George James Ducas

Architect – AIA - NCARB

Dallas Metroplex

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Email: adcm9d@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Registrations & Certification:

Arizona - 2019 (Architecture)

Texas - 2019 (Architecture)

Texas - 2019 (Interior Design)

IESNA (Illuminating Engineering Society of North America) – 2002; renewable. NCARB (National Council of Architectural Registration Boards) – Certification Current – 2019 IPEC (Institute for Products, Engineering & Construction) – Member – 2003-04 ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) – He has been an associate member of ASID; renewable. AIA (American Institute of Architects) – 2019

Education:

Elementary School - National & International.

High School – England

Electives – University of Dallas, Irving, Texas

Bachelor of Science in Architecture - The University of Texas at Arlington - 1981 Master of Architecture - California Polytechnic St. University, SLO - 1985; (Design-Structures-Lighting) Master of Architecture - University of Sao Paulo, Brazil - 1996; (USA master’s degree Validated or made equivalent to Brazil degree)

Principals of Banking and Financial Systems – Center for Financial Training Western United States – Phoenix, Arizona – 2005

Responsibilities:

He joined IPEC (Institute for Products, Engineering & Consulting) in 2003. IPEC is a Consortium of Engineers, Architects, Technical and Safety Professionals, providing forensic consulting and expert witness services to the legal and insurance industry. The core focus of IPEC is construction. Concurrently he opened a consultancy GJD Designs providing architecture services in Arizona and Texas. Areas of specialized service include client-based cm services, lighting design, forensic investigation, interior design, architecture, key account relationship management, owner representation, design, product development, value engineering, research, reporting, management, and development services. Areas of specialized service include client-based cm services, lighting design, forensic investigation, interior design, architecture, key account relationship management, owner representation, design, product development, value engineering, research, reporting, management, and development services. His present and experience includes business development.

He is seeking a creative position that is executive. He prefers an efficient company in which he can be proud. He expects employment for the long-term with good benefits and expectations. Employment locations of interest are Arizona, California, and Texas, but he is open to suggestions for a national or international position.

He is motivated, flexible, and believes in a team approach. His executive skills are creativity, imagination, innovation, optimism, patience, cooperation, and organization. He can successfully balance multiple tasks. In addition to having a solid understanding of building systems, design practice and principles, he considers himself a competent communicator and manager. He utilizes processes for quality control. His qualifications are illustrated in the variety of projects, people, and ideas he has been involved with. His background is both national and international. His desire is to combine and develop all his talents in your service.

Project Experience:

During his career, he has worked on some of the most prestigious projects in the world. These include the Bank of China (Hong Kong, with G. Woo FAIA, Dallas, Texas, USA, also a Pei Project), Broadgate & Canary Wharf (London, England, with SOM, Chicago, Illinois, USA, & London, England, also a Bruce Graham FAIA Project), Walt Disney world Headquarters (Orlando, Florida, USA, with CRSS, Dallas, Texas, USA, also an Isosaki Project), University of Dallas Science Building (Irving, Texas, USA, with Landry & Landry and Ford, Powell & Carson, also an O'Neil Ford FAIA Project) and others. He has worked on almost every building type, and brings a broad background of professional experience. Automotive Facilities

Mesa Campus Plan, Desert Proving Grounds, Worldwide Facility for General Motors, Arizona He was a Project Manager for the General Motor’s Mesa Campus Plan, Desert Proving Grounds, and Worldwide Facility by Arcadis-Giffels for Mesa, Arizona. He had the authority and responsibility for the administration of the project of 5/30 buildings (Administration Building B29, Engineering North B27, Central Power Plant B28, Car and Truck B30, Central Warehouse B52). The project scope of all buildings included demolition, new site work - infrastructure, new buildings, and interior remodeling valued near 60 million dollars. Office areas used system furniture. He also supervised the design of the Nurse's Station- Medical within the Administration Building B29.

He was a project manager supervising a team of 7 draftspersons. Responsibilities included project organization, scheduling, scope definition, value engineering, estimating, manpower planning, budgeting and expediting the various design disciplines, as well as monitoring quality and progress. He served as a principal design liaison with the client for the duration of the project and was responsible for the communication of information between the client and the various design group leaders. He coordinated interdisciplinary reviews. He oversaw complex assignments to resolve specifications provided by General Motors such as the development of: an anechoic chamber to test automobile performance in a sound isolated environment, power plant, and IT control center. He attended weekly meetings with the GM staff on site, and coordinated site-specific issues with GM staff as necessary. He was hired by Giffels with main office in Michigan, and was soon bought by Arcadis, and became Arcadis-Giffels. Mechanical, electrical, and civil staff was in-house, although outside consultants were also used. Progress was monitored by the main office in Michigan. Eventually the company became Arcadis and the architectural group was purchased by another architectural firm. Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation Headquarters, Irving, Texas This project involved the interior design and project management of a multi-story office complex of approximately 100,000 sq. feet. The project also included some shell redesign, second level interconnecting bridge between office buildings, and site work. The project was completed in the design studio of Benson Hlavaty & Architects Inc., Dallas, Texas.

