2. Who will do this for you and what have they done?
William C. O’Connor
Education:
BS Civil Engineering, University of Illinois
MS Civil Engineering - Construction Management, Stanford University
MBA, University of Hawaii
Registration:
Professional Engineer(Civil) - California, Colorado
Experience:
Resident Engineer on construction projects for US Navy, Baltimore and Washington subway systems
Project Engineer, Project Manager, Operations Manager, Chief Estimator for major construction companies building tunnels, shafts, pipelines, and other major heavy construction projects in the Western US. Built tunnels, shafts and heavy concrete structures in California, Colorado, and Utah, pipelines in Utah and Oklahoma. Prepared bid estimates for more than 50 heavy construction projects throughout the Western US, including tunnels, shafts, pipelines, dams, canals, pump plants, sewage treatment plants, etc.
Project Manager for construction projects for major US Government agencies in both headquarters and field locations
Charles D. Markert
Education:
BS Civil Engineering, Michigan State University 1966
MS Ocean Engineering, University of Rhode Island 1974
MPA, American University 1980
Registration:
Professional Engineer(Civil) - Virginia
Experience:
Civil engineer on construction projects for US Navy in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Antarctica, California, Pennsylvania, South Carolina
Engineering management and civil engineering design experience involving all aspects of facility design and engineering including development of policy and automated systems for: planning, engineering & design operations; facility design criteria/guidance; cost engineering management; process streamlining, reengineering and quality improvement. Led several teams to reduce project costs, including the Staten Island and Amchitka projects.
Vice President and Technical Director of a Virginia Corporation conducting Partnering workshops for the construction industry and the information technology industry.
2. Who does it and what have they done? (Continued)
Projects Reengineered by Members of This Team
Project Amount Saved
Observation Post, San Clemente Island, CA $2,100,000
Saved 70% of project cost by redesigning cast in place concrete structure in remote location to precast concrete, to eliminate need for contractor to mobilize concrete batch plant. Also allowed contractor to use existing government barge, eliminating cost of contractor’s barge and tug..
Pier, Staten Island, NY $3,000,000
Redesigned Navy pier to allow used of precast concrete cylinder piles, a more cost effective way to construct pier, eliminating labor and materials.
ERROR MSGNavy Lodge Standard Design $300,000 per location
Reduced wasted space in motel rooms, allowing owner to provide the same functional room with a lower floor area - thus lower cost.
Rio Grande River Canals, NM $250,000
Found more cost effective solution in Corps of Engineers flood control project.
Amchitka ROTHR Radar Antenna $10,000,000
Uncovered a requirement that greatly reduced grading smoothness needed and thereby avoided extensive and expensive earthmoving and rock crushing on a remote Alaskan island.
Tunnel Project, San Francisco, CA $500,000
Moved location of access shaft to allow for construction of section of tunnel by mechanical rather than hand excavation methods. Found on-site disposal area, and eliminating need to haul excavated material.
Oklahoma Pipeline $100,000
Changed backfill sand specification to allow use of locally available sand as backfill rather than need to use sand meeting concrete specifications, lowering material cost and eliminating transportation cost.
Kortrijk cheap hotelsColorado Tunnel $200,000
Changed tunnel design to allow the use of more cost effective steel tunnel support system, saving both material and labor cost, and eliminating entire grouting operation.
New Mexico Shaft $100,000
quality hotel LourdesChanged grouting specification which had specified a single manufacturer and had thus limited competition. Allowing competition cut cost in half.
Utah Tunnel $5000,000
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |Reengineered project to allow construction of cofferdam and excavation of tunnel portal in winter ( with temperatures down to minus 40 degrees ), minimizing necessity to dewater and thereby allowing haul excavation to start eight months early. Saved eight months of overhead and excessive overtime which would otherwise been required to complete project on schedule.