Melissa Scalera

Scheduling Consultant (ATL)

EDUCATION & REGISTRATION(S)

B.S. Construction Management, Kennesaw State University

EXPERIENCE

Austin Stone is a Scheduling Consultant at Draper & Associates’ (Draper) Atlanta office. As a member of the firm’s Construction Services Division, he provides construction scheduling, construction management, project management, and claims analysis services.

Mr. Stone’s project management experience includes providing a broad range of administrative, managerial, and technical support on Draper construction scheduling projects. Within this role, he is responsible for delivering project control support, including preparing project schedules, construction progress evaluations, running job coordination meetings, and report preparation. Currently, he is supporting engagements within the residential, hospitality, healthcare, and commercial development markets.

Before joining Draper as a full-time Scheduling Consultant, Mr. Stone gained valuable construction experience through his internship with general contractor Brasfield & Gorrie. Within this role, Mr. Stone assisted with exterior site work and project site logistics, concrete pours, and carpentry installs.

For more than two years, Mr. Stone served as a Draper Student Intern, providing a broad range of administrative, managerial, and technical support on Draper construction scheduling projects. He was responsible for providing administrative and project control support within this role, including document preparation, report assembly, preparation of meeting minutes, action item lists, trend charts, and project schedules. Mr. Stone also assisted with project tracking and expediting, and special assignments on an as-needed basis.

Clients’ Testimonials

“Draper has been an invaluable asset to our organization, assisting Kast with its preconstruction service needs, project strategy, scheduling services and other aspects of our business. Frankly, I’m not sure what we would have done in the absence of having Draper serve as a member of our team. Clearly I would recommend Draper to any firm who is seeking high caliber professional scheduling services.”

Mike NealCEO, Kast Construction Company, LLC

“The value add that Draper & Associates provided on our replacement hospital project was well worth the money. While we did not have in-house scheduling resources, the Draper process proved to be flexible and functional for our project team and subcontractors. The scheduling experience, ability to adjust “on the fly” with our changes, projections through the OPS, and detail provided by the NTS format, proved to be an asset to the project. I would highly recommend Draper’s services, and consider engaging with them for another project.”

Matt WellerSenior Project Manager, Tonn & Blank Construction

“Every project that the Draper system was fully implemented on was delivered on time or early. Every project they were not on or fully implemented those projects did not deliver on time. Financially it is a no brainer when you measure the cost of their services versus the costs of delivering one day late.”

Scott JeraldVice President, W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Co.

“I’ve been using Draper on all of my projects for the last 3 years. They work with our in-house teams to set up the OPS and then work throughout the project with our team and our Subcontractors to make sure everyone is working efficiently towards meeting the project’s goals. Draper’s scheduling makes it very easy for me to look at a monthly report to quickly know the status of every project I have under construction, and the look-ahead schedules are very easy for everyone in the field to know where they are and where they need to be at any given time.”

Matt ChesserPresident of Construction, Trammell Crow Residential

“Draper has been an integral part of our team for the last few years. Their schedules are very easy to read and make the field team’s job much easier when scheduling the subs. The bi-weekly meetings are a great tool to use for keeping the subcontractors engaged with the flow of the job. I firmly believe that Draper is one of the most important tools we use in keeping the jobs on schedule.”

Doug KuykendallGeneral Superintendent, Trammell Crow Residential

A project that is scheduled with Draper affords the user the flexibility to present the data to the Subcontractor’s and the Development Team in multiple formats (both overall and near term projections). The schedules are logic-based like primavera and other predecessors, however, they are much more visually appealing and easy to decipher for field personnel. Draper’s hands-on tailored approach lends itself to production in the field, reduces the opportunities for miscommunication, and ensures your project has a strong administrative base to support all functions of the construction process.

Lee HornerSenior Project Manager, Gables Construction- Atlanta

Melissa Scalera

EDUCATION & REGISTRATION(S)

EXPERIENCE

Clients’ Testimonials

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