Oswaldo Palencia

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Address: 19 Sawin Street, Watertown, MA, 02472 - Tel: 508-735-7842
- Email: palenciao@yahoo.com

OBJECTIVE:
To obtain a position as a member of your CADD team where I can contribute &
learn about BIM, green design & design in general in a cooperative environment

SKILLS:
* Proficient with CAD 12-2011 * Strong analytical & pr
oblem solving skills
* Able to implement standards * Familiar with sustaina
ble sites LEED principles
* Proficient with Autoturn 5 & 6 * Able to produc
e professional quality drawings
* Proficient with Internet & e-mail * Intermediate L
evel Civil 3D 2008, 2010 & 2011
* Proficient with LDD 2004 & 2008 * Ability to wor
k independently & under pressure
* Proficient in the Spanish language * Proficient with Window
s 95, 98, NT, XP, Vista & 7
* Basic Photoshop, Photoshop Elements * Ability to communicate
in writing or verbally with
* Ability to follow & provide instructions team members

EXPERIENCE:
Sasaki & Associates, Inc. (Watertown, MA)
6/98-6-10
* Responsible for producing - in a timely manner- concepts, schematic design, d
esign development, bidding,
permitting, construction, construction administration documents & wide ran
ge of specialized drawings
* Responsible for folder/file management, back- ups, file transmittal & posting
to FTP site
* Managed CADD aspects of projects (urban, public, institutional & private/comme
rcial)
* Responsible for maintaining, updating & creating CADD standards/ CAD library
* Responsible for cross referencing of plans, details, sections & elevations
* Responsible for output quality of project graphics & deliverables
* Soft metrification - national & international projects
* New hire/ Intern CADD orientation
* Implemented CADD standards
* Managed Buzzsaw site
* Produced Layout plans
* Autoturn Studies/ fire truck
* Member of the company’s CADD standards committee
* Member of the company’s new technologies research group
* Implemented Army Corps of Engineers standards on several projects
* Responsible for CAD & product research/ details, city or project standards
* Responsible for coordination of CADD standards w/ team members & consultants
* Member of a multi-disciplinary CAD group – Ability to operate/ function in a profe
ssionally diverse
environment

Oswaldo Palencia
________________________________________
Address: 19 Sawin Street, Watertown, MA, 02472 - Tel: 508-735-7842
- Email: palenciao@yahoo.com
EXPERIENCE
CONTINUES:
Bohler Engineering (Southborough, MA)
9/00-9/02
* Autoturn studies/ fire & fueling trucks
* Responsible for bulk regulation calculations
* Responsible for zoning and bulk regulations research
* Produced other specialized plans such as lighting and photometric plans
* Responsible for producing – in a timely manner - concepts, color renderings, sche
matic design, design
development, bidding, permitting, construction, construction administration
documents & wide range of
specialized drawings
Bruce Saluk & Associates, Inc. (Westborough, MA)
8/97-10/98
* Digitized drawings
* Member of survey crew
* Performed general office tasks
* Performed Diazzo reproduction
* Performed computer drafting & hand drafting
* Performed research at registries of deeds, departments of public works, city h
alls & city engineer’s offices
Massachusetts Air National Guard (Westfield, MA)
8/94-10/98
* Rapid runway repair
* Member of survey crew
* Performed hand & computer drafting
* Maintained base plans utilizing field collected data
* Produced plans for the implementation of the base’s master plan
* Involved in the design of the base's main gate landscape & of a static displa
y
* Member of the multi-disciplinary civil engineering squadron – Ability to operat
e in a professionally diverse
environment

EDUCATION:
Community College of the Air force (Westfield, MA)
8/94-10/98
* College coursework completed/ Construction Technology * Engineering Jo
urneyman, 288 hours
* Apprenticeship in Civil Engineering, 414 hours * Milita
ry Customs and Courtesies,
6 weeks
University of Massachusetts (Amherst, MA)
1/92-5/97
* Bachelor's Degree * Environmental
Design
* Cum Laude * Dean's List
* Coursework in Landscape Architecture
Holyoke Community College (Holyoke, MA)
1/94-5/94
* Coursework in Art * Dean’s List
Bunker Hill Community College (Charleston, MA)
1/90-5/92
* Coursework in Liberal Arts * Dean’s List
WORK SAMPLES
& REFERENCES: Available upon request.