DeSimone Consulting Engineers, New York, NY, US, Project Manager - Facades

• Provide facade and exterior envelope consulting services typically include systems such as window wall, curtainwall, brick and masonry veneer, metal rainscreen, EIFS, roofing and below grade waterproofing.
• Responsible for day-to-day counsel, coordination and correspondence with clients and project team members throughout design and construction phases.
• Responsible for monthly billing and manage labor hours spent on projects to be on target.
• During early design phase:
o Basis of Design reports and system selections.
o Codes and compliance path analyses.
o Establish performance criteria for systems.
o Perform initial analyses to formulate recommendations and system selections including:
Components and cladding wind pressure calculations.
Load resistance and deflection analyses for glass and metal frame.
Glass composition analysis based on criteria such as structural, thermal, safety, acoustic, bird-friendly.
Ballasted low-slope roof system analysis for wind uplift resistance.
Thermal and condensation risk analyses.
• Energy code filing:
o Assemble EN sets to demonstrate code compliance.
o Respond to objections from DOB review of EN sets.
o COMcheck analysis for envelope trade-off compliance path and envelope backstop.
o Zone Green tabular analysis to qualify for zoning area deduction.
• During construction documents phase:
o Provide typical details in AutoCAD and Revit.
o Provide performance-based specifications in CSI format.
o Provide guidance and markup for architect’s façade and exterior envelope details.
• During construction phase:
o Review submittals including shop drawings and product data, coordinate with in-house engineers on calculations review.
o Respond to RFIs.
o Conduct special inspections (TR1), energy code progress inspections (TR8), FISP repair inspections, QA/QC inspections, mockups review, and provide associated field observation reports.

Adamson and AAI Architects, New York, NY, US, Technical Coordinator

• Member of the team that serves as AOR for many prominent projects in the city.
• Responsible for the technical design and coordination, codes analyses and filing, construction documents and contract administration of façade and exterior envelope.
• Projects include Rolex headquarter on 5th Avenue in collaboration with design architect David Chipperfield. A new mixed-use commercial high-rise, featuring a high-performance double-skin curtainwall façade that contributes to Zone Green compliance and LEED Platinum certification.
• Another project is 550 Madison in collaboration with design architect Snohetta. The existing high-rise constructed in the 80’s was originally designed by Philip Johnson and later became Sony headquarter. The project involved replacement of existing storefronts, addition of punched windows, savage and replacement of existing granite wall cladding, retrofitting the existing annex structure with new landscape, kiosks, and canopy over the public space.

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF), New York, NY, US, Associate Principal

• Member of the team that serves as design architect for a wide range of international projects from super-tall to airport. Design scope typically includes core and shell.
• Experienced all design phases from concept to construction documents. Recognized for excellence in the technical drawings, computer modeling and rendering, and parametric design of façade.
• Later promoted to be a technical lead responsible for project coordination and documentation with a focus on façade.

Allen + Killcoyne Architects, New York, NY, US, Project Designer (Interior)

• Delivered several interior projects in the city single-handedly from concept to contract administration.
• A project involved converting portion of a basement of an apartment building into a private fitness center furnished with commercial gym equipment. Another project is a clothing store interior design furnished with custom millwork.

University of Newcaslte upon Tyne (UK), Newcastle upon Tyne, GB, Certificate in Architectural Practice (Distinction)

ARB/RIBA Year-out