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Tamara Gelvin

Tamara Gelvin

San Francisco, CA, US

 

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Employment 

GL Planning & Design, Inc., San Francisco, CA, US, Job Captain/Interior Designer

• Managed all phases of projects from conceptual design to construction administration for complex higher educational, research and manufacturing facilities.
• Produced drawings for programming, schematic design, design development and construction documents.
• Lead team to ensure project adhere to schedule and budget.
• Coordinated with clients, subcontractors, building inspectors and vendors.
• Researched and implemented CBC and ADA requirements within projects.
• Responsible for FF&E selection, material boards and presentation material.

PROJECTS: Genentech South San Francisco and Vacaville campuses - Laboratories and Research Facilities • University of California, Merced – SCIF • University of California – Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Facility • Amgen – Laboratories

Apr 2008 - Jul 2011
 

T GOODWIN AND ASSOCIATES, San Francisco, CA, US, Job Captain/Interior Designer

• Produced drawings for schematic design, design development and construction document phases.
• Verified as-built conditions, researched building codes, visited job sites and created punch lists. Managed all construction administration.
• Responsible for FF&E selection and presentation material for client meetings.

PROJECTS: World Savings – Office • John Hancock – Office TI • FIDM – Higher Education • Schetter Electric- Office TI • Grainger - Retail

Aug 2007 - Nov 2008
 

JEFF LITKE PROPERTIES INC.: ASSOCIATES, San Francisco, CA, US, Job Captain/Interior Designer

• Managed all projects from design development to construction documents.
• Independently prepared sketches, renderings, construction documents sets and shop drawings.
• Responsible for obtaining building permits.
• Coordinated with building owners, clients, subcontractors, team members, building inspectors and vendors.

PROJECTS: 350 Sansome St – Office TI • Renne Soloan and Holtzman and Sakai – Office TI • Crunch – GYM • AIPAC – Office TI • 300 Broadway St – Office TI • 1445 Chateau Bellevue – Senior Living Center and Condos • 2085 Sacramento St – Multi Family Renovation

Sep 2006 - Mar 2008
 

House & Robertson Architects, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, US, Interior Designer

• Assisted in the production and coordinating of bid packages, presentation material, construction documents and sketches.
• Interfaced with team members, clients, designers, consultants and vendors.
• Responsible for FF&E selection, 2D/3D rendering and material boards.
• Project administrator for LEED-NC building certification submittal.

PROJECTS: Katsuya by Stark – Restaurant • Slab by Stark – Supper Club • Shelter by Stark – Supper Club • Prey by Stark – Nightclub • HavenPark – Mixed Use • aloft by W – Hotel • Mondrian – Hotel • Fuller Worship and Library – Intuitional • The California Endowment Headquarters – Office

Aug 2005 - Sep 2006
 

GINGER ATHERTON AND ASSOC., Beverly Hill, CA, Assistant Interior Designer

• Generated floor plans and perspective drawings by hand, material boards, custom furniture designs and presentation material for clients.
• Coordinated with contractors, sub-contractors, clients, building management and vendors.

PROJECTS: John Fogerty – Estate • Eva Longoria – Estate • Staged luxury estates

Jul 2004 - Sep 2005
 

Education 

University of California, Berkeley, San Francisco, CA, US, Revit Architecture Course

Learn the fundamentals of building information modeling (BIM) using Autodesk Revit Architecture. See how to implement and employ BIM software to facilitate the design process and automate documentation. Participate in hands-on activities to familiarize yourself with powerful, parametric 3-D modeling tools that enable you to generate fully coordinated plans, sections, elevations, 3-D perspectives and renderings that are quickly becoming the industry standard.

After completing this course, students will have a working understanding of Revit Architecture's fundamental concepts and can document and develop a design idea through plans, sections, elevations and 3-D modeling simultaneously.

Jun 2011 - Jun 2012
 

Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA, US, Certificate of Achievement in AutoCAD

Engineering Design Technology, Engineering. Introduction to engineering and technical drawings through the use of sketching, computer-aided drafting (CAD) and dimensioning. Techniques covered include geometric construction, orthographic projection, pictorial methods, section and auxiliary views, basic descriptive geometry, 2D CAD, and 3D CAD parametric solid modeling.

Use of Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD) in the preparation of two-dimensional Architectural/Engineering/Construction drawings. Hands-on assignments using the most common CAD drawing and editing commands and viewing options; automatic dimensioning, text placement and area patterning; CAD productivity tools and techniques including arraying features, creating symbol libraries and acquiring existing designs from internet resources, and referencing multiple drawings together; plotting drawings on paper, public presentations of drawing projects.

Jan 2005 - Aug 2005
 

California State University, Chico, Chico, CA, US, BArch, Interior Design

Aug 1997 - Dec 2002
 

Scuola de Amministrazione Aziendale Torino, Italy, Torino, Italy, High School, Urban Design and Intieor Design

Study Abroad Program

Dec 2000 - Aug 2001
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills