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Job Leads Be sure to check my updated list of open positions here. What's Going on in Classes CM 121: On Tuesday we will be discussing the cost of labor. On Thursday, we'll start talking about the cost of materials. Lab this week will include estimating footings. You will perform an estimate that includes a fully detailed estimate for the excavation and placement of concrete (that means takeoffs and detailed estimate of the MOLES) for the St. Francis High School Dining Hall. Once again, this is a big scope of work for a lab period, so eat a healthy lunch and get plenty of sleep the nigh before. CM124 Lab: Not sure. We'll all find out on Monday. But I think it's a good idea for you to bring your PPE to campus just in case. CM 126: PRESENTATIONS! We will start promptly at 1:30 and we have a lot to cover, so be on time! You will also be providing peer feedback to one-another. Presentations are scheduled for Monday and Wednesday. The order for each day will be revealed that day. In other words, show up.
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Job Leads Be sure to check my updated list of open positions here. What's Going on in Classes CM 121: On Tuesday we will be discussing how to determine the productivity of labor. This is a major focus of this class and will be on the first exam (guaranteed). On Thursday, we'll start talking about estimating concrete. Lab this week will include estimating sitework. You will perform an estimate for various sitework elements and means for determining costs (including doing a detailed estimate of the MOLES components, using past subcontractor quotes, and an estimating guide). We will also be starting to estimate our first real project, the St. Francis High School Dining Hall. That's right: it's about to get real. CM124 Lab: Gareth has a cool site lined up on Monday at Prairie City Road and Willard Drive in Folsom, but the site only works for Monday's section. So, if you're in Wednesday's section, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE you to attend the Monday lab section field trip. Bring proper PPE. If you cannot meet in Monday's section for the site visit, you will meet with me on Wednesday and do something much lamer. CM 126: Like the Navy SEALS say, "The only easy day was yesterday." This week is even more jam packed than last week. On Monday we will be talking contracts and subcontracts and many restrictions they impose or create, including "Buy American" clauses and utilization of local labor. We will also be discussing the St. Derek High School case so read it tonight. It was posted in SacCT and emailed to you on Friday. On Wednesday we will finish up contracts if necessary. We will also be discussing negotiating, a skill you will need to develop if you want to be successful in the construction industry. If that's not enough, we will also be discussing another case study that I will post on Monday. Get ready because we're about to go turbo. CM Department News
Job Leads Be sure to check my updated list of open positions here. Also, send me an invitation to connect to you at LinkedIn if you have a profile and I'll add you to my list. Until then, here's the most recent job postings: Teichert (NEW! Posted 9/14/14): From Joe Bean, Teichert's hiring guru and a good friend of the CM Department: "Teichert is looking for a strong player to help out on the Superintendent side. Do you know of any students that may be interested in an opportunity?" If interested, contact Joe at JBean@teichert.com or at 916.645.4840 (office) or 916.296.5344. ***Career Center Career Fair September 24 from 10:00 to 2:00. More info here. Axis Construction (Posted 9/11/14): Looking for entry level construction consultant. For more info on the position, click here. For more on Axis Construction, click here. If interested in the position, e-mail your resume and cover letter to: danielle@axisconsults.com Performance Contracting Inc. (Posted 9/9/14): Info session on October 28 and interviews on October 29. Looking for interns and full-timers (for those graduating in May 2015). If interested, send an e-mail to michelle.weakley@pcg.com Clark Construction Group (Posted 9/9/14): Interviews on October 14 for interns and full-timers. Interested candidates can bring their resumes to the info session in the evening of October 13, 2014. The Build Group (Posted 9/9/14): On campus for interviews on October 7. It looks like they're interested in interviewing for full-time positions for May 2015. SUNworks (Posted 9/9/14): Looking for a full-time junior project manager. Contact dpeek@yoursunworks.com for more info. This position pays $16-18 (negotiable) What's Going on in Classes CM 121: On Tuesday we will be discussing how to determine the productivity of equipment (important for determining the duration and cost of equipment). On Thursday, we'll start talking about site work. Lab this week will include determining the most effective methods for