ZACHARY J. NELSON

964 C.R. 3390

Paradise, Tx. 76073

Email: Znelson001@hotmail.com

Cellular: 937-610-8126

 

 

PROFILE

 

Construction Management Professional with B.S. Degree in Building Construction and over 7 years of �hands-on� experience in Residential, Commercial and Highway Construction.

 

 

EDUCATION

 

B.S. in Building Construction, Minor: Civil Engineering, 2011

Florida International University, Miami, Florida

 

Course Work: Project/Construction Management, Estimating, Scheduling, Interpreting Plans & Specifications, Surveying, Automated Computer Aided Design (AutoCAD), Construction Documentation, Electrical Circuits & Controls, HVAC Installation, Building Codes, OSHA Safety Standards, Construction Equipment, Strength of Materials �

 

Main Projects:

 

Estimating: Course work experience is a culmination of two estimating courses. In both courses we performed quantity take-offs using plans from medium sized pre-existing commercial projects, entered Q.T.O data into excel, and estimated costs.

 

Scheduling 1: study of relationships between activities, assigning predecessors, sucessors, creating logic diagrams, etc.

 

Scheduling 2: each student was given plans for a pre-existing commercial project.  The project was broken down into between 300-400 activities.  After creation of activities we then entered them into Primavera P6 after creating a WBS and assigned relationships among activities, assigned material equipment and labor resources, and entered our estimated cost for each resource per activity.  After our schedule was complete we prepared a binder approx. 1"-2" thick of different reports that we created by using filters, changing data dates, updating the schedule from our primary baseline, etc.

 

SENIOR PROJECT:

 

Create Construction Business:

 

research laws for licensing a business, obtaining the necessary certifications, perform cost analysis on construction build out of main office building, estimate overhead. We also created an organizational structure for out company and assigned salaries and job duties for each employee as well as interelationships between employees.

 

Estimate a Project:

 

Each student performed an estimate from a small pre-existing commercial project by means of performing Q.T.O on plans and entering data into excel. For this project we obtained online quotes, researched costs online, etc. to become familiar with actual prices for material and labor.

 

Schedule the Project:

 

Each student prepared between 200-300 activities from the estimated project and entered them into Primavera P6 in addition to the following tasks: assigning WBS to schedule, assigning relationships among activities, assigning resources to activities and linking them to the proper WBS element, cost loading the schedule, etc. When the schedule was complete each student prepared a binder 3"-4" thick with different reports from using filters, updating the schedule from the Primary Baseline, changing bars view, etc.

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

 

 

Jan 2012 �Mar 2012

Hensel Phelps Construction Company, Orlando, Florida

CONSTRUCTION INTERN

 

Completed 3-month internship with ENR-rated 18th largest U.S. General Contractor. Assigned to $150 million Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) design build project and spent first half of internship as Field Engineer surveying and monitoring mass fill operations, and supervising concrete testing as well as soil compaction and density testing. Transferred to Quality Control Department during 2nd half of internship and performed various field inspections to ensure compliance with Hensel Phelps six-step Quality Control and Safety Protocols.

 

Designed Compaction Density Tracking tool to ensure compliance with project specifications and won Opportunity for Improvement (OFI) monthly competition (out of 100+ potential competitors). Idea was submitted to District competition (results pending).

 

 

2006 � 2008

EDB-Soil Test, Beavercreek, Ohio

SURVEYOR ASSISTANT

 

Started as Intern and hired as Assistant after three months. Experience included planning and layout of plats, boundary surveys, etc. Promoted to Soil/Concrete Division with responsibility for soil, pavement and concrete testing, etc. Also Certified for Troxler Nuclear Gauge operation.

 

Worked on several multimillion dollar projects �

Additional:Two years additional experience in Residential Construction �

 

 

COMPUTER SKILLS

 

Primavera P6 Scheduling, Building Information Modeling (BIM), AutoCAD, AutoCAD Land Desktop, MS Project, MS Office �

 

 

AFFILIATIONS

 

Sigma Lambda Chi Construction Honor Society (F.I.U.)

Associated Builders and Contractors (F.I.U. Student Chapter)

 

 

LANGUAGES

 

Working Knowledge of Spanish