Geoffrey Lyford
Objective: Direct construction projects from design to completion by attentive leadership, creativity, and knowledge of history, building codes, green building, renewable energy and the arts of building.
Helped Clients to Succeed in their Objectives
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Several client's have met objectives with new home or remodel designs and complete or extensive upgrades to electrical and mechanical systems and plumbing, and brilliant interior finishes in 2004-5.
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Arrow Woods Builders in 2003 built a $500,000 residence in a rural setting using ICF walk out basement, and SIP upper floor, which incorporated 19 corners and 20 steps in the foundation. Starting with footings, we built to lock up, and cut and fit all the SIPs on site in eight days.
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Chinook Studio of Music opened in 2002 with five insulated teaching rooms.
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Stu Wheeler and family built West Bow Lodge, an eight suite facility 1 hour east of Calgary on the Bow River requiring we supply a solar thermal energy system which saves expensive propane.
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Sol Candel of the Movie Poster Shop on 112 - 16th Avenue NW in 2001 commissioned a 1960's commercial building with a new lease on life: $330,000 energy efficient retrofit, interior and exterior renovations, active solar thermal heating and ventilation. Saves incredible energy costs.
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ABE Homes, Inc. was able to finish a partially completed urban ten unit apartment condominium, Elboya House, in 2000, putting building code issues to rest and easily selling the units.
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Global Housing Solutions, Inc. (Gordon Laing) - created a concrete low cost housing system in 1998 - 9 with the help of a precision model in 1/4 scale showing engineering and structural details.
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Albany Manufacturing Corporation (Mariyan Trnski) was developing a Structural Insulating Panel (SIP) prototype in 1994 for local and export markets. The company has now produced over 200 units.
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Design/Build for a Crescent Heights East family in 1991 evolved into a stunning and unique passive solar home in Calgary with highly insulated passive solar, 2 story rammed earth wall, solarium, EFIS.
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Clothing boutique Ooh La La, features a white concrete marble slab floor, nickel plated racks projecting from walls, illuminated glass box shelving and a sleek, modern finish.
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Starting with an antique set of buildings on 17th Avenue SW Calgary in 1988, and finishing with a new tree-lined courtyard, two dining areas and new kitchens created the restaurant Cilantro.
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The Calgary Waldorf School fulfilled low budget expansions within its building in 1992 by directing an extensive volunteer effort which added two classrooms, more office space, two kinder houses.
Skills
- Project Management - Projects over $1 Million organised and built.
- Renewable Energy Technologies - Passive solar, solar thermal, Photovoltaic, energy efficient design and construction.
- Green building - Rammed Earth Wall construction experience . Study and experience in green building.
- CAD/Computer - SketchUp 5.0, VectorWORKS Architect 11.5, RenderWORKS 11, DreamWeaver , Accounting, Apple Works,OS X.
- Building Technology - Application of standard, new and traditional construction technologies.
- Trades - Experience in several trades. Able to direct trades for high quality standards and efficiency.
403 630 2629 cellular
403 243 4129 home 1914 - 44 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2T 2N6
Business Experience: For the past twenty years addressed the needs of clients and builders with construction and millwork design and production and with development of new housing technology.
Product Development: Since 1990 experiment with green building materials and designs. Work on solar thermal system applications, concrete panel housing, SIPs, straw bale, rammed earth, light clay.
Volunteer Work
Sustainable Calgary Ecological Living Fair Committee- organiser of event now in fourth year.
Calgary Waldorf School - Strategic plan, including new school building now completed.
Prairie Sky Housing Co-operative - Planning of completed housing project.
Nanton Lancaster Museum - Energy efficiency planning.
Projects
'05 Energy efficient addition and remodel
'04 Residential renovations with extensive systems upgrades in Calgary
'03 Residential rural construction project for Arrow Wood Builders near Cochrane
'02 Retail Store, Music Studio, Yoga Studio
'01 Commercial energy efficient renovation - Movie Poster Shop 7,000 square feet
'00 10 Suite apartment from completion of framing deficiencies to occupancy
'99 Pottery Studio complete: one coat stucco/acrylic stucco, all site work and concrete, framing
'98 1/4 scale model house for concrete SIP's, prototype and sample moulds for technology company
'97 Custom decks and stairways in cedar and spruce
'97 Store renovation complete - 1300 square. ft. high end boutique - in older retail block
'97 Roof addition over deck with pine shakes and aluminium soffit
'96 Store renovation - with front counters in steel and MDF
'95 Counters and retail fixtures in wood - True Essence Aroma Therapy
'94 Artist's Studio - complete, for Dale Auger
'94 First SIP building in Alberta, prototype structural insulating panel house - Lyalta
'93 Log frame and cedar shake open sided shelter 2500 square feet - Grand Valley
'92 Renovate offices and classrooms Calgary Waldorf School directing volunteer crews
'91 Rammed earth walls - home addition , solar green house, prototypes, testing, engineering
'90 Kiosk - gothic arch, pole building in Blackfoot farmers market
'90 Custom kitchen - Calgary
'89 Office renovation, millwork contracts - Calgary
'88 Complete and total Restaurant renovation in very old building - "Cilantro" - Calgary
'87 Design/Build commercial millwork for Community Natural Foods - natural wood and arborite
'86 Millwork and finish carpentry installations at two sites - Kananaskis Village
'86 Decks, railings and stairs for chalets - Emerald Lake, B. C.
'76+ Log Building, Raise buildings and install foundations, Boat building
Employment
6/03 - 11/03 Arrow Wood Builders Site Supervisor -Custom Home Builder
6/00 - 12/00 ABE Homes Site Supervisor - 10 Suite Apartment
12/96 C & V Portable Accommodation Ltd., Calgary Install Finish Carpentry, cabinet shop
8/96 - 9/96 Natural Landscapes, Ltd., Calgary Frame Decks, Fences, Hard Landscaping
6/96 - 8/96 Eric White Construction, Airdrie Framer's Helper - Frame residential homes
5/95 Whandering Metal Industries Ltd. Calgary Install Metal Roof on light industrial bays
2/92 - 5/92 Woodtek Industries Ltd., Calgary Cabinets, Millwork, veneer press, door mfg.
2/91 - 3/91 ESJ Construction Ltd., Calgary Set Door Frames, Drywall and Steel Studs - large gym
Education
'71 University of Colorado three semesters
'73 Mount Royal College, Journalism
'75 SAIT apprentice auto body mechanic
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