27 years in Multi-Family, Apartment & SFR
- Constructed over 3,000+ SFR, subdivisions, luxury homes, multi-family
apartment & Luxury Town-home complexes up to 677 units each, including
podium deck Types I & V construction. Well versed in LEED & California
Energy Star “Green Building” programs.
12 years Vertical & Horizontal Mixed-Use – 168 Apt/Condos
over 284,000 SF retail & office. 114 unit multi-family/retail horizontal
mixed-use in Whittier, CA. Forty-seven (47) condos over 11k SF retail
in Pasadena, CA. 34 SFR in Hollywood.
25 years Commercial, Office & Retail – 120,000 SF Mid-rise
steel frame offices in Torrance, CA. Large Retail, masonry and numerous
concrete tilt-up structures.
14 years Hotels / Hospitality - 8 ground-up new hotel
projects ranging from 2 to 14 floors of Type I & Type V construction
with commercial pools/spa/fitness amenities, restaurants & kitchens.
Assisted Living Facilities renovations.
26 years Civil – Complete Off-Site experience including:
Heavy Earthwork, Demolition, Utilities, Pipeline, Major Street ROW,
retaining & keystone walls, infrastructure relocation, lighting, streets,
roads and signalization.
Site staff/supervisors reporting – Typical large scale
(500+/- units) multi-family project supervise 1 project manager and
5 to 8 super’s reporting. Mr. Schmidt has exceptional team building
skills dealing with a variety of personalities & situations.
Donald Heinrich Schmidt
Don Schmidt is a well rounded veteran Building Contractor
& Construction Manager since 1978. He has been responsible 
for:
Architectural Design Development, Permitting, Budget & Scheduling, Pro-Forma,
Bid Negotiation, Buy-Out, Contractor Selection, Quality Assurance and
complete Horizontal & Vertical Construction.
Mr. Schmidt is as comfortable & natural in the field managing the superintendents, work, schedule & quality, as well as in office environments - interacting with staff & directing the contract management process & maintaining project budgets!
As a Licensed California General Engineering & Building
Contractor for 30 years, Mr. Schmidt has 25 years in large scale Construction
Project Management with 20 of those years spent on-site as Project Superintendent
and Construction Manager.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - Donald H. Schmidt (1982 through Present)
2007–Present
Vice-President & RMO – Kirshner & Schmidt, Inc., Tustin, C. Due Diligence,
Entitlements, Architectural Design Development, Presentations to Planning
& City Council public hearings, Permitting, Preliminary Cost Estimates,
Cost Budgets & Scheduling, Pro Forma, Pre-Construction and complete
Horizontal & Vertical Construction on retail, commercial, apartments
and multi-family homes.
2005-2007
SR. PROJECT MANAGER / CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT – MasterCraft Homes
Group, Newport Beach, CA. High Density Urban In-Fill & Multi-Family
Type V construction. Land Acquisition, Due Diligence, Entitlements,
Architectural Design Development, Presentations to Planning & City Council
public hearings, Permitting, Zoning, CFD structuring, TUMF credits,
Development Agreements, Budget & Scheduling, Pro Forma, Pre-Construction,
Construction through Build-Out & Bond Exoneration.
2004-05
SR. PROJECT MANAGER / CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT – MBK Homes, Irvine,
CA. Land Acquisition, Forward Planning, Due Diligence, Entitlements,
Mapping, Design, Consultant selection, Permitting, Budget & Scheduling,
Phasing, HOA Formation, Easements, CC&R, DRE, Pro Forma, pre-construction
through build-out of both multi-family attached town homes/condo’s and
SFR. Specialist in: Urban In-fill, Mid to High Density Mixed-Use type
product.
2003-04
SR. PROJECT MANAGER / CONSTRUCTION – WESTERN NATIONAL GROUP, Irvine,
CA. Full charge Sr. Project Manager handling the account of Lewis Operating
Corporation (LOC) Multi-family division portfolio consisting of four
(4) large luxury apartment homes projects between Northern & Southern
California. Responsible to meet the scheduling and budget objectives
including: adherence to baseline schedules, conceptual & final cost
estimating, budgets, production reporting, contract negotiations, staffing
of all field support team, heavy owner liaison insuring that all obligations
& commitments are being met, monthly draw review and approvals. All
four of these projects were cost-plus / design-build contracts.
1999-03
PROJECT MANAGER / CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT – R.D. OLSON CO., Irvine,
CA. Full charge PM responsibilities including: design/build, entitlements,
permitting, conceptual & final cost estimating, contract negotiations,
project close out up through Grand Opening with heavy owner liaison
on ground up and renovations on large scale Hotels, Hospitality and
Restaurant projects.
1994-99
PROJECT MANAGER / CONSTRUCTION - TERRA MESA CORP., Las Vegas, NV. Managed
the Design-Build teams for of 6 commercial buildings up to 84,000 SF,
2 large 340,000 SF manufacturing buildings, 3 hotels and 8 retail building.
Design/build of mixed-use condo/retail. Entitlements, permitting, scheduling,
budgeting and contract administration. Projects ranged from $6.5 million
to over $28.8 million each.
1991-94
EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT - D/S FUELING SYSTEMS, Paramount, CA. Effectively
managed fueling and environmental projects (Hydrocarbon contaminated
soil, Asbestos & Haz-mat) from bid stages, sub-contractor selection,
construction through punch list. Built over 35 fueling stations & convenience
centers (Texaco, Shell, Mobil) with adjoining retail and strip malls
throughout the Southern California area. Contracted in all areas of
Public and Private works. Average project size from $400K to $8.7M.
1985-91
MULTI-FAMILY & SFR PROJECT MANAGER - HUGHES DEVELOPMENT CORP., Glendora,
CA. Directed and managed commercial & residential on-site and off-site
construction operations on subdivisions, tracts, infrastructure, grading
& excavating operations. Built over 700+ homes and one seventy-two unit
apartment complex all in the High Desert areas of Lancaster and Palmdale.
Prepared cost budgets, schedules, monitored and inspected all construction
activities. Annual construction budget in excess of $18.5 million dollars.
1984-85
PROJECT SUPERINTENDENT - CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY BUILDERS, Santa Monica,
CA. Managed the daily on-site activities. Built out 3 subdivisions (118
houses), 8 concrete tilt-up buildings and one 120,000 S.F. mid-rise
steel frame office building from ground through finals.
1982-84
CIVIL PROJECT SUPERINTENDENT - LaJet ENERGY CORP. Abilene, TX. On-site
civil superintendent of field operations on industrial power plant located
in Warner Springs, San Diego County, CA. This 2 year project was completed
within $18.4 million dollar budget and fast track time frame.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS
MS Word - MS Excel - MS Project '07 - Expedition 8.58 - PowerPoint - AutoCAD LT - Primavera Suretrak 3.0a - Timberline & JD Edwards Job Cost Accounting
LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS
* California General Engineering License # A-366984 issued
in 1981
* California General Building License # B-366984 issued in 1978
* California Grading & Paving License # C-12-366984 issued in 1994
* California Building Moving & Demolition License # C-21-36698 (1993)
* California Hazardous Materials License # HAZ-366984 issued in 1992
* California Asbestos Removal License # ASB-366984 issued in 1992
* State of Nevada General Engineering License #A-47643 issued in 1995
* Arizona General Commercial B-01 License #ROC-248360
* CA Registered Environmental Assessor (REA) - 1991
* Enrolled in the LEED AP certification process - 2007