From a bull float to a boardroom.
I started in the trade in 1993 as a laborer and cement finisher with union contractors in Miami. Three decades later I have run concrete crews of thirty-plus on high-rise decks, directed multi-project operations as a General Superintendent, and now estimate and manage concrete work across Western PA.
This is not a company. This is my career, in my own words, with the work to back it up.
Thirty years, one throughline.
Every rung of the ladder — laborer, foreman, superintendent, general superintendent, project manager, estimator.
- 11993
Started in the Trade — Miami, FL
Began as a laborer and cement finisher with union contractors in the Miami market. Learned the craft from the ground up — literally.
- 21998
Foreman
Promoted to foreman running finishing crews on residential and light commercial concrete work. First real taste of leading people through a pour.
- 32004
Superintendent on High-Rise Concrete
Moved onto high-rise structural concrete crews in downtown Miami — beam-and-slab decks, columns, shear walls on every-other-day pour cycles.
- 42008
General Superintendent — Morgan Rice Construction
Directed daily field operations on multiple concurrent concrete projects from mobilization through closeout. Ran crews of 30+, coordinated owners, inspectors, and subs. Enforced OSHA safety and ACI/ASTM quality control across the board.
- 52023
Project Manager & Concrete Estimator — NSS Construction, Pittsburgh, PA
Relocated to Western PA. Estimated and bid concrete scopes from $500K to $5M. Built quantity takeoffs, priced labor / material / equipment, won roughly 25% of pursued bids, and tracked CY / SF / LF per day against every estimate.
- 62026
AI Project Management Certificate — Google
Formalized what the field was already teaching me: AI is a tool for experienced builders, not a replacement for judgment. Now integrating AI-assisted workflows into cost analysis and planning.
- 7Today
Independent Superintendent · PM · Estimator
Available for concrete leadership, estimating engagements, speaking, and advisory work across Western PA and beyond.
Hope. Strength. Integrity.
Three words. Three decades of trying to live up to them on the deck.
Hope
Every pour is a bet on tomorrow. Thirty years in this trade has taught me that hope is not a feeling — it is a discipline. You show up, you prepare, and you trust that the work done right today becomes the building somebody trusts their family to tomorrow.
Strength
Strength on a jobsite is not about being loud. It is about being steady on a bad day. It is standing between your crew and the pressure coming from above. It is walking a deck at 4 a.m. because that is what the pour needs.
Integrity
Concrete doesn't lie. Neither does a bid. If you cut a corner in either, it will show up — usually years later, always in front of the wrong people. I do the work right whether or not the inspector is looking.
The pour starts weeks before the trucks arrive.
Whether it is a 42-story tower or a warehouse slab, the work I do in the conference room — sequencing, coordinating, teaching — is what makes the work on the deck possible. I bring the same discipline to both.
Core Competencies
- Field Operations Leadership
- Multi-Project Supervision
- Crew Planning & Production Control
- Pour Sequencing & Concrete Logistics
- Pump Coordination
- Look-Ahead & Schedule Recovery
- Budget & Cost Control
- Owner / Architect / GC Coordination
- Quantity Takeoffs
- Labor / Material / Equipment Pricing
- Cost Forecasting
- ACI / ASTM Quality Control
- OSHA 30 Safety Leadership
Education & Certifications
- B.S. Construction Management — Capitol University
- AI Project Management Certificate — Google (Coursera), 2026
- OSHA 30-Hour Construction Safety
- ACI Concrete Field Practices
- First Aid / CPR
- Equipment & Lift Certifications
- Rigging & Site Coordination
Tools & Systems
Fluent across estimating software, digital takeoff, project management platforms, and — increasingly — AI-assisted cost and schedule workflows.