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Martin A. Querin, P.E., Director / Executive / Engineer
Centex Homes Inc., Visalia, CA. 2005 to 2007
Product Development Manager- Senior Land Development Project Manager
Managed contracts with architects, structural engineers and mechanical engineers for design of Centex housing
products. Ensured department collaboration; coordinated plan updates, obtained and maintained permits and
handed field fixes with field crews.
• Manager over three Area Project Managers on land development projects from Visalia to Bakersfield,
and Neighborhood Development project budgets for 19 neighborhoods in 5 different cities in Tulare,
Kings and Kern Counties.
• Responsible for total capital civil improvement project budgets exceeding $500,000,000. Projects
included major on and off-site improvements to wet and dry utilities, street improvements including
major intersections and signalization, parks and recreation facilities, bike and pedestrian facilities, way-
finding improvements.
• Participated in revised records and budget documentation project to meet the fiscal requirements of
Sarbanes-Oxley audit.
• Project responsibilities included review of project contracts, as well as oversight of preparation of plans,
specifications, and cost estimates prepared by Land Planning and Civil Engineering Consultants and
processing plans through City Public Works and Planning Departments from preliminary map through
final map with associated environmental permitting, civil infrastructure improvement plans and
neighborhood notice of completion and processing reimbursements with the City for improvements to
City infrastructure.
• Immediately after taking over the position, the company was audited by Sarbanes-Oxley Audit; the audit
showed many past major concerns in record keeping and reporting for tracking and monitoring assets
and budgets. Corrected all past deficiencies and re-audit showed all documentation and reporting was
in order with no major discrepancies.
Quad Knopf Inc., Fresno, CA 2004 to 2005
Municipal Group Leader
Managed municipal engineering design group; acted as contract assistant City Engineer for three cities and one
community services district, provided consulting and design engineering services on numerous water,
wastewater and storm drainage projects.
• Prepared reports for alternatives and feasibility to provide wet and dry utilities for large master-
planned mixed-use subdivisions ranging from 500 to 5,000 acres. Major development projects included:
Fancher Creek, Centex Homes (400+ acres); Harlan Ranch, CVEC (400+ acres); Freels Ranch, Centex
Homes (1,500 acres); RCR, City of Dinuba (420 acres); Verni Ranch, Team 5 Development (5,000 acres).
• Oversaw civil engineering design for site development plans from concept design through final plans,
permitting and construction for residential and commercial developments: two largest projects were
Fancher Creek, Fresno California and Harlan Ranch, Clovis California.
• The RCR project for the City of Dinuba was a City bond funded development project, with a total project
budget in excess of $50,000,000. Project was a multi-faceted water reclamation project; the primary
purpose of which was re-use of reclaimed wastewater from the adjacent Dinuba Wastewater
Reclamation Facility on a planned 220 acre municipal golf course, and in three planned residential
neighborhoods and the city’s two 200-acre industrial parks.
Project included site plan development and community outreach for the 3 new neighborhood
communities adjacent to the proposed 220 acre municipal golf course and a main to the industrial parks
for make-up water and blended groundwater recharge. Coordination of site design with golf course
designers and site design of the three adjacent residential neighborhoods.
Civil design plans included surveying, environmental permitting, site grading and drainage, lotting, wet
and dry utilities, street improvements; and neighborhood aesthetic water features.
• Contract City/District Engineer to several small cities: Dinuba, Exeter, Corcoran and Woodlake.