YEARS OF EXPERIENCE:  19

 

WORK HISTORY:

The de Moya Group Inc. 2015 – Regional Safety Manager

Odebrecht USA – 2015 – March – Safety Manager/EHS Officer

Signal Group, Inc. – 2013 – 2014 – Director of Safety & Risk Management

Condotte America, Inc.  2005 – 2013 - Corporate Safety Manager

Port Antigua Painting 2003-2005 – Safety Officer/Foreman 

Citadel Security LLC 2002–2002 – Operations Manager/C.E.O

Pinkerton Security 2000-2002 - Account Manager

In Range Beeper Service 1992-2000 – Store Manager/President

Florida Erection Services 1988-1991 – Iron Worker

Coast Steel   1988-1988 – Iron Worker 

Harbert Westbrook JV-1987-1988 - Iron Worker

Volker Stevens 1986-1987 - Form Setter

 

EDUCATION:

Criminal Justice – 1989 Institute Security Technology

Welding – 1986 Robert Morgan Vocational School

High School Diploma – 1986 Southwest Miami Senior High School

 

CERTIFICATIONS:

The Essentials of OSHA Compliance - 2005 Rockhurst University Education Center

Managing Crane Safety - 2005 Red Rocks Community College

OSHA 500 -2005 A.I.G 

Hazwoper 24 – 2005 OSHA Campus

Troxler Nuclear Gauge Safety Training Program - 2005 Troxler

OSHA 501 OTI Instructor - 2006 University of South Florida

Qualified Storm Water Management Inspector #19905 -2008 Florida Department of Environmental Program

Mobile Crane Inspector - 2008 Crane Institute of America

811 Underground Utilities Locate Training - 2008 Sunshine State One Call of Florida, Inc.

S.A.O Training – 2008 OSHA Campus

D.O.T Fleet Management Compliance Training - 2010 Travelers

Construction Risk Insurance Specialist (CRIS) – 2010 IRMI

Workers Compensation Compliance Training – 2012 Division of Workers Compensation Dept. of Financial Services

Adult CPR Emergency First Aid, Blood borne Pathogens & Cognitive A.E.D. Skills – 2013 CPR Today, Inc.

ATSSA – Florida Advanced Work Zone - 2014

 

SUMMARY:

I have over nineteen years of construction experience with ten years of combined MDX and FDOT Heavy/Highway construction experience.  Providing safety management and loss control services for Bridge & Roadway contractor including multiple subcontractors consisting of pre-planning developing risk assessments, claims, managing various safety programs including return to work and safety incentive programs.  Managing the FDOT fleet compliance program, accident investigations, 10 & 30 hour OSHA outreach training, weekly bilingual tool box talks and site audits. Recommendations and best practice solutions are issued and enforced in an effort to improve site conditions, work practices, maintaining criteria’s and strengthen EH&S programs. Conducting the new hire orientation and individual employee JHA evaluations, managing crane compliance program.  Assisting in all legal matters including theft investigations assisting state attorney for restitution recovery, claims, mediations and notice of injury reporting.  Coordinating with legal counsel, adjusters, auditors, nurse care specialist and underwriting. 

 

 

Administration control implementation includes emergency & hurricane evacuation procedures, fire protection/prevention plans, medical first aid programs for high risk activities such as critical lifts, confined space entry, trench and excavation and rigging.   Monthly inspections of fleet vehicles, heavy equipment, boom trucks, mobile and crawler cranes.  Maintaining all eye washing and first aid stations, collating material safety data sheets.  OSHA log record keeping and maintenance of traffic (MOT) inspections.

PROJECT EXPERIENCE:

I-595  - Corridor Roadway Improvements - Design Build, FDOT, District 4, Broward County, FL – Safety Manager -  The      I-595 Corridor Roadway Improvements project consists of the reconstruction and widening of the I-595 mainline and all associated improvements to frontage roads and ramps from the I-75/Sawgrass Expressway interchange to the I-595/I-95 interchange, for a total project length of approximately 10.5 miles. The project passes through, or lies immediately adjacent to, six jurisdictions: City of Sunrise; Town of Davie; City of Plantation; City of Fort Lauderdale; Town of Dania; and unincorporated areas of Broward County. Completion Date: March 2014; $603 Million

