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Manage Capital Projects from Schematic Design through construction close-out. Work with college constituencies, A/E team & contractor to plan, design, build & furnish new buildings, & renovations to existing buildings.Projects:Catherine & Isiah Leggett Math & Science Building110,000 sf bldg in construction through Spring '23 Demolish 2 existing buildings, ground up construction new 3 story lab bldg The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Arts Center, Silver Spring, MD. 135,000 gsfTransform commercial bakery building into art building. Program: Art studios: Printmaking, Ceramics, Painting, Craft and Weaving, Sculpture, outdoor sculpture yard, photo wet lab, galleries, lecture hall, art collection storage, visiting artist studio, central utility plant. The Commons Renovation, Takoma Park, MD 30,000 gsfGut renovation 1976 SOM bldg. Stair/elevator addition, 8 classrooms, Social Sciences Computing Lab, Innovation Suite, infill 2-story space, create tiered seating lecture hall, exhibition room for historical artifacts.Building P3 Renovation 17,000 gsfGut renovation 1976 SOM art bldg to classrooms & offices for English & AELP . Winner of Montgomery County Excellence in Design Award 2017IT Operations Center - Cafritz Foundation Arts Center Expanded college-wide Tier 3+ IT Operations Center. Building P4, Takoma Park, MD 16,000 gsfBackfill renovation1976 SOM bldg, New classrooms in former theater, faculty offices in former classrooms. Central utility plant connection, pump room, RTUs. Falcon Hall Renovation, Takoma Park, MD 30,000 GSFMechanical, Electrical & Architectural upgrades to 1978 SOM PE building. 3 RTUs in restored exposed rooftop truss supporting Gym roof. Ductwork, electrical upgrades, central plant piping, pumps, fuel storage tank removal. MCTV RenovationGut renovation new TV studio, production and office facility. HVAC infrastructure.Center For Training ExcellenceGut renovate office suites to create 9 new classrooms

Managed and designed higher education and embassy projects. Worked with the clients and managed the A/E design team.Partial Projects:International Campaign for Tibet Headquarters Building, Washington, DCUniversity of District of Columbia- Renovation of 6-story Connecticut Ave academic building- New Child Care Center

Architectual programming and planning, design and project management. Feasibility Studies, Master Plans, Management of project teams, design and document production, coordination with all disciplines.Partial Projects:Bryant Street Pumping Station, Washington DCProject manager for renovation/historic preservation of 1904 pumping station building with office suite. Restoration of original materials including terrazzo, slate, cast iron, paneled wood. Incorporation of contemporary technologies, HVAC and Electrical systems while maintaining the integrity of the original architecture.

Responsible for code analysis, document production and coordination for transformation of a public housing parcel in South Boston into a mixed use development.

Design, detailing and document production for K-12 schools in the greater Boston area.

Firm specialized in the design of newspaper production plants. Projects ranged from a 1,000,000 square foot new production facility for the New York Times in Queens, to a new urban office/production facility for the Dallas Morning News.