Occupation:Construction manager |
Location:Mount Prospect, IL |
Education Level:Bachelor |
Will Relocate:YES |
Description
Career Summary Offers more than 30 years of experience in the Global Real Estate, Facilities and the Construction industry as a Director of Project Management, In-House General Contractor, Project Executive, Senior Project Manager, Estimator and Superintendent on a variety of real estate projects, ground-up building construction and tenant build-out projects in the health care, commercial, industrial, institutional and retail markets. Current responsibilities include consolidation and expansion of over 250 facilities globally, construction and renovations oversight and integration of Gaming company portfolios upon completion of acquisition and merger of companies. This includes coordination with internal stake-holders to identify synergies and implement organizational changes, expansions, consolidations and closures globally. I am highly accomplished at overcoming the challenges and assuming responsibility for successfully managing a project from initiation to completion. Assets and Experience * Problem-solving expert collects all pertinent data, evaluates and communicates a clear and reasonable path to success. * Innovation and process improvements provides expertise to reduce costs while adding value and features to major corporate projects. * Provides management and leadership for a team of project management professionals and support staff to implement design and construction activities for a wide range of industrial, office, healthcare, multi- family, hospitality, retail and university projects. * Has held an executive-level position within a large design/build and general contracting firm on behalf of its project management group. * Possesses significant expertise in design/build, construction management and general construction assignments. * Provides strategic composition and selection of various project teams including designers, consultants and internal customers (IT and Security) to provide specialized design and engineering services for complex construction assignments. * Establishes and maintains direct relationships with project owners, internal departments, architects, consultants and subcontractors. * Experienced leader in pre-construction activities contributing significant expertise toward successful implementation of the project. * Accomplished leader with team-building skills and adept mentoring skills, which motivates the team to accomplish our common goals. * Executed the capital and expense budget and financial aspects of global projects under my leadership to meet or exceed the anticipated goals of the assignment. * Results-oriented approach that produces timely and cost-effective results for owners, ensuring client satisfaction, successful project close-out and repeat business opportunities. William C. Thomas, P.E., LEED™ AP 1314 N. Lama Lane Mount Prospect, IL 60056 847-421-9254 New 125,000 SF LEED Platinum ground up hi-tech office building ($ 45M) ground up hi-tech office building 53,000 SF LEED Gold ($ 10M) Manufacturing New Data Center in the existing Waukegan Office building ($ 5M) 16,000 Sf Office TI. Consolidation of 4 locations into 1 location as well as making provisions for future growth. ($ 3M) office expansion - 7,000 SF office expansion in downtown Des Moines. ($ 750K) New Office/Warehouse. This is a leased facility which we implemented extensive renovations. ($ 650K) New Office/Warehouse in leased facility with extensive renovations implemented. Additionally we consolidate 2 downtown offices into one and closed one facility. ($ 500K) Uruguay - Free Trade Zone - Relocated our existing office/warehouse Consolidate 2 facilities into a new facility. ($ 450K) Consolidate 2 facilities into one. Close one facility and move into the existing facility and implement upgrades to accommodate the new operation. ($ 250K) Subleased the Biloxi office and consolidated into the Gulfport office. ($100K) Consolidate 3 locations into a newly constructed Consolidate 1 location, close 1 location. ($ 3.25M) 2 facilities into one. Sublease one facility and move into the existing facility and implement upgrades to accommodate the new operation. ($ 100K) Field service office relocation. ($ 200K) Interim facility set-up. ($ 150K) office consolidation (2 locations into a new single location). ($ 1.75M) Design-Build a mixed Design-Build a 1 M sf warehouse. ($ 23.5M) use condo building ($ 21M) Complete Rehab and Reconstruction of Multi-Tenant Food Distribution Firms. ($ 4M) lump-sum tenant improvements. ($ 400K) lump-sum tenant improvement. ($ 750K) Halsted Street Commons Chicago Illinois - D-B Mixed use Retail. ($ 17M) Estimated Cath Lab & Life Safety Improvements ($ 2.5M) Graycor Construction Company and/or Managed Numerous Projects from 01/89 - 02/99 including
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Keywords
- Project Management
- Real Estate
- Consolidations
- Contract Management
- Value Engineering
- Contract Negotiation
- Reasoned decision making
- Design Coordination
- Facilities Management
- Constructability
- Budgeting
- Conceptual estimating
- Scheduling
- Microsoft Office
- Team Leader
- Organizational Skills
- Leadership Skills
- Financial Reporting skills
- Communication skills
- Procurement