James V. Vitale, AIA, CSI, LEED AP, CASp
Riverside, Ca 92507 email: jvitale1@gmail.com
Resume
Summary – Five decades of architectural and interior design planning, real estate development, construction administration, forensic and accessibility investigations, trial testimony and teaching experience; working knowledge of construction, planning and zoning codes, and regulations with specific emphasis on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, UFAS, HUD and CBC for buildings and facilities. A primary participant/subject matter expert for the development of the Division of State Architect, Certified Access Specialist program and DSA Academy access training classes.
10/06 – Present – Senior Architect – Division of the State Architect – San Diego Regional Office
Access compliance plan reviewer, member statewide access team, CASp Program (Certified Access Specialist) SME, DSA Academy – Access Compliance Instructor
01/06 – 10/06 – Founder & Principal – AccessDesignAssociates, Inc. (ADAI)
Universal Design and Accessibility Consultancy, specializing in access training, site surveys & plan reviews
02/05 – Present – (SME) Subject Matter Expert – Department of State Architect (DSA)
Co-authored new exam for CASp Program (Certified Access Specialist), DSA Academy – Access Compliance Plan Review and Disability Awareness classes syllabus developer
09/02 – Present - Adjunct Professor – Mt San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
Teaching: Arch 14 – General Plans and Building Codes, Inspect 17 – Legal Aspects of Construction, Inspect 71 – Estimating, Inspect 70 – Construction Technology
09/02 – Present – Exam Commissioner – California Architects Board (CAB)
Architectural License Supplemental Exam Commissioner.
O9/01 – 12/05 – Project Manager/ Senior Associate - PBWS Architects, accessibility consultant to Department of State Architect (DSA); perform site surveys and plan checks of
K-12 & CC’s for conformance to CBC/ADA;
performed planning, design, construction administration and project management for PUSD elementary schools: Franklin (Type-V), Cleveland (Type-V) and Sierra Madre major building (Type-V & II) two (2) story; LAUSD – Middleton New Primary Center major building (T-II) two (2) story misc. modernizations; La Puente USD and West Covina USD; Dru King Medical Center Women’s Clinic tenant improvements (Type-I); Major Building: Adventure Park Gymnasium (Type-II) & Senior Center, Whittier;
Write specifications, mentor junior architects, perform business development, consult with firm principals.
04/01 – 09/01 – James V. Vitale, AIA
Forensic Architect – Asbestos Cases: Monterey Bay Aquarium & Cal Berkley, and consultant to Wells Fargo Bank home loan program
11/99 – 04/01 – Principal Project Architect – ArchEON Group, Los Angeles
Manage day to day operations of a 16-27 person architectural practice, Including: hiring, business development, contracts, collections, design development, project management, and construction administration of:
multifamily and senior housing, automotive facilities, historic preservation, office buildings, schools, tenant Improvements & warehouses.
Projects Include:
Design & Construction: Capitol Vision Equities – Eastside Village, (Type-V five & II two (2) story) over (1) parking, 48U HUD multifamily project, Watts
Planning & Design: Shepard Village for Seniors, Watts
Construction Admin: Washington Court, 156U multifamily rehab, Watts; various tax credit site reviews & design studies
Planning & Design: Rivani Brothers & Company, Saticoy Village (Type-V (five) three (3) story), 48U multifamily project, Winnetka
American Housing – Willow Tree Village, (Type-V (five) two (2) story, 48U multifamily project, Lakeview Terrace
Planning & Design: Sylmar, CA Village, 700U multifamily project; Redwood Village, 240U seniors, Mission Hills; Maple Tree Village, 48U multifamily project, Boyle Heights; Chancellor Hotel, Korea Town; various property studies in Los Angeles & Orange counties
Major Building: Belmont Corp – Belmont Village (Type-I (one) five (5) story Pre-stressed concrete), 156U assisted care, Hollywood; Bedford Condominiums, 4U Luxury, Los Angeles
Major Building: Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel renovation
Planning Design & Construction: Jiffy Lube (Type-V (five) one (1) story w/masonry basement – 2 locations: Sepulveda & Woodland Hills, CA
Major Building: Aroma Sporex – (Type-I & II) six (6) story Spa/retail/food court, parking structure & driving range, Los Angeles, CA
1/98 – 10/99 - Resident Engineer/Architect / Raytheon
Major Building: (Type-I & II masonry & steel) 1-3 story - Federal Aviation Administration Northern California TRACON facility, Rancho Cordoba. As resident engineer/architect, directed owners onsite construction administration team of consulting engineers in the design, construction and early delivery of a $28,000,000, 98,000 sq. ft. shell and core facility on 28 acres. Nine month early completion due to use of “Partnering”.
4/97 – 1/98 - James V. Vitale, AIA
Project Manager/Consultant/ HUD-Multifamily Construction loan inspector/Forensic Architect
30,000 sq. ft. corporate offices (Type III, two story) - planning, design, construction administration; property inspections, construction defect and roofing material defect claims, court appointed referee; historic preservation/ investigation of a 1912 bank building, Aguilar, CO & 1908 Italian Hall @ Old Plaza – Los Angeles
4/95 – 4/97 - Project Manager/Wildan
City of Santa Monica MERL (Multifamily Earthquake Repair Loan) Program; managed the loan application, site evaluation (including historic building surveys) plan & construction contract review process for the placement of $33,000,000 of HUD Home/CDBG funds, and oversaw the construction and/or rehabilitation and loan disbursements for 47 buildings with 615 units.
