Howard C Wan, RA
26 Sweetwater Court,
Sugar Land, TX 77479
Ph: 281-565-6956
Cell: 832-606-7758
Email: hcwan@yahoo.com		

Education:
Bachelor of Architecture, University of Houston- Central Campus

Certifications/Licenses:
Registered Architect (Texas-1993)

Summary:	A total of Twenty two years of commercial plus eight years of Industrial experience as an Architect with experience ranging from custom homes, multi-family housing project, shopping center, mid-rise and high-rise office tower to Control Buildings, Laboratories, Warehouses, stick-build and prefabricated modular buildings found in the Oil and Gas or Chemical Plant environment. Responsibilities include all phases of Design, Planning, Detailing, Documentation, Material Take Off, Building Code Analyses, working with Specifications, Administration, Management and Execution. Proficient in various softwares like AutoCad, SketchUp, MicroStation, Words and Excel.

Work Experience:

Architect	
Fluor	SASOL Lake Charles Cracker Project
04/2015 - 01/2016	Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States

Fluor, in a Joint Venture with Technip, is managing the provision of engineering, procurement and construction management for a 1500 kTA ethane cracker and five derivative units (LDPE, LLDPE, EO/MEG, Guerbet, Ziegler, ETO).

Mainly responsible for all Change Management related works. Other responsibilities also include checking drawings, technical bid evaluations, reviewing specifications, writing scope of work…etc

Lead Architect	BASF CORPORATION
Fluor	Geismar, Louisiana, United States
10/2014 - 03/2015	

Lead Architect for the BASF Villanova Project in FEED stage. The Architectural scope includes, primarily, getting a rough estimate for four buildings namely: The MCC building, Monomer Make Up building, Reaction & Dryer building and Sieving Grinding & Loading building. This is a joint effort between the Fluor Houston office and the Fluor New Delhi office. My duties include meeting with clients, project leads and managers and be a liaison between New Delhi. Other responsibilities includes building code analysis, manpower estimate, drawing review…etc

Lead Architect	ANADARKO
Fluor	Mozambique Gas Development Project
05/2014 - 08/2014	Palma, Mozambique

A greenfield, self sustaining facility to be built in a remote region of Mozambique and comprising 2 LNG Trains (each 5.99 MTPA) and associated infrastructure including storage, marine terminal, power generation and other utilities.

Lead Pre-FID effort to revise site plan, building floor plans, exterior elevations, schedules...etc due to program changes after the completion of FEED. Documents affected include the General Building Specifications, Building List and Furniture List. Coordination between disciplines regarding all changes.

Lead Architect	The DOW Chemical Company (TDCC)
Fluor	Freeport, TX
05/2013 - 04/2014	

The project entails the engineering, procurement and construction of associated facilities, utilities and offsite to support a new Propane Dehydrogenation Unit and Ethylene Cracker Unit at Dow's petrochemical facility.

Lead Architect for the CSA group to provide MTO service for all architectural related items for the Dow Oyster Creek Control and Maintenance Building in Freeport, Texas. Due to the super fast track nature of the project, multiple addendum were being issued. At the peak, we have a five men team. The additional scopes we were involved with include providing design inputs, engineering, procurement, writing scope of work, field support, reviewing submittals, technical bid evaluation, and acting as a liaison between vendors and coordinate between all in-house disciplines.

Architect	SADARA Chemical Company
Fluor	Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia
12/2011 - 04/2013

Fluor is performing engineering, procurement, and construction management services for all utilities and offsite of a $20 billion project expected to be the largest single-phase development in the world.

Laboratory (01/13-04/13)
Lead architect for the laboratory and was responsible to review subcontractor's drawings and coordinate between disciplines to eliminate potential conflicts. Manage a team of four staffs 

Expat to Manila (06/12-12/12)
Took the assignment as building liaison to Fluor’s Manila office to train architectural staffs and to establish standards. Other areas of responsibility also includes checking all interfaces with other disciplines to eliminate any potential conflicts.

Control Building (12/11-12/12)
Lead a team of architects and designers in the production of a complete set of working drawings for the construction of the Control Building in the Steam Gen Area. Duties include design development of the control building, meeting with clients, coordinate between Structural, Electrical, HVAC and Controls. 

Architect	WOODSIDE Energy Ltd.
Fluor	Browse LNG Development
03/2011 - 10/2011	Perth, WA, Australia

FEED engineering was performed for a very large central gas processing facility consisting of a production platform bridge-connected to a quarters/utilities platform. 
Provide preliminary layout to both the Process Platform Module and the Living Quarter Modules and FEED level documents for the Process Platform Module.  
Architect	SARB
Fluor	Abu Dhabi, UAE
10/2010 - 02/2011	

Two SARB offshore artificial islands will have 86 wells, and an oil and gas process unit will be located onshore at Zirku Island to achieve 100 MSTBOD. Fluor is performing front-end engineering.

FEED documents: Prepare CADD drawings for four different building types on site from a wide range of conceptual stages. Duties include design development, client interface, programming, coordination between disciplines on tight schedule.  
Architect	EXXON Neftegas Limited
Fluor	Sak-1, Chayvo OPF Phase II Expansion
03/2009 - 11/2010	Yuzhno, Sakhalin Island, Russia

The project includes systems to increase the water handling and gas compression capabilities at the Onshore Pipeline Facility (OPF).

FEED: Assist lead architect with code analyses and preparing drawings for process modules and LERs to do material take off and client approval. Detailed Design:Worked on all windwalls and both air coolers to provide enclosure and work closely with Fluor Mechanical to identify areas on both modules that was in need of special design for flashing and header air seals. That part of detailing and coordination was done by the air cooler vendor in phase I and falls under Fluor's scope of work in phase II, none of which is typical installation.

