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Gustavo Trochez

Gustavo Trochez

Long Beach, CA, US

 
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About 

I am a graduate of Cal Poly Pomona's B.Arch Program and I currently work as a freelance residential drafter and designer with 3 years experience in projects that include as-built measurement and drafting, interior remodels and additions, accessory dwelling units(ADUs), and new single-family dwellings.

Employment 

Freelance Drafter and Designer, Long Beach, CA, US, Residential Drafter and Designer

Freelance residential as-built drafter and residential designer for clients that include architects, interior designers, contractors and home owners with primarily residential projects ranging in size from 500 square feet to 6000 square feet.

Feb 2022 - current
 

LMCAD Services, North Hollywood, CA, US, Residential Drafter and Designer

I was involved in different stages of residential project completion which included code and zoning research, preliminary design, client presentations, completion of submittal packages and project submission for a variety of project scopes which included: residential interior remodels and additions, new detached accessory dwelling units, conversions of existing structures to new accessory dwelling units.

Drafting responsibilities included: as-built measurements and CAD drawings, construction documents (existing and proposed site plans, floor plans, roof plans, and elevations etc.) completion and response to project corrects and received from various city departments.

Aug 2018 - Feb 2022
 

Brentwood Builders (CA LIC 1019255), Burbank, CA, US, Residential Drafter and Designer

Within the in-house residential design team, responsibilities included: research and city department outreach for analysis of codes and regulations relevant to prospective residential projects, as-built measurements and drafting of construction document completion for submittal.

Jul 2019 - Jul 2020
 

Precision Property Measurements (PPM), Long Beach,CA, AutoCAD Drafting Intern

Within as-built drawing completion, I was responsible for drafting of floor plans and elevations for residential projects based off of hand-drawn measurements and sketches created by drafting supervisors.

Apr 2014 - May 2014
 

Education 

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Pomona, CA, US, BArch, Architecture

Architecture, B.Arch

Sep 2015 - May 2019
 

Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA, US, Architectural Drafting and Design

-Certificate of Achievement, Architectural Design
-Carpentry (Course taken in framing of a single-story single family dwelling)

Sep 2013 - Jun 2015
 

Awards 

HMC Architects Merit Award, Honorable Mention

Recipient for Pasadena Micro-School design award for The Wall (School) House Academic Project

2018
 

Areas of Specialization 

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