With over twenty-five years of diverse architecture experience, Co-founder of Salient Associates, Charles Whelan is the principal in charge of design and administration services. Charles earned his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Minnesota in 1988. He began his architectural career by managing an overseas office in Madagascar for a US company. While there, he executed a wide variety of projects for church-based clients and humanitarian organizations which included schools, churches, hospital, offices, an orphanage and a park visitor's complex. When he returned to the United States, Charles also worked as a project architect for an award winning firm which he managed the design and production of various educational projects like the Hackensack Middle School addition, Bergen County Schools Administrative offices and the Teterboro Campus of the Bergen County Technical High School renovation and remodel. More recently, Charles has been involved in various projects with David Barbour of David Barbour Architects. These projects include the design and construction of large office building with garage and the South End Redevelopment project which involved large scale planning for various housing types for the city of Bridgeport. Mr. Whelan has also been involved in the design build of the CT Clinic Building at the Armed Forces General Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya as well as the Gil Gil Jump Tower in Gil Gil, Kenya for the Army Corp of Engineers.

In addition to architectural projects, Charles has designed and managed over 1000 telecommunication sites for top wireless providers such as T-Mobile, Sprint/Nextel and AT&T. He has provided expert testimony and professional advice to municipalities considering applications for construction of wireless facilities.

Charles is also a retired US Army Corp of Engineers Major and NCARB-certified and licensed to practice architecture in New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Florida

E-mail: cw@salientassociates.com