Dakota DesignStaff, Inc.

Project Manager

• Spearhead the feasibility study process, supervising the creation of the existing conditions assessment and report, development of a schematic space analysis and conceptual floor plan, and serving as the primary author for narratives explaining the building program, design concepts, and systems
• Serve as the primary point of contact with the client and their representatives throughout the life of the project
• Attend meetings, preparing and making presentations, sometimes in a public setting
• Serve as the project lead in matters of broad and finite project program development
• Arrange and attend meetings with the client and their project stakeholders to develop a complete program for the building and its features
• Convey information developed to the Project Architect / Job Captain and others as appropriate
• Participate in securing government agency approval of developed program and design concept
• Monitor the project through subsequent design phases for adherence to program
• Monitor and participate in obtaining governmental approvals, attending meetings and supervising the project team in securing approvals such as site and conservation permitting, building and energy code permitting, utility company approvals, etc
• Work with the Job Captain and Project Principal to provide direction to production team in matters of budget, scope, value engineering, monetary impacts of changes during construction, and similar issues
• Attend regularly scheduled site meetings during construction to monitor progress, review progress payment requests, etc
• Work with the Project Architect / Job Captain to review requested changes to the contract sum and claims
• With the Project Principal, develop, negotiate, and administer contracts with project consultants
• Monitor project financials and review office and consultant invoices
• Participate with Business Development staff in potential project client meetings and interviews, and in creation and review of marketing materials

Project Manager – Public Safety

Architect

• Participate in all phases of a project, from assisting with the design concept, implementing the design concept during Schematic Design, leading the production team during Design Development, maintaining Contract Documents, to spearheading the administration of the construction.
• Serve as a principal decision maker related to issues such as application of building codes to the project and assuring code compliance, selection of construction materials, technical aspects of the building design, construction technology, and constructability.
• In concert with the Project Manager, hold responsibility for budgeting and managing the staff hours in which the project documents will be completed.
• Establish direction for and supervise the production team via distribution of tasks to team members, review of produced work, and creation of redlines to describe and detail the work to be done or corrected.
• Serve as the primary point of coordination, serving as liaison with all team consultants.
• Supervise production of all addenda and bid question responses during the bidding process.
• Establish an Addendum schedule, and coordinate issues requiring consultant responses.
• Working with the Project Manager, supervise the construction administration process, leading the review of technical aspects of and responses to submittals and RFI’s.
• Supervise the creation of sketches, RFI Responses, Proposal Requests, and other instruments of change.