Richard A.

Experience

• Owner/Operator Adams Drafting by Design, Ltd. · Full-time Apr 2011 – Present 14 yrs 8 mos Pueblo, CO, United States Independent Contractor/Sub-Contractor for the construction industry. Full Set Construction ready Prints for Submittal to Building Authority department for Permitting Review.
  
  * Foundation/Structural Plans by Licensed Engineer.
• Apprentice Design Engineer A & B Link Engineering · Full-time Feb 2003 – Apr 2011 8 yrs 2 mos Pueblo, CO, United States Learned AutoCAD R14 through field work and office work while on-site with a Civil Engineer. Working on Commercial and Residential Projects, I learned the principles of engineering design and construction techniques. Managing Project timelines and building authority routing, I maintained project workflow and momentum through the approval process.
• CCi - Government Contract CCi - Furniture Shop · Full-time Feb 2006 – Apr 2009 3 yrs 2 mos Pueblo, CO, United States Lead draftsperson for government furniture contractor.
  Created Scaled 3D Solid models of school line furniture parts, sub-assemblies, and assembly of Kindergarten to High School furniture. Over 300 parts from 2D paper prints to AutoCAD 3D Solids in 9 months' time.
  Database efficiency and maintenance as well as integration through AutoCAD VLISP to expedite production drawing output time to production floor ready drawings. Time reduced from 18 hours average down to 3 hours from product order receipt.
• CAD Operator / Project Lead Designer UpScale Builders, Inc. · Full-time Jun 2005 – Apr 2006 10 mos Pueblo, CO, United States Project Lead Designer for two Strip-malls for a local General Contractor. Maintained customer satisfaction of the design process and subsequent building processes and projections.
  Worked with Engineer of Record and Contractor of Record while accommodating the Building Envelope integrity and Leasee specific requirements. Monitored routing slip through various local building and zoning departments, expedited change orders/concerns as I am able to handle and update necessary paperwork as needed.
• Project Manager Global Construction, LLC · Full-time Apr 2003 – Jun 2005 2 yrs 2 mos Pueblo, CO, United States Project Manager for a steel building erector and mini-storage design and construction company. Maintained full project workflow from sale to final customer approval. Completed Production drawings for field use while erecting structural steel building.
  Ordered materials and logistics for delivery of steel buildings and ministorage components to work sites.
  Assigned labor crew placements in the field to ensure continuous workflow and project timelines/deadlines.
  Follow up customer/client satisfaction.