About Dusty Lowery
General Contractor, 35 years experience,construction management,Program & Project management,retired Building Inspector

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Project Manager
EDUCATION University of California Davis
Graduate Certificate Environmental Engineering – Production & Operations Management.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE Design Group Facility Solutions, Inc.
Dusty is a licensed General Contractor and has 30 years’ experience in managing construction projects of increasing complexity and value, with an excellent record of safety, client satisfaction and meeting schedule deadlines. He has extensive experience providing construction management, field supervision, constructability and design reviews and overall project management to the commercial low, high rise and box store, industrial, K-12, Higher Educational, Military,MOB and Healthcare facilities. Dusty’s role as Construction Project Manager involves him in working on a daily basis with designers, clients and subcontractors on the execution and management of construction projects. Dusty’s responsibilities include scheduling, procurement, safety, quality control, cost management and project oversight.
KEY PROJECTS
CMT “Construction Management Technologies” – Sutter, CA
Responsible for projects specific Evaluate, Monitor, Analyze, Design, Development and Implementation. Responsible for Project PM, Superintendents, Budget, scheduling, deliveries, Constraints.
SimplexGrinnell, Sacramento, CA
Primary responsibilities included Plan review, design, bid process, buy out, contract Administration, Manage all aspects of materials take off, materials procurement’s, Materials delivers, installation scheduling, scheduling, Personnel scheduling. Client relations, job site safety, safety training, Meeting scheduling and presentation.
Sutter Health Care – Sacramento, Calif
Primary responsibilities included Plan review, design, bid process, buy out, contract Administration, Manage all aspects of materials take off, materials procurement’s, Materials delivers, installation scheduling, scheduling, Personnel scheduling. Client relations, job site safety, safety training, Meeting scheduling and presentation.
PRIOR
EXPERIENCE
K-12 and Higher education 20 years GC experience, 15 years Owners Rep experience. Commercial construction including High and low Rise, Hotel, Box store, Strip Mall and Major Mall 100,000,000 sq. footage and larger. Medical Office Building, Health Care (Hospital) facilities, Military construction including housing, Air Craft hanger, Pave Paw and training facilities. Industrial processing plants, Farm facilities.
PROFESSIONAL California State Contractor License No: 511468 – March 1985
AFFILIATIONS Certified Green Builder
Candidate LEED Certification Program
01 Graduate CIC Construction Management, Estimating, Schedule Certified
I.C.B.O. 14 International Building Inspector Certifications
I.A.P.M.O. Commercial and Residential Plumb/Mechanical Certifications
25 Years Commercial, Lt. Industrial, Public Works, Schools, Residential
OSHA 30-hour Safety and Health Certification – June 1993
Professional Member I.C.B.O.
Professional Member I.A.P.M.O.
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