Steven Pottschmidt

I am an award-winning Retail Design Development executive with a track record of proven success. I have led world-class teams to produce branded retail environments, from kiosks to flagship stores for retail, hospitality, and restaurants. I am dedicated to helping companies build highly-profitable and professionally-branded stores – on time and within budget. I will add value to your retail development team.

In today’s retail environment it is critical to balance both design and function. I apply my branding, design, fabrication, budgeting, and scheduling expertise to envision and complete retail environments. This is accomplished using the sophisticated but simple RealiteeringTM formula, Where RealiteeringTM = (Vision + Process) X (Craft + Action).

• Expertise in design development and implementation, including design refinement
• Direction, coordination, and implementation of retail refresh, remodel, and rollout programs
• Coordination of vendor/fabricator sourcing and bidding processes
• Concept review of all operational, value engineering, and durability factors

Guiding your development projects from initial design to close-out my process includes:

• Completing design intent documents, and creating and distributing bidding documents
• Guiding review and coordination of building, health, and ADA code requirements
• Performing value engineering reviews to ensure design alignment within specified budget
• Documenting construction by directing the architect of record

·       Reviewing project progress and adherence to brand standards with project managers and architects

Using my Speed to Permit strategy I will reduce the time required to successfully complete your projects to save you valuable resources. This five-phase process – including preparation, planning, perspective, process, and permit - leverages my skill to efficiently direct studio, design development, and architectural teams.

My goal is to help the Wendy’s development team by providing guidance to external architects and or Franchisees on interpreting prototype designs into new and existing spaces. Let’s schedule a time to discuss your development goals and employment opportunities at Wendy’s. I am looking forward to working with you.

Design Development:

• Coordinate environmental designers on design refinement and translation, reviewing client’s operational issues and project’s construction budget, coordinating design intent, ultimately tracking project construction schedules, and coordinating with project manager, design, and architectural teams.
• Produce design intent documents for environments and millwork/fixtures, administering environmental design, signage and graphic design, and lighting design, with design intent documents for environments and millwork/fixtures. Oversee finish and material selections, audio/visual and multi-media, and client’s operational requirements, with design intent documents.
• Direct review and coordination of building, health and ADA code requirements with design intent documents, leading transfer of design intent work scope to architectural studio for completion of construction documents, monitoring development of construction documents to ensure integrity of design intent.
• Devise and distribute bidding documents for environments and millwork/fixtures issuing bidding invitations and tracking bidding process, addressing incoming questions and issue addenda, and scrutinizing bids to make award recommendations. Examine project progress to ensure that fabricators and vendors are delivering, identifying client requests not falling within contracted work scope, working with project managers to generate contract amendments.
• Complete value engineering reviews to re-align design intent within budget perimeters, revising design intent documents per specifications of value engineering reviews, examining and responding to contractor and fabricator shop submittals of engineering documents and samples, and heading fabrication and review of mock-ups and prototypes. Conduct on-site review of installations to ensure integrity of design intent, documenting project punch lists and closing out jobs.

Architecture:

• Coordinate architect of record on construction documentation, monitoring to ensure design intent remains intact, tracking permitting and construction process to verify implementation of design intent and that project stays within budget and on time.
• Collaborate with project managers and architects to ensure adherence to contractual requirements, overseeing project to ensure that consultants, fabricators and vendors execute duties in alignment with contract scope. Identify client requests not falling within contracted work scope, partnering with project managers to generate contract amendments.