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Experienced Architect with a demonstrated history of working in the Architecture, Design and Planning industry. She received a five-year professional Bachelors of Architecture degree from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
Donna is an Architect Licensed in Kansas through the NCARB Intern Development Program and the Architecture Registration Exams. She has experience coordinating projects from inception to completion. She began her career at a small firm of 2 to 5 employees, gaining a broad base of experience in many building types. Donna has gained expertise in renovations and adaptive reuse projects. Her more recent experience has focused on Senior Living, Multi-family housing and Office projects.
An early adopter of technology in general, she first began working in AutoCAD while at KU, staying current through consistent use and continuing education. In addition, she has become proficient in Revit and the various means for collaboration through the cloud. Keeping up with the changes in regulations, Donna is a long time associate member of the International Code Council, and has served on the City of Ottawa and the Franklin County Building Code boards of appeals. Skills include: Design and Review for Accessibility and ADA Compliance, Fire Code Footprints for State Fire-marshal reviews, and senior living facility requirements (KDADS). Working with multi-discipline Engineers on large power projects has given her an affinity for Integration and interference checking of interdisciplinary construction documents.
Private practice – self-employed: Rayson Architecture, LLC, Ottawa, KS 66067, Owner - Architect
Picking back up where she last left off, in 2019 Donna restructured her business to become Rayson Architecture, LLC. She continues to seek out unique projects, mostly in Kansas.
Schwerdt Design Group, Topeka, KS, US, Architect
Completion of Construction Documents with AutoCAD & Revit coordinating 1 to 3 Interns. Effectively communicated and coordinated with a diverse group of engineers and consultants, from the preliminary phases and through to bid and construction documents. Specifications using MasterSpec, Submittal Exchange, RFI, and ASIs. I was on the team for several Proposals for RFPs to the State and others.
Computer software proficiency: Revit Architecture, AutoCAD Architecture, Windows Office (including Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook), Submittal Exchange, Bluebeam, Google Drive, Dropbox, Radmin Viewer, Autodesk 360, and other utility applications.
Private practice – self-employed, Ottawa, KS, US, Owner - Architect
In 1982, as a student at KU, Donna formed her own business to free-lance as a Concrete Reinforcing Detailer for a structural engineer using AutoCAD. Whenever she is between jobs or when the economy is slow and full time jobs go on hiatus, Donna returns to completing projects within her scope as an Architect Registered in the State of Kansas.
Devore + Associates, Architects, Ottawa, KS, US, Project Architect
Programming & Preliminary Design, Exteriors Project Architect & Specifications Writer: Ottawa University, Ottawa, KS: Gangwish Library and Gibson Student Center including The Blackboard Center for Academic Innovation and Technology, 43,000 sf facility, Projected Cost $10 Million, a collaborative effort of Loyd Builders, Devore + Associates Architects, SFS Architecture, Bartlett & West, Professional Engineering Consultants, Latimer Sommers & Associates, and GLMV Architecture.
Project Architect: Wellsville Manor Retirement Community, Wellsville, KS: Renovation of 1975 building of 16,225 sf 45 resident facility and additions of 14,120 sf Assisted Living and 9,748 sf Skilled Nursing Care Neighborhoods, Cost: $3.3 Million total of 40,093 sf Design Build by D+AA & Loyd Builders
Project Architect: The Layton Center, Paola, KS: Re-purposing an industrial building for offices and clinic spaces, Cost of Conversion: $2.35 Million - 16,650 sf and $80,000 playground
Project Architect: Neosho County Community College Ottawa Campus and Mary Grimes School of Nursing, Ottawa, KS Bellwether Award Finalist for the Council for Resource Development and the Community College Futures Association. Cost: $8.1 Million - 52,000 sf
Treanor Architects, P.A., Kansas City, MO, US, Project Architect
Kansas City, MO, US and Lawrence, KS, US
Project Architect on Justice Projects including the Paola Justice Center, Paola, KS with a team of 4.
Architect on Student Life Projects, college dormitories and fraternity/sorority houses, most usually as a part of a team of 3 to 5. Andy Pitts as the Project Architect.
Became adept at reading through project proposals and program documents, while keeping the relevant codes and regulations in mind to develop preliminary designs, schematics, and master plans for numerous projects. Keeping current with AutoCAD and Revit to produce Construction Documents including details and picking up redlines. Learned more methods for online submittals, RFIs and ASIs including Newforma.
Black & Veatch, Overland Park, KS, US, Project Architect
Overland Park, KS, US and for one week/month Ann Arbor, MI, US
Power Division: "Clean Coal": Coal Fired Power Plant Flue Gas Desulfurization Unit Buildings
Duties: ADA and IBC Code Compliance, Interference Checking between disciplines, Primavera submittals tracking and coordination,
Projects:
Dallman Station FGD CWLP ; City of Springfield, Illinois
Cardinal Power Plant/ AEP & Buckeye Power; Brilliant, Jefferson County, Ohio Between 2005–2010, flue-gas desulfurization (FGD) equipment were installed to all three units at Cardinal with Units 1 and 2 costing $300 million to construct. The FGD equipment would reduce sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions by 98%.
Bellwether Award Finalist for the Council for Resource Development, Other
Bellwether Award Finalist for the Council for Resource Development and the Community College Futures Association
Neosho County Community College Ottawa Campus and Mary Grimes School of Nursing, Ottawa, Kansas D+AA & Loyd Builders
Professional Services: 2009 - 2010 Construction: 2010-2011
State of the art college building complete with a simulated hospital, occupational therapy lab, biology labs. The learning center: computer labs, group and private study areas. General education classrooms, faculty offices, campus bookstore, break room, and auditorium.
Also included in services: Master Plan for the 27 acre site for future expansion and additional structures.
Cost: $8.1 Million - 52,000 sf
