Anthony T. Rinaldi
Anthony T. Rinaldi is an American engineer, builder and a businessman who has been involved in the construction and development of high-rise residential towers, rental and condominium complexes, hotel structures and large commercial projects throughout New York City, Westchester, New Jersey, Florida and Arizona. On December 18, 2003, Rinaldi founded and launched The Rinaldi Group, LLC., a commercial general contracting and construction management firm located in Secaucus, New Jersey, outside New York City’s Lincoln Tunnel. As of 2016, The Rinaldi Group, LLC., has sales in excess of $300 million.
Early Life
Rinaldi was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He is the only child and son of the late Anthony T. Rinaldi, II, a decorated police captain and Mary Rinaldi, an bowling prodigy in Missouri. Rinaldi's father was a 33-year veteran of the Hoboken Police Department, Hoboken, New Jersey and a World War II veteran where he was a member in Seabee, the United States Naval Construction batallion in the United States Navy. Rinaldi's mother on the other hand was an amateur bowling champion who competed throughout Hudson County, New Jersey, and who is also a hall of fame amateur bowler whose bowling accomplishments have been recorded in the National Bowling Museum & Hall of Fame, located in St. Louis, Missouri. Rinaldi's father was a significant figure in his life, although he died when Rinaldi was only 19 and a freshman in college.
Much of Anthony Rinaldi's correlation with Construction and development rose from the influence of his father who in his own service was working with the Naval Construction Battalions, construction force conceived as a replacement for the civilian construction companies after the United States was drawn into World War II.
Education
Rinaldi attended the Secaucus High School in Secaucus, New Jersey and was a K-12 graduate of the Secaucus Public School System, where he excelled both academically as well as athletically. Having graduated with honors and a 3.4 out of 4.0 GPA (A-) and named to the Star Ledger’s 1st-Team All-State Honors in 1983, he was named twice to Who’s Who Among American High School Students both in 1981-82 and in 1982-83.
In his youth Rinaldi received numerous athletic scholarships to play college baseball and was considered one of the top professional catching prospects in the nation, landing tryouts with the then California Angels, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Cleveland Indians. However, considering his orthodox upbringing and influence of his father, Rinaldi chose the path of college over a professional career in baseball and pursued an engineering degree.
Professional Life
Between the years 1997 and 2003, Rinaldi served two 3-year terms as the Trustee of the Board of Education and as the Chairman of the Buildings & Grounds Committee. Rinaldi also served as the Co-Chairman of the Technology Committee in the District of Secaucus, County of Hudson, New Jersey. After his freshman year, Rinaldi was voted Chairman of the Buildings & Grounds Committee for 5-years by multiple District presidents sitting on both sides of the political aisle, during which he led the District’s campaigning that ultimately resulted in the approval of a $7 million bond referendum for additions, alterations and MEPS (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing & Sprinkler) modernizations of 2-elementary schools, namely Clarendon and Huber Street Elementary School. Rinaldi and the firm led the design-teams of John Veisz of the architectural firm Faridy, Veisz, Fraytak and Brian Meade of Thomson Meade Vincentsen Consulting, and provided pro-bono value-engineering services and expertise that helped maintain the project’s overall budget by limiting change order extras to less than 1%.
During his tenure in his second term, Rinaldi led a 1-year campaign that resulted in the approval of a $14 million bond referendum for the new ground-up construction of a 1,000 seat Performing Arts Center. Working together with the design team of John Veisz and Brian Meade, Rinaldi and his firm provided value-engineering, re-design services and expertise in assisting the District to finally make the overall project budget after two public bid attempts failed.
Together with his co-chair, the District’s IT Manager & Network Administrator Alvaro E. Vega (the current IT Manager & Network Administrator of The Rinaldi Group) and the Board Secretary & Treasurer, Rinaldi led the charge of upgrading the District’s antiquated computer systems. The project provided the district administration with over 1,000 new computers, high capacity servers, state-of-the-art software and proprietary administrative system designs utilized by the school systems across four different buildings throughout the District.
Achievement
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineer, Lehigh University, October 1988
Certification, Construction Estimating, New York University, Real Estate Institute, December 1993
Certification, Timberline Precision Estimating, March 1997
License, City of New York, Department of Buildings, Site Safety Manager, License #806, September 5, 1996
License, Certified General Contractor, Qualifier, State of Florida, The Rinaldi Group of Florida, LLC., License #CGC-1514449, December 23, 2005
License, General Commercial Contractor, State of Arizona, The Rinaldi Group of Arizona, LLC., License #ROC-222024, Class B-01, March 3, 2006
License, Anthony T. Rinaldi, d.b.a. The Rinaldi Group, State of New Jersey, Department of Community Affairs, NJDCA, Division of Codes and Standards, Bureau of Homeowner Protection, New Home Warranty Program, Trenton, New Jersey 08625, Registration #042713, April 3, 2008
License, Anthony T. Rinaldi, d.b.a. The Rinaldi Group, New York State, Department of State, Division of Corporation and State Records, Certificate for Authority, #20080422052, April 22, 2008.
