Marc is a born and bred New Yorker that was raised in a family business of draftsman. From the age of 15 Marc started working for his father and later they created their first drafting company together, LJM Hoffman & Associates who specialized in producing patent illustrations for Patent Attorneys & Inventors throughout New York City. Drafting was in Marc’s DNA, he then pursued a diverse education in 3D CAD Mechanical Drafting schools such as Island Drafting Technical Institute, NYIT & New York University with an associate degree and several certificates in CAD Software & Mechanical Design specializing in HVAC. While working for several different MEP contractors, Marc built extensive knowledge in the industry, growing skills in fields ranging from HVAC mechanical design, to variety of CAD software programs.

Marc brings his 25+ years’ experience to all projects big and small and is involved every step of the way. Marc Hoffman, owner of Caddsultants Inc. brings his extensive knowledge in the mechanical drafting industry to the contracting construction world. His Certified & Insured team of professionals specializes in the MEP construction industry. Using CAD & BIM software, we produce fully coordinated MEP 3D & 2D drawings which we then detail out for fabrication and installation. Our surveyors measure and document existing conditions to further coordinate and enhance our drawings. Caddsultants Inc. team of professional drafters offering quality, satisfaction, and determination to meet the needs of our clients. Whether it’s 2D mechanical HVAC drawings or a 3D piping layout, we provide service all five New York boroughs including NJ & CT.

Education & Certifications

  • Trane Air Conditioning Clinic – Completed studies in the following: Basic Refrigeration cycle, Individual components of Air Conditioning Systems, Cooling Load, Estimating, Psychrometry, Refrigeration & System Controls, Design, Sizing, & Installation of Refrigeration piping. Chilled Water & Hot Water Systems, Pressure Independent Control Valves, Energy Recovery, Absorption vs. Electric Chiller. Custom Air Handlers.
  • NYU – Graduate of NYU specializing in the contracting construction industry. Certified in CAD, certified in Advanced 3-D Modeling and Rendering. Certified in Standardizing with Microstation V8
  • NYIT – Studied Interior Design
  • Island Drafting Technical Institute – Graduate in Mechanical Drafting and Computer Aided Design
  • Computer Skills – Autocad, MEP Software, Navis Works.

Experience

  • Mechanical HVAC Industry: All facets in preparation of Duct & Pipe Shop Fabrication & Coordination Drawings. Duct Design / Extensive knowledge using a Ductulator. Refrigeration piping and DX equipment, Boiler Rooms, Cooling Towers, MER’s, Field Surveying / Documentation. Steam & Chilled water and hot water piping systems. Involved Projects: Hospital Health Care Facilities, Commercial Buildings, Educational, Transportation, Pharmaceutical/Industrial, Recreational, Municipal, Cultural, Senior Housing.
  • Architectural Drafting: Exterior Elevations & Interior Floor Plans generated from site surveys. office space planning for systems type furniture. Designed and recommend furniture plans and building layouts that created dimensional driven graphics for site records, project planning and data. Created as built architectural plans, locations of telecommunications equipment, cable conducts and access bays from field surveys…
  • Environmental: In concurrence with engineers and scientists reviewed field data pertaining to asbestoses containing materials, lead base paint and soil boring sample locations. Reviewed client’s CAD & MicroStation drawings and compiled a new set of drawings representing an accurate presentation of contaminated soil and or existing asbestos survey location verifying locations & material listing. Design drawings indicating asbestos abatement, soil boring drawings indicating precise sample locations from filed data. Applied various CAD standards from the following companies: MTA, NYCDOT, TBTA, LIRR, NJ Transit, NYSOGS.
  • Patent Drafting / Illustrator: LJM Hoffman Corp – produced patent drawings from rough sketches and verbal descriptions. Applying digital photography and scanning as techniques for producing patent drawings all with CAD software. Utility patents, Trademarks Illustrations, Design patents, Mechanical drafting, Chemical diagrams, Electrical schematics, and Technical illustrations. traditional patent style drafting with free hand artistic illustrations.