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Mr.
Borghei is Managing principal and founder of Syntech
Construction, Inc. Syntech Construction, Inc. was established in
1997 as a full service design, construction and development
company.
Houshang M. Borghei is a California licensed architect as well
as California licensed general contractor. He has his masters
degree in architecture and B.S. in civil engineering.
Before forming Syntech Construction, Inc., he was director of
component design at Pearce Systems International, specializing
in the design, engineering, and manufacturing of space frame
structural systems. He managed a team of fifteen engineers and
designers for a firm that specializes in
the design, engineering, and manufacturing of space frame
structural systems. Responsible for the design of structural
members and cladding systems, completion of shop drawings for
manufacturing and erection drawings, site coordination, review
of material certificates to specifications, and prototyping of
various segments of the structures using computer 3d modeling or
actual members.
Mr.
Borghei was involved with major projects at Pearce Systems
International. The Fremont Street Experience Project, Las Vegas,
NV
1995. Project involved the use of a vault supported by
columns covering four blocks of Fremont Street, transforming it
into a pedestrian street mall. Overall plan dimensions of the
space frame are 1,100 feet in length, 100 feet width and a total
surface area of 152,000 square feet. Navy Pier Reconstruction
Project, Chicago, IL 1993 Project comprised of two separate
structures located on Navy Pier:
Festival Hall (853 ft. by 205 ft.) which can be described
as three intersecting barrel vaults with a primary 831 ft.
longitudinal vault intersected by three 227 ft. transverse
vaults and Family Pavilion (372 ft. by 124 ft.) which is
comprised of three distinct, but
contiguous, structural zones. These include the
Wintergarden, Children’s Museum and Imax Theater.
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