Financial Facilities

Bank of China, Hong Kong, for the Chinese Government Participated in the Design of 500,000 square feet of interiors in new construction for Architect George Woo

(FAIA) in Dallas and coordinated with I.M. Pei’s office in New York. The project included the first 25 floors of the Bank of China. Also included were system furniture, all finishes, office furniture, bank trading, office layouts, furniture, carpet patterns/colors, conference, security, meeting rooms, suites, restaurants, amenities, and custom lighting fixtures. Design, research, and some project management were involved. In addition to design tasks, he was involved in specific research that lead to lighting fixture designs from Venice, selection of the bank trading furniture for maximum operational efficiency, marble details, and other specialized tasks. This was considered a prestigious and high-profile project during its time.

Stearns Bank Arizona, Proposed for late 2008, Scottsdale, Arizona SBAZ has plans for a new Bank Building to be designed by Moosavi Design. Land was recently purchased by the Bank for such a development. The project consists of a three-story commercial building at about 10,000 sq. ft. per floor. He was requested by SBAZ to review architectural contracts, attend development meetings, and develop a conceptual cost estimate. His experience in budgeting and cost estimating allowed for an accurate conceptual estimate near 10 million dollars for said project. Broadgate Complex, Master Plan & Design, London, England for Rosehaugh Stanhope Developments & British Rail

2-Billion-dollar mixed-use project within the financial district in London, England was completed in the late 1980’s. The project by SOM Chicago & London was one of the largest in the world at the time. Some buildings were sold outright to such institutions as New York Banker’s Trust. Mixed-Use (Commercial, Office, Retail, Residential & Industrial) Developments Broadgate Complex, Master Plan & Design, London, England for Rosehaugh Stanhope Developments & British Rail

Broadgate was a master-planned project by SOM for London, England. This project was a design of 14 buildings totaling 4 million SF in the Broadgate Complex of London. This was the largest single development in Europe totaling nearly 2 billion in construction costs. Most of the development was built over the platform railway tracks of the Liverpool Street Train Station. The building heights were approximately 14 stories and 20,000 square feet per floor or more. The project involved access to train facilities and site work. The project was designed to be a community complex and included office, retail, leisure facilities, and plazas. The open areas were designed for art exhibits, performance, and recreation. The projects involved master planning, schematic design, design development, construction administration, and project management. He was responsible for the coordination of the architectural documents with the other disciplines, client presentation drawings, and technical problem solving. He was a member of the technical staff, a technical representative in the studios, and attended technical meetings and presentations. Broadgate Project Master-plan, Building 7, Multi-use (office, commercial, & retail) mid-rise building, London, England

His participation involved planning, design, construction administration, and project management of a Multi-story building (steel with marble panel window-wall system). Building 7 was sold outright to New York Banker’s Trust. Building 7 included a health club with swimming pool in the 2 basement levels, a restaurant, retail, and office facilities. Site issues involved design coordination with adjacent train station. He was chosen as the team member solely responsible for this building near completion of the documents, these responsibilities included interdisciplinary reviews, details, dimensions, miscellaneous steel, partitions, slab dimensions, elevations, interiors, site development, and special structures. He was sent from the Chicago office to the London office as a team lead for construction administration and project management. In London inspection of construction issues were visited on a regular basis and included review of pay requests, change orders, RFI’s, and time extensions. Broadgate Project Master-plan, Building 14, Multi-use (office and retail) mid-rise building, London, England

His participation involved the design and development of a Multi-story building (steel with marble panel window-wall system). He was responsible for the structural layout of the building sections over the train station, coordination with the structural department, and special technical problems such as seismic joints, window wall details, marble details, and window wall sections. He provided technical support on AMA, Phase 6, 7, 8, and 11, Mixed-use (office and retail) mid-rise buildings, London. Broadgate was involved in the studio of Partners John Burcher & Bruce Graham. Canary Wharf, London Docklands, England

