Carolina Suarez, Assoc. AIA, CDT, NOMA is a Project Manager w/ 23 years experience in Healthcare, Institutional, Commercial, Mix-Use, Residential Landmark & Historic, Renovation & Gut-Rehab Projects. Experience as Project Manager in NYC & NJ. Graduated with a Bachelor's degree at The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture of The City College of New York,an accredited school by the National Architectural Accrediting Board. Loves architecture and sculpture in equal measure and has worked and developed product design.
Suarez Design LLC, Livingston/Short Hills , NJ, Project Manager
Provide Drafting and Project Management services to Architects, &
General Contractors. Responsibilities included meeting with clients, preparing and negotiating contracts, field measurement of existing buildings, prepare record drawings, SD, DD, CD, Permitting & Contract Admin. Projects included restaurants, commercial tenant fit-ups, dental offices, single and two residential additions/renovation & new single family homes. Prepare and submit on behalf of client Variance Applications for residential homes and manage and coordinate with Land us attorney, civil engineer, planner and client for large applications requiring DEP, soil erosion approval and Major Site Plan approval with C & D variances.
Coordinate with consultants such as structural engineer, civil engineer, MEP engineer, land use attorney, planner and general contractors, interior designers & Independent Subcontractors.
Issue Property assessment and code analysis to Real Estate Broker and realtors purchasing property for Investor. In charge of office administration & marketing.
Edgewood Properties /EP Design Services LLC, South Plainfield, NJ, US, Project Manager
In charge of Construction Documentation and Administration of Condominiums, Restaurant, townhouses and Clubhouses for Sale in a Design-Built project delivery method firm.
Review code compliance and shop drawings. Updated the ADA detail library. Contact person to consultants, vendors and Construction Managers.
Douglas Coleman Architects LLC, Warren, NJ, Project Managert
In charge of all the Commercial Projects from preliminary design, SD, DD, CD, Contract Admin plus Civil, MEP, Structural coordination, shop drawing review and Interior Design & Kitchen Consultants. DCA and local AHJ Permitting filings.
Design Memory Care Center in Hillsborough and Parsippany, Dental Office Addition, several medical and office tenant fit-ups, Ongoing renovations of Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities, Independent Senior Condominiums with underground parking in NJ
Jarmel Kizel Architects & Engineers, Livingston, NJ, US, Project Manager
Design responsibilities include, space planning, schematic design, design development, construction, and coordination with necessary engineering disciplines.
Coordinate work with team members in the Architectural, Structural, MEP, Civil and Interior Design departments and outside consultants.
Verify architectural projects meet all applicable zoning and building code regulations.
Design and prepare construction documents of a 17,000 sq.ft. retail addition in Livingston. Design a shopping center and obtain township approval which included a Bank, Dunking Donuts restaurant, three retail buildings and a Commerce Bank. In addition to the new construction projects I have prepared tenant fit-ups for warehouses, Morgan Stanley and space planning for various office buildings.
Douglas J. Coleman Architects LLC, Warren, NJ, Project Manager
Highest level of architectural skills from programming, schematics design, construction documents and local and state plan reviews with minimal to no principal assistant.
Supervise and distribute assignments to Junior Staff in order to move forward all commercial construction documents and meet deadlines.
Coordinate with local and state officials, review shop drawings and write specifications for the commercial department.
Strong self motivator with great organizational skills and follow up habits.
Beer and Coleman Architects, PC, Warren, NJ, Project Manager
In charge of project from Site Design, Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents & Administration with minimal supervision of principal. In charge of shop drawing review, construction administration, DCA/Health Department and local approvals.
Developed the construction documents for two new Assisted Living Facilities and one Autistic Residential facility in New Jersey.
Additional responsibilities include assist principal with contract request and negotiation.
Danois Architects, P.C., New York, NY, US, Project Manager
Contact Person to clients, consultant and agencies. Responsibilities included zoning analysis, schematic design to construction administration. Manage department of Buildings and Landmark filings.
Design and develop construction documents and secure permits for rehab buildings under the Housing Partnership Development Program and Housing and Urban Development Program.
Assisted project manager with site surveying of various properties and photographing existing conditions. Drew the plumbing, electrical, sprinkler and mechanical floor plans as well as the riser diagrams for various rehab projects for single and multiple dwelling units. Set up, draw and file the Backflow Preventer applications at DEP.
New York Construction Authority, New York, NY, US, Architectural Intern (Summer)
Assisted the Construction Manager with the As-Build drawings at various facilities in Lehman College and Jacoby Medical Center. Administrative work at the construction site of the CUNY Graduate Center.
Attended weekly class at the corporate office to improve skills in facilities management.
The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, New York, NY, US, BArch, Architecture
Bachelor's degree in Architecture
FONTAINEBLEAU SCHOOLS OF MUSIC AND FINE ARTS/ LES ÉCOLES D'ART AMÉRICAINES DE FONTAINEBLEAU, 1st Place
Fontainebleau Summer Scholarship/2000 Fontainebleau, France
Studied architecture, painting and mosaics at the Fountainebleau School of Fine Arts. Participated in numerous field trips throughout Western Europe to study historic and contemporary architectural buildings (e.g., Le Corbusier, Santiago Calatrava, Saha Hadid, Renso Piano, Frank Gehry).
Won Architectural Design Award at the Fountainebleau School of Fine Arts
