AVA McCLUSKEY, PMP

Professional Summary:

Seasoned and successful project manager adept at ensuring the on-time, on-budget, and quality delivery of largescale

projects up to $18B in scope; extensive experience directing all phases of project portfolios, from strategic

planning, to design, to construction, including design/build delivery. Creative problem solver with history of success

implementing and standardizing processes to ISO standards. Entrepreneurial-minded leader with extensive

experience delivering multi-million-dollar projects.

Computing Skills:

Primavera – P6, SureTrak, P3, Contract Manager, Pertmaster, Meridian – Prolog, Proliance; AutoDesk –

Constructware; Bentley - Projectwise; Huddle - On Line Project Management; Skire - Unifier; PRISM – Project

Management Suite; Via Novus – Paragon Project Suite; Secutor Solutions; Quickbooks; Microsoft – Outlook, Word ,

Excel, Power Point, Project.

Education:

Business Administration Major, Urban Land Economics Minor 1986 - 1989

University of California at Berkeley

Business Administration Major, 1980 - 1985

El Camino College

Professional Certifications: Project Management Professional – PMI (PMP Certification #521700);

Project/Work Experience:

Si3 Management Group LLC

2008-2010

Established company and positioned project management consulting firm for success by building 5-year strategic

business plan and developing sustainable corporate policies and procedures based upon ISO format. Assumed chief

executive role, successfully branding company, developing long-term relationships and securing multiple

engagements.

Planning and Management Services Inc.

2007-2008

Port of Tacoma YTTI redevelopment Project; $365M, Managed multiple, simultaneous public sector facility and

infrastructure consulting projects engagements, providing marine development program delivery services to the

Ports of Tacoma and Seattle, including construction and design phase scheduling, estimating, budgeting. cost

controls, document management and risk management services..

Carter Burgess, Inc.

2005-2007

Alameda County Congestion Management Agency (ACCMA) / California Department of Transportation

(Caltrans), I680/Sunol Grade Southbound HOV/HOT Program; $200M

provided programmatic cost

engineering analysis to integrate this first of its kind, $200 million plus program. The program funding plan includes

sixteen funding sources, two project delivery agencies and dozens of contracts and consultants. All have been

assembled to finance the design, construction, equipment integration, roadway rehabilitation and initial operation.

Due to the complexity of managing a multiplicity of funding programs, consultants, contractors and stakeholders,

Carter & Burgess, Inc. acquired additional technology and to developed a more robust methodology for managing

Program Budgets, Costs, Schedule and Performance.

Washington State Department of Transportation(WSDOT) Program Management; As Senior Program Manager,

provided Tier 2 program management and project controls expertise for the Olympic Region. Project controls

oversight of several hundred projects included scoping, design or construction; interface with region project

engineers and region specialty office groups, and supervision of state-hired project controllers. Developed personnel

descriptions, work plans, interim procedural gap analysis tools, and procedures to remedy. Developed staffing plans

and project and program schedules. Developed construction document management procedures. Provided Fiscal

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Year Manpower/dollar budgets based on task assignment. Provided expert analysis to the DOT and made

recommendations to improve efficiency of delivery. Assisted with transition from project management systems to

enterprise management systems at the region and statewide level..

WSDOT Port Orchard Construction Office –Bremerton Tunnel Project, $49.1 Million Reviewed and ultimately

accepted Contractor’s schedule for performing construction work, identified critical gaps in construction

schedule, evaluated progress and provided time impact analysis for delay claim.

AECOM (DMJM/DMJM HARRIS), Inc.

1998-2005

PM/CM Department Manager; Drove multi-million-dollars in new business by playing key role in many business

development teams. Won many major contracts, including Greenbush Old Colony Rail Program Management

contract, Second Avenue Subway Design/Engineering contract for NYMTA in New York, New York, and State

Highway 212 design-build program management contract. Assembled and trained high-performance teams.

Provided expert consulting services to public agencies.

Project Manager: Trunk Highway 212 Project, Minnesota Department of Transportation, $275M As the Project

Manager, Ava is managing a team of design reviewers, office engineers, schedulers, cost engineers and document

control specialists as well as quality assurance as part of the MnDOT’s design build verification team providing

oversight of the TH212 Design/Build Project. The Trunk Highway (TH) 212 Design-Build Project consists of the

realignment of 11.75 miles of a controlled access, four-lane highway with 31 structures with interchanges and

overpasses.

