Brian Andersen has over 25 years of experience in construction management, including managing projects for the Department of State in Afghanistan, Yemen, Nigeria, Iraq, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. He has managed all phases of construction projects from start to finish, including contract management, quality assurance, safety enforcement, security coordination, staff supervision, and project closeout. Andersen holds a Bachelor's degree in Building Construction and has received extensive job-related training. He has a Top Secret security clearance and several professional references.
1. Brian Andersen 7716 Dibble Ave NW Seattle WA 98117 (206) 414-3486 briandersen02@comcast.net
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WORK EXPERIENCE:
Michael Baker International August 2015 to Present
Construction Manager
Represent Overseas Building Operations of the Department of State as Construction Manager for Phase II
improvements and Physical Security Upgrades at Camp Alvarado and emergency repairs at Camp Sullivan,
Kabul, Afghanistan.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Contract management: Daily communication with contractor regarding progress, quality control, safety,
work hours, site access, status of shipping and customs clearance, and security. Review and approval of
pay requests, submittals, change requests.
Staff management: Coordination with staff engineers and support staff to ensure timely execution of
quality assurance inspections and evaluation of submittals.
Quality Assurance: Management of quality assurance and commissioning staff, scheduling inspections.
Safety: Enforcement of safety requirements by communication with contractor.
Security: Manage vetting and badging of Turkish and Afghan workers and housing of Turkish workers.
Scientific Research Corporation January 2014 to April 2015
Construction Manager
Represented Overseas Building Operations of the Department of State as Construction Manager for the new
office annex and staff diplomatic housing project at the US Embassy in Sana’a, Yemen.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Contract management: Daily communication with contractor regarding progress, quality control, safety,
work hours, site access, status of shipping and customs clearance, and security. Review and approval of
pay requests, submittals, change requests, access requests, safety and evacuation plans.
Staff management: Supervision of staff engineers and support staff to ensure timely execution of quality
assurance inspections, evaluation of submittals, preparation of independent government estimates,
evaluation of proposed changes, schedule review, review of pay applications, preparation of punch lists,
travel and housing arrangements, procurement requests, and submittal of requests for customs
exemptions.
Quality Assurance: Management of quality assurance and commissioning staff, scheduling inspections,
review and acceptance of corrective action plans and work in place.
Project closeout: Manage Commissioning Agent, including scheduling of final inspections,
commissioning, and training as well as scheduling time in country for commissioning agent. Review
and acceptance of closeout documents, including LEEDS documents, O&M manuals, As-Built
Drawings, and training records.
Safety: Enforcement of safety requirements by communication with contractor, education of OBO and
contractor representatives and removal of unsafe workers from site.
Security: Coordination with Site Security Manager to ensure security requirements were met and to
proactively address ongoing security concerns. Coordination with Embassy security forces to provide
access to Security Force Marines to the project while minimizing their impact to the contractor.
Procurement: Procurement of materials through Embassy General Services Office.
Coordination With Client: Communication with Embassy at Country Team and Emergency Action
Committee meetings when the Project Director was not available.
Emergency Planning and coordination: Coordinated the suspension of work and evacuation of the
Turkish contractor and American OBO staff.
2. Brian Andersen 7716 Dibble Ave NW Seattle WA 98117 (206) 414-3486 briandersen02@comcast.net
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WORK EXPERIENCE (continued):
STG, Inc. April 2011 to December 2013
Construction Manager
Represented Overseas Building Operations of the Department of State in the following positions:
Construction Manager for Consulate office building renovation and physical security upgrade at the US
Consulate in Lagos Nigeria.
Construction Manager for US State Department housing renovation in Lagos, Nigeria.
Acting Regional Project Director for projects throughout Iraq, and Project Director for East End
Housing and Prosperity projects in Baghdad, Iraq.
Construction Manager for emergency housing and electrical upgrade project in Peshawar, Pakistan,
Construction Manager on USAID renovation of the US Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Contract management: Coordination of design and evaluating the contractor’s proposed submittals and
substitutions with an architectural perspective for completeness. Reviewed design submittals for
compliance with the contract, compatibility with existing condition, and design of other contractors.
Wrote requests for proposals, and prepared independent government estimates.
Safety: Coordinated project safety issues with the Contractor and Post Occupational Safety and Health
Officer. Reviewed and accepted contractor’s safety plans and confirmed that their plan was followed.
Quality Assurance: Scheduled and performed inspections, managed the quality assurance staff, and
prepared punch lists.
Finance: Reviewed and approved monthly applications for payment. Prepared estimates and evaluated
contractor’s claims, reviewed ICASS and VAT billings, and monitored schedules.
Contract closeout: Coordinated final inspections, managed the commissioning agent, scheduled
commissioning, training and provided warranty support.
Air Placed Concrete Specialists, Inc. July 1998 to July 2010
General Manager
Responsibilities and Duties:
Estimating: Prepared estimates and bid structural shotcrete projects in the western US and British
Columbia, Canada.
Contract Management: Reviewed and approved all contracts, prepared monthly billings, scheduled
labor, materials, equipment, and coordinated the schedule with clients. Attended all construction
planning and coordination meetings.
Business Development: Developed business opportunities in Canada which involved bidding projects,
negotiating contracts and labor agreements, acquiring work permits for US employees, coordinating
transportation of equipment and employees across the border into Canada.
Office Management: Developed efficiencies in the corporation by converting estimating, scheduling,
job cost accounting, billings, and correspondence to computer systems. With these tools we developed
cost efficiencies which increased profits substantially.
