Peter Huston

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Vancouver, BC V5R 4T1

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huston_peter AT yahoo DOT com

Objective

To find the right opportunity to fit my skill set and to either help manage or run a small construction company, or find a very good position to work for same.

Skills

20 + years of experience in forming and framing large and small custom homes. Hands on leader and a great problem solver.
Good business person, who ran my own company all those years. Can hire, fire and run a small to medium crew, read prints, order material, with good quality control.
Very good at instilling customer confidence with sales and service.
Excellent with functional math and money matters.
Supervised up to a 15 man crew.
Can plan and execute to complete assignments
Can delegate to accomplish goals
Can estimate price, materials, and time.
Skilled carpenter in forming, framing, and finishing.
Can manage a small office, with skills in payroll, computer, and business correspondence.

Education
Windermere High School	Vancouver, BC
Graduated	1975

B C Institute of Technology	Burnaby, BC
Completed first year of accounting.	1976
Top 5% of my class

Experience
HustonSports	Vancouver, BC
Owner and Manager	From June, 2008 to February, 2010.
I did everything for this online business which of course is not related to my building experience.

Huston Contracting.	Vancouver, BC
Owner, Hands on Framing Contractor	From February, 2008 to June, 2008.
Contracted to form and frame one home in Vancouver.

Huston Contracting	Tampa, Florida
Owner	1998 to December, 2007
Contracted to frame many projects, from small additions and renovations, to large custom homes. Some dock work. Many varied jobs.

Huston Contracting	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Owner	1992 to 1998.
Contracted to frame many homes in this area. Did a small strip mall, and did many different types of residential construction, such as monolithic slabs, tie beams, and all the tie downs required for Florida's hurricane bylaws.

Huston Sports	Vancouver, and Las Vegas
Owner	1987 to 1992
Gambled on sports for a living for 5 years, 3 living in Las Vegas.

Framing Contractor

1980 to 1987 in Vancouver.
Did some small shops in malls,
Contracted and framed the first TGIF restaurant in downtown Vancouver.
Framed a small apartment building (16 units).
Framed some townhouses.
Framed an architectural designed dentist office around 16th and Dunbar, and of course many homes.

Carpenters Helper And Framer

1977 until 1980
Learned my trade from two journeyman carpenters. One from England and the other, a perfectionist German.
They taught me well.

Rough Neck On An Oil Rig In The Arctic.

Company out of Edmonton
Worked for only 6 months in the beginning of 1977.
Didn't like being away, and it wasn't for me.
Started my working career after graduation in a management training program in banking for the CIBC in Vancouver for one year in 1976.

References Available Upon Request