This is a people business. If you want the best possible job, get the best possible people. We are team players. Principal Steve Pinnell is well known in the industry for his expertise in Program and Project Management, Critical Path Scheduling, Partnering and Claims. Steve is the author of "HOW TO GET PAID For Construction Changes," published by McGraw-Hill. John Costello and Greg Mockford are equally well known. Our entire team has extensive experience in managing design and construction and in helping our clients achieve on-time, under-budget, quality projects. Contact Pinnell/Busch at (503) 293-6280.
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Steve Pinnell, P.E. - 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.
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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.
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Gregory Mockford, AIA - Vice President and 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.
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Blake Marchand - Vice President and 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.
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Mike Norman - Senior Project Manager
Mike Norman’s success in helping his clients avoid and resolve construction disputes is based on his 25 years in the design and construction industry – as a civil engineer, contractor, land developer, mediator, partnering facilitator, and construction law attorney. This broad experience gives him a perspective and understanding of the mechanics of assessing risk, identifying the root cause of a dispute, developing a solution, proving causation and damages, and either helping the parties resolve their differences by negotiation or meditation or winning for his client thru expert testimony in court or arbitration.
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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.
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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.
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Dave Shriver - Project Manager
Dave has over nine years of experience in construction project management with a very diverse project background, from commercial buildings to schools to single family homes. He is able to direct complex projects from concept to fully operational status. Dave is a key member of our construction defects team, working with attorneys, clients and homeowners to determine the cause of defect and find a solution.
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Jeff Hankins - Project Manager
Jeff is a construction professional with experience in sales, project development, estimating, contracts, scheduling and customer relations. He is skilled in detailed project management, developing efficient scheduling and effectively managing industry professionals. As a member of the construction defect team, Jeff analyzes construction issues to determine the cause and work toward a repair scope. He communicates with attorneys, clients and owners to resolve construction defect issues.
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Patrick Melvin - IT Manager and Graphics Lead
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, video production and animation. He also assists project managers with site visits, pictorial documentation, estimating and scheduling.
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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.
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Terry Pinnell - Senior HR Consultant
Terry has over 15 years of Human Resources (HR) experience as a HR Director, Generalist and Specialist for major corporations. Terry consults with the firm's clients, helping avoid and resolve employee relations and other HR issues. She provides support in employee recruitment and interim staffing, retention, employee relations, policies, compensation, leaves of absence, job descriptions, performance appraisal development and conflict resolution.
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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.
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Michael Story - Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expert
Mike Story has 33 years of experience in Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management with Procter & Gamble, a Fortune 500 company and the largest consumer products company in the world. Mike was responsible for overseeing manufacturing and supply chain operations throughout the United States and Asia. He understands both effective plant operations and how a plant's production, quality, customer service, and cost results need to be integrated seamlessly with the company's business goals.
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SUBCONSULTANTS |
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:
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John Johnson - Résumé
John Lang - Résumé
Walt Lemon - Résumé
Steve Lervik - Résumé
Vic Maloof - Résumé
Mike Morrison - Résumé
Pete Oakander - Résumé
Larry Palermini - Résumé
Gale Powell - Résumé
Dennis Van Kirk - Résumé
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