ELTHON DECASTILLO, BArch.

, BSCE
5265 NW 194th Lane Miami Gardens, FL 33055 Home: (305) 620-4764 Mobile: (305) 609-9459
E-mail: elthonengineer@bellsouth.net

OBJECTIVE: To seek a position in an architectural and/or engineering organization that will utilize my strong drafting, cost-estimating and management skills, as well as educational and professional experience background to execute to completion related-field projects through all phases of development while partaking in the organizations growth.

QUALIFICATIONS: Development of architectural, landscape, structural and MEP engineering plans. Shop drawings and cost-estimating experience in structural steel. Project management skills with consultants, building officials, and field personnel. Throughout knowledge in the following codes: FBC, ACI 318, ACI 530, ASCE 07, NEC, ASME, ASHRAE, ADA, AISC, SJI, NDS and local zoning ordinances. Proficient in AutoCAD, Quickbooks, MS Project, and MS Office and intermediate in MicroStation, VisualAnalysis, Revit, AutoCAD Civil 3D, STAAD.pro computer applications. Basic reinforced concrete and structural steel design for simple structural components. Fluently in both English and Spanish languages. WORK EXPERIENCE: July 2010- September 2010 All Valley Engineering Corporation, Hollywood, FL Surveying Field Consultant (Temp.) Smart Grid electrical and communications equipments (smart meters, relays, access points) field surveyor for Silver Spring Networks and FP&L under All Valley Engineering.

March 2008- June 2009 Aerial Precast Concrete and Structural Steel, LLC., Davie, FL Drafting Engineer / Supervisor & Estimator Engineering drafting department supervisor and Sr. CADD technician. Analysis and design of structural steel, and reinforced concrete panels with open-web steel joists for roof and floor structural systems. Development of structural steel shop drawings. Assisted lead estimator in the RFPs, RFQs and steel take-offs for proposals. Steel joists designed as per SJI Specifications. January 2003- December 2007 ReyMar & Associates, LLC., Miami, FL Architectural & Engineering CADD Technician / Project Designer Architectural, structural and MEP engineering Jr. Designer and lead CADD technician. Structural analysis, design, and drafting under the supervision of a structural engineer. Scheduled building departments meetings with building officials for project permit-related progress discussions. December 2000 April 2002 Joseph B. Kaller & Associates, Inc., Hollywood, FL Architect intern / CADD Technician Jr. Designer for residential/commercial projects under the supervision of project architect. Set up inspection-related meetings with field personnel at job sites.

May 1998 August 1999 Nyarko Architectural Group, Inc., North Miami Beach, FL Architectural & Engineering CADD Technician Development of architectural, structural, and MEP engineering construction documents for single and multi-family residential and commercial projects. RELATED EXPERIENCE: August 2009 Present ITT Technical Institute, Doral, FL Adjunct Instructor Currently lectures part-time evening classes at the college level in the areas of construction management, mechanics of materials, and CADD. EDUCATION: 1994 1995 1996 2003 Certificate of Architectural Drafting Miami Lakes Tech, Miami Lakes, FL B.A. Architecture Miami Dade College, Kendall, FL Florida International University, Miami, FL BS/MS Civil & Environmental Engineering Minor in Mechanical Engineering Florida International University, Miami, FL AIA, ASCE, ACI, ASME

2008 Present Memberships: REFERENCES:

Martin Proulx, G.C., Pres., Aerial Floor-Proulx Construction, LLC, (954) 321-0200 Reinaldo Martinez, R.A., Pres., ReyMar and Associates, LLC, (305) 223-2434 Sonia M. Torres, P.E., R.J. and Behar Company, Inc., (954) 261-5710 Ned Gill, Pres., All Valley Engineering Corp., (916) 448-2811 Eric Juhl, Project Mgr., Russell Engineering, Inc., (754) 214-3239 Julio Victores, Chair, ITT Technical Institute, (305) 477-3080