Mr. Brazee has 34 years of experience in the construction industry, including commercial, Federal, and Tribal. Mr. Brazee has held positions, such as: Quality Control Manager, Project Manager, Regional Manager, Senior Project Manager, Vice President of Operations, and Vice President of Contract Acquisitions, and Partner. Mr. Brazee has extensive knowledge and expertise in construction, having spent years in the field with hands-on experience in many project types, and broad and deep knowledge of the commercial, Tribal, and Federal Marketplace including IDIQs, federal procurement law and regulations, Small Business regulation, teaming and joint ventures, and the FARs, and has been directly responsible for billions dollars in awarded contracts producing revenue of approximately $1.5B. Mr. Brazee is an expert in risk management, financial and project controls, leadership, and the cultural aspects of change management. As an owner and executive he built a construction firm with multiple companies and joint ventures to yearly revenues of $250M.

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Mr. Art Brazee, President Above the Standard, Construction and Operational Excellence
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Introduction
Mr. Art Brazee has more than 30 years in construction from small commercial,
Government, and Tribal projects to multi-hundred million dollar projects.
Specifics
Mr. Brazee has 34 years of experience in the construction industry, including com-
mercial, Federal, and Tribal. Mr. Brazee has held positions, such as: Quality Control
Manager, Project Manager, Regional Manager, Senior Project Manager, Vice Presi-
dent of Operations, and Vice President of Contract Acquisitions, and Partner. Mr.
Brazee has extensive knowledge and expertise in construction, having spent years
in the field with hands-on experience in many project types, and broad and deep
knowledge of the commercial, Tribal, and Federal Marketplace including IDIQs,
federal procurement law and regulations, Small Business regulation, teaming and
joint ventures, and the FARs, and has been directly responsible for billions dollars
in awarded contracts producing revenue of approximately $1.5B.
Mr. Brazee is an expert in risk management, financial and project controls, leader-
ship, and the cultural aspects of change management. As an owner and executive
he built a construction firm with multiple companies and joint ventures to yearly
revenues of $250M.
Global Scalability | Personalized Outcome
„„ Contract Acquisition/Business Development through Team Development &
Joint Ventures
„„ Contract Law
„„ Corporate Project Controls
„„ Currency Oversight
„„ Design-build
o $500 Million+
„„ Material Management
„„ Project and Corporate Risk Identification and management through policy/
procedure design and cultural change
„„ Team Acquisition
o Right size company for the right project for the right location with the
right skillset

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Projects
Dennehotso Boarding School
Owned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and located in Arizona’s Navajo Nation, this 12 acre, design-build
project consists of the demolition of an existing school, construction of a new 45,700 square foot, 2-story,
K-6 educational facility and a new 9,700 square foot, single story dormitory with 34 beds. This project also
includes a playground, two basketball courts and a new 75,000 gallon water tower and is scheduled to be
completed in May 2014.
Kaibeto Boarding School
Valued at $44 million and owned by the US Department of the Interior / Bureau of Indian Affairs, this
design-build project included construction of a new 61,900 square foot educational facility, a new 10,538
square foot dormitory, the construction of eight modular homes ranging in size from 1,478 to 3,112 square
feet, and the installation of all utilities including a 331,000 gallon water tower. This project received LEED
Silver certification upon completion in August 2012.
Sanostee Day School
Valued at $11.8 million and owned by the US Department of the Interior / Bureau of Indian Affairs, this
design-build project consists of the construction of a new 24,000 square foot day school with associated
support facilities and site development. The site development included access roads, visitor / staff parking
lots, and playground areas. This project was completed in December 2011 with LEED Silver certification.
Wide Ruins
The grant school has 140 students in grades K-6. The old school buildings date from the 1930s and 1960s.
The new school will be 29,148 square feet, along with an 11,362 square feet cafeteria / gymnasium build-
ing and a 15,418 square feet dormitory for 50 students. Fourteen new employee housing units will adjoin
the new school. The employee quarters’ old site has been cleared and will serve as the location of the new
school.
Dennehotso Boarding School
U.S. DOI/BIA
Dennehotso,
AZ
$25 M 55,600 SF DB Educational/NC; LEED Silver;
with demo/abatement
Wide Ruins Community School
for U.S. DOI/BIA
Wide Ruins, AZ $22 M 72,000 SF DB Educational/NC; LEED Silver;
with demo/abatement
Kaibeto Boarding School &
Dormitory for U.S. DOI/BIA
Kaibeto, AZ $43 M 72,400 SF DB Educational/NC; LEED Silver;
with demo/abatement
Sanostee Day School U.S. DOI/
BIA
Sanostee, NM $13 M 20,000 SF DB Educational/NC; LEED Silver

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Sample Client List:
Tribal Clients include: Blackfoot, Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Chugach, Confed-
erated Salish & Kootenai, Iroquois, Muckleshoot, and the Navajo.
Federal Government Clients include: GSA, DHS, CBP, USACE, USAF, USN, USPO,
NPS, BLM, BIA, USFW, USGS, USBR, US Army, National Guard (s), and Air National
Guard (s).
Commercial Clients include: Petrochemical, Del-Jen/Fluor, Dyno Nobel, ExxonMo-
bil, U.S. Government, GE, Hess, Petron, Petronas, PTTEP, Ram Energy Resources,
VietSovPetro, VW Malaysia, and Western Industrial.
Awards & Track Record
„„ National ConstrucTech Vision Award for Customized Software Solution
o Provides financial and project risk management and accountability.
„„ Traveler’s, the largest surety insurance and risk underwriter in the U.S., stated
that Mr. Brazee’s company stated “the best project and financial controls in
the construction industry.”
„„ Every year, our CPA firm conducted a benchmark against the industry, and Mr.
Brazee’s firm consistently set the bar
o Profit
o Project Loss
o Overall margin
o Margin fade
o Percentage of overhead against project size and revenue.