Seeking Opportunity where my Career experience, Construction Management expertise and Team Leadership & Organizational skills will provide substantial Benefit & Value.
Resume:
JAMES A. SIKICH
Email: jasikich[AT]jasikichcgllc.com
Website: www.jasikichcgllc.com
* Well-respected Senior-level Executive in the Building Industry with over 3 decades of construction experience, knowledge and expertise. Demonstrated skills in Project & Business Process Innovations. Extensive network of key industry relationships which continue to be fostered and maintained in the position Director on several Building Industry Associations’, Organizations’ and/or Companies’ Governing Boards. Seeking opportunity where my Career experience, Industry knowledge and Leadership/Organizational expertise will provide Benefit & Value to the Organization.
Areas of Expertise Include:
Leadership
Formulation of Vision, Strategic Planning & Successful Execution
Communication & Team Building
Pre-construction & Construction Management
Proficient Negotiation Skills
Led projects with over $1B in revenues
Execution on multiple, large-scale initiatives simultaneously
Led up to 15 direct reports and direct trade labor forces plus Subcontracting forces
Profile, Highlights, Achievements & History
Leadership Profile
Extensive construction management experience and responsibility for numerous large, complex and high-profile commercial construction projects in a variety of market segments including, but not limited to:
Mixed-use Developments
Entertainment
Hospitality
Healthcare
Higher Education Universities & Student Housing
Institutional & Corporate Office
Industrial
Large-scale Retail
Residential – Mid & High-Rise Multi-Family
Public Venues
*Project highlights below & complete Project Listing available upon request
In addition to Construction Manager / General Contractor (“CM/GC”) project experience, have had significant experience leading and overseeing Self-performed Operations, corporate trade labor forces, and related equipment division. Oversaw and directed all Company related Labor matters for well over a decade.
Highlights
Art Institute of Chicago, Modern Wing
Designed by world-renowned Italian Architect Renzo Piano
Preconstruction services assignment with international team on $300M+ project
Collaborative design and constructability workshops managed in Paris, France & London, England
Oversight & analysis of physical mock-up built in Turin, Italy
Led CM team providing constructability analysis, logistical planning, labor requirements and jurisdictional reviews, scheduling, value engineering and estimating services
Museum of Science & Industry, U505 Submarine Underground Pavilion
Facilitated the enclosure and preservation of the historic 700 ton WWII submarine
Built entirely below grade and directly across from Outer Drive of Lake Michigan including Architectural Cast-in-place concrete walls and buttresses, monolithically poured – 40’ high
Millennium Park, Crown Fountain
Unique fountain designed by contemporary Spanish Architect Jaume Plensa
Features 2 twin 50’ Waterfall towers with LED displays projecting images through glass brick surrounds
Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago
Highly detailed structure designed by noted German Architect Josef Kleihues
Built within exacting tolerances, with multiple clear-story galleries
300-seat auditorium and a unique facade
Set on a 2-acre urban canyon site in the heart of Chicago’s Gold Coast
Key Achievements
Leader with vast network in the Building Industry
Key relationships built with all sectors of the industry, including, but not limited to: Ownership, Designers, Consultants, Contractors and Labor leaders
Developed and led collaborative and productive teams resulting in successful projects
Executed on 7M+ sf totaling over $1B+ in revenues
Proven record of over 500K cy quality Concrete work constructed and placed
Numerous successful, high-profile, well-received projects encompassing a large share of the Company Portfolio
Spearheaded strategic plan and subsequent initiatives for the Chicago Building Congress
Career History
Early experience working in the construction trades prior to and between school years as a mason-tender and journeyman Carpenter. Joined W.E. O’Neil Construction Co. (an ENR top 100 CM/GC firm) in March, 1980.
J.A. SIKICH CONSTRUCTION GUIDANCE, LLC
- C.E.O. / Member, 2014-Present
W.E. O'NEIL CONSTRUCTION CO.
Growth through hands-on construction knowledge as:
Vice President of Operations & Officer of the Company, 1999-2014
Project Executive, 1998-2014
Project Manager, 1985-1997
Superintendent, 1983-1985
Project Engineer, 1980-1983
Professional Experience & Business Affiliations
Chicago Building Congress
President of the Board (2013-2015),
Board Director & Governing Committee (2012-Present)
W.E. O’Neil Construction Co.
Aforementioned progressive Career experience (1980-2014)
Builders Association, Labor Committee
Former Chairman (2009-2010), Member (1999-2014)
Builders Association, Construction Careers Opportunity Program
Task Force Advisory Member (2005-2008)
Illinois Dept of Commerce & Economic Opportunity, Grant Program & Joint Advisory Council
Council Member (2006-2007)
Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters, Apprenticeship & Training Program
Board Trustee (2004-2014)
Construction Employers Association & Chicago – Cook County Building Trades Council
Joint Conference Board Member (1999-2014)
Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (“LEED”)
Accredited Professional (2008-Present)
Sikich Development Corporation
Principal (1992-1996)
Sikich Construction
Family Business, Journeyman Carpenter (1976-1980)
Carr Bros. Construction
General Laborer & Mason’s Tender (1972-1976)
Notable Publications, Awards & Achievements
Chicago Building Congress – 75Th Diamond Jubilee Yearbook
“Chicago and the Chicago Building Congress” – Article by James A. Sikich (May / 2013)
Chicago Building Congress – The Edifice
“A Word from our President” – Article(s) by James A. Sikich (Quarterly 2013-Present)
Outstanding Project - New Construction Chicago – Merit Award
U-505 Submarine at the Museum of Science & Industry
Award presented by the Chicago Building Congress (2006)
U-505 The Final Journey by James E. Wise Jr. (2005)
“The New U-505 Experience”
Outstanding Project of 2004-2005
U-505 Submarine at the Museum of Science & Industry
Award presented by ASA Chicago (2005)
Better than Perfect - The Making of Chicago’s Millennium Park - by Robert Sharoff (2004)
“Crown Fountain”
Project of the Year – Site/Landscaping
Crown Fountain
Award presented by Midwest Construction (2004)
Museum of Contemporary Art -
by Andrea Mesecke & Thorsten Scheer (1996) “Documentation MCA”
Dodge Construction News
“Chicago Architecture – Museum of Contemporary Art” – Article (September / 1995)
Construction Digest
“Chicago’s New Work of Art” – Article (March / 1995)
