California General Contractor “B” License, Journeyman Machinist and Journeyman Carpenter, with Texas licenses in the Plumbing and Electrical trades.  Extensive work in manufacturing and construction. 

Security Clearances with: FBI, FAA, DOD, USDA, VA, HS, and HISD.

Computer Literate: MS Office, MS Project, Lotus Smart Suite, Internet, Excel, Lotus 123,  presentation, simulation, graphics, AutoCAD [14-2005], and statistical programs.  CPM, PERT, nonlinear and linear decision making skills and value analysis skills.

Range of Architectural experience: Airport and Transportation, Infrastructure, Health-care, Food Processing & Service, Industrial Process, Manufacturing Process, Commercial, Single & Multifamily Residential, and Retail for projects that involve both public and private sector clients. 

Breadth of experience: Programming, Business Process Re-engineering, Design, Construction Documentation, Specifications, Construction Management, Design Build Construction, Contracting, Property Management, forensic analysis of building systems, and Property Development.

Technical Background includes extensive Forensic Architecture, USDA & Building Code review and enforcement, Construction Process and Manufacturing process Engineering, and design of all aspects of building systems including but not exclusive to, building envelope, interior finishes and construction, Architectural stone and metal work, MEP systems, and structural systems.

Management experience: From projects over $100 million to interior lease space remodeling and build-out.  All aspects of Architectural office, design, and production management.  Most aspects of construction and construction project management.

Prior notable Architectural work with Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo in Connecticut and Richard & Dion Neutra Architects in Los Angeles.  Project Manager and Account Manager for land side and air side projects at the Birmingham International Airport
 

My mission continues to be: To help my clients organize their processes most affectively and receive the maximum return and the greatest value from their present and future physical assets.
 

2008: Contractor and Consultant with FLUOR to FEMA, TDCJ, Architecture and Forensic Consulting.

2007-2008: Facility management: CTVAH, Waco.  [same as 2005]

2006-2007: Contract work with Architects and Contractors

2005-2006: Contractor and Consultant with FLUOR to FEMA

 2005: Central Texas Veterans Administration Health care System, Architect

 2004-05:  Work with Houston Contractors and HISD Teaching Special Education

 2004: Horizon Architects: Architect & Construction Manager

 2003: Marous Brothers Construction Company, Architect & Director of Design Build

 2003: State Architect for the USDA-RD Wisconsin.

 2002:  Independent Consultation with Architects and Contractors in Chicago, Wisconsin, & Alaska. 

 2001-02:  DMAC & W.E.BRAZLEY & ASSOCIATES, IL, Senior Project Architect & Project Manager 

2000-01:  SOMERVILLE, INC., Green Bay, WI, Senior Architect-Multiple Projects

1999-00:  DCDDC. Chicago, IL, Architect and Corporate Director for Design Build-Multiple Projects

1998-99:  KPS Group, Birmingham, AL, Senior Architect, Account representative 

1997-98:  DOD, Maxwell AFB, Montgomery AL, Architect-Multiple Projects

1984-97:  Paul Langley Co.; Property Development & Property Management.

1975-97:  Self-Employed Consultant, Architect, Contractor, Property Manager.  . 

1974-75:  Bernard Johnson Inc., Architects and Engineers, Project Architect/Manager 

1972-74:  Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo, Architects, Project Architect-Multiple Projects.

1970-72:  Richard and Dion Neutra Architects, Designer/Job Captain.

1965-70:  Merrill Development Company, Designer/Project Manager.

1961-65:  USN Submarine Service: Honorably Discharged, P.O. 2nd Class
 

Extensive involvement with compliance and enforcement of building codes and various national health codes including but not exclusive to USDA, International Building Code, NFPA, and the ADA.

Design-build of multiple in and out-patient facilities for the Central Texas Veteran's Administration, including 23 Hour Urgent Care expansion, major in-patient Surgery renovations, a new Dialysis Clinic, GU lab expansion, Prosthesis Clinic renovation, and a new CT scanner facility.  Other responsibilities included project management for two major hospital expansion projects and a major expansion of the domiciliary facility as well as forensic analysis and remediation of a defective new curtain wall installation at a new laboratory building.

Account Manager-Facilities for the Birmingham International Airport, Birmingham Alabama.  Master Planning, Facility design and management, Account Management, and Construction Management for numerous land side & air side projects, including a $35mil parking deck, terminal re-roofing, Interior renovations, as well as Cargo facility and Corporate Terminal relocation Master Planning, Airport Master Planning, Passenger Terminal Master Planning, and traffic planning.  Member of an Anchorage International Airport team as Project Architect, USKH, Anchorage, AK

Public Safety Facility and Jail for Gary IN, Project Manager for Architecture and Construction: Involvement included Re-programming, Schematic Design, and completion of Construction Documents for a new Public Safety Facility for Gary IN.  Resolved numerous organizational conflicts between the city, it's departments, and independently contracted consultants to produce design and construction documents.  Reprogrammed facility to fully satisfy all program requirements of the multiple city agencies including police department, jail, fire department, and city courts.

