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HIGHLIGHTS
• Two years of Canadian demonstrated experience at both design and construction of luxury custom homes (Single Family Dwellings) in Toronto and Richmond Hill.
• Five years professional urban planning and project coordination experience in the Municipality of Tehran/Iran for more than 100 projects in various scales from pre-feasibility studies to final plans.
• 10 years architecture and urban design team experience in various projects including large-scale urban projects, commercial complexes, residential high rises, houses, office buildings and renovation of heritage buildings and Persian gardens.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE & EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Architectural Designer in contract with Dream-View Architectural & Construction Inc.
(Toronto – May2016 to Present)
Working as an architectural designer on single-family dwellings and mainly on custom built houses through hands-on architectural work, from different stages of design and drafting up to the business side such as preparing for the presentations and maintaining project files as well as involvement in administrational part of the jobs in relation to submission to City and follow-up until the issuance of the building permit.
- Assisting on all aspects of the preliminary architectural design from the early stages of conducting research on sites in accordance to zoning by laws in parallel of providing the conceptual solution in relation to the needs and interests of the client both in the design of the building and the site-plan
- Coordination with the PM and the structural and mechanical engineers during the design process
- Preparing final architectural drawing files and presentations
- Maintaining final project files and the documents for submission to the City. (Zoning Certificate, Committee of Adjustment and building Permit)
Construction Site Superintendent at Safipour Luxury Custom Homes
(Toronto - May 2015 to May 2016)
- Supervising the job-site and the work of skilled trades, contractors and sub-contractors to ensure work meets quality standards and is design and code compliant. (supervision of trades such as plastering, bricklaying, roofing, tile-setting, drywall installation, roofing, framing and cement finishing,...)
- Coordinating with contractors and sub-contractors to ensure work schedules are met.
- Coordinating with contractors and sub-contractors to ensure any construction issue is resolved and that construction is completed as per drawings.
- Coordinating communication between clients and contractors.
- Preparing correspondence and site meeting reports
- Controlling construction schedule
- Reviewing site safety compliance
- Providing for eventual shortages of building materials
- Reporting to the General Management
Urban Studies & Planning Executive at Investment & Public Participations Organization of the Municipality of Tehran
(Tehran – Feb 2009 to Oct 2014)
- Attending client meetings and assisted with determination of project requirements
- Issuance of project proposals, RFP’s, tenders, budgets, cash flows and preliminary schedules
- Providing the urban feasibility studies of the sites in accordance to the Master-plan of the district and the current potentials
- Arranging site meetings and distributed minutes to all project team members
- Tracking the progress and quality of work being performed by design disciplines
- Using project scheduling and control tools to monitor projects plans, work hours, budgets and expenditures
- Effectively and accurately communicating relevant project information to the client and the district deputy
- Reviewing field inspection reports from Consultants throughout the lifecycle of the project
Architectural Designer / Urban Planner Assistant at Safamanesh and Associates Co.
(Tehran – June 1998 to Feb 2009)
- Assisting the design team of new buildings, rehabilitations or alterations, and studied on the restoration and conservation of old heritage buildings;
- Discussing the objectives, requirements and the budgets of the projects;
- Preparation and presenting feasibility reports, design proposal and presentations to the clients;
- Producing and reviewing details, drawings, specifications, revisions, changes and negotiating with general contractors
- Attending regular site visits and monitored project’s progress according to schedules, specifications, and budgets