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John W. Starkweather

Phone: (407) 282-2520
Email: jstarkweather@bellsouth.net
 

Professional Accreditations:

Florida State Certified General Contractor 
GC License #CGC048740
Florida Concrete and Products Association Certified Structural Masonry Inspector

Specialized Skills:

  • Construction of large difficult projects quickly and efficiently

Education:

Graduate- Florida Construction School/ Continuing Education for GC License
3 years US Marine Corps.- Amphibious Assault Battalion
High School Diploma from O'Connell High School, Arlington,Va.
                        -Captain O’Connell Football team, State Catholic Champions

Outstanding In:

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Defining the critical path (prior to project commencement)

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Placing concrete with all the pieces in place

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Knowing the documents, knowing what's missing.

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Applying practical value engineering prior or during project development.

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Nudging, pushing or shoving.          

Quality Control- OSHA Standards and Job Safety Read, Interpret, ('Cipher') Plans and Specifications ACI, NCMA, BIA, AISC Codes and Standard Practice Concrete Formwork, Shoring, Scaffolding, Equipment, Reinforcement, Placement, Finishing, Curing and Detailing Specialty Finishes including Stamped Concrete and Colored Hardeners (Hardscapes) Concrete Unit Masonry, and Brick Masonry from one end of spectrum to the other Labor acquisition, evaluation and management Metal Stud Framing, Door, Window, Tile, Drywall, Caulkings, and Security Structure Installation Effectively scheduling and coordinating Sub-Contractors work in the proper or Sub-Contractor Follow-up and Punch-Out Quality Control and Recognition of 'Correct' practical application by Craftsmen       Craftsmen/Labor evaluation acquisition and management

Employment:

2005 - Current
RPO Construction
61 W. Colonial Dr.
Orlando, 32801
407-294-7931
Contact Person: Alfred Kodsi (Owner)
Position: General Superintendent
Current Projects:  Lake Fairview Grande Condominiums
3 – 6 story condominium bldgs plus Lakefront Clubhouse and Pool $28 Million Project
General Superintendent:
Star Tower in Downtown Orlando
100 Units, 18 floors, 380,000 sq ft. $38 Million Project
General Superintendent:  
Sanctuary Condominiums  in Downtown Orlando
173 Units, 18 floors, 580,000 sq ft., $55 Million Project
-  From structural topout to multiple C.O.s

2005 - 2005
Dimucci Development Co
285 W. Dundee Rd.
Palatine, Ill 60074
847-991-4400
Contact Person: Tony DiMucci (Owner)
Position:
General Superintendent and General Contractor License Qualifier through August 2007

Daytona Shores Twin Towers at Daytona Beach
2 - 19 story buildings, 128 Units, $32 Million Project

1994 - 2005
W&J Construction Co
 W&J Construction  
100 Eyster Blvd., Suite 201, 
Rockledge, Fl. 32955   
321-632-7660
Contact Person: Nick Witek (Owner)
Positions:   
Vice President/General Superintendent/Project Superintendent/Estimator/Field Operations
Detailed Estimating for Concrete/Masonry/Carpentry/Demolition typically self performed on W&J projects
Pre-construction/post-award subcontractor involvement and buyout
Presentation team member for Construction Management Projects and Negotiated work
Project Lead for whichever is W&J's largest current project
General Contractor - License Qualifier

See Completed Projects section (has not been updated since W&J) for specific W&J Construction job details and photos:

‘94-2005 - W&J Construction Corporation as follows:

  • Vice President/General Superintendent and Project Superintendent:
  • Brevard County Courthouse Addition.
    Completed 12/03.  7+ Million Project.
    General Superintendent for all of W&J’s other projects. 

    Vice President/General Superintendent and Project Superintendent:
    St. Mary's Church of Rockledge (Architect: Michael Graves and Associates).
    14month job, done in 9 months. Procured 14 Million dollars in additional work and GSd them. Worked closely and personally with Architect Michael Graves to completion.
    Completed 02/02.  7+ Million Project. 

    General Superintendent, W&J’s other projects.     Project Manager/Superintendent:
    Brevard Community College - Library and Science Bldg.
    Completed 5/01.  $8.9 Million Project
    General Superintendent, W&J’s other projects. 
    Also performed estimating for S.P. Concrete, carpentry and masonry.
    Procured additional 10 million and GSd it.
    Promoted to General Vice President of the company.

    Project Superintendent:
    Cape Canaveral Air Force Station - Launch Complex 20.
    Completion 10/99. 12 month job completed in 8 months.
    Project Superintendent:
    Taft Army Reserve Center
    Completion 2/98. 12 month project completed in 9 months
    Project Superintendent:
    Apollo Saturn V Museum at Kennedy Space Center
     $38+Million Project
    Completion Dec. ‘96. 20 month completion despite 22 Stop Work Orders for Redesign.

