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WILLIAM KRUEGER

3758 E. Carpenter Avenue,

Cudahy, WI 53110

(414) 791-1331 William@

BACKGROUND SUMMARY

Architectural and Historic Preservationist with significant, progressive experience in architectural design, historic structures preservation, construction technology, building documentation and university graduate-level historic preservation instruction.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SightLine, LLC, Milwaukee, WI 2007-Present

Vice President

• Three Dimensional Laser Scanning and As-Built Documentation

• Provide clients with 2D drawings and/or 3D Models of Scanned data

• Preservation Consulting, Archiving Heritage Works, Reproduction of Architectural Elements

• Façade Studies, Building Information Modeling, 2 Dimensional and 3 Dimensional Analysis

• Customer interaction and relations

WILLIAM KRUEGER, Milwaukee, WI 2006-2007

Freelance architectural designer and consultant.

Principal

• Design new and re-design existing homes and businesses for clients in Southeastern Wisconsin.

• Conduct historically and architecturally compatible renovations of existing historic homes.

• Create and executed architecturally sensitive adaptive reuse plans of structures for commercial purposes.

HISTORIC PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT, CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Milwaukee, WI 2006-2009

Wisconsin’s largest municipally sponsored historic preservation department.

Consultant

• Direct the application of historic structure standards, building codes and federal, state and local regulations.

• Guide clients through the Certificate of Appropriateness Program process of the City of Milwaukee.

• Advise owners of historic structures on the documentation requirements and filing procedures, resolving technical issues arising from proposed restoration and renovations projects.

• Conduct research of historic structures and related historical figures.

• Reorganized and redesigned the filing system of the Historic Preservation Department resulting in improved client response time and recouping of missing historical documents and data.

• Noted for quality, timely customer service and resolving disputes through tactful, diplomatic collaboration and respectful leadership.

BUILDING BLOCKS, Chicago, IL 2005-2007

Midwest business representative for Gladding – Mc Bean, leading international manufacturer of terra cotta for the architectural restoration profession.

Project Liaison

• Manage the day-to-day communication between the manufacturer, building contractors and architects for the terra cotta restoration of Milwaukee’s City Hall, one of the largest and most historic structures in the State of Wisconsin.

• Conduct field identification and assessment of terra-cotta surfaces across the entire building surface.

• Manage precise measurement program for terra cotta manufacturer.

• Direct team responsible for record keeping, inventory and storage of historic building components.

JAROSZ-LYNCH ARCHITECTS, Milwaukee, WI 2003-2004

Architects specializing in Historic Preservation and architectural restoration consulting

Architectural Assistant

• Created existing conditions drawings from structure surveys.

• Responsible for preparing designs, drawings, finished presentations for clients.

• Provided architectural services assistance to company owners on numerous architectural projects, specializing on projects needing historic preservation expertise.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, Milwaukee, WI 2002-Present

Nationally recognized in the training of architects and historic architectural preservationists

Adjunct Professor

• Managed woodshop overseeing six employees

• Instructed architecture students in the use of woodworking equipment

• Scheduling

Preservation Researcher

Conducted historic and architectural research for the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Historic Preservation Institute. Retained as a paid researcher after initially working on a volunteer basis for the Historic Preservation Institute.

• Performed primary architectural and historic research.

• Designed and prepared several Institute exhibitions and special shows for the public.

• Re-organized and consolidated the Institute’s filing system.

• Successfully recruited students for the Institute’s summer study abroad programs directly contributing to quadrupling the Institute’s programs during this period.

Teaching Assistant

Taught graduate and undergraduate architecture students for the Restoration and Preservation Studies Program in San Gemini, Italy for three years.

• Prepared and delivered lectures on historically accurate restoration techniques and technology.

• Directed student participation in hands-on workshops of an 11th century Roman Catholic Church.

• Created existing conditions drawings for buildings from conducted surveys.

• Performed archeological explorations to determine the evolution of various historic structures.

• Directly performed technically demanding or sensitive conservation and restoration work.

• Organized tours of architectural restoration and conservation projects throughout central Italy.

Faculty Assistant

Assisted in the organization and development of the Institute’s Japan Preservation Studies program, an intensive three-week program of lectures and workshops creating existing conditions drawings of an early 20th century traditional Japanese “Ryokan” inn.

• Trained graduate students on historic documentation techniques.

• Created existing conditions drawings from conducted surveys.

• Organized tours and lectures of architectural restoration and conservation projects throughout Japan.

EDUCATION /HONORS/AFFILIATIONS

Master of Architecture, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Bachelor of Science Degree, Architectural Studies, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Guest Lecturer- Ballarat University, Ballarat, Australia

Tour Guide and Docent - Frank Lloyd Wright of Wisconsin’s Historic Burnham Street

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