4201 Red Orchard Way, West Jordan, UT 84084        dan.christenson@gmail.com                                                                  (801) 664-1014

Education

              B.S. Degree, Construction Management, Brigham Young University, April 2011

·      Business Management, Minor

·      Cumulative GPA 3.21/4.0

Related Experience

              Estimator, Fetzer Architectural Woodwork, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2011-September 2012

·      Prepared organized bid and budget packages for the millwork portion of construction projects ranging from 200k to 35 million dollars in contract values.

·      Efforts of leading the bid on the San Antonio Tobin Performing Arts Center resulted in the company winning the project, a contract worth aprox. 3 million dollars.

·      Interpreted construction documents, performed quantity takeoffs, priced the takeoff, and organized the information into solid proposals for customers all while improving processes to become more lean.

·      Worked with the purchasing department and other trades and contractors to obtain the most complete and accurate pricing for non-millwork portions of the scope of work.

 

              Intern, McArthur Homes (2005 Utah Homebuilder of the Year) South Jordan, UT, Apr.-Sept. 2010

·      Customized an efficient estimating template that fully integrates into the pricing system and allows the company to quickly complete takeoffs with greater detail and accuracy.

·      Compared self completed takeoff with subcontractor bids and negotiated lower costs, which saved the company $50,000 on one townhome project.

·      Gained hands on practical field experience by working side by side with major trades, superintendents, and inspectors involved in residential construction.

·      Learned how to think LEAN, from a LEAN building blitz the company participated in for two weeks.

 

              Teacher’s Assistant, BYU CM 311 Residential Quantity Takeoff Class, Sept. 2010-May 2011

·      Assisted the Professor by helping students understand the concepts of residential estimating.

·      Educated fellow students on how to create automated spreadsheets in Excel to be used in pricing the takeoffs for the different realms of residential construction.

 

General Laborer, R.A. Ferrin Construction, Salt Lake City, UT, May-September 2007

·      Built high end multi-family cabins “Vintage on the Strand” on the Canyons Resort in Park City, UT.

·      Remodeled large custom homes in the Salt Lake Valley and Bountiful Utah areas.

·      Gained responsibilities of supervising a crew of 5 and trust of driving/taking care of the company van throughout the course of employment.

 

Non-Related Experience

              Sales, Platinum Protection, LLC, College Park, Maryland, Oct. 2007- Aug. 2008

·     Sold home security contracts worth $2,500.00 by going door to door, coordinated efforts of sales and installers, managed areas of sales reps, resolved customer’s concerns.

Volunteer Representative, San Antonio, Texas, May 2005-2007

·     Trained and managed efforts, morale and well-being of 40 fellow volunteers.

 

Skills

              Construction: Estimating, Bidding, Document Reading, RFI and Change Order processing, Drafting, Safety, Hands-on experience in most trades.

              Computer: Excel, OnScreen Takeoff, Revit Architecture, PlanSwift, QTO, Timberline, SureTrak, MS office.

              Business: Management, Accounting, Finance, Sales, Technical Writing, Ethics, Public Speaking.

              Foreign Language: Spanish, communicational oral and written.