    ‘94-’95- Concrete, Masonry, Drywall Superintendent:
    Port St. John’s Jr. High, Brevard County, Florida (a $17+Million Project).
    Completion 8/95.
 

Formerly, Owner/President:
Starkweather Construction Co.

1986-1995 - A Concrete and Masonry Subcontractor

All work listed below were self-performed as Subcontractor for the listed General Contractors:

NASA Press Building at Kennedy Space Center, Florida

      Concrete and Masonry work- remove and replace defective work from a previous subcontractor in default

      Completed: 7/95

      General Contractor (work performed for David Nash of Canaveral Construction):

Complex Construction

Veteran's Memorial Park, Titusville, Florida

      Colored concrete, brick pavement, concrete 'spheres' and constructed the Mercury 7 Monument

      Completed: 4/95

      General Contractor:

      David Nash (now called Canaveral Construction)

Orbital Processing Facility- Fluid Support Building, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

      Concrete foundations, slabs and equipment pads

      Completed: 5/94

General Contractor:  International Steel Industries, Inc.

UCF Nuclear Storage Facility- University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida

     Concrete and Masonry work

     Completed:   3/94

     General Contractor:  Indus Construction

UCF Student Union 1st Phase, Orlando, Florida

     Concrete and Masonry work, 4 story concrete frame

     Completed: 3/94

     General Contractor:  Alice Cunningham for Indus Construction

UCF Physical Plant Offices, Orlando, Florida

     Concrete and Masonry work

     Completed:   2/94

     General Contractor:  Indus Construction

UCF Physical Plant Warehouse, Orlando, Florida

     Concrete and Masonry work, tilt wall structure

     Completed: 2/94

     General Contractor:  Alice Cunningham for Indus Construction

Seminole Community College Administration Center, Sanford, Florida

     Concrete and Masonry work, 3 story concrete frame

     Completed:  12/93

     General Contractor:  Alice Cunningham for Indus Construction

Grasslands Clubhouse Lakeland, Florida

     Concrete and Masonry work

     Completed: 11/93

     General Contractor: 

            Brasfield & Gorrie Construction Co.

NASA VPF Annex, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

      Formed Footings and Slab for 6000 Sq. Ft Metal Bldg.          

      Completed 10/93

General Contractor:  International Steel Industries, Inc.

Bermuda Avenue Apartments, Kissimmee, Florida

      Concrete and masonry racquetball court and block wall with footers surrounding entire complex

      Completed 6/93

General Contractor:

            Santana Construction

Disney Vacation Club Phase 2, Lake Buena Vista, Florida

      Pour and finish 157,150 sf (square foot) total - Labor only

      Completed 6/93

General Contractor:

            MW Builders

WDI Epcot Center/Disney Imagineering Office Building, Lake Buena Vista, Florida

      All concrete (foundations and elevated slabs) for two story steel building for 24,000 sq ft bldg.

      Disney Contract #92-WDC-091

      Completed 2/93

General Contractor:

            Jack Jennings and Sons

University Burger King, Orlando, Florida

      All concrete, block and brick veneer

      Completed 1/93

General Contractor:

            Demetree Builders

Pasavant Retirement Center, Pittsburgh, PA

      30,000 sf concrete and block foundation for steel frame building

      Completed 7/92

General Contractor:

                        Suckow Construction (for MW Builders, Inc.)

U.S. Coast Guard Station, New Smyrna Beach, Florida

      Project DTCG47-91-B-3EFK38 for 7,000 sf reinforced masonry foundation, basketball court, misc underpinnings and pavements - All

      Completed 9/92

General Contractor:

            International Steel Ind., Inc.

Orlando Regional Medical Center - Temporary Modular Admissions Center, Orlando, Florida

      All concrete and masonry work

      Completed: 5/92

General Contractor:

            R.C. Stevens Construction Co.

Walt Disney World Employee Service Building at MGM Studios, Lake Buena Vista, Florida

      All concrete and masonry foundations, walls and elevated decks, for 42,000 sf, 3 story building

      Completed 5/92

General Contractor:

            Jack Jennings and Sons, Inc.

Walt Disney World Chiller Plant at MGM Studios, Lake Buena Vista, Florida

      Concrete columns and pads for above ground chiller pipe supports

      Completed 5/92

General Contractor:

            Jack Jennings and Sons, Inc.

Edgewater High School Football Stadium, Edgewater, Florida

      All masonry work consisting of finished structural concrete masonry.

