
Swathika Senthil Kumar
Construction Manager
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Construction professional with owner's-representative and construction administration experience spanning design through closeout across commercial, mixed-use, senior living, and high-rise residential work. Brings an architect's command of drawings, building systems, and sequencing to site coordination, permitting, and contractor management. Protects owner schedules through early risk identification and disciplined delegation of scoped, tracked tasks across multidisciplinary teams.
Experience
Senior Architect at S P Associates (2023-11 – 2025-12)
Commercial, residential, and mixed-use portfolio · 2 concurrent lead projects · 327,000 sq ft · $12M tower value
- Designed and directed a 124,000 sq ft, $12M residential tower from concept and schematic design through construction documents and construction, as primary interface among contractor, consultants, and owner.
- Provided constructability review and design-assist input and evaluated change requests against the contract to confirm scope.
- Prepared permit sets and bid documents, managing plan-review resubmittals through municipal approval.
- Led grading, stormwater, utility coordination, and multi-phase construction sequencing across a 203,000 sq ft senior living parcel, delegating deliverables to landscape and utility consultants.
- Conducted regular site walks and resolved contractor RFIs raised in the field.
Architect at Venkataramanan Associates (2020-09 – 2023-10)
Residential projects team · 2 high-rise developments · 570,000 sq ft · $18.8M lead project
- Served in an owner's-representative capacity on a 301,000 sq ft, $18.8M high-rise from master planning and schematic design through construction administration, reporting progress to the owner.
- Assigned deliverables and reviewed shop drawings and submittals across 4 consultant disciplines in 2 countries, including Mivan specialty formwork.
- Managed issued-for-construction drawing releases and revision tracking so site teams worked from current documents.
- Led Phase 1 field coordination and Phase 2 design development on a 269,000 sq ft, 3-tower, approx. 300-unit development.
Junior Architect at Vesta Architects (2018-05 – 2020-08)
Commercial, institutional, and renovation projects · 161,000 sq ft commercial facility · 86,000 sq ft institutional complex
- Programmed and designed a 161,000 sq ft commercial facility and managed field coordination through closeout.
- Detailed columns, beams, and vimana for an 86,000 sq ft temple, pairing traditional proportions with modern framing.
- Surveyed 2,100–14,000 sq ft fit-outs, specified materials, and compiled as-built and closeout documentation.
Education
Master of Science in Project Management | Concentration in Construction Management – Northeastern University, Roux Institute (2026-01 – 2027-12)
Bachelor of Architecture (B. Arch), five-year accredited professional degree – Karpagam School of Architecture (2013-04 – 2018-05)

