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Joseph Doucette

Joseph Doucette

Los Angeles, CA, US

 
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About 

I am an architectural associate with three years experience in the field seeking a full-time position to apply my creativity, optimism, and enthusiasm for learning. I earned a Bachelors of Architecture from California Polytechnic University, Pomona. I am a dedicated learner with an advanced interest in sustainability and minimizing environmental impact through the built environment and creating meaningful infrastructure to enrich lives. Experience in my professional career working with contract drawings and in construction administration have given me a strong grasp of multi-professional communication and coordination needed for a successful project.

Employment 

KTGY, Los Angeles, CA, US, Project Associate

The Project Associate primarily supports the project team by participating in various general and project specific tasks. They must exercise effective time management and awareness of impact on the project design, schedule, and budget and will conduct work within KTGY standards under the direction of supervisor.

Experience:
- Planned, prepared, and drafted drawings for preprogramming, schematic design, design development, construction documentation, and construction administration phases
- Experienced in multi-family, podium, shell and core, affordable-housing, and high rise projects
- Reviewed, redlined, and corrected drawings for IBC and CBC code compliance
- Composed meeting minutes and maintained records of multi-disciplinary project meetings
- Consolidated consultant drawing sets for packaged submittals to authorities having jurisdiction
- Seasoned in Construction administration services including RFI’s, submittals, spec’s, and bulletins
- Calculated occupancy load, exit requirements, and created path of egress drawings
- Compiled and edited construction details and rated floor, ceiling, and wall assemblies
- Planned and designed mock-up structures for large mixed-use projects
- Experienced in managing work on multiple projects concurrently

Aug 2021 - Jan 2024
 

Education 

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 3801 W Temple Ave, Pomona, CA 91768, BArch, Architecture

The Bachelor of Architecture degree is offered in a five-year curriculum, which focuses on the design laboratory. The studio sequence consists of four segments: a three-year basic core, three-semester topic studios, and a two-semester long culminating senior project. Lecture classes in Architecture Theory and History, Human Behavior, Professional Practice, Programming, Sustainability, Building Technology, Structures, Codes and Digital Media are closely coordinated with the studio sequence, and students are expected to demonstrate their knowledge of these areas in their design projects.

Aug 2016 - May 2021
 

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