Tom Oberle, SVP of Operations

Vice president of a nationwide general contracting firm that serves a variety of clients from offices in St. Louis, Mo., and Denver, Colo., continuously seeking new opportunities to bring pre-construction planning and value engineering skills to challenging building assignments.

Applying nearly 20 years of in-depth experience in the construction and engineering industry, delivering ultimate value to every construction buyer.

Brinkmann Constructors is a leader in design/build, fast-track construction and value engineering for construction projects in a multitude of markets and industries, including:
• Healthcare (surgery centers, medical office buildings, hospitals and rural healthcare facilities)
• Industrial (bottling, printing, manufacturing and distribution facilities)
• Data Centers
• Office and High-Rise 
• Education (schools, colleges and universities)
• Hospitality and Entertainment (hotels, restaurants and more)
• Public Sector (law enforcement, airports and military facilities)
• Retail (lifestyle, regional malls and neighborhood centers)
• Senior Living
• Multifamily

Specialties

Leadership management, relationship development, pre-construction planning, design/build, fast-track construction, value engineering, critical path scheduling, critical path construction, Building Information Modeling, LEED and green construction, conceptual estimating, civil engineering, multi-trade coordination, commercial construction, healthcare construction, data center construction, industrial construction, multifamily construction

Tom Oberle

 

Executive Vice President

Brinkmann Constructors

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Construction industry

July 2010 – Present (1 year 10 months)

• Lead early project development efforts for a nationwide general contracting firm that employs 65 in St. Louis, Mo., and Denver, Colo.
• Focus on pre-construction planning, including value engineering, for clients in the healthcare, industrial, data center, retail, office, educational, institutional, public sector, hospitality and entertainment sectors.
• Bring nearly 20 years of construction and engineering experience to projects in the conceptual phase, helping clients map out all solutions and select the most effective cost, time and design options. 
• Develop and maintain long-term, mutually-rewarding client relationships.

Project Executive

Brinkmann Constructors

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Construction industry

July 1993 – July 2010 (17 years 1 month)

• Directed diversification of firm’s work into new public sector projects.
• Directed, managed and scheduled entire workforce on multiple construction projects, spanning multiple industries across the Midwest. 
• Oversaw the daily activities of all project managers, project engineers, superintendents and various support staff on each project.
• Coordinated workforce and jobsite safety on large-scale retail, healthcare, commercial, luxury living, data center and industrial projects.
• Applied innovative civil engineering solutions to overcome such challenging site conditions.
• Deployed fast-track and design/build construction to maintain the most stringent project budgets and completion timelines.
• Communicated regularly with architects and all active tradesmen and subcontractors on project sites to report progress to project owners.
• During project proposal, used extensive knowledge of construction and engineering trades to ask the right questions, offer accurate cost estimates and alternatives, and produce creative solutions.
• Led such major projects as:
o $30 million, 827,000-square-foot distribution facility in Victorville, Calif.
o $55 million, 390,000-square-foot luxury housing unit in Clayton, Mo.
o $28 million, 200-acre retail center in Hamilton, N.J.
o $36 million, 100,000-square-foot data center in Bridgeton, Mo.
o $26 million, 186,000-square-foot office building, providing a company headquarter

University of Missouri-Rolla

B.S. in Civil Engineering, Engineering

1991

Activities and Societies: Football, Sigma Phi Epsilon