David Watson

About David Watson

As a reliable, self-motivated, and interpersonal landscape designer and urban planner, I…

Experience

1. Landscape Designer & Salesman

   Prairie View Landscaping & Nursery, Inc

   Feb 2013 — Present · Bismarck, ND, US

   Develop cost estimates up to for over 200 customers annually.* Assist with the design, customer relations, management, billing, and negotiations for projects valued between and and co-manage 30+ snow plowing routes for commercial customers.* Labored alongside and bilingually managed over 12 total crews and typically oversaw management of 1-4 crews working simultaneously several times per month.* Selected as lead designer for new office exterior and internal remolding using 3D Sketchup that allowed management to better vision the final product; plans also provided electrical and plumbing locations to plan desks and furniture.* Selected as Lead Planning Designer and layout laborer for a growing neighborhood looking to achieve consistency, yet meeting personalized identity desires for new home and condo owners. The neighborhood has been used as an example of the quality of work performed by Prairie View Landscaping.* Resourceful drainage remediation typically utilizing dry creeks and wells, stone bridges, concrete foundation repair, boulder and block retaining walls, pipe work, turf swales, and trench drains.

Education

• Auburn University

  Master

  2010 — 2012

• Purdue University

  Bachelor of Science - BS

  2003 — 2009

Skills

• Landscaping
• Urban
• Adaptive Reuse
• Landscape Construction
• Construction
• Policy Analysis
• Residential Homes
• Mixed-Use
• Photoshop
• Sketchup
• Landscape Design
• Submittals
• Solar System Design
• Community Development
• Parks
• Urban Design
• Autocad
• Landscape Architecture
• Land Use Planning
• Comprehensive Planning
• Construction Drawings
• Adobe Photoshop
• Rendering
• Landscape Maintenance
• Sustainable Design
• Site Planning
• Project Management