Shail Sheth

Work experience

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July 2024 - ongoing // Project Specialist, 
Corgan Associates, Orlando, FL

• Data Center Sector, Assisting the team leader in planning, technical development, and contract drawings.

• Coordinated architectural planning, design development, and construction documentation while ensuring compliance with budget, zoning, and building codes.

• Coordinated with internal teams, clients, and agencies, and developed procedural manuals, construction drawings, and documents.

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May 2023 - August 2023 // Architecture Intern, 
Buchart Horn Architects, Pittsburgh, PA​

• Actively engaged in various aspects of the design process from conceptualization for the projects, creating drawings (representational + construction), and participating in site inspections and visits to clients. 

• The experiences provided valuable insights into the practical challenges of architecture and construction, honed my communication skills, and deepened my understanding of the dynamic interplay between form, function, and the broader built environment. 

• Projects exposure: K to 3 school (construction administration + site inspections), Shed restoration (creation of existing site drawings + client briefing), Cider bar and brewery (concept developments + preliminary presentation), High school (construction drawings + administration), and Army barracks (construction drawings rectifications)

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August 2022 - May 2024 // Design Fabrication Lab Monitor, 
School of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University

• Assisted and guided students with fabrication processes such as Laser cutting, 3D printing (PLA, PVA, and powder printing), CNC routing, and vacuum forming.

• Administrative responsibilities such as stocking, material storage, and bookkeeping.

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October 2020 - October 2022 // Self Employed, Design projects

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The Line of Flow, Commercial retail interiors. Tile display center. 
(location: Morbi - India, area: 4300 sq.ft, budget: $50000, not executed)

• Developed interior display system shop and fabrication drawings.

• Coordination and communication with the contractor for the on-site execution process and budget development. 

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Rawfined, Office interiors. Emereld LLP. 
(location: Morbi - India, area: 800 sq.ft, budget: $31250, completed)

• Conceptualized, developed, and off-site fabrication of furniture, transportation, and logistical coordination.

• On-site visit and execution inspections.

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Framed Perspectives, Office Interiors. Pressure Jet company.

(location: Ahmedabad - India, area: 18000 sq.ft, budget: $125000, not executed)

• Conceptualized and formulated interior space planning and organization.

• Conceptualized and developed interior systems and furniture. Made client presentation drawings.

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Warmly Abode, Adaptive reuse residential interiors.

(location: Ahmedabad - India, area: 3500 sq.ft, budget: $37500, completed)

• Re-designed waterproofing and structural restorations of the existing structure.

• Conceptualized and formulated interior space planning and organization.

• Conceptualized and developed interior systems and furniture. Made client presentation drawings.

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June 2020 - February 2021 // Design Intern, andblack Design Studio, India 

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Breathing Skin, Kinetic installation (developing stage)

• Developed joinery and junctions in MDF material through kerfing techniques, and conceptualized the movement forms of the installations.

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Wooden Bicycle design (pilot prototype executed, budget: $2000)

• Developed the form of the cycle frame, and made shop and fabrication drawings for wooden glulam elements and metal details.

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Residential Facade screen (completed)

• Developed the form of the cycle frame, and made shop and fabrication drawings for wooden glulam elements and metal details.

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UAE pavilion, Dubai Expo 2020 post-execution drawings

• Photo voltaic panel placements and nesting drawings of structural I beams.

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June - October 2018 // Interior Design Intern, Patel Vadodaria Design Research Studio (PVDRS), India

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AR + PR Twin bungalows, Residential interiors (completed)

• Site visit and furniture execution inspections.

• Designing and making construction drawings for the furniture.

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The ‘A’, Office interiors (completed)

• Developed space planning variations and preliminary design iterations for the interiors and furniture.