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LOGO As a leader, I do the right things. As a manager, I do things right. I manage time and the efficient use of it.

Mike Clynes, Senior Project Executive’

People judge more from appearances than reality. All people have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration. Everyone sees your exterior, but few can discern what you have in your heart.

If you are wise in the choice of your partners, you will do very well, and, similarly, if you are intelligent in your selection of businesses and people to run them, you will prosper.

I am a sociable, persuasive, and garrulous individual who will keep pushing forward to exceed the company’s objectives with a tremendous amount of self confidence and passion. I truly enjoy my work, I am highly motivated, I am extremely dedicated and I work very hard in creating a successful product. I believe that there are no limits to my future accomplishments.

This slide show is a short tour of the Echelon Resort project. I have included some brief statements relative to my management philosophy to help you understand a few of my strengths. I have also included a list of some the professionals that I have worked with in the past

As the Senior Project Manager, I am the individual who leads the project during its life cycle and accomplishes the project’s technical objectives on time and within the budget. I direct the organizational effort, both presence and the process as required to build a thriving result.

I have the tenacity to seek out problems, develop opportunities, and to make responsible decisions based upon corporate policies.

I as a leader, I influence others to accomplish the mission by providing purpose, direction, and motivation. • Purpose: provide team members with the general scope of the project, and the tasks to be performed. • Direction: provide team members information, describe the tasks, assign the tasks, and set priorities to be

accomplished. • Motivation: provide team members with knowledge of the importance of the project work, and instill the will to

complete the work.

I as a manager, I cope with the complexity of developing, and implementing a management system. I use corporate policies, processes, procedures, protocols, and documentation along with empowerment to guide team members in making, and implementing decisions in their area of responsibility.

I hope that you will enjoy this presentation.

Echelon jobsite, 85 acres

My Office

The Echelon Resorts Project

Nevada Redi Mix’s on site batch plant.

Marnell Corrao’s crew poured

over 20,000 cubic yards of concrete daily for this mat type

foundation

Malcolm Drilling, shown drillingcaissons and using these largecranes to lift the reinforcing cages built by Century Steel.

6’ diameter drill bit

One of the many reinforcing cages for the caissons 160 feet long built by Century Steel (Tower and Podium), and Steel Engineers (Expo and Building B).

The Exposition Building, and Encore Tower Parking Garage concrete retaining wall and columns under construction by: H.B. Parkco.

An individual without information cannot take responsibility; an individual who is given information cannot help but take responsibility.

There were over 3,000 caissonsinstalled by Malcolm and AndersonDrilling, 6’ in diameter and as deep as 190’. The reinforced concrete matt foundations were 12’ to 16’ deep and were poured over theselarge caissons. These caissons shown below are for the main tower structure.

Wynn Encore,under construction.

Las Vegas is built on a lake, and the water tableis 10’ below the surface. The site dewatering wascontracted to Allen Drilling. As a design build endeavor, Allen installed over 100 temporary wells that were over 100’ deep. When this system was working properly it removed over 200,000 gallons of water each day. Allen hired Malcolm Drilling to maintain the pumping equipment. As you can see by this picture, we battled water infiltration on a continued basis.

30’ tall poured in place concreteretaining (basement) wall. Isaac Concrete built the Podium walls, H.B. Parkco built the Exposition walls, and Colasanti built the walls for Building B, or the Retail Building.

Successful project management can be reduced to effective response to dilemmas. Successful project management is distinguished by decision making grounded in objective, proactive, prudent, and timely thinking.

Isaac Concrete Company’s workmenshown straightening up the aluminumforms for the poured in place concretewall.

A Project Executive’s goal isto bring about orderly, harmonious,and mutually beneficial performanceby all parties to the project. ProjectManagement is an ongoing series ofresponses to surprises, and it is vitalthat the manager never loses sight of the primary functional objectives,which are to make decisions and solveproblems.

Marnell’s is building the tower, and Isaac is building the podium walls.

