Mark S.

Fitzgerald, AIA, LEED AP, CDT

mark.fitzgerald61@gmail.com

Value Offered

Your company’s growth and profitability will be enhanced by my ability to produce quality
contract documents throughout the project life-cycle, collaborating effectively with project
team members, and building strong, trusting business relationships with clients, consultants,
and contractors.

Career Summary

A motivated and versatile licensed architect with practical knowledge in a wide range of
building types including but not limited to new construction, renovation, and adaptive reuse.
Proven ability to quickly read into projects at any stage of development from pre-design
through construction administration.

Professional Experience

Luckett & Farley, Louisville, KY 2006 to 2009

One of the largest architectural, engineering, and construction management firms in the
Commonwealth of Kentucky, with revenue in excess of $10 million annually, whose mission
is to provide sustainable design and master planning services for a variety of building
markets that include healthcare, churches, government, student housing, and commercial
building projects.

Senior Architect
Responsible for spatial design development, CADD construction documentation, and project
team coordination with various engineering and construction management personnel.
• Key team member in assisting various Design Principals in creating successful bidding
documents for a variety of building types. One type in particular dealt with renovating
192,000 square feet and adding a 24,000 square feet addition to the University of
Louisville’s School of Dentistry. This project was designed to meet LEED Silver
certification. My primary role on the project was in-depth code research and
specification development. This $44 million project was fast-tracked, completed on time,
and is now out for bid.

The Estopinal Group, LLC, Jeffersonville, IN 2005 to 2006

A midsize architectural and engineering firm whose mission is to provide design and master
planning services for facilities that include hospitals, schools, and municipal buildings.

Project Architect
Responsible for design development, CADD construction documentation and project team
coordination with various engineering consultants.
• Co-lead design team in creating a vertical expansion of an existing
three story healthcare facility to house a new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on a new
fourth floor. Planned, developed, and delivered successful bidding documents for this
facility totaling more than 26,000 square feet at $6 million.
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Jensen and Halstead, Inc. and

Warman Development & Design, LLC, Chicago, IL
2004 to 2005
Project Architect
• Authored and developed contract documents for interior tenant improvements at Illinois
Masonic Medical Office Center, in Chicago, Illinois, at an aggregate of more than 7,000
square feet and construction costs at $500,000. Responsibilities included construction
administration duties.

Concept 3 Architects, P. C., Villa Park, IL

2003 to 2004
Project Architect
• Planned and co-developed successful bidding documents for several elementary
educational facilities totaling more than 60,000 square feet at $4.7 million.
Responsibilities included specification development and construction administration
duties.

Burnidge Cassell Associates, Elgin, IL 2001 to

2003
Project Architect
• Closely collaborated with various Design Principals in creating new additions and
alterations to several elementary schools and municipal library remodeling projects
totaling over 180,000 square feet at $17 million.

FGM Architects and Engineers, Inc., Algonquin, IL 2000-2001

Project Architect
• Assisted in the design and construction drawing development of the firm’s new 3,300
square feet interior office build-out. This office design received the AIANEI 2003 “Award
of Excellence – Interiors.”

Direct Design Ltd., Architects, McHenry, IL 1999-2000

Project Architect
• Designed and facilitated various office, industrial, and retail projects from schematic
design through construction administration for multiple commercial clients.

A. Epstein & Sons – ISI INTERNATIONAL, Inc., Chicago, IL 1997-1999

Project Architect
• Created and documented multiple interior warehouse area conversions into office and
laboratory tenant improvements for ComED in Chicago, Illinois.

Education & Credentials

LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP), U. S. Green Building Council

Registered Architect in the State of Illinois
Master of Architecture in Design: University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign
Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
CADD Training: AutoCAD Release 2009
Certified Document Technologist (CDT): CSI, Northern Illinois Chapter
Member in Good Standing, AIA-Central Kentucky Chapter since 2006
AIA-CSI Trade Fair Chairman, 2008-2009