Construction Experience

Facilities Construction, Rehabilitation, Operations and Maintenance Worldwide. Director of Shore Activities for the U.S. Navy. In this capacity, RADM. Fraser was in charge of planning, programming and budgeting and Navy policy for all 5 million acres of Navy real estate, facilities construction, rehabilitation, operations, and maintenance worldwide. He was also in charge of Navy policy for 30,000-man naval military construction forces.

Navy's Interagency Construction Program (approximately $1 billion). Major projects included:

  • $500 Million Department of Interior program to build an Airfield, a Port Facility, Roads, and Utilities in each of the main islands of the Trust Territories of the Pacific. RADM Fraser managed all planning, budgeting, design, and project management.
  • $200 Million Guam Disaster Recovery Reconstruction Effort. RADM Fraser planned, programmed, designed and managed this effort to repair damage from a devastating typhoon.
  • Opened 150-Mile Oil Pipeline from Elk Hills to San Bernardino, CA. RADM Fraser Managed for the Department of Energy the opening up of strategic oil reserves at Elk Hill, California, including design and real estate easement procurements for a 150 mile pipeline from Elk Hills past San Bernardino, California.

Davidrant Medical Center at Travis AFB, CA. Managed design and construction of 1,000-bed hospital project and other smaller projects for which the Navy was designated the construction agent for DoD and other federal agencies.

Hundreds of Construction Projects in Europe and Africa. As Second in Command of the Navy's Office in Charge of Construction in Madrid, Spain. RADM Fraser managed design and construction of hundreds of projects in many European and African countries from the U.K. to Morocco and from the Iberian Peninsula to Bahrain, Egypt, and Ethiopia. Projects types included port facilities, new airfields, housing and apartment units, mechanical and electrical projects, and a wide array of building construction.

Construction Operations in Vietnam. US Navy was responsible for design and construction for all U.S. Agencies in Southeast Asia. RADM Fraser was the U.S. Design and Construction Comptroller. The design work was accomplished through contracts with about 20 major U.S. A/E firms. Construction was primarily accomplished through a cost reimbursable contract with a joint venture of Raymond International, Morrison Knudson, Brown and Root, and J.A. Jones and Navy Construction Battalions. Roughly 55,000 people were employed in this $3 billion effort. RADM Fraser's role was to assure financial and material control and accounting for the entire effort with various staff divisions totaling about 150 people.

Design and Construction for Southeast Asia other than Vietnam (Thailand, Philippines, and other Southeast Asia countries), Washington DC Headquarters. Program Coordinator for Southeast Asia program for design and construction of hundreds of facilities projects. Also involved in managing the design, construction, and management of 90,000 Navy family housing units.

Design and Construction Program Manager for Port and Airfield at Sattahip, Thailand. Oversaw the design and construction of a 15 major ship capable port and a B-52 airfield (roughly the size of Dallas-Fort Worth Airport) in virgin territory at the port village of Sattahip, Thailand. RADM Fraser was in charge of a “fast track” design and construction operation which enabled the first airplane to land in less than eighteen months after start of design and construction. Design and construction forces grew from 100 to 10,000 at peak of construction.

Road, Utility and Building Rehabilitation on Midway Island. Officer In Charge of Engineering and Construction. This year long effort of 800 construction personnel included renovation and new construction of buildings, but most of the work was rehabilitation and modernization of a base built during World War II and under-maintained for 15 years in a salt-water atmosphere.

Bachelors Officers Quarters, North Island Naval Station, Coronado CA. Construction Cost: $10 million. Mr. Fraser was the Project Manager. The project consisted of a 10 story concrete structure with apartment style rooms. The structure was founded on a large matt foundation. Large forms were required for the foundation walls and adjustable shoring was used for the beam and slab floor construction. The amount of reinforcing steel became a challenge. The contractor's solution to clearance and honeycombing was to add an admixture and change the mix to a pea gravel rather than the standard design. This allowed the project to regain the production time while still delivering high quality concrete. The project was completed on time, on budget and without change orders.

