Robert D. O'Mara
Principal

Mr. O'Mara is the managing executive of our building construction and consulting firm. His variety of experience covering over thirty years in the building industry is the foundation on which our professional service firm was established in 1984.

Upon receiving his B.S. in Engineering at the University of Texas, Mr. O'Mara's career began as a field engineer on several major projects with McKee/Santa Fe Industries in Dallas, Texas. As a surveyor, he was responsible for the accuracy of virtually every dimension required in the field. Later, as a superintendent of construction, he was assigned to manage all labor and subcontracted work at the jobsite.

While pursuing his M.S. degree at Columbia University, he worked full time in the University's facilities office assigned to overseeing the construction of three new academic buildings.

Upon leaving Columbia in 1977, Mr. O'Mara joined Morse Diesel International, a leading national base building construction management firm. As a project manager, Mr. O'Mara was fully responsible for two hospital projects, work at the New York Stock Exchange, and a hi-rise residential building in mid-town Manhattan.

Mr. O'Mara established The OMARA Organization, Inc. to provide sound building industry advice to medium size owners and tenants who lack a full-time facilities department. The firm has the capability to organize the entire building process from building selection, all estimating, scheduling, purchasing and, finally, the day-to-day construction management at the jobsite.

Gregg Navins
President

Mr. Navins has been an integral part of the OMARA team since 1992. He brings to OMARA a variety of professional strengths, with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University, and a M.S. in Civil Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology. His technical background makes Mr. Navins a complete Construction Professional.

Starting as an assistant project manager for OMARA in 1992, Mr. Navins relocated the famous M.A. Shapiro & Co. at 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza. Between 1993 and 1995 as superintendent of construction, Mr. Navins developed his jobsite skills on multiple projects at the Waldorf-Astoria, Pfaltzgraff Co.'s NYC Showroom, Chase's 1 New York Plaza Restoration and Bristol Myers-Squibb Co.'s Dining Facility at 345 Park Ave. Until 9/11/01, Mr. Navins had been the in-house Construction Manager for Oppenheimer & Co./CIBC World Markets Corp. at their 1 World Financial Center headquarters. While with CIBC, he budgeted, purchased, scheduled and managed construction at multiple branch offices, including over a dozen renovations to the 400 person-trading floor and many other challenging technical projects.

Mr. Navins has also been involved in the hiring and management of all field personnel, the development of OMARA's marketing strategy, as well as the Information Technology aspects of the firm's operations.