About this Candidate
DAVRON CV: Candidate 1598649
CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATOR | HEAVY CIVIL & CONCRETE | MDOT ROADWAY, BRIDGE & PAVING SCOPES
Core Expertise
- Estimating structural concrete, flatwork, foundations, paving, and roadway scopes per DOT standards.
- Leading bids and proposals for projects ranging $750K–$8M+, emphasizing cost control and value engineering.
- Managing projects from preconstruction through completion to meet schedule, budget, and quality goals.
- Ensuring MDOT/DOT specification compliance and coordinating subcontractors, suppliers, and field teams.
- Performing quantity takeoffs, blueprint analysis, specification review, and accurate production rate development.
Project Background
- Prepared detailed concrete estimates and proposals for heavy civil projects across commercial, industrial, and infrastructure sectors.
- Delivered estimates supporting roadways, bridges, culverts, curb, and paving scopes with measurable cost savings.
- Led subcontractor solicitation, bid leveling, negotiation, and procurement to secure competitive pricing and schedules.
- Applied value engineering to improve constructability, reduce costs, and accelerate schedule performance.
- Owned and operated an excavating/site development firm, overseeing crews, equipment, and financial performance.
Key Skills
- Bluebeam | Procore | HCSS HeavyBid | HCSS HeavyJob | Bid2Win | AutoCAD | Microsoft Project
- Quantity takeoffs | Blueprint analysis | Specification review
- Concrete estimating | Flatwork | Foundations | Roadway and bridge scopes
- MDOT/DOT standards compliance | Specification familiarity
- Value engineering | Cost optimization | Bid strategy
- Subcontractor solicitation | Bid leveling | Contract negotiation
- Project management | Scheduling | Procurement | Cost tracking
Education
- Bachelor of Arts in Civil Engineering — University of Michigan
- Construction Management License — Oakland Technical Center
Why Interview this Candidate?
Seasoned construction estimator with 25+ years focused on heavy civil concrete and MDOT infrastructure. Combines hands-on field leadership and former business ownership with proven success delivering accurate estimates, value-engineered savings, and projects completed under budget and ahead of schedule. Highly proficient with industry estimating and project controls software to drive profitable bids and reliable execution.
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