I have completed Award Winning Interior Architectural Projects and Museum spaces through the position of Architectural Designer and Project Manager,
G. Michael Walsh
AIA Associate - NCIDQ certified No.88194
Architectural Project Management
Highly Detailed-oriented professional project manager-designer with award winning skills and experienced in all aspects of project procurement, from conception to completion.
S U M M A R Y O F Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S
• Expertise in project Preliminary Planning, Master Planning, Design Development, Program Implementation - proposal writing.
• For commercial, corporate, retail, governmental, institutional, industrial, schools, apartments, condo’s and senior citizens homes.
• Concise and detail oriented in producing complete complex cad construction documents, FFE specifications, scheduling, estimating, project and construction management & administration which includes managing professional vendor engineering groups as required, general & sub-contractors HVAC, electrical, plumbing and structural professionals
• Specify and locate Fixtures/Furnishings & Equipment
• Prepare, select and present all interior finishes, furnishings, fixtures, fabrics, painting –etc. I have planned and specified over 25 million dollars in systems furniture for commercial and corporate environments.
• I set up the Cad department (Vectorworks) & it’s standards at Museum Design Associates, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I have won numerous awards and publications for my professional industry efforts.
• Proven experience in assembling project manuals, scheduling, submittals, samples, handoffs, construction time lines.
• Experience in contract negotiations with owners, architects, general and subcontractors. -
• Expertise in problem solving and value engineering projects with architects, owners and engineers.
• Strong architectural and interior design and planning skills – also including industrial and graphic design skills.
• Review and approval off all shop drawings. Prepare submittal package for file record and approval.
• Experience in Microsoft Excel, Word, Scheduler, Auto-Cad, and Vectorworks. I am strong in written and verbal communication skills, a creative team player who will rise to the challenge.
• Furnishings in my own home, chairs, tables, rugs, light fixtures, vases and accessories are my own designs. Visited some 36 homes by Frank Lloyd Wright
• I have won numerous awards and publications for my industry efforts
S U M M A R Y O F P R O J E C T S C O M P L E T E D
• Museum of Natural History, Amherst, MA, complete renovation, $4 mil
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library, Dorchester, MA 3 mil
• S O M E H I G H E N D Design Projects
• Bed & Bath
• Museum of Natural History, Amherst College, Amherst Massachusetts
• Maine Maritime Museum, Bath Maine
• MIT Museum “Robots and Beyondâ€, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• AOTM, America On The Move, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (5mil)
• The Gillette Castle Museum in CT. for State of CT. (800K)
• MIT Museum, Museum on Doc Edgerton the inventor, Cambri., MA
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library/Museum(5mil) Dorchester, MA:
• Pacific Energy & Gas, San Francisco, CA (1mil): company, (+1mil) published Architectural
• The Bell History Center New England Telephone, Boston, MA
•To The Rescue Museum, Roanoke,VA
• The Duke Ellington Museum at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.
• The Phildelphia Meritime Museum (1mil)
• ComputerVision, Bedford, MA.
• Haworth furniture showroom, Boston, MA
• Discovery Channel Flagship Store (5 floors) Washington, D.C, w/ Pompi Architects N.Y. (6 mil)
• NAMM National Museum of Music San Diego,
• Museum Of Labor Black Stone Valley Pawtucket, RI Partial
• Joan & David Retail Outlets, Copley Place, Boston;Tower City Cleveland, Ohio; Shorthills,
• Montessori Schools, Pilgrim Lutheran Church, Walmarts (5), CVS’s, Krogers, Holiday Inns, Springhill Suites, Senior Housing, McDonald’s, Burger king, Starbucks all in Michigan, where responsibilities included new construction, rebuilding and or renovation work, including FF&E, Sub Contractors, estimating, buying-out, material ordering and management. Install owner furnished materials, Punch List, Quality Control, As Built Drawings, and all warranty issues.
• The Gillette Company, Boston, MA 6 full floors, high end tenant fit up work, complete turn key services.
• LDS Church, Detroit, MI renovation/interior improvements,
• Fair Acres Senior Living, Armada, MI 250k interior fit up and new const. Current.
• West Marine - Harrison Township, MI 100k interior renovation
• Krogers • Chesterfield, MI $300.000 renovation.
• Market Strategies, 2 Full floors of commercil high-end interior construction 600K
• Springhill Suites • 5 floors of a Hotel – interior build-out Romulus, MI
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge MA complete redo of MIT Museum
• Sunrise Professional Office Building • Troy, MI – complete interior build-out tenant fit up work
• Taco Bell Rochester, MI interior fit-up work
• AOTM America On The Move Museum space for the Smithsonian, Washington, DC, 5 mil
• ES3 - Commerical complete interior fit-up work in Troy, MI
• Esprit for Women • - Commerical work, complete interior fit-up work in Troy, MI
• Multiple custom homes throughout the metropolitan Detroit, Troy, Birmingham area, Builder/ Contractor responsible for the wood or steel framing, drywall, painting & acoustics.
