Brian Dorsett
brian@dorsettdrafting.com
Designer, Drafter, Surveyor, Drawing Coordinator
● Skilled multi-tasker ● Attention to Detail ● Creative ● Quality Assurance ● Team Player ● Communication ● Client Relations
(Corporate Accounts) ● Live Screen Share Video Meetings ● Project Management ● High Graphic Standards ● Able to Fit a lot
on one Page ● Fast Turnover ● Sense of Humor ● Still & 360° Photographer ● Innovational ● Team Leader ● Project Delivery ●
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Recent Work Experience (Tunnel Car Wash Design):
● 5 years’ experience creating Car Wash System & Equipment Drawings
• Site Design: Staging, POS Islands, Funneling & Bail-outs, HC, Employee, & Auxiliary Parking, Accessible Ramps/Routes
• Site Coordination: Existing Accessways, Utilities, Set-Backs, Site Lighting, Landscaping Notation & Detail Coordination
• Free Vacuum & Canopy: Vacuum Parking Layouts, Vacuum Pads, Suction Lines, Conduits, Enclosures & Canopies
• Building Layout & Orientation: Custom and Generically Represented Buildings to Display Equipment & Site Fitment
• Dumpster Plans & Enclosures: Custom and Generically Represented Enclosures to Display Dumpsters & Site Fitment
• Tunnel & Support Equipment: Equipment Plan Layouts & Elevations w/ Chemicals & Applicators, and Specialty Lighting
• Ladder Racks, Cable Trays, & Rain Bar Mounts: Brand Specific, Custom Designed, and Generically Represented
• Leave-Outs & Core Holes: Plans, Details & Elevations; Coordinated with Existing, and Proposed Conditions
• Equipment Chaseways: Underground Chaseways from Trench to Backroom, Computer Closet, Office, Tunnel Controller
• Conveyor Trenches and Details: Custom Trench Designs, Shine Pits, and Tunnel Floor Slope & Grading Coordination
• Reclaim Layouts & Details: Reclaim & Sand/Oil Tanks w/ Underground Reclaim Pipe Routing, and Wash Waste Drainage
• Backroom Drops & Power Runs: Plans & Elevations showing City Water, Reclaim, Reject, Soft Water & Air Drops
• Motor Schedules: Equipment Plans locating motor locations with details, elevations, and schedules.
• Plumbing Layouts: Backroom underground plumbing for equipment, with floor drain coordination to waste.
• Underground Electrical: Plans, Elevations, and Details showing Underground Electrical conduit runs
• Point of Sale (POS): Paystations, Menus, Gates, Canopies, and Underground Safety, & Merge Loops.
• Equipment Details: Supplemental Equipment Details showing Dimensions, and Installation Instructions.
Primary Work Experience (Architecture/AutoCAD):
● 22 years’ Professional Architectural Experience
• Site Analysis & Selection, Surveys w/ Still & 360° Photography, Site Planning, Feasibility Studies, Accessibility Reviews
• Preliminary; Conceptual Planning & Schematic Design, Branding & Prototypical Design, Design Development
• Bid & Permit Sets, Construction Documents, Specifications, Shop Drawings, Final walk-thrus & Punch Lists
• Post Construction Drawings; Existing/As-Builts: Sites, Buildings, Fixtures, Furnishings, Equipment, & Supplemental Info.
• Projects Included: Airport Terminals and Facilities, Airplane Hangars and Repair Facilities, Retirement Communities,
Assisted Living, Nursing Homes, Parking Garages, Storage Units, Dry Cleaners, Car Washes, Car Dealerships, Convenience
Stores & Fueling Stations, Automotive Parts and Repair Facilities, Liquor Stores, Beauty Shops, Restaurants, Night Clubs,
Churches, Drug Stores, Nurseries, Grocery Stores, Retail Strip Centers, Office Buildings, Craft Stores, Fitness Clubs, Office
Supply Stores, Entertainment Complexes, Parks & Recreation Facilities, Wedding Chapels, Single and Multifamily Residences
● 27 years’ working with AutoCAD on daily basis in production-based positions.
• Master Drafter with High Quality CAD Graphic Standards (Classically trained with Hand Drafting Design Standards)
• File structure, sheet set-up; sizing & scaling, windows Xrefs, Dynamic Blocks w/accurate and precise linework, & line weights
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Current Self Employment (Contract / Temp to Hire):
Dorsett Drafting (Established 2008 - See work History) Remote / Hybrid
Designer, Drafter, Surveyor, Drawing Coordinator June ’24 - Present
● Surveying / Still & 360° Photography - Existing/As-Built Documentation:
• In-Person Availability Currently in the Dallas, Fort Worth Metroplex, and Surrounding Areas.
