ABOUT PLAGER ARCHITECT

About David "Josh"ua Plager, AIA, NCARB

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US Board certified Architect with Thirty (30) years of experiences - helping owners to design, permit, and construct their super simple (or very complex), private and public sector works, from concept to enjoyment. Marquee clients include Amazon, Intel and United Airlines, the United States Navy, and Veterans Affairs... and my mom's house.

Site/building expertise:
• Investigation, evaluation, consultation, and advice
• Work planning design budgets, schedules, and proposals
• Planning studies, designs, drawings, and specifications
• Special, and technical consultant selection, and coordination
• Code, and regulation compliance, and government review assistance
• Building information modeling (BIM), augmented, and virtual realities
• Bid document and client, and contractor agreement assistance
• Contract administration, and construction observation

Markets:
• Residential: single-family, apartment, senior housing, and assisted living homes (dwellings)
• Mixed Uses: mixtures of residential and commercial uses within low, mid, and high-rise structures
• Commercial: mall, offices, shops and restaurants, storage and distribution stand-alone and reused assets
• Recreational: public parks, gymnasiums, coliseum
• Educational: primary, secondary and higher education facilities
• Healthcare In-Patient & Out-Patient Care Facilities: surgery, exam, diagnostic, office, dietetic, IT, HR, etc.
• Hospitality: hotel, and motel
• Industrial: water reclamation, semi-conductor, data center, and food/beverage factories & infrastructures
• Justice: juvenile detention and maximum security prisons
• Civic: museum, arena, and stadium conceptual design
• Data: datacenters
• Transit: bus and light rail maintenance and stations
• Historic: NTHP district and structure, nomination and review
• Forensic: site and building analysis, research, and reports

Permits obtained in CA, OR, WA, AZ and VA jurisdictions to construct:
• Assembly, business, educational, factory, hazardous, industrial, retail, residential, and storage uses w/in
• Type-I, II, III, IV and V stand alone, and mixed use structures

Contracts:
US Federal; American Institute of Architects; Association of General Contractors; custom

Software:
•    Revit, BIM360 X, Enscape, Word, Excel, Bluebeam, PowerPoint, In-Design, Zoom/Meet, etc.

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Under "More" you'll find portfolio examples of my 30 year history, engaged with site and building owners, other architects, engineers, and building contractors, to design, and to construct: residential, mixed-use, commercial, recreational, educational, healthcare, hospitality, religious, industrial, justice, civic, data, transit, and historic spaces and places.

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A big thanks to my clients and employers for their guidance, financial support, and allowance to present shared works within this site: George Foy & Associates, Dennis Diego Architect, PC, Thacher & Thompson Architects, Robert Palmer, AIA, LRS Architects, Inc, MCM Architects Inc, LSW Architects, PC, Ankrom Moisan Architects, Sienna Architecture Company, Jacobs (formerly CH2M Hill), KMD Architects, Lynx Studio LLC, Department of Veterans Affairs, Waterleaf Architecture, MCA Architects, PC, Kraemer Design Services, Inc. (KAEKO), S3DA Design, and James Heimler, Architect, Inc.