Tom Biggs

Current

• Architect at Biggs Group Architecture

Past

• Architect at VBN Architects
• Architect at DMJMH+N (AECOM)
• Architect at DMJM-H+N

• Designer/Construction Coordinator at Ray Black & Son, General Contractor

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Education

• University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• North Carolina State University

Recommended

2 people have recommended Tom

Connections

78 connections

Industry

Architecture & Planning

Websites

• My Company

Tom Biggs’s Summary

Tom has a broad knowledge useful for the production of many popular building types that includes Residential, Healthcare, Schools, Churches, Offices, and Historic Preservation projects.

He is gifted at thinking and drawing, collaborating, communicating, and reaching a consensus.

His ultimate goal is to create Elements within the World that empower People by being sustainable and beautiful, and amplify their ability to live well.

Tom Biggs’s Specialties:

Historic Preservation,
Office Building Design,
Space Planning,
Tenant Improvements,
Green Design,
Urban Design,
Interior Design

Tom Biggs’s Experience

• Architect

  Biggs Group Architecture

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)

  June 2004 — Present (5 years 2 months)

  Running a small commercial architectural firm
  Various marketing strategies
  Meeting with Clients, determing design solutions, working to build a consensus on the right solution, producting contract documents---drawings, specifications, contracts---.
  Presentation to city and state agencies, processing of permit application,
  Assisting with construction bid selection,
  Coordination during construction, and
  Assisting with project close-out, punch list inspection, and Equipment and Operations manual.

• Architect

  VBN Architects

  (Architecture & Planning industry)

  2008 — 2009 (1 year)

• Architect

  DMJMH+N (AECOM)

  (Architecture & Planning industry)

  2002 — 2004 (2 years)

• Architect

  DMJM-H+N

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)

  January 2002 — June 2004 (2 years 6 months)

  San Francisco Office:
  Designer (Architect not yet licensed) - As a team player, created construction drawings for a range of projects: Fuel Cell Hanger, Reno ANG (Air National Guard) Base Supply Building,
  Produced illustrations for a Masterplan proposal for the ANG base in Martinsburg W.V.'
  Created queing plans, and layouts for baggage scanning equipment in various airports for the TSA.
  
  NASA Ames, Mountain View, CA Office:
  Designer (Architect not yet licensed) - As a team player, created construction drawings for a range of projects: Office renovation in an aged wind tunnel facility, Database driven code review and overall building assessment for over 90 buildings on the NASA Ames Campus., and
  Childcare Center.

• Designer/Construction Coordinator

  Ray Black & Son, General Contractor

  (Construction industry)

  November 1998 — December 2001 (3 years 2 months)

  Worked within the following roles in a team environment:
  - architect: creating drawings for a range of commercial projects, healthcare, commercial, retail, historic preservation
  -project manager: working with subcontractors to receive bids, coordinating bid packages, attending bid conferences, communicating design changes and processing change orders, final punch list inspection, project close-out.
  -web designer- learned on-the-job, and created the company's first web site.

Additional Information

Tom Biggs’s Websites:

• My Company

Tom Biggs’s Interests:

Computers and Architecture, Pen& Ink Drawing, Watercolor Painting, Historic Preservation, Typology and Style, Entrepreneurship, How Architectural Service can be Effectively Marketed on the Web, Organic Design, Frank Lloyd Wright, Civil Engineering, Patent writing

Tom Biggs’s Groups:

Rotary Club International
American Institute of Architects

•    UNC Charlotte College of Arts + Architecture Alumni

Tom Biggs’s Honors:

Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board, Oakland, CA.

Tom Biggs’s Contact Settings

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