1. W. David Biron
dbiron4@gmail.com ▪ Cell: 240-483-1559
Summary
Construction Manager/Owners Rep with expertise in: Support the Development Team
with managing phases of the real estate development quality control process. Participate
in all aspects of development including site selection, due diligence exploration,
budgeting, contract negotiation, development consultant management, site acquisition,
investment package creation, coordination of the permitting process, execution of the
construction documents, and general contractor management.
Participate in the preparation of pre-development budgets and schedules for proposed
projects from the initial phases through building permit approvals to the commencement
of construction.
Participate in consultant meetings through pre-development and development stages
including meetings with municipalities, neighborhood groups, design teams, and public
hearings throughout the entitlement process.
Manage projects under construction to ensure adherence to development policies and
procedures. Analyze the construction draw process and the monthly project schedules to
determine if the projects are on schedule and within the approved budget.
Manage the transition of the product from construction to operations.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: Self-starter highly motivated and goal oriented. Strong
analytical and problem solving skills. Effective organization, prioritization and time
management skills. Flexible and able to handle multiple projects and tasks
simultaneously. Accurate, detail oriented, dependable and punctual. Strong computer
and Internet skills. Knowledge of construction process. Ability and willingness to travel.
- Commercial Construction and Hotel Development
- -Mixed use, Office, Apartments, High-end Condominiums, Retail, Hotels, Parking
- Garages with extensive Site Development
- Preconstruction, Design, Risk, Budgets, Scopes of Work, Value Engineering,
Contract Negotiations, Vendor/Sub-Contractor Selection
Successes:
- Watergate Hotel: Historic Landmark Hotel
- Marriott Marquis Hotel: Largest Project:$536MM
- Ritz Carlton: Value engineering exercise which returned 5% in savings on $200MM
- Massachusetts Court Apartments doubled our fee through buy out
- Springfield, VA Metro Apartments finished 7 months ahead of schedule.
EXPERIENCE
2. David Biron, Development/Construction/Owners Rep. 2014-
The McIntyre Apartments, Washington, D.C.
A Historic Adaptive Reuse of an existing church and new construction
of a 49,000 square foot, 85 units of Terrace and Loft Apartments.
$25MM.
David Biron, Construction Manager/Owners Rep. 2014-2015
Watergate Hotel, Washington, D.C.
A Historic Landmark Hotel complete renovation of the exterior and interior of a
265,000 square foot, 5-star quality,348 guest rooms, renovated lobby,speciality
restaurant, roof top bar.$85MM.
2012-2014
Marriott Marquis Hotel, Washington, D.C.
A new full service, 1,261,861 square foot, 4 –star quality, and LEED Silver
Certified with all related and required facilities and amenities. Six complete
public food and beverage outlets containing 18,879 square feet. The project shall contain
one 30,082 square foot grand ballroom divisible into ten sections, two 10,791 square foot
junior ballrooms, each divisible into eight sections, 53 meeting rooms containing 51,257
square feet, four board rooms, a second floor event terrace and a rooftop terrace.
There shall be a 910 square foot retail shop and a 1,010 square foot business center along
with 84,353 square feet of public circulation, including lobby space, elevators and
escalators, pre-function and registration areas and an underground pedestrian connection
to the existing Washington DC Convention Center. The hotel shall contain public support
areas including 12,681 square feet of administration offices, 25,212 square feet of
kitchen, 4,781 square feet of employee facilities, and 212,220 square feet of
miscellaneous areas including one exterior and one underground loading dock connected
to the Convention Center’s loading dock facility. The 30,000 square foot open Atrium
space is covered by a massive skylight. The hotel shall fully restore and incorporate the
historic Plumber’s Union Building into the hotel. In addition, there shall be an
underground helix access ramp from Massachusetts Avenue to two below grade parking
levels containing 400 valet parking spaces. $536MM.
Priderock Capital Partners, LLC Senior Construction Manager 2011-2013
The Heritage Apartments, Silver Spring, Maryland
Nine stories, 210-unit, $50MM, below grade parking.
Historical renovation of a 12 units building and existing façade restoration built in
1927.
Brownfield site remediation.
Contract type: GMP
The Heritage at Fort Bragg Apartments, Spring Lake, North Carolina
Six buildings of parking garages/storage units and site work upgrades.
3. ISB Construction Consultants Senior Project Manager 2008-2011
-Euro K Street Properties, Washington D.C,
Used “design to a budget” approach to control cost, and develop project procedures to
improve team efficiency and quality. The 500,000 square foot, $150MM Class “A” office
building consists of 3 levels underground parking, certification LEEDS “Gold”.GSA
security level 2.
Contract type: At-Risk
-Retail Store/Fuel Stations, Columbia, SC
Built 2 $1MM, 4000-square foot retail store and fuel stations
Contract type: Lump Sum
-SIKH Temple, Columbia, SC
Built a Temple Religious Society of South Carolina
Contract type: Lump Sum
-Created Green Building guideline requirements as part of the USGBC LEED
Certification process
Contract type: At-Risk
East Banc, Inc Senior Project Executive 2005-2008
22nd
& M St N.W. Washington D.C
Design, pre-construction, preparation and maintaining of budgets and schedules of a ten
stories, 92-unit, $110MM high-end condominium, with below grade parking and retail.
Contract type: GMP
LCOR Incorporated Senior Construction Project Manager 2004 - 2005
Construction
-Andover House & Wilton House
Concept to closeout (project definition, master planning, programming, design, bidding,
construction, commissioning, and owner move-in).
Contract type: GMP
-Andover House Apartments, Washington D.C.
12-story, 171-unit luxury, $80MM high-rise apartment with below-grade parking
Contract type: GMP
-Wilton House Apartments, Merrifield Virginia Metro Rail Station.
Contract type: GMP
Pre-construction:
-The Westmoreland House Apartments, Washington, DC
371-unit apartment building
-Ballenger East, Alexandria, VA
149,845 GSF and West 127,557 GSF office buildings
4. Design and pre-construction
- Metro-rail station, White Flint, MD
Multi-phase, transit-oriented, mixed-use development including a 64,000 SF Harris
Teeter grocery store and a luxury 312 unit apartment building.
Clark Realty Builders, L.L.C., Project Executive 2000 - 2004
-Massachusetts Court Apartments, Washington D.C.
353-unit, $165MM high-rise apartment, composed of three connected towers, tied to
existing Historical Townhouse with underground parking.
Contract type: GMP
-Metro-rail station, Springfield, VA
357-unit, $162MM apartment complex, 240 garden style wood frame apartments and
107 units located in an eight-story concrete frame building with parking deck. The site
involved demolition of an existing industrial facility with extensive site work. The project
was completed seven months ahead of schedule.
Contract type: GMP
David Biron Senior Project Manager / Owner’s Representative 1993-2000
Hotel Development: East coast of the United States.
Hands on experience as a professional, planning site and building design with hands on
construction experience as a CM (planning site logistics, phasing plans, subcontracting,
schedules) to prevent disruption to owner operations.
Lott Constructors Inc. Senior Construction Project Manager 1988 – 1993
- Ritz Carlton Hotels, Tyson’s Corner, VA
Understand the perspective on controlling all aspects of project delivery. Solid technical
background and leadership abilities helped guide the design and construction effort
concentrating on delivering a high quality project on time and budget. On going Value
Engineering exercise which returned 5% in savings on $200 million.
Contract type: GMP
EDUCATION
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University of Maryland (College Park, MD)
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