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Active Registration:
Registered Architect, Oklahoma, 1963; Arkansas, 1991; Missouri, 1998
NCARB Certified, Registered Planner
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Mr.
Knowles has practiced architecture in Oklahoma since 1963. As an
11-year employee of Donald H. Honn & Associates, in Tulsa, he provided
architectural services for parks, institutional, educational,
correctional, religious, and renovation projects. He was recognized by
Better Homes & Gardens for outstanding single family residential
design, and his work for the
Conner Correctional
Center was featured in Progressive Architecture.
The cornerstone of
Mr. Knowles career has been the cost-conscious management of projects
throughout Oklahoma. His position as a Construction Arbitrator with the
American Arbitration Association Board and his arbitration experience on
projects ranging from $1 million to $5 million is evidence of his
invaluable skill as a Client-focused manager.
Since 1969, Mr.
Knowles has had extensive experience in design, quality assurance,
administration, construction review, and management for projects that
vary in scope and construction costs.
Mr. Knowles
knowledge of financing and his marketing skills have been instrumental
in the passage of several sales tax issues that have financed many
county projects. From the setting of the total project budgets,
operating cost, staffing analysis, assistance to the county financial
advisor and bond counsel, has enabled counties to pass sales tax issues
in the 60 and 70 percents.
Mr. Knowles has been
involved in the planning, design, management and QA/QC of numerous
Public Facilities, Offices, Industrial & Commercial Buildings,
Correction Projects, and Construction Management Projects. |
