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Wayne Short, Founder

Semi-retired 2007

 

 

Building Designer Wayne Short began his building design career at the age of sixteen when he designed and built his first underground "house", complete with wood-burning fireplace, located off the side of a nearby creek bank, utilizing scrap materials from an adjacent housing addition. An artisan and craftsman at heart, he pursued the study of fine art and architectural design/drafting at Raymond S. McLain Senior High School, Tulsa, OK.

With no possibility of college in sight, he married and moved to California where he worked for IBM as a draftsman and then for an Architectural Design firm where he found he could utilize his love for design.

In 1965 he moved his family back to Oklahoma and established business as ABC Residential Plan Service in Tulsa. One of his first projects was a 128-bed nursing home which led to the re-naming of the business to ABC Plans, which later became the trademark for the company's line of semi-custom "stock" home designs. 

Since that time, the company, now known as Wayne Short & Company, has designed over 600 major building projects -- an average of fifteen per year. Although the company is best known for its innovative home design, the firm's projects have included numerous commercial and industrial projects -- ranging from airplane hangars to hospital annexes; convenience stores; restaurants; nursing homes; funeral homes; churches; office buildings, site planning, street-scaping, etc.

Clients have come to depend on Wayne Short & Co. for careful planning, thorough detailing, practical design; honest estimates of delivery time and reasonable rates.

Affiliates and consultants include licensed Architects, Structural and Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers and Civil Engineers, designers, draftsmen and artists.

In 1994 Wayne relocated to Poteau, Oklahoma, where the air is fresh and pine-scented, the mountain views are spectacular and the fish bite (according to local legend) nearly year-round. 2005 marked the 40th year of business and in 2007 Wayne semi-retired, and still works from his home in Poteau..

William who now designs from his office in Tulsa for clients such as Willbros Engineering, Englobal Engineering, Payne-Huber, and others, was first in the company to utilize CAD drafting after attending Tulsa Junior College in 1989. 

William has been directly involved in a number of construction and remodeling projects and has extensive experience in several types of construction.

Now, if you want to know about us in a way that impacts you, the client, please review our long list of clients. Some are listed on this website (click here) or a complete list is available on request.

 

William P. Short

Building Designer