Jennifer Daros Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

Greater New Orleans Area

Houston, Texas Area

Designer, Project Manager

Houston, Texas Area And New Orleans, LA

Design: Buildings, homes, furniture, lifestyle complements. Small scale project management and planning

Greater New Orleans Area

• Managed the design and construction of a 7 million dollar Historic Restoration project.
• Coordinated teams of designers, engineers, and construction supervisors from initial design through document production and end of construction.
• Performed cost benefit analyses, development revenue analyses, construction cost estimates, production scheduling, as well as construction schedule estimations and review.
• Performed onsite construction management and field supervision throughout construction.
• In charge of securing all permits, researching property deeds, liens, and restrictions, un-subdividing adjoining lots, securing easements and city leases as required.
• Responsible for reviewing and interpreting engineering drawings, specifications and testing logs pertaining to the job, including geotechnical reports, material stress tests and ASTM standards.

Honolulu, HI

• Managed a production team to design and produce construction drawings and specifications for large commercial projects, on time and to the owner’s satisfaction.
• Responsible for project budgeting, scheduling and staffing.
• Responsible for consultant coordination of engineers, building code compliance and document review.
• Supervised construction of a 20 million dollar retail shopping facility.

Tucson, Arizona Area

• Jr. Designer, production staff and onsite construction administrator for high profile public projects and private residences.
• Worked closely with owners, contractors and sub-contractors to keep projects on schedule and budget.
• Examined construction details for money saving alternatives, in one case saving over $200,000 on a single alteration.
• Reviewed shop drawings to avoid construction conflicts and minimize change orders.

Tucson, Arizona Area

• Responsible for all aspects of design and production of construction drawings for a public school project. Including programing, client meetings, pre-construction meetings, bidding, and construction management.
• Secured over half a million dollars in additional State funding through design defense and budget defense meetings with the Arizona School Facilities Board.