John P. Fredrickson, RA, NCARB

2160 Dinwiddie Road
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23455
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:
30 years of architectural leadership on a wide variety of project types including Department of Defense, medical, institutional, commercial, industrial and residential projects.
Proven ability to manage multiple projects with excellent communication skills and the vision to lead project teams with professional interpersonal skills.
Exceptional technical expertise with creative problem solving ability with focus on the important details to resolve critical issues that ensure project success.
Experience in developing proposals for new work, administering contracts with consultants, tracking schedules, establishing budgets and creating accurate cost estimates and reports.

EDUCATION:
Master of Architecture, with honors, University of Texas at Arlington, 1980
Bachelor of Arts, History Major with honors, SMU (Southern Methodist University), Dallas, Texas, 1976

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

Registered Architect since 1983 - currently registered in Virginia.
NCARB certified
Member, American Institute of Architects 1983 - 1990

SKILLS:
Word, Excel, Outlook, MS Project, Powerpoint, Adobe Acrobat, SpecsIntact
AutoCAD 2008 Architectural Desktop (ADT) proficient
LEED design experience on many projects

SPECIAL AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS:
The AIA Scholastic Award, the AIA School Medal and the Certificate of Merit for Excellence in the Study of Architecture at the University of Texas at Arlington, May, 1980
Recipient of the Monarch Tile Academic Scholarship 1978-79
Member of the Dallas Landmark Committee, 1984 - 85

JOB EXPERIENCE:
2/2009 to 5/2010: Parsons
Title:Senior Architect / Design Manager
Norfolk, Virginia

Program and Engineering Support Project for NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic Integrated Product Team North East (NE-IPT).
I mastered knowledge of NAVFAC processes and procedures with experience as an Architect and Design Manager working for NAVFAC.
Accomplishments:
Provided design review input on multiple projects several significant AT/FP issues were identified as a result of these reviews.
Selected as the NAVFAC Design Manager on multiple projects.
Proposed use of alternate materials & systems for reduced life-cycle project costs.
Analyzed a single source contractors small project proposal for areas that were out-of line with estimates and created alternate design solutions to reduce costs to bring the project within budget.
Mentored design team members on Code & Design issues.
Projects included:
P-068, Periscope Building at NAVSTA Newport, RI ($27M) In House-DBB
P-212V, Building 9 Renovation, Naval Support Activity, Philadelphia, PA ($20.57M) AE-DBB
P-139, Aircraft Carrier Aviation Integrated Test Facility, Naval Air Engineering Station (NAES), Lakehurst, NJ; MCON ($17M)
P-266, Consolidation of Structural Shops, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME; MCON ($42M) AE-DBB
P-448, Hazardous Materials Storage Building, Naval Station Newport, RI ($2.70M) AE-DBB
P-130V, SERE School & Addition to Building 315, Kittery, ME ($12.74M) AE-DB
P-161V, Aviation Support Facility Hangar Renovation, McGuire AFB, NJ ($12.0M) AE-DBB
RM 203-08, NOSC Whole Center Repairs, Greensboro, NC ($7.50M) AE-DBB
RM 204-08, NOSC-MCRC Whole Center Repairs, Charlotte, NC ($8M) AE-DBB
RM 332-08, NAVOPSPTCEN Whole Center Repairs, Erie, PA ($6M) AE-DBB

1/2008 to 9/2008: PBS&J
(Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan)
Title:Senior Architect / Project Manager Atlanta, Georgia

Gained in-depth experience in 1391 driven Federal DOD contracts and familiarity with Unified Facility Criteria.

Projects included:

Armed Forces Chaplain Training Center, Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Senior architect responsible for the facility design. The Chaplain Training Center will provide training for chaplains in all of the Armed Forces in a new 45,000-square-foot facility that will have shared facilities such as a 300-person auditorium as well as classrooms, seminar rooms, labs, and administrative offices. His redesign of the conceptual plan given in the RFP resulted in the award of the design-build contract.
Regional Training Institute, Ohio National Guard, Columbus, Ohio. Senior architect responsible for directing the architectural team in the production of construction documents. This facility is a 123,000-square-foot regional training institute including attached dormitories to house 200 soldiers during their training. Included in the project are 16 classrooms, 300-person auditorium, large multipurpose room, administrative offices, library, learning center, and dining facilities.
HRSD Army Base Treatment Plant (ABTP), Lead design Architect for this $132 million dollar major renovation and process upgrade to the waste water treatment plant in association with HDR Norfolk, Virginia. Work included extensive renovations and new buildings for preliminary and secondary treatment, solids removal, and odor control.

9/98 12/2007: ARCON Development
Title:Principal & Owner Richmond, VA

Architectural & development consulting services including commercial and residential project design, real estate development consulting, feasibility analysis, and construction management. Management of the entire design and development process for a wide variety of project types including adaptive re-use, retail, interior design, commercial office, fitness centers, residential, and industrial projects.

