BRIAN WEED

Led the purchasing process for new community developments, including budget preparation, bid solicitation, and contract negotiation with subcontractors and vendors. Prepared material take-offs and comprehensive cost estimates in collaboration with consultants, ensuring accurate and efficient budgeting. Analyzed proposals and assembled detailed bid-award packages with thorough cost breakdowns; maintained documentation on SharePoint per company protocols. Streamlined supply chain processes in coordination with the construction team, identifying opportunities for cost reduction and waste elimination. Leveraged national contracts to drive economies of scale, achieving cost efficiencies for the division. Managed the creation and upkeep of sales and studio options, ensuring the options database remained current with product changes and upgrades. Oversaw the implementation of new product plans in collaboration with KB Architecture, supporting ongoing product development and maintenance. Directed setup processes for new communities, including direct cost budgeting, and managed community plan adds from bid solicitation through sales activation.

• Create base and elevation budget estimates for new products (houses) • Ensure and promote “Best Practice Operating Procedures” to limit legal and financial exposure • Regularly market-test costs and labor/material demands (bids) • Manage the completion of contract maintenance through regular Contract Maintenance Log assessment • Research and recommend solutions when material shortages occur to ensure home production keeps moving • oversee the supervision of production budgets; contracts; custom built options and Scopes of Work • created Neighborhood-specific Product Books from pre-Neighborhood start to final closing of last home • Process problem invoices as required

Creates and delivers full scope estimating/purchasing on every project within organization, while delivering accurate and detailed answers pertaining to all current plans and projects. Responsible for building and fostering relationships with new and key vendors. Responsible for preparing and awarding bid requests for new/existing plans, communities, and client projects within organizations database. Responsible for creating and maintaining scopes of work for each bid request. Develops and implements standards and SOPs pertaining to procurement regulations within the organization. Creates all estimates for new custom single family and multi-family production projects and maintains all purchase orders per project. Responsible for maintaining and updating accurate construction costs for all custom house plans.

Conducting on-site investigation of underground and aerial cable plant damages Understanding and being able to utilize State Dig Laws and Statutes, excavator requirements, NESC standards Developing a professional working relationship with the client, their contractors, technicians, management team and other personnel, as well as, the client's locate company Conducting interviews on damage sites with contractors, technicians, witnesses, police, homeowners, etc. Professionally photograph and process the damage scene to accurately portray and determine liability Working with the client and contractors to obtain and write-up job repair costs from the damage Be available at all times as necessary to field damage calls and respond across the market Maintain a working knowledge of the entire PRG claims process Conflict Management

Estimate costs for projects and purchase materials Meet goals and deadline for project timeline Identifying potential risks and mitigating those risks Developing professional relationship with potential clients and vendors Responsible for providing project management to leasing, zoning, permitting, regulatory compliance and construction processes Deliver high quality and timely delivery of development and construction project management related services, and support General development and modification activities; real estate, entitlement and construction Conflict Management