BRIAN L. COOPER
103 Cooper Road, Pauline SC 29374
864-576-9525 – 45828a@gmail.com
727-798-8454 cell
Senior Construction Manager – Contract Manager – Construction Administration
Education - Training
Clemson University
Civil Engineering
Greenville Technical
College
Construction Law
Seminar
OSHA 10, 30
ISO 14000 14001
LEED Green Associate
US Army Corps of Engineers
EM 385, QCM, CQM
Quality Control Mngr
Primavera- Advanced
P6, Project Planner P3
Expedition
CPM Scheduling
Timberline - Advanced
Precision Estimating
Microsoft - Advanced
Project
Excel
Word
Outlook
Adobe
PowerPoint
Oracle
Viewpoint Financial
Prolog
SC/NC General Contractor
License Qualifier
Association of General
Contractors
DISC Profile
MAP
Wonderlic 98 percentile
Civic Organizations
United Way
Habitat for Humanity
Mt. Calvary Presbyterian
Church Roebuck, SC
Ruling Elder
Teacher
Board of Deacons
Chairman – 1998 to ‘02
Professional Estimators
Objective
· Serve by making a positive difference in the construction related industry.
· Develop, manage, lead, succeed, and challenge with every opportunity.
· Build, maintain, and grow successful teams, individuals, leaders and myself.
Core Experience
· Over twenty three years of hands-on construction and construction
management experience, progressing from concrete laborer through the ranks
to Director of Construction.
· Pre Award and Pre Construction leadership, Design Development
· Project Team Leader-– EPC, RFP development & management, Schedule,
Preconstruction, Design, Construction, WBS, Cost, Commissioning, Close out.
· Combination of construction knowledge, experience, strong integrity and
ethics, communication skills and leadership have ensured under budget, on
time, quality and successful completion of every single project in my career.
· Talent, skill, wisdom and solid relations to give the best and get the best from a
team and make a difference.
· Excellent results oriented communicator, mentor, creative problem solver, and
safety first accomplishment.
· Multi project responsibility, multi story concrete, immense site work
· Contracting Plan development and implementation.
· PMP, Project Management Plan development, implementation, and
management.
· Contract development, delivery and management: Multi Prime, EPC, Lump
Sum, Negotiated, Hard Bid, Design Build, Guaranteed Max, Strategic Partnering,
Joint Venture.
· Risk Assessment and evaluation.
· Claims Preparation, Loss Prevention, Conflict / Dispute Resolution
· Participant with Bonding, Surety, Legal Counsel and Attorney Teams.
· RFP Request for Proposal preparation and evaluation
· Contract Procurement, bid package tabulation, evaluation, and review, buy out
and award.
· Contract and Procurement preparation and negotiation.
· Purchasing and Expediting
· Claim prevention, preparation and management.
· Project Recovery.
· Submittal preparation and evaluation: contract adherence.
· Scope of Work preparation, multi discipline contractor coordination.
· Progress evaluation and field assessment of work in place.
· Billing, Application for Payment preparation and approval.
· Development, evaluation and implementation of Project Contracting Plan and
Procedure.
· Change Management and Negotiation
· Bonding
· Cost / Impact Scheduling
· Contract Close Out Management
Talent Inventory
· Program management, Contract Administration, Negotiation, Management,
Work Packages, Site Inspection, Risk Analysis & Mitigation
· Clear written and verbal communicator to large or small groups
· Employee management, operation procedure development
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· Team Building, Goal Setting, Stakeholder Development
· Civil, Structural, Electrical, HVAC, Medical Gas, Mech drawing and design review
· Site Management, Estimating, Scheduling, Budgeting, Profit Loss Report,
Quality Control, Safety Management
· Human Resources, Davis Bacon, Employee hiring, termination, and
performance review
· RFI, RFP, protocol, shop drawing, submittal maintenance, CSI Specification
author, RMS, QCS
Career Highlights and Results
· US Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, LA
$53,000,000
o Storm Proofing & Seismic Renovations of existing Sewer & Water Board
electric generator facilities.
o Nine buildings. Secure Facility.
o Dry core drilling masonry restorations: 100 year old facility.
o New construction of multistory concrete hurricane category 5 stormproof
building.
o Installation of 6.9 MW Gas Turbine Generator.
o Sr. Manager of 150 person workforce.
· US Air Force Base Airport, Charleston, SC
o Airport runway total reconstruction and expansion.
· US Army 1st AD Command & Control Headquarters, Ft Bliss, TX
$46,000,000
o Design-Build – 143,000sf high security SCIF NOC facility
o LEED Gold
o Sr. Manager of 140 person workforce and multidiscipline design teams.
· US Air Force 144 Man Dormitory, Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ $15,000,000
o Design-Build Sr. Construction Manager
o 51,000sf multi story with expanded Anti Terrorism Force Protection
o LEED Gold
o Sr. Manager of 85 person workforce and multidiscipline design team.
