Robin G. Haller

Deputy Program Manager

Areas of Expertise

Construction Management

Project Management

Program Management

Program Scheduling

Project Scheduling

Cost Monitoring and Control

Contract Administration

Change Management

Cost Estimating

Claims Mitigation

Earned Value Management

Performance Reporting

Risk Management

Document Controls

ADA Transition

Sustainable Building

Project Closeout

Years of Experience

With Vanir CM: <1

With ARCADIS-US: 7

With Other Firms: 25

Education

MSc, Construction Project

Management, Heriot-Watt

University, Edinburgh, United

Kingdom (in process)

Project/Operations

Management, University of

California, Irvine, CA

(certificate program)

A.A.S., Architectural

Technology, State University of

New York at Delhi

R Professional

egistrations

PMI - Project Management

Professional (PMP) 1998

CMAA Certified Construction

Manager (CCM) 2013

USGBC (LEED AP BD+C) 2011

AACEI – Planning & Scheduling

Prof. (PSP) 2011

AACEI – Certified Cost

Professional (CCP) Candidate

Robin G. Haller

Overview

Mr. Haller has 3 decades of experience in program, project and construction

management on public sector projects in the built environment including:

educational, correctional justice, healthcare, power plant, petrochemical,

entertainment / retail, water treatment, pipeline / seaport, transporation,

information systems, commercial, and industrial manufacturing.

He has worked in the field and office performing work from pre-construction

services through closeout phases employing; budget/cost management,

schedule management, cost estimating, earned value management,

performance reporting, risk management, document management and

collaboration while utilizing professional engineering and business skills such

as; financial studies, value engineering, scope optimization, quality assurance

management, contract management and business analysis.

He possesses solid leadership, technical, organizational, and communication

skills with the highest degree of integrity. He has excellent; organizational,

presentation, and follow-through skills, a strong knowledge of construction

means and methods, interfaces effectively with clients and is well disciplined

and highly motivated by a challenging and dynamic program environment.

Project Specific Experience

Educational

Deputy Program Manager, San Juan Unified School District (SJUSD),

Sacramento, CA (2015). Provided a leadership role to assist in the overall

management and oversight of specific projects within the Program while

reporting to the Project Director and representing the PD at SJUSD

construction management meetings and program reviews for LeaseLeaseback

(LLB) project(s) delivery.

Program Controls Manager, LACCD Los Angeles Harbor College, $449M,

Wilmington, CA (2007–2014), $499M: Provided a leadership role to the

project team for planning, scheduling, budget cost control, forecasting,

dashboard report production and change management in accordance with all

applicable standards and contractual requirements. These responsibilities

included; preparing and verifying metric reports that outlined the financial

position of the 50+ projects, facilitated in reconciling and reviewing the financial

position to ensure compliance with District and Program policies and

procedures. Maintained cooperative relationships with the College Project

Management team, Program Management Office, District and College, as well

as with outside auditors, as appropriate. Coordinated and provided leadership

to; Program and Project Executives, Project Managers, Construction

Managers, College Representatives and other key stakeholders to establish

and maintain data coding structures (OBS, WBS and CBS), project control

tools, and quality data for budgets, contracts, change orders, trends and actual

costs, reconciling the project's general ledger from a budgeting standpoint,

while maintaining accurate, up-to-date information for use in risk assessment,

early warning detection and key decision-making strategies. Also; provided

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management oversight of accounting activities for each of the project(s),

conducted root cause analysis as necessary, provided monthly dashboard

reports, and oversight of the production and maintenance of accurate project

schedules. Responsible for the preparation and management of project cost

estimates, budget and forecast reporting and control, commitment and

expenditure monitoring and analysis, variance reporting, and status reporting

with alignment to the client's Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and

District’s Cost Principles. Contributed to; constructability reviews and site

logistics evaluations, project risk analysis, management and the development

of the owners program/project construction schedule while incorporating critical

constraints, major milestones and deliverable identifications. In addition,

reviewed and verified submitted applications for payment, managed the review

of the contractor’s baseline and monthly update schedules, and provided

support to capital cost estimation and negotiation of change orders.

Responsible for tracking budgets and expenditures of change orders during

construction, reviewed and analyzed complex CPM construction schedules

and provided opinions, advice and reports as necessary on project progress as

well as predictions of the work moving forward. Provided site verification of the

active construction projects and investigated work progress while confirming

progress is consistent with the project schedule and other project records.

Lastly, attended meetings and advised key stakeholders of actual progress

and related cost implications.

Accomplishments include:

• From 2008 - 2014, marshaled the judicious expenditure of $371M

within the constraints of a $449M budget through the use of

forecasting; Earned at Completion (EAC), Estimates to Complete

(ETC) and earned value.