Process engineering, programming, Forensic Analysis, Architecture, Master Planning, project management, client development and construction management for industrial clients, including Schreiber Foods, Nueske Foods, Wholt Cheese, ERDA, R.B.ROYAL, PRAXIS, Kewanee Nuclear Power Plant, Matamoros Meat Markets, and the Kenai Cattleman’s Association. Building envelope Investigation, value analysis, remediation, and the preparation of contract documents for unique solutions to process specific problems.  Developed specifications & technical systems analysis and designed the phased construction of major building components of process specific facilities.

Design& Project management of multiple health care outpatient facilities for the Native Health care Consortium in Alaska.  Design/build of Assisted Living projects and Nursing Home projects in Ohio. 

Re-Programming, Conceptual Design, & Site Planning for the Lincoln Center for Aging in Stevens Point, WI. Achieved community consensus regarding expansion into adjacent private property 

CMS, Houston Rehabilitation Institute, Houston, Texas.   Provided facility analysis, programming, conceptual design, and preliminary facility plans for proposed outpatient facilities and for remodeling of the existing in-patient hospital.  Developed a fast track/design build construction proposal with two different contractors to save over $750k in net construction costs. 

Department of HEW Buildings, Washington, D.C.  Architect and project manager.  U.S. Department of HEW Buildings, Washington, D.C.  $65 million [1974 $] remodeling: Project involved the renovation and remodeling of 3 WPA era buildings to accommodate the increasing presence of the Dept. of HEW for the following 3 decades.  Project responsibility included identifying compliance issues regarding [at that time] newly implemented energy and accessibility contemporary and future technological requirements, and providing comfortable, safe, and contemporary accommodations for the staff of the Department of Health Education and Welfare.  I was personally responsible for Realizing 23% savings in anticipated construction costs through design and mechanical innovations while improving the net quality and value of the delivered product.   Achieved a 75% savings in A&E in-house production costs.

Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant Design, construction documents, & specifications for multiple building envelope projects maintaining continuous plant operation, 0% down time.  Value engineered projects from $30k to $300k.

Fast-track design-build of multiple telecommunication C/O & data processing facilities in nine states.  Designed and completed construction documents for 93,000 s.f. Central office telecommunication facility for FOCAL Communications in less than 3 weeks. Various facilities under my supervision were located in NY, NJ, PA, TX, MI, CA, OH, & IL.  Much of the work involved the design and construction of security and emergency support systems as well as building envelopes.

Project Architect, Responsible for curtain wall design and detailing Metropolitan Museum and the United Nations Development Corp Buildings, NYC.  Project Architect/Job Captain for the below grade structures of the Federal Reserve Bank Headquarters in NYC.  Responsible for infrastructure research and coordination of the 10 Story, 70 feet below sea level subterranean portion of the proposed headquarters expansion structure.  Owner’s representative for the College Life Insurance Headquarters.
 

Huntington Beach Central Library and Cultural Resource Center, Huntington Beach, Calif. Job Captain & Project Designer.  Responsibilities included programming, conceptual design, schematic design.  Developed a radically new and effective concept for library organization based on efficient and accessible information storage and retrieval.  Anticipated and accommodated the future use of computer terminals and electronic data storage,

Project Engineering, design, and construction management of metal fabrications for the remediation of high rise building envelope and curtain wall systems. 

Project Architect Responsible for the Planning, Design, and Construction Documents for two ten-story residential towers, on budget, in two weeks total turn around time.  Completed design and construction documents included two fully coordinated concepts for the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems.  Project location: Redondo Beach, California.

Designed and constructed the lowest cost house ever authorized and built under the FHA-235 Program. Use of REDI-FORM, a patented concrete forming system, and prefabrication techniques resulted in a 20% reduction in construction costs and a unique atrium plan.   Managed other residential construction projects and participated in the design and construction of the machinery to fabricate REDI-FORM. 

Designed, developed, constructed, and managed Houston’s first Residential & /Commercial Lofts in downtown Houston, Texas.  Developed new business enterprise consisting of a musician’s rehearsal facility.  The two building project, includes one of the oldest buildings in Houston

Architect, contractor, developer.  Private practice included but not exclusive to design-build projects [Examples include active and passive solar residence, manufacturing facilities, musician’s rehearsal facility, and 4 art galleries], construction management, and business/facility analysis.  Provided Architectural Services, programming, and business re-engineering services as well as fast-track and design-build construction management for most types of commercial and residential construction.  Consultant for Business Facility Analysis, Manufacturing/Business Processes Planning, and Roofing and Foundation Forensic analysis in the Houston area.  My mission was and continues to be to help my clients achieve maximum value from their present and future physical assets.

Developed prototype design for full service Atlantic Richfield Service Stations, Atlantic Richfield Corporation. A franchised fast food restaurant, and Meat Market chain. 
 

1. Volunteer tutoring work with “At Risk” Children on Probation in Harris County Texas.  Temporary Special Education teaching position with HISD.  CASA Volunteer.

2. Collaborative project examining the reduction of delivered cost in the health care delivery system.

3. Published articles on Business Management, Zoning, Design Build, and Historical Districts.