We all come from somewhere, and this was my block growing up. The Burns house circa 1880 colonial farm house in suburban New Jersey just 12 miles north of the George Washington Bridge. Very much a Rockwellian Mayberry perfect country neighborhood. Loved working on that old 1880 farm housed with my Dad, the first generation design builder.
Brian Scott Burns Website: B.BurnsCompany.com
5019 Rodman Road Phone: 301-351-4891
Bethesda, Maryland 20816 bburnscompany@gmail.com
EXPERIENCE: 40 years’ experience high-end residential and commercial construction projects with proven track record. Second generation contractor.
July 2005 – Present: B. Burns Co, LLC: 5019 Rodman Road, Bethesda, MD 20816
President: Design / Build Remodel Contracting.
July 2002 – July 2005: The Construction Corporation: Spring Place NW, Washington, DC 20012
Chief Operating Officer: National Association Remodeling Industry, NARI ‘Contractor of the Year’ award winning Design/Build firm of Architects and Builders. Cover of Qualified Remodeler Magazine, February 2003.
September 1997 - July 2002: The I. Grace Company, Inc.: 403 East 91 St, NY. NY.10128
Project Manager: Private Commissioned Residences. Extreme high end residential construction. Residential Penthouse Projects ranged from $2,000,000 to $8,000,000. Worked with world-renowned architects and top craftsman producing the highest quality projects anywhere in the world. Company ranked in top five renovation firms in the U.S. by Town and County Magazine October 2000. Company rated top ten in nation by Architectural Digest for Renovation / Remodel firms.
May 1996 - September 1997: Beech Associates Design / Build: 145 East 93 St, NY. NY.10128
Vice President: Company founded in 1946. Responsible for company operations, procedures and personnel. Hired and supervised staff positions of controller, design architects, specification writer, project managers, and field superintendents. High end residential Manhattan projects.
1985 - 1996: Scorcia & Diana Assoc., Inc., Elmont, NY:
Sr. Project Manager: Construction Management / General Contracting firm. Eleven years with firm. High end residential and commercial construction. Reported directly to company owner Michael Scorcia. Built the 340 room, $90,000,000 landmark Empire Hotel at Lincoln Center Manhattan. Constructed 52 unit Yardarm Condominium complex in South Hampton Beach, Long Island with 52 individualized units each with separate architect and design team. Columbia University National Landmark Registry Seminary School reading room. Grace Church NYC National Landmark Registry School library. Built the Manhasset NY, Medical and Diagnostic Center. Installed the east coast largest MRI unit and magnetically isolated MRI and computer monitoring systems room. Eleven years worth of various high end residences in NYC.
1979-1985: B. Burns Co: New York, NY & San Diego, CA.: Sole proprietor: General Contractor. Six years in business, never went to court, never had to lien, always showed a profit.
1975-1979 C. Burns Co: Hoboken, NJ: (Father’s company). Received specialized business tutoring from father’s 35 years’ experience as entrepreneur. Trained for four years in construction job shop operations & site management.
EDUCATION:
1978-1980 Baruch College CUNY, Business Administration.
1976-1977 New York University, Business Administration
1973-1975 University of Tampa, Business Administration.
1968-1972 Northern Valley High School, Demarest, NJ.
Extracurricular Activities:
College: varsity crew
High School: 6 varsity letters: 2 baseball, 2 basketball and 2 football. Captain of basketball team.
1962- age nine, built my first tree house.
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SAMPLE NYC RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS: 1985 TO 2002
Custom, multi-million dollar residences in NYC done by me or by the company I worked for as Project Manager. A few client names you may recognize: Robert De Niro, Woody Allen, Donna Karen, Tommy Hilfiger, Marlow Thomas, David Susskind, Rupert Murdoc, Charlotte Ford, Donald Trump.
NYC RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS:
Leonidas Townhouse: 3 East 75th Street, NY, 25,000 square foot residence, combined 3 townhouses. Top floor pool with retractable glass roof. Bogdanow Partners Architect. Value $8,000,000.00
* Mr. Mrs. Jarecki Residence: 131 East 66th Street, NY, NY: Daniel Romualdez Inc. Architect. Value $2,000,000.00. Showcased in October 2000 Town & Country Magazine, annual home design award issue.
