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Scottsdale, Az

Principal and Project Manager with current work experience including site planning, Sub-divisions, schools, commercial, and custom residential landscape architectural design. Responsibilities include office management/coordination, marketing, quality control and project management, for landscape architecture design services. Providing goal oriented unique design and construction services, that utilize outside the box thinking, and strategies, while remaining within the required guidelines, and budgets.Projects were kept in budget and on track to completion through the use of staged design goals, with the use as required design team meetings, that includes the client at various stages of the project. Oversight governmental review is included as part of this process. Project tasks include construction document production, written specifications, cost estimation, and irrigation design with water conservation as a goal. Design service are oriented in providing landscape architectural design services with a sustainable, coordinated, and themed development with quality customer service in mind.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Landscape Architectural design services and production that includes Attending Networking Events Researching Industry LeadersTracking Industry TrendsParticipating in Industry Discussions

1661 E. Camelback Rd, Suite 400, Phoenix, Az 85016

Landscape Architect / Department Manager (Laid Off/Work Reduction)Landscape Architectural Project Management, design included private development, (Sub-divisions, commercial/business developments) municipal buildings, right of ways, facilities, and Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), highway landscape and irrigation design. Writing guidelines for landscape highway construction of Design Build projects.Management tasks included design team meetings to keep the project on track, department financial allocations, budgets, team mentoring, marketing, team project production while meeting design requirements, budgets and project production scheduling goals. Other job design tasks included construction document production, meetings, following various private and public requirements and guidelines for written specifications, cost estimation, and landscape and irrigation design. Water conservation was a goal with many of the projects. Additional project responsibilities included; site analysis, aesthetic guideline reports, 404 Analysis reports and plans. Additional work tasks included state highway/freeway, municipal roadway and private development landscape construction oversight.

Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, Office (Registered LA) Marketed away to Join Stanley Consultants)Landscape Section Management, Commercial Landscape Design,Project Management over Architectural, Governmental Landscape Design,Project Job Costing and Project Marketing, Large Park Site Layout/Design,Master Plan Design/Drawing Production, New Client Marketing and Management, Project Job Costing/Project Marketing, Cad Construction Document Production,Project Supervision/Design and QA/QC, Highway Landscape Design-ADOT,Project Construction Cost Estimation, County Roadway Landscape Design,Interagency Project Coordination, Project Management Construction Inspection and reports,Project Construction Inspection, Personnel Supervision and mentoring, Project Job CostingPark Construction Drawing Production, Equestrian Park and Trail Layout,Medical Park Design and Construction, Irrigation Design/Water Conservation,Historic Site Development, A-DOT Roadside Dev. / ADOT-Enhancement Projects,Private Development Design, Weekly Design Review/Staff Reports, Planning and Zoning Maps, Computerized Irrigation Design. Work include a variety of project types, including Parks, Trails, Equestrian Facilities, Community and Historic Enhancement Projects, Highway development, Medical Facilities, Railroad screening, Bridge encroachments. Mentoring staff was a part of the design process, along with weekly reviews to monitor design progress and status. Marketing and proposal writing for new and existing clients. Project included integrating with Land Planners, Land Surveyors, Civil Engineers, Architects, Special Interest Groups, Developers, City, County and State Professionals. Mentoring of staff was a part of the design process, along with weekly reviews to monitor project progress and status

Scottsdale, Arizona

Principal Landscape Architect, (Marketed away to Join WLB)Project and Client Management, Construction Document Production, Project Job Costing Project Marketing, Irrigation Design/Water Conservation,Master Plan Design, Construction Inspection, Project Job Costing/Project Marketing, Construction Products Submittal Review, Project Construction Cost Estimation, Medical Park Design and Construction, Irrigation Design/Water Conservation, Historic Site Development, Park Construction Drawing Production, Private Development Design, Pedestrian Trail Design, Project meetings with multiple agenciesSub-Division Landscape Design, Site Analysis, Sub-Division Entrance and Wall Design Design Review/Staff Reports, Project Supervision/Design and QA/QC, Cad Construction Document Production, Project types consisted of a variety of private development project types, including Residential, Retail shops, Shopping Centers, Commercial Strip Centers, Office buildings, Office/Warehouse Centers, Sub-division Developments, Churches, Pre-schools, Schools, Community Colleges, City Offices, Parks, Monuments, and specialty spaces. Worked was performed working with Contractors, and a number of other Design Professionals, including Land Surveyors, Civil Engineers, Architects, Special Interest Groups, Developers, City, County and State Professionals.

Landscape Designer, (Laid Off/Work Reduction)Project Management Construction Inspection, Regional Planning & Park Master Plan Design, Personnel Supervision Project Job Costing,Presentation Drawings, Interagency Project Coordination,Project Cost Estimation/Bid Process, Cemetery Landscape Design,Professional Baseball Field Development, Playground Design,Project use site analysis, Project Construction Inspection, Landscape & Computerized Irrigation Design, Public and Council Presentations varied project Types,Open space, and Parks Master Planning,City Streetscape and Retention Basin Design, Sports Court Design/Construction Plans, Design Review/Staff Reports.Projects consisted of City Streets, Parks, Playgrounds; Sports field projects Parking Areas, Historical Sites, and some special location projects (Gardens, Monuments). Mentoring staff was a part of the design process, along with weekly reviews to monitor design progress and status. Developed a standard style for city park signage and playground construction detailing which has been adopted throughout the Phoenix metro area. Design a Botanical Garden with plant material base on arid desert regions throughout Arizona. Wrote new design guidelines and specifications for construction and development. Did city design development review of private single family sub-divisions. (Red Mountain Ranch, Dobson Ranch developments.) Flood Basin Development Retention design and development review. Parks and Streets Maintenance was considered as a part of the design work Public Presentations with colored /renderings were required. Worked with different funding types, private money donations, LWCF, CDBG funds, and Capital Improvement funds. Worked with other in house, and out of house Professionals, including Land Surveyors, Civil Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Architects, and Special Interest Groups,

Phoenix, Az

(Left for the City of Mesa)Regional Planning & Park Master Plan Design, Project Development Cost Estimation, Project Design Review (Streets), Community Project Design, Public Presentations (Parks Development), Recreational City Planning, Project Coordination Project, Intergovernmental Coordination (Multiple Agencies), Project Field Construction Inspection, Design/Drafting/Detailing, Public Presentation Drawings, Site Use Analysis and layout, Parks and Streets Maintenance was considered as a part of the design work Partnering with Private Development, Trail System Design and Routing, Public Monument Design.Projects included Park Master Planning, with five year budgets, colored rendering that were presented to the public for input into the park for development. Public meetings and in house presentations were a requirement of the position. Master planned the first combined desertarea and green park in Phoenix, multiple sport complexes with multiple use functions that could happen at the same time. Worked with Developers and other governmental agencies, and the Land Planning Department on Land trades, swaps, site development and zoningchanges, (Private and Public) The health, safety and welfare of the public were always considered as a part of any work. Designed new trail systems and revitalizing the existing trails, adding rest stops, and slowing the erosion, and reducing the heavy use deterioration of the trails. Small in-house construction projects that were constructed by Parks and other city department personnel. Worked with the Planning Department on land swaps and zoning changes to acquire more land for the parks Department and future Park Development land deals, Private and Federal) Some projects were of a politically high profile and in the news media. Was interviewed by reporters on developed projects.