About this Candidate
DAVRON CV: Candidate 2062830
PRECONSTRUCTION MANAGER | COMMERCIAL STRUCTURAL STEEL ESTIMATING & PROCUREMENT
Core Expertise
- Leading preconstruction operations and supervising estimating teams for commercial structural steel projects.
- Estimating structural steel packages up to $8M, including vendor pricing and final bid preparation.
- Implementing digital takeoff and estimating workflows using Bluebeam, Tekla PowerFab, and PlanSwift.
- Managing public bidding, bonded projects, Title 61 compliance, and detailed specification reviews.
- Driving business development through general contractor relationships and bid-platform pursuit strategies.
Project Background
- Prepared complete estimates and proposals from quantity takeoff through bid submission and final pricing.
- Executed value-engineering, labor calculations, scope reviews, and vendor procurement for steel packages.
- Coordinated with architects, engineers, contractors, detailers, and vendors to clarify scope and reduce risk.
- Supported fabrication and construction via RFIs, submittals, engineering change orders, and contract review.
- Designed light structural steel systems and produced fabrication drawings compliant with IBC, AISC, and OSHA.
Key Skills
- Bluebeam Revu | Tekla PowerFab | PlanSwift
- Procore | BuildingConnected | ConstructConnect | PlanHub
- Structural steel estimating | Quantity takeoff | Value engineering
- Public bidding (Title 61) | Bonded projects | Specification compliance
- Procurement | Vendor pricing | Purchase order and contract review
- RFIs | Submittals | Change orders | Project documentation
- Estimating leadership | Team supervision | Process improvement
Education
- MBA, Management — Southwestern Oklahoma State University
- M.S., Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering — Oklahoma State University
- B.S., Biomedical Engineering — University of Central Oklahoma
Awards & Recognition
- Second place, Graduate Research Symposium oral presentation
- Second place, Three Minute Thesis competition
Why Interview this Candidate?
They combine over a decade of engineering and construction experience with five years focused on commercial structural steel preconstruction. Adept at estimating packages up to $8M, leading estimating teams, and modernizing workflows with Bluebeam and Tekla. Brings proven public-bid experience and business-development skills to grow pipelines and reduce bidding risk.
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