Duncan Schmidt Email & Phone Number

Richmond, Virginia, Us

Assistant Superintendent for Breeden Project “The Lofts at Front Street” in Norfolk Virginia from July 2022 - November 2022. Project was a 5-story luxury apartment building with approximately 258 units totaling over 219,000 SF. Contract value of over $40,000,000.Assistant Superintendent for Breeden Project “The Pinnacle” in Virginia Beach Virginia from November 2022 - Current. Project is a 7-story luxury apartment building on a 3-story post tension concrete podium with approximately 240 units totaling over 500,000 SF. Contract value of over $55,000,000.Joined “Lofts at Front Street” Project late into finishing stages to help push the project to get through final inspections, get Temporary CO’s and move forward with building turnover.Joined “The Pinnacle” Project in middle of framing, ran the project alone for 3 Months to keep progress moving forward, and bring the project back towards scheduled delivery.Assist Lead-Superintendent with day-to-day management of the job site.Perform daily OSHA walks to ensure trades are within compliance.Perform SWPPP inspections Twice a week to maintain jobsite cleanliness and compliance with local city inspections.Create 3-Week-Look Ahead schedules to narrow down focus for trades throughout sections of the building.Manage trades to include : Carpenters, Electricians, Plumbers, Roofers, Siding Crews, Stucco, Metal Framers, HVAC, Pool Contractor, Concrete, Surveyors, Window Installers, Low-Volt / Data Cable installers, Site Contractor, Elevator installers, Door installers, Cabinetry Installers, Gypcrete, Insulators, Access Control, Fire-Sprinkler, Fire Alarm, Waterproofing, Scaffolding, Painters, Drywallers, Brick Masons, Cleaners, Appliances, Countertops, Labor, City Inspectors, and flooring installers.RLD or “Responsible Land Disturber” Certified and trained to Keep the site to local ENS Standards and Cleanliness.First Aid & CPR Certified and Trained for Safety Standards.OSHA-30 Certified

Virginia Beach, Va, Us

Assistant Site Superintendent for Dragas Project “Manor Homes” In Edinburgh Chesapeake from June 2021 to December 2021; building large single-family homes of an average 2900 sq. ft. Completing around 30 houses within the time range. Each home valued around 600-700k per home.• Assistant Site Superintendent for Dragas Project “Hawkins Mill” In Bayside Virginia Beach from December 2021 to Current; building 2-Story Townhomes of an average 1800 sq. ft. Completing around 16 houses within the time range. Each Quad Building Valued around 1.6 Million.• Create and Run schedule for every home after Insulation is installed from Drywall to Closing.• Run schedules and manage the following Trades: Plumbers, HVAC, Cabinetry, Trim Carpenters, Electricians, Painters, Drywallers, Flooring Installers, Cleaners, Data Line Contractors, Appliances, Blinds, Gutters, Countertops, Punchout, Site Labor/Maint., City Inspectors, and Termite Protection.• Schedule Rough/Final Grading, then Inspect grade to ensure it Is sloped towards proper drainage areas.• Schedule Landscaping and Sod installation to meet code requirements.• RLD or “Responsible Land Disturber” Certified and trained to Keep the site to local ENS Standards and Cleanliness.• First Aid & CPR Certified and Trained for Safety Standards.• Perform Quality Inspections on all trades equipment to meet Dragas Standards, as well as to ensure operation is proper.• Trained to perform block/footing/slab checks to ensure dimensional correctness, as well as to ensure slab and block is level, square, below frost line, and contains expansion joints where necessary. Also looking to ensure in slab plumbing is in correct locations. Before footings check to ensure ditch is deep enough for thickened footings, and all rebar is of the correct size.• Trained to perform Framing checks using plans to include checking dimensions, ensuring proper locations for all rough-in trades, level, blocking, floor joist inspections, nailing patterns

Norfolk, Virginia, Us

Create AutoCAD drawings for fabrication shop, including cut files for our Beam Cutter, and plate burning tableAssist in managing projects, this includes directing people in the shop, simplifying blueprints to show workers details, ordering materials, creating construction strategies, explaining weld details, and creating build strategies with supervisorsCreate blueprints in Solidworks, these are created from 3D models, and include part details, weld details, and are created in build orderCreate new blueprints based on contractors drawings (creating usable drawings/models out of half finished blueprints, or details)Review Blueprints from other companies, like NewPort News ShipBuilding, ElectricBoat, etc. and determine if all required information is presentedReview Step Files and turn them into Assembly files to be used for reference, and cut filesReview SAP Models to get build measurements, and weld proceduresReview JT2GO Drawings/Models to get build measurements, and weld proceduresReview contract drawings from European Countries and convert original drawings to Imperial, and convert welds to AWS EquivalentsPull lengths, and widths, and material specifications from every part on a job to create cost estimates for materialCreate costs for man hours based on how many feet of weld are required for a job, as well as scope of work requiredGo through weld joints and determine the weld procedures necessaryHave Personally worked on S9C Fixture, Magann Caisson’s 2&4, BHD 147, BHD 6, PST Lower Stand, PST Upper Stand, PST Inner Wall Stand, Radome Platform, Lake Barton Riser Restoration Project, Kittery Caisson Modifications 1&3, and Base A units for Aircraft Carrier ProjectPersonally headed a project for the Chrysler Museum of Art Called SPLOX

Created computer Drafts/Drawings for all main gas line installed in Hampton RoadsPortfolio of 262 DrawingsShow 3D views of drawings under certain circumstancesBreak down information from work done in the field into very precise measurements/locationsDrawings are submitted to Virginia Natural Gas to go into their Global Information System for main gas lines

Architectural Drafting, Architecture

High School Diploma