Lewis Starr
Charlotte,NC
Summary
Innovative Construction professional skilled in turning construction disasters into success stories by motivating construction teams to exceed expectations and maintain high standards. Outstanding record of meeting project deadlines and quality benchmarks. Competent in team, budget and schedule oversight. Develops scopes, checks field activities and updates clients.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Construction Manager
Travelers Insurance
02.2021 - Current
- Investigate contract terminations and defaults to give opinions to help make determinations on obligations of the performance bond.
- Develop a plan for completing bonded obligations of defaulted and out of business contractors, including but not limited to, development of cost to complete budgets for projects, remaining scope analysis and development for Requests For Proposal, analyzing and selection of lowest responsible and responsive bid, negotiation of completion agreements and ratification of existing subcontracts.
- Manage completion of projects to deliver on budget and on time projects through completion contractors and consultants.
- Construct and prosecute affirmative claims for both time and monetary recoveries.
- Provide technical analysis for review of payment bond claims.
- Perform operational reviews on contractors to help them optimize their operations and make adjustments to operations to become a better organization.
- Helped to create the financial risk control process, which allows us to review a contractor's financial procedures and identify risk areas to help contractors reduce the possibility of financial reporting and job cost issues.
Construction Manager
Travelers Insurance
10.2016 - 01.2021
- Investigate contract terminations and defaults to give opinions to help make determinations on obligations of the performance bond.
- Develop a plan for completing bonded obligations of defaulted and out of business contractors, including but not limited to, development of cost to complete budgets for projects, remaining scope analysis and development for Requests For Proposal, analyzing and selection of lowest responsible and responsive bid, negotiation of completion agreements and ratification of existing subcontracts.
- Manage completion of projects to deliver on budget and on time projects through completion contractors and consultants.
- Construct and prosecute affirmative claims for both time and monetary recoveries.
- Provide technical analysis for review of payment bond claims.
- Perform operational reviews on contractors to help them optimize their operations and make adjustments to operations to become better as an organization.
Project Manager
Thieneman Construction
11.2014 - 09.2016
- Manage all aspects of projects to deliver projects on budget and on time.
- Write and negotiate subcontracts and purchase orders for projects.
- Report monthly financials of my projects to upper management and perform cost to complete updates and reviews.
- Manage and prepare monthly schedule updates for projects in P6.
- Construct and submit monthly owner requisitions on all projects.
- Review all subcontractor pay applications, employee time cards, and invoices for all projects.
- Estimate new projects and assist estimating department with development of schedules for projects being bid.
Assistant Project Manager
CJ Mahan Construction
07.2010 - 11.2014
- Manage quarterly budget updates
- Perform production analysis and take-off on self-performed work
- Write subcontract scopes and negotiated subcontract terms and conditions
- Manage multiple subcontractors
- Manage and update project schedules in Primavera P6
- Analyze, construct, and negotiate claims
- Construct and manage Change Orders, RFIs, and Purchase Orders
- Prepare monthly owner pay applications
Education
Bachelor of Science - Construction Systems Management
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH06.2010
Skills
- Problem Solving
- Communication
- Negotiation
- Budget Management
- Claim Construction and Resolution
- Relationship Development
- Contract Document Interpretation
- Decisive Decision Making
Project List
Does not include projects with a Contract Value under $10,000,000, bid reviews, litigation/claims management, re-let only projects, and project investigation only.
Multi-Family Experience
Project: Private Developer – Multi-Family
Location: Orlando, Florida
Contract Value: $92,126,000
Scope: GC and Building Shell
Position: Senior Construction Manager
Project Description: New garden style, wood framed multi-family residential development consisting
of sixteen (16) three (3) story residential buildings containing three hundred ninety-six (396) Units, one (1) two (2) story clubhouse, a pool and amenity area, five (5) detached garage buildings, one (1) maintenance building, one (1) mail/package building, one (1) trash compactor/dumpster enclosure, a lake pavilion area, approximately six hundred four (604) surface parking spaces, and other commonly shared amenities.
Project: Private Developer – Multi-Family
Location: Miramar, Florida
Contract Value: $96,450,000
Scope: GC and Building Shell
Position: Senior Construction Manager
Project Description: New mixed-use development consisting of one (1) eight (8) story building with approximately three hundred ninety-three (393) Units, three hundred sixty-seven thousand nine hundred one (367,901) square feet of rentable residential space, twenty-four thousand seven hundred three (24,703) square feet of retail space (the “Retail Space”), a parking garage containing approximately six hundred fifty-five (655) parking spaces, approximately fifty-three (53) surface parking spaces, and other commonly shared amenities.
