James Connaughton

Bronx, NY 10463 james_connaughton@yahoo.com www.jamesconnaughton.net

Summary Education
Boston Architectural College August 1999 May 2007

Professionally trained in Architecture and Construction Administration with a creative eye for solving problems in the built environment Bachelor of Architecture, Cascieri Scholarship recipient 2005, Best of Commends Degree Studio Project 2006

Employment
GreenbergFarrow, NYC, NY January 2012-present self-employed, design work, teaching November 2008-201 1 Project Captain, IKEA Markethall/Showroom US stores remodel project; IKEA ground-up projects, Burbank, CA, Miami, FL, pioneering member of team implementing Revit all phases through CDs Residential projects in MA, NH, and NY; additions, renovations, and consulting; ORDOS 100 w/Beat Schenk (UNI) ; graphic design, printed promotional materials for various clients; ELS Instructor, facilitated courses in English grammar, writing composition and technology to foreign nationals, victim of economic wickedness Job Captain, 28 story residential tower for Boston University, design coordination with all engineering disciplines, detailing, code research, specifications verification, assisted with Construction Administration efforts from start to completion additional selected projects; BioMerieux office/lab building, St. Louis, MO Nova SE University central chiller plant, Davie, FL Blue City apartments, Blue City, Oman Job Captain, pre-design through construction documents on numerous big, junior, vanilla box retail tenants; Lowes, Best Buy, Ross, others. Responsible for compilation of CDs and consultant coordination as well as presentation materials. Detailed production and presentation drawings for large to medium projects. Hospitality, residential, high end retail work selected projects; Boston Convention Center Hotel, 800 keys, South Boston Parcels G & J, residential towers, South Boston Pier 4 mixed use parcel, schematic design phase, South Boston Developed presentation graphics and 3D computer models for both job proposals and in-house studies. Produced working drawings for wood frame buildings, primarily affordable housing and community oriented projects. Entry-level office person/draftsman, assisted in construction administration for numerous health care projects, provided general assistance to architectural staff. Adobe Suite, Revit, AutoCAD, Sketch Up, MS Office working knowledge of French and Portuguese certified in Wilderness First Aid (WFA) and CPR Family, sustainability issues, installation art, nature/wildcrafting, kayaking, travel, electronic music Annual gala fundraiser at Cornucopia Project, Hancock, NH 201 2012 1,

Cannon Design, Boston, MA August 2006-November 2008

Carter Burgess, Boston, MA May 2005-August 2006

Arrowstreet, Inc, Somerville, MA March 2003-May 2005

Mostue & Associates Architects, Somerville, MA August 2001-March 2003

Steffian Bradley Associates, Boston, MA January 2000-August 2001

Skills

Interests Volunteer