Meredith H. Hatchett
Project Architect, Municipal government
San Antonio, TX · (210) 555 0138 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/meredithhhatchett
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Eleven years in civic, library and public school architecture
INDUSTRIES
Municipal government, kindergarten through twelfth grade education, community facilities
SPECIALTIES
Construction documents, construction administration, code analysis, consultant coordination
SYSTEMS
Revit, AutoCAD, Bluebeam, Navisworks, Procore
CREDENTIALS
Registered architect in Texas, National Council of Architectural Registration Boards certificate, American Institute of Architects
EDUCATION
Master of Architecture, Texas Tech University
Executive Summary
Licensed architect with eleven years on civic and school projects across South Texas, working from schematic design through construction administration. Leads small project teams, coordinates consultants and answers the field quickly. Registered in Texas and practiced at keeping a design idea intact while the budget tightens around it.
Signature Achievements
- Led construction documents for a fifty eight thousand square foot branch library that opened three weeks ahead of the contract completion date.
- Cut requests for information on a middle school project from ninety one to thirty four by adding a coordinated wall type and detail matrix to the drawing set.
- Resolved a code appeal on exit stair capacity with the city building official and saved the district roughly four hundred thousand dollars in redesign.
- Ran cost reduction workshops that took one point one million dollars out of a community center budget while keeping the daylit gallery intact.
- Reviewed and returned nine hundred submittals across two active projects at an average turnaround of six working days.
- Trained four junior staff on the office model standard, which cut model cleanup before each milestone by about half.
Professional Experience
Project Architect
Alamo Ridge Architects, San Antonio, TX 2021 to present
Civic and education projects between two million and forty million dollars for a studio of thirty people.
- Produce and coordinate construction documents in Revit, holding the model as the single source for plans, sections and schedules.
- Run construction administration, including site observation visits, submittal review, responses to requests for information and change order recommendations.
- Complete code analysis against the International Building Code and state accessibility standards before every design review milestone.
- Coordinate structural, mechanical and civil consultants through weekly clash review sessions in Navisworks.
Architect
Bexar Civic Design Group, San Antonio, TX 2018 to 2021
Fire stations, park buildings and small municipal offices for a twelve person practice.
- Developed design and construction documents for public safety buildings under a licensed principal.
- Prepared permit sets and answered plan review comments from three separate jurisdictions.
- Built the office detail library so repeated conditions were drawn once and reused across projects.
Architectural Designer
Llano Field Studio, Austin, TX 2015 to 2018
Small commercial and interior renovation work for a boutique design office.
- Produced measured surveys of existing buildings and converted them into base drawings.
- Assembled material boards and product research for design presentations to owners.
- Drafted permit level plans for tenant improvements in leased retail space.
Licensure and Certification
Registered architect, State of Texas, license number 24817
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards certificate holder
Member, American Institute of Architects, San Antonio chapter
Occupational Safety and Health Administration ten hour construction safety card
Education
Master of Architecture, Texas Tech University, 2015
Bachelor of Science in architecture, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2012
Core Skills
Construction documents · Construction administration · Code analysis · Revit modeling · Consultant coordination · Submittal review · Accessibility compliance · Detailing · Permit coordination · Client presentations