Resume

 

George Pete Mezzadra   

9702 Red Clover Court

Baltimore, Maryland  21234

63 Years Old

410-661-5022 (home)

410-236-1885 (cell)

 

I have worked in the construction field for the past 44 years. 

 

As a former owner of an underground utility contracting company and a small general construction company and currently employed with ITSI-Gilbane, my experience and responsibilities have changed, increased, and expanded over the course of my career and are but not limited to, the following;

 

§         Worked as an electrician and foreman for several electrical contracting companies and as a general superintendent for a general contractor in the early stages of my career.

§         Attend pre-bid meetings for the projects my company or the companies I have worked for were interested in bidding.

§         Doing take-offs from drawings, estimating, and bidding various projects.

§         Writing proposals, agreements, and contracts for various projects.

§         Responsible for tracking budgets, invoicing, billing, writing change orders, etc.

§         Coordinate and meet with owners, representatives, engineers, project managers, inspectors, etc. of local, state, and federal government agencies, civilian contractors and developers for proposed and projects in the working stages.

§         Attend and actively participate in budget and scheduling meetings, etc.

§         Conduct and participate in regularly scheduled progress meetings.

§         Consult, interface and brainstorm with owners, clients, managers, engineers, architects’, inspectors to resolve and develop solutions to problems as various situations might arise on active projects and/or for any projects considered in the future.

§         Assist in redesign and reengineering as situations might arise on projects.

§         Overall daily operation of a/the business, managing, and scheduling numerous crews to perform workload.

§         Supervised all phases of construction as general superintendent on various types of projects; vertical building construction, athletic complex, water treatment plant, underground utilities, structures, etc.

§         Supervising and scheduling of numerous inside, underground, and aerial work crews to perform various jobs.

§         Supervise and schedule subcontractors to perform their designated scope of work.

§         Supervise subordinates on a daily basis to achieve job completion.

§         Tracking progress and writing daily reports.

§         Place concrete encased ductbank systems, precast and cast in place concrete manholes, handholes, and equipment pads, cast in place light pole foundations, etc. for underground infrastructure.

§         Experienced in water, sewer, storm drain placement and rehabilitation.

§         Experience in placing all underground utility systems.

§         Experienced operator of various types of heavy construction equipment; track excavators, backhoes, loaders, dozers, etc.

§         Experienced with various methods of trenchless technology.

 

Civilian

 

1969 - 1985

 

Worked for a number of contractors in the electrical and general construction fields; residential, commercial, industrial, outside and underground utility construction.  Placing electrical and communications infrastructure, traffic signal construction, water, sewer, and storm drain construction. 

 

1985 - 2001

 

G.P.Mezzadra Utility Contractor, Inc. - Owner

  Baltimore, Maryland

-          Primarily an Outside Plant (OSP) contractor for the C&P Telephone Company, Bell Atlantic, and Verizon.

 

2001 - 2003

 

Network Technologies Group (NTG) – General Superintendent

  Formerly based in Baltimore, Maryland

-          Placement and termination of infrastructure for underground, aerial, and interior fiber optic cable, communication cable, CATV, security, and electrical systems.

-          Placement of underground water, sewer, and storm drain systems.

 

2004 

 

Deployed overseas in Afghanistan as a member of B Company 2^nd Bn. 20^th Special Forces Group (ABN) Maryland Army National Guard.

 

2004 - 2005 

 

NTI – Project Manager

  Baltimore, Maryland

-          Underground Utility Contractor

 

2005 - 2006

 

B.Frank Joy Company - Supervisor

  Hyattsville, Maryland   

-          Underground Utility Contractor

-          Placement and termination of infrastructure for communications, CATV, electrical, and security systems.

-          Placement of water, sewer, and storm drain systems.

 

2006 - 2007

 

Certified Construction Management, LLC – Project Manager

  Baltimore, Maryland

-          Rehabilitation of commercial and residential properties in the Maryland area.

