John F. Caruso
Design & Construction Experience


Overview:

Mr. Caruso has provided management and administration services for major construction projects in the New York metropolitan area since 1968. His expertise includes:

Program Management

Construction Management

Cost Estimating and Cost Controls

CPM scheduling

Project Labor Agreement (Negotiating, Feasibility and Administration)

Contract Document Development

Claims Analysis and Preparation, and Mediation

Expert Testimony

His design construction experiences cover the range of projects from airport facilities, co generation facilities, chemical plants, water treatment and waste water pollution control plants, and transportation to university facilities, court complexes, correctional institutions, and medical centers.

As owner of his own Construction Management company and as Vice President of firms such as O'Brien/Kreitzberg; Mauchly; and Lehr, McGovern, Bovis, Mr Caruso, has been in responsible charge of several major projects, and programs, including:

Program Manager to set up New York City's School Construction

Authority $5 billion program.

Program Manager for the $2.6 billion JFK 2000 Airport Renovation.

Principle in charge for the $80 million New York State FDC Kings Park

Psychiatric Center Renovation.

Principle in charge for New York City's Sanitation Garage Modernization

program $30 million

Principle in charge Nassau County Medical Center Dynamic Care Building;

Project Controls $75 million.

Mr. Caruso served as Deputy Commissioner of Public Works for Nassau County during the critical EPA consent decree initiative. During that time he was in responsible charge of the Wastewater and Water Management Division of Public Works. This division administered an annual operating budget of $118 million with an active $960 million Capital Construction Program to serve a 1.4 million population and protect its sole source aquifer and surrounding recreational waters.
Highlights of his work with the County include:

Established $960 million design construct program to assure compliance withEPA/NYSDEC mandate for secondary treatment by July 1, 1988, at Nassau Countysewage treatment facilities.
Established $100 million design construct program to upgrade 40 year old sewer systemincluding 22 pump stations.
Redirected “Water Supply Unit” from data collection-well drilling into WaterManagement Unit responsible for engineering, planning and operation of ;hazardouswaste cleanup; groundwater modeling; and comprehensive planning programs.

Relevant Experience Construction Claims

During the course of his career Mr. Caruso encountered numerous construction claims as both an owners representative and claims consultant. With his extensive background in the fundamentals of claims development and analysis, ( scheduling cost estimating, contracts, project management and quality assurance) he has been involved in several unique claims assignments.

New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry Phase III, IV, and V :

Electrical Contractor claims

Top of the East Condominiums: Developers claim against contractor

Port Richmond Water Pollution Control Project, NYC: Contractors Claim

Veterans Administration Hospital Phase XI, Bronx, New York: HVAC

Contractors Claim

Cedar Creek Sewage Treatment Plant: Owners Defense of Outfall claim by contracto

Stony Brook Biological Science Building: Owners Defense of Multiprime claims

Nassau County Medical Center: Owners Defense of Multiprime claims

Nassau County Community College, Owners Defense of Contractor Bonding

Co. Default

Wards Island Water Pollution Control Project Contractor Claim (Electrical, General)

Cedar Creek Advanced Wasterwater Treatment Facility and Water Reclamation Plant:

Owners Defense of Multiprime Contractors claims.

JFK Airtraffic Control Tower, Owners Defense of Contractors Claim

Betts Ave Incinerator NYC Rehabilitation and Modernization, and Air

Pollution Control; Contractors Claims( Electrical , General)

Brooklyn College, Science Building; Owners Defense of Contractor Claims
 
Professional Associations:
 

New York Water Pollution Control Federation (Past member and Chairman of

the Technical Paper Committee)

American Water Works Association( Past Member, Public Relations Committee)

American Public Works Association

American Management Association

EPA/Puerto Rico Task Force

Construction Management Association of America

ASCE Member Construction Institute

Vice President Nassau/Suffolk Water Commissioners Association

Member Long Island Water Conference

Nassau/Suffolk Water Commissioners Association
 
Award/Certificates:
 

Long Island Water Pollution Control Association, Achievement Award

Nassau County DPW, Achievement Citation

EPA Puerto Rico Task Force

Guide Dog Foundation Humanitarian Award

Long Island Water Conference Certificate of Appreciation

Society of American Value Engineer Certificate of Appreciation

Long Island Heart Council Leadership Award
 
Seminars:
 

Critical Path Method of Scheduling Nassau County DPW, Westchester

County DPW, NYS Facilities Development Corp; Pace University Graduate Class

in Management.