• A cashflow projection system originally create in Primavera P6

scheduling software, has been adopted for use by the PMO and the

other nine LACCD Campuses.

Project Construction Manager, LACCD Los Angeles Harbor College,

Wilmington, CA (2009–2014), $5+M: Managed, oversaw and coordinated all

facets of the construction phase of a specific school facility projects including

mobilization, construction and closeout. Planned, organized, directed and

reported project mangement activities and progress to upper management.

Responsibilities included; managing project development, review of project

designs for compliance with engineering principles, customer specifications

and expectations and customer contract requirements. Established and

managed cost estimations and cost control. Conducted value analysis and

related life-cycle cost analysis. Construction phase charges included planning

and chairing construction, installation, and weekly project meetings and

maintain as a prime point of contact between the Contractor, Owner and

Architect. Implemented quality plans to assure all construction work was

completed in conformance to the contact documents and maintained all

construction documentation and records. Analyzed and recommended

objective solutions to project issues. Evaluated contract changes for merit and

negotiated amicable resolution with contractors. Functions also included the

ability to review, evaluate and approve weekly, monthly, and baseline cost and

schedule submittals, updates and revisions. Prepared monthly assessments of

project status and reports to the client. And, provided close coordination

between all project activities and ongoing client business operations as critical.

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Accomplishments include:

• Lead the onsite effort for DSA (Dept. of State Architect) Certification

and Close of File for 11 of 18 active construction projects.

• Managed the design-build ADA Transition and Compliance project

through 4 of the 5 process groups of initiating, planning, executing,

monitoring and controlling of the; pre-design, procurement and design

phases.

• Expeditiously managed the design-bid-build Campus Restrooms

project from; initiation, design, procurement, construction and through

to DSA Closeout.

Correctional Justice

Deputy Program Manager – Controls, California Department of

Corrections (CDCR), Sacramento, CA (2014 – 2015), $2B. Provided a

leadership role in overall executive management and oversight of the Program.

Reported to the Program Manager (PM) and represented the PM at the CDCR

program management meetings, committee meetings, program reviews, and

would interface with government agencies and industrial organizations.

Worked collaboratively with the Project Management Branch (PMB) to deliver

intelligent solutions to ensure quality project delivery. Maintained focus on

close CDCR interaction which was necessary and instrumental at identifying,

developing, and implementing solid project solutions to meet the changing

Program needs and help manage, develop, coordinate planning / design, and

project management on the large complex corrections projects throughout the

State of California. Managed overall design program / project management

services while collaborating with internal and external clients by providing

professional and technical services to support and implement program

controls, systems, and activities necessary for consistent and efficient planning

and design of capital projects. Also provided program, project, and design

phase management services to support the CDCR management staff and

technical services to address issues that arose during project planning,

construction, activation, and commissioning.

Responsible for leading a team of 20 controls professionals responsible for;

data gathering, management and analytical processes; predicting,

understanding and influencing time and cost outcomes and identifying

schedules and cost variances with a primary focus that included project

scheduling, estimating, standardized bureau-wide project information tracking,

reporting, and visibility. Also responsible to create financial-related baselines

and updates, budgets and capital expenditures; and ensure compliant

financial, budget, claims and other reporting.

Oversaw a wide variety of program and project management functions

including project planning, maintaining deliverables, and other duties required

to ensure projects are properly defined, approved, documented, scheduled,

supervised, and completed by working closely with, and reporting to, the PM to

ensure successful delivery of projects while leveraging experience with

budgets, schedules, issue resolution, risk mitigation, and presentation of

project status.

Accomplishments include:

• Identified for the client, multiple findings and recommendations to

improve the Program Master Schedule system.

• Managed the ADA Master Plan Reporting process to include $38M of

transition and access compliance scope across 18 Institutions.

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• Worked with the team to create a cost control reporting process to rollup

the $2B+ financials of over 30 projects.

Project Engineer / Scheduler, Salinas Valley State Prison, Monterey Bay

Area, CA (1994-1996), $65M: Provided construction management support in

initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closeout processes on a $65million

prison facility including 13 pre-cast concrete guard towers and 18 precast

concrete cell buildings to house 4,000 inmates. Created and maintained

the critical path scheduling of construction requiring weekly update of project

master schedules involving nearly 10,000 activities.

Healthcare

Construction Manager, UCLA, Santa Monica Orthopedic Replacement

Hospital, Santa Monica, CA (2002–2003), $337M: Provided general

contracting support including planning the construction and scheduling

services for a $377-million, 420,000-square-foot medical complex. The

medical complex includes a 7-story patient tower, orthopaedic facility, and an

emergency unit. Created and maintained the critical path scheduling of

construction which required frequent updates to the project's master schedule

of more than 11,000 resource- and cost-loaded activities.

