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Personal Greeting Alan Itzkowitz

ABI Specifications Consulting

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ABI Specifications Consulting
Buffalo Grove, IL

Bio

• Alan has over 37 years of specification writing, architecture, structural engineering, project management, quality control and administrative management experience. He is proficient in master specification systems including MasterSpec, Spectext, Specsintact, SpecLink and PerSpective, office masters and client specific master specifications including the State of Illinois Capital Development Board, Chicago Transit Authority and Chicago Public Schools.
• His expertise is in the preparation of specifications including coordination of the project manual with other consultants, project management of multidisciplinary projects, architectural design, performing on-site observation during construction, and service as a disaster project officer/technical support specialist.
• He has managed the design and contract administration of projects including condition assessments for transportation, educational (primary, secondary and post-secondary), military, public works, police stations, fire stations, industrial and historic facilities and has been a presenter to trade associations and product manufacturers describing architectural design process and specification writing methods and processes.

Education

DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Masters in Business Administration (MBA), 1976
Systems
1976 To 1979

University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Bachelor of Architecture, 1973
Structures
1968 To 1973
Dissertation: Wind Effects on a 25 Story Rigid Frame
Advisor: Ed Hoffman

Job History

ABI Specifications Consulting
Specifications Consultant
Buffalo Grove, IL, United States
January 2011 - present

DeStefano Partners
Specification Writer
Chicago, IL, United States
November 2007 - December 2010

Earth Tech, Inc.
Senior Project Manager/Specification Writer
Chicago, IL, United States
July 1989 - November 2007