Isaac Concrete used 15’ wide x 30 ‘high aluminum form panels and raised theminto place with a crane.

To insure productivity on this large 85 acre site, five Concrete Contractors were selected to work: Tower: Marnell Corrao ConstructionPodium Foundation: Isaac ConcreteDecking: Urata & SonsRetail: Colasanti Specialty ServicesExpo Center: HB Parkco

Improve the competitive position within the industry through bringing faster results to situations.

A schedule describes the work that will beaccomplished over time. The layout out ofthe work on a time line provides the planfor the work sequence and at what time tostart and finish tasks. Sequencing the workensures that it is all in the time frame for the project and that the project completion is identified.

Risk Management focuses on major issues and Dilemma Control focuses on minor issues.

Isaac’s cement masons are shown patching and sackingthe vertical surfaces of the concrete retaining wall. Eberhard Southwest Roofing is applying the sheet waterproofing membrane to the backside of the high wall.

Project Information:Building Department: Clark CountyRental Equipment: Ahern RentalsRedi Mix: Nevada Redi MixSite Work: El Camino ConstructionExcavation and Off haul: Southern NevadaDewatering: Malcolm DrillingCaissons: Anderson DrillingReinforcing Steel (Expo): Century SteelReinforcing Steel: Steel EngineersPrecast Concrete: CoreSlab StructuresFood Service: BoelterSignage Contractor: CalSignsWaterproofing Contractor: EberhartWaterproofing Consultant: NobleTheatre Consultant: Sceno Plus Inc.Theatrical Lift Consultant: David CollinsTheatrical Lift Contractor: Gala SystemsVideo Screens Consultants: DaktronicsElevator Contractor: Otis ElevatorEscalator Contractor: Schindler Elevator Spiral Elevator Contractor and Manufacture: Mitsubishi ElectricArchitectural Steel Structures (Skylight): Permasteelisa Central EuropeArchitectural Sheet Metal Contractor: Sierra MetalsSteel Stair Contractor: Southwest SteelCommissioning Consultant: FEACommissioning Quality Assurance: Don KochGeneral Superintendent: Bill PotteigerSenior Project Manager and Master Scheduler: Ed RogersEchelon Project Managers: Dan Allum, Ron Siegal, and Andi TorrealbaEchelon Executive Assistant: Patricia Martinez.

Retaining wall for Building B, or the retail building is being built by Colasanti Specialty Services, Inc. GGP Properties was the co-owner and operator of the 300,000 square foot two story facility.

Basement level of the Enclave, Shangri La, and Echelon Towers, Marnell Corrao Construction Company is performing the state of the artconcrete high wall forming.

The excavation contractor, excavated and off hauled over 2 million cubic yards of native material in a two month period.

The Enclave Tower. Concrete forming and five Tower Cranes by Marnell Corrao Construction Company. Marnell was the only General Contractor working on the site. Their responsibility was to build the eight level EmployeeParking garage and form and pour the concrete for the Enclave, Shangri La, and Echelon Towers.

Shangri La Tower

I as a manager, I cope with the complexity of developing, and implementing a management system. I use corporate policies, processes, procedures, protocols, and documentation along with empowerment to guide team members in making, and implementing decisions in their area of responsibility.

Marnell Corrao’s experience in forming high risesproved efficient and ultimately successful.

Six levels of the 8 level Employee Parking Garage.

Basement orback of house levels

With over 3000 peopleworking on the site, the building’s footprint and skyline grew every day.

The project schedule must present itself in may different formats, as a series of tailored reports. These reports will tell what thedesigners ought to be working on, advise the owner as to what he needs to be thinking about, describes what each of thesuperintendents is pursuing, details the status of key deliverables, and establishes what management knows to be the situation at the job site.

Underground truck delivery tunnel designed to accept 200vehicles each day. Security Consultant: Alex Tabb, Crisis & Continuity Services

There is no objective reality. The project that we envision during the initial planning is not the project that the team will encounter as the project unfolds. The reality of the moment will be different than anything we can anticipate. Although, the better prepared we are, the easier it will be to solve the problems. Albert Einstein said that chance favors the prepared mind.

