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BLUE MOUNTAIN
<br />DEVELOPMENT
<br />EDUCATION
<br />Master of Science,
<br />Engineering, University
<br />of California, Irvine
<br />Bachelor of Science,
<br />Engineering, University
<br />of California, Irvine
<br />LICENSES /
<br />CERTIFICATIONS
<br />Professional Engineer
<br />(Civil), State of
<br />California,
<br />No. 51426, Exp.
<br />06/30/2022
<br />PROJECT ROLES
<br />Project Executive
<br />Forward Planning
<br />Director
<br />Program Manager
<br />Technical Project
<br />Manager
<br />Senior Strategist
<br />YEARS OF
<br />EXPERIENCE
<br />25+
<br />AREAS OF
<br />EXPERTISE
<br />Construction
<br />Management
<br />Program Management
<br />Contract Bidding
<br />Value Engineering
<br />Community Outreach
<br />Regulatory Compliance
<br />Environmental
<br />Omar M. Dandashi, P.E.
<br />Project Manager
<br />Professional Summary
<br />Mr. Omar Dandashi has over 25 years of experience designing, managing,
<br />and estimating civil infrastructure projects, including city and county road
<br />construction, highways, bridges, paving, drainage, large and small diameter
<br />pipelines, and wet and dry utilities. He is the Senior Vice President of Blue
<br />Mountain Development and currently functions as the Project Executive for
<br />several of the firm's projects.
<br />Drawing on an extensive background, Mr. Dandashi brings diverse and well -
<br />structured qualifications to the development of over $750-million in large-
<br />scale infrastructure, public facilities, and private development projects. His
<br />background and experience focus on integrated project delivery, project
<br />planning, finance, entitlement, environmental compliance, design, and
<br />construction.
<br />Mr. Dandashi has been responsible for multiple aspects of program
<br />management, construction administration, government agency negotiation,
<br />political and public relations, public utility relationship building, community
<br />outreach and communications, project finance and budget management, as
<br />well as extensive partnership -focused relations. He has served as an industry
<br />speaker, guest lecturer, and advocate for industry -wide issues, promoting
<br />common solutions to current challenges.
<br />As a Project Manager, he is responsible for performing constructability
<br />reviews; providing bidding assistance; supervising and managing the
<br />construction project field office; supervising field personnel; full contract
<br />administration; leading project meetings; responding to contractor
<br />correspondence, RFIs, and submittals; CPM scheduling; shop drawing
<br />reviews; preparing and reviewing cost estimates; negotiating settlements for
<br />changes and claims; recommending extra work and claims settlements to
<br />Owners; negotiating and recommending monthly progress payments;
<br />preparing monthly progress reports; maintaining a daily diary of events;
<br />reviewing and approving materials, equipment, and testing procedures;
<br />coordinating with Owner operations personnel, PM staff, and stakeholders;
<br />and project start-up, acceptance, and close-out.
<br />Relevant Experience
<br />Project Manager, South Main Street Corridor Improvements Project, City
<br />of Santa Ana, Public Works Agency (Completion: 2022; Value: $12.8
<br />million) —The project will create a safer and more vibrant street for the
<br />community by revitalizing a 2.5-mile stretch of Main Street from First Street to
<br />Dyer Road. The improvements consist of monument signs, enhanced
<br />lighting, decorative sidewalk extensions / bulb outs, landscaping, irrigation,
<br />traffic signals, signing, striping, street pavement rehabilitation, and railroad
<br />coordination that is taking place concurrently as part of a Water Resources
<br />Division project. In addition, the improvements include replacing aging and
<br />deficient water mains, sewer mains, fire hydrants, sewer maintenance holes,
<br />water services, and sewer laterals within the project limits.
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