Addemup Corp.

STEVEN A. RATNER

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT / PROJECT SUPERVISION / PROCESS ENGINEER
SENIOR PROJECT ESTIMATOR / PLANT MANAGEMENT

Successful Commercial, Industrial, Governmental and Residential Experience
Contributing Team Member with Growth, Profits and Exceptional Quality

Construction Industry – Self driven with extensive and diversified experience of 20 plus years: including millions of square feet in construction management, supervision and estimating; from small to large scale projects; residential, commercial, tenant build-outs, industrial and VA Hospitals. Complete project estimating of multi-family and multi-million dollar single family residences ranging from production units through custom villas. Designed and directed all option upgrade and purchasing processes to control construction schedules. Have a professional reputation for focusing on quality and employee enthusiasm through sound leadership and engineering practices resulting in increased profits. Designed estimating spread sheets, formatted job cost controls, negotiated and tracked materials and labor cost to increase overall profits.

Operational & Management Experience
Managed and developed construction business for successful commercial & residential projects.  Directed and or preformed operations including estimating, bidding, contract negotiation, administration, quality control, scheduling, and labor relations. Secured key vendor partnerships and ensure optimum output/productivity, meeting and/or exceeding project requirements. Set up and maintained computers, payroll, taxes, bonding, corporate accounting & finance. Consistently improved safety standards to meet or exceed OSHA and other regulatory compliance standards.

Manufacturing Experience: 10 years of hands on and total plant management for production manufacturing which included production, custom millwork and auto assembly plant. Projects were shipped and or installed nationally and internationally. Responsible for the quality of all outer panel assemblies from stamping the process to assembling vehicles for Mitsubishi Motors as well as maintaining robotic equipment and line cycle time. Body shop leader for new model readiness including equipment confirmation buy out approval’s in Japan. Lead Outer Panel area in ISO 9000 – 9001 setup and confirmation.

OSHA – 30 Hour Construction Industry Training
Certified Florida General Contractor
Bachelor in Science - Construction Management - Florida International University
College of Engineering and Applied Science
Associate in Arts - Building Construction – Miami Dade Community College

• Managed construction contracts for multifamily and single family residences. (1,200 units in 2005)
• Managed metal framing, drywall and stucco for approximately 900 units in 2006 with sales around 30 million.
• Successfully negotiated contracts with Fortune 500 companies such as Sheraton Hotels, Swire Properties, Prudential Securities, Dean Witter Reynolds and Turner Construction.
• Successfully negotiated several million dollar projects with insurance companies after Hurricane Andrew.
• Averaged 18% profits while delivering all projects on time with outstanding quality.
• Built several custom homes in the $350,000 to $900,000 range in Miami, Coral Gables & the Florida Keys.
• Managed million dollar tenant build-out of Commodore Cruise Lines 30,000 s.f. in 12 weeks with 23% profit.
• Leader of Body Shop’s scrap reduction plan averaging of $400,000 per year savings.
• Developed and managed multi-level Body Shop’s yearly budget of $ 10 million.
• Reduced Workmen’s Comp claims by 30% by ergonomically redesigning work stations.
• Managed ISO 9000 & 9001 for all outer-panel assemble lines.
• Gained the reputation “If it wasn’t built on time, it wasn’t built by Ratner”.

American Contractor, Auto CAD, Builders MT, Business Works, Excel, Word, Access, Fast Track Scheduling, Front Page, Peach Tree Accounting, Microsoft Project, Power Point, Punch Home Design AS3000, Quick Books Premier Contractors Edition, Timberline with RS Means, On Center Takeoff & PlanSwift Estimating

• Addemup Corp., FL – Estimator July 07 – Present

I developed and implemented a statewide marketing plan for an increase in sales. We perform estimating on residential, commercial & government projects for general and sub-contractors. I design and managed estimation spread sheets, negotiates and tracked material and labor costs.

• Biosphere International; Tampa, FL – Estimator / Project Management; July 08 – Dec 08

Estimator for government construction projects in several southeast states. Produced and supervised pre-start scheduling and contracts while seeking  out new vendors and sub-contractors for project that range from 250k to 15 million.

• B & B Construction Services, Inc; Fort Myers, FL. – VP of Operations March 06 –March 07

Managed all office operations and started up commercial division.  Designed estimating spread sheets, formatted job cost controls, negotiated and tracked material and labor costs. Designed and built new corporate office. B & B Stucco, Inc performed metal framing, drywall and stucco for approximately 900 units in 2006 with sales around 30 million. Sought out and brought in new sales; also, qualifier for company.

• Gulfbay Construction Company; Naples, FL – Senior Estimating / Purchasing February 05 – March 06

Complete project estimating of multi-family and multi-million dollar single family residences. Designed and directed all option upgrade and purchasing estimating processes while increasing profits. I managed the estimating department for performance and accuracy. Overseer of construction contracts for single family residences and multifamily ranging from 2 to 100 million (1,200 units in 2005) as well as assisted in project management for single family residences.

• Mitsubishi Motors of North America; Normal, IL – Process Engineer September 99 – November 04

Responsible for the quality of all outer panel assemblies and maintained robotic and line cycle time production on all front & rear doors, tailgates, truck lids, hoods, fenders, head lamps, Kaizen shop and metal finish. Compiled steps to reduce production disturbances due to new model trials by coordinating administration, PE, QO, DC, PC, Management, Superintendents, Group Leaders & Union Associates while running five existing models on same mainbody line.

• Ratner Construction Corp.; Miami, FL – Principle / Manager October 92 – April 05

Managed and developed business for successful commercial & residential projects.  I directed all operations and labor relations. Personally secured key vendor partnerships to ensure optimum output/productivity to meet and exceed all project requirements. Set up and maintained computers, payroll, taxes, bonding, corporate accounting & finance. Secured new business through aggressive and competitive marketing (full-range including website marketing), consistently improved safety standards while exceed OSHA and other regulatory compliance standards.

• National Design / Build; Coral Gables, FL – Senior Project Manager July 90 – October 92

Increased productivity for company projects in residential, historical renovations, commercial structures & tenant build-outs by analyzing and improving departmental operations resulting in higher profits. I guided solutions towards promptness and readiness. Managed own projects while supervising three other project managers.

• Rothstar Construction; Coral Gables, FL – Project Manager August 86 – July 90