State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, NJDEP, Gateway Rail Transfer, LLC., A-901 Solid Waste Interstate Commerce license to transport, broker and operate solid waste transfer station, clean construction and demolition material known by the industry as C & D.
License, City of New York, Department of Buildings, Anthony T. Rinaldi, d.b.a. The Rinaldi Group , Safety Registration #600385, December 10, 2012.
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Early Life
Rinaldi was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He is the only child and son of the late Anthony T. Rinaldi, II, a decorated police captain and Mary Rinaldi, an bowling prodigy in Missouri. Rinaldi's father was a 33-year veteran of the Hoboken Police Department, Hoboken, New Jersey and a World War II veteran where he was a member in Seabee, the United States Naval Construction batallion in the United States Navy. Rinaldi's mother on the other hand was an amateur bowling champion who competed throughout Hudson County, New Jersey, and who is also a hall of fame amateur bowler whose bowling accomplishments have been recorded in the National Bowling Museum & Hall of Fame, located in St. Louis, Missouri. Rinaldi's father was a significant figure in his life, although he died when Rinaldi was only 19 and a freshman in college.
Much of Anthony Rinaldi's correlation with Construction and development rose from the influence of his father who in his own service was working with the Naval Construction Battalions, construction force conceived as a replacement for the civilian construction companies after the United States was drawn into World War II.
Education
Rinaldi attended the Secaucus High School in Secaucus, New Jersey and was a K-12 graduate of the Secaucus Public School System, where he excelled both academically as well as athletically. Having graduated with honors and a 3.4 out of 4.0 GPA (A-) and named to the Star Ledger’s 1st-Team All-State Honors in 1983, he was named twice to Who’s Who Among American High School Students both in 1981-82 and in 1982-83.
In his youth Rinaldi received numerous athletic scholarships to play college baseball and was considered one of the top professional catching prospects in the nation, landing tryouts with the then California Angels, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Cleveland Indians. However, considering his orthodox upbringing and influence of his father, Rinaldi chose the path of college over a professional career in baseball and pursued an engineering degree.
Professional Life
Between the years 1997 and 2003, Rinaldi served two 3-year terms as the Trustee of the Board of Education and as the Chairman of the Buildings & Grounds Committee. Rinaldi also served as the Co-Chairman of the Technology Committee in the District of Secaucus, County of Hudson, New Jersey. After his freshman year, Rinaldi was voted Chairman of the Buildings & Grounds Committee for 5-years by multiple District presidents sitting on both sides of the political aisle, during which he led the District’s campaigning that ultimately resulted in the approval of a $7 million bond referendum for additions, alterations and MEPS (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing & Sprinkler) modernizations of 2-elementary schools, namely Clarendon and Huber Street Elementary School. Rinaldi and the firm led the design-teams of John Veisz of the architectural firm Faridy, Veisz, Fraytak and Brian Meade of Thomson Meade Vincentsen Consulting, and provided pro-bono value-engineering services and expertise that helped maintain the project’s overall budget by limiting change order extras to less than 1%.
During his tenure in his second term, Rinaldi led a 1-year campaign that resulted in the approval of a $14 million bond referendum for the new ground-up construction of a 1,000 seat Performing Arts Center. Working together with the design team of John Veisz and Brian Meade, Rinaldi and his firm provided value-engineering, re-design services and expertise in assisting the District to finally make the overall project budget after two public bid attempts failed.
Together with his co-chair, the District’s IT Manager & Network Administrator Alvaro E. Vega (the current IT Manager & Network Administrator of The Rinaldi Group) and the Board Secretary & Treasurer, Rinaldi led the charge of upgrading the District’s antiquated computer systems. The project provided the district administration with over 1,000 new computers, high capacity servers, state-of-the-art software and proprietary administrative system designs utilized by the school systems across four different buildings throughout the District.
Achievement
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineer, Lehigh University, October 1988
Certification, Construction Estimating, New York University, Real Estate Institute, December 1993
Certification, Timberline Precision Estimating, March 1997
License, City of New York, Department of Buildings, Site Safety Manager, License #806, September 5, 1996
License, Certified General Contractor, Qualifier, State of Florida, The Rinaldi Group of Florida, LLC., License #CGC-1514449, December 23, 2005
License, General Commercial Contractor, State of Arizona, The Rinaldi Group of Arizona, LLC., License #ROC-222024, Class B-01, March 3, 2006
License, Anthony T. Rinaldi, d.b.a. The Rinaldi Group, State of New Jersey, Department of Community Affairs, NJDCA, Division of Codes and Standards, Bureau of Homeowner Protection, New Home Warranty Program, Trenton, New Jersey 08625, Registration #042713, April 3, 2008
License, Anthony T. Rinaldi, d.b.a. The Rinaldi Group, New York State, Department of State, Division of Corporation and State Records, Certificate for Authority, #20080422052, April 22, 2008.
State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, NJDEP, Gateway Rail Transfer, LLC., A-901 Solid Waste Interstate Commerce license to transport, broker and operate solid waste transfer station, clean construction and demolition material known by the industry as C & D.
License, City of New York, Department of Buildings, Anthony T. Rinaldi, d.b.a. The Rinaldi Group , Safety Registration #600385, December 10, 2012.
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