Sydney Mainster Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Leadership role overseeing two separate departments: Sustainability & Design ManagementOverseeing the Sustainability team, I work strategically to implement sustainability guidelines, set targets, and maximize tenant engagement. With my enthusiastic team, I define and refine design and construction sustainability criteria utilizing data from current green building rating systems, health research and chemical red lists; and sustainability best practices in energy, water, indoor environmental quality, and cradle-to-cradle product manufacturing, use, and disposal. I ensure that we work closely with design consultants, construction teams, and manufacturers to ensure product selection, procurement, and installation all meet established performance and sustainability criteria—not only to achieve outcomes on current building projects, but also to improve environmental standards and innovation in the industry at large. Our team keeps a vigilant eye on Durst’s chemical transparency and exclusion criteria for building products, continually demanding more, and better information from manufacturers.As head of the Design Management team, I am responsible for ensuring high quality documentation and execution of all new construction, capital improvements, and tenant projects. Design Management ensures consistency and high-quality services in the management of a project’s development from inception to operation. Working cross-functionally with the Project Development Marketing, Leasing, Engineering, Operations, and the Construction Departments, I develop strategies for implementing guidelines, technical reviews, and ensuring clear direction to consultants in order to meet aesthetic and high design quality outcomes.

New York, Ny, Us

Full-time role ensuring that Sustainability goals of ground-up development projects, existing building renovations, and building operations and management are met. Focused-efforts include developing strategies with Marketing, Leasing, Engineering, Operations, and Construction departments around sustainability guidelines, baseline goal setting, and tenant engagement to support company leadership and achievement around carbon reduction, health and wellness, and supply chain optimization.On-going efforts to test and utilize improved task management and project management approaches to apply learning from past projects and operational feedback into improved and informed decision-making. Main responsibilities include:• defining and refining design and construction sustainability criteria, utilizing input from current green building rating systems, health research and chemical red lists, and sustainability best practices around energy, water, indoor environmental quality, cradle-to-cradle product manufacturing, use, and disposal;• working closely with design consultants, construction teams, and manufacturers to ensure product selection, procurement, and installation meets performance and sustainability criteria;• educating project teams about sustainability and transparency requirements, in an effort to not only achieve outcomes on current building projects, but for larger industry improvement and innovation;• Conducting on-going building product research and test installations to review and assess new technology, materials, assemblies, composites, etc. for consideration and use on projects;

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Served as project manager for a 72 unit (65,000sf conversion, 11,000sf new construction) multi-family project in Williamsburg; completed 100% CD set, DoB, MTA, CPC Permit Sets

Austin, Tx, Us

As Director, I partnered with faculty to conceptualize and execute an academic research agenda based around materials, construction, and fabrication. During my 3 years in the position, I successfully managed a revolving staff of 8-10 students per semester, conducted and oversaw various research projects, re-conceptualized the Materials Lab as an incubator for Design Research conducted at the school, and achieved a few “firsts” for a UT employee in the Materials Lab Curator/Director position. These include:• applying for and receiving outside grants for a research project with regards to Sustainable Material Evaluation;• being invited to deliver a presentation at an international symposium on Materials Education;• given a lunchtime lecture to faculty + students at UTSoA;• designing, orchestrating, and curating a well-received exhibit in the school’s main exhibition gallery;• expanding the Materials Lab’s communication and outreach efforts to other departments on campus, and the local design community, by initiating a monthly e-newsletter as well as opening up the Materials Lab for an annual city-wide Studio Tour event;• being granted an Adjunct Faculty teaching position for Spring 2013 to teach and re-design a seminar course on Interior Environments

Austin, Tx, Us

Taught Spring, 2013 Seminar: Interior Environments + Sustainability

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Architecture Studio Instructor for Summer 2010

Us

Contract hire to produce Rhino model of complicated metal and glass envelope assembly, details; additional work on 3d printing, rendering, production of graphic signage package

Summer internship working on competitions, schematic design through physical and digital models

Summer internship working on schematic design through hand-built structural models

New York, Ny, Us

• Environmental consulting firm that specializes in high-performance buildings• Responsibilities center on support for LEED implementation and documentation, research of applicable technologies, case studies • Work closely with project architect, engineer, owner, construction manager, and subcontractors to ensure building meets high-performance and LEED goals • Selected projects in NYC include: The Epic High-Rise Tower, American Cancer Society Headquarters, One Bryant Park/Bank of America Tower, Hotel at 250 Bowery

• Main responsibilities included documenting existing project conditions and entering data into AutoCAD, creating and maintaining project portfolio, constructing scale models for design development, and correcting redlines• Provided basic schematic design work

• Provided on-site Construction Administration/Management (two month contract work)• Produced As-Builts for plumbing and electrical, on-site• Provided construction details as necessary & compiled door and window package using both hand-drafting and AutoCAD drafting methods

• Participated in Schematic Design, Design Development, & Construction Document project phases; project team member – AIA COTE Top Ten Green Project 2005• Assembled Design Review and Construction Document drawing sets• Produced construction details and As-Built drawings; generated door, window, finish, appliance, and lighting schedules; conducted product research; corrected red-lines and visited sites (constructing straw-bale walls as required)• Performed Structural Engineering calculations for deflection & load • Completed office tasks including bookkeeping (Quickbooks & Excel), reproductions/blueprints, supply maintenance and assembling promotional packets

Master Of Architecture (M.Arch.), Architecture

Ba In Architecture, Minor In Structural Engineering