PMA entered the Texas market in 1985 to meet the needs of global oil and gas clients. The company brought a thorough approach to risk analysis that produced high-quality assessments, enhanced presence in the industry, and a multi-billion-dollar risk portfolio. PMA risk services include robust and diverse projects in program, project, construction management, and cost and schedule controls. PMA’s expertise in delivering highly complex, confidential, and first-to-market projects has driven our expansion into the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where we provide construction claims management in aviation and healthcare. Our projects include a post-construction audit of a $2.8 billion aviation project and bid schedule development for a healthcare facility expansion.
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Leadership
•Don Fredlund
Don Fredlund
PMP
Chief Operations Officer, Phoenix
Don currently serves as Chief Operations Officer for PMA Consultants. He is also Executive Director of PMA’s National Claims Practice where he provides direction to PMA business units on disputed changes/claims avoidance and analysis and expert witness services. Don brings extensive experience in program, project, and construction management, both with large contractors and as a PM/CM consultant. Don has worked on a wide variety of project types, including major water/wastewater; manufacturing and process; infrastructure; oil and gas and energy; transportation/transit (air and rail); and environmental projects.
Education
BS, Civil Engineering, Michigan Technological University.Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Construction Management Association of America
- Project Management Institute
•Robert Sanders
Robert Sanders
Executive Director, Detroit
Based in PMA global headquarters in Detroit, Bob brings over two decades of experience to the waste/wastewater, architectural institutional, infrastructure, power, and environmental markets. Bob is an effective program manager who utilizes a variety of project delivery approaches, including traditional design-bid-build; design-build; and at-risk program management. He has extensive experience in program, project, and contract management for projects with a cumulative value of more than $8 billion. Bob’s public and private sector experience focuses on project controls and cost management, change order analysis and management, and claims administration. He has also facilitated many strategic planning workshops and value engineering sessions for PMA clients.
Education
BS, Civil Engineering, University of Michigan.Affiliations
- AACE International
•Jerry Klanac
Jerry Klanac
Managing Director, Ann Arbor
Jerry oversees the PMA Houston office, as well as the company’s global oil and gas practice. He has extensive project management experience for US and international construction projects in oil and gas, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, infrastructure, and water/wastewater sectors. He has consulted on projects with a cumulative value of more than $38 billion. Jerry has significant expertise in providing project cost and schedule controls, developing and analyzing CPM schedules, developing and reviewing conceptual and definitive cost estimates and tools, providing probabilistic analyses, assessing construction labor productivity, evaluating change orders and claims, developing project management processes, and preparing contract strategies. Jerry is also an accomplished trainer. He is currently a part-time faculty member at the University of Dayton, has lectured at the Project Management Institute and at the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo Innovation Center, and also has provided training for numerous private clients’ staff.
Education
MBA, University of Chicago; BS, Civil Engineering, University of Dayton.Affiliations
- AACE International
•Mike Brown
Mike Brown
PMP
Managing Director, Denver
Mike is Managing Director in the PMA western region. He has extensive experience in program and project management, quality management, engineering, and program and project controls. His projects include domestic and international home office and field in infrastructure, aerospace, forestry, food and beverage, mining and minerals, oil and gas, and sustainable energy. Mike has managed responsibilities that include strategic planning, engineering, construction, regulatory permitting and compliance, resource planning and management, quality audits and reviews, closeout, and other related administrative oversight functions.
Education
MBA & BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Maine.Affiliations
- AACE International
- Construction Management Association of America
- Project Management Institute
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