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LARRY BUCHANAN

3921 Willey Road     Hurlock, Maryland  21643    732-662-0176,  540-535-8126

 

Objective

 

With twenty two years of experience as an OSP. I am seeking an OSP Specialist position utilizing my knowledge, skills, and abilities to enhance company growth and objectives, and obtain opportunities for professional advancement and specialized training.

 

Career Profile

 

Ÿ         Currently employed with G4S as an OSP specialist

Responsibilities include: extensive aerial work, directional bore operations, assisted

ISP with the engineering of critical building entrance links, located and installed tracer wire for existing FOC, established excellent working rapport with police details,

redlined and Asbuilts, designed routes, completed spread sheets and trackers for hand hole locations.

 

Ÿ         Construction Engineer and Construction Inspector –TEK Systems

 

Ÿ         Supervisor and Safety Coordinator – Down Under Construction

Completed Metro project.  Engineered routes, redlined prints, worked on PC with light C.A.D.

 

•              OSP Engineer, Construction Manager, and Project Manager for Washington, DC and Northern Virginia – AT&T Local Service

 

•              Locator, Inspector and Lead Inspector -- Various Telecommunication Companies

 

•              Experienced in new builds, long hauls and Metro routes, building entrance links, maintenance rebuilds and damage prevention.

 

•              Member of Sprint’s Emergency Response Team

 

•              Experienced as a State Highway Inspector for highway rehabilitation, maintenance building construction, bridge rehabilitation and installation of new utilities in subdivisions.

 

•              Law enforcement experience -  Department of Defense, Veterans Medical Center Police Department, Washington, DC  / Baltimore  / Perry Point

 

Project Locations

 

Virginia, Maryland, and Washington DC -  Supervisor -  Monitored crews working and installing fiber optic conduit systems.  Engineered routes.  Worked extensively in Metro engineering, installing and placement of fiber optic cables.  Company Safety Coordinator.

 

Northern Virginia -  OSP Engineer/Project Manager -  Managed engineering firms, contractors, and inspectors building FOC system.

 

Washington, DC -  OSP Engineer/Project Manager -  Engineered routes, job permits, and C.A.D. prints for the areas where work was to be completed.

 

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania -  Project Manager/Inspector -  Monitored crews working around live fiber while replacing overhead railroad bridge.

 

Toms River, New Jersey  Project Manager/Inspector -  Monitored crews replacing road bridge and crew working around live fiber.

 

Spartanburg, South Carolina and Charlotte, North Carolina

SPRINT Locator/Inspector -  Located and inspected work along railroad.  Qwest placing FOC alongside railroad.  Conflict areas located and inspected.  Damage prevention.

 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Crystal City Virginia

World Com Inspector -  Damage prevention.  Located dielectric fiber optic cable.  Assisted Lead Inspector with placing inspectors at conflict areas, worked closely with contractor superintendent setting up daily work schedules.

 

Woodbridge, New Jersey – Raritan River, New Jersey

World Com Lead Inspector -  Damage prevention.  Installed tracer wire and located dielectric fiber optic cable.  Inspected contractor Spider Plow operations.  Inspected contractor Marias rock saw plow operations.  Worked with area technicians in locating existing routes.

 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Crystal City Virginia

World Com Inspector -  Damage prevention.  Inspector for contractors and trenching crews.

 

Spartanburg, South Carolina –  Charlotte, North Carolina

SPRINT Inspector -  Located FOC for area technicians due to contractor placing fiber optic cable along route.

 

LaPlace, Louisiana – New Orleans, Louisiana

SPRINT Inspector -  New build route along Bonne Carre Spillway.

 

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 

SPRINT Inspector -  Emergency maintenance repair.  Contractor replaced damaged

Sprint FOC cable.

 

Magnolia, Mississippi

SPRINT Inspector -  Emergency maintenance repair.  Shift in river location washed out FOC route.  Temporary repair and permanent restoration completed.

 

Boca Raton – Pompano Beach, Florida

World Com/MCI Lead Inspector -  New build joint project.  Managed project and inspectors.  Worked with contractor in scheduling work, Asbuilt and redline project.  Extensive directional boring.

 

Cleveland, Ohio 

World Com Locator -  Located and inspected World Com FOC for damage control with Metro project.

 

Albany, New York – Boston, Massachusetts

Qwest Inspector -  Cat plow foreman.  Instructed inspectors on proper operation and documentation.  Rail plow inspector.  Extensive rock excavations.

 

 

 

Estill, South Carolina 

World Com Inspector -  Damage prevention.  Located and monitored crews that installed new railroad signal cable.

 

Nesses, South Carolina

World Com Inspector -  Damage prevention.  MCI repaired lightning strikes.

 

Washington, DC 

MCI Inspector -  New build rings in Rockville and Bethesda, Maryland.  Engineered building entrance links for DC Metro.

 

Jackson, Mississippi 

MCI Lead Inspector -  ACSI joint projects.  New build ring for Jackson.

 

 

 

Military Experience:

 

Aberdeen Proving Ground / Edgewood Arsenal

Conducted physical surveys for secure sites.

Worked with contractors on placement of security cameras. fences and monitoring stations.

 

United States Army

523^rd Military Police Company

Aberdeen, Maryland

Honorable Discharge