· US Marine Corps Energy Initiative, Camp Lejeune, NC
$45,398,000
o Sr. Construction Project Manager, URS Design-Build JV
o 5.37 MW photovoltaic multi-site, solar panel farm installation.
o Supervision responsibility of 40 person workforce, 15 person design team.
· AnMed Area Medical Center, Anderson, SC
$110,000,000
o Director of Construction Administration, collaborative effort of master plan
development and construction implementation
o Women's & Children's Hospital, Cancer Center, CardiopulmonaryOrthopedic
Center
o Officiated contract dispute resolution
o Introduced multimillion dollar cost and time savings program.
o Supervision responsibility of multidiscipline design team, contractors,
consultants and 200+ person workforce.
· Bridgestone USA Aircraft Tire Industrial, Mayodan, NC
$13,000,000
o multi prime partnering effort with CH2M Hill
o manufacturing conveyor and automation
o green revitalization and relocation of industrial manufacturing plant
o value engineering efforts saved over $1,000,000
o Sr. Manager of 35 person workforce.
· Bellsouth/AT&T Southeastern Headquarters , Columbia, SC
$26,000,000
o Promoted to senior management assuming direction of contract
o Project Recovery of eight story, reinforced concrete, office complex with
parking garage
o Conflict resolution, team building and Zero lost time accidents
$39,000,000
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o Completed on time, increased profit/loss from -1.5% to 6.9% gross profit
o Sr. Manager of 185 person multidiscipline workforce.
· CVS Pharmacy Program
$25,000,000
o negotiated, estimated, directed multi-state 25 new store construction
program
o increased profit margins from 8% to a record breaking 18% per contract
o Management responsibility of 100+ person, multiple site workforce.
Professional Experience
· Field Engineer, Estimator, Healthcare Director of Construction, Project
Manager, Sr. Project Manager, Contract Manager, Scheduler, Procurement,
Negotiator, Owner’s Representative, Director of Construction Administration,
Director of Construction, Operations Director
Professional History
· Operations Director – U.S. Department of Defense, Design Build, Satoc
DWG & Associates Eastern Operations– Clearwater, FL
o Strategic Planning.
o Contract development, negotiation, and management planning.
o Executive reporting of cost, profitability, company financial budget, project
execution, staffing, HR, strategic planning
o Conflict resolution, change negotiations, claim resolution
o Project recovery of multimillion dollar claim.
o Manage Sr. Project Managers, Project Managers, General Superintendent,
and Superintendents
o Manage Safety and Quality Control Directors
o Duties include multiple site awards: LA, SC, NC, Wash DC, IL, and FL.
· Senior Construction Project Manager – U.S. Department of Defense Design Build
RQ Construction Co., Inc. – San Diego, CA
o Manage Design Build projects from RFP, Proposal, Design, Construction,
Financial, Red Zone and Turnover
o Developed and implemented Executive Project Audit Process
o Mentor & coach developing project engineers, managers & project teams.
o Multiple project exposure in CA, TX, AZ, and NC.
· Director of Construction
Arby's Corporation - Atlanta, GA
o Oversee corporate restaurant construction, design and equipment
operations for NC, SC, TN & FL
o New stores, renovations, site selection and emergency response / disaster
relief efforts
o Supervise over 100 team members and employees
o RFP Development, implementation and management
o Solicitation, selection and performance of general contractor, architect and
engineering teams. Contract selection and management.
o Successfully achieved company goals on time and under budget
· Senior Construction Manager/Healthcare Manager
Roebuck Buildings Co. - Spartanburg, SC
o Directly manage business solicitation, preconstruction services, estimating,
consulting, design, execution, staffing, employee training, site
management, cost control, profitability
o Design build, hard bid and negotiated healthcare, pharmaceutical,
industrial, ecumenical projects ranging $500,000 to $11,000,000
o Successful project completion securing multimillion dollar record profits
with zero accidents.
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· Director of Healthcare Construction Administration - Corporate Associate
JHM Architects - Owner's Rep
o Execute program management of preconstruction, contract management
and administration, and construction administration.
o RFP development, implementation and management
o Contract selection, development, implementation and management.
o Master planning.
o Certificate of Need, DHEC, constructability review, RFP, design review,
budgeting, quality control, field inspection.
o Estimate, bidding, contract review, award and management.
o Hospital System Owner's Representative
· Project Manager
BEERS – Beers / Skanska - Greenville, SC
o Project range from $2,000,000 to $26,000,000
o Trained Project Engineers, Asst. Project Managers and Superintendents
o Promoted to Sr. Project Manager
o Successful management and responsibility of BellSouth AT&T Program
o Estimating, buy out, contractor selection and management.
o Successful conflict resolution of BellSouth project resulting in zero
accidents, profit recovery, on time completion and no litigation
References
Upon Request
Personal
Married 20 years
Wife Julie; children Jacob (19), Julianne (18)