Stainless Swimming Pool Vessel Contractor: Bradford Products LLC. The interior of the vessel is tiled with 2” x 2” mosaic tile, manufactured by Dal-Tile.

The six acre pool deck featured restaurants, luxury villas,and private cabanas. One of the many challenges in performing the landscape work included placing mature 30,-000 pound trees on the three story high pool deck around the stainless steel pool vessels.

The pool vessel is shipped to the jobsite in sections and then welded together by Bradford’s welders.

A section of the stainless steel pool vessel.

Projects are more than just people, equipment, and materials sharing the same long termobjectives. They are an elaborate set of processes, representing overlapping and interdependent activity strings that culminate in the physical manifestation of a conceptual design. A project’s rate of progress is often interrupted and diverted, with characteristic ebbing and surging. The Project Executive’s role is to safe guard the project’s pace and direction, which is called the momentum.

Steel structure that support the stainless steel vessels.

Grand Theatre, 4,500 seats structural steel framing and metal decking for the seating area. The fabrication was performed by Mountain States Steel and the erection was completed by Eagle Iron.

Project Manager’s objectives:Understand the ContractUnderstand the DesignUnderstand the ScheduleRemove the Progress ObstaclesDiscern Progress being madeRecognize Scope ChangesDetect Seeds of ChangeSustain Project MomentumCommunicate Feverishly

Structural Steel Framing for the 4,500 seat Grand Theatre. Fabrication: Mountain StatesThe Steel Erection by: Eagle Iron.

In today's market place, every advantage must be explored to increase efficiency and effectiveness with which the production function can be carried out. Effective management balances competing demands and prioritizes the work that provides the most advantage to the organization.

Eagle Iron is shown erecting the Grand Theatre’s Structural steel.

This Jobsite is clean, neat, orderly, andsafe.

Project stability is directly related to the level and detail of the planning, as well as the availability of validinformation at the time of planning. The best prevention for instability of a project is to have a well thought through plan that removes as much risk and uncertainty as possible in thetime available for planning.

Urata Concrete poured andplaced an average of 15,000 square feet of concrete each day.

As an Manager, I have found that no two projects are the same, the product is different each and every time. It is my belief that the project schedule must consider the unique design of the project, including such things as constructability, availability of resources, long-lead item implications, installation of new or untested materials, worker and material movement logistics, concurrent uninterrupted Owner’s use of facilities.

SME was one of two steel fabricator’sthat worked on this project.

At just 40’ long, these columns weighed 44,000 pounds. It took two 30,000 lb. forklifts to unload one section from the truck.

Once preheated to 210 degrees, and using large torches, these are welded together with one single pass!

A section of one of the steel columns fabricated by SME for the Podium. Made out of 6” thick plate.

SME’s fabrication process in theFacility in West Jordan, Utah.

Delivering a product on time requires accurate scheduling and precise timing.

Momentology may be the new face of scheduling. Momentum Management. It fosters the smooth functionality of the project team working together in a collaborative and constructive way, as opposed to traditional Critical Path Method (CPM) reporting, which is focused on retrospective analysis of past performance and baseline compliance.

Momentology concentrates on what remains to be done and how to get from the present state to the project’s ultimate time objectives as cooperatively as possible.

Momentology operates under the premise that a project’s time - performance objectives can be best ensured by constantly monitoring and influencing the project’s inherent Momentum.

Momentum Theory is not a replacement for conventional CPM, it is merely an enhancement of it.

SME paid over 1 million dollars for this automated cutting and welding machine. Once programmed it can cut holes in up to 4” thick plate and determine whether to use a laser or a torch to perform the task.SME was awarded the steel fabrication for the Podium, Expo Center, Central Energy Center, and the Retail (Building B) Area. Mountain States was awarded the Grand Theatre.

SME Steel fabrication facility located in West Jordon, Utah.

I have superior problem solving skills, and I can also provide accurate and competitive bids.

