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Greenville, Sc, Us

Spartanburg, Sc, Us

Spartanburg, Sc, Us

Project Manager in the Healthcare Studio. Lead a team on a range of projects for a hospital system in the upstate.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Us

Tidelands Health at The Market Common, Myrtle Beach, SC• 67,550 SF three-story medical office building containing ASC, imaging, physical therapy, orthopedics, pain therapy, and physician suites• Centralized registration and shared physician offices, break rooms, and support spaces eliminates the need for duplicated spaces and increases the number of exam rooms

Involved in all aspects of the project delivery process in our Pawleys Island studio. Facilitates strategic facility planning and early schematic design of conceptual programs. Engages user-groups in design development meetings and oversees production of construction documents. Manages construction administration to ensure a successful project completion that exceeds owner's goals. As an Associate with Curtis Group, I provide input to Principals on strategic firm decisions and act as a conduit between architectural interns and firm leadership.

Tidelands Health Waccamaw Community Hospital, Murrells Inlet, SC• Surgery Department Renovation & Expansion – 37,000 SF completed in two phases• Wound Care• Cardiac Rehabilitation Gym – 2,325 SF renovation of existing space• Various Additions & Renovations, since 2012 – Over 100,000 SF totalTidelands Health Georgetown Memorial Hospital, Georgetown, SC• 2East Med-Surg Renovations• Obstetrics Renovations• Cath Lab Addition• Yawkey Surgery Pavilion– 43,000 SF expansion• Wound Care Center – 2,700 SF renovation• Emergency Department – 6,450 SF renovation & expansion• IS/IT Suite - 2,975 SF renovation • New Mall Addition – 17,230 SF reconfiguration of public mall entrance• Behavioral Health Unit – 2,045 SF• 3rd Floor OBGYN Suite – 10,314 SF renovation• Central Lab Relocation – 6,858 SF lab moved from 3rd to 1st floor • Human Resources Suite – 4,000 SF reconfiguration & renovation• Various Additions & Renovations, 2012 to Present – Over 200,000 SF totalColleton Medical Center, Walterboro, SC• Phase I: 16,850 SF total renovations and additions including Emergency Department, Pharmacy, and Behavorial Health • Phase II: Emergency Department Renovation• ICU Renovation – 6,000 sf• Pharmacy renovation for USP 797 – 600 sf

Small firm, responsible for all levels of design and construction administration. Projects included the design for a 25,000 sf non-profit medical practice, part of the new MYR airport expansion, several houses, commercial upfits, schematic planning for ocean front resort, and construction administration for Coastal Carolina University's Convocation Center.

Worked on a variety of educational projects including a nursing classroom building at UNC Wilmington, renovations of an historic elementary school, design of a new magnet high school, planning of an academy, and CA of a physics lab building at UNC Charlotte. Assisted in the planning and production of a Project Narrative for the new Wake County Animal Shelter.

All levels of design practice. Schematic Design through CA on large resort projects along the Grand Strand

Bs Design, Architecture

Master, Architecture