STEPHEN M. FREIMAN, JR.
EXPERIENCE PROFILE
Working competitively to help build
great projects and forge solid
relationships for over 20 years.
Has sharp ability to interpret
contract documents, make timely
decisions and motivate the team.
Prevents & solves problems from
vision to achievement.
INDUSTRY KNOW-HOW
Heavy/Civil/Underground
Tunnels/Shafts/Stations
Foundations/Geotechnical
Airfield/Flatwork
Wet & Dry Utilities
Environmental/Hazmat
QA/QC & Safety Supervision
EDUCATION
B.S. Civil Engineering
Rutgers University,1988-1992
CURRENT and PRIOR *
TRAINING & AFILLIATIONS
- OSHA 10 Hour
- OSHA 40 HAZWOPER *
- NIMS/ICS 100/200/300/400
- CPR, AED and First Aid
- USACE CQMC *
- CMAA Univ. Quality Mgt., Safety
Mgt. & Contract Admin.
- Many Bechtel & HDR continuing
education & training courses.
- ACI Grade I
- DOT HAZMAT Management
- Various RR Safety Training *
- UCA of SME
- ASQ *
- ASCE *
COMPUTER SKILLS
Outlook, Word, Excel, Power
Point, CM 13, Share Point
SECURITY CLEARANCES
DOD - JBAB, 2011-2016
TSA & CBP Seal - IAD, 2004-2008
AWARDS
2011 Quality Award – Dulles
Corridor Metrorail Project – NATM
Tunnel Team
OTHER ABILITIES
Small Business Operation
Route Sales
Door-to-Door & In-Home Sales
Telemarketing
Business Development
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Construction Engineering
EPC Consultants, Inc.
Chief Inspector
October 2011 to Present
DC Clean Rivers Project – Blue Plains Tunnel
DC Water – Washington, DC
24,000-lf tunnel (23-ft ID) with 5 deep slurry wall shafts (50-ft to 132-ft dia.).
9,000-lf of the alignment beneath Potomac & Anacostia Rivers.
Lead construction inspection efforts for CSO shaft and near surface
structures. Integrate safety, quality & environmental clarity to facilitate
contractor success and owner satisfaction. Ensure current documents and
procedures are used in field inspection. Participate in review of construction
submittals, schedule and pay requests.
Provide daily summaries of inspectors’ reports. Spearhead verification &
assurance of contactor work quality & efficacy of their QA/QC program.
Bechtel Civil Infrastructure / Dulles Transit Partners, LLC
Sr. Construction Engineer / NATM Tunnel Office Engineer
June 2010 to October 2011
Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority – Tysons Corner, VA
Part of a 23-mile extension to WMATA rail system (Silver Line). Twin 1,700lf soft ground tunnels with canopy tubes, lattice girders, steel fiber reinforced
shotcrete, waterproofing, CIP concrete final liner & cut and cover sections.
Interpreted design drawings & construction requirements to support Field
Engineers and Superintendent. Handled construction field changes so work
stayed ahead of schedule. Ensured complete supply of materials, tools,
PPE and equipment parts at the heading & the batch plant. Worked closely
with Superintendent & others to select materials and means & methods for
waterproofing, rebar and CIP concrete forming, placing & consolidation
processes.
Ensured that work execution and final product quality & safety followed
procurement, delivery, inspection, warehousing & installation procedures.
Reviewed Field & QC Engineer reports & exchanged project progress details
with Project Field Engineer on behalf of Sr. Field Engineer.
HDR Inc. / HLH7
Sr. Tunnel Inspector
September 2008 to June 2010
No. 7 Subway Extension
MTA Capital Construction – New York, NY
34th Street Station cavern, shafts, adits & twin TBM drives.
Inspected drill & blast cavern, shaft, starter & tail tunnel excavation with rock
bolt & shotcrete support. Facilitated safe quality operations with
Herrenknecht double-shield TBM setup, mining, PCC segment lining, backfill
grouting & contact grouting. Produced timely, detailed daily reports. Helped
client avert costly claims and helped job progress properly and well-ahead of
schedule. Trained new inspectors in safety, QA field work & documentation.
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STEPHEN M. FREIMAN, JR.
The Lane Construction Corp.