3/93 – 4/95 –Project Architect – James V. Vitale, AIA / Pizzulli Associates, Santa Monica
Corporate offices of Sony Entertainment – Santa Monica, facility planning and design of 115,000 sq. ft. on three floors Corporate offices of BMG, LTD – Beverly Hills, facility planning and design of 90,000 sq. ft on three floors.
3/91 – 4/95 - James V. Vitale, AIA
Real estate development consultant to Miller Investments, Northridge Earthquake Damage Assessment Inspector of single & multifamily properties & remediation architect, multiple locations in the San Fernando Valley
10/88 – 3/91 – Wagner-Hohns-Inglis
Forensic architect (including multifamily projects, school construction defect & cost claims, Stringfellow Superfund geologic researcher & personal injury claims), expert witness (variety of claims) & property condition assessor.
1970 – 1988
Draftsmen, space planner, job captain, technical director, interior designer, project manager, healthcare facilities planner & construction director, estimator, director of real estate development, & forensic architect for various local firms on local & national projects. Extensive knowledge of State and local codes & entitlement process, OSHPOD & DSA.
Projects included: Apartment buildings for Arklin Investments, Lycon Development & Miller Investments; In excess of 2,000,000 sq. ft of tenant improvements; property acquisitions for Bow investments (including Ambassador Hotel site development proposal); new & renovated single family residences throughout San Fernando Valley, Beverly Hills & west side, nursing homes & hospitals for National Medical enterprises & Summit Health in Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Colorado, Texas, Nebraska, Illinois, Kentucky & Tennessee
Recent Cases
2008 – Kemper vs. City of Folsom, Mediated settlement for plaintiff
Charles Duke Ferguson, Esq., de la O, Marko, Magolnick & Leyton, 3001 S.W. 3rd
Avenue, Miami, FL 33129.
Kemper vs. Fairmont Folsom LLC & CWS Apartment Homes, LLC,
Expert for plaintiff
Charles Duke Ferguson, Esq., de la O, Marko, Magolnick & Leyton, 3001 S.W. 3rd Avenue,
Miami, FL 33129.
1989 – 2008 – Numerous construction defect, personal injury, asbestos and
environmental legal research, deposition & trail testimony cases
License – Architect, State of California, C20030
- Certified Access Specialist (CASp), 007
Public Service – Governor’s Office of Emergency Services – DSW – Volunteer,
California Architect Board (CAB) Supplemental Exam Commissioner
Californians for Disability Rights Foundation (CDRF), Board Member
Member – AIA, CSI, ACIA, CAB, CALBO, ICBO, NFPA, CREIA, CASH, CCFC, CMAA & CSHE
Publications/ Speaking Engagements/Teaching
2008 – Inland Empire Chapter, AIA – presenter – “Universal Design & CBC 2007 updates”
– “There is Green in Blue”, article: AIA - Design for Aging Knowledge Community web newsletter
- NPR, Kojo Show – panelist, “Universal design”
- AIA/Access board, Washington D.C. – panelist, “Patient Transfer Systems”
- RespectAbility Conference, Los Angeles – panelist, “Universal Design for Residences”
2007 - “Access Plan Review” - DSA Academy, Primary Trainer
- “Inspector Overview – Access – DSA Academy, Primary Trainer
- Society of Registered Architects national convention – presenter, “ADA update”
2006 – “CASp & the DSA” CSI-LA continuing education program
- “What Inspectors should know before a project starts” ACIA Annual Symposium, Monterey
2005 – “What Architects expect of their inspectors” DSA IOR assistant inspector continuing education
- “Inspector Relationships with A/E & ADA, ACIA
- “ADA Inspection Opportunities” CREIA Spring Conference
2004 – “ADA & the Lodging Industry”, speaker Best Value Inns annual conference, Las Vegas
2003 – “Partnering”, speaker CCFC Conference, Sacramento
2003 – Date: Adjunct Professor, Mt. San Antonio College; Building Codes, Construction Technology,
Estimating, Legal Aspects of Construction classes
2002 – Guest Lecturer, Mt. San Antonio College, QC-QA of Construction Documents
2000 - “Green Materials”, speaker CRRA Convention, Sacramento
1999 – “Partnering” article, Walls & Ceiling Magazine
1992 – Bibliographic Researcher credit, Engineering Geology Practice in Southern California;
Special Publication No. 4, Association of Engineering Geologists, Star Publishing Company.
1991 – “Reflections on the Practice of Architecture”, Architecture California, Vol. 13, No. 3, CCAIA
1978 – “The Business of Interior Design”, contributing editor – commercial interiors
Education
DSA – Access Plan review, FLS & Inspector Update: 2005 - date
OSHPD – ACIA – Inspector update: 2008
CALBO – Access Plan Review: 2006
ADA Coordinators Conference: 2006
ADA Symposium – Kansas City: 2006
CSI National Conference Workshops: 2002 - 2006
AIA National Conference Workshops: 2000 – 2006
OES Training: 2005
OSHA Training: 1997
UCLA – Interior Design
California Polytechnic University @ Pomona – Urban Planning
California Polytechnic University @ San Luis Obispo - Architecture
Pierce College @ Woodland Hills - Architecture
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