Dale Jordan's Cover Letter

Email: dj@dalejordan.net
Resume online: dalejordan.com
Portfolio online: dalejordan.net/portfolio.htm
Hospitality resume: dalejordan.net/resume.htm#hos
Telephone:  310-227-3922
I live in Costa Mesa, CA

To: Bassenian Lagoni

I would love to work for Bassenian Lagoni. Your firm does a mix of work that matches my experience and work where I can learn. My top priority right now is earning my license. Right now I'm doing freelance work but I’m seeking full time employment (I'll consider freelance work if you have any).

Project Management/ DD/ CD/ CA: I have managed many small office & industrial TI projects from design to CD to approval to CA, including this, and I have lead on larger projects, see my hospitality resume. I can show you samples of my Vegas work in person, however I can not post it online due to nondisclosure restrictions.
Multi-tenant Housing / Hospitality / China: I've worked on resorts with residential components, see my hospitality resume, including Venetian Cotai and Majestic sun. Earlier in my career I drafted the CDs for a small condo building, see here in my online portfolio.
Residential Architecture: I worked 5 years for Prescott Architects doing mostly houses from cheap catalog plans to high-end, including work for Classic Cottages. More recently I managed a custom residence in Newport Beach (reviewed by Dan Kennedy).
Residential Master Planning: I did some of the master planning work for Shams ar Riyadh (click here)

Codes/ City Permit Procurement: CBC, Title 24, Fire, ADA, municipal, health, & more. In the last 5 years, working for MVA or on my own, I've won approvals for TI projects in more than 20 Southland cities.
Managing Consultants: I've routinely managed MEP, structural and civil consultants. I managed a landscape consultant once. I worked for civil and landscaping firms early in my career (Preble-Rish and Avant LTD, see my resume).
AutoCAD: Extensive experience and expertise (see my resume).
Revit:  Learning (I am studying a student copy at home), I took a class and drew these: A0-0  A2-1  A2-3  A2-5  A3-1  A3-3
Sketchup: 
Modest experience (I have a copy at home I can study on my own time).
Customer Service: I believe in customer service. I do everything I can to help every customer I contact, and at MVA many clients request me when they have work.
License: I am staring work on my license, I hope to finish in 3 years.
Associates Degree in Architecture: Associate of Science in Architectural Design and Construction Technology, Northwest Florida State College.

Communication Skills:  I know when to call and when to email. And when to call again and again and again (love those city agencies). I understand the importance of diplomacy and humor when dealing with the clients, consultants, contractors, and colleagues.
Teamwork:  I believe very strongly in teamwork, and it isn't often done well in this industry. Communication and organization are key. I may not appear enthusiastic, but I'll never appear frustrated either. My attitude is positive because I maintain low expectations of the clients and agencies. I expect setbacks and I handle them immediately with no complaints or finger-pointing.
Working Independently:  I've been managing small projects on my own for MVA Architects for the last 5 years. At MVA many clients requested me when they had work.

Thank you for reading this cover letter.
- Dale Jordan


 

 

Dale Jordan's Resume

Email: dj@dalejordan.net
Resume online:
dalejordan.com
Portfolio online: dalejordan.net/portfolio.htm
Hospitality resume: dalejordan.net/resume.htm#hos
Telephone:  310-227-3922
I live in Costa Mesa, CA

Overview

I
have worked on a variety of projects with diverse teams in often complicated circumstances. I have also worked on my own. My strengths are: crisis prevention and crisis management. I have rescued troubled projects on many occasions. Everywhere I have worked I have earned the respect of my superiors, peers, consultants, clients, and, most proudly, subordinates. I have a good (and improving) knowledge of means of construction and codes (CBC, title 24, CFC, IBC, UBC, SBC, ADA). I have worked in extensively in hospitality, industrial, commercial, and residential (high & low). I also have landscape architecture and civil engineering experience.

Computer Experience

  -  AutoCAD from releases 12 to 2014
  -  Graphic work on sketchup
  -  Completed a Revit class at Orange Coast College
  -  CAD management of a small office, CAD committee of a large firm
  -  AutoCAD troubleshooting, tech support, supervising and training new personnel
  -  Standards development. File structure organization.
  -  Drafting in a variety of standards
  -  Interpreting AutoCAD data from unfamiliar sources 
  -  Plotters, printers, scanners, upgrading and building computers
  - 
MS Office

Professional Experience

MVA ARCHITECTS, IRVINE, CA
I worked as a project manager from April 2010 to the present and from May 2003 to January 2005.
 