Project: Private Developer – Senior Living
Location: Sarasota, Florida
Contract Value: $39,004531
Scope: GC and Building Shell
Position: Senior Construction Manager
Project Description: New Conventional CMU Construction Buildings of 183 units of independent senior living, including two (2) four (4) story buildings over parking garages and a 15,210 sf Clubhouse. Amenities include a dog park, an outdoor pool, a community garden, pickleball court, and bocce ball court.
Project: Private Developer – Multi-Family
Location: Miami, Florida
Contract Value: $54,729,192
Scope: GC and Building Shell
Position: Senior Construction Manager
Project Description: New Construction of an eight (8) story mixed use building with 189-residential rental units, 9,700 square feet of office space, and 32,500 square feet of retail space, with four (4) story integrated parking garage.
Project: Private Developer – Multi-Family
Location: Naples, Florida
Contract Value: $11,519,997
Scope: Building Shell
Position: Senior Construction Manager
Project Description: Construction of four (4) six (6) unit and thirteen (13) eight (8) unit two (2) story with garages multi-family buildings.
Project: Private Developer – Multi-Family
Location: Fort Myers, Florida
Contract Value: $13,925,338
Scope: Building Shell
Position: Senior Construction Manager
Project Description: Twelve (12) Three (3) Story Garden Style Conventional CMU Construction Buildings with 264 units. 8,057 SF clubhouse, eighteen (18) multi space carports, four (4) Monument Signs, One (1) Dumpster Enclosure, One (1) Mail Kiosk, and one (1) tower entrance feature.
Project: Private Developer – Multi-Family
Location: Hollywood, Florida
Contract Value: $18,489,898
Scope: Building Shell
Position: Senior Construction Manager
Project Description: Fourteen (14) Three (3) Story Garden Style Conventional CMU Construction Buildings. Two (2) Clubhouse Buildings (25,532 Gross SF and 2,057 Gross SF), One (1) Pool House at North Clubhouse, North pool Amenities Structure, Eight (8) Garage Buildings, 2 Trash Compactor Enclosures, One (1) Pickle Ball Pavilion, and (1) Residential Overlook.
Project: Private Developer – Multi-Family
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Contract Value: $31,189,437
Scope: Building Shell
Position: Senior Construction Manager
Project Description: This project is a new mixed-use occupancy consisting of two (2) Six (6) story residential apartment buildings with one (1) integral parking garage housing 417 units with an amenity courtyard space including pool and recreation space.
Project: Private Developer – Multi-Family
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Contract Value: $15,998,463
Scope: Building Shell
Position: Senior Construction Manager
Project Description: This project is a new mixed-use occupancy consisting of two (2) eight (8) story residential apartments housing 264 units with a bridge connector as level three (3). There are common assembly areas for residents and leasing. Parking for the buildings is provided by construction of a five (5) story garage at the North side of the site. Site includes outdoor pool at the South Building.
Heavy Civil/Private Infrastructure Experience
Project: Smithland Hydroelectric Project, Contract S3, Construction of Powerhouse and Appurtenances
Location: Smithland, Kentucky
Contract Value: $203,000,000
Scope: GC, Sheet Piling, Concrete/Rebar
Position: Assistant Project Manager
Project Description: Construct a 72 MW run-of-river hydroelectric plant. This includes the installation of 3 bulb
turbine/generators, 94,500 CY of concrete, 13,500,000 LBS of reinforcing steel, 2,885,000 CY of dry/wet
excavation/dredging, and 162,000 CY of structural hardfill.
Project: Smithland Hydroelectric Project, Contract S2, Design and Construction of Cofferdam
Location: Smithland, Kentucky
Contract Value: $71,000,000
Scope: GC, Sheet Piling, Concrete/Rebar
Position: Assistant Project Manager
Project Description: Design and build the cofferdam phase of the Smithland Hydroelectric Project. Project
includes installation of a 607,000 SF SBC slurry cut-off wall to depths of up to 185 FT, approximately 51,900
SF of sheet pile cut-off wall, excavation of over 1.1 million CY of material, installation and operation of a 78,000
GPM capacity dewatering system, 66,000 LF of Stone Columns, and 132,000 LF of drilled compaction grouting
resulting in 1,900 CY of grout injected into rock and 3,300 CY of grout placed in overburden locations.
Project: Central Energy Plant and Utility Tunnels for Private Hospital
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Contract Value: $56,800,000
Scope: Construction Manager
Position: Intern
Project Description: To construct the new Central Energy Plant that will provide normal and emergency power,
steam, and chilled water to the new Nationwide Children’s Hospital campus. The project also involved a
loading dock expansion and construction of utility tunnels to get power from the CEP to the new hospital. The
CEP is certified with the USGBC as LEED NC 2.2. The project included construction of the 3 story building with
basement, (3) 2,250 ton chillers, (2) steam boilers totaling 4,600 steam HP, (3) 150 HP primary chilled water
pumps, (4) 250 HP condenser water pumps, (3) 20,000 CFM air handlers, (4) 20,000 gallon underground fuel
tanks, and (4) diesel generator sets.