Construction Claims; Pace University Graduate School;

NYS Facilities Development Corp; NYS Physical Plant Operators Construction Claims

Westchester County DPW Claims in Public Works

Value Engineering in Public Works

Value Engineering in Sewage Treatment Plant Construction

“MOPO” During Physical Plant Construction

Advanced Waste Treatment and Recharge in Nassau County

Sewage Treatment: Maintenance of Plant Operations During the Construction Process
 
Education:
 

Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from City College of New York;

Advanced studies in Planning at the City College of New York and Computer

Sciences from the New School.

Professor NYU Real Estate Institute Graduate Construction Management Program

Professor Polytechnic University Graduate Construction Management Program
 
Representative projects include:
 
Courts and Correctional
 

Cohalen Court Complex with State, Family, and Civil Court buildings,

 
Suffolk County DPW ($90M)
 

Rikers Island Food Services Program ($70M) NYCDGS

System Wide Kitchen Renovation Program, NYCDDC ($50M)

Rikers Island Cook Chill Program (replaced by System Wide Kitchen

Renovation) ($200M)

Hempstead District Court Renovation ($10M)

Suffolk County Riverhead Court House($20M): Claim, Suffolk County DPW

New York State Supreme Court, NYCDGS ($20M)

Riverhead Jail Upgrades; Suffolk County DPW ($7M)
 
Education Facilities
 

Brooklyn College Science Building DASNY ($70M)

Brooklyn College Physical Education Building DASNY ($30M)

Nassau Community College Expansion, Phase I NCDPW ($35M)

SUNY Stony Brook Biological, DASNY ($24M)

New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, Newark ($120M)

PS 98 Manhatten NYCSCA ($14M)
 
Airport Facilities
 

JFK 2000 Redevelopment Program ($2.3B)

Philadelphia Airport Redevelopment Programs ($250M)

Continental Airlines Upgrade LAG ($14M)

JetBlue Hanger/Ops Center JFK Airport New York ($40M)
 
Medical Facilities
 

Nassau County Medical Center, Dynamic Care Building NCDPW ($75M)

Kings Park Psychiatric Center Renovation FDC ($80M)

Suffolk County Skilled Nursing Facility SCDPW ($30M)

Flushing Hospital Expansion Castagna & Sons ($25M)

Methodist Hospital Expansion Crow Construction ($55M)

Keller Hospital at West Point Corps ($25M)

West Point Dental Facility Corps ($8M)

Veterans Administration Hospital PhaseXI and Research Building, Bronx ($25M)

St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital, ($279M)

Sullivan County Community General Hospital ($22M)

Dyker Heights Hemodialysis Building NY Methodist Hospital ($3.5M)
 
Sewage Treatment/Water Pollution Control
 

Port Richmond Water Pollution Control Plant NYCDEP ($45M)

Oakwood Beach Sewage Treatment Plant NYCDEP ($50M)

Tallmans Island Sewage Treatment Plant NYCDEP ($50M)

Bay Park Water Pollution Control Plant Improvements NCDPW ($350M)

Camden County Sludge Dewatering, Sludge Handling and Invessel Composting

Building Camden Co. ($35M)

Hays Mine Water Treatment Plant American Water Works ($30M)

Wards Island Water Pollution Control Plant NYCDEP ($115M)
 
Additional Heavy Industry Facilities
 

Verona Chemical Plant Bayer ($100M)

Co generation Facility at SUNY Stony Brook BUG($27M)

Jamaica Alumina Plant, Jamaica W. I ($90M)

Co generation Facility at JFK Airport BUG ($200M)
 
Project Labor Agreements
 

Nassau County A. Holly Patterson Skilled Nursing Facility

Suffolk County Minor League Baseball Park Renovation

H. Lee Denison

Newburg Schools Newburg H.S. building renovation
 
Transportation
 

Port Authority Bus Terminal and Lincoln Tunnel Addition Port Authority of

NY and NJ ($12M)

Duamish Bridge, Seattle, Washington ($24M)

Berkshire Valley Road, Morris County, NJ ($8M)

Northern State/Meadowbrook Parkway Interchanges, Nassau County, New York ($90M)

JetBlue Yellow Parking Garage, JFK Airport New York ($63M)