Senior Project Engineer / Scheduler, Children’s Hospital Central

California, Fresno, CA (1996-1998), $120M: Provided construction

management support to include submittal review, subcontract administration,

change order control, etc. for a $120-million, 613,000-square-foot medical

complex with a 214-bed patient tower, ancillary facility, central plant, a medical

office building, and complete infrastructure on a 50-acre site. Created and

maintained the critical path scheduling of construction requiring weekly update

of project master schedules involving nearly 10,000 activities.

Power Plant

Project Controls Engineer, Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power Sylmar

Converter Station Replacement, Sylmar, CA (2003-2004), $1.7B: Oversaw

the project controls system to monitor the budgets and schedules for the

individual projects, while maintaining accurate, up-to-date information for

management's use in important decision-making strategies. The project

controls database interfaced with an existing mainframe payroll and cost

accounting systems to monitor actual vs. budgeted costs for the projects.

Resource-loaded CPM schedules were linked with an existing timekeeping

system to measure labor performance as a function of budgeted, earned and

actual labor hours. Reviewed and approved contractor construction schedules

and progress payment applications, and processed change orders.

Project Controls Engineer, Lewis 230kV Extension and Vermont

Substation Upgrade Project, Anaheim, CA (2006), $65M: Provided critical

path scheduling of engineering, procurement and construction requiring weekly

update of the project master schedule.

Petrochemical

Project Controls Associate Engineer, Chevron El Segundo Refinery

Clean Fuels Program, Irvine, CA (1992-1993), $216M: Provided support to

project management for the creation and update of project plans for four

hydrocarbon projects having total value over $216 million which included the

creation and critical path scheduling of engineering, procurement and

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construction requiring weekly update of project master schedule involving over

2,000 activities. Prepared monthly home office project performance and

equipment procurement status reports; ensure proper interface between

management and project coordinators. Also responsible for preparing weekly

update of home office manpower plans along with weekly labor corrections of

over 100 employees.

Structural Designer, Pertaminia National Oil Company, Indonesia (19811982):

Involved in the design and engineering of concrete and steel structures

for oil refineries. Position required extensive involvement with the total

engineering staff.

Entertainment / Retail

Senior Project Engineer / Scheduler, Hollywood & Highland Urban

Entertainment Complex, Hollywood, CA (1999-2000), $430M: General

contracting support included; generating construction plans and providing

scheduling services for a $615 million, 1.6-million-square-foot urban

entertainment center and live broadcast theatre for the home of the Academy

Awards® ceremonies. Created and maintained the critical path scheduling of

construction requiring weekly update of project master schedules involving

nearly 10,000 activities.

Ride/Show Control Systems Planner, Walt Disney Imagineering,

Glendale, CA (1991-1992): Provided direct support to seven Project/Divisional

Supervisors with a combined total of 200 engineering, planning, and

production personnel. Created and maintained a comprehensive network of

information including bar charts, logic diagrams, and resource load reports,

which allowed management to survey the scope of work and the resources

and strategy required to achieve it.

Interfaced with other disciplines to ensure

target schedule requirements were consistent with the overall goal of each

project, including checking progress/slippage and impacts to existing

plans/schedules through variance reports. Was instrumental in planning the

accelerated engineering and production of Splash Mountain by six months.

Established target plans for engineering and production of EuroDisneyland's

ride control consoles, Star Tours post show control systems and ride control

systems for Disneyland's Toontown to balance time, budget, and resource

constraints.

Water Treatment

Project Controls Engineer, The Metropolitan Water District’s (MWD)

Capital Investment Plan (CIP), Los Angeles, CA, (2007), $469M: Provided

monthly status reports to monitor the budgets and schedules for the individual

projects, while maintaining accurate, up-to-date information for management's

use in important decision-making strategies. Maintained the CIP projections on

a quarterly basis.

Pipeline / Seaport

Project Controls Engineer, Pacific L.A. Marine Terminal LLC Pier 400,

Berth 408 Project, Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, (2006), $300M:

Provided client oversight of the overall EPC schedule and project controls for

SPEC Services. The $300-million project is to provide a new "state-of-the-art"

Marine Crude Oil Unloading and Distribution System to expand Port of Los

Angeles' ability to accept and distribute increased amounts of crude oil to the

Southern California region, as well as provide a marine berth designed to

accommodate very large crude oil tankers. Developed and implemented a biRobin

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weekly updating system to track; schedule progress, costs, labor hour

expenditures and earned value status. Issued monthly status reports and

alerted the team to potential problem areas. Responsibilities also included

meeting with each of the key "stakeholders" to receive input on detailed task

lists. Reviewed the project accounting system budgets and account codes

while working with the procurement group to provide schedule information

required for the procurement process associated with RFQ's, RFP's,

equipment and material purchase orders and construction contracts.