      Completed  2/92

General Contractor:

            International Steel Industries

Disney Vacation Club Phase 1, Lake Buena Vista, Florida

Clubhouse

      33,000 sf masonry and concrete foundation, slabs and beams with very strict specs and complex slab

      Masonry columns and walls

      Completed 6/91

General Contractor:

            Suckow Construction (for M&W Builders; GC)

Service Building

      23,000 sf concrete and masonry foundation and building, consisting of finished masonry walls,

      tie-beams, and poured-in place concrete columns and beams

      Completed 7/91

General Contractor:  Suckow Construction (for M&W Builders)

Disney Village Pool Houses, Lake Buena Vista, Florida

      Two 3000 sq. ft. concrete and masonry foundation and building consisting of finished masonry walls, tie-beams, and equipment pits.

      Completed 7/91

General Contractor:  Suckow Construction (for M&W Builders)

Vacation Club Villas- Phase 1, Lake Buena Vista, Florida

      Nineteen 8500 sq. ft. complex concrete and masonry foundations for wood, metal, concrete frame buildings

      Completed 12/91

General Contractor:  Suckow Construction (for M&W Builders)

Miscellaneous Buildings WDW Vacation Club, Lake Buena Vista, Florida

      Various small finished masonry buildings and foundations

      Completed 12/91

General Contractor:  Suckow Construction (for M&W Builders)

Ft. Wilderness Stables at Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, Florida

      22,000 sf concrete slabs and drainage ditch bottom

      Completed 4/91

      General Contractor:

            Pride Buildings Inc.

Park Green Condominiums in Winter Park, Winter Park, Florida

      Four 3500 sf monolithic slabs

      Completed 1/91

General Contractor:

            Wilson P. Abraham Construction

Concrete and Masonry Single Family home, Pensacola, Florida

      4000 sq. ft. Steep Cliff-side home overlooking Escambia Bay in Pensacola, FL

      Poured-in Place Concrete walls and beams

      Completed 6/90

General Contractor:

            Genevieve Starkweather

Albertson's Supermarket, Orlando, Florida

      Dumpster pads

      Completed 6/89

General Contractor:  A&L Builders (out of business)

UCF Alumni Plaza, Orlando, Florida

      Centrally located at the main entrance to the University Administration Building

      Very diverse types of architectural concrete form work.

      Completed 6/89

General Contractor:

            Hunter-Nelson Construction

Allie's Restaurant Addition on State Rd. 436, Altamonte, Florida

      Small concrete foundation

Completed 6/89

            General Contractor:  Topper Construction (out of business)

UCF Chemical Storage Facility, Orlando, Florida

      4000 sf concrete and masonry building; very demanding specifications, consisting of walls, ramps, stairs, beams, and F# non-conducting concrete floors with glass plumbing in floor drains.

      Completed 5/89

General Contractor:  Hunter-Nelson Construction

 

Addition to Action Nissan, Kissimmee, Florida

      Small concrete foundation for metal building

      Completed 5/89

General Contractor:  A&L Builders

Gateway Inn Addition, International Drive, Orlando, Florida

      14,000 sf concrete and masonry foundation and exterior walls and tie-beams for metal building

      Completed 3/89

General Contractor:  Topper Construction

Villages at Braewyck, Winter Garden, Florida

      Four 8,000 sf monolithic foundations for condominiums.

      Completed 3/89

General Contractor:  Topper Construction

Belz Factory Outlet Mall Addition, Orlando, Florida

      40,000 sf masonry and concrete foundation for metal building

      Completed 2/89

General Contractor:  Belz Construction Co.

Edgewood City Hall Parking Lot, Edgewater, Florida

      14,000 sf parking lot

      Completed 10/88

General Contractor:  Edgewood City Hall

Royce Electric Addition, Apopka, Florida

      11,000 sf masonry and concrete foundation for metal building

      Completed 10/88    

General Contractor:  Southern Design & Construction

Polo Park East, Clermont, Florida

      Clubhouse-15,000 sq. ft. masonry and concrete foundation for metal building

      Completed 8/88

General Contractor: Southern Design & Construction

In addition:

Over 200 large and complex residential foundations, driveways, walkways, patios, pool decks, masonry walls, fireplaces, brick veneers and miscellaneous types of masonry work in Heathrow, Butler Bay, Alaqua, Bay Hills, Winter Park and Windemere and other large and small subdivisions.  Completed throughout a period of 6 years through 1992.

For:  Continental Homes, Topper Construction, Distinctive Homes and various private owners and smaller contractors.

Prior to Starkweather Construction

Worked for:

Eugene Buchanan Concrete Construction, Orlando, Florida 1985-1986

SunState Services, Orlando, Florida 1986

 

Barton-Malow Construction, Washington D.C. 1984

Miller Long Companies, Washington D.C. 1983

 

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