
Robert Chapman
Project Manager
East Aurora, New York
About
In my career, I have held positions of project engineer, project manager, and superintendent working on both the contractors side and the owners side (including construction management. My preference is a field superintendent or project manager position where I am able to be a major part of the construction of a building project managing the daily operations, trouble-shooting field issues, working with the subcontractors and vendors in efficient effort leading to a successful project completion.
Experience
Resident Engineer (PM)
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
Jun 2021 — Current
Manage construction projects designed through NFTA Engineering. Currently managing the fare collection system upgrade project ($23M+) that includes installation of new ticket vending machines, fare gates, validators on buses, new websites for public and corporate use in managing smart card accounts. Also have managed building projects and civil projects as assigned.
Superintendent
Singleton Construction Consultants
Jun 2014 — Aug 2017
Working with the Gilbane-Liro JV CM team, I monitored the progress and quality of work installed on the University of Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Responsibilities also included tracking certain activities as required by the construction manager, reviewing change orders and pay applications, and advising the CM on the schedule dates for monthly updates.
Superintendent
Johnson Controls
Jul 2013 — Nov 2013
Hired by a staffing agency I was assigned to Johnson Controls for their energy improvement project at the Wayne Central School District in Ontario County, NY. supervised and monitored the quality and safety of subcontractors installing new lighting, boilers, transformers, water saving fixtures, control valves for hot water heat registers, pipe insulation, and kitchen cooler controllers. Maintained contract documents, coordinated work with a separate capital improvement project and the school's facility director, and advised on progress for pay applications. This assignment was a 4 month term and ended when site supervision was no longer needed.
Superintendent
Visions Hotels
Dec 2011 — Dec 2012
Supervised the construction from ground up to opening of a 3 story, 45,540 sf Holiday Inn Express in Canandaigua, NY. Scheduled contractors, and vendors, monitored safety and quality, ran weekly progress meetings, prepared and submitted RFIs and distributed responses, advised project manager on progress for pay applications, prepared punch list and supervised the completion of items on the list, coordinated with building inspector as necessary, and resolved field issues/questions when necessary.
Projects
Education
B.S.C.E
State University of NY at Buffalo (1981-1987)
Jun 2021 — Jul 2021
Graduated from Civil engineering program studying structural engineering as major. From 1994 to 1997, post graduate work in construction management. All work at SUNY BUffalo was completed through night school and summer school.