Brent Grizzle has over 25 years of experience in architectural design and project management. He has worked on a variety of project types including mixed use, hotel, high rise residential, hospitality, casino, and commercial projects. Grizzle has held roles such as project manager, job captain, and drafter and has worked for architectural firms in Virginia, Nevada, and California.
1. BRENT D GRIZZLE
3971 Hartlake Street. Woodbridge, Virginia, 22192
H (571) 285-1975 - C (812) 560-3149
bbgrizzle@aol.com
CAREER PROFILE
Architectural and construction professional, who offers a strong combination of project management
experience, design skills and an intimate knowledge of architectural and construction trade practices. I have
extensive mixed use, hotel, high rise residential, hospitality, casino, and commercial/retail production and
construction experience.
PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURAL EXPERIENCE
BDG Surveying – Woodbridge, VA 10/2010 - 2012
CONSULTANT FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND SURVEY FIRMS (COMPANY INFO UPON REQUEST)
• Owner and operator working as a full service site/project surveyor.
• Develop complete as-built documents of existing building and site locations, provide panoramic and still
photos, verify all interior and site utilities, structure, fire protection, lighting, HVAC and construction types
• I meet with jurisdictions and building managers, to obtain building requirements and regulations, aiding
in re-design process.
Eric Miller Architect – Las Vegas, NV 10/2001 - 2010
PART TIME CONTRACT DRAFTING - tele-commute (2009-2010)
• Drafter, designer and plans checker on multi-family residential and high end condominium projects.
• Perform quality assurance, code and life safety analysis.
PROJECT MANAGER (2001-2006)
• Coordinate sales and design build conditions during construction, for condominium project.
• Appointed on site owner/architect representative on hotel casino project from design to completion.
Attended contractor meetings, provide construction administration, verify, approve and coordinate
design changes, answer RFI’s, verify and approve shop drawing submittals.
MulvannyG2 Architects - McLean, VA 4/2007 – 11/2008
PROJECT MANAGER
My effective interaction with governmental jurisdictions, in several states, allowed for each project to be
submitted and receive approval from the building and planning departments often with very few
recommendations.
• Direct and mentor junior staff, during implementation and coordination of mechanical, electrical,
plumbing and life safety systems in project designs.
• Prepare and submit letters of intent, fee proposals and project schedules based on scope of work to
client project manager for approval.
• Host project coordination meetings with the clients in house design group, construction management
and architectural design teams. Often, traveling to job-site meetings, to provide client and firm
representation, conduct construction administration, answer RFI’s, verify and approve shop drawing
submittals
• Perform quality assurance, code and life safety analysis for retail projects in several east coast states
Cooper Carry LTD - Alexandria, VA 3/2006 – 4/2007
PROJECT ARCHITECT
The firm utilized my programming skills to help successfully acquire several hotel projects.
• Leadership over junior level design and production team led to success of hotel projects from schematic
design through construction documents, which included BIM files for Microstation.
• Hosted project coordination meetings with design team and client to coordinate and implement building
codes, MPE, fire life safety systems into project design
2. JMA Architecture Studios – Las Vegas, NV 10/2003 – 3/2006
PROJECT MANAGER (2004-2006)
Permitted first mixed use residential tower in City of Las Vegas. Project became proto-type for jurisdiction to
gage future projects and spear headed the condo tower “boom”.
I earned employee of the month, 2 out of 11 months and employee of the year 2005.
• Provided project programming and directed three production teams during schematic design, design
development and construction document phases. I provided mentorship to my teams and produced
buildable, mixed-use base buildings and residential towers, with efficient infrastructure and support
spaces.
• Perform quality assurance, code and life safety analysis for residential tower projects
• Hosted project coordination meetings with design team and client to coordinate and implement building
codes, MPE, fire life safety systems into project design
• Attended job site contractor meetings to provide construction administration, verify, approve and
coordinate as-built design changes, answer RFI’s, verify and approve shop drawing submittals.
SENIOR JOB CAPTAIN (2003-2004)
• Provided direction to production team with daily tasks to produce construction documents.
• Hosted project coordination and value engineering meetings with client, contractor and design teams.
• Verified that contract documents meet industry standards and code requirements.
Paul Steelman Design Group - Las Vegas, NV 2/2002 – 9/2003
PROJECT DIRECTOR (2002-2003)
Earned employee of the year 2002, after a project successfully completed on budget.
• Coordinated schematic design packages for pricing and feasibility studies.
• Provided leadership for two designers and two drafters during production.
Bergman Walls & Associates – Las Vegas, NV 6/2000 – 12/2001
JOB CAPTAIN
• Project team leader during design and production of hospitality projects.
• Provided production staff with tasks to produce construction documents for casino based hospitality
projects.
ADDITIONAL WORK HISTORY
Eric Miller Architect – (Contract Drafting) 1998 - 2000
Paul Steelman Design Group (Drafter) Las Vegas, NV 1995 - 1998
Tri-State Fire Protection (Fire Sprinkler Design) Las Vegas, NV 1995
Associated Electrical Engineering (Drafter) Las Vegas, NV 1993 - 1994
Blue Rock Construction (Drafter for additions and track homes) Torrance, CA 1991 - 1993
Washington Iron Works (Steel detailing) Gardena, CA 1989 - 1991
EDUCATION
National Education Center – Glendale, AZ
• Occupational Associates Degree in Drafting Technology
Certificates:
• Excellence in Architectural drafting and Computer Aided Drafting
• Professional Leadership and Management in the Workplace
• Project Management and Scheduling
Computer skills (proficient):
• AutoCAD 2006 • Micro station V8
• Microsoft word and Excel