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Trish Stoops

Education

Bachelor of Science

Construction Engineering

Indiana State University -1983

Coursework

Legal Aspects of Construction

Golden Gate University - 1984


Coursework

Construction Management

Golden Gate University - 1984

Certificate

Project Planning, Scheduling & Control,

Primavera - 1988

Certificate

Elements of Contract Management

Bechtel - 1991   

Reinforcing Steel

Experience Summary

Years in Practice: 30

Specializes in planning, scheduling (CPM and Critical Chain Project Management), estimating, claims, coordination, engineering progress performance reports, trend engineering, Risk mitigation, and Earned Value. Identify Critical issues / dashboard - resolutions for clients review and follow up with program team members. Fully integrated in using project control tools.

Computer Skills:

Primavera P6

Sure Track

Microsoft Project

Excel

Power Point

Open Plan

Primavera Contract Management (Expedition) software   

Awards:

  • Award, Bechtel, Special Performance Award, 1994

  • Award, Santa Clara Traffic Authority, Timely Completion of Rte 85 Projects, 1995

  • Guest Speaker, Department of Engineering, Planning  & Scheduling, San Jose State University, 1994 / 1995

  • Award, Primavera, Report & Graphic Contest, Grand Prize Winner, 1997

  • Award, Caltrans, Bay Bridge Scheduling Coordination 2000  

  • Certificate of Excellence, Santa Clara Valley Highway, Measure A/B Highway Program, 2001

  • Guest Speaker, AACE at the Western Winter Workshop in South Lake Tahoe on February 24th, 2013

  • SFOBB Construction Schedule mitigation, and use of Earned Value

  • Guest Speaker, San Jose State Student Chapter, Bay Bridge Program April 2013

Project Experience

Hatch Mott MacDonald

RM1 & TBSR Program Monitoring
Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA)
Oakland, CA
Ted Hall
2006 - 2016

 Project controls planning, scheduling, and estimating duties for the Bay Area Management Consultants (BAMC) and assists BATA (MTC) to track project costs and schedule performance on the Bay Bridge Program. Provides cost and schedule feedback in analyzing construction claims for the Bay Bridge Skyway and Benicia Martinez Projects. Responsibilities for the SFOBB Contract include schedule development timeline, Constructability reviews, and Earned Value reporting system.   

SFOBB Self Anchor Suspension contract


Used Earned Value System extensively to track progress and identify early warning to management. This was augmented with regular site visit to China, enabling program team to mitigate program risks, during Structural steel Fabrication, and also during field installation of the Self Anchor Suspension project Cable system. As Project Control Coordinator, conducts meeting for SFOBB Foundation Removal CMGC project, and tracks deliverables and key issue list follow up with Caltrans, MTC, CTC, and CEC and Kiewit Mason contractors, interfaces with program managers on SFOBB- BATA, and Caltrans.

BAIFA Express Lanes program

2014 - Current

As Project Control Manager Working with PB/GB-Scott team to develop and monitor program and corridor cost and schedule for Express Lanes Program to Deliver 96 Miles of Express Lanes; integrating Civil, Back haul, Toll System Integrator, and program Operation schedule.

VTA

Highway Program

2012 – 20014
Part Time

Responsible for Construction Scheduling  Review and Approval of the Contractor’s CPM Cost and Resource Loaded Schedule. Planning, follow-up and coordination between field staff, Resident Engineer, and the Contractor.

Caltrans

Route 880

23rd / 29th Ave

2014 - Current
Part Time

Responsible for Construction Scheduling Review and Approval of the Contractor’s CPM Cost and Resource Loaded Schedule. Planning, follow-up and coordination between field staff, Resident Engineer, and the Contractor.

VTA-Highway Program

Joe Toolson


2000 – 2006

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BECHTEL INFRASTRUCTURE

Caltrans Design

Caltrans Construction

SF - Oakland Bay Bridge

Martinez Bridge

Carquinez Bridge

Ken Huchcraft

(2000-1998)

Design - SFOBB

Responsible for Project scheduling and coordination and expediting various design group (Caltrans and consultants).

Creation and maintenance of Master program schedule for the different segments of the bridge.

Martinez and Carquinez Bridge Projects:​ ​​   

Experienced on construction scheduling for Caltrans Seismic Retrofit Toll Bridge Projects, analyze, develop and present construction claims (Issues, schedule & productivity analysis).

Bechtel Mining & Metals:

Compania Minera Antamina, Antamina Project (1997)

Feasibility Project EPC schedule set up and control.

Bechtel Mining & Metals, Phelps Dodge Mining Co., Candelaria Expansion Project, (1996 – 1997)

Establish & Maintain EPC schedules, incorporate engineering delivery information, track and report physical quantities installed, perform weekly and monthly progress reporting, also incorporate all trends and scope changes into their tracking system.

Bechtel Mining & Metals, Freeport Indonesia

Copper Expansion Project (1996)

Set up of program master EPC schedules and monitoring design engineering progress & Performance.  



Bechtel Civil Highway Improvement Project, Fresno, CA (1995 – 1996)

Interface with client, Bechtel and Caltrans management for developing design and construction schedules.  


Bechtel Civil,​ Atlanta Airport, Atlanta, GA (1995)

Creating detail design and construction schedule and work around plan to accelerate completion of a new runway project. Established master program schedule and report card to identify critical tasks for client review.


Bechtel Civil Highway Automation Program,​​ Troy, MI (1995)

Set Up program master schedule and engineering budget control using Primavera and Microsoft Project scheduling software.


Bechtel Civil, Dubai International Airport (1995)

Monitoring design engineering progress and performance to maintain deliverables for completing the project within budget and schedule.

Bechtel Civil,​ Santa Clara County Highway Improvement Project, San Jose, CA Senior Planning & Scheduling Engineer (1990 - 1995)

Provided supervision and coordination for development and monitoring of the Santa Clara County Traffic Authority’s design and construction projects schedules, with a budget exceeding $1 billion. Ongoing tasks include:

  • Analyze, develop and present construction claims (issues, schedule & productivity analysis)

  • Interface with designated Bechtel management and the Client management for specific planning and scheduling tasks

  • Plan to establish & maintain milestones for the total program. (Supervision & review of schedules duration, logic and resource for workaround opportunities. Also supervising the development & integration of individual schedules into the total strategic plan

  • Participate on presenting the job training for Primavera scheduling software.

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