Robert T. Matschulat is an accomplished, competent, respected, and ethical professional who is committed to excellence in educational facilities and improving the myriad processes related to their development.
With a career nearly equally divided between the public and private sectors, his experience and capabilities cover the entire educational facility life cycle, ranging from the macro level of standards and conceptual planning to the micro level technicalities of construction details and contract specifications. He is a registered architect, an awarded educational facility planner, and a Certified Construction Specifier.
Robert Matschulat is uniquely qualified to address the technical aspects of educational issues as well as the educational implications of technical issues.
Beyond architecture, his accomplishments include the definition, development and/or management of many thousands of individual projects that were coordinated into some of the largest and most successful public school capital improvement programs in Colorado state history, totaling over $1.6 billion, adjusted to current value. He has researched, developed, and managed both educational and technical standards for the largest school district in Colorado, which in turn, have been fully or partially adopted by other school districts and public entities.
He has developed and implemented protocols to apply such standards to assessment and management of school facilities. He has created and applied models for school building capacity, utilization, project prioritization, construction cost analysis, capital program budgets, and proactive facility management.
Robert Matschulat is a team facilitator and consensus builder. His approach is evidence-based and mission-focused. He is inclusive, having collaborated with hundreds of diverse people and groups including educators, boards, administrators, citizens, and students to develop and successfully implement capital projects for Colorado schools.
He is a creative critical thinker and problem solver able to comprehend and analyze complex quantitative, qualitative, spatial, and technical information. His superior communication skills serve to enhance stakeholder understanding and decision making.
Robert Matschulat is a lifelong learner dedicated to ongoing professional development, growth, and “giving back.” He is active in a number of professional organizations and recognized as a professional resource for educational facility planning, design, construction, and management in the Rocky Mountain region.
The depth and breadth of his professional expertise entails the entire educational facility life cycle from facility assessment to conceptual strategic planning to technical contract specifications, and nearly everything in between.