Adrian H. Baker

About Adrian H. Baker

Client-focused strategist in construction industry with more than 30 years of experience in achieving exceptional operations performance, supply chain management, and team engagement. Basic in Spanish and German languages. • Provide business development, operations direction, supply chain management, systems establishment, policy and procedure development, process improvement, marketing, sales, account management, program and project guidance, fiscal oversight, quality assurance, and customer satisfaction within construction and EPC environments. Heavy experience in project close out, change order negotiation, and project dispute resolution. • Apply expertise in direction of heavy civil and industrial projects to design and contracting phases of infrastructure development for diverse industries through engineering, procurement, and construction phases. • Focus on execution of industrial, mid-stream energy, and heavy civil construction projects, maintenance and diversion of major waterways and drainage systems, and installation, maintenance, and repair of earthmoving and oil field piping machinery and hydraulic systems. • Orchestrate construction through the use of detailed work plans for transportation structures, pipelines, pump and lift stations, high-pressure utilities, water and wastewater facility equipment, mechanical systems, and concrete structures. • Determine projects for placement of bids, and administer projects through bid preparation, contract negotiations, technical drawings and specifications, sourcing and procurement, scheduling, execution, and close-out. • Recommend and coordinate installations for products and systems, provide impact studies for engineering firms, and resolve issues pertinent to contractors, materials, and permitting for Owners and Engineers. • Maintain compliance with FERC, OSHA, EPA, TCEQ, API, ASTM, TXDOT, USDOT, HCTRA, FAA, FBCTRA, MCTRA, FMCSA, IFTA, USACOE, HAS, and corporate safety regulations and procedures. • Establish and maintain high-value business relationships. Recruit, train, and focus cross-functional trades in order to achieve corporate goals and realize timely and cost-efficient deliveries of concurrent projects.

Experience

1. Director of Civil Construction

   Advanced Construction & Development

   Apr 2023 — Present

Education

• Texas A&M University

  Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Construction Science

  1992 — 1996