John Nelsen

Cell: 612-280-1861

4364 Chowen Avenue North

Robbinsdale MN 55422

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Several years in the commercial construction industry steel stud framing and dry walling

• Several years estimating lumber and millwork in the lumber industry

• The ability to communicate with people on the jobsite

EDUCATION

Dunwoody College of Technology, Minneapolis, MN

Architectural Drafting and Estimating, Associate of Applied Science, Awarded December 2014.

Dean’s List: spring 2013, spring and fall 2014.

Graduated Cum Laude. G.P.A. 3.65.

Construction Specification Institute member 2013 - 2015.

AGC student chapter member 2014

AIAS student chapter member 2013 - 2014

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Owners Representative/Project Manager

Miles and Associates, Minneapolis, MN

April 2014 to Present

Final punch list and sign off of the completed project. Walking the units and common spaces to make sure everything move in ready.

Second phase A Mill, Minneapolis, MN: Legends at Silver Lake Village, St Anthony, MN; A Mill Artist Lofts, Minneapolis, MN; Schmidt

Artist Lofts, St. Paul, MN

Engineered Wood Specialist

Lyman Lumber Company, Chanhassen, MN

May 2015 to May 2016

Working with engineered wood software to design beams and headers for new homes. I took my previous experience in the lumber

industry and helped the engineered wood products department get back on schedule in less than a month after starting the new

position.

Commercial construction: Framer/Dry Waller

Installed steel stud framing, dry walling and general construction of commercial buildings.

Friedges Drywall Inc., New Market, MN. April 2012 to December 2012, October 2006 to July 2008

A.R.M.M. Construction, Pine City, MN. December 2011 to April 2012

Outside Sales/Sales Support/ City desk in the lumber industry

Worked with contractors estimating, lumber, millwork (windows), wrote lumber deliveries. Worked with the employees in the field

with lumber and special ordered deliveries to coordinate with their schedules to keep the project on time.

Bennett Lumber, Minneapolis, MN. September 2005 to August 2006

Nominated for employee of the month after working just the last two weeks of the month of September 2005.

Worked with several different contractors on projects ranging from remodels to new homes.

Stock Building Supply, Eagan, MN February 2003 to August 2005

Worked with contractors estimating (90-95% of the estimating). Return percentage of sales was below the accepted 10-12%. The

numbers I accomplished were 4-5%.

Managed up to thirty different projects at any given time. Upper bracket homes to upper bracket remodels.

Scherer Brother, Hopkins, MN. January 2000 to February 2003

AWARDS

AGC MN scholarship for academic excellent

  nelsenj07@yahoo.com

Dunwoody College of Technology Alumni Attendance Award

“Top Hole Design” 2014 Skyway Open. Mini golf hole design and construction for a class project.

SKILLS

Field experience in the commercial construction industry really brings the plans to life, which makes it easier to estimate projects.

On-Screen Takeoff 3

RSMeans Online

AutoCAD 2013 - 2015

Revit software 2013

MS Project, and Excel

Google Sketch up

CERTIFICATION

OSHA 30 Construction

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