WILLIAM G. DIX New Milford, CT

 Executive with extensive experience managing and coordinating all aspects of projects. Proven ability to take projects from conceptual stage through close out and completion. Interact effectively with owners, design professionals, subcontractors and vendors to build and or deliver projects.

FLSmidth Minerals – Sorocaba, Brazil                                                              2007- present

Project Manager for this Denmark based multi-national company. Hired by the US office to manage the procurement process of $ 60 million of Brazilian bought equipment on a $100 million joint venture between the US and Brazilian offices. 

• Bi-lingual liaison between the US and Brazilian offices.
• Manage the request for information process between the vendors and the US based design team.
• Interact with the client on invoicing, scheduling and delivery of goods.
• Support the field based foreign nationals.   
• Report back to the US office on budget, procurement and delivery schedule.

RFR Realty - New York, NY                                                                             2005-2007

Sr. Project Manager with this Manhattan based developer. Brought in on a consulting basis to reorganize and manage an ongoing 48 story, $85 million project after the partnership between the owner and the Construction Partner dissolved. At this point, the project had experienced five different General Contractors. 

• Developed an operating budget, based on industry standard coding, after an extensive process of gathering existing data and the paid to date status of all the subcontractors and vendors. 
• Surveyed the project and established a completion matrix of all (74) apartments.
• Developed and maintained a completion schedule for the project.
• Successfully managed the construction while the building was being sold and the apartments occupied, while keeping the tension between residents and the trades to a minimum.
• Managed the project finances, approving and distributing the final $40 million of the construction budget.
• Delivered well finished apartments to the owners with a minimum of punch list items.

Pulte Homes - Jersey City, NJ                                                                                2003-2005

Sr. Project Manger, recruited by national home builder Pulte, to finish a mid-rise, seven story, 74 unit $22 million project they acquired that had been taken through the foundation stage and then allowed to sit for several years.

• Supervised remedial work to bring the foundation back to specification and additional pile driving and pile caps required to supplement suspect locations.
• Managed the in-house process of finalizing the floor plans for the building and coordinated same with the design professionals.
• Coordinated all aspects of the applied façade system, including window and door detail, insulation requirements, colors, logistics, crane placement and panel sequence.
• Initiated value engineering the electrical distribution plan for the apartments from a vertical to a horizontal design.  
• Coordinated the final civil engineering plan that included data from several engineers and two different survey standards with conflicting data.  
• Generated an operating budget for the project, established a bidders list, bid out and awarded all trade contracts.  

Trammell Crow Residential – Jersey City, NJ                                                        1999-2003   

Project Manager for this nation wide apartment developer.

Assumed role of owner’s representative on a partially completed, 324 unit, $54 million two building mid-rise complex.   

• Brought in after the project was started, managed the General Contractor and protected the owner’s interest as owner’s representative for the last $40 million spent on the project.
• Coordinated the RFI process and managed all other interaction between the General Contractor and the design professionals.
• Approved all bank draws submitted by the General Contractor.
• Personally inspected all phases of construction as well as managed all third party inspections. Insured the project was being built to the plans, specifications and appropriate codes.
• Acted as liaison between the General Contractor, municipal agencies and all utility companies.
• Walked each apartment prior to and during an acceptance inspection by the owner’s management representative. Managed the punch list process and turned over all apartments on schedule.    

As in house General Contractor, built a 105 unit, $22 million mid-rise luxury condominium. This waterfront project was Trammell Crow’s first venture into the for sale market. This project was built on very challenging site from a logistics perspective: a dead end street with water on two sides and a neighboring project being built on a third.

• Bid out and managed all trade contracts.

• Obtained all relevant permits with the Building Department and all other municipal agencies, as well as coordinating street and building layout with all utilities.

• Managed such diverse activities as dynamic compaction for the entire site and a 200 ft. driven pile, concrete and steel cantilever board walk at the water front.
• Helped the superintendents develop and manage delivery and crane pick schedules, as well as coordinating activities with the neighboring project.
• Introduced innovations and methods to overcome the site limitations, including the use of a barge mounted crane and partial completion of the building to allow for the construction of an interior courtyard and pool.
• Coordinated elevations and construction details between the integral poured in place concrete parking structure, the wood frame residential construction and the stone and brick façade.
• Interacted with the sales team to insure the extensive option packages were installed as ordered and delivered top end units to discerning buyers.

Previous positions and projects include:

Avalon Properties - Princeton, NJ                                                                                      

Project Manager for the New Jersey regional office of this east coast apartment developer. As in house General Contractor, built a 206 unit, $17 million apartment complex and finished a 504 unit, $70 million project  as the owner’s representative after the original General Contractor abandoned the project.

Makshaff Limited, Mawarid Construction – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia         

Project Manager for the construction of fast food stores, gas stations and labor camps. Managed maintenance for office buildings as well transportation, housing and logistics for 200 men.

Cutter Realty- Stamford. CT  

Project Manager for a marina re-habilitation and condominium project. 

Blosam General Contractors - Jacksonville, FL

Superintendent oversaw the construction of a 304 unit apartment project in Silver Springs, MD.

Browning Properties – Dallas, TX 

Superintendent oversaw the construction of a 216 unit apartment project in Tampa, FL

Mr. Dix began his career in construction in the early 70’s after attending university. He worked as an apprentice electrician, laborer, carpenter and crew foreman before becoming a superintendent and ultimately a project manager. He is adept with Microsoft Word, Excel and Project as well as Timberline project accounting. He speaks Portuguese in addition to his native English.