2010 to Present: AbronADR Services

2002 to 2010: Jones & Henry Engineers, Ltd., Consulting Civil Engineers

1999 to 2001: County of Wayne, Michigan (Director of Public Works/Drain Commissioner)

1979 to 1999: City of Oakland, California, USA (Principal Engineer/Construction Division)

1974 to 1979: Abron Construction Company(CEO)

Principal. AbronADR Services. Livonia, Michigan. 2010 - Present.

General civil practice focusing on business, contract, construction, engineering, architectural, real estate, land use, and environmental disputes. Services provided: mediation, arbitration, fact finding and neutral expert witness. General-civil, construction and business arbitration practiced in six district courts of Wayne County. Appointed member of 18 mediation circuit court rosters in the State of Michigan. Member of statewide foreclosure mediation roster in the State of Ohio.

President. Consortium Management Company, LLC. 2004 – Present.
Construction management, project management and training firm based in Walnut Creek, California. Past work has included oversight of residential construction projects, design/constructability reviews, claims analysis and defense, claims drafting and advocacy, construction and project management training.

Director of Infrastructure Management. Jones & Henry Engineers, Ltd., Toledo, Ohio. 2002 - 2010.
Discipline director for 100-person firm based in four states specializing in water and wastewater engineering projects. Mr. Abron’s practice is focused on water and wastewater distribution systems, asset management, utility management, and environmental compliance. Mr. Abron coordinated all asset management/CMOM projects for the firm including conducting marketing seminars and writing proposals to the client base. Other projects included Combined Sewer Overflow Long Term Control Plans, capital improvement plan development, sanitary sewer inflow/infiltration studies, WWTP energy efficiency studies, pipeline feasibility studies, water and sewer rate studies, and the design of various pump station and sewer interceptor rehabilitation projects.

Director of Public Works and Drain Commissioner. County of Wayne. Detroit, Michigan. 1999 - 2001.
Mr. Abron was responsible for the operation and maintenance of 225 MGD Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), five Combined Sewer Overflow basins, 13 pumping stations, 1,400 miles of countywide drains, and a 75-mile long countywide sanitary sewer interceptor system.

Mr. Abron managed a construction portfolio consisting of a $300 million WWTP expansion project, a 13-mile, 120-inch diameter sanitary storage tunnel, two new combined sewer overflow basins, and three 40-80 MGD sanitary pump stations.

Division Manager. City of Oakland. Construction Division. 1990 1999.
Mr. Abron was responsible for the construction phase of City's capital improvement program which averaged over 35 projects annually. Mr. Abron managed a staff of 55 engineers, architects and technicians through four subordinate managers. These duties included overseeing the operations of the Materials Testing Laboratory and 12-person Field Surveying Office.

Project assignments included the Lake Merritt dredging, the construction of new libraries, fire stations, multi-story parking garages, major street reconstruction projects, lead and asbestos
abatement of City owned buildings, athletic fields, rehabilitation of City’s sanitary sewer
collection system, seismic retrofit of fire stations, libraries, and office buildings, construction of relief sewers and the renovation of a major storm water pumping station.

Supervising Civil Engineer. City of Oakland. Construction Division. 1987 - 1990.
Supervised staff of architects, engineers and inspectors responsible for inspection and construction management of multitude of street, sewer, architectural and environmental (asbestos, lead abatement and underground storage tank) projects.

Civil Engineer. City of Oakland. Construction & Development Services Division. 1984 1987.
Project Construction Engineer for two major capital improvement projects - the Medical Hill Parking Garage (eight story post tensioned structure) and Maritime Street - a four lane, three mile long highway between the Oakland Army Base and Naval Supply Center.

Mr. Abron reviewed, approved and issued permits for parcel maps, subdivision tracts and other private developments. He also reviewed and approved structural calculations and issued building permits for private building projects.

Assistant/Junior Engineer. City of Oakland. Planning and Design Division. 1979 1984. Design engineer on street, sewer, retaining wall and bridge projects. Provided design support such as shop drawing review and drafting of change orders during construction phase of project.
Assigned to the Materials Testing Laboratory and Surveying Section. Mr. Abron supervised the sampling and testing soils, asphalt, concrete, and rock aggregate. In the surveying section, Mr. Abron performed survey research, drafted legal descriptions, monument coordination and closure calculations and field (construction stakeout, boundary and topographic) survey work as an instrument person or party chief.

General Contractor. Abron Construction Company. Oakland, California. 1974 - 1979.
Mr. Abron was a self-employed general contractor primarily performing residential and small storefront renovations in the San Francisco Bay Area. Duties included marketing, estimating, bidding, proposal presentation, purchasing and general supervision of field superintendent.


MISCELLANEOUS EMPLOYMENT

Arbitrator. Arbitration & Mediation International, Inc. Sacramento, California. 1995 - 1998.
As an arbitrator for State of California Contractors State License Board, Mr. Abron resolved disputes between contractors, subcontractors and owners. Mr. Abron was assigned to Oakland, California License Board office after mandatory 8 hour training. An additional 8 hours of arbitrator training from the American Arbitration Association was competed during this period.