North Texas


Bill Dickson, AIA
Principal

Mr. Dickson has a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Texas at Austin and is a founding partner of ROFDW. He is active in all phases of practice. With significant projects completed in both the public and private sectors, Mr. Dickson has the technical and management expertise to keep complex projects on track.

As Principal, Mr. Dickson works closely with the client and remains involved with the project from proposal to substantial completion. An excellent facilitator, Mr. Dickson on numerous occasions has acted as liaison between owner and governing municipalities and/or private entities creating effective solutions to potentially job impacting problems.

Professionally, Mr. Dickson has been very active in architectural/construction practice, ethics and code issues, and has served on numerous boards and committees. He has specialized skills in the areas of land planning/zoning, office and industrial planning and design. His experience includes government, child/youth care, education, office/retail, corporate, broadcast and residential facilities.


W. Michael Wells, AIA
Principal

Mr. Wells has a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Texas at Austin and extensive experience in the management of new and alterations-type projects. He has been the Principal-in-Charge and primary designer on the majority of child care facilities that this firm has completed and for federal, state, corporate, and university centers. Mr. Wells has led site feasibility studies, managed the design of both new facilities and renovation of existing buildings, and coordinated with the Architect of Record for centers being designed within new headquarter facilities.

He is currently the Principal-in-Charge of the child care centers for the Navy, Boeing, Chase, Monsanto, and of the multi-task contracts for United States Postal Service. His government projects include managing Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDC) for General Services Administration, U.S. Navy, and the U.S. Postal Service. His institutional facility experience includes projects for the Texas Youth Commission and Texas Department of Transportation, Federal Correctional Institution - Seagoville, and the Texas and Dallas County Departments of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.

Mr. Wells is Past President of the Dallas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and serves on the Advisory Board to an agency of the Texas Workforce Commission.


Dan Arrowood, AIA
Principal

Mr. Arrowood has been with the firm since 1983 and has a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree from Texas A&M University. He has been involved directly with many of the firm’s major projects. His responsibilities currently include design, project management and firm personnel administration for the Dallas office of ROFDW.

Most recently he has provided design and project management services for the U.S. Navy Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Child Development Center in Bremerton, WA, as well as the Gilbert Cuellar Elementary School for Dallas Public Schools, the Boeing Family Center in Everett, Washington and a new headquarters building for United Cerebral Palsy of Metropolitan Dallas. His project experience includes delivering projects ranging from a 2,500 square foot bank to a 20,000 square foot child care facility to a 250,000 square foot Office/Distribution Center for a variety of both public and private clients. These include child care/youth care facilities; Texas National Guard armory facilities; office buildings and numerous corporate, retail and religious facilities.

In addition to a superior understanding of architectural documentation, Mr. Arrowood is an outstanding designer and delineator who takes great pride in developing a well organized and "buildable" project.


Larry E. Janousek, AIA
Principal

Mr. Janousek has a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Texas at Austin and has been Project Architect on a variety of complex building types since 1975. His specific responsibilities have included schematic design, production, and project management, including scheduling, cost control, specification writing and construction administration. He has been the designer and Project Architect on numerous facilities in and for the State of Texas. He is very familiar with indefinite delivery and multi-phase contracts.

As a skilled designer, Mr. Janousek provides a unique insight to the projects he manages and for which he provides construction administration. Recently he has been Project Architect for the new $7.3 million Gilbert Cuellar, Sr. Elementary School in Dallas, and Project Manager for the Corsicana State Home and Brownwood State School Renovation projects for the Texas Youth Commission. Currently, Mr. Janousek is managing indefinite delivery projects for the United States Postal Service and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. His experience includes government, correctional, educational, commercial, and recreational facilities.

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