Richard W. Fenner
Experience Highlights
- Project Manager for LSU Dental School and Health Sciences Center $45 million Campus Restoration after Hurricane Katrina
- Worked closely with State of Louisiana and FEMA representatives to develop Scope Alignment, Project Worksheets, and funding for complex project encompassing multiple sub-projects and multiple project phases
- Has worked as designer, project architect, specifications writer, estimator and project programmer.
- Oversees management of the firm’s computer technology and systems integration
Work Experience
1981 to Present: VergesRome Architects, New Orleans: Project Management experience includes:
- Project Manager, LSU Dental School and Health Sciences Center Campus Restoration
- Project Manager, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal Courthouse new construction, Gretna
- Project Manager for several projects at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- Project Manager for over sixty projects for the United States Postal Service in Louisiana and Mississippi including emergency assessments and repairs following Hurricane Katrina in 2005
- Plaquemines Parish School Board – multiple projects including South Plaquemines Elementary School and Library new construction; Belle Chasse Middle School renovation and addition; South Plaquemines High School
- Project Manager for renovation of New Orleans State Office Building
- Project Manager for the VAQ Tyer House renovation at Keesler Air Force Base
- American Bank Building, New Orleans, complete renovation including MEP upgrades and new computer technology accommodation
- Hibernia Bank (Capital One) high rise computer facility, branch banks and office renovations
- Christ the King Lutheran Church, Kenner
- Chalmette Church of Christ, Chalmette
Education
(Degree and Specialization)
Bachelor of Architecture
Ball State Universit
Current Professional Registration (State and Discipline)
- Registered Architect, Louisiana
- NCARB
Accomplishments
- Named as a partner of VergesRome Architects, 2003; Corporation Secretary
- Served AIA-New Orleans Chapter as Treasurer, Computer Users Group Committee Chairman, and Program Committee
