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Kimberly Daniels

Smyrna,Georgia

Summary

Twenty + years Utility Construction, Commercial, Residential Construction, senior management, consulting and administrative experience with business management principals, project management, knowledge of the principals, practices, types and sources of socio-economic data, and general research, financial analysis. Skilled in usage of computers, internet research and data management. Working knowledge and familiarity of Labor Unions, organizing and contract campaigns. Excellent presentation skills both orally and in writing and highly experienced in establishing and maintaining working relationships.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience

Work History

Construction Project Manager I

City of Atlanta, Department of Watershed, Office of Engineering Services, Construction Management Division
Atlanta
11.2014 - Current

Manage Construction team: Oversee projects coordinating and facilitating communication and progress of teams consisting of Construction Managers, A&E Consultant, Field Engineers, City Construction Inspectors and administrative professionals.

  • Coordinates construction with representatives from Office of Engineering Services Capital Project Division, Strategic Asset Management, Office of Linear Infrastructure Operation, Office of Water and Wastewater Treatment, and other City of Atlanta Departments This Construction team is tasked with working on. Intergovernmental, GDOT, ATLDOT, Renew Atlanta capital infrastructure projects
  • Projects have ranged from pump station to relocation of transmission mains, water mains, and water lines, sewer mains, storm mains. combined systems, and retention systems to relocations of firehydrants, meters plus milling and paving. In 2020, this team averaged approximately 22 active construction projects per month.
  • Projects range from small facilities projects, conveyance construction for sewage collection piping, potable water distribution piping, Storm water piping, and green infrastructure, meter vault large and small as well as meter installation and abandonment.
  • Assists with training of field staff both in the field and in formal training sessions for OES CMD.
  • Regularly conducts staff meeting and tool box safety moments.
  • Assists Program and Project Mangers with reviews of design plans, and the scheduling of capital infrastructure projects, in the development of scopes of work, reviews cost estimates for projects while maintaining compliance with state, and local regulations.
  • Performs constructibility reviews as required.
  • Manages resources by effectively monitoring project schedule and expenditures to ensure that budget and schedule objectives are achieved.
  • Attends project status meetings, prepares bimonthly, monthly & quarterly program and project cost reports.
  • Formats and maintains bi-monthly project status reports utilized by the Director to determine existing progress and resources requirements.

Co-Executive Director and Board Member

LowCom Development, Inc.
03.2001 - 10.2014
  • Construction Operations Director (Structural and Underground Utility) Licensed General Contractor, sub-contractor and Utility contractor
  • Real estate development firm focusing on affordable workforce housing development, multi family and single family quality homes
  • It consists of professionals with unique blends of experience in all aspects of real estate development; construction, finance, and strategic planning that understand the need to strategically plan residential developments while safeguarding neighborhoods and the environment
  • With a solid background in finance, developing creative strategies and messages, strategic planning; organizational development; research demographic analysis; community alliances; logistics planning
  • Works as a developer of affordable and workforce single family and multi-family housing
  • Experienced in drafting of grant applications, such as tax credit, community development block grants and other grants
  • Development of package for financing and securing financing for projects
  • Application and mortgage/loan packages for corporate, private, state and federal government
  • Construction Firm, focusing on residential housing and commercial construction, as well as green infrastructure and underground utility work in private developments
  • With a solid background in Construction Law, Storm water piping, Sewage collection piping and potable water distribution, building Construction
  • Responsibilities include Develop project budgets and scope of work plans, perform site visits, and review specs and drawings
  • Secure any permits, insurance and bonds required for projects
  • Troubleshoot areas of concern on existing projects
  • Communicate regularly and consistently with customers, engineers, sub-contractors and construction team to provide periodic complete status updates of ongoing projects
  • Coordinate pre-construction meetings
  • Ensure compliance with contract requirements through a thorough familiarization and understanding of project specifications
  • Prepare, revise and update the project schedule and job budgets
  • Review budgets versus actual performance with the Project Superintendent on a periodic basis and take corrective action as necessary
  • Work directly with subcontractors and material suppliers to make certain that all submittals are in order
  • Manage subcontractors' schedules to ensure timely completion of work
  • Approve and submit subcontractor invoices for payment
  • Ensure that all extra work is authorized in writing by the owner prior to starting additional work and all appropriate change order documentation is prepared and executed
  • Ensure field materials are ordered and delivered timely for efficient project execution
  • Assist with the project transfer from Estimators, including project take offs and buyout
  • Complete sub-contracts and purchase orders as necessary
  • Prepare and submit pay applications, RFI's, RFC's, etc
  • As necessary.

Developer/Principal/Consultant

TimberChase Development, LLC.
Atlanta
08.2004 - 02.2010
  • Real Estate Development Firm which invest in small and medium scale land development opportunities and provided and provides development advisory services, as well as serving as Developer on to landowners and institutional investors for single family, multifamily and mixed use projects/development projects and for acquisition portfolio due diligence analysis
  • Serves as real estate developer for single family development projects, throughout the state of Georgia
  • Obtained entitlements, organized and manages professional development team and consulting teams and master planning, prepared pro formas, identifies, pursues and obtains private and public financing opportunities, prepares financing packages for all financing opportunities, including to raise project equity, markets sites, and actively pursues new business opportunities and sourcing
  • Responsible for oversight and management of the General Contractor
  • Accountable for the entire development process, including approvals/permitting, pre-development activities, construction/development project delivery, and project stabilization; manage the site construction activities, Lead in the negotiation of development agreements; Represent the organization and its clients and/or partners plus the project in public and private meetings before, civic, financial and political leaders; provide updates the company’s principals.

