Darius I. Ishaku

Key Achievements:

• Modified plans in response to delays, arrival of equipments and construction site emergencies.
• Established and maintained relationships with vendors and liaised with appropriate personnel to access facilities for inspection.
• Created project plans with established timelines using GhantPro.
• Reviewed project risks and devised proactive strategies to avoid potential roadblocks.
• Updated project schedule and progress report on MS Project Pro.

Key Achievements:

• Handled continuous project monitoring and management by using Microsoft Project Pro.
• Provided support in scheduling and supervision of milestones for duration of projects.
• Created project plans with established timelines using Office Timeline Gantt-charts in each integral project phase for clients.
• Set project schedules and oversaw milestones for duration of project.
• Assessed project risks and devised mitigation strategies to avoid potential roadblocks.

Key Achievements:

• Supervised projects ranging from bungalows and duplexes to uphold schedule requirements and quality demands.
• Tracked material usage and contractor hours to align projects with budgets. Conducted inventories of and delivered building supplies.
• Developed profiles, using cross-sections and survey equipment to represent elevations, topographical contours, subsurface formations and structures.
• Maintained strong working knowledge of pump controls, monitoring equipment and calibration tools by attending trainings.

Key Achievements:

• Aided with the preparation of project reports, manuscripts, and presentations.
• Completed research reports regarding outcomes. Presented research findings to supervising Professor by tables, graphs, fact sheets and written reports summarizing research results.
• Performed descriptive statistical analyses of data, using computer software and lab equipments such as, test equipments for thin Beams in Bending Beam Rheometer (BBR) for Quality Control in Asphalt Pavement Construction.
• Executed qualitative and quantitative analysis on wide range of data. such as Evaluating Freeze-Thaw Durability of Pervious Concrete Mixture in Cold Regions (50th ASC.).
• Worked on several published research projects, such as; Using of Heating Facilities in Sidewalks to Improve Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (2014 TRB).

Key Achievements:

• Worked with a Senior Project Manager to develop and strategize techniques so that clients receive high quality work.
• Applied AutoCAD in different forms: Modern and traditional house layouts, from 2-bedroom to 5-bedroom plans.
• Used AutoCAD to develop 3D visualization, topographic mapping, and construction site layouts.
• Emphasis laid on attention to details in order to attain client satisfaction.
• Prepared PowerPoint presentations.