M. Dwayne Rakestraw
Title: Senior Project Manager
Dwayne holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University. His 20+ years of experience includes hands-on work in all aspects of the construction process for many types of projects including Commercial, Institutional, and Historical Renovations. He began his career in construction very early. He worked his way through college for Koger Properties and was soon performing all the tasks of Field Engineer and Office Engineer. While at North Carolina State University he also held the position of Undergraduate Research Assistant and developed modern surveying examples for a new computer course at North Carolina State University. As a Graduate Research Assistant at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University he was the Student Leader on a research project for Dow Chemical that investigated the durability performance of structural adhesive joints and maintained computer and data equipment for the Adhesion Science Lab. Immediately after leaving Graduate School in 1994, Dwayne joined the New Atlantic Contracting Team as Project Engineer and worked on almost all aspects of many projects that are not listed below.
Experience Highlights (including leading the construction efforts on the notable projects) listed below:
- Durham County Human Services Complex, 277,000 SF, $54 Million.
- Cox Mill High School, Concord, North Carolina - 232,460 SF, $31.4 Million
- Lee County Middle School, Sanford, North Carolina - 126,600 SF, $18.9 Million
- Virginia Cross New Elementary School/Jordan Matthews High School Cafeteria Addition – 104,800 SF School, 19,175 SF Cafeteria Addition, $10.8 Million
- University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Studio Arts Center – 99,084 SF, $15.1 Million
- Greensboro Multi-Modal Transportation Center – 5,700 SF Historical Renovation, 6,500 SF Interior Addition, 68,000 SF Exterior Rail Passenger Platforms, $7.1 Million
- Forsyth County Government Center – 242,000 SF Renovation, 213,000 SF Parking Deck (Historical Renovation), $25 Million
- University of North Carolina-Greensboro, School of Music – 148,337 SF New 3 Story Building, 360 Seat Full Theater State Recital Hall, Elliptical Organ Hall, $23 Million
- University of North Carolina, Medical Biomolecular Research Building Foundations Package – 62,000 SF Building Foundations, $4.1 Million
- Winston-Salem State University, Cafeteria & Student Complex – 107,780 SF, 4 Story Facility, $9.7 Million
- Sunnynoll Court, Three Building Complex – Two Buildings are 2 Story and 20,000 SF each, Third Building is 3 Story and 30,000 SF, $7.5 Million
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