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A Construction Manager and General Contractor
J.F. McCarthy has worked as a construction manager and general
contractor in the United States for 39 years. He
continues to work now, and plans to work a good while longer.
Diverse Project Experience
Completed projects
include: single-family homes, low-rise residential (apartments,
nursing homes), hi-rise residential, municipal buildings (city
halls, police and fire stations), schools (preschools, grade and
high schools, and universities), offices (both entire office
buildings and tenant build-outs), retail and restaurants,
historical restoration, civil structures (sewage treatment
plants, spillways, and retaining structures), process
manufacturing plants, and medical (inpatient human hospitals,
outpatient facilities, and in and outpatient drug rehab and
psychiatric facilities, professional offices, dental offices,
and veterinary hospitals). So far, there have been no locks and
dams, bridges, tunnels, power plants, pipelines, or large road
projects.
Trade School, College, and MBA Training
A construction
education was assembled. At the start of the J.F. McCarthy’s
career, formal education in construction or construction
management was not yet offered. Three years of trade school
(drafting and blueprint reading, estimating, and scheduling), a
bachelors of science at a university (engineering and
architecture subjects), followed by an MBA were done instead.
And most of this was done at night school, while working during
the day. J.F. McCarthy also earned the CFM (Certified Facility Manager) designation, demonstrating a commitment and capability to provide optimal cost for the life of a building, not just optimal construction cost, as well as the PMP (Project Management Professional) credential bring the project management capabilities of diverse businesses and industries to construction project management.
Experience and Education Work Together
The difference
between the classroom and the workplace produced frustrations
for the author and undoubtedly aggravation for the teachers.
“No one does it that way” “Why does this work, when theory
says it should not?” and “How is it really done?” were not
always welcomed or well answered at the time. Reading, seminars,
and help from coworkers over 38 years have better answered these
questions.
Member of:
Construction Management Association of Americawww.cmaanet.org
International Facility Management Association www.ifma.org
National Fire Protection Association www.nfpa.org
Project Management Institutewww.pmi.org
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