concrete placement for the S.O.G. and walls you performed QTOs on last week. CM124 Lab: I think we're going on a site visit to McKinley Village. Gareth will give more details on Monday, but be prepared for a site visit (boots, PPE and the tools for taking notes). CM 126: A busy but awesome week. On Monday we're going to cram delivery methods and contracts into a single lecture period, so be prepared to cover a ton of material. On Wednesday, Andy Kirby, a PX with C.W. Driver will be making a guest lecture. I'm not sure what the topic is yet, but Andy did an awesome job last year, so I assume this year will be just as good, if not better. Andy in the past has showed interest in hiring from Sac State, so this is a good chance for you to learn more about C.W. Driver. CM Department News
It's surprisingly quiet. Must mean that finals are coming... Job Leads For those actively looking for jobs, check out this follow-up post on leveling job offers. Still a few companies looking for interns: Horizon Glass (NEW!): Junior Construction Management class to start up in a Project Management / Jr. Estimating position in a commercial glazing company in West Sacramento. Michelle Klein (P) 916-373-9900 ext. 109 (F) 916-373-9930 (C) 916-612-8820 (E) michelle@horizonglass.com Flint Builders: The position is part-time and starts immediately, and is based in our Roseville office, working remotely for a jobsite near Arcata. For more info, contact: Megan Actkinson, Marketing Coordinator, LEED BD+C Flint Builders 401 Derek Place, Roseville CA 95678 l (916) 757-1000 office l (916) 825-2388 mobile l www.flintbuilders.com Director of Field Operations: This position is for a more experienced person looking to for something not strictly construction management. I have a former student that is the VP of Operations at Sungevity. Sungevity, a residential solar sales and installation program looking for Director of Field Ops to oversee our installation and service operations. Solar installs closely mirror construction in how it requires multiple phases, permits, roof construction. Let me know if you are interested or know someone who is. Capital Commercial Flooring Inc.: CCF is a commercial flooring company based in Sacramento with annual sales over $10 million with over 50 installers. They are looking for an intern to help with submittals, LEED information, safety, takeoffs/estimating, writing proposals purchasing materials and scheduling. This is a great opportunity to work with a specialty subcontractor and you will experience many aspect of managing construction work. If interested, contact me. What's Going on In Classes It's about to get bananas. This is out last full week before Thanksgiving. CM 121: Goodyear is due this week. Submit your estimate electronically by the end of your respective lab period. See SacCT for more details. In lecture, we will be talking about estimating subcontractor work (Tuesday) and the estimating process (Thursday). Lab will be allocated to working on McKinley Park. CM 124: We'll basically be working on the final project. Gareth posted info on SacCT. CM 126: Monday's presentations will be the trio of Neil Devlin, Edgar Fuerte, and Kyle Simonini. Read the case study and ask questions as appropriate. Wednesday's presentations will be Rob Clark and Dan Millan. We will also be discussing Case 7 (Rattlesnake Rd), which is due Wednesday morning (see SacCT for details). As a heads up, we will be having four presentations on Monday, November 25 (Efrain Ramirez, Arturo Marin, Mark Dantes, and Jason Miller). We will also be having a quiz that day. There's no class on Wednesday Nov. 27. The following week, we will have two guest lectures from industry: C.W. Driver on Technology and Swinerton is bringing two Superintendents to talk to you about running projects. I'm looking forward to both. There will be questions on the final based on both guest lectures. You've been warned. CM Department News
Go Sac State CM DBIA Team! Beat Auburn and Colorado State! Job Leads Still hectic on the job front. Have I ever reminded you that the quality of the job offers you receive once you graduate depend on whether or not you had an internship? It's true. Firms Hiring CM Grads Coming to Campus: hiring season is still in full effect. For more info on interviews at Sac State, click here. A summary of upcoming campus visits is below:
