Luke D’Amato

PROJECT MANAGER

Residential
Buildings

Parking
Structures

Sustainable / CLT Construction

Retail

Mixed-Use
Buildings

Office / Headquarters

Key Qualifications

Project manager with commercial, institutional and occupied campus experience on projects from $1M to $15M, and a specialist in construction technology and project systems. Runs the full delivery workflow: buyout, RFIs, submittals, change orders, procurement, field coordination and closeout. Builds the documentation standards, Procore workflows and automation that keep project records clean and give owners a clear view of cost and schedule. Experience includes commercial interiors, design build, secure fit outs, broadcast facility mechanical upgrades, and phased restoration of an occupied residential campus.

Education

  • Louisiana State University, M.S. Construction Management

  • Pratt Institute, B.S. Industrial Design

Certifications

  • ◊ OSHA 30, Construction Safety and Health ◊ FAA Part 107, Remote Pilot (drone)

PROJECT MANAGEMENT / PROJECT SYSTEMS

  • Budget, Cost & Change Order Management

  • Subcontractor Buyout, Bid Leveling & Scope Review

  • RFI & Submittal Management

  • Payment Requisitions & Schedule of Values

  • Procurement & Long Lead Tracking

  • Schedules & Three Week Look Aheads

  • Occupied Building Phasing & Logistics

  • Procore Workflows & SAGE 300 Cost Coordination

  • Documentation Standards, SOPs & File Structure

  • AI Assisted Workflows & Automation

  • Field Documentation: OpenSpace 360 & DroneDeploy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • VASE Management LLC, Project Manager (2026 to

present). Manages assigned projects from

preconstruction through closeout and helps build VASE's

project controls, standards and technology.

  • A. Pappajohn Company, Project Manager (2026). Led a

phased restoration of an occupied residential campus in

New Haven; the owner awarded two follow on phases.

Rebuilt the company's file structure, naming and record

ownership into one standard.

  • OLSEN Construction Services, Assistant Project Manager

(2023 to 2026). Commercial interiors, design build,

secure fit out and mechanical upgrade projects from

$1M to $15M. Built Procore workflows and connected

Procore with SAGE 300 for cost tracking.

  • Earlier: design and fabrication, as a CAD Designer at

David Star Design and Production and a Structural

Carpenter at The Factory NYC.