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Ms. Kahne O'Banion, AIA

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Merge Architects

Project Manager
Houston, TX
United States
77006

Bio

I love Architecture. I love the practicality and necessity of it as Housing and Work Places are a basic way to conduct one's life!

I enjoy making families and individuals happy to be home, work, worship, play, & active through my profession. It is rewarding to know that what I build is going to be there after I am gone....it is my prodginy, so to speak. The two best projects thus far in my career were a new Cancer Center in Baton Rouge that I worked on and actually designed the Chemo Floor. 10 years later my Father received Chemo on that same floor along with my best friend's father.....it was a direct connection with the built environment that I never pictured when just a greenhorn just out of college. Another was a High School in League City, Texas that was my project and that my niece and nephews now attend. My Nephew and his classmates were the first graduating class in the new building, that started as a Freshman in the old school.....so rewarding and they are so proud of their Aunt. Architecture is an amazing field and no two days are alike and no project is the same. Because of the constant flux and the different personalities I deal with each day, I have become a more trustworthy and dedicated Architect. It is all about the serving the common good and creating memories for countless people.

Specialties

Accessibility Compliance, Analysis of Alternates / Substitutions, Architectural Design, Bidding / Negotiation, Building Measurement, Code Compliance, Computer Applications, Construction Documentation: Drawings, Construction Documentation: Specifications, Construction Management, Contract Administration, Demolition Services / Planning, Design-Build, Existing Facilities Surveys, Furniture, Furnishings, and Equipment Installation Administration, Historic Preservation, Interior Design, Materials Research / Specifications, Observation Services, Programming, Project Administration, Record Drawing, Schedule Development / Monitoring, Site / Land Surveying, Space Planning, Special Disciplines Consultation, Special Furnishings Design, Submittal Services, Sustainable Building Design, Tenant-Related Services, Testing and Inspection Administration

Affiliations

National Council of Architectural Registration Boards

Interests

Interior Design, learning Sketch Up, mentoring interns, becoming LEED credentialed

Education

Louisiana Tech University

Bachelor of Architecture
1987 To 1992

Louisiana Tech University

Bachelor of Architecture
1987 To 1992

Job History

Proem Design Build / Merge Architects

Architect Project Manager / Senior Project Architect
Houston, TX, United States
August 2006 - present

PBK Architects

Project Manager
Houston, TX, United States
August 2004 - August 2006

Guild Hardy Architects (now Eley Guild Hardy Architects)

Project Manager / Project Architect
Bilxoi & Gulfport, MS, United States
May 1997 - June 2004

Slaughter Allred & McNabb

Intern Architect / Project Captain
Baton Rouge, LA, United States
September 1996 - May 1997

Slaughter Allred McNabb

Architect Intern / Job Captain
Pascagoula, MS, United States
September 1996 - May 1997

Coleman and Partners Architects

Architect Intern / Job Captain
May 1993 - September 1996

Coleman and Partners Architects

Architect Intern / Job Captain
May 1993 - September 1996

J. E. Merit Constructors

Construction Worker / Pipe Fitter
Baton Rouge , LA, United States
May 1992 - May 1993
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