steven crooks

* Architectural designer of various adobe residences and other adobe structures * Adobe mason on several residences and small projects * Responsible for all adobe designs * all construction documents including electrical, mechanical, plumbing and structural systems * material take-offs * and obtaining building and conditional use permits * Involved with commercial adobe production, production scheduling and shipping

* Construction Superintendent for four custom speculative homes * Interpreted architectural plans, engineering plans and contract drawings and specifications * Responsible for all phases of construction from conducting initial site survey and building layout through final inspections and punch list preparation * Observed all stages of construction to identify problems and recommend changes to solve problems * Supervised and managed construction projects through all stages of construction * Scheduled construction crews, coordinated sub-contractors and observed work for compliance with contract drawings and specifications as well as for quality assurance

* Intern architect involved in all aspects of design and construction documentation of various commercial retail buildings utilizing both board drafting and AutoCAD * Designer of electrical, mechanical and plumbing and structural systems for various projects * Project Manager on all Blimpie Sub and Sandwich rehabs and new construction, involved in numerous jobs for Phillips 66 Company, Texaco USA, Total Petroleum Inc., Amoco Oil Company and many Jobber and independent companies * Company specialization was mainly convenience stores, gas stations, car washes, fast food and strip mall type buildings. Wickham Gustafson was the national architect for Phillips 66 Company

* Drafter of electrical layouts for commercial, industrial and residential buildings. * Electrical designer under head designer supervision * Responsible for various administrative duties * Computer operation including word processing and AutoCAD operation * Involved in many jobs which included facilities at Sky Harbor International Airport for America West an US Air; America West Airlines Corporate facilities; Phoenix Greyhound Park and numerous educational facilities including Arizona State University

Contract drafter for mechanical layouts of commercial, industrial and residential buildings

* Drafted construction and fabrication drawings for various steel structures including pressure vessels, water storage tanks and antenna masts * Light structural steel design under lead engineer supervision

* Served as installation real estate and real property specialist. * Real estate duties included initiating documentation and management of various in-leases and out-leases * Responsible for three sites (Fort Huachuca, Gila Bend and Willcox Playa) consisting of 101,477 acres, 1,649 buildings, 7,961,892 square feet of floor space and 55 in-leases and 49 out-leases throughout southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico * Conducted physical inspections of assets * Provided and coordinated lease information to the stake holder’s real estate POCs * Reviewed real property facility asset folders in support of Chief Financial Officers Act (CFOA) of 1990 * Conducted reviews of real property information in the General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS) * Physically inspected Real Property files and maintained Real Property records * conducted monthly real property substantive field testing; coordinated real property actions with U.S. * Army Corps of Engineers Asset Management

Relevant Coursework: Advanced Structural Systems (6 units) Soils Engineering (4 units) Topics in Architectural Design (12 units) Rammed Earth Construction (12 units)

Relevant Coursework: Building Structures I, II, III, & IV (12 units) Architectural Construction I & II (6 units) Environmental Control Systems I & II (6 units) Physics and Lab (8 units) Computer Aided Drafting (3 units) Architectural Programming (3 units)

Relevant Coursework: Environmental Design (24 units) Materials Technology (3 units) Issues in Urban Design (3 units)

Relevant Coursework
:University of Arizona Master's program
Advanced Structural Systems (3 units) 
Issues in Architecture (3 units)
Computer Energy Modeling in Architecture (3 units) 
Computer Energy Modeling in Architecture (6 units)
Adobe construction / alternative adobe stabilization (Masters Thesis)