• Southland Properties, San Jacinto Center -Towne Lake, Austin, TX •
800,000 SF corporate office space and tenant development. Responsibilities included, space planning, design development, presentations, construction documents and construction management, tenant architects. W/OII we were Tennant Architects ($15±million)
• Tennaco Oil - Tennant Architects - Houston, TX • - 900,000 SF/$20+ million corporate office space and tenant development. Responsible for space planning, design layout, construction documents and construction administration w/OII
• Veritas Technology Center - Houston, TX • 130,00 SF tenant development space. Responsibilities included space planning, construction documents, and field supervision. W/Wilson Business Products (2mil)
• David Perry Law Offices - Corpus Christy, TX •
9,000 SF high end office space for a corporate attorney. Responsibilities included design development drawings, construction documents, and construction management. Featured in the "Designer" magazine, an international publication. W/OII (1.75mil)
• First City Financial Center - Houston, TX • 200,000 SF over seven floors of space planning for open office furniture systems. Responsibilities included programming, design development, presentations, furniture specifications, and installation drawings. Furniture systems specified included Knoll, IIL, Steelcase, Herman Miler, Gunlocke, Vecta, and Modern Mode. W/ Wilson Business Products (5+ mil)
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W O R K H I S T O R Y
• Feb 2007/ Present Senior Project Manager at Modern Drywall a 225 man (12 mil) construction company in Rochester, MI
• Nov. 2004 – 2006 Self employed operating my own small business - offering professional design and architectural services for architects, owners, developers and general contractors. The architectural firm that hired me and moved my family back to Michigan had in time had to close its doors because of the economy - they had left me a lot of work here in Michigan to keep me busy for sometime.
• Oct. 1993/ Nov. 2003 Senior Project Manager/Designer at Museum Design Assoc. Cambridge, MA • Project Manager/Complex Construction documents very high-end design (see MDA-design.com)
• Oct. 1990/1993 Griswold Heckle & Kelly Architects (GHK) Boston, MA Project Manager/Designer - Construction documents, working at all levels of a given project.
• 1986/1990 Carlson Associates Architects, Engineers, Design & Builders AEDB a 350 man AE Company with a building division. Project Manager, complete construction documents Boston, MA
• 1984-1986 Office Interiors Inc., Houston Texas – tenant architects for several local high rise buildings, I was Director for Interior Architecture – then the economy fell out in Texas and everyone left.
E D U C A T I O N
• Macomb County Community College, Warren, Michigan
• Architectural & Design Studies,
• Oakland County Community College, Oakland, Michigan
• Business Administration Studies,
• Harvard University Graduate School of Design
• Interior Project Management, 1987
• Architectural Delineation, 1987
• Taught Design Courses at The Art Institute, Houston, Texas
A W A R D S
• 1994 Allsteel manufacturers a production furniture product design.
• 1994 Steelcase Partnership Vecta manufacturers a furniture prod. design.
• 1990 Architects on Design Exhibit, New York City furniture design
• 1986 Formica Corporation • winner product design competition
• 1985 Texas Homes • winner product design competition
• 1985 IBD International Furniture Competition "Silver Metal"
• 1985 IBD Interior Architectural Award"1st Place Winner "IBD†Showroom Houston, Texas
• 1985 Contract Magazine publication of IBD showroom.
P U B L I C A T I O N S f o r I n d u s t r y E f f o r t s
• 1991 Designer Magazine • BayBank high-end executive floor.
• 1990 Design Times • Product Design Editorial Profile
• 1988 Materials Modern, First International Edition -profile product design≤
• 1986 Progressive Architecture • Product Design
• 1986 Designer Magazine • David Perry Corporate Law Offices
• 1985 Interior Design Magazine • Product Profile
• 1985 Interiors • Product Profile
• 1985 Interiors • IBD Office Space 1st Place Winner
• 1983 Designer Magazine • Walsh's own Houston residence
• 1992 Architectural Record • PG&E Museum/Exhibit space w/JKA
• 1992 Interiors • PG&E Museum/Exhibit space w/Jeff Kennedy Associates •
R E F E R E N C E S
• David Colling AIA • Add Inc Architects, Cambridge, MA617-234-3100
• Dana Tanimoto AIA • Senior Architect, Noshe Safdie Associates, Cambridge, MA 617-629-2100
• Brian Weil • Project Manager • Bouma Construction, Lansing MI • 517-337-1141
• Scott Bates • Senior Estimator • Modern Drywall • Rochester, MI 248-0402-0002
Side notes: I have toured 36 homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, visited the Louvre in Paris, the rugs, tables, chairs, vases, lighting in my home are my own design – love to read and enjoy watr sports.
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