I-95 Golden Glades Interchange – FDOT, District 4, Broward County, FL – Safety Manager -This project will extend the High Occupancy Toll Express lanes from northern Miami-Dade County north 13 miles to Fort Lauderdale. The project includes installing Intelligent Transportation System components; modifying the Ives Dairy Road interchange; bridge widening at specific locations and installing new noise barrier walls at locations between Hollywood Boulevard and Taft Street. Completion Date: April 2015; $112 Million

Palmetto Expwy Section 5 SR826/SR836 Extension - Design Build, FDOT, District 6, Miami-Dade County, FL - Safety Manager

The work consists of improvements and reconstruction of the SR826/Flagler Street and SR836/NW 72^nd Avenue Interchanges.  All existing bridges within the limits of the project are to be replaced, except the SR836 mainline bridges over the CSX/FEC railroad bridges, and the widening of the existing SR836 eastbound to the exit ramp to NW 57th Ave. The project includes new drainage, lighting, ITS, signalization and signing and pavement marking improvements.  This limited access FDOT D6 project involves the placement of 87,336 CY bridge and cast-in-place concrete with 17,104,118 lb. reinforcement steel.                                           Completion Date:  March 2015; $559 Million

Turnpike Ramp Reconstruction @ PGA Blvd. , FDOT,  Turnpike District, Palm Beach County, FL – Safety Manager  The work consists of providing all labor, materials, equipment and incidentals necessary for the replacement of ramp bridge at the PGA Boulevard / Florida's Turnpike Interchange and associated ramp improvements.                                                   Completion Date: July 2013; $6.1 Million

Indiantown Road Bridge Replacement , FDOT,  Turnpike District, Palm Beach County, FL – Safety Manager The work consist of the construction of the new entrance/exit ramp at Indiantown Road and the Florida’s Turnpike (SR91).  Work includes demolition of the existing bridge and construction of one (1) new bridge.  Structures include FIB 78” prestressed concrete beams over SR91, MSE walls at each end of the bridge, temporary critical steel pile walls and temporary critical MSE Wall. Completion Date: March 2013; $4.6 Million

SR874 – Killian Parkway Interchange, Miami Dade Expressway Authority (MDX) Safety Manger - The work consists of materials, equipment and incidentals necessary for the widening, surfacing, and reconstruction of State Road 874 from North of Southwest 117^th Avenue to South of Kendall Drive and the roadway and bridge improvements to the Killian Parkway Interchange.  This limited access MDX project involved the placement of 4,960 CY bridge and cast-in-place concrete with 1,200,000 lb. reinforcement steel. Completion Date: Jul 2012; $70.6 Million

 

SR112 (I-195) from NW 10^th Ave. to Biscayne Bay, FDOT, District Six, Miami-Dade County, FL – Safety Manager The work consist of the widening, bridge repair/rehabilitation on SR 112 (I-195) from NW 10th Avenue to Biscayne Bay.  Work included concrete pavement (new and restoration), retaining walls (cast in place, soldier pile/lagging, sheet pile and MSE), ITS, signalization and roadway lighting.  Bridges construction included foundations of steel pipe piles and pre-stressed concrete piles, mass concrete substructure and Type II, III and IV pre-stressed concrete beams. The limited space between the right of way and limits of construction served as the primary challenge on the project.  SR-112 (I-195) being a major thorough fare in urban Miami, proper traffic control and detour planning was required with not only the Department but with the City.  A high strength early break concrete pavement mix was used for the nighttime pavement rehabilitation activity which allowed the traffic to travel on it the following morning. Completion Date: June 2012; $ 19.9 Million

 

Palmetto Expwy Section 2 at Bird Rd/SR-874/Miller Drive – Design Build, FDOT District 6, Miami Dade County, FL      Safety Manager The work consists of the addition of one general use lane in each direction; auxiliary lanes between all interchanges; interchange improvements and, operational and safety improvements along the SR826 mainline and ramps. The interchanges that are improved are the SR826 interchanges at SW 56 Street/Miller Drive, SR874/Don Shula Expressway and SW 40 Street/Bird Road. Four of the bridges are over the CSX railroad and are comprised of steel girders.       Completion Date:  Mar 2012; $190 Million

N.W. 74^th Street @ Turnpike & Toll Plaza in Miami, FL FDOT District Turnpike – Safety Manager - Construct express toll lanes with Signature Tolling Gantries at the existing Okeechobee Mainline Toll Plaza on the HEFT (SR821). Renovation of existing Toll Plaza.  Also new constructions of the 74th Street interchange with the HEFT.                                              Completion Date:  Jul 2010; $66 Million