Architect	EXXON Neftegas Limited
Fluor	Sak-1, Odoptu First Stage Production
12/2007 - 03/2009	Odoptu, Russia

Fluor was responsible for initial wellsite development, an onshore production facility, and a 79-km, 16-in. pipeline to the Chayvo offshore facility to produce 35,000 BPD oil and 80 MSCFD gas, with a project scope of FEED, EPCM, and commissioning.

Assist lead architect with code analyses, design, drafting, detailing, checking and coordinating construction documents for all process modules. Produce preliminary design and design intent drawings for the non-process area such as the multi-purpose building, warehouse, security gate house...etc

Project Architect	SPRING Condominium Corp.
Morris Architects	Austin, TX.
06/2006 - 12/2007	

44 stories, 250 units high-end residential tower with mixed use located on the edge of Downtown Austin overlooking Town Lake. It has cast-in-place concrete construction and PT slabs with in-slab mechanical ductwork. 

Responsible for building code analyses, construction documents from design development to detail construction documentation. Front-end meeting with client, consultants and general contractor. Site inspection and data collecting and evaluation.

Project Architect	WHITE LODGING
Morris Architects	Marriott Courtyard and Residence Hotel
05/2004 - 05/2006	Austin, TX

450 keys, 12 stories mixed hotel development in Downtown Austin. All concrete construction with CFMF wall assemblies and plaster finish.
Responsible for building code analyses, construction documents from design development to detailed construction documentation. Liaise between contractors and consultants. Site inspection.

Architect	
Morris Architects	MEMORIAL CITY MALL Renovations
03/2003 - 04/2004	Houston, TX

A total renovation and  remodeling of the existing mall structure and lease spaces including addition of a new ice-skating rink, anchor stores, restaurants, theater and retail spaces.
Responsible for construction documents and construction administration including field inspection and working with general contractor resolving pre-existing issues.

Architect	
Gensler	WILDFLOWER Resort Hotel
07/2002 - 12/2002	Dallas, TX

A total of six buildings on a professionally designed golf course anchored by a 488 keys five star hotel with a total of 640,000 gsf. Responsible for conceptual design and early design development during preliminary design.

Project Architect	
Gensler	UNITED WAY Regional Headquarter
10/2001 - 01/2003	Houston, TX

Project includes a two-story administration building, a single story community resource center and a parking garage. Both buildings are of tilt-up construction with masonry veneer while the parking garage is of precast concrete construction.

Responsible for conducting meetings with client and general contractor, design development, code research, detailing, construction drawings and field inspection.

Architect	
Gensler	ANADARKO Headquarter
09/2000 - 12/2001	Woodland, TX

High-rise company headquarter with over 880,000 gsf and a 2000 cars precast concrete parking garage.
Responsible for design development and construction documentation and code research of precast concrete parking garage.

Architect	
Gensler	WATERWAY PLAZA Two and Garage
01/2000 - 08/2000	Woodland, TX

Mid-rise office building with 160,000 gsf with a precast concrete garage
Responsible for construction documentation and code analyses for both office and garage.

Architect	
Gensler	1000 MAIN
06/1998 - 12/1999	Houston, TX

High-rise office tower with 865,000 gsf and a 2000 cars parking garage
Responsible for developing and documenting the podium levels and parking garage

Architect	
Professional Design Group	GSA
06/1995 - 05/1998	Region Seven 	

Produced CAD drawings of existing GSA buildings in region seven.
Responsible to carry out field inspection and verification to complete documentation.

Project Architect	
Simon Kwan & Associates	CLASS A Office Tower
03/1994 - 03/1995	Guangdong, China

40 stories Class A Office Tower in Guong Zhou, China. Site belongs to Chinese government and has a five star hotel that's partially built. Our task was to develop a new office tower next to the hotel with a shared drop off arrival podium and connected by a sky bridge. Site is extremely challenging due to adjacent existing buildings in meeting local building codes and finding room for vehicular and pedestrian traffic at the same time.

Responsible for conducting regular client and consultant meetings, travel between Hong Kong and Guong Zhou to make presentation and meet with local government representatives to obtain all necessary approvals and permits. Also manage and provide guidance to junior architects, draftsmen and other supporting personnel including renderer and model makers.

Architect	
PDG	USPS Renovations and Additions
06/1993 - 03/1994	Houston, TX

U.S. Post Office facility improvement from renovations to new additions.
Responsible for design development and construction documentation.

Architect	
PDG	RETAIL and OFFICE INTERIORS
06/1990 - 03/1994	Houston, TX

Retail Commercial Centers and Office Interior Fit-Out.
Responsible for providing preliminary design, design development, code research and construction documentation.

Architectural Designer	
Cann Architects	BUILDINGS & INTERIORS
08/1987 - 05/1990	Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Low to Mid-rise Office Buildings, Retail Centers/Markets, high-end residential projects and custom houses. Responsible for working with in-house designers and interior designers from preliminary design to construction documentation.

Architectural Designer	
PDG	INTERIOR FIT-OUT & MISC
03/1984 - 06/1987	Houston, TX

Ground up shopping centers, multi-family housing projects, custom homes and office lease space fit-out.
Responsible for providing conceptual design to construction documents.

Languages:

	Reading Proficiency	Speaking Proficiency	Writing Proficiency
English	Fluent	Fluent	Fluent
Chinese	Fluent	Fluent	Fluent