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Albert Alvarez

Santa Clarita,CA

Summary

Albert holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture and has extensive experience in Design, BIM VDC, Construction, Healthcare and Engineering. Experience in performing complex Revit assignments and coordinating Revit and CAD drawing production. Skilled in dealing with 3D & very large-scale complex BIM projects. Well-versed in collaborating 3D models with Structural, Architectural, and MEP in coordinating reviews. Good experience in preparing construction documents within a BIM environment with a great deal of knowledge expertise and accuracy on large-scale projects. Mentored colleagues in Revit project goals and maintenance. Hold training for new Revit and Newforma users. A seasoned BIM Manager is adept at seamlessly integrating project technical aspects and making the information relatable to non-technical personnel. Experienced leader and program manager with a 15-year history in the field. Clear communicator, decision maker, and problem solver. Energetic Professional enthusiastic about developing a deeper understanding of engineering design and leadership. A natural leader and networker with a hardworking, resourceful, and competitive nature. Seasoned Engineering Manager adept at seamlessly integrating project technical aspects and making information relatable to non-technical personnel. Experienced mentor and program manager with 5-year history in field. Clear communicator, decision maker and problem solver.

Overview

34
34
years of professional experience

Work History

BIM Manager, Coordinator

Shepphird & Associates
06.2023 - Current
  • Collaborate with the Principal/Project Manager and project engineers to communicate, problem-solve, and update models for coordination and design issues
  • Performs complex Revit assignments and coordinates Revit and CAD drawing production
  • Understands the implications of work and makes recommendations for solutions and Streamline operations and prioritized task, allowing staff of finishing construction documents quicker
  • Develop accurate 3D Models from project Schematics, including sheet management tasks, annotations, dimensions, note details, and all visibility settings
  • Responsible for creating Existing conditions modeling
  • Receives little instruction on daily work and general instructions on new assignments
  • Adhere to the BIM execution plan and project workflow criteria
  • BIM/VDC Coordination
  • Produce Revit Families as needed
  • Projects involved: Spirulina Building Manufacturing- Maker Harvest, Sherwood Country Club Rehab, Indio Lights Country Club, Commercial store steel Building, CoolKicks - Third St Promenade

BIM Manager

AC Martin
06.2022 - 06.2023
  • Setup Project templates and BEP (BIM Execution Plan)
  • Monitor models for warnings through Unifi
  • Promote and monitor BIM project standards and guidelines
  • BIM Content Management and creation
  • Check for clashes on Navisworks
  • Help Users if there are issues with the model or modeling task
  • Autodesk User management
  • Autodesk Docs scheduled publishing and User and Consultant permissions on projects as an Account Administrator and Project Administrator
  • Send out Revit knowledge Smart Assessment to Users and set up their custom training as needed
  • Hold training sessions for new Revit and Newforma users
  • Projects involved: Highrise multi-family, Higher Education, Industrial, Commercial, and Public Schools - K12

BIM Manager, CAD + REVIT

Shepphird & Associates
03.2018 - 06.2022
  • Collaborate with the Principal/Project Manager and project engineers to communicate, problem-solve, and update models for coordination and design issues
  • Performs complex Revit assignments and coordinates Revit and CAD drawing production from Mechanical systems, Electrical and Plumbing systems
  • Understands the implications of work and makes recommendations for solutions
  • Develop accurate 3D Models from project Schematics, including sheet management tasks, annotations, dimensions, note details, and all visibility settings
  • Responsible for creating Existing conditions modeling
  • Receives little instruction on daily work and general instructions on new assignments and streamline operations and prioritized task, allowing senior staff of finishing construction documents quicker
  • Adhere to the BIM execution plan and project workflow criteria
  • BIM/VDC Coordination
  • Produce Revit Families as needed
  • Projects involved: Calabasas Country Club, Calabasas CA, Bellerive Country Club, St
  • Louis, MO, Viewpoint School Renovation, Calabasas, CA, Hall Of Light Church, Northridge, CA, Several Custom Houses

Facility Designer - AutoCAD

Resolution Design Inc./ Universal Creative
01.2018 - 03.2018
  • Streamline operations and prioritized task, allowing senior staff of finishing construction documents quicker
  • Super Mario Bros Nintendo World, Universal City, CA.

