Michael Collins

Intermediate Civil Estimator at North America Construction (PVT) LTD
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(386) 825-5501
Location
CA

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Experience

    • Canada
    • Construction
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Intermediate Civil Estimator
      • Oct 2016 - Present

    • Canada
    • Construction
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Estimator & Project Manager
      • 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

    • Contract Administrator & Junior Estimator
      • 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

    • Pipe Layer & General Labourer
      • 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

Education

  • University of Waterloo - St. Jerome's University
    Bachelor of Mathematics, General Mathematics and Computer Science
    2001 - 2007

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