Permitting
• Implemented the lessons learned on past Prescient projects to improve budget, schedule and client relationships.

Jefferson View Apartments ($54 mil, 12 stories) – Denver, CO

Golden Triangle Apartments ($34 mil, 14 stories) – Denver, CO

• Acted as Project Engineer for 2 Prescient System mid-rise apartment buildings, for a prefabricated steel framing system the company hadn't built before.
• Reviewed lessons learned from other Prescient projects to understand any potential hold ups or challenges
• Safety Plan Implementation: traffic control, picks, heavy equipment, cutting, rebar tying, tool guards, electrical; lock-out/tag-out
• For the 2nd building, Implemented an improved method of placing sheathing, windows and waterproofing on the panels on the ground before flying them in place so we could get the building dyed in quicker.
• Manage BIM for 2 projects and the coordination with the trades
• Manage MEP clash detection and resolution
• Review ASI's – implement and contract changes
• Write and negotiated contracts with Subcontractors
• Negotiate and execute change orders
• Help manage quality control, field work and scheduling
• Write RFI's and Submittals
• Worked with ownership and the design team finalizing designs that fit in budget, and met the intent of the owner

• Stapleton Town Center Apartments – Denver, CO (Stapleton)
• 399 Units with a 564 space parking garage, 2 courtyards, amenity space and a pool
• $75,000,000 project for Forest City
• Wrote and negotiated contracts with Subcontractors
• Reviewed and managed change orders
• Helped manage quality control, field work and scheduling
• Wrote RFI's and submittals
• Worked with ownership and the design team on finalizing designs that fit in budget, and met the intent of owner
• Managing building commissioning and LEED.

• DIA South Terminal Hotel and Transit Center – Denver, CO
• Minority business partner with the main contractor tri-venture team with Mortenson, Hunt and Saunders Construction companies
• Coordinated and managed concrete, steel and masonry work through layers of 2nd and 3rd tier subcontractors and suppliers
• Managed more than 25 mix designs for RTD train platform, Transit center and hotel for over 50,000 CY of concrete
• Processed RFI's, submittals, and building issues with several EOR's, architects and the owners management team
• Worked with the project manager to manage and minimize costs by understanding contracts, RFI's, change orders and value engineering changes
• Coordinated Delivery for all structural steel including embeds, arches, beams and columns
• Implemented design changes and quality control for all structural steel and miscellaneous steel for the RTD platform, transit center and hotel
• Interior punch list inspector and coordination for the DIA Westin Hotel
• Furniture, Fixture and Equipment coordination.

Conduit 151 – Denver, CO

• 1200 ft micro-tunnel drive with Permalok steel pipe under I-70
• Created safety plans with input of foreman and crew
• Coordinated all work and meetings with Denver Water
• Performed scheduling, purchasing and managed cost
• Hired and managed a successful new crew, all new to Micro-tunneling
• Company representative for Vadnais' first job in Colorado. Vadnais is a California based company.
• Managed contracts, submittals, and RFI's
• Handled all material ordering and delivery coordination
• Assured compliance with environmental and safety programs
• Managed the mud treatment plant which separates soil from the slurry
• This process implemented shakers, flocculant and a centrifuge

Alabama River Raw Water Intake – Thomasville, AL

• 200 ft raw water intake micro-tunnel drive with Permalok steel pipe
• Coordinated under water retrieval of the machine from the Alabama River with a crane on a barge

DIA-South Terminal Redevelopment – Denver, CO

• This was a 1600 ft Micro-tunnel drive with 66” ID reinforced concrete pipe
• Estimated the project
• Created and regularly updated schedules with milestones
• Performed purchasing and managed job costs
• Managed contracts, subcontracts, submittals, change orders and RFI's.

• 72nd St / 2nd Ave. Subway Tunnel Shaft and Station Excavation
• Managed and performed community air monitoring, noise monitoring, construction dewatering, erosion and sediment control compliance, soil and water testing
• Created SPCC Plans, Tier II and DERA reports
• Coordinated with The Department of Parks, DEP, DEC and the local community boards
• Primary mediator with Metro Transit Authority (owner) for all environmental requirements and issues, including the removal and relocation of 15 trees
• Tested soil to meet disposal facility requirements
• Coordinated disposal facilities, trucking and testing laboratories
• Ensured compliance with all local rules and regulations
• Oversaw construction and ground water discharge for excavation operations
• Coordinated design and managed the operation of a small 3,000 gpm water treatment system
• Obtained local permits for water discharge and soil disposal
• Review job hazards any time new tasks were implemented
• Created environmental compliance plans: including Groundwater Dewatering, SPCC, Universal Waste Handling, Tree Restitution, Community Air Monitoring, Noise Monitoring, Soil Classification, Material Handling, Waste Management, Dewatering, Erosion and Sediment Control, and Vector Control
• Created and managed recycling plans for soil, rock, asphalt, concrete, office waste and other construction and demolition material
• Coordinated efforts in mitigating all environmental impacts and ensured compliance with all state and local rules and regulations.

• Estimated operation man hours, maintenance man hours, equipment, tools, materials, environmental impacts, dewatering operations, water treatment plant design, required permits, blast designs, explosive quantities and other earthwork operations
• Scheduled work with multiple operations and deadlines
• Planned construction methods and estimated cost for drill and blast operations, mucking, top down construction and extensive earthwork for 2nd Ave Subway Construction
• Created drawings in AutoCAD to help understand work and present ideas

• Safety morning huddles and documentation
• Planned concrete operations and materials
• Monitored seismic vibrations and noise during blasting operations
• Managed all instrumentation including updates and purchasing
• Managed the daily water treatment plant operation of a 3,000 gpm plant
• Streamlined processes for improved resource allocation and reduced project delays through detailed scheduling techniques.
• In charge of receiving and inspecting concrete trucks while performing ACI field tests
• Supervised point and patch, contact grouting, rebar placement, formwork erection operations and pouring concrete.