Services included:

Feasibility Studies & Property Condition Assessments
Site Development consulting directing the entire design team
Space Planning, Schematic Design and Master Planning
Project Design & full Construction Document production
Professional Construction Administration
Construction Management
Major Projects:
Design for Diamond Family Fitness, a 100,000 sf Fitness Center in Winchester, VA.
Construction Management of the Historic Hydro Electric Plant Building adaptive reuse for retail at the Riverside on the James Mixed Use Development in Richmond, VA for the Cordish Company developers, of Baltimore.
Design and development consultant for a unique residential community, James River Commons, detached, low-maintenance villas, in Richmond for Wilton Development.

Clients included:

Paragon Consultants retail developer for Wal-mart and other retailers
The Cordish Company, retail developer, Baltimore
Land America Corporation
Chesapeake Contracting Group, Inc.
Alliance Engineering Inc. - serving industrial clients Phillip Morris and Unilever
Wilton Development, Richmond, VA
CareMatrix Senior Living
Centex Home Builders and Teal Homes

9/94 to 9/98: Circuit City Stores, Inc.
Title: Corporate Design Manager Richmond, VA

Managed the design and development of over 100 projects throughout the United States and Canada. Effectively presented projects to corporate executive committees and localities for approval, negotiated deal points with real estate developers on design and real estate issues. Directed the site due diligence studies, obtained entitlements through re-zonings and variances, directed the work of dozens of designers, architects, engineers, planners and attorneys to adapt store prototypes to widely different sites. Obtained local planning & zoning approvals on over 20 sites per year. Favorably negotiated difficult real estate agreements. Responsible for directing the work of outside consultants and administering contracts. Managed and supervised the work of internal staff to meet project deadlines. Prepared and maintained internal schedules and budgets.
9/93 9/94: Ballou Justice Upton Architects
Title: Project Architect / Project Manager
Richmond, VA

Full design and project architecture responsibility for Educational and Institutional projects. Projects included Science/Laboratory classroom addition & administration offices to Amherst County High School, a the design of a two story emergency room and OB/ GYN facility to the South Side Regional Medical Center in South Hill, Virginia, design assistance on several Medical College of Virginia and VCU projects.

9/90 - 7/93: Fluor Corporation
Title:Senior Architect
Richmond, VA

Directed the architectural design of major Industrial Projects for Philip Morris, McCormick Spice, and Nabisco. Managed a team of international architects from Germany, Turkey and the US for the design of a 750,000 SF Tobacco Manufacturing Plant known as the PHILSA PROJECT, a Philip Morris venture in Izmir, Turkey, comprised of approx. 750,000 sf in 20 buildings. PHILSA included the design of a Medical Office Suite for the staff. Other projects included several industrial additions and warehouse distribution centers.

9/89 - 9/90: Smithey & Boynton Associates
Title: Project Architect
Richmond, VA

Responsible for the design and administering the construction of several Educational, Commercial, and Institutional projects including three Chesterfield County School renovations, Dominion Bank Operations Center, Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV Branch Office in Fairfax County, VA), State Employment Commission Office Building in Petersburg, VA, Henrico County Library at Innsbruck, renovation work at VCU and Medical Offices at Virginia Common Wealth University (VCU) and the Medical College of Virginia (MCV).


9/88 - 9/89:Errol J. Warren, Jr. Architect
Title:Project Manager Rocky Mount, NC
Managed the design and administered the construction of several Commercial projects including the Holiday Inn, Lumberton, NC, Benvenue Country Club Addition, Rocky Mount, NC, two Pioneer Bank Branch Offices in North Carolina.
9/86 - 9/88:Fredrickson Architects
Title:Principal and Owner Dallas, Texas
Principal responsible for the design and construction administration of bank interior renovations and medical, office and retail buildings including tenant finish-outs. Specialized in Bank and Office finish-out for corporate clients, medical offices, retail, and high end residential design. Provided space planning and design documents for many office projects. Clients included Lakewood Bank and Trust, Allied Bank.
2/84 - 9/86:Steve Waddell, Inc.
Title:Project Architect Dallas, Texas
Project Architect responsible for the design and construction of bank interiors, Office and retail tenant finish-outs. Provided space planning and design documents for many office projects including the headquarters of Kimberly Clark Corporation, the manufacturer of Huggies diapers. Other clients included Lincoln Properties, Hunt Properties and Woodbine Development.


6/81 - 2/84:Summey, Weeter & Associates
Title:Intern /Project Architect Dallas, Texas
Intern & Project Architect for corporate commercial work including Banks, Retail & offices. Designed architectural and interior projects, administered construction and prepared construction documents & cost estimates for, Bank, Retail & Office projects. Significant projects were Penn Square Mall renovation in Oklahoma City, Texas American Bank, Dallas, Lyne Oil Building, and the Dallas Academy of Medicine in the Dallas area.
6/80 - 6/81:Hunt Properties, Inc.
Title:Intern Architect Dallas, Texas
Provided Site Planning and tenant finish-out design drawings for various properties of the Hunt family in Dallas, Texas. Various projects included Retail leases, Offices, Office-Warehouses. Gained familiarity with Retail & Office Developments.