Transportation

Project Scheduler, Los Angeles World Airports, Southside Airfield

Improvement Program - LAX Runway 7R-25L Relocation & Center

Taxiway, Los Angeles, CA (2006), $242M: Construction management

services for Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) included: contract

management, field supervision, project controls, and governmental reporting

functions. Was named and instrumental in the initial formal proposal for this

contract.

Information Systems

Project Management Professional, Boeing Satellite Systems, Wallender &

Associates, El Segundo, CA (2000-2001): Provided project management

planning and support for a number of information systems development and

implementation projects. Also provided planning and subcontractor

management support to a number of senior project managers while assisting in

the yearly capital plan budgeting process along with 5 and 10 year business

forecasting and served as liaison with business unit functional management to

coordinate workload and staffing plans, work processes, and procedures.

Presented key business performance metrics targets and results in real time

with the knowledge to be one of a handful considered to be experts on the

Boeing Information Systems (IS) project management process to include

developing, interpreting, and executing policy objectives and standards

applicable to cost and schedule control. Actively managed a software

development project for Boeing’s IS department to manage budgets, forecasts

and actuals for resource loading and project costs ensuring that the project

was set up correctly from the outset. Co-managed a project to upgrade the

software for an enterprise-wide reporting tool. This expertise gave a platform

to present key business performance metrics targets and results in real time.

Commercial

Project Controls Engineer, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

Work Coordination Center, Los Angeles, CA (2003-2005): Helped to

develop and maintain a master program controls system for all LADWP

construction planned for the next 10 years. This system was used to determine

in house staffing requirements as well as analyze and identify potential work to

be outsourced. Specifically, the system compared approved budgets to actual

expenditures, and provided business unit managers with timely data needed to

make resource planning decisions across complex programs.

Project Controls Engineer, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

Master Schedule, Los Angeles, CA (2003-2005): Created and maintained on

a monthly basis a Construction Master Schedule for nearly 3000 of the various

Maximo generated work orders. Each of the activities were resource loaded

giving the General and Site Managers timely Full Time Equivalent histograms

of Approved Budget Man-Hours vs Actual Expended Man-Hours vs.

Remaining Man-Hours for 6 months to 1 year in advance as well as graphic

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schedule representation of the data to better enable them to plan out their work

compared to their targets. These schedules were loaded on the web for timely

viewing by the management teams.

Industrial Manufacturing

Project Engineer, Kwikmrk & Troyco Timing Screws, Laguna Beach, CA (19821990):

Provided engineering and production of industrial marking equipment

and conveyor accessories for the packaging industry. Reported to the

president for operations, project proposals, estimates, presentations, company

internal/external relations, and supervision of manufacturing and production

personnel. Designed and engineered over 20 custom machines with

mechanical, electromechanical and pneumatic engineering requirements from

inception to closeout, includes moving them through the manufacturing and

production cycles to satisfy customer requirements. Responsible for

purchasing, material procurement and inventory controls while developing a

proven ability to develop and maintain strong business relationships with

internal and external clients. Prepared budget estimations, schedule input and

identified problems and collaborated with the project team to correct, and

ensure work was being coordinated for skillful alignment of schedule, cost and

quality.

Professional Societies/Affiliates

1998 - present / Project Management Institute (PMI)

2010 - present / Construction Management Association of America (CMAA)

2010 - present / U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)

2007 - present / Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE)

Awards

1996 / Roger Burnet Award: Best of the Best for All McCarthy Projects for Relentless

Pursuit of Quality through Innovation, Honesty and Integrity

1996 / Melvin McCarthy Award: Relentless Pursuit of Quality through Innovation,

Honesty and Integrity

Chronology

2014 – 2015 Vanir Construction Mgmnt., Deputy Program Manager, Sacramento, CA

2008 – 2014 ARCADIS-US, Program Controls / Project Manager, Los Angeles, CA

2003 – 2007 KDG Dvlpmnt. & Constr. Consulting, Project Controls Eng., Pasadena, CA

2002 – 2003 Tutor –Saliba, Project Scheduler, Sylmar, CA

2000 – 2001 Wallender & Associates, Project Mgmnt. Prof., Manhattan Beach, CA

1994 – 1999 McCarthy Building Co., Sr. Project Eng./Scheduler, Newport Beach, CA

1992 – 1993 Fluor Daniel/TRS, Project Controls Associate Engineer, Irvine, CA

1991 – 1992 Walt Disney Imagineering, Control Systems Planner, Glendale, CA

1982 – 1990 Clem Industries, Project Engineer, Laguna Beach, CA

1981 – 1982 Fluor Engineers and Constructors, Inc., Structural Designer, Irvine, CA

Contact Information

Robin G. Haller

3748 Reflection Road

Shingle Springs, CA 95682

310.897.4106

RobinGHaller@yahoo.com

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