W.P. Moore made sure, in their structural design, that large and thick base plates were typical for the column bases, even when they were embedded in concrete.

Highland Tank’s Grease Recovery Equipment shown above. With the help of JBA Engineers, the Highland Tank’s staff and their equipment, I started and closely documented a two month long effluent water quality testing program at The Orleans Resort facility. It provided us with the necessary information to convince Clark County Building and Health officials to allow this type of grease recovery be installed in the Echelon facility. Green Building Technology, one step forward.

Central Energy Center (CEC) Plant

A design build project by LVE Energy.A joint venture between Marina Energy andDCO Energy.

300 million dollar contract.

Mechanical Engineers: Joseph Jingoli & SonElectrical Engineers: JBALVE Senior Vice President: Don ButlerLVE Vice President Construction: Lonny KirkConstruction Duration: 2 years.

Structural Steel: SME Contractors.Mechanical: Bombard

CEC Structural Steel diagonal bracing engineered and manufactured by Core Brace, a division of SME Steel.

Also, the Employee parking garage constructed by Marnell Corrao. The concrete structure will eventually be seven levels high.

The Project Executive’s goal is to consistently and positively inspire the conduct

of dozens, , hundreds, or thousands of individually minded project participants.

Large 42” diameter Hydroniclines are hung from the ceiling, large natural gas fired boilers are placed in rolls on each side of this level.

LVE had these large pump and Valve platforms preassembled inFlorida and shipped to Las Vegas.

Setting up Air Casters to move the heavy equipment.

Air Caster - Load Module Systems:Load Module Systems are Rigging Kits designed for moving various types and sizes of machines and/or structures. These easily transportable systems can be set up and fully functioning in as little as 10 minutes

Aeris Corporation is the leading Air Caster and Air Jack Manufacturer utilizing advanced Air Film Technology to make heavy equipment and machinery moves, ranging from 200 pounds to 5000 tons, easy, safe and economical.

Project leaders should control the number of hours worked over long periods of time.

Surge efforts may be required for short durations, but excessive overtime will diminish the team’s ability toperform at the quality and efficiency level expected.

Roof mounted Cooling towers.

A plan that reflects the work to be accomplishedand provides a clear picture of the delivery of a technically qualified product is best.

I create a constancy of purpose for improvement of the product and service. I develop and encourage within the team to influence the success the organization.

The debate goes on regarding the pros and cons of the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Green Building Rating System. There are certainly aspects and components that are worthy of critique, it is difficult to argue that LEED remains the single most transformative tool in the history of modern green building movement.

By now you’ve undoubtedly heard about green buildings and sustainability, as well as the myths and legends regarding what they are and are not. But where do you go to find out how to make your building greener or help your organization down the path toward sustainability? For starters, I suggest: www.greenfacilities.org

The best practices toward sustainability means striving to minimize construction waste, to avoid the use of nonrenewable materials, and to design structures that require minimal energy input to maintain indoor comfort.

In my opinion the most vital way to take care of our lives is to take the responsibility of our own energy foot print.

With the growing concern about the future and security of the world’s energy supply, renewable resources such assolar power are becoming increasingly important. Various solar energy technologies have been used through millennia of human history. Photovoltaics technology has been developing or more than 160 years, but has progressedexponentially in the last few decades. Photovoltaics is a direct energy conversion system which produces electrical power without any mechanical components. No energy conversion is 100% efficient. Practical photovoltaic's, the direct conversion of solar energy into electricity, has a history of only 50 years. Photovoltaics is a solar energy technology that uses unique properties of semiconductors to directly convert solar radiation into electricity. Systems that are connected to the utility grid and usePhotovoltaics energy as a supplemental source of power offer thegreatest flexibility in possible system configurations. The supplemental power offsets a portion of the power needed from the utility, resulting in lower electricity bills.

Wind energy is growing faster than Photovoltaics. The threewindiest states in the United States: North Dakota, Kansas,and Texas have enough usable wind energy to satisfy all ofour national needs..