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Colored Elevations

3-story wood framed hotel building

totaling 45,017 s.f. Project included a

mixture of standard guest rooms and

suites for a total of 86 guest rooms,

office space, check-in, public and pri-

vate restrooms, meeting rooms, busi-

ness center, fitness center, pantry,

great room, exterior pool, laundry/

housekeeping, elevator and vending.

Primary responsibilities occurred dur-

ing the programming, space planning

process, consultant coordination, code

analysis, schematic design, design

development and construction docu-

ment phases, franchisor plan submittal

and presentation drawings of exterior

elevations.

Holiday Inn Express Mokena, Illinois

Remodel projects are unique in that

every one has a different set of design

hurdles and priorities. This floor plan

represents a 1-story 3,040 s.f. remodel

project which included the dining room,

service counter, equipment, restrooms,

exterior façade, signage, parking and

53 s.f. front pinnacle addition. The two

exterior elevations show the variety in

the design. Primary responsibilities oc-

curred during the as-built, program-

ming, space planning process, consult-

ant coordination, code analysis, sche-

matic design, design development,

construction document and construc-

tion administration phases.

Arby’s Restaurant Remodel Projects

1-story 12,318 s.f. office tenant build-out

which included office space, training

rooms, restrooms, break rooms and me-

chanical spaces. Primary responsibilities

occurred during the as-built, program-

ming, space planning process, consult-

ant coordination, code analysis, sche-

matic design, design development, con-

struction document and construction ad-

ministration phases.

Renaissance Greenwood, Indiana

Phase 1 included 8 multi-story multi-family

unit buildings totaling 140 units and

162,312 s.f. Also included was an 879 s.f.

maintenance garage. Phase 2 came later

with the renovation of the existing 1,844

s.f. leasing office which converted the ex-

isting space along with a 495 s.f. addition

to include conference rooms, office space,

workout center, tanning, restrooms and

maintenance. Phase 3 was last with the

design of a new 1,200 s.f. leasing office

with attached private garage. Primary re-

sponsibilities occurred during the as-built,

programming, space planning process,

consultant coordination, code analysis,

schematic design, design development,

construction document and construction

administration phases.

Willow Creek Apartments Portage, Indiana

1-story 4,625 s.f. wood framed animal

hospital equipped with exam and surgery

rooms, office space, wash rooms, re-

strooms and kennel. Primary responsibili-

ties occurred during the programming,

space planning process, consultant coor-

dination, code analysis, schematic design,

design development, construction docu-

ment and construction administration

phases.

Sugargrove Animal Hospital Greenwood, Indiana

75,866 s.f. pre-engineered warehouse/

manufacturing facility with a 4,596 s.f. two-

story wood framed accessory offices at-

tached. Primary responsibilities occurred

during the space planning process, pro-

gramming, consultant coordination, code

analysis, schematic design, design devel-

opment and construction document phas-

es.

Abacus Enterprises Franklin, Indiana

4. Paper Space/Model Space:

XREF base drawings are brought into

model space and layered as re-

quired. Paper space is used to

format a section, plan or part

thereof on a sheet at a predeter-

mined scale and layer separately

if required. Notes, dimensions

and xreferenced title blocks are

also placed in paper space at a

true 1:1 scale.

5. Associative dimensioning, leaders and

notes using MTEXT make editing, if re-

quired at a later date, less time consum-

ing.

Quality Control

Every effort is made to make sure the process of

creating a quality set of construction documents

is as seamless as possible.

Quality control efforts include:

1. Open lines of communication via. phone,

email, ftp, fax, etc. are available.

2. Availability to attend scheduled project

coordination/production meetings with

architect, owner, client, etc. throughout

the duration of the project.

3. Projects typically follow a standard time-

line consisting of existing documentation,

schematic design, design development,

construction document and construction

administration phases unless otherwise

directed.

Production Standards and Quality Control

Production Standards

I have been involved in implementing CAD stand-

ards on many different levels. There is always one

theme, speed and ease of use is critical. Therefore,

unless otherwise specified by a client, I make it a

point to follow a strict set of CAD standards.

1. CAD layers will follow the U.S. National CAD

Standards and will be broken down as fol-

lows:

a. Prefixes to include A for Architectural,

M for Mechanical, E for Electrical, P

for Plumbing, S for Structural, C for

Civil, etc.

b. Four letter major groups such as

CLNG, DOOR, EQPM, FLOR, FURN,

GLAZ, ROOF, WALL, etc. will be

used.

c. Four letter minor group designations

will also be used to define items such

as A-WALL-PATT for wall fill.

2. Blocks are typically created on layer 0 and in-

serted on a specific layer making layer ma-

nipulation from one scheme to another a

much simpler process.

3. Object snap modes are considered a valuable

tool and always utilized to assure drawing

accuracy. This effort pays off with accurate

dimensioning, calculations, etc.