My responsibilities included managing staff to complete, on time, the design development and construction documentation for hospitals, major museums, dormitories and corporate offices. It was my responsibility to assure that consultants' work was successfully integrated into all designs. I provided continuous innovation in address complex design/construction conditions to assure compliance with design intent. As a result I was recognized for most significant advancement in quality of work. Project managers in this firm adopted the project tracking system that I developed and used from my previous employment.
The renovated 1899 Italian Renaissance post office shown here now accommodates the Akron Art Museum. Lacking original drawings, I spent 2 days in below freezing weather field measuring this unheated building. After finally securing original documents fromthe U. S. Postal service the accuracy of my field work was confirmed.
Many unusual conditions had to be overcome for this project. Support for the 80.000-pound masonry chimney was removed and replace with concealed steel framing so as to open gallery space on the floors below.
Clear glass in the upper double hung windows was replaced with insulated opaque glass to minimize the effects of light sensitive photographic work displayed on this floor.
Two large custom designed lifts had to be integrated and installed to move sculpture and oversized artwork.
A new mezzanine ares was created in half of the building to house administrative offices.
One of the main objectives of this design was to take advantage of the large area behind the museum for a sculpture court.
The renovated 1899 Italian Renaissance post office shown here now accommodates the Akron Art Museum. Lacking original drawings, I spent 2 days in below freezing weather field measuring this unheated building. After finally securing original documents fromthe U. S. Postal service the accuracy of my field work was confirmed.
Many unusual conditions had to be overcome for this project. Support for the 80.000-pound masonry chimney was removed and replace with concealed steel framing so as to open gallery space on the floors below.
Clear glass in the upper double hung windows was replaced with insulated opaque glass to minimize the effects of light sensitive photographic work displayed on this floor.
Two large custom designed lifts had to be integrated and installed to move sculpture and oversized artwork.
A new mezzanine ares was created in half of the building to house administrative offices.
One of the main objectives of this design was to take advantage of the large area behind the museum for a sculpture court.
Another museum project was the Library and Gallery Addition for the Cleveland Museum of Art. This addition along East Boulevard was to house a patron's library, rare book storage below grade and a gallery on the second floor. The gallery was to be illuminated during the day with large skylights. During deign it was determined that the air conditioning could not handle the amount of glazing proposed. As a result a checkerboard pattern of glass and insulated metal panel was developed. With a translucent ceiling position at a proper distance below the skylight, the overlapping dispersion absorbed any checkerboard patterning on the ceiling.
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