Quality Control Manager
February 2008 to September 2008
Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project – Utility Relocations
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority – Vienna, VA
Subcontract work to Dulles Transit Partners, LLC. Trenched utility work &
trenchless crossings up to 60” diameter.
Promoted & administered QC processes. Managed QC inspections.
Amplified safety, procurement, estimating & training efforts. Planned &
conducted pre-work meetings. Completed daily report with work overview,
testing summary, materials inspection and DFW checklists. Improved directhire crews’ and subcontractors’ ability to achieve high-quality work.
Delon Hampton & Associates, Chartered
Sr. Tunnel/Civil Inspector
July 2004 to February 2008
D2 Capital Improvements – Washington Dulles International Airport
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority – Chantilly, VA
Parsons Management Consultants- PM/CM for APM Tunnel System, Stallion
Branch Sanitary Force Mains and Pump Station, Taxiway Q Rehabilitations
& New Fourth Runway construction.
Made QA and Safety appraisal for tunnel, underground station, utility and
airfield construction. Inspected multiple jobs involving: open cut &
underground rock mining excavation, blasting, SOE (rock bolts, shotcrete,
pile & lagging) CIP concrete structures, waterproofing, underpinning, soilcement stabilization, flatwork concrete (airfield repairs & new runway),
sanitary force mains, sewage pump station & booster station, microtunneling
and various other utilities & task order work.
Served as lead inspector to other civil, mechanical and electrical inspectors.
Coordinated construction activity with airport operations and FAA to uphold
safety. Compiled detailed daily reports & periodic records of progress,
deficiencies & punch list items. Maintained record drawings with all RFI and
change updates.
Bradshaw Construction Corporation
Project Engineer
March 2004 to July 2004
72-in. Eastern Transmission Main Reinforcements – Phase II
Elizabethtown Water Company – South Bound Brook and Middlesex, NJ
Subcontractor to Metra Industries for 1,200-lf of tunnel with 72-in. diameter
steel water main underneath the D&R Canal and the Raritan River.
Organized proper completion of shaft excavation, blasting, SOE (liner plates,
rock bolts, shotcrete, sheet piles), 102-in LOVAT single shield TBM mining
(steel ribs & lagging support), dewatering & groundwater treatment, carrier
pipe installation and grouting. Coordinated receiving shaft construction
through saturated & contaminated soil zone.
Supplied materials, bolstered safety, helped manage subcontractors & direct
hires. Assisted PM with contract administration, billing and survey work.
Collaborated with owner & engineer (Target Price/Cost Reimbursable
contract). Made recommendations (TBM head reconfiguration & alternate
grouting scheme) that were used to avert severe schedule bust.
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STEPHEN M. FREIMAN, JR.
Frontier-Kemper Constructors
Field Engineer
June 2003 to March 2004
Weehawken Tunnel
New Jersey Transit – Weehawken to North Bergen, NJ
4,100-lf Tunnel enlargement and rehabilitation – commuter light rail.
Performed Quality Control, oversight and daily record of rock blasting,
ground support (rock dowels, shotcrete, lattice girders and spiling),
waterproofing, reinforcing steel, concrete operations and grouting.
Supported supervision & management with safety and production goals.
Coordinated concrete liner reinforcement steel, embedments, grouting
schemes & formwork.
Clean Earth Remediation & Construction Services / Barbella
Environmental Technologies
Project Engineer
April 2003 to June 2003
Duraport Marine Terminal – Bayonne, NJ
Material transfer for landfill embankment and cap end use.
Managed soil delivery, handling & transfer for main and remote port facilities.
Generated approved select fill for two New York landfill closure projects.
Handled billing, negotiations, labor supervision and disposition of incoming
deliveries of contaminated soils. Assured NJ DEPE & US EPA compliance.
Directed loads that did not meet contamination levels criteria to treatment
and disposal facility. Directed material mixing, CKD drying, equipment
operations, barge loading, cargo surveys and tug shipments.
Commissioned adaptation of ferry vessel into loading platform as alternative
to barge crane.
Merco, Inc.
Field Engineer
April 2002 to January 2003
Bergen Tunnel Rehabilitations
New Jersey Transit – Jersey City to Hoboken, NJ
Over 4,000-lf tunnel enlargement and rehabilitation – commuter rail.
Handled QC inspection of rock excavation, shaft demolition & abandonment,
portal rehabilitation, rock bolting, shotcreting, instrumentation, waterproofing,
CIP concrete liner & invert and rail work. Developed & implemented work
plans. Resolved QC, production and safety issues.
