Lisa Bates Email & Phone Number

Marietta, Georgia, United States

~ Responsible for success of newly developed architecture department, including creating architectural standards, templates, SOPs, and new plan library~ Develop and maintain architectural and engineering plans for use by other departments for estimating, permit, and construction purposes~ Revise plans to meet current code compliance and market conditions~ Evaluate zoning and municipality requirements for new communities~ Lead, coach, and mentor team to ensure top performance~ Manage outsource consultant's work and relationships~ Field site visits to solve construction/engineering issues, prototype walks, and maintain relationships with builders~ Collaborate in weekly Operations, Purchasing, and Product Development meetings to identify risk and opportunities relating to architectural plan development

Alpharetta, Georgia

~ Manage multiple town home communities including: - Coordinate with civil engineers for community and plan development - Work with MEP contractors, structural engineers, truss manufacturers and architects to assemble plans for permit submittal and construction use - Establish and manage library of community specific plans; direct team of drafters to produce townhome building configurations and lot specific plans -Produce new community presentations for county review -Communicate with city officials to facilitate permit approval -Meet with construction and purchasing departments for new community plan review -Review plan engineering for specified changes, work with engineers to decide construction methods and solve field issues~ Create single family lot specific plans, coordinate with engineering and truss contractors, and complete REScheck requirements for permit and field use~ Manage updates to library of single family plans with multiple floor plans, elevations, and options, including assessing for accuracy and cost savings; review plans produced by drafters and outsource contractors, create standard details for plan library~ Research code requirements for specific cities and municipalities, research FHA compliance requirements and incorporate in to plans~ Attend job sites to review product and construction practices~ Create brochure plans for sales agents

Greater Atlanta Area

~ Produce, analyze, and oversee the distribution of weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports to divisions and C-level executives from third-party survey system~ Develop and implement company-wide Reputation Management plan~ Prepare recommendations for Design Studio experience guidelines to improve the customer experience and accommodate better the experiential expectations of Millennial and Multicultural buyers~ Conduct monthly trainings to New Home Counselors on Customer Experience

Greater Atlanta Area

~ Complete changes to existing townhome and residential plans per division redlines, HVAC layouts, design changes and/or engineering markups~ Modify plan libraries to comply with most recent building codes~ Attend job site frame-walks~ Prepare, redline, and make corrections to plans from international and domestic outsources~ Work with truss manufactures to resolve structural problems on plans~ Visit divisions to assist with production backlog~ Research design trends and prepare presentations for Senior Leadership Groups~ Create temporary selling brochures to assist with marketing needs~ Help division permit coordinator with questions when permits were denied or city plans reviewer needs clarification~ Conduct Blueprint Reading 101 to New Home Counselors~ Liaison between interactive floor plan vendor and divisions nationwide

Greater Atlanta Area

~ Perform a wide variety of administrative and office duties, including answering phone calls, greeting visitors, scheduling and preparing client meetings, assisting with company events, ordering supplies and working with vendors~ Assist account teams with preparing various monthly client reports. Responsible for tracking traditional and social media coverage for multiple accounts, logging media hits and computing metrics. Compile and track social mentions in database, provide ongoing updates to team~ Conduct daily social media monitoring scans across Twitter, Facebook, blog and YouTube channels for clients in financial services and technology industries. Alert account team of key trends or spikes in mentions for client reports

Gainesville, Georgia

~ Produce working residential blueprints for estimating and building purposes, including mechanical plans, stair sections, floor joist layouts, beam sizes, rafter sizes, and 3D renderings~ Provide value-added services to sales force by collaborating with building consultants and clients to customize plans per customers’ requests as they observe via video conferencing~ Assist with training colleagues on new technologies as company was converting drafting department from AutoCAD software program to Softplan software program~ Collaborate with other drafters in the department to revise and convert 100+ base plans from AutoCAD library to Softplan library~ Work on a team with estimators, superintendents, and district vice presidents from several different areas and states to develop and maintain regional standards and local code compliances~ Create custom library in Softplan program organized with company specifications, including typical wall sections, construction notes and symbols~ Coordinate with superintendants, estimating and drafting managers and staff to arrange building site visits for learning purposes

Lansing, Michigan Area

~ Design and draft residential and light commercial structural plans for new construction, additions and remodeling, including electrical and site plans; estimate residential construction projects~ Develop strategy for energy efficiency and environmental impact research; make recommendations and assist with decisions of standard materials the company utilized~ Pull permits, perform job site inspections, schedule and conduct pre-construction meetings with subcontractors and material suppliers~ Served as integral member of sales and marketing team; attending local home shows to meet with potential clients, explain green building practices, and promote services~ Manage logistics for home construction and remodeling projects, including job scheduling, material delivery coordination and subcontractor management. ~ Work with independent engineering firms to design plans that met commercial codes~ Visit job sites to acquire field measurements and confer with clients~ Develop relationships with local builders and remodelers to assist with their customers design needs~ Attend and participate in monthly Greater Lansing Home Builders Association and Remodelers Council meetings and committees