Heritage Architecture, Paramus, NJ, US, Senior Project Manager
• Initial client interaction to provide needs assessment, definition of project scope and scheduling.
• Assemble and lead multi-disciplinary project teams for educational, governmental and corporate projects. Coordinate schedules and workloads to meet project requirements.
• Primary designer, from space-planning through completion of construction documents. Provide high level of technical knowledge in code compliance, construction detailing and specification writing.
• Conception and initial design of energy-efficiency measures, including photovoltaic, solar water heating and wastewater re-use systems.
• Lead teams in Building Engineering Reports and due diligence Feasibility Studies of existing facilities, to facilitate purchase or lease negotiations.
• Provide quality control and documentation review throughout construction documentation.
• Construction management, including primary responsibility for review of the work, payment applications and shop drawing review.
• Support of the firm through creation and implementation of design guidelines, detail library and standard specifications. Provide staff training for energy-efficiency design strategies.
• Scheduling and supervision of building department filing process.
OM Atelier, Newark, NJ, US, Managing Partner
• Business development and account management, including marketing, business planning and budgeting. Successful development of relationships with owners/developers of large commercial portfolios.
• Office and design studio management, including staff recruitment, training and scheduling.
• Primary responsibility for design and document production for projects including commercial buildings, office interiors, food service, and single and multi-family residential.
DiCara Rubino Architects, Wayne, NJ, US, Project Manager
• Responsible for all phases of educational projects; including long-range planning, facility assessment, schematic design, construction documents and construction administration.
• Achieved high level of multi-tasking skills through simultaneous design of multiple projects, and administration of construction contracts totaling $25m.
• Responsible for the firm’s entry into the field of sustainable design.
• Provided bidding phase client support including bid review and tabulation, response to bidder’s RFIs and recommendations of award.
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), State College, PA, US, MArch, Architecture
Thesis on effects of building envelope geometry on building energy use.