* 838 Fifth Ave Residences: 4 separate residences 5500 sq ft each. Athena Group Architect. Value $5,000,000 each.
* Mr. Bruce Toll Residence: 838 Fifth Ave, Toll Brothers Homes founder. Proctor + Wang Architects. Ken Alpert Designer. Value $1,300,000.00.
* Mr. Lawrence Schloss Residence: 895 Park Ave, Nasser Nakib Architect. Value $2,450,000.00
* Mrs. Charlotte Ford Penthouse: Henry Ford’s daughter. 25 Sutton Place, Beringer Architects, Stern - Roberts Designer, Value $1,500,000.00. Showcased in House and Garden magazine.
* Mr. Mrs. William Moran residence, Vice President of Citi Group Bank. 1185 Park Ave, Beech. & Associates Design / Build. Value $1,300,000.00
* Mr. Alfred Morris Penthouse duplex. CPW @ 82 St., Parish / Hadley Designs. Value $1,680,000.00. Cover story of October 1990 House & Garden and showcased in July 1994 Architectural Digest.
* Mr. Mrs. Nislick Penthouse. CPW @ 62 St., Venizia, Bishop & Assoc., architect. Value $617,029.00. Showcased in February 1995 Architectural Digest.
* Mr. Mrs. Mullen Penthouse Duplex. RSD @ 83 St., Lembo / Bohn Design, architect. Value $650,000.00.
* NDA Non Disclosure Agreement projects: Woody Allen, Robert DeNiro,
All Renovations are gut rehabs including extensive structural and mechanical re-engineering. All are high end, Manhattan, residential projects. Values are construction costs only.
NYC COMMERCIAL PROJECTS:
- The Radisson Empire Hotel at Lincoln Center NY: Emery Roth & Son Architect: 340 room high rise hotel in mid-Manhattan. Construction value $60 million in construction cost (in 1988 dollars). Project Manager for the four year total reconstruction project with major structural and mechanical and finish reconstruction. Project built under "Fast Track" design / build method. Coordinated all construction phasing and logistics, including 100 man onsite crew.
Coordinated job meetings with architect, engineers, designers and various consultant team members, from pre-construction design through final close out. Responsible for coordination of all NY City and NY State regulatory agencies for large mid-Manhattan high rise construction project. Coordinated all NYC Trade Union requirements and Shop Steward Regulations and city inspectors. Coordinated with the financing bank auditors for percentage complete draw downs. Coordinated weekly design and budget meetings with hotel owner’s representative, owner’s controller, Hotel CEO, project architect team, mechanical, plumbing and electrical engineers. Produced, invoiced and dispersed payment requisitions in excess of $1,000,000.00 per month for a 3 year period, first year was slightly less.
- Barja, Inc. Showroom: High end retail showroom on 5th Avenue and 57th Street, Manhattan, NY.. Rendell Fernandez Architect. Value $1,200,000.00
- Yardarm Beach Condominium: West Hampton Beach, Long Island, NY. Peter Elkin Architect. Construction Manager for new $8,700,000.00 / 65,000 sq. ft. complex in the exclusive Hampton Beach Long Island. Coordinated construction of 52 individually owned and customized units. Presented owner with overall budget savings of $210,000.00.
- Fulton Landing Pier Park: at the Brooklyn Bridge and East River. Site of Robert Fulton’s famous steam boat test. Now a public landmark park and pier with custom stainless steel art design fence as seen in many movie and TV productions. Signe Nielsen Architect. Installed $1,000,000.00 in specialty artistic steel and stone contracts for NYC Economic Development Corp.
- Grace Church School: Gramercy Park NY. Royal, Bishop, Porter Architect:. $652,590.00 expansion and renovation of 200 year old Grace Church School. Listed on Registry of National Landmarks. Fast Track project under strict time constraints. Opened on time - under budget.