Horizon Glass (NEW!): Junior Construction Management class to start up in a Project Management / Jr. Estimating position in a commercial glazing company in West Sacramento. Michelle Klein (P) 916-373-9900 ext. 109 (F) 916-373-9930 (C) 916-612-8820 (E) michelle@horizonglass.com Flint Builders: The position is part-time and starts immediately, and is based in our Roseville office, working remotely for a jobsite near Arcata. For more info, contact: Megan Actkinson, Marketing Coordinator, LEED BD+C Flint Builders 401 Derek Place, Roseville CA 95678 l (916) 757-1000 office l (916) 825-2388 mobile l www.flintbuilders.com Overaa: full description below, but Overaa is also looking for interns locally. Maggie White | Director- Human Resources/Training | maggiew@overaa.com C. Overaa & Co. | 200 Parr Boulevard| Richmond| CA| 94801 Office: 510-234-0926 | Direct: 510-231-5511 | Fax: 510-237-2435 |www.overaa.com Steve P. Rados: This just came hot off the presses from Sac State alum Russell "Big Cat" Bonnifield. Rados, a heavy civil company, is looking for interns. For more info on Rados, click here. Send resumes to Russell at rbonnifield@radoscompanies.com. You gotta love the Sac State CM network! Director of Field Operations: This position is for a more experienced person looking to for something not strictly construction management. I have a former student that is the VP of Operations at Sungevity. Sungevity, a residential solar sales and installation program looking for Director of Field Ops to oversee our installation and service operations. Solar installs closely mirror construction in how it requires multiple phases, permits, roof construction. Let me know if you are interested or know someone who is. Capital Commercial Flooring Inc.: CCF is a commercial flooring company based in Sacramento with annual sales over $10 million with over 50 installers. They are looking for an intern to help with submittals, LEED information, safety, takeoffs/estimating, writing proposals purchasing materials and scheduling. This is a great opportunity to work with a specialty subcontractor and you will experience many aspect of managing construction work. If interested, contact me. What's Going on In Classes Laptop is still in the shop, but world domination cannot stop due to technical difficulties. Sac State CM perseveres. At least it does in my classes... CM 121: Yo, check this out: I graded the Concrete SOG/Wall lab! Only took 2 months (a new record). This week we'll discuss progress on Goodyear. We'll also cover interior work for Goodyear (partitions, ceilings). In lecture we'll talk about finishes and maybe some MEP if I'm feeling aggressive. After this week, we may deviate from the original schedule and launch into McKinley Park Tennis Courts early. CM 124: Not sure what's going on. Actually, that's a lie, Gareth and I talked about it. But I'm going to let him break the news. CM 126: Monday's presentations will be will be courtesy of Ryan Malli and Mike Zenk. Wednesday is courtesy of Josias Nadal a and George Karavan. Aside from their presentations, Monday's class will finish up our condo on project risks. By Wednesday, I hope to revive the case studies and get you another one. I think I promised this last week as well. I'm blaming this week on standard time... For those of you not keeping score, the semester is half way over. Now come the fun half of the semester.
CM Department News Make sure you RSVP for the Fall Student Welcome. You should have done so by last Friday, but if you haven't done so and still want to go, get on it ASAP. You should have received an invite from SCMEF. The RSVP info was with that email invitation. Also, wish Alyssa Zayas, Neil Devlin, Nick Staykow and Javier Mederos luck in the national DBIA competition. Once again, Sac State gets to play David to Auburn and Colorado State's Goliath. Go kick their butts! Job Leads Still a ton of activity on the job leads front. A lot of these jobs are for interns. The best way to get your dream job upon leaving Sac State is to have real industry experience on your resume. There are several opportunities below to get that experience. Horizon Glass (NEW!): here are excepts from an e-mail sent to me and Mike Anderson: We [are] very excited about the prospect of hiring one/two of your Junior Construction Management class to start up in a Project Management / Jr. Estimating position in our commercial glazing company here in West Sacramento. We have been in business over 30 years and are looking for new talent in this area. We would like to get more information from you as to how this would work and a list of prospects that are in their Junior year within your construction management program. Please contact me directly with any questions you might have and any paperwork that we may have to fill out with your program to get this rolling. Michelle Klein (P) 916-373-9900 ext. 109 (F) 916-373-9930 (C) 916-612-8820 (E) michelle@horizonglass.com Flint Builders: The position is part-time and starts immediately, and is based in our Roseville office, working remotely for a jobsite near Arcata. For more info, contact: Megan Actkinson, Marketing Coordinator, LEED BD+C Flint Builders 401 Derek Place, Roseville CA 95678 l (916) 757-1000 office l (916) 825-2388 mobile l www.flintbuilders.com Overaa: full description below, but Overaa is also looking for interns locally. An exciting opportunity to join one of the largest Construction companies in the Bay Area. Ranked # 226 in the ENR TOP 400. Overaa Construction is one of the nation’s top ranked firms, and has been in business for 106 years. Why work for us?