Finance: Prepared project billings, reviewed supplier’s invoices, prepared estimates, job cost and
monthly cost accounting reports, and prepared and evaluated monthly cost vs revenue reports.
Safety: Prepared and submitted project specific safety plans and confirmed compliance with onsite
inspections as well as regular meetings with field Safety Manager.
3. Brian Andersen 7716 Dibble Ave NW Seattle WA 98117 (206) 414-3486 briandersen02@comcast.net
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WORK EXPERIENCE (continued):
Roosendaal Honcoop Construction October 1997 to May 1998
Superintendent
Supervised construction of an outlet mall expansion.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Supervision: Scheduled and supervised subcontractors, direct labor, coordinated weekly meetings with
project owner, architect, county representatives, and mall manager.
Quality Control: Reviewed and approved drawings, submittals, requests for information and design
clarifications. Performed quality control inspections of materials and work in place. Accepted work of
developed corrective action plan and supervised corrections.
Finance: Prepared progress billings and reviewed cost reports.
Safety: Prepared and insured compliance with safety plan, reviewed and accepted subcontractor safety
plans and performed regular safety inspections and meetings.
Rafn Company September 1996 to October 1997
Superintendent
Supervised construction of a luxury condominium project.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Supervision: Responsibilities included scheduling, supervising subcontractors, direct labor, organizing
weekly coordination meetings with owner, architect, subcontractor, and city representatives.
Site office management: Supervised site office staff, prepared daily reports, procurement, and inventory
control. Scheduling and coordinating quality control inspections, and implementing safety program.
Quality Control: Scheduled and performed quality control inspections with onsite staff, special
inspectors, city and state inspectors.
Safety: Implemented the corporate safety plan, conducted weekly safety meetings, and daily safety
inspections.
Udelhoven General Inc. June 1992 to September 1995
Superintendent
Supervised the construction of two schools, a small office building at a remote site in Alaska, and was
responsible for some smaller projects. All projects were from start to finish.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Supervision: Supervised subcontractors and direct labor, procurement of materials, chaired weekly
coordination meetings, and managed the field office staff.
Quality Control: Performed daily inspections of self-performed and subcontracted work, materials, and
directed correction of any deficient work. Scheduled special inspectors as well as city and state
inspectors and coordinated inspections by Architect and Engineers of Record.
Scheduling: Prepared and monitored project execution schedules.
Finance: Prepared original estimate for self-performed work and reviewed monthly cost reports.
Assisted with preparation of monthly applications for payment and reviewed with Architect and
Owner’s Representative.
Safety: Assigned and supervised onsite Safety Manager.
Project Closeout: Supervised completion of final punch list.
4. Brian Andersen 7716 Dibble Ave NW Seattle WA 98117 (206) 414-3486 briandersen02@comcast.net
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WORK EXPERIENCE (continued):
Roxbury Construction Corp. February 1989 to February1992
Estimator/Project Manager
Managed several projects from start to finish including, office building, dental clinic, dormitory, and
multifamily residential projects.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Estimating: Prepared estimates including quantity takeoffs, labor for materials and labor, pricing and
compilation of subcontractor’s bids.
Scheduling: Prepared project execution schedules for all ongoing projects and reviewed with each
Superintendent.
Finance: Reviewed monthly cost accounting reports, prepared monthly progress billings, and processed
change orders.
Contract Management: Communicated with owners, subcontractors, architects, and engineers, through
correspondence, job site meetings, submittals, request for proposals, design clarifications, and requests
for information.
EDUCATION:
University of Washington March 1988
Bachelor of Science in Building Construction
JOB RELATED TRAINING:
Types of Contracts PA-526 ProjNet Training SERE 100.1 Level A Code of
Conduct Training Course
Personally Identifiable Information Security Refresher Briefing PS800 Cyber Security Awareness
AT Level 1 Awareness Training
Afghan Familiarization
AWS Welding Fundamentals Diplomatic Security Foreign
Affairs Counter Threat Course
ISOPREP Operational Security Force Protection
Heat Injury Prevention Equal Opportunity/Prevention of
Sexual Harassment
General Orders
Suicide Prevention Trafficking in Persons Report Intelligence Information
Fraternization Policy Iraq Cultural Awareness Training
Overview and Tribalism
Information Assurance Awareness
Army Accident Avoidance Course
Supervisory Training Courses from Associated General Contractors and the OSHA 30 hour safety course.
Top Secret Security Clearance
5. Brian Andersen 7716 Dibble Ave NW Seattle WA 98117 (206) 414-3486 briandersen02@comcast.net
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REFERENCES:
Name Employer Title Phone Email
Joe Liston 360.424.4451
Ken Brown 360.826.5619
*James
Mothersbaugh
Watertectonics
Inc.
President 206.947.5922 Jim.Mothersbaugh@watertectonics.com
*Jim
Albertson
Department of
State Overseas
Building
Operations
Project
Executive
703-875.6319 AlbertsonJS@state.gov
*Rolf Lipton Department of
State Overseas
Building
Operations
Project Director LiptonRD@state.gov
*Eric Rumpf City of Seattle Project Manager 206-733-9051
206-475-8622
ericrumpf@yahoo.com
*Rick
McCaffery
Air Placed
Concrete
Specialists Inc.
Owner/President 425-486-6635
*Louise Dale PMA Commissioning
Agent
lhdale@mail.com
*Manny
Mendez
Department of
State Overseas
Building
Operations
Site Security
Manager
MendezM@state.gov
*Craig Wales Retired
Overseas
Building
Operations
Mechanical
Engineer
craigcwales@yahoo.com
(*) indicates professional reference