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Jess J. Franco, P.E.

Colonel, USA (Ret)
Western Region Manager

Expertise

• Energy Saving Performance Contracting
• Project Development and Implementation
• Project & Construction Management
• Construction Procurement/Contracting

Jess Franco, P.E., has been providing consulting and management services in the areas of performance contracting, energy and operational conservation services, Government contracting, and general procurement for the past twelve years.  Mr. Franco has over 38 years in general construction and procurement, with over ten years specifically in the performance and energy conservation arena.  He has been a speaker at numerous Federal forums regarding performance contracting, especially as applies to energy savings projects.

He has been the Senior Vice President of ADT Construction Group, Inc., a General Contractor and demolition/abatement specialty contractor for four years; responsible for overseeing the marketing, design, and construction of projects ranging from the expansion of a joint Veterans Affairs/Air Force hospital to design/build projects to the demolition and abatement of multiple story structures.

Before joining ADT, Jess Franco was the Vice President of Government Programs for Northeast Energy Services (NORESCO) LLC.  He was responsible for executing millions of dollars of Government energy savings performance contracts worldwide; to include developing, negotiating, and implementing projects under the Federal energy savings performance contract (ESPC) program as well as the Army's nationwide - $125 million Maintenance, Repair and Renovation contract. 

Prior to joining NORESCO, he was the Director of Government Programs for HEC Energy and Design Services, where Mr. Franco was instrumental in securing over $70 million of ESPC and energy savings opportunities with the Army's Huntsville Corps of Engineers District; the Department of Energy, the Army's Medical Command; the Navy's Mediterranean contract; and the largest single site Federal ESPC project ($30.2 million) awarded at that time.  He helped HEC lead the way in Federal energy performance contracting by adapting private-sector "design-build" and other innovative approaches to Governmental energy savings performance contracting.

Mr. Franco is a retired Army colonel, a licensed professional civil engineer, and an ex-Army paratrooper with over 28 years of engineering, legislative, and governmental experience.  Mr. Franco worked for many years on Government procurement, is a past construction Contract Officer, and was a District Engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.   He is experienced in Federal contracting; engineering, energy and environmental programs; performance contracting of all types; Governmental relations with the Department of Defense; Congressional affairs and legislative action; and base closure and defense conversion.

He was involved in the construction of the Air Force Wilford Hall Medical Center and energy performance and specialty projects at Tyndall AFB, MacDill AFB, Patrick AFB, Minot AFB, Nellis AFB, Arnold Air Force Engineering Development Center, Eglin AFB, Hickam AFB, Anderson AFB, Sigonella AFB, Westover ARB, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, FT Gilliam, FT Monroe, FT Shafter, FT Sam Houston, FT Eustis, FT Huachuca, FT Irwin, Naval Facilities-MED, New London NB, Portsmouth NSY, and others.

Mr. Franco has a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Wisconsin, an M.S. in engineering administration from George Washington University, and an M.A. in national security and strategic studies from the United States Naval War College.

Summary of Major Projects

• Wilford Hall Medical Center (General Construction)
• M. O'Callaghan (Joint VA and Air Force) Federal Medical Center, Nellis AFB, Nevada (General Construction)
• Bechtel/Nevada DOE Facility (Building Demolition)
• Walter Reed, Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. (HVAC/Lighting/Bldg Envelop ESPC)
• George Bush Intelligence Center, Virginia (HVAC/Lighting/Bldg Envelop ESPC)
• Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (General Construction)
• Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pennsylvania (Energy Plant ESPC)
• Pantex DOE Site, Texas (HVAC/Lighting/Water ESPC)
• F22 (Raptor) Missile Maintenance Facility, Nellis AFB, Nevada (Design/Build Construction)
• Reynolds Army Community Hospital, Fort Sill, OK (HVAC/Lighting/Life-Safety ESPC)
• Sigonella Naval Air Station, Italy (Mech/Electrical/Converter ESPC)
• Anderson AFB, Guam (HVAC/Lighting/Water/Refrigeration ESPC)
• Fort Sam Houston, Texas (HVAC/Lighting/Heat Pump ESPC)
• Fort Monroe, VA (HVAC/Lighting/Steam ESPC)
• Tracy/Sharpe Defense Logistics Depot, California (HVAC/Lighting ESPC)