Maggie White | Director- Human Resources/Training | maggiew@overaa.com C. Overaa & Co. | 200 Parr Boulevard| Richmond| CA| 94801 Office: 510-234-0926 | Direct: 510-231-5511 | Fax: 510-237-2435 |www.overaa.com Steve P. Rados: This just came hot off the presses from Sac State alum Russell "Big Cat" Bonnifield. Rados, a heavy civil company, is looking for interns. For more info on Rados, click here. Send resumes to Russell at rbonnifield@radoscompanies.com. You gotta love the Sac State CM network! Director of Field Operations: This position is for a more experienced person looking to for something not strictly construction management. I have a former student that is the VP of Operations at Sungevity. Sungevity, a residential solar sales and installation program looking for Director of Field Ops to oversee our installation and service operations. Solar installs closely mirror construction in how it requires multiple phases, permits, roof construction. Let me know if you are interested or know someone who is. Capital Commercial Flooring Inc.: CCF is a commercial flooring company based in Sacramento with annual sales over $10 million with over 50 installers. They are looking for an intern to help with submittals, LEED information, safety, takeoffs/estimating, writing proposals purchasing materials and scheduling. This is a great opportunity to work with a specialty subcontractor and you will experience many aspect of managing construction work. If interested, contact me. What's Going on In Classes I hate bs "the dog ate my homework" style excuses, but I need to use one. My laptop is still being worked on by IT (since last Wednesday), so things are going to move slowly for a few days. I sincerely hope it's ready on Monday, but if not, bear with me. All of my class-related files are on it. CM 121: We will review the midterm on Tuesday and discuss estimating wood framing on Thursday. We will begin estimating wood framing this week in lab. I sincerely hope to get feedback back to you this week regarding labs... CM 124: We have a site visit to an Overaa project (water treatment plant). Not sure if we're going to the site next to campus or closer to downtown, but Gareth will have more info. One thing that we ask is that you WEAR A WHITE HARD HAT on the site visit. Actually, Gareth and I aren't asking, Overaa is. If you have a white hard hat, then great, wear it. If you have an extra white hard hat, bring it for a homie in you lab section. CM 126: Monday's presentations will be will be courtesy of Matt Davidson and Josh Sheneman. Wednesday is a Angel Santa Cruz and Preston Tziouvaras production. Aside from their presentations, Monday's class is up in the air due to my computer issues. By Wednesday, I hope to revive the case studies and get you another one. Stay tuned. I apologize for the brevity of this post, but things have been a bit hectic this weekend.
