Experience

La Metro

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Executive Officer LA Metro

  • Aug 2017 - Present



STV

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chief Estimator

  • Jan 2015 - Aug 2017



WDF Inc.

• United States
• Construction
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Chief Estimator

  • Feb 2013 - Jan 2015



Hazen and Sawyer New York

• Chief Estimator/Senior Cost Engineer

  • Aug 2010 - Feb 2013

  Chief Estimator-Change Order Manager/Senior Cost EngineerJamaica WWTP, heavy civil work, electrical, HVAC, mechanical.Supervise estimating, estimate and negotiate large Change Orders with Contractors, providing Memos and The Authorized Cost after successful negotiation and providing excellent service to the client- DEP. Chief Estimator-Change Order Manager/Senior Cost EngineerJamaica WWTP, heavy civil work, electrical, HVAC, mechanical.Supervise estimating, estimate and negotiate large Change Orders with Contractors, providing Memos and The Authorized Cost after successful negotiation and providing excellent service to the client- DEP.



URS Corporation, An AECOM Company

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chief Estimator/Senior Estimator

  • Jan 2007 - Aug 2010

  Chief EstimatorPort Authority NYNJ Trans-Hudson (PATH), Tunnels E&F Floodgates and Water Management System, New York, NY (2007 - 2010): Chief Estimator (Supervised 12 people) accomplished cost estimates for heavy civil, architectural, structural, civil and electrical. Mr. Avdagic saved the client $17 million at only one (W.O. #25) of multiple estimates on this $100 million project.Port Authority of NYNJ WTC Transportation Hub, New York, NY (2007 - 2008) - $3,000,000,000: Chief Estimator for civil and structural trades, developed detailed and complex cost estimates. The $3 Billion Transportation Hub, equivalent in size to Grand Central Station, will be comprised of a new PATH subway station serving approximately 100,000 daily commuters with additional underground concourse connections to 13 NYC MTA subway lines, the Hudson River ferry, and the World Financial Center. The Hub will include 500,000 square feet of retail facilities.George Washington Bridge, NY Tower Base Improvements, New Jersey and New York (2007 - 2010): Chief Estimator, responsible cost estimates for civil, HVAC, plumbing and electrical.LaGuardia Airport Central Terminal Building Modernization Program, Queens, NY (2008 - 2009): Supervised and developed cost estimates for elevated roadways, taxiways, and aprons. The main focus of the project is the $4 - $5 billion program to replace the 45 year-old Central Terminal Building (CTB) and its concourses to increase the types of aircraft that can be accommodated and to provide greater flexibility in adapting to programmatic changes of the airlines served by the facility. The program includes a new 1.2 million s.f. CTB and concourses with 38 gates; new CTB ramp; relocated taxiways; a new 6,000 space parking structure; and totally reconfigured roadway and utility systems. Harvard University's, Allston Development Group, Allston Science Complex, Cambridge, MA (2007 - 2008): The complete list of the projects is available upon request.



KJM & Associates

• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Estimator

  • Oct 2000 - Jan 2007

  Dallas-Ft. Worth (DFW) International Airport, 20-Year Capital Improvement Program, Dallas, TX (10/2000 - 07/2007), $3.5 billion program : Senior Estimator/ Program Director provided estimating services including developing cost estimates and change order review and negotiation that were directly or indirectly related to the proposed new International Terminal D and the proposed Automated People Mover (APM). Individual project scopes to this point have ranged between $1 and $100,000 Million. The nature of projects at this airport is dynamic, and as a consequence, our basis of estimates range from highly conceptual estimates to estimates prepared from complete construction documents. Mr. Avdagic saved to the client over $6 million on the steel structure for APM.w/KJM as a sub to DMJM&Harris New YorkNew Jersey Light Rail Project, NJ (03/2003 - 03/2004): Senior Estimator - Saved NJLRT(New Jersey Transit) Doing Claims btw. NJLRT and Bechtel saved client 3 million dollars at only one estimate for Florence Station attended negotiating meetings as consulting expert and helped client to save huge amount of money