Development Consultant

Development Consultants, LLC.
03.2002 - 02.2008
  • Development management services for planning, design, construction, development of single family and multi-family housing units, on a for-profit and non-profit status
  • Developed program and management design to achieve construction and cost objectives, integration of cost saving value engineering opportunity
  • Drafting of grant applications, such as Community Development Block Grants and other grants
  • Coordination of residential development projects from conceptual pre-development, construction and completion of project
  • Turn-key development
  • Application and mortgage/loan packages for corporate, private, state and federal.

Consultant

Savi Marketing
01.2000 - 01.2001
  • Planned and implemented promotional events, and concerts
  • Designed and coordinated mass mailing to targeted audiences; Over saw polling and other opinion research on products and message development
  • Developed corporate & sales presentations, and proposal packing
  • Development of collateral materials
  • Significantly increased revenues in new secondary markets and developed client base from 1000 to 6000.

Partner

KDA, Inc.
10.1992 - 01.2000
  • Operations manager of a consulting firm focusing on marketing, public relations, research and promotional events and technical business development services
  • As a Consultant, directed publicity programs targeted to the public, using any necessary communications media to reach targeted groups
  • Evaluated advertising and promotional programs for compatibility with public relations and marketing efforts
  • Researched and maintained information on the corporate environmental and macro-marketing trends that affect our client’s strategy and direction
  • Directs action research and analysis of complex public policy issues affecting persons with disabilities; assist federal, state, and local policymakers and key stakeholder groups translate research into consensus public policy solutions addressing identified needs; presents keynote speeches.

Committee Aide, Researcher

Georgia State Senate
12.1989 - 04.1997
  • For State Senate Committees, Atlanta/ Fulton County Senate Delegation and Senate Black Caucus
  • Responsibilities included conducting policy analysis and research, negotiating and drafting legislation and accompanying reports, writing policy memoranda and conducting briefings for State Senators and staff, planning and executing public hearings, making keynote speeches, communicating with press, and supervising staff members and fellows
  • Behind-the-scenes architect of more than 15 bills enacted into law on a bipartisan, consensus basis, Researched, amendment and drafted research reports and analyses for use by state legislators on a variety of issues including government operation, pension funds, education, civil rights
  • Working knowledge of the principles and practices of socio-economic research, financial analysis and systems design and of types and sources of socio-economic data and other research materials
  • Experienced in presenting statistical data, facts and conclusions and communicate complex information effectively both orally and in writing; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships
  • Worked in coordination with legislators, committee secretary, Government Chief Executives, public interest groups and the general public to successful draft, pass and /or block the passage of legislation, to discuss proposed programs, and to solve problems
  • As Atlanta/Fulton County Senate Delegation Staff responsibilities included researching and evaluation of multi-year actually studies of fiscal impact pension bills, and drafting suggested version of policy briefs
  • The office provides research and legislative support services, and is directly responsible for the processing of all local legislation that affects Fulton County, the City of Atlanta, the Fulton County Board of Education, and the fourteen (14) other municipalities that are located within Fulton County
  • In addition, as a part of the Intergovernmental Affairs Division of the Fulton County Manager's office, and the City of Atlanta assists that department as a liaison between the Fulton County Board of Commissioners and the Georgia General Assembly.

Education

Master of Public Administration -

The Atlanta University (Clark Atlanta University)
07.1990

Bachelor of Arts – Political Science -

Spelman College
05.1985

Skills

  • Construction Management
  • Project Management
  • Coordination
  • Intergovernmental Relations
  • Reporting
  • Real Estate Development
  • Constructability Reviews/Value Engineering
  • Financing, Grant Writing
  • Contract Management
  • Construction management
  • Review and process Change Orders
  • Research

Affiliations

  • G-STAND - Georgia State Trade Association of Non Profit Developers
  • GAHC - Georgia Affordable Housing Corporation
  • Atlanta Black Jewish Steering Committee
  • National CMAA
  • GAWP
  • Storm Water

Awards

  • State of Georgia Department of Community Affairs Magnolia Award Final Finalist for 2006 Creative Partnership Awards
  • Recognition from HUD in Macon, Georgia

Skilldevelopmentandtraining

  • University of California, completed research relevant course work, (1983-1984)
  • University of San Francisco (1980-1981)
  • Dale Carnegie Graduate in Public Speaking, San Francisco
  • Developer Training Paces Foundation
  • NeighborWorks Construction Project Management Classes
  • SunAmerica Tax Credit Development and Construction Project Management
  • DNC Campaign Manager Training 1992 and 1996 graduate and instructor
  • AJC/ABJC Project Understanding graduate and facilitator
  • OSHA 10 and 30
  • HAZWOPER
  • Green Infrastructure Construction
  • State of Georgia Contract Law
  • Construction Management
  • Supervisory Training
  • Leadership Development
  • Erosion Control

Timeline

Construction Project Manager I

City of Atlanta, Department of Watershed, Office of Engineering Services, Construction Management Division
11.2014 - Current

Developer/Principal/Consultant

TimberChase Development, LLC.
08.2004 - 02.2010

Development Consultant

Development Consultants, LLC.
03.2002 - 02.2008

Co-Executive Director and Board Member

LowCom Development, Inc.
03.2001 - 10.2014

Consultant

Savi Marketing
01.2000 - 01.2001

Partner

KDA, Inc.
10.1992 - 01.2000

Committee Aide, Researcher

Georgia State Senate
12.1989 - 04.1997

Master of Public Administration -

The Atlanta University (Clark Atlanta University)

Bachelor of Arts – Political Science -

Spelman College
Kimberly Daniels