Nelson A. Williams
556 St John Place - Franklin, Tennessee - 37064 – 615/790.0069 H - 615/804.2127 M -
Director of Construction Management & Real Estate Development / Senior Project & Construction Manager / Estimator/ Entrepreneur
Experienced Director, Senior Project Manager, and Cost Engineer with a proven track record of successful projects from healthcare, hospitality, restaurants, correctional, governmental, and industrial, to financial, big box retail, housing, and multi-use development. My leadership skills help the job during construction, and at close out, to condense schedules, save money, and deliver value and profitability to the client. Previous construction duties have encompassed directing all phases of design and construction to insure maximum quality, efficiency and profitability.
As a senior manager, I am heavily involved in strategic planning, risk mitigation, due diligence, corporate real estate transactions, construction/project management, best practices, mentoring, contingency plans, and facilities management. I have been awarded promotion to positions of increasing responsibility in previous jobs as recognition of my excellent performance.
Employment
Current FireSpice LLC – Gourmet Foods & Creations – Franklin, Tennessee
2011 Chef / Principle / Head of Operations / FDA Certified Supervisor- Acidified Foods
Gourmet Food Production: Gourmet salsas, hot sauces, spaghetti sauce, spice rubs & assorted gourmet foods. Created all recipes, submitted, and received FDA approvals, planned and executed marketing strategies. My products have been accepted to a national food chain (Whole Foods Market – SE Region) and applications to other national chain are in the process. I am handing operations over to my VP for continued growth, and marketing.
2011 Seaman Development / Rooms To Go – Class A Retail Showrooms, Transit & Distribution
2008 Centers. Franklin, Tennessee
Senior Construction Manager / Real Estate Development / PMP Controls
Developed, managed, and tracked 235,000 SF of Class A Capital Projects, worth over $21M. Capital project included big box retail showroom structures, infrastructure, and multi-use real- estate development. Management controls included value engineering over the project cycle, which saved Seaman’s $2M+ in construction costs, multiple reporting techniques (weekly/bi-weekly) project status and meeting project milestones, quality of construction, budget updates, while tracking scheduled completion dates.
2008 Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) – Government / Correctional / Detention /
2006 Healthcare Construction – Nashville, Tennessee.
Director of Construction Management / Project Development for Capital Projects
Developed/constructed 5 correctional projects; delivered 556,000 SF, worth $168M of correctional facilities which included main control room electronic upgrades, house specific control rooms, medical facilities, food service facilities, libraries, classrooms, outdoor exercise areas, and office suites. Organized and guided project operations throughout project life cycle, while continuing value engineering techniques, and, maintaining working relationships with user groups.
2006 CB Richard Ellis Global Program Management - Regions Bank/AmSouth Bank
2002 Financial Facilities / Mixed Use Construction - Nashville, Tennessee
Sr. Program Manager / Sr. Project Manager / Owners Representative
CBRE management was the team leaders of AmSouth’s $500M Capital Projects rollout program. Our team led due diligence research, site analysis, constructability/design reviews, cost savings / value engineering reviews, and financial reconciliation with corporate attorneys. My group developed, constructed and completed as many as eight facilities at a time, on schedule and within budget. My team completed over $170M of new construction during my 4 years with CBRE.
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2002 JE DUNN / RJ GRIFFIN – Healthcare / Hospital / Medical Office Building (MOB)
2000 Nashville, Tennessee. Senior Project Manager, Construction Management & Pre Construction Manager JE Dunn Healthcare division focused primarily on healthcare for corporate clients such as Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), and Neurology & Neuroscience Associates
(NNA). As the on-site senior manager, I relocated to Houston and managed the reconstruction of HCA’s East Houston Regional Medical Center after the 2001 flood. This 157,500 SF facility, valued at $16.7M, was a complete renovation of all medical facilities, OR’s, radiology, restaurant, and MPE infrastructures. My team coordinated this fast-track project, scheduled & sequenced all activities, reported all real time budgets, and construction activities to HCA managers.
2000 AMERICAN CONSTRUCTORS – General Construction, Educational, Church, Hospitality,
1996 Mixed Use, and General Commercial Construction – Nashville, TN
Project Manager, Construction Manager, & Pre Construction Manager
American Constructors focused heavily on large commercial, educational, churches, multi-use construction, and large senior living facilities. Personally completed three schools (two K-12 and one university main campus office / computer center complex – approx. $14.5M); Hillwood Country Club (2 phases -$7.5M). Additionally, performed pre-construction se...
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