Donald Simpson

President and Project Director @Kps Group, Inc

Birmingham, AL, US

As part of the firm’s leadership group, I’ve championed initiatives to offer our clients best-in-class services, like our adoption of BIM technology. I lead the firm’s Civic & Cultural Practice Group, and have special expertise in:HIGHER EDUCATIONUniversity projects have many stakeholders with differing priorities. I’ve become adept at bringing these diverse groups to consensus and am expert at navigating their complex administrative requirements and protocols. I’ve delivered a half-dozen large scale projects throughout Alabama ranging from office and classroom buildings to dormitories and one-of-a-kind facilities.CORPORATE & COMMERCIALI’ve delivered over 2 million square feet of corporate and commercial office buildings ranging from 5,800sf to over From commercial buildings like the Two North Twentieth Street renovation to build-to-suit efforts like the Regions Bank Operations Center and the Southern Progress campus, I work closely with clients to understand how each project fits into their business objectives. My extensive portfolio of banking facilities includes a branch-of-the-future for IBERIABANK and a branch prototype rollout program totaling over 70 branches across BBVA Compass Bank’s 7-state service area.CIVIC BUILDINGS & COURTSMy ability to navigate complex administrative and reporting requirements has stood me in good stead on projects for federal, state, and local government agencies. From a office building for the State of Louisiana to recent project definition studies for a new 9-1-1 center in Madison County, these projects must be impeccably delivered because they are being built with public funds. I’ve also managed more than 20 state, federal, and local courts projects across the United States, and may well be the most experienced courts architect in Alabama. These include new federal courthouses in Shreveport LA, Jackson TN, and Covington KY; and a new 19th District Court of Appeals in Baton Rouge.

Auburn University

Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.)