Canary Wharf Master Plan was a planned development and mixed-use project for the Dock-lands in London. I.M. Pei, New York was the first architect to design the site, and then it was given to the charge of SOM, Chicago. This was a Multi-billion-dollar project. He participated in the design of a proposed building, site planning development, and design development of a bridge. For this experience, he was in the Studio of Associate Partner Leigh Breslau and Partner Bruce Graham King’s Cross Master Plan at King’s Cross Train Station, London, England King's Cross Master-plan Competition Proposal (SOM, Chicago & Frank Gehry Architect, California), Multi-use (office, retail, commercial, institutional, industrial, and residential) mid-rise buildings, London, England. The master-plan design competition involved an elite team of 5. This project was a Master Plan of approximately 30 buildings for London totaling nearly 2 billion in construction costs. This Mixed-use community complex included all amenities required for a city neighborhood. Building types included office, commercial, institutional, municipal, community, industrial, housing, landscape, transportation, canals, parks, leisure, and recreation. The project was later redesigned for the client in conjunction with Frank Gehry, Architect in California. The project was completed in the studio of Associate Partner Leonard Claggett and Partner Bruce Graham.

Projects were completed for Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM) in Chicago and London. SOM projects included design, design development, construction documents, construction administration, and project management. Areas of specialization were coordination of structural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing with architectural documents, and client presentation drawings. He was a member of the technical staff, a technical representative in the studios, and attended technical meetings and presentations. Solana Campus Master Plan, Westlake & Southlake, Texas This project had multiple architectural firms to include Legorreto Architects, HKS, CRS Sirrine, Peter Walker – Martha Schwatz, Mitchell - Giurgola Architects, & Barton Myers Associates. During 1990 his position was part of the studio team working on the master plan with CRSS Sirrine in Dallas, Texas office. Grasslands, oak forests and rolling hills of Westlake and Southlake create the context for Solana, ambitious office development, hotel and shops. The project was a 900 acres campus in the country; a unique office development or business park built by IBM & California developer McGuire- Thomas; 8 office buildings, hotel, shopping village, and a fitness center. 100 acres left for development. Al Sami Gardens Project, South Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Al Sami Holding Group was involved in a planned development of a major residential-led mixed use project south of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia with an area of 1.07 million square metres. Involvement was for review and proposal for real estate development strategy and development of specification for building systems and performance. Interest was in importation of technology and modular systems of construction for residential, commercial, and education. Approach was for integrated design build model and architect driven while incorporating real estate development and product resource development for the acquisition and development of technologies. Discussions and research involved programming, design, technology analysis, building systems, methods of construction, materials, cost, schedule, energy, smart home systems or intelligent design, specifications, methods of importation, and investment goals. The team involved Savills, HOK, KPMG, Hill International and others. Project value 2 billion. Long Lake Project, Corinth, Texas

Lelege Group, an international real estate development corporation and holding company out of Beijing, China with USA headquarters in Texas was involved in a mixed-use project of 100 luxury homes and commercial over 106 acres North and adjacent to Lake Lewisville, Texas. Homes were 6,000 to 10,000 square feet each. He was Chief Construction Officer (CC0) and Architect supervising the Design and Construction Departments and reporting to the CEO and Chairman. After a few weeks, he was promoted from head of the construction department to oversee both the construction and design departments under the CEO. Further duties included hiring of staff. He was active in the Dallas, USA and Beijing, China Offices. He worked with the Tsinghua designers in Beijing and had good relationship with the Chinese. His responsibilities included pre-construction activities, real estate due diligence, land development infrastructure (civil), zoning, phase 1-2 analysis & wetlands mitigation, development of housing prototypes, budgets, schedules, specifications, technical (security, lighting and IT systems & Control Center), legal, sales contracts, construction contracts, insurances, bonds, and marketing. Projected was value 300 million.

Collin Creek Development, Plano, Texas

The mixed-use project in Plano Texas involved the partial demolition, remodel, renovation, and expansion of the Collin Creek Mall site in Plano Texas. Project costs in 2 phases were estimated at 1 billion. Building types included mall, multi-family, single family, hospitality, office, retail, restaurants, commercial, leisure, parks, parking, and landmark features. He was hired as Director of Studios for Bush Architects over three studios and to staff them for studios: Collin Creek Studio, Single Family Studio, and Commercial-Urban Planning Studio. He was in charge of hiring and establishing the management concepts for the company, to include a hybrid studio-matrix style system incorporating innovative operational structure. He also promoted studio technologies such as REVIT, BIM 360, and Faro scanning technologies. Studios employed a hybrid hierarchical and operational structures which included project teams within a larger studio. Environmental issues involved asbestos mitigation in the existing mall prior to demolition. He was involved in implementing both state asbestos mitigation standards and osha. He was tasked with establishing the methods of billing the client and establishing the order of work-deliverables to the client, writing contracts, company performance evaluations, management structure, salaries, human resources processes & hiring-interviews, international hires-visas, employee reviews, client-consultant-contractor meetings, and reporting directly to the partners. The three studios included multiple projects and a staff over 40. Meetings were established daily and weekly on a regular schedule as needed. He presided over 2 offices in Addison and Plano, Texas. He introduced innovating project tracking systems and a new management approach called intradisciplinary integrated system management (IISM). He made recommendations on a company marketing approach.

