Nelson Chen

BIM/CADD Specialist

B.E., Engineering in Electronics, Rangoon Institute of Technology, Rangoon, Burma

Nelson is a Senior BIM/CAD operator at Rutherford + Chekene and has been with the firm since 1995. His portfolio includes multiple healthcare projects including work for Kaiser Permanente, UC San Francisco and Laguna Honda Hospital in San Francisco. Nelson plays a significant role in R+C’s BIM/CAD department and has been involved in small projects as well as some of the firm’s most high profile contracts for municipal and institutional agencies.

Beautiful, Functional, Green

Alan led the R+C team to design a visually minimal support structure for the complex photovoltaic panel canopy between buildings at UC Merced’s Science and Engineering 2 building. The canopy is composed of vertical as well as horizontal PV panels and provides not only a solar energy source for the building, but shading for the plaza and a visually striking entrance.