-  T.I., R.D., & marketing CD sets of varying scopes, BOMA
  -  Measured sites - industrial and commercial
  -  Project management & coordination, client interaction
  -  Approval and permit process, CBC, state and local FLS, ADA, municipal codes
  -  Drafted and achieved approval of a custom residence in Newport Beach


KRITZINGER AND RAO, LOS ANGELES, CA
I worked as a senior designer from May 2008 to January 2009.
  -  Master Planning
  -  3d modeling
  -  Complex design work


STEELMAN PARTNERS, LAS VEGAS, NV
I worked as a project coordinator from March 2005 to the May 2007.
I worked on casino projects projects in Las Vegas, Macau, and elsewhere.
  -  A detailed record of my projects can be found in the hospitality resume: dalejordan.net/resume.htm#hos
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Worked within large and frequently changing teams of drafters, designers, architects, and consultants
  -  Coordinated frequent client changes to the plans
  -  Casinos, hotels, convention centers, theaters
  -  9 months worth of overtime

PRESCOTT ARCHITECTS, DESTIN, FL
I worked as an architectural drafting technician from June of 1998 to May 2003.
  -  Residential of all kinds from cheap catalog plans to high-end, including work for Classic Cottages
  -  Wealthy and famous clients who prized their privacy
  -  Condo Towers
  -  Organized and maintained database of well over 1,000 plans
  -  1.5 years worth of overtime.

AVANT LTD, LANDSCAPE AND LAND-PLANNERS, AND GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTS
I worked part time drafting at home for architect Bill Isenhower from September 1999 to November 2000
  -  High end residential mostly in Palm Beach; Landscaping & runoff plans
  -  Fast food restaurants.

PREBLE-RISH CONSULTING ENGINEERS, DESTIN, FL
I worked as a drafting technician from July to October of 1997, please note that the Destin office is now closed.
  -  Station maps, site plans, drainage, survey data

References

Jeff Prescott, Architect. 850-837-6494 work phone.
View his letter of recommendation at: dalejordan.net/resume/pr.htm
Bill Isenhower, Architect. 850-650-3761 work phone.
View his letter of recommendation at: dalejordan.net/resume/ir.htm
David Erbe, Architect.
Steelman Partners 702-873-0221
Rokh Afshai, Architect. Steelman Partners 702-873-0221
Colin Chisholm. Autodesk
Srivinas Rao, Architect. Kritzinger and Rao. 213-613-1922

Education

Northwest Florida State College
Associate of Science in Architectural Design and Construction Technology, 1995-1997


Hospitality Project Resume
Due to confidentiality agreements, I cannot post portfolio samples of my Steelman work online, but I can show you in person. In addition to what is shown below,  I’ve worked various restaurant & night club TIs.

Foxwoods expansion (for Steelman Partners)
· Valuation: the scope of the project changed several times. At the time of my work it was about $450 million.
· The project had been in the design phase for 4 years when I took over CAD for the SD. I repeatedly redesigned the floor plan based on the frequent changes demanded by the client, and worked as one of the team leaders on the DD.
· Coordinated with MEP and a kitchen consultant

Venetian Cotai Phase 2
(for Steelman Partners)
· Valuation: $1.8 billion
· Steelman Partners was the exterior architect, and interior space planner, except for the 3 hotel towers and the shopping mall.
· There were 5 other architecture firms on the design phase. A 7th firm in Hong Kong was to do the CDs. I coordinated with:
        · RTKL-Dallas: designed 2 shopping malls into designated spaces in the plan
        · Four Seasons (they had one tower) sent us room plans from an unnamed (or in house) architect
        · The other 3 design firms simply sent floor plans to be inserted into overall plans
               (serviced apartment tower, Billionaire Boys Club tower, the landscape architect)
· I managed all CAD on the project, created most of the sheets, supervised the drafters who drafted the exterior elevations and details, space planned the BOH space and participated in the trans-ocean, multi-lingual conference calls where conflicts between the parties were resolved, and assembled the final DD set.

Fontainebleau Las Vegas (for Steelman Partners)
· Valuation: when I was on the project it went from $1.2 billion to $1.9 billion
· Steelman Partners was responsible for all interior architecture. I coordinated with:
            · Carlos Zapata and Associates: exterior Architecture
            · Bergman and walls: executive architect
            · Lifescapes: landscape
· I was assigned to the project after the design had begun after which I managed all CAD on the project through SD, DD, and CD submission, drafted the hotel tower and worked on some of the room designs, drafted revisions to the convention center (working directly with the client) established & coordinated project standards with the other architects, supervised other drafters at various “busy” times on the project.

Majestic sun hi rise condo in Destin FL (for Prescott Architects)
· A 12 floor condo building (about 250 units).
· I drafted the front office and marketing center, See in my portfolio.
· I inspected about 70 of the finished units for construction quality

Bay Club phase 2 in San Destin resort, FL (for Prescott Architects)
· 5 story, 30 unit condo building.
· I inherited a rough overall design and drafted the CDs. See in my portfolio
.

Thank you for reading my resume

Email: dj@dalejordan.net
Resume online:
dalejordan.com
Portfolio online: dalejordan.net/portfolio.htm
Hospitality resume: dalejordan.net/resume.htm#hos

Telephone:  310-227-3922
I
live in Costa Mesa, CA.