Joe Bastian
Registered Architect
 
CAREER EXPERIENCE

Joe has accumulated an unusually wide variety of experience in his 30+ year career.  From hands-on construction trades to planning, designing, managing,and inspecting a variety of building types, Joe has the combination of knowledge and experience that will benefit you!

Architectural/Professional

  • Attended Virginia Tech from 1979-1984.  Received Bachelor of Architecture degree magna cum laude in June,1984.                                            
  • Worked at French & Ryan Architects from 1984-1988.  Produced drawings and specifications.  Was primarily responsible for post-design construction management and administration of residential, multifamily, office, light commercial, and school projects.  Conducted job-site inspections and progress meetings.
  • Passed the NCARB architectural licensing exam in 1988 on the first attempt.  Became a registered architect in Delaware.  Later transferred registration to Colorado.
  • Self-employed from 1988-1990.  Produced mostly residential and some office/commercial drawings and specifications.  Inspected job-sites, and accomplished construction management and administration for many of the projects designed.
  • Moved to Colorado in 1990.  Worked for Richmond Associates in Fort Collins from 1990-1996.  Designed homes and produced working drawings for local residential builders and private clients.  Also conducted residential home inspections.
  • 1996-2017.  Worked construction full-time and architecture part-time.  Designed homes and produced working drawings for my own construction projects, residential builders, and clients.
  • 2017-Present.  Began retiring from construction and resumed architecture full-time for builders and residential clients.

 

 


 
Professional skills acquired:
 
·    Preliminary design
·    Working drawings
·    Construction specifications
·    Cost estimating
·    Construction administration
·    Construction job-site inspections
·    Home Inspections
 
Building type experience:
 
·    Single family residential
·    Multifamily residential
·    Schools
·    Medical offices
·    Light commercial/retail
·    General offices
·    Courthouses


Construction
 
·    1985-1996.  While working various architecture jobs (see list at left) full-time, engaged in construction for personal residences on a part-time basis.  Built three new houses and completed one major renovation on a house in Old Town Fort Collins.  Work was done single-handedly in most or all trades with little or no subcontracting.
·    After moving to Colorado in 1990, worked 5 months for a concrete foundation subcontractor in Denver.  Constructed forms and poured foundation walls.
·    1996-Present.  Built homes full-time for personal residences or spec houses.  Work was done single-handedly in most trades with little or no subcontracting.
 
Skills acquired with extensive hands-on experience:
 
·    Construction surveying/layout
·    Backhoe/excavation
·    Concrete foundation forming and pouring
·    Concrete slab set-up and finishing
·    Masonry (brick, block, and stone)
·    Framing carpentry
·    Roofing
·    Siding
·    Electrical installation
·    Plumbing installation
·    Insulation
·    Drywall
·    Painting
·    Finish carpentry
·    Tile
·    Wood/Pergo flooring installation