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Robert (Bob) C. Congdon II

Hampton Roads, Virginia

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
35 years of entrepreneurial real estate adventure

1997-Present
Home Restoration Consultants, LLC, Richmond, VA
Founder & Managing Partner
  • Restoration/Renovation Consultant for Older and Existing Buildings
  • Energy STAR, Earthcraft HERS rater

1996-Present
The Home Company, LLC, Richmond, VA
Founder and Managing Partner
  • Renovation and Adaptive Reuse General Contractor
  • Energy STAR, Earthcraft Builder

1994-Present
Congdon & Congdon, Inc., Alexandria, VA
Co-founder & President
  • Consultant for Urban Revitalization and Brownfields Redevelopment
  • Wrote and published the "Pre-Purchase Survival Checklist"

2000-2002
WRVA's Home Improvement Show, Richmond, VA
Host and Co-Creator
  • Advised on a wide range of homeowner issues for a local call-in show
  • Commentator on urban topics and revitalization of cities

1974-1994
The Clarendon Co., Inc., Clinton, NJ
President & Founder
  • Organized and developed vertically integrated, project specific, construction & development organization (Project size-100K to 3.5mil)
  • Project Conceptualization and Feasibility Analysis and Planning
  • Land Assemblage Developer, negotiated government approvals, environmental and Wetlands issues
  • Handled site plan approvals and tax credit renovations for redevelopment
  • New Home Builder & Renovation Contractor
  • Acted as a Project Supervisor, Construction Manager and Property Manager

1969-1973
United States Army
Captain, Army Corps of Engineers


EDUCATION
  • 2006 Graduate of Southface Virginia Sustainable Building Network & HERS (Home Energy Rating System) Urban Studies Program
  • 2002 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Urban Studies Program
  • 1996 R.J. Moore Home Inspection School, Annapolis, MD - Became a Certified Home Inspector and member of ASHI
  • 1970 U.S. Army Engineering Officer School, Ft. Belvoir, VA - Commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant
  • 1968 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN - BS in Civil Engineering

CONTINUING EDUCATION
  • Urban Land Institute - Development Training Courses
  • National Association of Home Builders - Graduate Builder Courses
  • National Association of Realtor - Graduate Realtor Institute Courses
  • Member of the Appraisal Institute - Training Courses
  • American Society of Home Inspectors - Continuing Education
  • Inspection Training Associates - Courses in HUD 203(k) Consulting,
  • Commercial Inspections and Commercial Electrical Inspections
  • Dale Carnegie Public Speaking Courses
  • Virginia Commonwealth University - Courses in Adaptive Reuse, Planning and Affordable Housing
  • Hope in the Cities - Racial Facilitation Training

MEMBERSHIPS
  • Virginia Sustainable Building Network, Energy STAR
  • National Association of Home Builders
  • Preservation North Carolina
  • National Trust for Historic Preservation

MILITARY EXPERIENCE
  • Distinguished Graduate of U.S. Army Officer Candidate Course, Ft. Belvoir, VA
  • Graduate of the U.S Army Airborne School and U.S. Army Ranger School
  • Service as a Green Beret, Lopuri, Thailand
  • German Mountain Division Winter Warfare Training, Mittenwald, Germany
  • German Mountain Division Mountaineering Training, Mittenwald, Germany
  • Selected to Participate in First U.S. Army European Race-Relations Forum