Architect

Dennis Warnecke, Architect

**** ******** *****, ******* *******, Kansas 66208

cell: 913-***-****, home: 913-***-****

email: **************@*********.***

Experience

HMN Architects, Overland Park, Kansas: Senior Architect, Construction Administration; September 2014 – Present

Responsibilities included daily coordination with contractors and facilitating activities of the architectural and engineering design teams to review submittals, address construction issues, provide quality review and conformance with specifications, review pay applications and facilitate project close-out for various medical facility projects; project budgets have ranged from $1.5 million to $50 million; construction delivery methods include design/bid/build and construction management contracts.

Significant project experience included:

Golden Valley Hospital Addition and Renovation – provided all facets of construction administration services from beginning of construction thru completion of site, shell and infill construction.

Olathe Medical Center, various projects – provided all facets of construction administration services from beginning of construction thru project close-out.

Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Quivira Medical Plaza Cancer Center – provided all facets of construction administration services from beginning of construction thru project close- out.

The Konrath Group, Kansas City, Missouri: Owner’s Representative/Project Engineering; January 2010 – April 2014

Responsibilities included acting as daily, on-site Owner’s Representative or Project Engineer for complex, high-profile projects for municipal, state and federal governments; project budgets have ranged from $500,000 to $35 million; construction delivery methods include design/bid/build and design/build contracts.

Significant project experience included:

Kansas State University NICKS/ICCM Renovation, Research Laboratory – provided on-site Project Engineering, construction quality assurance, project documentation including review and development of all submittals and RFI’s, commissioning coordination, and closeout.

University of Missouri, Animal Resource Center, Animal Research Facility – provided on-site Project Engineering, construction quality assurance, project documentation including Buy American provisions, LEED and commissioning coordination and project closeout. Project achieved LEED Certification.

GSA – Mobility Test Bed/Interior Renovation, Design/Build project part of IDIQ contract – responsibilities included project coordination, daily on-site management and construction supervision. Designed to LEED Certified criteria.

Arts District Parking Garage/1000-car capacity with landscaped green roof – on-site owner’s representative monitoring daily activities of the design team and construction contractor, facilitating meetings to coordinate owner/architect/contractor activities, providing daily construction observation to assess quality and project progress, maintaining complete project records, reviewing project schedules and pay applications, maintaining operations of project office and directing project administrative assistant. Designed to LEED Certified criteria.

Junk Architects, Kansas City, Missouri: Director of Operations/Project Manager; September 2008 – March 2009

Responsibilities included monitoring and directing daily office operations, maintaining project production schedules, allocation of resources, investigating technologies to improve office efficiency, reviewing potential employee resumes and applications, assisting with marketing activities, and project management for private, governmental and religious projects; as project manager responsible for the quality and completeness of all project deliverables; project construction budgets varied from $50,000 to $3.5 million; construction delivery methods included negotiated, design/bid/build and design/build contracts.

Significant project experience included:

Veterans Administration IDIQ Contract – management and coordination of existing project activities and contact with VA staff to plan for upcoming work.

Thomas McGee Insurance Office Renovation – management of all project activities, including space planning and design, coordination of consultants and A/V vendor, document production and coordination with client and contractor to secure pricing for lease negotiations.

Management of the development of a signage package for the JE Dunn Construction Corporate Headquarters and Parking Garage.

Preparation and review of all fee proposals and development of written scopes of work for potential projects.

Warnecke Architecture, Prairie Village, Kansas: Self-employed; August 2006 – September 2008

As an independent practitioner, provided architectural consulting services to a select group of clients; responsible for all decisions regarding contracts, scopes of service and technical information and analysis; project construction budgets varied from $200,000 to $13 million; project delivery methods included design/build and negotiated contracts.

Significant project experience included:

City of Shawnee Justice Center & Fire Station #2 – assisting city staff with interpretation of design/build documents, facilitating furnishings planning and procurement with city consultant, assisting with determination of movable equipment needs and procurement. Designed to LEED Certified criteria.

City of Shawnee Fire Stations #1 and #3 – facilitation of initial planning discussions and determination of space needs for future remodeling projects.

Central Missouri State University Airport Terminal – facilitation of owner/user group/citizen goals and objectives meeting, providing preliminary determination of facility needs.

Apex Envirotech, Inc. – office space and furnishings planning. Bucher

Willis & Ratliff Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri: Project Manager; March 1997 – August 2006

Responsibilities included marketing proposal preparation and interviews and project management for multiple federal, state, and local governmental projects, and private projects. Project responsibilities included directing project teams, budgeting and cost control for all phases of project development from strategic planning and programming through construction administration; project construction budgets ranged from $300,000 to $15 million; project delivery methods included construction management at- risk, design/build and design/bid/build contracts. Significant project experience included:

Providing leadership in early planning and programming efforts for municipal maintenance facilities and public works projects in Lynchburg, VA, Keller, TX, and West Des Moines, IA.

Assisting in the determination of client needs, and preparation of programming and design/build documents for the Shawnee Justice Center & Fire Station #2.

Providing management of full project services for South Middle School, Salina, KS.

Gould Evans Associates, Kansas City, Missouri: Senior Associate/Project Manager; August 1988 – March 1997

Participated in the efforts to market and secure projects with public and private client groups including proposal preparation, interviews, contract development and fee negotiations. Coordinated overall staffing and management of up to 20 professionals participating on various project teams; project construction budgets ranged from $50,000 to $200 million; project delivery methods included negotiated, design/bid/build and design/build contracts. Significant project experience included:

Management of project teams for major long term federal projects for the General Services Administration including future planning, architectural design/documentation and facility conditional analysis work on seven of the existing presidential libraries; and development of new facilities for 157 National Weather Service locations nationwide.

Providing skills and direction in leading project teams in programming more than 4 million square feet of space for offices, police and federal court facilities.

HNTB, Kansas City, Missouri: Project Manager;

January 1984 – August 1988

Acted as prime client contact, coordinated project development and monitored project budgets from design through construction. Worked with the Interiors Department as advisor on code interpretation, construction and contract administration issues. Performed quality control checks on all interior renovation and tenant planning projects; project construction budgets ranged from $50,000 to $10 million; project delivery methods included negotiated and design/bid/build contracts. Significant project experience included:

Development of high profile, corporate, tenant improvement projects for United Telecom, the law offices of Shughart, Thompson, and Kilroy and Utilicorp United corporate headquarters.

Registrations: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, NCARB Certificate

Education: University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois Bachelor of Architecture

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