David Schulze 
Certified Professional Building Designer
My animated 3D computer modeling of both commercial and residential projects brings together 37 years of engineering and design work. Early visualization has proven to reduce errors and save significant amounts of time and money on all forms of projects.
1970's: Residential and Commercial Work
- A&E drafting and design work for professional Architectural, Civil, Mechanical, and Structural firms.
- My first independant residential design was built for a client in 1971
- Many residential projects were designed and built around Connecticut.
1980's and 1990's: Software Engineering
While my residential work slowed down during this period, I always maintained contact with the construction industry. The period features:
- Four year degree in Computer Science
- Software engineer with a major works in computer graphics and user interface.
My graphics and animation background begins with my work on ColecoVision in 1982. Over the years, my focus on graphics and user interface has promoted customer understanding and awareness of programs and products ranging from military training equipment to optical character recognition to design and testing of flight equipment on the C130. I have created no less than five specialty programming languages to simplify user understanding and ease of use for a wide range of products.
The importance of developing a good understanding of the details has proven many times to be highly effective in reducing errors, and improving time to completion by enhancing communications between all parties involved.
2000 - Present
Today, my animated 3D computer modeling has been used at town meetings, and has proven effective before the planning and zoning commission. My fly-overs have been used in trade shows, and my walk-throughs have proven indispensable for residential design. Interactive animations permit close-up examination of even trim details as the user chooses. Understanding the details of any construction project is proving to be more and more important as we move forward into the 21st century. Project visualization has been used effectively for:
- Visually validating complicated designs, both residential and non-residential.
- Formal presentations at town hearingsand to the Planning and Zoning Commission.
- Site planning, driveways, parking lots, etc.
- Grading, landscaping, including planth growth.
- Exposing structural and finish details oftem missed using traditional construction drawings.
- Finding and fixing errors in plans designed by others.
- Color and texture schemes
- Detail store front design
The bottom line is that
it is far less expensive to validate a signicant project design visually before you start, instead of fixing it on the fly or living with it when it's done. Visualization is the most effective when used at the earliest stages of concept development, especially if there is a committee charged with putting it all together. You will have a visual baseline. Everyone will actually see the same thing rather than depending on coordinating collective imaginations. There are no suprises when you get around to breaking ground.
Contact Information
DPS-Labs LLC
284 Lake Williams Drive
Lebanon, CT 06249
P: 860.642.7810
F: 860.642.7813
Email David
Résumé
Experience: 15 years
Speciality: Animated 3D Architectural Modeling
Projects Completed Annually: 12