Project: Private Owner - Data Center
Location: Solon, Ohio
Project Cost: $53,000,000
Scope: Construction Manager
Position: Intern
Project Description: Construct a 97,000 SF greenfield single story Midwest financial operation center. The
project consisted of 43,800 SF of data center raised access flooring, 10,000 SF of office space, 43,000 SF of
infrastructure support, and level N + 1 redundency for mechanical and electrical systems.
DOT/State Government/Utilities Experience
Project: Mesa Water Treatment Plant
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Contract Value: $45,546,493
Scope: GC, Concrete, Process Piping, Process Equipment
Position: Senior Construction Manager
Project Description: Construction of a new 40 MGD water treatment plant. New stand-alone pre-treatment facility including rapid mix, flocculation, sedimentation, sludge collection, head break, connecting piping, and channels. Two (2) new water vaults for raw water intake and finished water blending. Two (2) new stand-alone chemical buildings for storage and feed, including connecting piping to application point and offloading and spill containment provisions.
Project: Emergency Deck Replacement for Bridge over L.I.R.R.
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Scope: GC
Position: Construction Manager
Contract Value: $14,998,000
Project Description: The emergency replacement of a bridge deck over railroad tracks at the intersection of Metropolitan Avenue and Fresh Pond Road in Queens, New York. The original bridge was constructed in 1915 by the Long Island Rail Road and multiple overlays of asphalt and steel plates had been installed in the past as a means to remedy the deterioration of the bridge deck. The new ~$15M contract, labeled by the Executive Director of Community Affairs for the Department of Transportation Division of Bridges as “one of the toughest bridge projects” the area had in a very long time, including removal and replacement of the bridge deck and the approach slab, and steel framing repairs.
Project: Terre Haute Main Lift Station Improvements, Phase 1 Project 1-3, HRC Building
Location: Terre Haute, Indiana
Contract Value: $12,000,000
Scope: GC, Process Piping, Concrete, Process Equipment Installation
Position: Project Manager
Project Description: Construct a High Rate Clarification Facility. This includes the installation of an Actiflo
Treatment System, UV Treatment System, transfer of 33,000 CY of sludge, 30,000 CY of excavation,
construction of a new haul road, 2,200 LF of 24 inch and 8 inch ductile iron force main with precast air release
structures, and 19 storm and sanitary structures with associated reinforced concrete piping.
Federal Government
Project: Advanced Training Center Conference Center and Dormitories
Location: Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Contract Value: $83,000,000
Scope: GC
Position: Construction Manager
Project Description: Construction of new 173,000 square foot Dormitories and Conference Center complex provides 252 residential suites divided into lodges of 24, and 7 executive suites, and a 15,000 square foot conference center to support the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s training initiatives. The project consists of five main structures – four residential buildings and the conference center.
Project: Add/Repair Passenger Terminal – Military Base
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Scope: GC
Position: Construction Manager
Contract Value: $17,307,000
Project Description: The work performed under this contract consisted of complete renovation of existing Building 164 (approximately 33,000 square feet) and incidental related work. The work includes demolition, hazardous material abatement, site work, concrete, concrete masonry units (CMU), brick veneer, high profile metal over metal re-roof system, standing seam metal canopies, storefront system, insulation, metal studs, gypsum wallboard, paint, wallcovering, ceramic tile, natural stone, terrazzo tile, carpet, carpet tile, sheet vinyl, VCT, acoustical ceiling tile, playground equipment, baggage handling system, HVAC, plumbing, fire protection, electrical and communication system. The project also includes temporary modular space (approximately 12,500 square feet) to accommodate staff and customers during construction and all associated utilities.
Project: SOF Fuel Cell Maintenance Hangar
Location: Valparaiso, Florida
Scope: GC
Position: Construction Manager
Contract Value: $23,077,00
Project Description: Design-build contract for the construction of a new Construction of a 31,500 square foot aircraft fuel system maintenance hangar with concrete airfield paving and apron lighting to comply with Federal High Performance and Sustainable Buildings requirements, including special mechanical ventilation, fume sensing, fire detection and suppression including a high expansion foam (HEF) system with fire pump, HVAC, and communication requirements. Site work includes new airfield striping, asphalt and concrete pavements, and utilities to support the new
facility.
Timeline
Senior Construction Manager
Travelers Insurance
02.2021 - Current
Construction Manager
Travelers Insurance
10.2016 - 01.2021
Project Manager
Thieneman Construction
11.2014 - 09.2016
Assistant Project Manager
CJ Mahan Construction
07.2010 - 11.2014
Bachelor of Science - Construction Systems Management
The Ohio State University