ADAM JOHNSTON - LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT

Qualifications

During my varied employment experiences, I have been involved in a wide range of commercial, residential and public projects which have sharpened a wide range of skills. Furthermore, due to my long term employment at Breckon Land Design, those skills cover much of the broad range required in the field of Landscape Architecture. They include extensive knowledge of:

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-Site analysis

-Development of design guidelines
-Schematic design.
-Design development.
-Planting and irrigation design.
-Storm water / drainage documentation and system design/sizing.
-Site grading both hand drafted and Civil 3D models.
-Full construction document packages.

   *Summary/Phasing Plans

   *Demolition Plans

   *Layout Plans

   *Materials Striping and Signage Plans

   *Grading Plans

   *Drainage Plans

   *Erosion and Sediment Control Plans

   *Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans

   *Landscape Plans

   *Irrigation Plans

   *and Supporting Documentation
-Detail development.
-Cost estimating.
-Regional and nationwide submittal drawings for DR, CZC, CUP, MSP, Permit sets, etc.
-On site construction administration

-Remote CA including answering RFI's, Submittals, PR's Addendums, closeouts, ASI's, Change orders, etc.
-Master planing
-Color renderings both hand graphics as well as Computer enhanced.
-Notation of “as-built” conditions
-Specifications
-Marketing and web development
-Codified design requirements research

-Coordination Meetings with Clients, Regulatory Departments, Consultants, and Contractors.

Professional and Technical Skills​

-Great communications abilities, written, graphic and verbal.
-Long time artist working with a variety of mediums and subject matter.
-Architectural drafting and hand graphics 
-Multi resource based research required to accurately design projects in accordance with city, county, state, and federal guidelines
.-CAD drafting experience dating back to high school, college and over 10 years in an office setting.

-Other programs with varying degrees of familiarity are:
* Photoshop,
* In- Design,
* Dreamweaver,
* Acrobat,
* Sketch-up,
* Excel,
* Word,
* PowerPoint,
* GIS,
* Google earth,
* Various web based app