Devised tunnel screed material design that achieved double-track, multipitched concrete invert placement in one pass.
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STEPHEN M. FREIMAN, JR.
Melick-Tully & Associates, P.C.
Field Geotechnical Engineer
September 2001 to April 2002
Various NJ, NY & PA Assignments
Commercial, residential and utility construction consulting & testing.
Monitored excavation, controlled fill, subsurface explorations, pre-blast
survey, pile driving, dynamic compaction, subgrade preparation and septic
systems. Performed compaction testing, laboratory testing, rock & soil
classification, percolation tests, test borings / test pits / Shelby tubes / rock
core logs and sampling. Also carried out forensic determination of
foundations and monitoring of defects, limestone surveys & sinkhole
remedial grouting. Prospected for surface mining. Produced daily and
periodic reports with drawings. Trained new field engineers.
Prismatic Development Corporation
Project Engineer
June 2001 to September 2001
Essex County Correctional Facility
Essex County – Newark, NJ
Prime subcontractor to Gilbane for new correctional facility construction.
Maintained drawing, submittal, RFI and change order logs. Updated record
drawings and distributed information to supervisors, craft and
subcontractors. Coordinated subcontractor and vendor supply and
performance (roofing, stairs, misc. metals, casework, masonry and
fireproofing).
J. Fletcher Creamer & Son, Inc.
Project Engineer and Contract Administrator
November 1998 to June 2001
Various Long-Haul & City-Build Underground Utility Projects
New Jersey
Utility construction involving numerous miles of trenched, directional bore
and plowed utilities, plus related civil improvements.
Assisted superintendents and project managers with safety, labor relations,
equipment & materials management. Performed quantity take-offs, cost
estimates and job bidding. Tracked quantities progress and costs.
Managed utility protection & avoidance, permitting, traffic control and OCIP
insurance reporting.
State of New Jersey – Board of Public Utilities
Senior Engineer - Utilities
April 1997 to November 1998
Bureau of Service Evaluation – One Call Unit
New Jersey
Underground Facility Protection Act enforcement
Investigated utility damage, excavation and markout incidents. Issued
Notice of Probable Violation and counseled Attorneys General on UFPA
incident facts and presented technical findings. Helped develop the NJ OneCall Excavators’ Handbook & elevated utility protection awareness.
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STEPHEN M. FREIMAN, JR.
Melick-Tully & Associates, P.C.
Field Geotechnical Engineer
April 1995 to April 1997
Various NJ, NY & PA Assignments
See above, “September 2001 to April 2002”.
Goodkind & O’Dea, Inc.
Construction Inspector
November 1994 to February 1995
Disaster #1008 – Northridge Earthquake
FEMA
Technical Assistance Contract temporary position.
Assessed and documented earthquake damage and hazards to be repaired
and mitigated. Collaborated with California State Office of Emergency
Services on each case to effectively generate and process Damage Survey
Reports.
Foster Wheeler USA – Environmental Services Division
QA/QC Engineer and Alternate/Assistant Health & Safety Officer
September 1993 to October 1994
Combe Fill South Landfill Remediation
New Jersey DEPE – Chester, NJ
Superfund (CERCLA) landfill cleanup/closure
Reviewed and submitted vendor & subcontract drawings. Monitored &
guided landfill grading, drainage, embankment/fill, clay capping, membrane
installation, gas wells, monitoring wells, gas extraction building and water
treatment plant. Conducted daily morning safety meetings, performed air
monitoring & sampling, trained new hires and fulfilled Safety Officer duties.
Participated in HAZMAT recovery team operations utilizing Level B+
(supplied air).
Engineering Design
Killam Associates
Assistant Engineer
June 1992 to September 1993
Water Supply Management Group
Various water companies and municipal water authorities
Water supply, pumping, treatment and distribution system projects – design
and construction monitoring.
Performed design calculations and materials & equipment selection for water
distribution, storage, pumping, treatment and cleaning & lining projects.
Helped develop specifications and made permit applications. Rendered
design AutoCAD drawings and details for site grading, water system plan &
profiles, structural plans & sections and SCADA/PLC logic diagrams.
Helped coordinate architectural, structural, electrical, MOT and
environmental design elements.
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