Robert Zahner

Education Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, University of Colorado 1982
Experience A. Zahner Company 1982 - present Currently Senior Vice President

Outside Industry Experience

1991 - 1997 Construction Education Chairman for The Builders' Association of Missouri
1993 - 1995 AGC of America Construction Careers Subcommittee Chairman
1993 - 1995 AGC of America Construction Education Committee Part of a 3-person task force developing a training course for project managers
1992 - present Co-chairman of the Joint Apprentice Trust for the Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local #2
January 1994 Management Negotiating Committee for the Teamster Negotiations for the 1994-1997 contract term with Local 541 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
1995 - 1998 Sheet Metal Air Conditioning National Association Business Management Education Committee
1998 - 2006 Sheet Metal Air Conditioning National Association Architectural Sheet Metal Council Steering Committee
Includes 3 years as Chairman
1999 - 2003 Sheet Metal Air Conditioning National Association Working on a task force to update and revise the Architectural Sheet Metal Manual
1999 - present Sheet Metal Air Conditioning National Association Kansas City Board of Directors
August 2000 Speaker at Sheet Metal Contractors of Iowa Fall Meeting Presenting "Lean Manufacturing"
2000 - present Task Force working with the International Training Institute (joint effort between the Sheet Metal Air Conditioning National Association and the Sheet Metal Workers International Association for industry training) to develop a soldering certification for the construction industry.
June 2001 Speaker at the Leadership Panel-Rockhurst College for the U S Army Corps of Engineers
October 2001 Speaker at the Sheet Metal Air Conditioning National Association Architectural Forum-"The Top Ten Ways to Prevent Major Screw-ups in Construction Projects"
April 2002 Speaker at Central Florida's SMACNA Continuing Education Seminar-"The Top Ten Ways to Prevent Major Screw-ups in Construction Projects"
May 2002 Jury for Massachusetts Institute of Technology Architecture Department involving "Biological Design"
June 2002 Management Negotiating Committee for contract with Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local #2
June 2002 Speaker at the Leadership Panel-Rockhurst College for the U S Army Corps of Engineers
2002-2006 Task Force working with the International Training Institute to develop curricula for architectural training.
April 2003 Management Negotiating Committee for the Teamster Negotiations for the 2003-2006 contract term with Local 541 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
May 2003 Panel at the Civil Engineering Research Foundation for presentation on "Innovation & the Impact of Technology"
February 2004 Speaker at the Sheet Metal Air Conditioning National Association Iowa Chapter-"The Top Ten Ways to Prevent Major Screw-ups in Construction Projects"
February 2004 Speaker at the Iowa AIA winter meeting "From Virtual to Reality"
April 2004 Speaker at CSI's National Convention presenting "From Details to Design".
May 2004 Speaker at Western States Coalition Meeting presenting the 6th Edition of the Architectural Sheet Metal Manual.
Jan. 2005-Dec 2006 President of the Sheet Metal Air Conditioning National Association Kansas City
June 2006 Speaker at CSI's National Convention presenting "The Devil is in the Details".
September 2006 Presenter for AIA St. Louis "Heavy Metal/Delicate Lace"
Jan. 2007-Dec. 2010 National Board Member for Sheet Metal Air Conditioning National Association
June 2007 Management Negotiating Committee for contract with Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local #2
September 2007 Speaker at Virginia Society AIA "Digital Craft Symposium"
2008 - present International Training Institute Trustee for the Sheet Metal Workers International Association Labor Union
February 2008 Keynote Speaker at Virginia Tech's B.I.M. Convergence
May 2008 Presenter at the Integrated Design Think Tank at the Finnish Embassy in Washington, DC
February 2009 AIA Iowa "Architectural Metals: A Retreat from the Mundane"

Notable Projects

Museum of Science and Industry, Tampa, FL — Antoine Predock
Disney's New Tomorrowland, Orlando, FL — Disney Imagineering
Experience Music Project, Seattle, — Gehry Partners
RLDS Temple, Independence, MO — HOK Architects
Oakley World Headquarters, Foothill Ranch, CA — Langdon Wilson Architects
American Heritage Center, Laramie, — Antoine Predock
Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN — Gehry Partners
MIT Stata Center, Cambridge, MA — Gehry Partners
Millennium Park Amphitheatre, Chicago, — Gehry Partners
New De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA — Herzog & De Meuron
J Paul Getty Center, Westwood, CA — Richard Meier Architects
Nelson Adkins Museum, Kansas City, — Steven Holl Architects
Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX — Tadao Ando
Contemporary Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH — Zaha Hadid Architects
Guggenheim Hermitage, Las Vegas, NV — Rem Koolhaas
Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, TN — Randall Stout Architects
Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA — Daniel Libeskind Studio
Eugene Federal Courthouse, Eugene, OR — Morphosis
Forum of Contemporary Arts, St. Louis, MO — Allied Works Architecture
Tulsa Events Center Tulsa, OK — Pelli Clarke Pelli Architecture
Art Museum of Western Virginia Roanoke, VA — Randall Stout Architects
Suzanne Roberts Theatre Philadelphia, PA — Kieran Timberlake Architects
Art Gallery of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta — Randall Stout Architects
NASCAR Hall of Fame, Charlotte, NC — Pei. Cobb, Freed
Winspear Opera House, Dallas, TX — Foster + Partners
Wyly Theatre, Dallas, TX — Rem Koolhaas
El Paso Federal Courthouse, El Paso, TX — Antoine Predock
Kauffman Performing Arts Center, Kansas City, MO — Moshe Safdie and Associates

Projects that Zahner Architectural Metals has Consulted on

Capital Dome — Topeka, Kansas
Iowa Laser Lab — Iowa City, Iowa
Georgia Dome — Atlanta, Georgia
Toledo Museum of Art — Toledo, Ohio
Walt Disney Concert Hall — Los Angeles, California
Patriot-Biltmore Building — Phoenix, Arizona
Tripodal Sculpture — Wichita, Kansas
Fairway Kansas City Hall — Fairway, Kansas
Leawood Commons Office Park — Leawood, Kansas
Skygate Sculpture — St. Paul, Minnesota
Walker Art Museum — Minneapolis, Minnesota
J. Paul Getty Center — Westwood, California
UNI-dome — Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Awards Received

1994 Advanced Construction Technology Award given by the Construction Information Group of McGraw-Hill. This group is comprised of representatives of Architectural Record, Canadian National Research Council, The Center for Construction Research and Education at MIT, Building Technology Group of MIT, and the American Institute of Technology.
1995 Environmental Excellence Award
1999 Top 10 Small Business of Kansas City
2000 Sheet Metal Contractor of the Year Award
2000 AFLCIO Award for Labor Management Relations
2000 Engineering News Record-Top 25 News Makers of the Year
Recipient of 14 AIA Kansas City Chapter Craftsmanship Awards
2005 MCA President's Award
2008 US General Services Administration Honor Award

Robert Zahner

Outside Industry Experience

Notable Projects

Projects that Zahner Architectural Metals has Consulted on

Awards Received

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