David A. Adams Email & Phone Number

Canton, Ga, Us

Frederick, Maryland

Land Use Planner, providing master planning, site planning, small town infill and streetscape designs, and landscape architecture. Also providing environmental assessments for forest conservation, wetlands, hydrology, streams, slopes, soils, complex grading and drainage designs, planting designs, main street designs, project management. Strong digital and hand graphics including AutoCad, Adobe, Mircosoft Office, Microsoft Project, project budgeting, construction costs, construction permit drawings, attending local advisory meetings, zoning hearings, compliance and entitlements, project detailing, coordination with contractors. Effective building client relationships, problem solving and collaboration with consultants.Completed hundreds of projects including residential neighborhoods, church communities, commercial centers, recreational parks, educational and industrial campuses. Detail landscape design including planting designs, hard-scapes, circulations for vehicles and pedestrians.Won contracts from Frederick County Office of Economic Development for Phase I and II Feasibility Studies of a 350 acre Advance Technology Park. Discovered 175 acre parcels ready for mixed use development and facilitated client contracts for development with a national builder. Provided clear leadership in promoting healthy agency staff relationships and client development. Learn and application of local building codes and regulations for specific each project.

Frederick, Maryland

Led designer of collaborative, fast paced efforts of architects, engineers, surveyors in Master Planning and Site Planning of educational, multifamily residential, industrial campuses, and convenience centers. Provided complete site planning and construction documents for public schools, planned neighborhoods, recreational facilities, and parks including ponds, lakes, and streams. Provided Master Planning and Landscape Architectural for award winning residential and commercial communities with complex grading and drainage designs for community football, soccer, tennis, baseball recreational facilities. Developed and prepared construction documents for site improvements with layout, grading, and detailing for permits. Developed and managed project budgets and costs, including bid documentations, change orders, and bond releases. Oversaw plan review, revisions, and approvals for all related site permits. Conducted Crowd Sourcing exercises and Program Development Workshops for Church Communities leading to site planning and successful site construction and building expansions for churches. Provided GIS products to promote public rezonings and marketing decisions. Provided strong, effective digital and hand drawn graphics for presentations and approvals at public hearings. Developed, wrote, and presented effective project descriptions and expert testimony to gain public approvals at dozens of hearings before Planning Commissions and Boards of Zoning and Appeals. Received praise for numerous private residential designs, overseeing installations by contractors, resolving issues for completion, including selections for lighting and materials.Known for developing and maintaining effective working relationships with clients, collaboration with consultants and professionals, and review agencies and staff. Able to learn and apply a firm understanding of local building codes and regulations related to each specific project location.

Rockville, Maryland

Conducted all aspects of Commercial Shopping Center Development and Construction, including site design, hiring and directing civil engineering, architecture, legal, anchor and tenant fit out, financing, contractor bid documents, hiring, progress meetings, and occupancy.Worked through complex design problems of storm water management, stream preservation, grading, drainage. Provided hand graphics of five complete shopping centers from concept design through construction documentation for use by consulting engineers, architects, and surveyors for site engineering, building layout and design, subdivision of pad sites, and frontage improvements for State Highway Administration access permits. Oversaw development, application, review, and approval of construction permits, including compliance approvals and entitlement agreements. Represented the owner at local hearings for project approvals. Developed and prepared commercial planting plans including pedestrian and vehicular spaces and circulations. Oversaw and participated in material selections including project budgeting and construction pricing.Maintained strong working relationship with office staff, consulting legal teams, engineers, architects, and surveyors. In less than three years, designed, financed, developed, and built 4 shopping centers, designed, developed and sold a 5th for a value of over $20 million.

Master Of Landscape Arcihtecture, Landscape Architecture

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Geology And Earth Science Education