CM Department News In case you're living under a rock, the Sac State CM Healthcare team went to Chicago and put a beating on some pretty large schools. For more, click here. Job Leads Check out the list from last week's post--those jobs are still open. If you sent me an e-mail about interest in any of those jobs, follow up with me (I'm buried in unread e-mail messages). The only new job to report is... Flint Builders: The position is part-time and starts immediately, and is based in our Roseville office, working remotely for a jobsite near Arcata. For more info, contact: Megan Actkinson, Marketing Coordinator, LEED BD+C Flint Builders 401 Derek Place, Roseville CA 95678 l (916) 757-1000 office l (916) 825-2388 mobile l www.flintbuilders.com What's Going On in Classes CM 121: Exam on Tuesday! EXAM ON TUESDAY!!! Structural steel and miscellaneous metals on Thursday. Not exactly sure about lab this week. I may call an audible so that we can condense masonry and structural steel together. CM 124: Site visit to the railyards project. Gareth will have details. CM 126: Monday's presentations will be from Alex Campbell (JIT deliveries) and Kristian Lyssand (superintendent-site logistics). Wednesday's presentations will be Alyssa Zayas (managing DFH subs) and Chris Harrington (ordering and tracking). I'm falling way behind in terms of developing cases, so there won't be one this week. I hope to resume them next week. I will fill in the gaps with some lecture material. CM Department News
This week, I get the honor of joining Alyssa Zayas, Kim Braga, Mark Oliveira, Nate Boyer, Rob Clark and Preston Tziouvaras (I spelled that without looking it up, a first for me) to Chicago for the ASC Region 3 Healthcare competition. The team has been working tirelessly to prepare for the competition in a tradition that's customary to Sac State CM. In case you didn't hear, another Sac State CM team, consisting of Alyssa, Nick Staykow, Javier Mederos and Neil Devlin won the Western Pacific Division of the DBIA competition. They're off in a few weeks to compete for the national championship. Sac State CM is already a western powerhouse. Soon, we'll be a national powerhouse. That benefits all of us. Wish both teams luck! Job Leads Overaa: Overaa is looking for interns for the Water Treatment Plant that is right next to Sac State (probably the easiest commute you'll ever have). For more on Overaa, click here. For more on the position, talk to me or Mike Anderson. Firms Hiring CM Grads Coming to Campus: hiring season is still in full effect. For more info on interviews at Sac State, click here. A summary of upcoming campus visits is below:
Steve P. Rados: This just came hot off the presses from Sac State alum Russell "Big Cat" Bonnifield. Rados, a heavy civil company, is looking for interns. For more info on Rados, click here. Send resumes to Russell at rbonnifield@radoscompanies.com. You gotta love the Sac State CM network! Director of Field Operations: This position is for a more experienced person looking to for something not strictly construction management. I have a former student that is the VP of Operations at Sungevity. Sungevity, a residential solar sales and installation program looking for Director of Field Ops to oversee our installation and service operations. Solar installs closely mirror construction in how it requires multiple phases, permits, roof construction. Let me know if you are interested or know someone who is. Capital Commercial Flooring Inc.: CCF is a commercial flooring company based in Sacramento with annual sales over $10 million with over 50 installers. They are looking for an intern to help with submittals, LEED information, safety, takeoffs/estimating, writing proposals purchasing materials and scheduling. This is a great opportunity to work with a specialty subcontractor and you will experience many aspect of managing construction work. If interested, contact me. What's Going On In Classes CM 121: This week, you're free of me. That said, there's a lot to do. I have posted an assignment to SacCT. It's a spreadsheet that I want you to fill out with estimate data from Goodyear. MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS. It's due for both lab section on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. When you're done with the lab assignment, start studying for the exam on October 22. CM 126: We only have class on Monday. Our presenters are Nik Brenich and Vitaliy Leshchik. I will round out the rest of the class with some of the most valuable information you will ever learn. Either that or I'll rant about how much I hate the Red Sox. Either way, you'll be entertained. Job Leads
Overaa: Overaa is looking for interns for the Water Treatment Plant that is right next to Sac State (probably the easiest commute you'll ever have). For more on Overaa, click here. For more on the position, talk to me or Mike Anderson. Firms Hiring CM Grads Coming to Campus: from Cici Mattuzi, the following firms are coming to campus. Time to get those resumes looking spiffy. For more info, click here. A summary of the campus visits is below:
