Designer/Drafter

Chandra kalavathi Vennapoosa

Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567 914-***-**** ***********@*****.***

Professional Profile

5+ years of architecture experience with residential, commercial and hotel projects and highly skilled with Auto Cad drafting with a high degree of design competence throughout the career

Designer/Drafter Freelance, 02/2005 to Present

• D’ecoi_architects - Designed and provided the schematics, design development, and assisted principal architect with residential projects like, remodeling interiors and exteriors, new additions.

• Assisted the architects for rendering, space planning, materials and finishes selection.

• Handled multiple residential projects at a time and managed to submit all the required drawings and documents on schedule for various architects.

• Giordano Drafters, New York - Drafted 2D drawings, Details & Sections, Isometrics and Color Rendered Plans.

• Draw rough and detailed scale plans for foundations, buildings and structures, based on preliminary concepts, sketches, engineering calculations, and other data.

• Prepare architectural drawings, showing internal and external layouts of the buildings. Analyze architects' or other designers' concepts, and prepare preliminary sketches. Prepare working drawings showing plans, elevations, sections, materials and finishes.

• Design small individual units like kitchen, living, bedroom areas - working on furniture units and their placement, flooring material, patterns and color.

• Performed upgrades to newer versions of AutoCAD as they become available.

• Reviewed and analyzed specifications, sketches, engineering drawings, ideas and related design data to assess factors affecting component designs and the procedures and instructions to be followed.

Architectural Drafter Seckler Associates, Jan/2002 to June/2003

• Responsible for Manual and electronic drafting of architectural plans for residential renovations.

• Checked and edited the plans of the single-family residences located in Westchester, NY. Converted manually drafted drawings to AutoCAD drawing.

• Drafting of architectural plans for residential renovations and additions including bathrooms and kitchens using AutoCAD.

Architectural Drafter (Offshore) Thomas Associates, Jan/2000 to June/2001

Thomas Associates is a prestigious Architectural firm in Bangalore, India. Responsible for Conceptual planning, project management, design, construction supervision, contract administration, site analysis, and supervision of support staff drafting on a variety of projects such as apartments, commercial complexes, group housing and interior works.

• Four Seasons Hotel - Leela Palace

This project was a joint venture of Herschel Bender Associates, USA, provided the interior design concept and WS-Atkins project managers, United Kingdom. Extensively involved in providing working drawings for all the FRP (Fiber Reinforced Plastic) elements in the building. The intricate detailing of the elements was quite challenging. Involved in preparing working drawings for Interior designing and coordinated with onsite execution. Obtained and assembled data to complete architectural designs, visiting job sites to compile measurements as necessary. Prepared cost estimates, contracts, bidding documents and technical reports under an architect's supervision.

• Sterling Square

Sterling Square by the Prestige Group builders built on 2 acre of land. Responsible for schematics, design development, specifications and contract documents. Responsible for managing and providing approval drawings, working drawings, interiors and site visit status.

Prepared colored drawings of landscape and interior designs for presentation to builders as per their client requirements.

• Unity Apartment one and two for Unitech Group

Designed and provided apartments schematics, design development, specifications and contract documents for Unitech Group. Extensively involved in providing approval drawings, working drawings, interiors, site visits. Supervised and inspected the construction site to monitor the compliance with plans and coordinate with the engineers.

• Brigade Center for Brigade Groups

Worked as a team with other architect to prepare Architectural drawings and construction details for three blocks of 10-storey apartment. Provided detailed plans and sections. Coordinated the project with other architect and the project manager by conducting meetings on site or in office and reported the progress of the project to keep the client updated. Laid out and planned interior room arrangements using computer-assisted drafting (CAD) equipment and software.

Education

Bachelor of Architecture

Skills

• Graphics or Drawing Software (Photoshop)

• AutoCAD 2007-2012

• Knowledgeable in Revit

• 3D Modeling & Rendering Software (Sketchup)

• Microsoft Office Software (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Access)

• Peripheral Devices (Plotters, Copiers, Printers, Scanners, Fax)

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