SD3 Drafting Service and Design

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SD3 Drafting Service and Design is a small, home-based business that was created in 1998. Located in Barberton, Ohio, SD3 Drafting Service and Design applies artistic expertise and technical skills to create Architectural plans, drawing sets, and construction documents for new homes, additions, or remodeling for various clients projects. Various drafting and designing skills and techniques are utilized and applied to residential, architectural, commercial, and structural applications. Feel free to contact SD3 at SD3DraftDesign@neo.rr.com if you are in need of plan sets or if you have a construction project going on that you need Architectural or Structural drawings for.

The owner and operator of SD3, Stephen P. Despot, III, is a 1994 graduate of Stark Technical College (now known as Stark State College of Technology) in North Canton, Ohio and has an Associates Degree in the Architectural Civil Engineering Technology. He was a recipient of the Timken Foundation Scholarship while a student at Stark Technical College and currently has over 20 years of experience in Drafting and Design from on-the-job experiences, miscellaneous side projects, and college course criteria. He has developed Architectural plan sets in both the residential and commercial construction fields.

He is a Drafter with comprehensive experience preparing plans and specifications for the completion of commercial, public, and residential buildings. He has a proven ability to prepare detailed and organized drawings of Architectural and Structural designs which include plans, deviations, and sections. He is highly experienced in leveraging technical expertise in all versions of AutoCAD. He is skilled in applying creativity to create highly organized, appealing, efficient, and detailed drawing sets for construction purposes.

He has worked in the residential home-building business doing Architectural Drafting and Project Estimating for Wagler Homes Inc. (Uniontown, Ohio) and most recently for Prestige Homes (Hudson, Ohio). Some of the duties involved were, but not limited to:
• Applying alterations to prototypes and base plans of residential house plans.
• Reproducing drawings onto AutoCAD from manually drafted plan sets.
• Developing Architectural drawing sets for residential and luxury home building projects throughout Northeast Ohio on homes ranging from 4,000 sq./ft. to 8,000 sq./ft.
• Preparing foundations, floor plans, elevations, roof plans, and plan details.
• Applying artistic expertise and technical skills to create plans, drawing sets, and construction documents for the sales department, engineers, and clients.
• Ability to identify Architectural design problems and offer suggestions or creative ideas for a more efficient and cost effective design.
• Creating project budgets using Timberline estimating software and also customized Microsoft Excel spreadsheets for residential and luxury home building projects throughout Northeast Ohio.
• Estimating rough construction materials from completed drawing sets – foundations, concrete, block, brick, waterproofing, lumber, walls, rough framing, trusses, and all roofing systems.
• Estimating finish construction materials from completed drawing sets – siding, stone, exterior and interior finishes, electrical, plumbing, insulation, drywall, painting, wood trim, flooring, and into completion of project.
• Building Andersen and Simonton window quotes for each project using Andersen IQ and Simonton Window pro software.

Mr. Despot also has developed commercial Architectural experience while working for Krumroy Construction Company (Akron, Ohio) and also a few years of Structural Steel Detailing while working for Teeling and Associates (Akron, Ohio). Some of the duties involved were, but not limited to:
• Developing Structural drawing sets for concrete and steel stair layouts, power plants, and large precast concrete silos throughout the United States.
• Preparing steel construction details and plan sets.
• Applying technical skills to create plans, drawing sets, and construction documents for clients and engineers.
• Developing commercial and industrial Architectural and Structural drawing sets for bidding and construction purposes.
• Preparing foundations, floor plans, civil site plans, interior and exterior elevations, wall details, building cross sections, roof plans, plumbing, structural, electrical, and HVAC layouts.
• Applying artistic expertise and technical skills to create drawing sets and color renderings for various clients and engineers.

Mr. Despot is also highly experienced with various hand and power tools. He is self-educated in various skilled trades such as carpentry, home-building, framing, roofing, residential electrical, plumbing, drywall installation and finishing, painting, wood working, trim carpentry, window and door installation, and landscaping.

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