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payments change orders; as well as other week. Just recently, the Port gave us a task that
generated cost estimates; claim analysis should take two weeks. They asked for it in one week. Our
and support; provided QA; and oversaw team worked back-to-back weekends, but only one work
the contractor’s QC. Ms. Stroe passed all week, to deliver it.”
kudos to Mr. Jordan, her hand-picked Concluded Ms. Stroe, “The way we respond and the quality
Assistant Project Manager. of what we deliver is why they keep coming to us. It’s a
“Jon was working for one of our credit to Hill’s team.”
subcontractors, I saw his work, saw how
people liked and respected him, and I
interviewed him,” said Ms. Stroe, who Our success serving the Port of Long Beach is a perfect example of client
joined Hill in 2014. “He’s brilliant as an development from both the firm’s perspective and at the employee level.
engineer. Any task I give him, he always PICTURED BELOW, L to R, are Roberto Lazo - Balfour Beatty, Jon Jordan-
comes back with what I asked for plus Hill, Mihaela Stroe - Hill, Wang Ting - Jacobs, George Paulsen - Jacobs
more. He is detail- oriented, creative with
solutions, and knows the Port and their
processes.”

Ms. Stroe specifically cited Mr. Jordan’s
expertise utilizing Oracle Primavera
Unifier Documentation software.
“The Port’s change management system
uses Unifier, and Jon is one of the best,”
Ms. Stroe says. “Once we receive the
change order and negotiate it, the Port
requires a comprehensive package
for each phase. He needs to write and
document all the specifics, especially
for cost compliance. His writing and
documentation skills are superb.”
Mr. Jordan has 10 years of experience
providing construction management On the Pier G Metro Track Improvement and Wharf Repair Project, Hill
and project controls services in provided full construction management, project controls, inspection,
support of major redevelopment and material testing, and office engineering services to POLB.
improvement programs. In addition to
Unifier, Mr. Jordan’s specialized software
skills include Oracle Primavera (Skire),
Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Office
Suite, and Bluebeam PDF.
“It’s not just technical with Jon either,”
said Ms. Stroe. “We are extremely
busy with Middle Harbor and with the
Estimating On-Call Contract. We’re
basically getting a new task order every

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