Chitra R.

Experience

• Intern of Building & Safety City Of Beverly Hills · Internship Aug 2024 – May 2025 9 mos Beverly Hills, CA, United States Assisted with plan checks ensuring code compliance with codes, reducing processing time by 20%.
  ● Coordinated project teams to ensure accurate and efficient document processing improving turnaround time for approvals
  ● Collaborated on the Mixed-Use Overlay Zone (MUOZ) and Objective design standards proposal.
  ● Drafted Revit analysis models for local code amendments and MEP noise cancellation Anlaysis for Single family Residences
  ● Gained firsthand experience in zoning inquiries by shadowing planners and Plan Review Engineers (PREs) at the counter.
  ● Involved in site visit for Golden Globes awards, Vanity Fair Oscars After-Party events as part of the City’s events coordinating
  team.
• Events Design Assistant California Baptist University · Part-time May 2024 – May 2025 1 yrs Riverside, CA, United States Designed space layouts for 40+ large-scale campus events, focusing on event overlay planning, public assembly
  circulation, and safety coordination in AutoCAD and Revit.
  ● Conducted 5+ site surveys, leveraging cartography and GIS skills to produce accurate and visually clear event maps.
  ● Collaborated with events team to improve spatial efficiency enhancing methods for fire safety by 20% for events.
• Architecture Research Assistant California Baptist University · Part-time Sep 2024 – Apr 2025 7 mos Riverside, CA, United States ● Developed Revit-based building models for MEP coordination and sustainable methods for LEED-equivalent building
  approach for building enclosure systems
  ● Assisted for research on sustainable systems that contributed to a 10% improvement in design efficiency in studio projects.
  ● Conducted parametric design research energy-efficient building envelopes, integrating advanced digital fabrication
  techniques, detailing of façade, roofing, and waterproofing systems.