Copyright 2021 Howard A. Dobelle AIA

Howard Alan Dobelle AIA

9890 Mantova Drive

Lake Worth, Florida

845-548-7436

dobellearchitect @yahoo.com

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Architectural Consultant:

· Architectural services for residential, commercial, retail specialty stores, low and medium rise mixed-use buildings

· Proficient in quality assurance, quality control, code compliance, accessibility analysis, construction defect analysis, and architectural design/documents

· Experienced in the analysis of technical and code issues, building rehabilitation, investigations for construction deficiencies and architectural evaluations

· Life Safety Committee team member for the World Trade Center Permanent PATH Station and Memorial

 

ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS

· Conducted building code reviews and provided value engineering and risk issues for Obama Presidential Center, Chicago, IL and DC United Stadium, Washington, DC

· Oversaw building code reviews for the $1.4 billon design build expansion for life safety and provided value engineering and risk issues Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Expansion, New York, NY

· Investigation of falling terracotta panels for building under construction, New York, NY

· Design Construction Architect for responses and resolutions to all field and design submissions for $5.5 billion transportation system, Silver Line Dulles Rail Project Phase I and Phase II, Northern VA. 

· Directed building code review and provided value engineering and risk issues Long Beach Medical Center, Long Beach, CA

· Oversaw and conducted successful investigation for construction deficiences to determine the cause of a 45,000sf roof failure for the New York Police Academy, Queens, NY

· Litigation support for trip and fall accident, Terminal B, Newark Liberty International Airport Newark, New Jersey

· Litigation support exterior stairway trip and fall, Queens, NY

· Litigation support for accessibility for a retail store, Queens, NY

· Litigation support for accessibility for Newark Liberty International Airport, Newark, NJ

· Construction administration for the New York City School Authority for various school buildings, New York, NY

· Architectural evaluation and code compliance, Bayside Condominium, Selbyville, Delaware

· Resolution of various New York City building code violations, New York, NY

· Code analysis for five-story mixed-use building, Riverwinds Condominium, West Deptford, NJ

· Code analysis for the Hamilton Condominium Club House, Hamilton, NJ

· Residential Architect for renovations, new construction, variance applications, design and construction documents for multiple locations in NY, NJ, and WA

· Commercial renovation, variance application, litigation support, design and construction documents for Handsome Hal’s Cellular, Nanuet, NY

· Code analysis for special event/assembly use of the terminal, Battery City Park Ferry Terminal, New York, NY

· Accessibility review for the PATH 33rd Street Station, New York, NY

· Code analysis for the Mezzanine Offices, Terminal B, Newark Liberty International Airport, Newark, NJ

· Code compliance study for the Port Authority Bus Terminal, , New York, NY

· Architectural evaluation and litigation support for the Oakland Public Library, Oakland, NJ

· Architectural evaluation and review of construction deficiencies for the Sunview Motel, Tannersville, NY

· Roof evaluation and design for the 300 Winston Towers Condominium, Cliffside Park, New Jersey

· Code evaluation/classification for the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, New York, NY

· Field Architect for the Howard Beach MTA Station/Light Rail Design Build Complex, Queens, NY

· Field Architect  for the “Fast Track Schedule”, World Trade Center Temporary PATH Station, New York, NY

· Field Architect for the Train & Monorail Transfer Station and International Terminal B Expansion, Newark Liberty International Airport, Newark, NJ

· Field Architect for the Vista Hotel bomb blast reconstruction, Port Authority Architectural Division, New York, NY

· Terminal accessibility study for TWA Terminal, Queens, NY

· Code compliance study for Terminal One Bridge, JFK Airport, Queens, NY

 

 

REGISTRATIONS:

Registered Architect:

State of New York,

State of New Jersey

State of Pennsylvania

Commonwealth  of Virginia

State of Florida

NCARB Certification

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND AWARDS:                                                                

American Institute of Architects

Professional Member of the International Code Council

Recipient of A.I.A. Henry Adams Medal for General Excellence in Architecture                                        

 

 

COMMUNITY SERVICE:

Board Commissioner for Architectural Landscape Commission; Clarkstown, New York               1996 - 2002

 

EDUCATION:

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, Honolulu, Hawaii                 

Master of Architecture (two-year program)                                                                                                     

OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY, Norman, Oklahoma 

Bachelor of Architecture (five-year program)