Theme Park/ Facility Designer 3/BIM + CAD Coordinator/Modeler

Huitt Zollar/Cunningham Group/Disney Imagineering
02.2017 - 12.2017

Revit model coordination from the concept phase through the design development phase

  • Assisted WDI project team in developing their Revit content library as needed
  • Help architecture teams in resolving design coordination problems
  • BIM 360 and Bluebeam session coordination
  • Keeping Revit model fresh from design changes
  • Prepared Construction Documents
  • Projects involved: Delos Star Wars Theme Park Disneyland, Anaheim, Ca, Delos Disney World, Orlando, Florida

BIM Lead Technologist, Healthcare CAD + REVIT

HOK Architects
10.2014 - 02.2017
  • Responsible for Construction Documents of record and performs Construction Administration of Ventura County Hospital Replacement and Renovation of existing Facilities
  • Responsible for Developing Revit Guidelines, custom shared parameters and type catalogs
  • Streamline operations and prioritized task, allowing senior staff of finishing construction documents quicker
  • Interior Design coordination and Detailing
  • Mechanical, Electrical Systems, Control system Medical Equipment and Lab Equipment, low voltage coordination
  • BIM 360, experienced collaborating 3D models with Structural, Architectural, and MEP for coordinating reviews
  • Responsible for RFI/Change order documentation, closeouts, punch list
  • Project involved: Ventura County Medical Center Replacement Hospital, Ventura, CA

Senior Coordinator/BIM Coordinator, Healthcare CAD + Revit

RBB Architects
10.2012 - 09.2014
  • Prepare and administer the construction documents for a Lab renovation
  • All to be done in a very short time just to get their foot through the door
  • They got a bigger project at the University thereafter
  • Also did construction documents for Seismic Improvements for a hospital in San Pedro, CA
  • Site as-built investigations for Phasing set up so as to have a minimum impact on the hospital's daily functions
  • All work done in Revit using the area plan function of Revit over existing floor plans
  • BIM 360 coordination
  • Responsible for coordination of printed deliverables and submissions
  • Provided support for Senior designers and Engineers on drawing presentations using BIM software
  • Project involved: Harvey Mudd Olin Lab Renovation, Ontario, CA, Seismic Improvements for Little Company of Mary Hospital, San Pedro, CA

Project Coordinator/ BIM Tech, Construction Admin (CA)

On Contract (independent)
01.2013 - 03.2013
  • Responsible for Construction Documents via Interior Architects, Los Angeles, CA
  • Projects involved: SCIF rooms

CAD + BIM Designer, Healthcare

HDR Architecture
10.2006 - 10.2012

Worked on large institutional educational projects domestically and internationally

  • These projects were from the schematic design phase to the construction document phase
  • Streamline operations and prioritized task, allowing senior staff of finishing construction documents quicker
  • Built design models (electronic and physical) for both the Architecture and Interiors Department
  • Assisted in the construction closeout for approval of the building department
  • Work done in CADD, (CCAD hospital - 409,234 sq
  • Floor area) as a Project Coordinator; medical Planning and medical equipment coordinator, and production team member
  • Interior Design coordination and Detailing in Architecture
  • Mechanical, Electrical Systems, Control system of Medical Equipment and Lab Equipment i.e
  • MRIs and Robotic machines, low voltage coordination
  • Responsible for building CAD drawings and Revit modeling based on information provided by clients and engineers
  • Responsible for making Parametric Revit families per other offices' needs and deadlines
  • Responsible for creating working drawings from the architect's 3D Revit model
  • Projects involved: Cleveland Clinic - Abu Dhabi (CCAD), Fort Bliss Outpatient Replacement Hospital, USAG-Humphreys Seoul South Korea, Baxter B4 SD Glendale, CA, South Placer Adult Correctional Facility, Banner Children's Hospital, Fox Channel Office Building Facility-Interior Renovations, Kaiser Ontario Vineyard Medical Center (Navisworks OSHPD Coordination), San Gorgonio Phase 1 Hospital, NHCP (NAVFAC) San Diego, CA, California Hospital Medical Center- CVOR Surgical Remodel, Orange County Sheriff Department Narcotics Division, Hybrid OR for USC

