Mike Sallese's experience
Senior Construction Consultant, O'Connell & Lawrence Inc., Clarksburg Fire Station Montgomery County Maryland
O'Connell and Lawrence, Inc. is a civil engineering firm that works for Government and Private owners, legal firms, and contractors throughout the United States. We provide construction scheduling review services to Government owners, primarily. We also provide claim preparation and claim defense services to owners, lawyers, and contractors.
As a Senior Construction Consultant, I perform schedule analysis of baseline and monthly update schedules for highway, bridge and other infrastructure projects, and make recomendations to the client for acceptance or rejection. I also highlight changes to the schedule and their impacts upon the schedule and ultimate completion. We must remeber that the schedule is a management tool for completing a project on time and to highlight the potential impact of issues that arise during the project duration.
I also perform reviews of Time Impact Analysis and claim defense for infrastructure claims and make recommendations to the client for settlement positions and supportable negotiating ranges.
I have prepared standardized baseline schedule and monthly update schedule review documents for company-wide use.
My clients have included the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration and the Maryland Transportation Authority, Montgomery County, Maryland, and the City of Baltimore.
I am certified as a Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) through AACE International (No. 386) since 11 January 2008 and until 11 January 2023.
I am, certified as a Scheduling Professional (SP) through PMI (No. 1241722) since 07 March 2009 and until 06 March 2024.
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Senior Scheduler, ARCADIS-US, City of Baltimore, PA, York County
I served as Senior Scheduler for Arcadis on a Water and Wastewater contract for the City of Baltimore, MD. Projects under this contract included $200 million plus contracts at the Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant and Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant, and various wastewater sewer replacement projects throughout the City. I performed initial and update schedule reviews, including cost and resource loaded schedules. I performed several Time Impact analyses for these projects.
I also performed schedule reviews for two (2) construction projects for a York County, PA recycling facility.
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Senior Construction Consultant, O'Connell & Lawrence, Delaware DOT, District of Columbia DOT, Maryland State Highway Administration District 3
I served as Senior Construction Consultant for O’Connell & Lawrence, Inc. I was responsible for the review of construction schedules for a number of on-going highway construction projects in Delaware, Maryland and the District of Columbia. I also performed time impact analysis and claim reviews as needed. I have also prepared conceptual schedules for highway reconstruction projects and review bridge rehabilitation projects.
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Senior Scheduler, Construction Dynamics Group / ARCADIS-US, Maryland Department of Transportation, University of MD Medical System
I served as a project manager for various projects beginning with a series of new construction and rehabilitation projects within an open hospital, preparation of conceptual schedules for highway projects, review of contractors’ schedules for owners, preparation of pollution control design and retrofit projects for coal-fired power plants, and QA/QC work on school system rehabilitation program. I also took part as the estimator/scheduler for numerous Value Engineering studies for highway, buildings and transportation projects throughout the United States.
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Project Manager, Cossentino Contracting Co., Anne Arundel Co. MD, Maryland DOT
I served as project manager for a utility/grading contractor. My projects included the construction of a roadway & recreation park project and an apartment complex utility and grading project as well as the construction of a park-n-ride lot for 1500 vehicles.
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Project Manager, Kibler Construction Co., Maryland DOT
I served as Project Manager for highway contractor, estimating projects, purchasing material, preparing subcontracts, correspondence with client, preparing initial and updating construction schedules, and preparing change orders.
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Inspector, Wallace Montgomery and Associates, MD SHA District 3
I worked as inspector, performing schedule reviews and claim analysis for MD SHA District 3 in District office. I also prepared draft responses to contractors for client's use.
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Construction Inspector & Office Engineer; Project Manager, KCI Technologies (Kidde Consultants), Anne Arundel Co. MD, City of Baltimore, Howard Co. MD, Maryland DOT, US Army Corps of Engineers; Military Facilities
I served as Construction Inspector and Office Engineer for $55 million highway and railroad facility reconstruction as part of I-95 project in Locust Point section of Baltimore, building highway on grade and bridge. Also inspected utility construction in Anne Arundel and Howard Cos. I was promoted to Project Manager in 1985, and oversaw inspection staff for infrastructure construction projects that included highway and bridges, utilities, military housing, airport runway extensions, and public park recreational facilities. I prepared construction schedules for various contractors on highway and building projects. As Project Manager, I was responsible for all project correpondence between client and contractor.
Performed claims analysis for MDOT on numerous projects in MD SHA Districts 3 and 6. Provided negotiating range and analysis report to support negotiations.
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Construction Inspector, Office Engineer, Alexander Potter & Associates / Camp Dresser & McKee, City of Baltimore
I served as Office Engineer and Construction Inspector on Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion program, worth $100 million plus. Program consisted of expansion of wastewater treatment facilioty to 70 mgd. Maintained field records for inspection and equipment documentation. Inspected offsite utility contract and onsite pile-driving operations.
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Junior Draftsman, Whitman Recquardt and Associates, Washington Metro
Worked as Junior Draftsman for Whitman, Recquardt and Associates in Baltimore, MD. Worked on subway, highway and utility documents. Also performed earthwork computations for section of Washington Metro line. Spent summer of 1974 on construction propject, auditing quantity payments.
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