Board Meeting

July 27, 2005

Andy Beselica
AB & Associates
Case No. 2003-092472

The Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design agreed to enter a final order imposing a $15,000.00 fine plus costs against Andy Beselica of Sorento, Florida. Mr. Beslica contracted to provide architectural services on a commercial project and held himself out as an architect. Further, Mr. Beselica used the license number of an architectural firm and was not authorized to do so.

John Bodensiek
Case No. 2004-029505

The Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design agreed to enter a final order approving a settlement stipulation imposing a $4,000.00 fine plus costs against John Bodensiek of Lake Worth, Florida. Mr. Bodensiek is unlicensed but is the officer of a licensed architectural firm. Mr. Bodensiek individually contracted to provide plans for a restaurant. The contract is in his individual name and contains his home address as opposed to the address of the architectural firm.

Rick Campbell
Case No. 2004-002071

The Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design agreed to enter a final order approving a settlement stipulation imposing a $5,000.00 fine plus costs against Rick Campbell of Lutz, Florida. Mr. Campbell is unlicensed and provided interior design services on commercial projects which include a beauty salon and restaurant.

Commercial Furnishings
Craig Johnson
Case No. 2003-077459

The Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design agreed to enter a final order approving a settlement stipulation in which Commercial Furnishings of Tallahassee, Florida will voluntarily relinquish license number IB 1015 and apply for a new license. The Board also imposed a $7,500.00 fine plus costs against the firm. Commercial Furnishings was previously a licensed interior design firm with Susette Crosby acting as their qualifier. Mrs. Crosby withdrew as the qualifier on July 31, 2001. The 2003 edition of the Sprint Telephone Directory was issued in December 2002 and listed Mrs. Crosby’s license number as the license number for the business. Further, the firm is offering and contracting for interior design services without a licensed interior designer on staff. The former business license of the firm went delinquent on February 28, 2003.

Curl Interiors & Witness Designs
Case No. 2003-092720

The Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design agreed to enter a final order imposing a $10,000.00 fine plus costs against Curl Interiors & Witness Design. The firm is not licensed and is offering interior design services in a yellow page advertisement. Jane Curl was served with a notice and order to cease and desist but failed to return the affidavit. An Administrative Complaint was filed and again Ms. Curl failed to file a response.

Davanti Architecture, Inc.
Case No. 2004-058467

The Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design agreed to enter a final order approving a settlement stipulation requiring that Davanti Architecture, Inc. of Ocala, Florida to voluntarily relinquish its license. The firm has a certificate of authorization; however, the firm no longer employs a licensed architect even though it is offering architectural services from two offices, one in Jacksonville and another in Ocala.

Edward Deleon and KWQ Architecture
Case Nos. 2004-034780 & 2004-034744

The Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design agreed to enter a final order imposing a $10,000.00 fine plus costs against Edward DeLeon and KWQ Architecture of Key West, Florida. Edward Deleon is not licensed but contracted to perform architectural and interior design services for a residence. Further, Mr. DeLeon signed the contract using the designation “AIA” even though he is not a member and he is offering services under the name KWQ Architecture.

Enviroscapes
Mark Martin
Case No. 2004-0038848

The Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design agreed to enter a final order approving a settlement stipulation imposing a $3,000.00 fine plus costs against Enviroscapes and Mark Martin of Miami, Florida. Mark Martin is unlicensed and is offering interior design services on his website.

Fabric Zoo
Case No. 2003-084820

The Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design agreed to enter a final order imposing a $10,000.00 fine plus costs against Fabric Zoo. The firm is not licensed and is offering interior design services in an advertising flyer. The firm was served with a Notice and Order to Cease and Desist but failed to return the affidavit. An Administrative Complaint seeking fines was filed and the firm failed to file a response.

Theodore Fine, Arnold Schulman and Fine Decorators, Inc.
Case Nos. 2004-019715, 2004-014068 & 2004-014062

The Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design agreed to enter a final order approving a settlement stipulation imposing a $25,000.00 fine against Theodore Fine and Fine Decorators, Inc. and Mr. Fine will voluntarily relinquish his interior design license. A $7,500.00 fine was imposed along with two years probation against Arnold Shulman’s license to practice interior design.

Theodore Fine applied for licensure as an interior designer on September 17, 1989 and submitted an application to DBPR. In the application, Mr. Fine was asked whether he had ever been a defendant in a civil case and Mr. Fine answered in the negative. Mr. Fine actually was a defendant in a civil case that was filed on November 18, 1987 by Ron Peters alleging contract indebtedness.

In 2001, Fine Decorators, Inc., published a hard cover book to promote the firm which offers architectural services. Further, the firm’s website offers architectural design services and does not have a certificate of authorization to provide such services.

On or around December 8, 1999 the firm entered into a contract with Sandra Cuff to provide interior design services for Cauff’s residence. Arnold Schulman told Cauff that they were going to give her a special rate and charge 30% over their lowest net price. Mr. Schulman and Mr. Fine did not bill Cauff their lowest price and instead overcharged for almost every item and refused to produce invoices from suppliers and sub-contractors to prove actual cost. They made knowingly false statements and omissions to Cauff concerning the prices to be charged and amount of compensation to be received by them which Cauff relied upon to her detriment. Mr. Schulman and Mr. Fine failed to clearly determine the scope and nature of the project prior to entering into a contract for interior design services with Cauff. Fine Decorators, Inc. breached the contract with Cauff by failing to provide proper supervision, resulting in inferior work among other problems.