Project Controls Manager and Lead Scheduler: Puerto Rico Highway and Transit Authority forTrèn Urbano Design

Build valued at $2.5B, As Program Control Manager, supervising a staff of fifteen, Ava provided oversight of project

scheduling, cost engineering, earned value reporting, cash flow planning, estimating, change & claims analysis to the

Puerto Rico Highway and Transit Authority. The firm’s responsibilities include preliminary design, construction

management and technical oversight during construction of a 17.5 kilometer, 16 station, heavy-rail rapid transit

system. The design/build construction for this $1.675 billion dollar project consists of at grade guide way (open cut

and retained cut), elevated (segmental bridge) guide way, twin EPBM and NATM tunnels as well as construction of

maintenance facilities, operations, command and control centers.

Lead Construction Scheduler and Claims Analyst: Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority for Russia Wharf Silver Line

Extension Construction Services valued at $275M served in the capacity of senior project controls engineer,

providing scheduling oversight and claims support to the MBTA as part of the firm’s technical services during

construction. The transit system is a $485 million 3-mile underground transit system

Project Controls Manager: for Greenbush Old Colony Rail Extension Design Build valued at approximately $485M.

As the Program Control Manager, Ava is managing a team of schedulers, cost engineers, project controls

specialists and document control specialists as well as quality assurance as part of the MBTA’s program

management team for the Greenbush Design/Build Project. The Greenbush project will restore commuter rail

service along an 18 mile corridor, serving several coastal communities in Boston’s south shore. The project involves

reconstruction of a largely out-of-service railroad, (1.5 active local freight), and includes 4 controlled passage

sidings, 7 new stations, new signal and communication systems and an end of line layover facility. Also included in

the project are 9 single span railroad bridges, 2 roadway bridges, 4 new grade separations and an 800’ long cut

and cover tunnel

Manchester School Facilities Improvement Program, City of Manchester, New Hampshire: As the Program and

Construction Management Department Manager, Ava was responsible for oversight of the document control and

scheduling staff, providing project controls support and contract change analysis for the City of Manchester. The

$100 million dollar Design Build Finance Program consists of design and construction oversight for all schools

facilities within the City of Manchester.

Facilities Assessment and Capital Evaluation Manager: Expedited and ensured accuracy of $1.5Billion, 253building

inventory assessment and renovation program for Detroit Public Schools. Performed facilities assessment,

programmed renovations, managed a team of more than twenty architects, urban planners and building inspectors

to evaluate all 263 schools presently being operated by the Detroit Public Schools System. The goal of this

evaluation was to ascertain candidates for investment or consolidation, and develop work packages for renovating

and/or remodeling each facility as part of the overall five year $1.2 billion dollar capital improvement program.

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Developed prioritization analysis system, scheduled work to obtain multi year bond financing, developed Facilities

Assessment and Capital Evaluation Systems Software to manage cost, schedule and finance data.. Developed the

program master schedule for new facilities construction and drafted project controls policies and procedures.

Program Controls Manager Developed the Program Master Schedule for the $18B Iraq Infrastructure

Reconstruction Program after declaration of victory; worked with Department of State at the Pentagon to provide

PMO rear support. Collaborated with Total Resource Management (TRM) in Alexandria to interface Primavera for

construction management, with Maximo for asset management, with the Army Corps of Engineers financial

management systems I

IRS Customer Service Centers, Nationwide $300M: Served in the capacity of Program Control Manager providing

scheduling, earned value management and claims support for this national supplemental contract for GSA. Provided

program and construction management services to GSA for the delivery of 5 Customer Service Centers located

across the country.

PB Americas Inc

Project Controls Manager

1995-1998

MetroWest Water Supply Tunnel: $735M, on-site project controls manager for Massachusetts Water Resources

Authority major construction management contract. Responsible for. scheduling, cost engineering, change order

management, claims analysis. Drafted scheduling and cost section for several construction contracts Prepared as

planned schedule to defend $3 million claim for defective specifications. Evaluated contractor progress and

performance.

Parsons Inc,

Chief Cost Engineer

1994-1995

Red Line Segment Two Subway Construction, Los Angeles, California $3B Responsible for management of

construction cost engineering activities including fiscal year budgeting and management of multiple public and

private funding sources, cost forecasting, earned value reporting, cash flow planning, field claims mitigation and

analysis and direct client interface for overall project cost management and reporting. Ava oversaw contractor

payments on 49 construction contracts averaging $20-million monthly and change order activity at both the work

package and total project level.

ICF Kaiser Engineers/Tudor Engineering Co.

1990-1994

Developed Project Schedules and monitored progress/earned value for multiple public sector design and

construction contracts for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), CALTRANS, Alameda County and Los Angles Counties.

Professional References: (See Attached Written Letters of Reference)

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