Resume site for Darrel Biggs

Thank you for visiting my Resume Site.

You will find a copy of my current resume and some samples of my recent design work.

I am seeking employment with a Landscape Architecture, Engineering or Architecture Firm or an established Design/Build company. I am willing to relocate and I will consider overseas employment on a contract basis. I am interested in a work environment that allows me to continue to fine tune my skills, learn from others in a positive atmosphere, and to push the limits of design. I enjoy working with people, clients and organizations and I have very good public speaking and presentation skills.

Do you need to expand, grow or target a new market? I do have management experience, and I would be interested in a management position with a Design/Build Company, a company that works with or would like to expand into High-End Residential projects or would like to step up the quality, income and profitability. I have excellent people skills and good management background, I do know how the business works.

If you would like to see additional information please let me know.  I have hard copies of my work that I can send upon request. If you know of another company that might be looking for someone with my talents, please forward my site to them or send me an e-mail address or phone number and I will contact them. This site was last updated April 14, 2003

                                        QUALIFICATIONS

                                        EDUCATION

2000 - 2001                       CAD 2000, Computer Aided Design, Mesa Community College

1977-1982                         Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Plans, Details and Renderings:

                Plans and Details:

All plans and renderings where done in a 24x36 format and either scanned and reduced or photographed (renderings).

Entry Remodel with Water feature, this was a $350,000 remodel for a Scottsdale Resort, the plan was done in CAD2000, the elevations and details below where hand drawn.  These are 2 of 9 pages submitted and approved and built.

The following are 2 of 10 sheets. Designed and hand drafted which included: entry details, signage, paving,  landscaping, water features, color beds, and irrigation for the entry and drive into a residential airpark in the Phoenix area.

The Following are all High end Residential projects and Details which I designed and hand drafted, some include some elevations and basic details. These where prepared for initial presentation  concepts, renderings and costing.  Complete details and additional specifications came after the sales agreement. Some of these projects where built as designed others where modified, but they represent portion of my design and drafting talents.

lakeside property

$1.5 million Estate in the Citrus Groves, design included house location on the lot to optimize the setting, drives, walks, patios, water features, deco walls and wrought iron, and of coarse the plants and materials for the landscaping.

Beehive Fire Place Detail

Renaissance Bridge Designs

$900K Home in the Citrus Groves, I designed the pool, drives and walks and the landscape.

Renderings:

These are a few rendered presentation plans for residential clients. These are not the same plans as above. I designed pools, drives, entry walks and courtyards, water features and landscaping, deck design and materials, plant and tree selection.

front close-up of next rendering

If you would like further examples please call or e-mail me.

mailto: darrel@idesigngardens.com

or go to my web site at:   http://www.idesigngardens.com

Thank you for taking the time to review my resume and these samples of my work, below is a brief personal history that describes in a little more detail how I grew up in the business developing my skills and gaining practical experience.

Darrel Biggs

Personal History:

In 1969 my Father started a retail nursery business which grew into a full fledge Design/Build Landscape company. Always on the cutting edge of ideas and procedures we were one of the first companies to utilize computers to do our bidding and estimating, in the early 80's we bought our first computer which cost over $6000, it had a 6" B&W monitor and didn't have much more capacity then today's calculators. We understood the necessity to monitor and calculate in all time and materials and the overhead of the construction process. As a family business, myself and four brothers grew up doing everything. My knowledge is based on a solid background of landscaping from the ground up, from trenching and digging holes, gluing pipe to crane setting 72"trees and 30 ton boulders (yes, 30 tons) to supervising multiple crews, running a bobcat, backhoe, or dump truck, installing jobs in a small patio-home space to multi-family housing complexes and multi-million dollar homes. I grew to love the business and went on to get a bachelors degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Arizona, a 5 year undergrad program that was strong in graphic arts and design, site analysis and presentation preparation.

After graduating I went back into the family Design/Build business for several years and continued to learn by doing. Concentrating more on the design and sales aspects I have worked on and designed projects from one of the hottest spots in the country, Bullhead City, Arizona,  to one of the wettest areas in North America, Washington and Oregon. Projects have ranged over the years from small residential homes to Multi-million dollar estates on top of granite-rock mountains in Scottsdale, Arizona, parks, multi-use retention basins, commercial complexes, multi-family housing, water features, landscape art, lighting, street-scapes, entertainment sites, putting greens and swimming pools, fireplaces and fire pits, bar-b-que's, outdoor kitchens, gas and electrical, decorative walls, seat walls and retaining walls, lakeside homes, grading and drainage nightmares, flagstone, pavestone, culture stone, exposed-ag, parking lot design and layout, church properties, ramadas, arbors, screen walls, decking, natural and man-made boulders and more.

Above is my Resume, I want you to understand what is behind that resume, that I have both a practical knowledge built on 25+ years actual experience and a degree in Landscape Architecture. When I do a site analysis, review a plan, design a space, draw a detail, I have a very good understanding of what is happening or going to happen based on a solid background of experience. But, I also continue to learn through observation and pushing the boundaries and designing outside the box, I know I don't know everything, I am teachable, I'm not afraid to ask questions and search for the answers and I am always seeking more knowledge.