 

2005 - Core Construction, LLC – Consultant (part-time)

 

Core Construction, LLC was formed in November of 2005 by Lisa D. Buchheim (daughter), Robert Mezzadra (son) to operate primarily as an underground utility contracting company.

 

2007 – 2009

 

Core Construction, LLC – President

  Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)

  Baltimore, Maryland

-          Utility Contractor placing infrastructure for underground and interior electric, communication, security, water, sewer, storm drain systems, etc.

-          General construction services.

 

2009 - 2012

 

ITSI-Gilbane (formerly Innovative Technical Solutions, Inc. - ITSI)

  General Construction Company

  Construction Manager

 

1.       General Superintendent for a number of projects at Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, Ma.  (total +/- $ 10,000,000.00)

2.       Primary on-site representative from ITSI to oversee the entire project and manage all the various subcontractors; survey, layout, site work, concrete, electrical, mechanical, painting, building erectors, etc. to final completion and turn over.  Projects included;

 

§         Construct pre-engineered steel buildings.

§         Demolition of various buildings, hangar, (which includes asbestos abatement in various buildings) and removal of railroad tracks throughout the base.

§         Repair Comm Duct Project – Place 35,000 lf of reinforced concrete 4 & 9 way ductbank and precast manholes for new communications system.  Included removal and disposal of asbestos contaminated soils. 

§         Aperature Door Project – Place new airbags on hangar doors.

§         Repair Riser Water Tank .

§         IR Heat Project.

§         Fleet Service Building, Dover AFB.

 

Overseas Projects: 

§         Camp Thunder - Gardez, Afghanistan 

Construct 3 ANA Kandak Sights -On slab K-Span type buildings on Afghan National Army base adjacent to Camp Lightning, the US Military base (+/- $ 16,000,000.00 project).

o        Last assignment:

§         SKAIA Project – Kabul, Afghanistan

Site development and construct K-Span type and concrete block buildings for Afghan National Army Base adjacent to Kabul International Airport (+/- $ 20,000,000.00 project).

 

 

 

Currently

 

New Century Services, Inc.

  Project Manager

  Construction Manager

 

1.       Project/Construction Manager to provide fiber optic communication infrastructure to various clients.  Currently working in Washington, D.C. to provide service for a number of the Federal House Office Buildings.

 

Military

 

Sergeant First Class (Retired w/25 years service)

18B4S – Heavy Weapons Sergeant

B Company 2^nd Battalion 20^th Special Forces Group (ABN)

Maryland Army National Guard

Glen Arm, Md.

 

1991

 

Mobilized and deployed to Ft. Bragg in support of Operation Dessert Storm with

B Company 2^nd Bn. 20^th Special Forces Group (ABN), Maryland Army National Guard

-          Heavy Weapons Sergeant on SFOD-A (Special Forces Operational Detachment A-Team)

-          Served on the SFOD-A as Assistant Operations and Intelligence Sergeant

 

2003

 

Mobilized and deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom with Co. B 2^nd Bn 20^th Special Forces Group (ABN), Maryland Army National Guard

-          Liaison in FOB Operations Center K-2, Uzbecistan.

-          Liaison in CJSOTF Operations Center Bagram, Afghanistan.

-          Volunteer to work along with and assist Special Forces Site Engineer with various construction projects on Camp Vance and Bagram A.B., Afghanistan.

-          Heavy Weapons Sergeant on SFOD-A (Special Forces Operational Detachment A-Team) at firebase in Gardez, Afghanistan.

-          Served on the SFOD-A as Assistant Operations and Intelligence Sergeant

-          The SFOD-A was instrumental for initiating what was considered the 2^nd major offensive in Afghanistan at the time.

 

Courses completed

 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Training Course

  Construction Quality Management Course for Contractors

OSHA 30

 

Clearance

 

Secret - DoD  – CAC (recently expired)

 

Education

 

Archbishop Curley High School 

-          Graduated 1967 – High School Diploma