Michael Collins
Intermediate Civil Estimator at North America Construction (PVT) LTD- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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North America Construction LTD
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Canada
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Construction
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100 - 200 Employee
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Intermediate Civil Estimator
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Oct 2016 - Present
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Forestell Designed Landscapes
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Canada
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Construction
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1 - 100 Employee
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Estimator & Project Manager
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Feb 2015 - Sep 2016
• Manage requests for quotations to ensure general contractors receive quotations on time • Coordinate as a subcontractor with civil general contractor on municipal street reconstruction • Meet with homeowners to go over landscaping needs and provide a quotation • Coordinate with landscape architect, landscaping needs of homeowner to generate a design • Manage construction schedule, and construction crews to ensure work was being done on-time and on-budget • Arrange any necessary equipment rentals for all construction work • Reduced company wastage by only ordering necessary quantity of materials • Quote on maintenance tenders for all company locations
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Brantford Engineering & Construction Ltd.
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Brantford, ON
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Contract Administrator & Junior Estimator
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Feb 2010 - Jan 2015
• Ordered and kept current locates for successfully awarded construction projects • Prepared work orders and invoices for work beyond the scope of contract • Contacted subcontractors to ensure construction schedule continued in a timely manner • Managed accounts receivables & payables, and verified subcontractors invoices for correctness • Worked collaboratively with estimating department to bid on municipal, and private tenders • Involved in tender process on earth moving, pipe laying, and pumping station projects by doing take-off from construction drawings and estimating of each tender line item • Visited municipal and tender web sites for possible jobs to bid on • Ordered bid bonds from bonding company to ensure tender requirements were met • Solicited quotations from subcontractors for work beyond scope of company • Solicited quotations from material suppliers based upon material take-off of tender • Proficient in HeavyBid Estimating software and Microsoft Office
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Brantford Engineering & Construction Ltd.
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Brantford, ON
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Pipe Layer & General Labourer
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Oct 2005 - Dec 2009
• Worked as a team, and led my crew to install as many metres of pipe and manholes in a day as safely as possible • Read drawings to verify material installation, and proper grades • Trained other labourers in proper pipe laying techniques to install services from mainline • Proficient in using concrete saw, pipe laser, Topcon GPS, compactor, and loader • Attended and certified with Topcon GPS equipment • Located existing watermain, and sewer manholes to tie new pipelines into • Installed sanitary sewer under largest gas main in Ontario
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Education
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University of Waterloo - St. Jerome's University
Bachelor of Mathematics, General Mathematics and Computer Science