Lynne Bach

Jr Field Engineer

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Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

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About me
Preconstruction Estimating, Project Manager / Certified Teacher for the Visually Impaired
Education
- Oregon State University
  1982 - 1986
  BS Construction Engineering Management
  Activities and Societies: University Swim Team, Life Guard, Dining Hall Cook and Server. International Student Program Liaison (Germany, Scotland) Student Chapter member AGC of America In 1986 Oregon State University was one of the few accredited Universities with the Bachelor of Science in Construction Engineering Management. 210 Credit Hours. Program resembling a dual degree in Civil/Structural Engineering and Business Management with a General Controntractor emphasis.
- Elgin Community College
  1991 - 1991
  Illinois Real Estate Appraiser - License
- University of Northern Colorado Extended Campus
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  Master of Arts - MA Special Education - Visually Impaired
Experience
- Donald M Drake
  May 1982 - Sept 1982
  Jr Field Engineer
  Internship 10-Story VA Surgical Hospital
- Hoffman Corp
  May 1983 - Sept 1983
  Jr Estimator
  Internship - Estimating Structural and Miscellaneous Steel
- Algernon Blair, Inc
  May 1984 - Apr 1987
  Project Engineer
  Summer Internship '85, Concrete, miscellaneous metals, carpentryReturning May '86 as Project Engineer for Radisson Suite Hotel, Sugarhouse Addition and Renovation.
- Power Construction
  May 1987 - Mar 1988
  Project Engineer
  One Overlook Point - Field Engineer - Scheduling, Submittals, Plan As-Builts, Subcontractor and Project Change Orders and Owner Meetings
- C & L Iron, Ltd
  May 1989 - May 2004
  President, WBE
  Signatory with Architectural Ironworker's Local 63 in Chicago, C & L Iron was a primary installer for McKinney Steel & Sales of their custom Miscellaneous and Ornamental Metals from 1996 - 2002.
- Bach's Estimating and Construction Services
  Feb 1990 - now
  Construction Consultant
- Boller Construction Company
  Sept 1996 - Sept 2005
  Project Manager
  Hard dollar, public bid, construction company. Position required estimates for all self performed work; concrete, demolition, & carpentry. Lead Estimator for bid day, sub solicitation and estimating team. Project Management for construction project, sub contract negotiation and buyouts, site management of subcontractors and self perform. Owner and architect liaison; meetings, pay requests and change order negotiations.Estimating Tools: Excel, Words, WinEst, Digitizer
- Pepper Construction Company
  Mar 2006 - Feb 2014
  Responsibility to assist the project team during the preconstruction process. To develop costs for construction of commercial properties requiring gross maximum proposals while drawings are in the early planning stages.Specializing in estimates for conceptual, schematic, and design development drawings. Primary concern for all interior trade quantity surveys and budgets. Additional estimating support in MEP surveys, concrete, miscellaneous metal, structural steel and enclosure quantity surveys.Estimating Tools - On Screen Take-off, WinEst, Prime Bid, Assemble; Revit, QTO, DProfiler, NavisWorks, Excel, WordsPrimary preconstruction team member incorporating modeling software into estimating services. Extraction and verification of quantities and applicable use in supporting estimating services3D Tools - Revit, Navisworks AutoCAD & AssembleCertifications: CM-BIM, LEEDS-AP, 30 HR OSHA, First Responder Show less Early team member assisting in the integration of 3D software and coordination at Pepper Construction, (2009 - 2012.) Tools - Revit, & Navisworks, AutoCAD, FTP, Dropbox, FilezillaCompleted and acquired the AGC Certificate of Management-Building Information Modeling (CM-BIM accreditation)Continued involvement of modeling software integration into estimating services. Extraction and verification of quantities and applicable use in supporting estimating servicesTools - Revit, Assemble & DProfiler Show less
  - Sr. Preconstruction Manager
    Mar 2006 - Feb 2014
  - VDC - BIM Integration Managment
    Mar 2006 - Feb 2014
- Leopardo Companies, Inc.
  Jan 2014 - Nov 2014
  Estimator
- Keeley Construction, Inc.
  Jan 2015 - May 2016
  Sr. Construction Estimator
- CAB's Braille & Vision Services
  Aug 2016 - now
  Owner
  Personalized tutoring and educational assistance for parents and families with children having visual impairments. Early Childhood, Elementary & Secondary; Guidance in educational challenges of I.F.S.Ps and I.E.Ps; Tutoring or workshops for students seeking help with S.T.E.M. and Expanded Core Curriculum. Available for Independent Educational Evaluations (IEE) or consulting.Background:Parental experience raising a child through college, to an independent adult who is blind.Certified Teacher in Special Education & Special Education for the Visually ImpairedCertified Transcriptionist of Braille by the Library of Congress.Semi-Retired Commercial Construction Engineer Show less
- Clear Creek Independent School District
  Aug 2021 - now
  Certified Teacher for the Visually Impaired
- Muter Construction
  Jun 2024 - now
  Preconstruction Estimator
Licenses & Certifications
- Certified Braille Transcriptionist
  US Library of Congress
  Feb 2021
Volunteer Experience
- Volunteer
  Issued by Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) on May 2016
  Associated with Lynne Bach
- Volunteer Staff
  Issued by Lighthouse Charity Team on Dec 2020
  Associated with Lynne Bach
- Volunteer
  Issued by Journey Care (previously Hospice of Northeast Illinois) on May 2004
  Associated with Lynne Bach