Construction management and Resident Construction Services for design-build for the Iraqi Special Operations Force (ISOF) at multiple locations within the greater Area IV at BIAP. As Executive Program Manager with MACTEC, Mr. Fraser was responsible for overall performance of contract. He ensured all resources necessary for successful execution of the contract were available. New construction included:

  • City of Baghdad: 14 sixty-man barracks , 2 forty-five-man barracks, 1 joint operations (JOC) and signal center , 1 classroom / auditorium, 1 dining facility (DFAC) and 1 cold / dry storage facility.
  • City of Basrah: 10th Division Headquarters, Troops Battalion, Motor Transport Regiment Site – Services for construction of new facilities and infrastructure, including Headquarter buildings , maintenance buildings and sunshades, enlisted barracks , officers barracks , bakery, DFACs, warehouses , laundry, clinic, courthouse, ammo storage , fuel point / washrack , PT and parade field, firing range , entry control points, perimeter security fence/tank ditch / berm, guard towers, Also performed removal of all existing debris / rubble and clearance of UXO.
  • City of Basrah, 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade of the 10th Division Site – Services were provided in conjunction with construction of new facilities and infrastructure, including officers barracks , enlisted barracks , maintenance building, fuel point , and north entry control point. Renovation of existing facilities and infrastructure including Head Quarters building, officers barracks, enlisted barracks , ablution blocks, DFAC, kitchen, clinic, laundry, south entry control point.

 

450-Acre Mixed-Use Waterfront Development in Washington D.C. Development Budget: $1.5 billion. Mr. Fraser was Infrastructure Construction Manager for James T. Lewis enterprises. Design Management Services consisted of overseeing Design/Construction budget totaling over $100m. Design management included supervising over 13 separate engineering contracts from geotechnical to marine, civil, and highway engineers and three architects one of which was the renowned architect Phillip Johnson of New York. Another management duty was t o manage the construction of over 200 acres to clear and grub, create sediment ponds, roadway infrastructure and finish pad elevations for 17 towers and over 300 housing lots.

Turn-key Communication and Infrastructure Modernization, Lucent Technology, Worldwide Locations. Construction Cost $53 million. Mr. Fraser was the Senior Executive. Multiple work locations throughout the world including the United States (18 States), Southwest Asia, Pacific Rim and Europe. The project consisted of reconstruction of 6,300 power and communication sites thought the United States. Upgrades and expansion required unique and standard designs to configure mini-to mod upgrades coast to cast. The program involved three fast-track phases of assessment, design and construction. Construction included: upgrade electric panels (200 to 400 amp) foundation improvements, install 6300 electrical cabinets (800 lbs. each) structural improvements, concrete foundations, storage platforms roofing construction road improvements conduit installation generator adds and upgrades power cables (over 20 miles) jumpers and equipment racks. The management team internally marshaled engineering resources across the country. Externally, utilized a network of contractors in individual market locations to construct projects. A task and track project management system was used daily to ensure quality and timely delivery. In order to accelerate assessment and design for all 6300 sites a team of 8 design mangers and 50 designers.

Golf Course Clubhouse North Island Naval Station, Coronado CA. Construction Cost: $6 million. Mr. Fraser was the Project Manager. The project consisted of a clubhouse with locker room and driving range. The specific challenge was that it was built on a land fill. To overcome settlement issues the project was founded on 80 piles/grade beam combination. The scope included waterline, gas, drains, sewer, paving and curbs, sidewalks, concrete block, structural steel and iron, plaster and stucco plumbing and electrical, sprinkler system, landscaping and planting. The project was completed on time, on budget and with zero change orders.

Conversion of Six Runways and Parking Aprons, Naval Air Station, Milton Pensacola, Florida. RADM Fraser was deputy officer in charge for construction contracts to convert the 6 runways and parking aprons from propeller to jet capability. He supervised a 5 man engineering staff performing design work through contracts with local A/E firms.

Lindbergh Field, West Terminal Expansion, San Diego, CA. Engineering Fee: $1.5 million . Mr. Fraser was Senior Executive in Charge. The program involved a wide range of critical path services including structural steel shop inspection and erection inspection. Specific services included nondestructive testing steel fabrication plant audits, testing and inspection for ten construction phases: geotechnical, concrete, soils, pedestrian bridges, tunnels roadways and airport aprons. In addition, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and framing inspections.

Bridge Seismic Retrofit Program, Caltrans, Statewide, CA. Engineering Fee: $130 million. Mr. Fraser was Senior Executive in Charge. Technical services for this $4.5 billion, 13 year program including providing certified welding inspectors, ASNT nondestructive testing technicians, and welding engineering support for fabrication and erection of all bridges in the state including all eight toll bridges. Staffing consisted of 30 fulltime inspectors for both shop fabrication and field inspection. Shop inspections were undertaken in china, Korea, England and several shops in the United States.

Disaster Recovery Operations, Guam. Managed 11 month disaster recovery program on Guam which was hit by a 200-mph typhoon. Effort required 900 design and construction personnel. Program included building 1,000 housing units, renovation of electrical distribution grid and heavily damaged waterfront facilities. In each one-year period (Midway and Guam), RADM Fraser's unit was selected as the best construction unit of the year in competition among the 10 units in the Navy at the time.

 

 
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