The Old Law Courts Premises Mixed-Use Complex for the National Investment Board, Banjul, the Gambia

The project included both office and retail. A structural steel concrete skeleton has a shell of alternating layers of tile and glass. The roof is glass and the alternation of solid and transparency can delineate by the layered walls/curves. The structure extends outward from the exterior shell to be perceived as a flying buttress system. Lighting is used on the buttresses to articulate rhythm. The subdivision at 1/3rd the elevation allows for a dynamic symmetry, a tool he uses frequently; which is an alternation of symmetry and non-symmetry. The entire project evolved into about 12,000 square meters. This project involved a design competition. The project was inspired by architect Eero Saarinen and the Dulles airport project. Figueroa Towers Three, Graduate University Design Study, for Los Angeles, California This was a design alternative to a project by SOM and was a study for senior level graduate school California Polytechnic Design Studio. The design was appreciated by SOM and lead to his hiring b SOM in 1986. The functional program included mixed-use retail and office space. Innovations were natural light in high-rise design and retail spaceframe. The towers used an innovative triangular tubular design in 1984 which was at least 10 years before something similar was used in the bank of china by Pei in Hong Kong. Three towers have cascading triangular tubes and butting on the diagonals of each tower square to create a lower square courtyard with penetrating natural light axis though the entire project augmented by clear glass space frame.

Higuera Street Urban Redevelopment, San Luis Obispo, California This was a mixed-use urban development for San Luis Obispo that covered one city block. The project was part of urban planning design research for graduate studio. The uses were retail, office, parks, museum, arts, and river. He developed field theory as a design tool to proportion pedestrian vistas and walkways extending into the design of buildings.

Main Street Fort Worth, Texas

This was a mixed-use urban development alternate to the Bass Brothers high-rise by architect Paul Rudolph along Main Street. The FAR was 12 and near as much as the high-rise being half the size as a mid-rise, and providing more for pedestrian’s walkways at the street level. The design was also contextual, fitting in and complimentary to the surrounding urban scape using similar material and colors from surrounding buildings, some historic and preserved, in a modern way. The design incorporated, retail, restaurant, art museum, and office. This was a study for senior architecture studio at UTA and reported in the press. Urban Design UTA Expansion, Arlington, Texas

This project was to be an extension of the UTS Campus that was to connect the campus to the city centre retail area. The planning was to be considered and mixed-use transition and strap between the university campus and city centre. Mixed use functions included retail, plazas, squares, vistas, single family, multi family, university, art, office, and pedestrian. The project evolved from extensive urban programming and analysis. Inspiration was Urban Planner Krier.

Real Estate Development

Real Estate Development Financing, Partnering, and Team Building, National & International Involvement in teaming investment companies, venture capitalists, and real estate developers for various mixed-use developments both nationally and internationally. Building Types included franchise developments, mixed-use, commercial, retail, and hospitality. He had associations with various real estate development companies and teams. His projects were both national and international and contacts cover project types that include resorts, mixed-use, construction, hospitality, residential, multi-family, commercial retail, office, and restaurant.

Real Estate Development Executive, National & International He worked for real estate developers as an executive and has been the head of design and construction usually reporting to CEO or Chairman. In addition, he has been involved with all real estate activities such as due diligence, special zoning, reviews with city council, land purchase, land analysis, sales contracts, marketing, legal, construction contracts, insurances, schedules, master plan budgets, consultant and contractor selection, bonds, and cash flow estimates. His scope of involvement included land development and vertical construction in a design build approach; also, franchise development, brands, and flags. He also hired & mentored staff, established department matrix, developed operations manuals, and provided executive reports to CEO and Chairman on staff and company performance and received direct reports. Real Estate Development companies included Lelege Corporation, Beijing, China & Dallas, TX, Doxa Central, Phoenix, AZ and many others.

