Cary Van Norden

Project Manager/Claims Specialist

Golden, CO

bigcare1962@yahoo.com - 720-492-3192

26 years in Construction Management as a Project Manager and Project Claims/Controls Specialist. Skilled

in construction project management, project controls, cost and budget management, change management,

impact analysis and claims avoidance and mitigation. Primarily responsible as an owner's representative for

new construction projects within commercial, airport, hospitality and geo-technical projects. I have also been

very successful as a project manager aa a General Contractor. Personal goals for optimization of management

and executive level operations are continuous improvement, development of and program standards, and

correlation of contractual project data to create highly effective time and cost-saving and training tools.

Authorized to work in the US for any employer

WORK EXPERIENCE

Project Manager/Claims Specialist

Self-employed - Golden, CO - October 2014 to July 2015

Provided project management for small to mid-sized construction projects ranging from $100,000 to $1M value.

Work was in progress or hadn't begun. Responsible for claims avoidance utilizing impact analysis of field

conditions including weather delays, materials deliveries difficulties, workforce availability and cost/budget

deviation. Projects were completed on time and within or under budget.

Project Manager/Claims Specialists

Wyoming Statewide - Numerous - July 2009 to October 2014

Various Projects

Managed projects for several contractors, at times concurrently. Created baseline schedules, budgets

and expenditures throughout northeast Wyoming. Additional responsibilities included baseline schedule

origination, updates and monitoring of construction bid, award and completion. Also generated and monitored

cost, time and field condition change requests, RFI's and construction administrative documents. Trained junior

personnel to utilize project management software.

Project Manager/Claims Specialist

Numerous Companies - Northeastern Wyoming - June 2008 to July 2009

Civil Technology Inc.

Project Controls Master Scheduler for the generation of a Capital Improvement Program (CIP) database which

tracks time, budgets and expenditures at Denver International Airport. Updating and monitoring of this program

incorporates the continuous gathering of data regarding the current status of all projects from the final design

phase through the construction bid, award, and project completion of the project.

Additional responsibilities included reviewing contract schedules, daily reports and other formal construction

documents for contractor change requests, delay requests, and claims avoidance and mitigation. Training of

junior personnel was a collateral assignment.

Additional requirements incorporated the analysis and subsequent approval or disapproval and resubmission

of contractor baseline schedules, update schedules and as-builts.

Project Controls Technician

Innovative Technical Solutions, Inc - Lakewood, CO - November 2007 to April 2008

for both owner and contractor tasking involving bid scheduling, budget analysis, forecasting, progress payment

requests, contract change requests and impact analysis.

Senior Scheduler/Project Controls Technician

Alutiiq, LLC - Aurora, CO - May 2007 to November 2007

Native American corporation specializing in construction management. Searched online for solicitations

specifically considered to be within the scope of work for the Project Management Division. Made

recommendations of same and presented them for upper management consideration.

Obtained plans and specifications necessary for the estimating department to formulate their bids. Concurrently

generated preliminary and baseline schedules for all bid submissions.

Project Manager/Controls Specialist

Self-employed - Longmont, CO - February 2006 to May 2007

Provided project management and control services for local construction projects. Responsibilities were site

management, budget development, progress reporting, and cost analysis to generate forecasts.

Assistant Project Manager/Project Controls

GEI Consultants, Inc. via CES, Inc - April 2004 to February 2006

City of Thornton, CO South Tani Dam and Reservoir

32-acre, City of Thornton, CO jobsite for the re-construction of the East Gravel Lakes property into a fullyoperational

dam and reservoir. Liaison between client and general contractor. Total contract value of $29M.

Assisted engineers and project manager with compiling the monthly construction reports, wrote and edited

all outbound site correspondence. Compiled substantiating documentation and wrote Work Directives and

Change Orders. Recommended the approval or correction of contractor payment requests.

Maintained and updated contract budgets, forecasts and cost data.

Project/Controls Manager

Self-employed - Longmont, CO - January 2003 to April 2004

Provided project management and control services as a senior scheduler for local projects. Developed

construction schedules and progress reporting, monitored and maintained budget, wrote Monthly Progress

reports, and produced anticipated cost forecasts.

Prompt Response Coordinator

Omni Interlocken Resort - Broomfield, CO - June 1999 to January 2003

Generated and posted RFP's, obtained and analyzed bids from pre-qualified bidders, and awarded contracts

for Capital Improvement Projects as assigned within the Engineering Department.

Engineering Supervisor to staff of 8. Included work coordination for the ongoing preventive maintenance and

repair for all operations-related equipment.

Maintained the monthly budget and purchasing logs, and balanced the department's direct expenses for the

monthly General Ledger. The Engineering Department was the only area that was consistently under budget

during my tenure at the hotel.