● Architectural Drafting & Design Services (non-stamped - preliminary);
• Recent Projects: Odis Ray; Dallas Food Bank
● Car Wash System Design & Coordination Drawings:
• Recent Projects: Car Wash Results; Groove Fort Worth & Houston, Texas
● EV Charging Stations - Survey & Drafting Services:
• 6 months of focus (w/ design contracts in-the-works
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Brian Dorsett
brian@dorsettdrafting.com
Designer, Drafter, Surveyor, Drawing Coordinator
Work History (Car Wash Experience): *5 years’ / Dec. 2019 - June 2024
NCS - National Carwash Solutions Remote
Design Drafter - Car Wash Equipment Drawings (MacNeil Eq.) Dec. ‘21 - June ‘24
• AutoPark, Big League, Black Tie, Captain, Cave Wave, Circle K Canada, Classic, Cosmo’s, Dash In, Driven Brands, EG;
Turkey Hill, Go, Green Forest, Hang 10, Hello, Home Run Derby, ICA, NACS, NRCC & SCWA Shows, Konny’s, McBee,
Mighty Wash, ModWash, Mr Clean, NCS Experience Bay #5, Pahrump Quickshine, Pat’s, Pomona Express, Riverside
Express, Showroom Shine, Slyde’s, Spark, Speedy Stop, Spinx, Splash In, Splash Zone, Wash Masters, Whistle
BMW - Big Man Washes (purchased by NCS in 2021) Remote / Hybrid - Irving, TX.
Lead Designer / Drafter - Car Wash Equipment & System Drawings (Sonny’s Eq.) Nov. ‘19 - Dec. ‘21
• All American, Alpine Wash, Big League, Captain, Champion, Dale Shine, Driven, EWC; CLEanEAW. Green Clean & Moo, EG;
Turkey Hill, Fast Lane, Rowlett Wash, Flatshot, Freedom Flex, Fuel City, Go, Groove, Heartland, Hero, Konnys, Kwik Kar, Legacy
Auto Spa. Levelland, Lone Star Suds, Pure Wash, Q-Speedwash, Shammy’s, Slydes, Snap Clean, Star, Super Sudz, Sycamore
Taqueria, Texpress, Todays, Varsity Express, Victron; Wash Masters, Wave Wash, Westgate, Warrior, Wheely
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Work History Continued (Architectural Experience): *22 years’ / Aug.1998 - Nov. 2019
Dorsett Drafting (Dorsett Enterprise, LLC) Remote / Hybrid - Texas
Architectural Drafter (AutoCAD) / Project Manager (Self-Employed / Contract) Dec. ‘08 - Nov. ‘19
• John Vaci, Architect: Baskin Robbins, Little Caesars, Dickeys BBQ, Dunkin Donuts
• F5dB: The Citizen Theater, Black Cat Pizza, Music-BBQ, Bearded Lady, Funky Picnic,
Crude Coffee, Game Theory, Quanah Panhandle, Corp of Engineers
• Ray Architects, Inc.: TAXCO Produce, Luna Grill, Lennys Subs, SMBC
• Toll Architecture: Portland & Texas Divisions as Associate II
• RGM; Arby's, Burger King, Lupe's, Golden Chick, Popeyes, DISD
• LazerCAD; Pizza Hut, Chick-fil-A, Bank of America, RaceTrac
• Kopplin Group; Steak N Shake, Dickeys BBQ, and Retirement Communities
• Cortland Morgan Architect: Fragrance Outlet, Roosters Sunglass, Fashion Time
• Norman Wayne Douglas, Architect; Kemp Nursing Home, Douglas Garage
Genesis Design Group, Inc. In Office - Hurst, TX.
Architectural Drafter / Project Manager March 02 - Dec. 08
• Michaels, Walgreens, CVS, Eckerd, Gold’s Gym, West Dallas Community Church and Nursery, Atmos Energy, Manchu Wok,
Sigel’s Liquor, Liq O Rama, Herb Mart, Cartridge World, Office Depot, Bella Cleaners, Discount Tire, Firestone, Outlaw Customs,
ABS1 Autoparts, Tractor Supply, RP Development, Rosser Interests, White Wedding Chapel
Twichell - Michael F. Twichell LP In Office - Dallas, TX.
Architectural Drafter Sept. 00 - Oct. 01
• Cheddars, Tejas Grill, Beverage City, Sonic, Starbucks, SBC, Randalls, Tom Thumb, Kroger, Winn Dixie, Minyards, Albertsons,
Staples, Stanley Cleaner, Shops at Legacy, Potter Concrete, Sinacola and Sons, Palmer & Twichell Residences
CDDI - Charles Daboub Design, Inc. In Office - Dallas, TX.
Architectural Drafter Jul. 00 - Sept. 00
• Hard Rock Café, Planet Hollywood, ESPN Zone, Fox Sports Grill, Sports City Café, Courtside Grill, Malibu SpeedZone, Popolos,
Cheesecake Factory, Baby Dolls, PT’s
HKI - Haberman Krabacher Inc. In Office - Irving, TX.
Architectural Drafter Jul. 99 - Jul. 00
• Greenway Village Retirement Community, YMCA projects and prototypes, Frank Parra; Residence, Chrysler Parts Expansion,
Mitsubishi and Dodge dealerships
Hodges - Boggus Architects In Office - Grand Prairie, TX.
Architectural Intern / AutoCAD Drafter Aug. 98 - Jul. 99
• Continental Airlines, American Eagle, Sabre, American Airlines, Valley Intl. Airport
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Education:
Associates of Applied Science - TCJC Hurst TX.
Architecture / Construction Management 1994-1998
• w/ advanced CADD certificates in Residential & Commercial Drafting