Steve P. Rados: This just came hot off the presses from Sac State alum Russell "Big Cat" Bonnifield. Rados, a heavy civil company, is looking for interns. For more info on Rados, click here. Send resumes to Russell at rbonnifield@radoscompanies.com. You gotta love the Sac State CM network! Construction Assistant: This position is for a local building developer that also acts as a general contractor. If you're interested in learning both sides of building (owner and contractor), come see me. This is a unique position and I'm trying to fill this position for a friend. It's a great opportunity for someone with the right fit. What's Going On In Classes CM 121: BRING YOUR GOODYEAR PLANS TO CLASS AND LAB. This week, we be covering the cost of materials in Tuesday's lecture and estimating concrete in Thursday's lecture. In lab we will be estimating the cost of select site utilities for Goodyear. CM 126: Slight deviation from the syllabus. I will not be assigning a case for Monday or on Monday. I will assign one on Wednesday that will be due the following week. In other words, Case #5 will be assigned on Wednesday, Oct. 2 and will be due on Oct. 9. I'm going to slow the pace of cases until I can get caught up on grading. Assignments associated with Case #3 and Case #4 are due this week (Monday and Wednesday respectively). See SacCT for details. Lastly, Monday's student presentations are by Nick Staykow and Mohamed Shammet. Wednesday's are Manuel Moya and Jeremiah Thixton. General News
School has been in session for a few weeks, so it's time to restart the "For CM Students" section of this webpage. I do this to make sure we're all on the same page. It's simply a run down of the things coming up. I hope it helps. CM News and Events Reno Applications Due: They should have been turned in on Friday. If you haven't submitted one (and want to), do so ASAP! SRBX Scholarship Applications Due: They are due Monday. This is really a reminder for those that have started their applications. If you haven't started yet, you probably should bother. If you have, good luck! Job Leads Overaa: Overaa is looking for interns for the Water Treatment Plant that is right next to Sac State (probably the easiest commute you'll ever have). For more on Overaa, click here. For more on the position, talk to me or Mike Anderson. Safework: Safework, an agency CM firm, is looking for an intern looking to provide administrative support for their CM operations. According to Amy Day, Safeway's Director of Business Development, they are looking for someone to work 10-15 flexible hours per week in their office. The duties include invoice preparation, proposal support, client database development, and recruitment database development. According to Amy, it's a casual office and a great opportunity to learn about construction management. For basic info on Safework, click here. For more info on the job or to apply, see me or contact Amy directly at: Amy Day | Director, Business Development | 1104 Corporate Way | Sacramento, CA 95831 T 916 361 7900 | M 916 475 5023| F 916 361 8400 Construction Inspection | Construction Management Support | Safety and Risk Management LOS ANGELES | NEW YORK | SACRAMENTO | SAN FRANCISCO Firms Hiring CM Grads Coming to Campus: from Cici Mattuzi, the following firms are coming to campus. Time to get those resumes looking spiffy. For more info, click here. A summary of the campus visits is below:
Construction Assistant: This position is for a local building developer that also acts as a general contractor. If you're interested in learning both sides of building (owner and contractor), come see me. This is a unique position and I'm trying to fill this position for a friend. It's a great opportunity for someone with the right fit. What's Going On In Classes CM 121: BRING YOUR GOODYEAR PLANS TO CLASS AND LAB. We will be estimating portions of Goodyear for the next several weeks. We will also discuss parts of it during the lecture. Specifically this week, we be covering Earthwork in Tuesday's lecture and Site Utilities in Thursday's lecture. In lab we will be estimating the cost of select earth moving operations for Goodyear. CM 126: We will be covering two cases this week: 1) Case #3 - Scope Coverage and 2) Case #4 - Site Contamination. I apologize for the late-minute posting of Case #3. Be sure to complete the quiz associated with Case #3. I'll try to post Case #4 by Tuesday. Assignments associated with Case #1 and Case #2 are due this week (Monday and Wednesday respectively). See SacCT for details. Lastly, Monday's student presentations are by Kurt Young and Thang Nguyen. Wednesday's are Steven Sleek and Dane McDonald. |
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