Hotel's Safety Chairman during its first 3 years. Nominated for Employee of the Month 7 times for performance

above my responsibilities while facilitating the maintenance and operations for the external and internal

customers of the 11-story, 392 room hotel.

Asst.Project Manager/Project Controls

Omni Hotels, Inc - Broomfield, CO - September 1997 to June 1999

Construction Site

Project and cost controls assistant to the Project Manager for the construction of the $77M Omni Interlocken

Resort and golf course in Broomfield, Colorado. Served as liaison between the client and the general

contractor.

Maintained scheduling, budget and cost data. Also generated monthly forecasts based on WIP, provided

impact analysis for contractor change and delay requests.

Project Manager/Controls

Self-employed - Longmont, CO - October 1994 to September 1997

Assisted company president in the drafting of his construction safety plan. Provided back-up for construction

site employee payroll accounting. Often ran payroll with Timberline software for all open contracts including

union jobs. Compiled data and wrote project management reports including budget, cost to complete, work in

progress, and monthly progress reports.

Junior Project Controls Technician

Aguirre Engineers, Inc./CMTS, Inc - Englewood, CO - September 1991 to October 1994

Project Management Team/Project Controls

Englewood, CO/Denver, CO Denver International Airport

Assistant to the Project Controls Manager to analyze schedules and mitigate delay claims.

Provided Project Controls guidance to the Area Manager at the DIA construction site. Coordinated the contract

closeout of 2 remaining runway projects at the new Denver International Airport project prior to their Substantial

Completion. Project Controls Department representative to obtain the final as-built schedule submission from

general contractors and/or subcontractors prior to the processing of their final progress payments.

Solely responsible for monitoring contract costs and produced forecasts for all vertical construction projects

in progress such as the Terminal, Parking Garage Structures, Extended Parking Structures, Office Admin

Building, Central Plant, etc. Total cost for all contracts $800M+.

Assistant Project Manager/Project Controls

United Engineers & Constructors, Inc., Stearns-Roger Division, but - Denver, CO - February 1989 to

September 1991

Facility/Administration Building

Client representative to the U.S. Postal Service for construction of the Denver General Mail Facility

(300,000SF), Vehicle Maintenance Facility, and Administration Building. Total contract value $56M. This

project was completed 6 months ahead of schedule and $13M under budget.

Attended all construction meetings, wrote and edited all construction correspondence.

Updated monthly construction progress via Primavera schedule reporting and analyzed contractor's progress

to date. Recommended approval/denial of contractor change requests.

Processed all RFI's, submittals, change requests, and payment applications.

EDUCATION

Online Coursework - No Degree in Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Golden, CO

2014 to 2016

Junior Year of College in Business Management, General Law, TQM, Accounting/

Finance

Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College - Miami, OK

1996 to 1997

Naval Education ans Training Center (Technical Degree) in Administration, Operations,

Accounting, Finance,al w

Naval Education and Training Center - Meridian, MS

1983 to 1983

SKILLS

Project Management (10+ years), Change Management (10+ years), Computer Skills (10+ years), Budget

Management (10+ years), Scheduling (10+ years), Microsoft Project (6 years), Primavera (10+ years), Cost

Control (10+ years), Project Controls (10+ years), SureTrak Project Management Software (10+ years),

Construction Project Site Management (10+ years), dBase 4 Databaae Software (10+ years)

MILITARY SERVICE

Service Country: US

Branch: U.S. Navy

Rank: Yeoman Petty Officer 2nd Class - E-5

July 1983 to July 1991

TOP SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE - Served as the Communications Office Supervisor in an air, antisubmarine

squadron stationed in Brunswick, Maine; processed deserters for the Discipline Division in Newport,

Rhode Island; Operations Supervisor for an attack squadron in Jacksonville, Florida which transitioned to a

strike fighter squadron where I became the Administration Specialist.

Commendations:

* Sea Service Ribbon (2 Overseas Deploymen Siingle Ribbon with 1 Gold Star * "Hook 'em Award" With the

Air AntiAWARDS

U.S.

Navy

November 1986

* Sailor of the Month - Strike Fighter Squadron

VFA-15

* Navy "Hook 'EM" Award - Air Anti-Submarine.

Squadron Patrol Squadron VP-23

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

SKILLS

* Project Management Software: Primavera (P6,, P5,

P3, P3EC), (Primavera) SureTrak, MS Project

* Other Software: Excel, MS Access, MS Word

Base 4

* Hardware knowledge is all-inclusive from Zenith.

dual floppy through laptop running Windows 10

* Hand-picked as 1 of 2 representatives to attend.

Word Perfect 4.3. (IBM-PC word processing

software) training and return to the strike fighter

squadron to utilize that knowledge to teach the.

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