Kendall Ramp @ SR874 (Shula) – MDX, Miami-Dade County, FL – Safety Manager The work consist of constructing a major bridge from Kendall Drive (88 St.) over the existing SR878 and tie back into the Northbound SR874. Due to the confined project area, one of the challenges was to build in a predominantly residential area between two existing highways. Completion Date:  Dec 2008; $32 Million

Florida Turnpike @ Atlantic Avenue – FDOT, Turnpike District,  Palm Beach County, FL – Safety Manager This work consist of widening and resurfacing of Florida’s Turnpike mainline SR91 from south of Atlantic Avenue to north of Atlantic Avenue SR806 interchange and construction of a new toll plaza. Completion Date: August 2008; $28.3 Million

N.W. 154 Street @ Palmetto Expressway – FDOT, District 6, Miami-Dade County, FL – Safety Manager The work consist of traffic operations improvements to the State Road SR826 (Palmetto Expwy) N.W. 154 Street Interchange bridge widening over canal. Completion Date: Feb 2007; $3.7 Million

SR836 Extension, Design Build, MDX, Miami-Dade County, FL – Safety Manger The work consist of the complete design and construction of the SR836 (Dolphin Expwy) from NW 107^th Ave to NW 137 Ave. Construction of nine vehicular bridges., the widening and replacement of traffic railing barrier at two existing bridges over NW 107^th Avenue (bridges 14 & 15), ten MSE retaining walls and three Sound Walls.  Bridges 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8,  & 9 are comprised of steel longitudinal box girders; steel cross girders, and flair and circular concrete columns on spread footings. Bridge 13, which spans NW 107^th Avenue, consists of precast Florida U-Beams, caps, columns and spread footings. The Bridge at SW 137^th Avenue over Tamiami canal consists of a flat slab bridge, caps, and 18” prestressed concrete piles foundation.  The Sound Walls consist of a system of precast components assembled over a 30-inch diameter auger cast piles foundation. Temporary components to the project include support of embankments with sheet piles and soil anchors. Completion Date: Jan 2007; $43 Million

SR836 WB Auxiliary Lanes from 57^th Ave to Palmetto Expressway, MDX, Miami-Dade County, FL – Safety Manager The work consist of an auxiliary lane on the Westbound 836 (Dolphin Expwy) form NW 57^th Ave to a point east of the SR826 (Palmetto Expwy).  Build a two lane bridge adjacent to the existing Westbound bridge, three MSE Walls, a soil stabilization system which included mini piles and geogrid, 48” storm drainage, milling and resurfacing, Type V Prestressed Beams and 30” Prestressed Piles.  Due to the confined area, one of the challenges on this project will be to build the bridge between the two canals and the two existing railroad tracks.  Completion Date: April 2006; $12.3 Million

S.W. 87^th Ave. from  Bird Road to Tamiami Trail, FDOT, Miami-Dade County, FL – Safety Manager The work consist of water main construction, roadway reconstruction and bridge widening of SR973 (Galloway Road) from SR 976 (Bird Road) to Grand Canal Drive.  Completion Date: Sept 2005; $6.4 Million

SR836 Westbound to Southbound HEFT, MDX, Miami-Dade County, FL – Safety Manger The work consist of the complete design and construction of the re-aligned westbound SR 836(Dolphin Expwy) from a point west of SW 97^th Avenue to the southbound Homestead Extension of Florida Turnpike (HEFT).  The project consists of four vehicular bridges, roadway drainage, earthwork, asphaltic concrete roadway, six MSE retaining walls, retention ponds, roadway lighting, custom overhead sign structures, and tree relocations.  Bridges 11 & 12 are comprised of steel box beams with integral post-tensioned concrete caps on spread footings.   Bridge 16 which spans NW 107^th Avenue consists of Florida U-Beams, caps, columns and spread footings.  Bridge 10 is a widening of the existing HEFT Ramp over NW Flagler Street consists of AASHTO beams, cap, columns and footings with 18” pile foundations.  Temporary components to the project include support of embankments with sheet piles and soil anchors, excavation supports and traffic detours.                                                      Completion Date: Feb 2005; $38.8 Million

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