- Manhasset Diagnostic & Medical Center: Dannon Group Architect. Value $1,300,000.00. Installed Northeast's largest MRI system (10 ton magnet shipped from England), CAT Scan, X-ray, Mammography and hospital equipment and facilities. Awarded $20,000.00 bonus for turning over project under budget and ahead of schedule.
5019 Rodman Road Phone: 301-351-4891
Bethesda, Maryland 20816 bburnscompany@gmail.com
EXPERIENCE: 40 years’ experience high-end residential and commercial construction projects with proven track record. Second generation contractor.
July 2005 – Present: B. Burns Co, LLC: 5019 Rodman Road, Bethesda, MD 20816
President: Design / Build Remodel Contracting.
July 2002 – July 2005: The Construction Corporation: Spring Place NW, Washington, DC 20012
Chief Operating Officer: National Association Remodeling Industry, NARI ‘Contractor of the Year’ award winning Design/Build firm of Architects and Builders. Cover of Qualified Remodeler Magazine, February 2003.
September 1997 - July 2002: The I. Grace Company, Inc.: 403 East 91 St, NY. NY.10128
Project Manager: Private Commissioned Residences. Extreme high end residential construction. Residential Penthouse Projects ranged from $2,000,000 to $8,000,000. Worked with world-renowned architects and top craftsman producing the highest quality projects anywhere in the world. Company ranked in top five renovation firms in the U.S. by Town and County Magazine October 2000. Company rated top ten in nation by Architectural Digest for Renovation / Remodel firms.
May 1996 - September 1997: Beech Associates Design / Build: 145 East 93 St, NY. NY.10128
Vice President: Company founded in 1946. Responsible for company operations, procedures and personnel. Hired and supervised staff positions of controller, design architects, specification writer, project managers, and field superintendents. High end residential Manhattan projects.
1985 - 1996: Scorcia & Diana Assoc., Inc., Elmont, NY:
Sr. Project Manager: Construction Management / General Contracting firm. Eleven years with firm. High end residential and commercial construction. Reported directly to company owner Michael Scorcia. Built the 340 room, $90,000,000 landmark Empire Hotel at Lincoln Center Manhattan. Constructed 52 unit Yardarm Condominium complex in South Hampton Beach, Long Island with 52 individualized units each with separate architect and design team. Columbia University National Landmark Registry Seminary School reading room. Grace Church NYC National Landmark Registry School library. Built the Manhasset NY, Medical and Diagnostic Center. Installed the east coast largest MRI unit and magnetically isolated MRI and computer monitoring systems room. Eleven years worth of various high end residences in NYC.
1979-1985: B. Burns Co: New York, NY & San Diego, CA.: Sole proprietor: General Contractor. Six years in business, never went to court, never had to lien, always showed a profit.
1975-1979 C. Burns Co: Hoboken, NJ: (Father’s company). Received specialized business tutoring from father’s 35 years’ experience as entrepreneur. Trained for four years in construction job shop operations & site management.
EDUCATION:
1978-1980 Baruch College CUNY, Business Administration.
1976-1977 New York University, Business Administration
1973-1975 University of Tampa, Business Administration.
1968-1972 Northern Valley High School, Demarest, NJ.
Extracurricular Activities:
College: varsity crew
High School: 6 varsity letters: 2 baseball, 2 basketball and 2 football. Captain of basketball team.
1962- age nine, built my first tree house.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
SAMPLE NYC RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS: 1985 TO 2002
Custom, multi-million dollar residences in NYC done by me or by the company I worked for as Project Manager. A few client names you may recognize: Robert De Niro, Woody Allen, Donna Karen, Tommy Hilfiger, Marlow Thomas, David Susskind, Rupert Murdoc, Charlotte Ford, Donald Trump.
NYC RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS:
Leonidas Townhouse: 3 East 75th Street, NY, 25,000 square foot residence, combined 3 townhouses. Top floor pool with retractable glass roof. Bogdanow Partners Architect. Value $8,000,000.00
* Mr. Mrs. Jarecki Residence: 131 East 66th Street, NY, NY: Daniel Romualdez Inc. Architect. Value $2,000,000.00. Showcased in October 2000 Town & Country Magazine, annual home design award issue.
