Master Planner, project and construction management
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A M Y P E C Q U E T S C H I S S E L
I have worked for nine years as a master planner, urban designer and project manager with experience in site design, campus
planning, master planning, regional planning, and construction management primarily on government contracts. As a LEED
accredited professional, my interests include sustainable planning and green design strategies and technologies.
6226 Carlson Drive
Ne w Orleans LA 70122,
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EDUCATION :
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 2013 present
Master of Science in Construction Management
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, December 2001
Master of Landscape Architecture
The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, May 1997
Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude, Major: Biology; Concentration: Environmental Studies
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE :
Project Manager, The Wilson Group, Independent Contractor for the General Services Administration, Region 7
Office, New Orleans LA May 2013 September 2013
Duties include overseeing construction and renovation project within federal government buildings and
compliance to the most recent federal environmental and sustainable mandates and executive orders.
Project Manager, Financial and Realty Services, Contractor for the General Services Administration, Region 7
Office, New Orleans LA November 2013 present
Duties include overseeing construction and renovation project within federal government buildings and
compliance to the most recent federal environmental and sustainable mandates and executive orders.
Master Planner & Urban Designer, EDAW, Inc/AECOM., Alexandria VA, September 2003–November 2011
Duties include master plans, facilities plans, regional planning, policy documents, presentation skills
including client interviews, verbal presentations, and graphics and consensus building.
SAMPLE PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS :
SHENANDOAH COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION, KEISTER TRACT MASTER PLAN,
EDINBURG, VA: Project Manager. EDAW completed a master plan for the Keister Tract, a 150 acre property
on the North Fork of the Shenandoah River and recently donated to Shenandoah County as a new county
park. The master plan included camping, boating and other recreational facilities relating to the river, as
well as interpretive facilities to convert the site to a contributing element of the National Park Service’s
Shenandoah Valley Battlefield Park.
THE US MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY CAMPUS MASTER PLAN AND DESIGN GUIDELINES, VA: Planner. The
Marine Corps University was founded in 1989 to develop the leadership, warfighting, and staff operations
skills of Marines and other leaders. Located on the Potomac River, the master plan uses the natural beauty
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to enhance the design through creating directed views, applying sustainable design strategies, and limiting
vehicular access to the majority of the new campus. The master plan builds upon a few historic buildings in
addition to the river setting to capture and create dynamic open spaces as well as establishing new academic
neighborhoods, achieving more architectural harmony, and providing better vehicular and pedestrian
circulation. Design Guidelines ensure new construction harmony as well as provide sample site design
projects for select open spaces including preliminary cost estimates.
ARCADIA LAND COMPANY, BRYNE EYRE DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN, BERKS COUNTY, PA: Planner.
EDAW prepared a development master plan and design guidelines for New Morgan, resulting in the creation
of a mixed use new town on the site of an existing ore mine. The plan combines neo traditional planning
principles and brown field reclamation strategies to provide necessary facilities and amenities for
residential, commercial, and recreational uses.
THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC CONGRESSIO NAL CEMETERY,
CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY, WASHINGTON, DC: Planner. As an important first phase in the restoration of
the oldest cemetery in Washington, DC, EDAW developed a landscape master plan focused on re planting
and renovating the historic grounds, roads, and walkways, as well as providing new burial and columbarium
expansion areas.
NAVFAC CRITERIA OFFICE, DOD UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE:
Planner. Working together with DOD, EDAW developed the UFC, the policy for all landscape design across
DOD. The UFC establishes guidance for design process and necessary topical considerations. Topic areas
include, but are not limited to, parking, xeriscaping, irrigation, landscape treatment for security areas and
sustainability.
NAVFAC PACIFIC, FUTENMA RELOCATION FACILITY BILATERAL MASTER PLAN, OKINAWA, JAPAN:
Landscape Designer. In concert with the Japanese government and the Japanese Defense Agency, EDAW
assisted the United States Forces Japan in preparing a master plan for the Futenma Relocation Facility in
Okinawa, Japan. The bilateral master plan included relocating the Marine Corps Air Station currently at
Futenma in the urbanized southern part of Okinawa to Camp Schwab, which is currently a ground forces
and infantry base on the less populated northern portion of the island.
US NAVY NAVFAC WASHINGTON, NAVAL DISTRICT WASHINGTON, OVERVIEW REGIONAL SHORE
INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, WASHINGTON, DC: Planner. This regional shore infrastructure plan identifies
opportunities for consolidation synergy and the regional use of land resources with greater efficiency than
currently exists. This plan included 16 Navy installations in Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia. All
functional areas were analyzed including air and port operations.
NAVFAC ATLANTIC, NAVAL STATION NEWPORT MASTER PLAN, NEWPORT, RI: Planner. At the Naval
Station Newport, EDAW prepared a master plan to direct facility improvements, renovations, and new
building construction projects over the next 10 15 years. Special consideration is being given to sustainable
development principles, including adaptive reuse of existing structures and the creation of walkable centers
of activity, allowing the Navy to meet their goals for LEED accreditation for all programmed and future
projects at the base.
Planner, The Onyx Group, Alexandria VA, November 2002 August 2003
Duties include master plans, facility requirements plans, regional plans, cost estimates, presentation graphics, and
document compilation.
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE :
Visiting Instructor, University of Illinois, spring 2009
Courses Taught: Site Design Studio
Duties included: Design course syllabus and projects, prepare lectures, desk side critiques and project juries
Visiting Practitioner, University of Illinois, fall 2007
Courses Taught: Community Design Studio
Duties Included: Co teaching with Laura Lawson, assist with project development, prepare lectures, desk
side critiques and project juries
Visiting Instructor, Louisiana State University, spring 2002
Courses Taught: Co taught undergraduate site design studio and led one of the advanced site construc
tion studios
Graduate Assistant, Louisiana State University School of Landscape Architecture, fall 1998 – spring 2001
Duties Included: Teaching introduction to design studio, leading an advanced site construction studio,
and research and database building for the Visual Resources Library.
PROFESSIO NAL MEMBERSHIPS
AND CERTIFICATIONS :
LEED AP with BD+C specialty 2003 present
ASLA Associate member 1998 present
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