Richard Lees is a Senior Project Manager with Avison Young’s Ontario Project Management Services team. He specializes in corporate commercial office implementation from space requirements and building selection to project close-out and reconciliation. This includes executing the entire project through design, working drawings, construction, and move-in as well as developing and managing the project budgets and schedules. Richard has consistently demonstrated an ability to manage project teams and control all aspects of the project to deliver a project that has met all objectives and expectations. Before joining Avison Young, Richard had worked within architectural firms for over two decades, managing projects from conception to move-in.

Credentials

Key Skills:

• Develop space plan programing requirements
• Provide Building site search reports and lease analyses based on building’s selections and constraints 
• Administer procurement process for all aspects of the project: Project Team, Furniture and Construction
• Recommend and manage the Project Team throughout the project
• Create, implement, monitor and report on project budget and project schedule
• Design Engineering and Construction material valuations
• Understand detailed design and specialized resources such as ‘Smart Building Technology’ systems
• Provide Furniture solutions development, applications and inventory assessment
• Experience in construction site and site administration
• Diligent in project close out documentation
• Interior Designer Canada and ARDIO registered member for over 25 years.
• 2016 ASID Gold Award – Cisco Canada Head Office, Toronto
• 2016 CoreNet, REmmy award - Cisco Canada Head Office, Toronto
• Publications:
  • Electrical Business: ’POE Lighting Hits the BIG Time’
  • Financial Post: ‘A Living Lab and lesson in Smart Building Technology’
  • Philips Lighting: ‘Making a Difference in the Workplace’

Education

University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Honours Inter Design