"I am committed to provide quality workmanship to the benefit
of the organization I work for. I approach each project with a focus on
high quality, cost effective solutions, functionality, and on-time
completion."

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Akino Sakaoka
Akino Sakaoka has worked on various types projects throughout her
career. She began as a technical architect at Baltimore Design Group in
1996 after graduating from the Interior Design Program at the Fashion
Institute of Technology. During four years with Baltimore, she
undertook design projects for multi-million dollar mansions in Long
Island and New York City. In 2000 and 2001, while working for GHK
Associates, she was responsible for managing renovation for the
Department of Economic and Social Affairs at the United Nations, the
UN's largest
department. She also
worked independently in 2003 and 2004 with Crown Road, Inc., a
developer in Brooklyn, New York, creating contract documents for
multiple residential projects.
In 2004, she began her studies in the
Construction Management Graduate Program at New York University. Her
concentration was Construction Executive Management
. Her
studies included construction accounting and finance; negotiation and
dispute resolution; real estate and construction laws; labor relations;
Microsoft Project and Suretrack scheduling; estimating; real estate
development process; safety management; project management and
construction organization management. After
graduating from the program in 2006, she joined Butler Rogers
Baskett, where she managed a number of commercial design projects for
two and half years.
In January 2009, she earned a LEED accreditation. She also worked as a tutor at the Fashion Institute of Technology in 2009, teaching students Auto CAD; perspective drawing; architectural working drawing and rendering.
Ms.
Sakaoka is also active outside of her professional life. She conducts
monthly meetings for The New York City Japanese Language Meetup as the
organizer since 2003.