| Ohio Department
of Administrative Services Ted Strickland, Governor Hugh Quill, Director |
News Release Office of Communications |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Ron Sylvester
Monday, Oct. 1, 2007 Phone: (614) 728-8698
Email: ron.sylvester@das.ohio.gov
DAS Announces New State Architect
Craig Weise Begins Work This Week
(Columbus) – A veteran of state construction project
design and management has joined the Ohio Department of Administrative
Services as head of the State Architect’s Office (SAO).
“State government and
the contracting and design communities should be very pleased with
the appointment of Craig Weise as Ohio’s new state architect.
Craig has proven himself an excellent designer and project manager
in the public and private sectors,” said Hugh Quill, DAS director.
“Craig was selected for his
well-rounded understanding and accomplishments in design and construction
management. His experience for the last seven years with the Ohio School
Facilities Commission (OSFC) managing projects and dealing with various
stakeholders – from local school districts to general contractors and
trade contractors – has prepared him for the position of State Architect.”
For the past four years,
Weise has served as Deputy Chief of Projects for OSFC. During this
time he has been involved with managing the $1 billion per year OSFC
construction spend, negotiating and contracting construction management
services, training school facilities project administrators, and auditing
OSFC contractors for contract compliance. Prior to this position,
Weise was a project administrator with OSFC and worked as an architect
for various Ohio and Michigan private firms.
Weise’s first goal in
his new job is to build relationships. “I want to ensure the State
Architect’s Office is focused every day on the needs of our clients first.
We will be working to strengthen relationships with agencies and other
entities tied to state government such as colleges and universities,”
Weise said.
“Additionally, our team will
be looking for every possible way to manage the office and its resources
to the bottom line of providing first-rate service to our state partners.”
Weise is a Certified Construction
Manager (CCM) and past president of the northern Ohio chapter of the
Construction Management Association of America. He is also a Project
Management Professional (PMP) and a registered architect in the states
of Ohio and Wisconsin. His educational background includes master’s
degrees in architecture and engineering from the University of Michigan,
and a master’s in business administration from the University of Wisconsin.
SAO establishes
the procedures and policies for the management of virtually
all state-funded capital project design and construction
except K-12 schools. SAO also manages projects for requesting
agencies, boards, commissions and institutions. During fiscal
year 2006, SAO managed 215 public construction projects with
combined budgets of $689 million. Payments to contractors for
the fiscal year totaled more than $80 million; payments to
associate architects, engineers and construction managers
were almost $10 million.
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