Alex Acemyan, AIA
Associate Vice President, Managing Principal at AECOM
Associate Vice President, Managing Principal at AECOM
As the Managing Principal of the Buildings + Places studio in Houston, Alex is responsible for driving vision, growth, strategy, business development, and design excellence for AECOM’s services in the Texas region.

Alex is a Registered Architect in the State of Texas and a member of AIA. Alex received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Michigan and a Master of Architecture from Rice University.

Alex has been fortunate to live in and travel to several countries which allows him to appreciate both nuanced and explicit cultural differences. His international exposure to architecture and culture is his passion for realizing designs that require extensive research in materials and technologies.
AECOM
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Associate Vice President, Managing Principal
As the Managing Principal of the Buildings + Places studio in Houston, Alex is responsible for driving vision, growth, strategy, business development, and design excellence for AECOM’s services in the Texas region.
Houston, Texas
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PDR - Design, Architecture and Consulting
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Senior Associate
Houston, Texas
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PDR - Design, Architecture and Consulting
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Associate, Project Architect
Houston, Texas Area
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IA Interior Architects
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Project Architect
Houston, Texas Area
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PDR - Design, Architecture and Consulting
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Associate, Project Architect
Served as Project Architect on large scale interior workplace projects such as Dominion Energy Towers (Richmond, VA) and ConocoPhillips Campus Renovation (Houston, TX).  Other projects include ExxonMobil Campus Project (Spring, TX) and ConocoPhillips Energy Center (Houston, TX).  

Job responsibilities include:
- Programming, Pre-Design & Space Planning, Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents, and Construction Administration.
- Create presentations and exhibits for executive client project committees
- Create Revit based construction documents, including model management, family creation, and coordination with Base Building, MEP, and Structural BIM models
- Coordination with base building architects, MEP, AV/IT, Acoustical, and various other consultants
- Building Cost Analysis
- Project management, including creation of work schedules, project timelines, managing project fees, and writing proposals for additional services
- Construction administration services, including review of RFI's, shop drawings, site walks, punch walks, and processing of change orders
- Design and specifying of materials and finishes to achieve LEED Gold certification
Houston, Texas
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Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners
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Architectural Designer
U.S. Embassies located in Netherlands, Finland, The Dominican Republic, and Lebanon
- Developed stacking and adjacency requirements based on given program
- Produced fully coordinated Design Development drawing bidding sets
- Produced photo realistic architectural renderings as well as presentations for clients
- Focused on exterior envelope design, detailing, and waterproofing
- Coordinated with structural, MEP, and civil consultants
- LEED Platinum and LEED Gold certifications

Claremont McKenna College Master Plan
- Organized student and faculty workshops
- Developed multiple campus schemes to satisfy college’s future growth goals (5, 10, 20 year plans)
- Created a new campus identity through signage and landscaping

Master Planning and Conceptual Design for new city in Chengdu, China
- Developed overall master plan for site, along with district plans, and conceptual design of all building typologies
- Produced Design Development documents for high-rise, mid-rise, town house, and villa typologies
- Created prototype residential unit plans
- Researched and implemented local building code requirements
- Created and managed 3D computer model of site plan
- Created physical models for client presentation
Santa Monica, California
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KILO Architects
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Architectural Intern
Paris Area, France
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Northern Ireland Housing Executive
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Architectural Intern
Belfast, United Kingdom
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NEUF architect(e)s
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Architectural Intern
Montreal, Canada
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Architecture
Master of Architecture
Rice University
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Architecture
Bachelor of Science
University of Michigan
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AIA Houston
Member
Registered Architect
23669
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB)
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Issa "Christus" Dadoush, PE, MBA, CPM
Market Sector Leader/Associate Vice President at AECOM
Houston, TX
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Rod McCrary
Vice President at AECOM
Houston, TX
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Harvinder Singh, MBA, LEED AP BDC
Vice President, Managing Principal Northern California, Buildings + Places at AECOM
San Francisco Bay Area
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Caryn Guajardo
Associate Vice President, Facilities Portfolio Management at The University of Texas Medical Branch
Greater Houston
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Kayla Wengler
Associate Vice President & Architect at AECOM
Boston, MA
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Sebastián Merlo-Garzon
Architecture + Business Student at Rice University
Key Biscayne, FL
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Ewen Will
Director at WCWP International Ltd.
Hong Kong
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George Julie Clementine
Architectural Project Coordinator III
Houston, TX
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William Trotty
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Humble, TX
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Jean Daly
Principal at Kendall/Heaton Associates, Inc.
Houston, TX
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Dwayne Trahan
Architect at AECOM
Baytown, TX
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Kyle Byrne
Architect at Huitt-Zollars, Inc.
Houston, TX
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Michael Binick
Director of Architecture & Design at Belmont Village Senior Living
Greater Houston
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Anna Montez
Project Manager
Houston, TX
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Banafsheh Soltani
Designer at AECOM
United States
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Diaa Mounir, P.E.
Principal Engineer and Practice Lead at AECOM
Houston, TX
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Claudia Ziegler Acemyan, Ph.D.
Founding Principal, Human Factors and Safety Consultant, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Houston, TX
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Pete Ferrier
Project Engineer at AECOM
Greater Houston
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Reem Loubani
Fifth Year Architecture Student at University of Houston
Houston, TX
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