DINA MEKAWY

K–12 Project Experience

Manchester Community Schools District
Project Manager for $17.8M Klager Elementary Full Renovation & Campus Improvements

• Led planning and execution of a full building renovation including mechanical upgrades, roof replacement, and comprehensive campus/athletic facility enhancements.
• Directed the design process and facilitated coordination across multiple stakeholder groups, including district leadership, athletics, facilities, and maintenance teams.
• Projects completed in August 2025.

Potterville Public Schools
Project Manager for $6.8M Auxiliary Gym Addition, Office Renovation & Stadium Improvements

• Managed design and construction for a new auxiliary gym, administrative area renovations, and athletic stadium upgrades.
• Coordinated user-group engagement with board members, athletics staff, facilities, and maintenance teams.
• Renovation phase completed August 2025.

Cedar Springs Public Schools
Project Manager for District-Wide Site Improvements

• Oversaw planning and implementation of site infrastructure improvements across multiple campuses.

Mason Public Schools
Project Manager – Mason High School Mechanical Upgrades

• Directed mechanical systems modernization, ensuring minimal disruption to school operations.

Fowler Public Schools
Project Manager – Fowler High School Roofing Upgrades

• Managed roof replacement project from design through construction, ensuring durability, safety, and budget alignment.

Leadership Highlights:

Project & Budget Management:

• Reviewed project scope and deliverables for quality assurance, ensuring they met defined standards, client expectations, budget targets, and project goals.
• Managed project timeline, budget requirement, staffing needs, and resource planning across all phases of the project lifecycle.
• Monitored progress against established goals, adjusting schedules and resources as needed to keep projects on track.
• Monitored project budgets, tracked expenses, and ensured compliance with financial constraints.
• Developed and maintained project documentation to ensure transparency and facilitate information sharing.
• Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals.

Team Leadership & Coordination:

• Led project teams by defining responsibilities and expectations.
• Collaborated with architects and engineers to ensure design specifications were met throughout the project lifecycle.
• Established effective communication among team members for enhanced collaboration and successful project completion.
• Facilitated regular project meetings to assess progress, address challenges, and align team efforts.
• Provided guidance, technical direction, and problem-solving support to project team.
• Enhanced overall project success by conducting thorough post-project evaluations and incorporating lessons learned into future efforts.

Client & Stakeholder Engagement:

• Conducted stakeholder meetings to to discuss deliverables, schedules and gather feedback to ensure project alignment with client expectations.
• Scheduled and facilitated meetings with clients to review project progress, discuss issues, and align expectations.
• Improved client relationships, consistently meeting or exceeding project expectations and maintaining open lines of communication.
• Developed strong relationships with stakeholders through regular communication updates, fostering trust and confidence in the team''s ability to deliver results.
• Served as the primary point of contact for all project-related communication.

Program Highlights:

• Design and construct an average of 13-15 Panda Express Restaurants with Drive -thru service on annual bases, with an average revenue of $1.7–$2.4 millions, covering (MI, OH, IN, VA, MD, IL and WI).
• Services include, but not limited to, preliminary site evaluation, site investigation report, to provide information regarding the site / government specific requirements, restrictions, local codes, list of fees and permitting timeline required to develop the project.
• ALTA Survey.
• Preliminary Site plan / floor plan, schematic design service with presentation engine and coordination meetings with the client's design team.
• Construction documents, and civil engineering service, securing plan approvals including attending city planing commission board meetings and obtaining all necessary permits.
• Construction administrative service, to include RFI's, shop drawings review, field service during construction, such as site visits, and as built survey.

Management role:

• Act as primary liaison with the client, contractor, and project team
• Negotiates, develops, monitors, and controls the scope of deliverables, work plans, schedules, and budgets for all project stages
• Maintains a good understanding of the project scope and when changes to the scope occur, negotiates solutions to ensure outcomes meet client expectations and contractual obligations; prepares PCNs as required
• Leads an integrated team of architects and engineers in the quality assurance and quality control procedures for all deliverables, specifically the construction drawings and specifications.
• Provide detailed project status updates to stakeholders and executive management.
• Prepare and submit project invoices for review and approval.
• Negotiate and manage third-party contracts related to project deliverables.
• Schedule and facilitate meetings between project stake holders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
• Verify quality of deliverables and conformance to specifications before submitting to clients.

Projects Highlights:
create schematic designs and construction documents, for luxurious lake-front homes within the USA and Canada.

Designer Role:

• Prepare visual description designs, and working details of a product to be constructed utilizing AutoCAD
• Analyze & search building codes, by-laws, space and site requirements, and other technical documents and reports to determine their effect on architectural designs
• Create sketches and technical drawings to present design concepts to clients.
• Utilized various software programs, creating 3D models of design concepts.

Projects Highlights:

Architectural design and construction documents including interior design for commercial such as Orange theory, Tony Saco's Pizza, office space.
Management and Design :

• Handle projects start to finish, communicating and coordinating between contractors & clients directly
• Prepare visual description designs, and working details of a product to be constructed utilizing AutoCAD
• Obtain and assemble data to complete architectural designs, visiting job sites to compile measurements as necessary
• Generate layout and plan interior room arrangements for commercial and residential buildings
• Prepare exterior-interior rendered images for presentation to clients.

Projects Highlights:
Design & Architecture hospitality projects delivering full-service solutions for clubhouse master planning, architecture, interior design, and procurement.

Project Tech Role:

• Prepare exterior-interior rendered images for presentation to clients
• Operate (CAD) equipment or conventional drafting station to develop contract document package & produce working details, specializing in hospitality design
• Analyze building codes, by-laws, space and site requirements, and other technical documents and reports to determine their effect on architectural designs

• Obtain and assemble data to complete architectural designs, visiting job sites to compile measurements as necessary.

Architectural and documentation design service for residential and retail projects.

• Use computer-aided drafting (CAD) and related software to produce construction documents
• Confer with client to determine factors affecting planning interior environments, such as budget, architectural preferences, purpose and function
• Advise client on interior design factors such as space planning, layout and utilization of furnishings or equipment, and color coordination
• Review and detail shop drawings for construction plans
• Render design ideas in form of paste-ups or drawings.