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Larry R Swiger

First Name: 
Larry R
Last Name: 
Swiger
 Mr. Swiger has over 36 years of experience as a construction management professional. A diverse career has allowed him to work in many parts of the world such as the Middle East, Europe and Far East including Brazil, Korea, Thailand, Sri Lanka, the Caribbean, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Sultanate of Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait and the UK as part of international project management teams.

Mr. Swiger has proven Construction Management Experience with a high level of Project Controls expertise specifically: Contracts Management, Cost Administration, Estimating, Procurement, Change Management, Planning and Schedule Management, Claims Analysis, Forensic Scheduling, and Dispute Resolution.

As an expert witness, Mr. Swiger has testified for Constructability, Estimating and Scheduling in California State Court Systems for insurance claims.

Mr. Swiger is an experienced Construction Project Manager, Design-Build, Conceptual and Hard-bid Estimator and Proposal Writer, Computer CPM Scheduler, Expert Expediter & Procurement Manager, Planner and Programmer, Contract Administrator, and Change Manager.

Mr. Swiger has specialized in the management of troubled projects and has successfully contributed to the timely and equitable resolution of complex issues on multiple projects worldwide through informed negotiation and professional perseverance while completing the project and maintaining budgetary and completion goals.

Mr. Swiger is experienced working in remote locations, in isolation from the Head Office and is adept at resourcing world wide materials and labor. Mr. Swiger is adept at managing multi-disciplined, multi-linguistic, multi-cultural, multi-religious and multi-ethnic design and construction teams in diverse, unsettled and difficult locations around the world.

Mr. Swiger is an experienced procurement negotiator and is well versed in the nuances of custom clearances in foreign ports, obtaining workforce visas and building permits, licenses and operating variances in foreign countries. Mr. Swiger has demonstrated skill and imagination in the establishment of labor camps, unloading facilities, on & offshore staging locations, material storage and secure warehousing facilities for mega construction projects in foreign locations.

Mr. Swiger has a well developed global network of sources for labor supply, expert subcontractors, vendors, suppliers and fabricators who can operate in any construction theater required for nearly any conceivable building material. Mr. Swiger has shown the ability to develop effective procurement strategies which complement the collaboration between multi-company project teams in remote and difficult locations anywhere from the desert environments of the Middle East to coastal and island locations in the Far East and the Caribbean.
Professional Since: 
Jul-2004 (20.0 yrs experience)
Oldest experience: 
Nov 2001 (22.7 yrs experience, WARNING: 2.7 years variance with Professional Since)
Years Experience: 
8

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