Carlos J. Cardoso, AIA, Associate Partner, Beyer Blinder Belle
Martin (Marty) Sell, AIA, MBA, President and CEO of MSA Integrated Project Delivery

This webinar is the first in a series of four webinars to be offered in 2009 by the Design-Build Knowledge Community. Topics covered in this session will include:

(Attendees at this session are eligible for 1.5 LU. An attendance sheet will be provided in the pre-session materials that must be returned to the AIA in order to process the credits.)
 
About Speaker:
Carlos J. Cardoso, AIA, Associate Partner, Beyer Blinder Belle
 
Mr. Cardoso's work experience has emphasized construction administration and project management. In his role as Director of Construction Administration, he coordinates all of Beyer Blinder Belle's construction activities. To support his efforts, he has composed a team of field architects with diverse experience in construction management, technical construction expertise, and hands-on field experience on the construction site.
 
Mr. Cardoso is currently working with the firm's Washington, DC office on Rosslyn Central Place, a mixed-use development whose two towers will be the tallest in the Washington metropolitan area. The project has been recognized by the Washington Smart Growth Alliance for exemplifying smart growth characteristics, and is targeted for LEED certification. Other notable projects he has worked on for cultural, institutional, and commercial clients include the Natick Collection, the renovation and expansion of a high-end shopping center in Natick, MA, and the Columbia University School and Faculty Housing, a new 12-story mixed-use building on the University's Manhattan campus.
 
Mr. Cardoso implemented the addition of a Design-Build Division within Beyer Blinder Belle in the belief that this alternate delivery method is beneficial for certain clients and projects. He considers it to be an important tool to teach young architects about collaboration among all members of a team, and this philosophy has led to many successful project completions.
 
Mr. Cardoso is a member of the advisory council for the Dean of Architecture at the City College of New York and is a licensed architect in New York and New Jersey. Mr. Cardoso was recently nominated to the AIA Design Build Knowledge Community-Advisory Group, where he will serve a 5-year term beginning in 2009. He is a graduate of the City College of New York (B.Arch.).
 
Martin (Marty) Sell, AIA, MBA, President and CEO of MSA Integrated Project Delivery
 
Martin (Marty) Sell, AIA, MBA is President and CEO of MSA Integrated Project Delivery, an integrated architectural, engineering, and construction management firm with fourteen offices located throughout Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota. He is also the president and founder of RKETEK.COM, LLC, a consulting, communications and business strategy firm serving the needs of the design and construction community.
 
He has extensive Design-Build experience. For fourteen years -- serving at varying times in the roles of Project Manager, Principal in Charge, Director of Marketing, Chief Operating Officer and CEO -- Marty, helped grow a ten person Midwestern Design-Build firm into a 150 person firm, and one of the Top 20 Commercial Design-Builders in the country. During that time the firm received numerous awards for architectural design, construction project safety, and outstanding business practices. In the five years that he served as COO and CEO, the design-build firm's sales grew from $35 million to $135 million annually and the firm tripled in size. Marty managed two separate mergers and acquisitions as a part of the rapid growth of the company. As COO and CEO the design-build company experienced the five most profitable years in its history. During this period, the company experienced 65 consecutive months of profits.
 
Marty Sell, AIA has been a member of the American Institute for more than twenty-five years and has worked in both traditional architectural firms and as a design-builder. Marty has also been an associate member of the Associated General Contractors of American and the Associated Builders and Contractors. He is a Past-President of AIA Wisconsin, and was the Chair of the Wisconsin AIA150 Committee. From 2003 through 2008, Marty was a member of the AIA's Design-Build Knowledge Community Advisory Committee. This committee serves as the Design-Build educational arm of the American Institute of Architects nationally. In 2008, he served as co-chair this five-person committee for AIA nationally.
 
Marty received his Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies and Masters of Architecture degrees from the University of Wisconsin -- Milwaukee. In 2000, he earned his MBA from the University of Wisconsin -- Madison, School of Business. In 1997, Marty was named the UW Milwaukee Alumnus of the Year.