About this Candidate
DAVRON CV: Candidate 1863998
SENIOR CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATOR | FEDERAL & CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE | DESIGN-BUILD & HARD-BID
Core Expertise
- Estimating leader for federal, water/wastewater, and civil infrastructure projects.
- Design-build and hard-bid estimating for projects up to hundreds of millions.
- Estimating department development, training, and implementation of estimating systems.
- Contract negotiation, subcontractor buyouts, and reconciliation to maximize profitability.
- Cost database development, conceptual budgeting, and independent cost estimates.
- Mentoring estimators and integrating estimating with scheduling and project controls.
Project Background
- Led independent cost estimates for embassy/consulate campuses, wastewater, and transmission projects.
- Estimated large regional wastewater treatment facilities with pump stations and major tunneling.
- Developed cost databases for novel scopes and quantified unknowns for bid competitiveness.
- Managed estimating and procurement for international design-build facilities and site security work.
- Prepared federal hard-bid estimates across structural concrete, foundations, earthwork, and utilities.
- Implemented estimating platforms and job-cost systems to improve accuracy, speed, and reporting.
Key Skills
- Sage Timberline Estimating | HCSS Heavy Bid | MC2 / ICE
- On-Screen Takeoff | Bluebeam Revu | Adobe Acrobat
- Primavera P6 | Scheduling & project controls
- Excel | Microsoft Office | Job costing systems
- Structural concrete estimating | Post-tension | Rebar | Heavy foundations
- Federal procurement platforms | TRACES / MII | Contract negotiation
Education
- Bachelor of Applied Science, Landscape Architecture — The Ohio State University
- Post-graduate business coursework — George Mason University
Awards & Recognition
- Contributed to firm's inclusion on Inc. 500 list (multi-year growth recognition)
- Active DoD security clearance
Why Interview this Candidate?
Senior estimator with deep federal and water/wastewater experience and demonstrated cost-control results. Built estimating departments, implemented estimating and job-cost systems, and won significant negotiated and competitive work while reducing estimate variance from 7% to 1.5%. Brings strong structural concrete, tunneling, and subcontractor negotiation skills to improve bid accuracy and project profitability.
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