Construction Battalion Logistics Engineering Command, Seabees

US NAVY - Reserve
01.2002 - 01.2010
  • 2 years active 6 years Reserve
  • Worked on small to medium infrastructure projects
  • Renovation of existing facilities to new facilities
  • Learned construction administration of the projects I prepared
  • All work done in AutoCAD.

Junior Architect/Designer, CAD - Healthcare

Langdon Wilson Architects
01.2004 - 10.2006
  • Worked on medium to large institutional projects
  • Due to staffing needs my responsibilities shifted from project designer to Medical Equipment coordinator
  • Developed projects from pre-design to construction administration
  • Also responsible for building approval process on those projects I worked on
  • Was responsible for helping out with medical equipment planning and coordination that was left vacant
  • Projects involved: Olive View UCLA Extension Emergency Hospital in Sylmar, CA, Tahiti Village, Las Vegas Nevada, Sofitel Hotel Renovation, Los Angeles, CA

Job Captain/Designer

Drafting and Design
09.1998 - 01.2002
  • Initiate Architectural design process, freehand drawing presentation and delineation, material board submittals to the city
  • Preparation of construction documents, Title 24 development, Scale model builder

US NAVY

US NAVY RESERVE
01.1990 - 10.1994

Education

Bachelor of Science in Architecture -

Adamson University
Manila, Philippines
04.1987

Skills

  • MS Office
  • Revit
  • Value Engineering
  • BIM Execution Planning
  • Model Management
  • Documentation Control
  • Training and mentoring
  • Interdisciplinary Collaboration
  • Resourceful nature
  • Navisworks
  • Newforma
  • BIM Coordination
  • Construction documentation
  • AutoCAD
  • Unifi Content Management
  • Lumion
  • Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC)
  • Bluebeam

Timeline

BIM Manager, Coordinator

Shepphird & Associates
06.2023 - Current

BIM Manager

AC Martin
06.2022 - 06.2023

BIM Manager, CAD + REVIT

Shepphird & Associates
03.2018 - 06.2022

Facility Designer - AutoCAD

Resolution Design Inc./ Universal Creative
01.2018 - 03.2018

Theme Park/ Facility Designer 3/BIM + CAD Coordinator/Modeler

Huitt Zollar/Cunningham Group/Disney Imagineering
02.2017 - 12.2017

BIM Lead Technologist, Healthcare CAD + REVIT

HOK Architects
10.2014 - 02.2017

Project Coordinator/ BIM Tech, Construction Admin (CA)

On Contract (independent)
01.2013 - 03.2013

Senior Coordinator/BIM Coordinator, Healthcare CAD + Revit

RBB Architects
10.2012 - 09.2014

CAD + BIM Designer, Healthcare

HDR Architecture
10.2006 - 10.2012

Junior Architect/Designer, CAD - Healthcare

Langdon Wilson Architects
01.2004 - 10.2006

Construction Battalion Logistics Engineering Command, Seabees

US NAVY - Reserve
01.2002 - 01.2010

Job Captain/Designer

Drafting and Design
09.1998 - 01.2002

US NAVY

US NAVY RESERVE
01.1990 - 10.1994

Bachelor of Science in Architecture -

Adamson University
Albert Alvarez