THE PINNELL/BUSCH TEAM

Steve Pinnell - President and Senior Project Manager
Steve has over 30 years experience in managing design and construction projects. He is the author of "HOW TO GET PAID For Construction Changes," which was published in 1998 by McGraw-Hill, and numerous articles on scheduling, estimating, cost control, dispute resolution and project management. He is a nationally recognized expert in critical path scheduling, dispute resolution and construction claims.

John Costello - Vice President and Senior Project Manager
John has over 30 years experience as an owner’s representative on a broad range of major developments, from concept to completion and operation. He has worked with governmental and private developers on multi-use, high-rise towers, residential subdivisions, and industrial and commercial projects. He is an expert at investigations of construction deficiencies and resolution of disputes on commercial, industrial and residential building construction. John offers clients the full range of owner representative services, project intervention, claims avoidance and forensic project analysis.

Gregory Mockford, AIA - Vice President, Senior Project Manager
Greg provides Pinnell/Busch expertise in three areas of project management: owner's representative, architect and project manager. He fully understands the perspectives of the owner, architect and builder. Greg has more than 29 years of experience managing, scheduling, and designing a range of public and private construction projects. As a Senior Project Manager of 17 years and head of the construction defects division for small residential to large commercial projects, Greg provides project team leadership, expert testimony mediation and develops and manages construction CPM schedules.

Blake Marchand - Senior Project Manager
Blake has over 15 years of experience in the construction industry. He has a diverse professional background in construction management, CPM scheduling, construction defects, estimating, claims, dispute resolution and litigation. His various project experience and training in civil, commercial, institutional and industrial projects gives him the ability to work effectively with architects, owners and contractors in complex environments.

David York, AIA - Senior Project Manager
David York, a licensed architect, brings more than 30 years experience in project management, design, construction defects and building envelope construction. His architectural design background ensures a solid attention to detail in defects investigations and envelope construction. David has served in diverse professional environments in a range of project types including commercial, industrial, mixed-use, multi-family, educational, health care and churches. David offers our clients services in envelope design, defects investigations, analysis, expert witness and remediation for both plaintiffs and defendants.

Dan Cadd - Project Manager
Dan has extensive knowledge of the construction industry with more than 30 years experience as an owner/operator, project manager, general manager and estimator. Dan has been involved in construction defects investigations for more than 12 years. He maintains excellent working relations with clients, attorneys, insurance adjusters and homeowners. He is well qualified to propose scopes of repairs, create conceptual estimates, and allocate percentages of responsibility to those who contributed to the defect damages. Dan provides complex, accurate and detailed assessments and testimony services for both plaintiffs and defendants.

Butch Henry - Senior Construction Manager
Butch has over 25 years of experience in the construction industry with a focus on management of large, complex public works and industrial construction projects, in addition to conceptual and detailed estimating. He has worked for both public works agencies and private industry on projects as diverse as refineries, pulp and paper mills, power plants, and concrete structures. He has also developed a thorough understanding of the many facets of the building industry, including: contract negotiations, schedule development and management, partnering, conflict resolution, and quality control and assurance.

Robert Harp - Project Manager
Robert is a member of the construction defects team. He has 16 years of experience as a construction manager on projects ranging from single family homes to commercial buildings. He possesses a strong insight for investigating construction defects disputes for attorneys, insurance adjusters and homeowners. Robert is able to determine the scope of repairs as well as code requirements and investigative reports. He is available to provide expert advice to clients and attorneys, as well as expert testimony for mediation, arbitration, and at trial if necessary.

Heather Steele - Project Manager
Heather brings a diverse educational and professional background to Pinnell Busch, Inc. With two degrees from the University of Montana and a professional background in strategic communications, quality control, purchasing and operations management, Heather's cross-functinal skill set seamlessly integrates with the construction industry. Heather is able to provide our clients a multitude of services including contract negotiations, cost and code analysis, scheduling, and repair and field investigations.

Tony Martinez - Project Manager
Tony holds a Masters of Architecture from the University of Oregon. With experience both as an architectural intern and as a paralegal, Tony's diverse professional background provides Pinnell Busch with a unique skill set and understanding of legal issues in the construction industry. Tony offers our clients a wide range of services, including; drafting, claims investigation, code research and architectural analysis.

Patrick Melvin - IT Manager and Graphic Designer
Patrick is Pinnell/Busch's IT Manager with over 12 years of experience. He developed the firm's graphics division to include informative demonstrative exhibits, 3-D modeling and video production. He assists project managers with site visits, pictorial documentation, estimating and scheduling.

Jennifer Thorne - Accounting and Office Manager
Jennifer has over 15 years of experience as a bookkeeper. She assists with the auditing needs of numerous construction projects, from small residential to large commercial buildings. Jennifer is available to consult with our small business clients on their bookkeeping and auditing needs.

Shelley Shirley - Marketing Coordinator/Admin
Shelley has over 17 years of experience in marketing, advertising, graphic design and communications. She is skilled at desiging all types of marketing materials and provides valuable assistance to our construction defects department by creating PowerPoint presentations, repair scope reports and investigative testing reports. Shelley is responsible for the Pinnell Busch newsletter and website.

Patrick Kelly - Executive Assistant
Patrick holds two business degrees from Portland State University and has a background in engineering. With training in management, human resource management, chemistry and engineering, Patrick brings a diverse skill set to Pinnell Busch, Inc. and provides assistance in several areas including human resources, marketing, and accounting.

As project management consultants, Pinnell/Busch can assemble large teams for major projects from a number of subconsultants. In addition, we assist large consulting firms in assembling multi-discipline teams for very large projects and multi-project programs.

The subconsultants we use most frequently include the following:

Walt Lemon - Resume

Mike Morrison - Resume

Dave Place - Resume

Gale Powell - Resume

Angela Wykoff - Resume