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Adonis E. Nelson
2865 Carlton Drive • Woodridge, IL
60114
Cell: (630) 856-70650 • E-mail: adonisnelson1@comcast.net
Landscape & Site-Construction Estimator
Estimator • Project Manager • Landscape
Consulting & Construction
Soil Erosion Control • Wetlands Preservation
• Retaining Walls
Green Roofs • Public Works •
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Accomplished, take-charge
project manager with extensive experience in landscape construction, land
development, and construction of large public works projects.
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Highly effective as both an estimator
and field project manager. Able to grasp abstract design ideas and develop
realistic plans.
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Collegial manager who focuses
on solutions instead of problems.
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Takes full accountability and ownership
on every assignment. Continually reviews quality and improves work-in-progress.
Started career with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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Stays on top of industry
trends. Leverages personal research and extensive knowledge of landscape
architecture.
WINGREN LANDSCAPE, Romeoville , IL
Well established, regional
landscaping company. Approximately $15M annual billings.
Senior Project
Manager/Estimator/Trainer
Manages work both in the office
and out in the field. Focuses on making sure that clients are satisfied with
job progress and quality. Control costs and hours by closely monitoring crews
and materials. Tasks include the following:
Project management, client consultation,
contract management, order entry, change orders, and up-selling on existing
projects.
Electronic take-off, estimating,
and cost cutting.
Coordinating, training, and
leading employees in current best-practices for project management and
documentation of contracts, projects and project books.
Oversee continuing education,
quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC).
Prepare proposals from
blue-prints, review contracts, evaluate change orders, and conduct on-site
troubleshooting.
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Taught staff how to read civil
plans and bid on prevailing-wage jobs.
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Corrected Heavy Bid software-estimating
program to more accurately reflect costs. Using corrected software, sales
proposals increased approximately $2M for the first year
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Taught employees to recognize
the necessity for a change order to control project scope; taught project
management skills to colleagues.
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Personally achieved
approximately $2.5M in sales and estimated approximately $25 million in proposals.
Managed one graphic designer/estimator; supported two salesmen.
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Project managed numerous jobs
and all came in under budget.
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Consistently brought in
additional revenue by up-selling project enhancements – over and above the
contract.
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Sold Abraham Lincoln
National Cemetery
KOVILIC CONSTRUCTION CO, Franklin Park , IL 2006–
2007
General Contractor, $5M in
sales, 30 employees
Estimator, Project Manager/Auto
CAD
Brought on board to make the
company more competitive by automating estimating process (company had been
preparing estimates manually).
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Introduced new software for “onscreen
takeoff” that completed the process much faster. Further accelerated process by
linking estimating software to the accounting system.
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Introduced Expedition (project
mgmt software), and issued on-line laptops to PMs working on-site. Improved
communications, estimating accuracy and speed – enabled PMs to send email,
project updates, clarifications, RFIs, and quotes right from the job sites.
NELSON GROUP & NELSON
MIDWEST LTD, Woodridge, IL 1983–2006
Family owned landscape-construction
businesses: Nelson Group (1983–2003, Sandwich, IL) and Nelson Midwest (2003 –
2006, Woodridge, IL). Approx. $1M annual sales and 5 employees.
President | Operations | Estimator
& Project Manager
Acted as Estimator
and Project Manager. Tracked profit-and-loss using Quick Books
Pro-Construction. Advised clients on product specification and ordering,
managed work on-site, and prepared documents for final bid on construction
jobs. Focused on customer service and customer relations. Managed projects
including: Electronic take-off and estimating, scheduling and supervision of
employees, equipment maintenance, purchasing, AR, AP, and permits.
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Achieved sales success in
highly competitive market by controlling labor costs and using automation,
better equipment, and PM software to manage jobs. Beat competitors who bid jobs
based on low budget and marginally skilled employees.
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Focused business on public
works (schools, parks, forest preserves, county buildings). Won new business
via referrals from satisfied clients. Also networked effectively with all landscape
architects in the region.
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Built a complex natural
retaining wall in Waukegan
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Built a retaining wall for
Geneva Park District, a six-month project. Won job based on engineering
expertise and consultative selling with county engineers
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Built limestone fishing piers for
five lakes in DuPage
County
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Built a stone retaining-wall
amphitheater in Cicero , IL
Industry: Certified Retaining Wall Installer (NCMA); computerized estimating;
troubleshooting; administration. Experienced with skid steer, dozers, tractors,
excavators. Experience in soil-erosion control, pavers, wetlands construction,
park building, playgrounds, ball fields, rip-rap, retaining walls, green roofs,
and retention ponds; Additional project-management experience with the Army
Corp of Engineers.
Technical: HeavyBid, AutoCAD, Site Works, Adobe Illustrator, MS Word, MS
Excel, QuickBooks Pro Contractor, Adobe 9, On Screen Take-off.
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