Chris Ard
Chrisard89@gmail.com 214.418.0145 http://chrisard89.wix.com/chrisarddesign
Education 2012-2014
Virginia Tech University Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center | Alexandria, VA MArch, GPA: 3.55/4.0
2008-2011
Texas Tech University | Lubbock, TX BS in Architecture, Magna Cum Laude GPA: 3.71/4.0
Experience Aug 2013-May 2014
National Building Museum | Washington, D.C. City Vision Program Volunteer teaching students about their community through various design fields. Assisted team leaders with course curriculum and assisted students with formulating design solutions and presentations.
July 2013-Aug 2013
DBI Architects | Washington, D.C. Assisted in drawing design development and construction drawings in Revit. Assisted design team with construction documents and preparing presentation drawings.
Feb 2013-June 2013
Feb 2012-Aug 2012
Fall 2011
Sanchez Palmer Architects | Alexandria, VA Recorded measurements of existing buildings, documented existing conditions, and photographed on site visits. Used recorded measurements to draw built conditions in AutoCAD. Converted original hand drawn blueprints to AutoCAD. KPMG USA: CSS Intern Tax Filing Division | Dallas, TX Assisted IES Compliance Manager with filing online tax returns. Completed assigned tasks and met daily deadlines working in an office environment. Texas Tech University | Lubbock, TX Student Assistant-Arch 3350 Architectural Construction II Taught a weekly lab course, assisted the professor, and graded daily class work and tests.
May 2010-Aug 2010
CoSource Inc. | Dallas, TX CoSource is a Construction Project Management Consultant. Recorded project meeting minutes, scanned floor plans, filed change orders, followed up with the architects, vendors and contractors and updated the project punch list.
Jan 2013-Jan 2014
Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center AIAS President Coordinated events with the Northen Virginia AIA Chapter. Planned workshop events for the student body.
Leadership
Skills Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe lllustrator, Adobe InDesign, SketchUp