Stearns Bank Construction Department, Construction Lending Portfolio Controls, Multiple Projects

& Mixed-Use, Scottsdale, AZ and National

From 2004-2006 years, his position was Construction Control Manager for Stearns Bank in Arizona. The position involved architecture, construction management, risk review, banking, knowledge of construction issues-laws as they vary per state, coordination with developers, hiring inspectors, budget review, documentation, and supervising over 200 (100 active) construction/land projects (budget more than 500 million) per year. Marketing also involved approximately one billion in referrals. He established the Construction Department since the bank did not have that department before his arrival. He tracked all loans through all phases that included pre-close, pre-construction, construction, and completion of the project. The filing system that he developed was thorough and detailed. Involved in daily activities was personnel training and supervision, establishing a comprehensive filing system, development of department policies and procedures in a construction department manual, delivery of a monthly executive report for risk control and project review, delivery of a monthly project report on each project/loan officer, establishing a project/client email database, establishing a database of department documents and templates for use on projects, establishing a library of estimating and construction law resources, researching construction law as it varies per state/project, performing site inspections and reports, keeping a log of meeting minutes and correspondence, meeting with the OCC, alerting the President and Vice President on all financial risk, attending meetings with client on bank procedures and budget review during the pre-close and pre-construction phases and afterwards, lecturing about the construction department to the credit analysis department, researching/recommending software for future bank automation, and establishing referrals for the bank and setting up/participating in meetings with potential clients with a loan officer. Activities also included experience dealing with a title company in a project foreclosure, and site visit with client/contractor in another city on potential project problems and financial shortfalls. He was an invaluable resource to the bank in many areas, informing the executives of fluctuations in the construction economy on a weekly basis. He even performed cost estimates for the new Stearns Bank proposed for future construction and made recommendations for AIA contract revision and attended project development meetings. So, his skills extended into cm style services. He reported on loan officer performance and construction lending performance-risk review monthly. Coordinated all risk with loan officers, developers, and upper management. His background now incorporates experiences in banking, architecture, interior design, real estate development, construction management, budgeting, and risk review.

Building types that he administered under the bank portfolio included single-family residential, multi- family residential, office, commercial, industrial, retail, storage, medical, facilities, automotive, hospitality, banking, mixed use, restaurant, education, and interior projects. Department controls that he developed included the construction department processes and procedures manual, project controls document, monthly loan officer report and template, and the monthly executive report to the president of the bank. All projects required monthly site visits and coordination with clients, contractors, and bank personnel. States outside of Arizona included Florida, Colorado, California, Nevada, New York, and others. Projects ranged from 50 million to small SBA business ventures.

It was his responsibility to coordinate with the main office in St Cloud Minnesota on policies and procedures. Hiring involved interviews with the President, Vice President, and CEO of the company. He was responsibilities included managing security and guard against financial risk to the bank. During his time, there he participated in a class related to principles of banking and financial systems. He read monthly financial journals and developed a library that included cost estimating books and programs and books related to construction law. He alerted on house lending and the bank stopped lending on homes 2 years before the financial collapse.

Then result was that he dealt with 100 real estate developers per month, supervised over 500 million in funds, could predict zero risk, was accurate on my cost projections and knew what the bank-developer needed to at least more than %, and set up a system that no other bank had whereby Stearns was in great shape during the financial crisis and bought other banks. He understands money, what budgets require and developed models to predict success; a net-zero philosophy. Activities included:

1.) Establishing new risk controls department

2.) Developing operations manual with risk controls 3.) Monthly loan reporting

4.) Weekly executive report to the Chairman and President. 5.) 100 projects per month review with coordination with real estate developers and their contractors. 6.) Pre-construction vetting in a design build approach 7.) Construction laws governing 50 united states.

8.) Supervision of over 500 million USD in Bank funds 9.) Zero-risk philosophy

10.) Quality control

11.) Complete set of standard documents and filing systems. 12.) Review of governing economic climate

13.) Recommendation of computer reporting systems an automation. 14.) Travel and site visits including comprehensive documentation 15.) Federal audits.

16.) Employees hiring, review and mentoring.

17.) Research and development of financial reporting and predictive tools. 18.) Risk control algorithms.

19.) 100% accuracy.

Mixed-Use Developments

Such developments included:

Stearns Bank Projects, Arizona: Commercial-Retail, Office-Business

Long Lake Project, Corinth, Texas: Luxury Residential, Commercial-Retail

Ajo, Arizona: Residential, Commercial-Retail

Al Sami Holding Group, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Lelege Holding Group, Beijing, China

Venture Capitalists

Lending Institutions

Real Estate Developers in Texas, National, and International

Real Estate Development Proposals, National, and International

Consultant advisor on integrated-design-build approach, National, and International

Phoenix Light Rail, Arizona

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