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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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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Associate Vice President, Managing Principal
PDR - Design, Architecture and Consulting
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Houston, Texas
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Senior Associate
PDR - Design, Architecture and Consulting
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Houston, Texas Area
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Associate, Project Architect
IA Interior Architects
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Houston, Texas Area
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Project Architect
PDR - Design, Architecture and Consulting
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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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Associate, Project Architect
Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners
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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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Architectural Designer
KILO Architects
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Paris Area, France
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Architectural Intern
Northern Ireland Housing Executive
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Belfast, United Kingdom
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Architectural Intern
NEUF architect(e)s
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Montreal, Canada
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Architectural Intern
Master of Architecture
Architecture
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Rice University
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Bachelor of Science
Architecture
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University of Michigan
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AIA Houston
Member
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB)
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Registered Architect
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Houston, TX
Issa "Christus" Dadoush, PE, MBA, CPM
Market Sector Leader/Associate Vice President at AECOM
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Houston, TX
Rod McCrary
Vice President at AECOM
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San Francisco Bay Area
Harvinder Singh, MBA, LEED AP BDC
Vice President, Managing Principal Northern California, Buildings + Places at AECOM
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Greater Houston
Caryn Guajardo
Associate Vice President, Facilities Portfolio Management at The University of Texas Medical Branch
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Boston, MA
Kayla Wengler
Associate Vice President & Architect at AECOM
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Key Biscayne, FL
Sebastián Merlo-Garzon
Architecture + Business Student at Rice University
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Hong Kong
Ewen Will
Director at WCWP International Ltd.
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Houston, TX
George Julie Clementine
Architectural Project Coordinator III
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Humble, TX
William Trotty
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Houston, TX
Jean Daly
Principal at Kendall/Heaton Associates, Inc.
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Baytown, TX
Dwayne Trahan
Architect at AECOM
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Houston, TX
Kyle Byrne
Architect at Huitt-Zollars, Inc.
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Greater Houston
Michael Binick
Director of Architecture & Design at Belmont Village Senior Living
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Houston, TX
Anna Montez
Project Manager
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United States
Banafsheh Soltani
Designer at AECOM
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Houston, TX
Diaa Mounir, P.E.
Principal Engineer and Practice Lead at AECOM
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Houston, TX
Claudia Ziegler Acemyan, Ph.D.
Founding Principal, Human Factors and Safety Consultant, Adjunct Assistant Professor
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Greater Houston
Pete Ferrier
Project Engineer at AECOM
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Houston, TX
Reem Loubani
Fifth Year Architecture Student at University of Houston
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