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