* 838 Fifth Ave Residences: 4 separate residences 5500 sq ft each. Athena Group Architect. Value $5,000,000 each.
* Mr. Bruce Toll Residence: 838 Fifth Ave, Toll Brothers Homes founder. Proctor + Wang Architects. Ken Alpert Designer. Value $1,300,000.00.
* Mr. Lawrence Schloss Residence: 895 Park Ave, Nasser Nakib Architect. Value $2,450,000.00
* Mrs. Charlotte Ford Penthouse: Henry Ford’s daughter. 25 Sutton Place, Beringer Architects, Stern - Roberts Designer, Value $1,500,000.00. Showcased in House and Garden magazine.
* Mr. Mrs. William Moran residence, Vice President of Citi Group Bank. 1185 Park Ave, Beech. & Associates Design / Build. Value $1,300,000.00
* Mr. Alfred Morris Penthouse duplex. CPW @ 82 St., Parish / Hadley Designs. Value $1,680,000.00. Cover story of October 1990 House & Garden and showcased in July 1994 Architectural Digest.
* Mr. Mrs. Nislick Penthouse. CPW @ 62 St., Venizia, Bishop & Assoc., architect. Value $617,029.00. Showcased in February 1995 Architectural Digest.
* Mr. Mrs. Mullen Penthouse Duplex. RSD @ 83 St., Lembo / Bohn Design, architect. Value $650,000.00.
* NDA Non Disclosure Agreement projects: Woody Allen, Robert DeNiro,
All Renovations are gut rehabs including extensive structural and mechanical re-engineering. All are high end, Manhattan, residential projects. Values are construction costs only.
NYC COMMERCIAL PROJECTS:
- The Radisson Empire Hotel at Lincoln Center NY: Emery Roth & Son Architect: 340 room high rise hotel in mid-Manhattan. Construction value $60 million in construction cost (in 1988 dollars). Project Manager for the four year total reconstruction project with major structural and mechanical and finish reconstruction. Project built under "Fast Track" design / build method. Coordinated all construction phasing and logistics, including 100 man onsite crew.
Coordinated job meetings with architect, engineers, designers and various consultant team members, from pre-construction design through final close out. Responsible for coordination of all NY City and NY State regulatory agencies for large mid-Manhattan high rise construction project. Coordinated all NYC Trade Union requirements and Shop Steward Regulations and city inspectors. Coordinated with the financing bank auditors for percentage complete draw downs. Coordinated weekly design and budget meetings with hotel owner’s representative, owner’s controller, Hotel CEO, project architect team, mechanical, plumbing and electrical engineers. Produced, invoiced and dispersed payment requisitions in excess of $1,000,000.00 per month for a 3 year period, first year was slightly less.
- Barja, Inc. Showroom: High end retail showroom on 5th Avenue and 57th Street, Manhattan, NY.. Rendell Fernandez Architect. Value $1,200,000.00
- Yardarm Beach Condominium: West Hampton Beach, Long Island, NY. Peter Elkin Architect. Construction Manager for new $8,700,000.00 / 65,000 sq. ft. complex in the exclusive Hampton Beach Long Island. Coordinated construction of 52 individually owned and customized units. Presented owner with overall budget savings of $210,000.00.
- Fulton Landing Pier Park: at the Brooklyn Bridge and East River. Site of Robert Fulton’s famous steam boat test. Now a public landmark park and pier with custom stainless steel art design fence as seen in many movie and TV productions. Signe Nielsen Architect. Installed $1,000,000.00 in specialty artistic steel and stone contracts for NYC Economic Development Corp.
- Grace Church School: Gramercy Park NY. Royal, Bishop, Porter Architect:. $652,590.00 expansion and renovation of 200 year old Grace Church School. Listed on Registry of National Landmarks. Fast Track project under strict time constraints. Opened on time - under budget.
- Manhasset Diagnostic & Medical Center: Dannon Group Architect. Value $1,300,000.00. Installed Northeast's largest MRI system (10 ton magnet shipped from England), CAT Scan, X-ray, Mammography and hospital equipment and facilities. Awarded $20,000.00 bonus for turning over project under budget and ahead of schedule.