Cauff filed an Amended Complaint in Circuit Court based on the facts and the case was transferred to arbitration. Cauff obtained a judgment against the Respondents in the amount of $474,893.00.

Juan Garrido
Case No. 2004-054890

The Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design agreed to enter a final order imposing a $10,000.00 fine plus costs against Juan Garrido. Mr. Garrido contracted to perform architectural services for a residence. Mr. Garrido orally held himself out as an architect to the client. The contract specifically refers to architectural services and his business card offers such services.

Robert Gray
Case No. 2004-029156

The Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design agreed to enter a final order placing Robert Gray’s license to practice architecture on suspension followed by probation and imposing a $6,000.00 fine plus costs. Mr. Gray signed and sealed plans for a 12 story condominium that were prepare by an unlicensed draftsman. Further, the unlicensed draftsman contracted directly with the client. Mr. Gray failed to exercise proper responsible supervisory control for plans prepared outside of his office.

Robert Greenbaum
Case No. 2004-037307

The Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design agreed to enter a final order approving a settlement stipulation imposing a reprimand plus costs against Robert Greenbaum of St. Petersburg, Florida. Mr. Greenbaum signed and sealed plans for a project for the purpose of obtaining a building permit. The plans contained a projection of a through wall air conditioner that is located 5’2” above the walkway connecting the handicapped parking spaces with the entrance. That violates provisions of the Florida Building Code. The plans were rejected by the Building Department requesting numerous revisions. Mr. Greenbaum signed and sealed the plans and resubmitted them to the Building Department numerous times and the plans were rejected all times. The plans were not of sufficiently high standard to clearly and accurately indicate or illustrate all essential parts of work to which they refer.

Clyde Hinkle
Case No. 2004-059240

The Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design agreed to enter a final order approving a settlement stipulation imposing a $2,500.00 plus costs against Clyde Hinkle of Crawfordsville, Indiana. Mr. Hinkle signed and sealed drawings that were prepared in accordance with contracts for architectural services that were entered into by Myler Church Building Systems. Myler Church Building Systems does not have a certificate of authorization to offer or provide architectural services.

David Jass
Case No. 2004-043282

The Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design agreed to enter a final order approving a settlement stipulation placing David Jass of Mount Dora, Florida license to practice architecture on probation for two years and imposing a $6,000.00 fine plus costs. Mr. Jass signed and sealed a commercial project that was prepared by an unlicensed drafting company without meeting with the client nor did he have a contract with the client. Mr. Jass failed to exercise proper responsible supervisory control for documents prepared outside his office.

Joel W. Johnson
J.W. Johnson Design Consultants
Case No. 2004-041400

The Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design agreed to enter a final order imposing a $20,000.00 fine plus costs against Joel Johnson. Mr. Johnson contracted to provide architectural services for a church and is not licensed in Florida. Mr. Johnson used the seal of a licensed architect to obtain a building permit. The Building Department claims that if structural errors had not been discovered during construction, the building would have collapsed.

Roger J. Kress and Design Corp. of Southwest Florida
Case No. 2004-026328

The Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design agreed to enter a final order imposing a $3,000.00 fine plus costs or community service of lieu of the fine against Roger J. Kress of Punta Gorda, Florida. Mr. Kress is unlicensed and contracted to provide architectural services for the Zusman Eye Center. The Mr. Kress’ sign at the project site offered architectural design services and his business card refers to himself as an architectural design consultant.

Joseph Marcial
Case No. 2004-057909

The Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design agreed to enter a final order approving a settlement stipulation reprimanding Joseph Marcial of DeBary, Florida license to practice architecture and imposing a fine of $3,000.00 plus costs. Mr. Marcial signed and sealed plans for a commercial property that were prepared by an unlicensed draftsman without ever meeting with the client. Further, the unlicensed draftsman contracted directly with the client to provide architectural services.

James U. Moncada
CMJ Architectural Designs & Reprographics, Inc.
Case No. 2004-026260

The Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design agreed to enter a final order approving a settlement stipulation imposing a $2,500.00 fine plus costs against James Moncada of Pinellas Park, Florida. The Respondent is not licensed and is doing business as CMJ Architectural Designs. His business card holds him out as an architectural draftsman and on an invoice he described his services as architectural drafting.

Respondent was served with a Notice and Order to Cease and Desist but failed to return the affidavit.

Myler Church Building Systems
Case No. 2004-029718

The Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design agreed to enter a final order approving a settlement stipulation imposing a $10,000.00 fine plus costs against Myler Church Building Systems of St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm is not licensed and the website offers architectural services and claims to have provided architectural services for numerous churches in Florida.

Thomas Tedrow and International Banking Technologies, Inc.
Case Nos. 2004-057440 & 2004-057482

The Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design agreed to enter a final order approving a settlement stipulation imposing a $2,500.00 fine plus costs against Thomas Tedrow and $2,500.00 fine plus costs against International Banking Technologies, Inc. of Snellville, Georgia. Respondent International Banking Technologies (IBT) does not have a certificate of authorization to practice AR in Florida and does not employ a Florida licensed architect. IBT contracted with Community Bank of Florida to provide architectural services for a commercial project in Lakeland, Florida. Respondent, Thomas Tedrow is licensed in Colorado but not in Florida and is an employee of IBT. Mr. Tedrow provided a preliminary set of drawings for the project.

Treasure Coast Drafting, Inc.
William McQuillan
Case No. 2004-051653

The Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design agreed to enter a final order approving a settlement stipulation imposing a $3,000.00 fine plus costs against Treasure Coast Drafting, Inc. of Port St. Lucie, Florida. The firm is unlicensed and is offering architectural services in an advertisement.