Rhodes Hileman	 			      	    206 760 8619
6551 Holly Terrace South		           www.smsys.com 
Seattle, Washington 98118-3439		        rhodes@smsys.com

		               CONSTRUCTION
		     residential, commercial, marine

Construction tradesman with broad industrial experience.  
Produces well-fitted work from foundations to finished cabinets. 
Capable as workman or foreman. 

RANGE OF SKILLS - 

Residential and commercial architectural design and construction.  
	Passive solar design. Millman, rough and finish carpenter, 
	general contractor, draftsman. 
Foundations, framing, plumbing, wiring, drywall, roofing, windows 
	and doors, stairs, gables and rafters, kitchens and 
	cabinets, bathrooms, painting, outbuildings, landscaping.
Steel fabrication, cutting, forming, welding, machining. 
	Construction and repair of ships, fishing vessels, and 
	yachts, in steel, wood, and fiberglass.  
Skilled operation of forklifts, cranes, payloaders, heavy trucks, 
	backhoes, roadgraders, bulldozers, tractors, and marine 
	vessels; chainsaws, bandsaws, planers, joiners; welder & 
	oxy-acet.; vertical mill & lathe.  As shipwright, placed 
	15- to 65-ton assemblIes to +-1/16" accuracy.

SHORT LIST OF PROJECTS - (D=designed, P=produced)

Complete residential remodel, framing, -P
	Greenwood Remodeling, Seattle, 2000
Rescue of aging garage, conversion to art workshop, -P
	Seattle, 2000 
Complete residential remodel, concrete and framing -P
	Ravenna Construction, Seattle 1999 
Welded steel frame workshop on a 5-ton truck  -D&P
	Santa Rosa, CA 1996
Industrial design studio in a Fruehauf trailer. -D&P
	Santa Rosa, CA 1993
16' Pinwheel gazebo, designed and built in 5 days. -D&P
	Beverly Hills, CA 1980
Fan-shaped passive solar home for Davis, California -D
	Design exercise at Antioch, not built. 1978
Community center remodel, with passive solar features  -D&P
	Crossroads Community "The Farm", SF, CA. 1977-1978 
Residential and commercial remodels, contractor and carpenter -P
	San Francisco, CA 1975-1976
Commercial remodel, gut to brick, new drywall -P 
	Plant Bros., San Francisco, CA 1975
400' steel barges to serve Alaska pipeline, one per month. -P
	Bethlehem Shipyards, San Francisco, CA 1973-4
Rural home at Eldredge Creek.  -D&P
	Greenfield Ranch, Calpella, CA 1971