Demonstrating Leadership and Safety Excellence
Dive into the diverse range of successful projects and discover the leadership guidance and safety mentorship I offer. Ensuring safety compliance and safety standards is paramount to my operations. Whether you're seeking leadership guidance or mentorship, my proven expertise is at your disposal. Contact me today to discuss how I can bring my expertise to your next project, ensuring safety and success every step of the way.
Projects
I-70 Widening Design-Build Project, CO
Lead Field Safety Manager, C-70 Project, Colorado Department of Transportation, Denver, CO, $1.3B (May 2018-2021)
The C-70 Project is a 22 mi. highway widening of interstate 70 on the north side of the city of Denver. The construction will add a new express lane in both directions, remove a 57-year-old viaduct in which this section will be lowered with a 4-acre park over a portion of this lowered section. The project includes reconstruction or construction 21 bridges that includes 3 railroad bridges (UPRR, BNSF, DRIR). There is over 500,000 tons of new asphalt placement, over 3000 drilled shafts and several 1000’s of linear feet in underground piping. This is a job that is highly watched by the Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) to make sure the noise and dust control are at the agreed upon allowable levels that will be due to extensive demo and excavation taken upon by the project. I was the Lead Field Safety Manager for this project. My daily duties involve making sure all craft is trained and properly knowledgeable on their task as well as involved with the operations making sure that that we are exceeding or at least meeting our expectations of our safety culture at Kiewit. This also includes safety audits, recognition, project support as well as safety oversight of the sub-contractors.
TH-53 Moosejaw Project, MN
Lead Safety Manager, Trunk Highway 53, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Virginia, MN, $159M (November 2015-February 2017)
This project was to relocate Highway 53 between Eveleth and Virginia in the United Taconite mine area. The project was on an accelerated schedule and involved constructing approximately three miles of a new four-lane highway, a 1,100-ft. long bridge 210-ft in the air across the Rouchleau iron ore mining pit, a new interchange at Highway 53/Highway135, and relocating utilities and trails.
As the Lead Safety Manager for this project, I developed, implemented, and managed the project’s safety program. His duties include but are not limited to the following: Kiewit lead of Minnesota OSHA Partnership, managing direct reports, safety training, Work Plan development and review, hazard analysis development and review, underground utility, and lockout tagout training, crane safety audits, project safety audits and safety incident management. This job won the Best of the Best for Safety on a Project with more than 500,000MH without a recordable -by ENR magazine
I-25 North Expansion Project
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Highway 34, CO
Lead Safety Manager, Big Thompson US 34 Permanent Flood Replacement, Colorado Department of Transportation, Loveland, CO, $215M (February 2017 – May 2018)
The project repaired the severe damage caused to US34 during the flood of 2013. Major items included installing culverts and a bridge to protect the roadway from future overtopping during flood events and reconstructing the pavement to the current 70 MPH design speed. In addition, the project reconstructed the super elevation of the curves to the current design standard of 6% max and construct turn lanes and the intersection with 34D to the current design standard. My duties included performing safety inspections, conducting safety training, work plan development and review, leading safety meetings, and performing craft safety interviews. Additionally, I mentored a junior safety manager to instill Kiewit’s best safety practices. That same safety manager is now Lead Safety manager for a Denver Metro water project in Golden, CO. I helped in leading the team to receive an Associated General Contractors (AGC) Safety Award and Best of the Best award for overall Infrastructure project by ENR magazine.