Jeff Brand

About Jeff Brand

General contracting and construction management professional with 25 years’ technical leadership in project delivery of luxury estate homes, mid & high-rise multi-unit luxury housing, government and education facilities, mixed use and heavy commercial turn-key, shell and TI, CONUS/OCONUS DOD and State Department OBO secure facilities, hospital/clinical and life science facilities, Tech – Clean Room R&D, manufacturing, industrial process facilities and infrastructure portfolios to $100 MM. A specialist in BD/project initiation, pre-design client services including AHJ studies, reporting and permitting, proposal development-orals, negotiation, stakeholder communications and integrated project delivery. Certified industry expertise in the CM disciplines of project management planning, daily project team leadership, monitoring and reporting of KPI’s across procurement, change/integration, budget, schedule, safety, quality, risk and project closeout.

Experience

1. President & Director of Construction

   Construction West Rancho Santa Fe

   Jul 1987 — Present · Rancho Santa Fe, CA, US

   Founded and manage the regional general contracting and CM-At-Risk construction company noted for award winning delivery of high-profile commercial and large-scale, luxury custom residential estate projects. Brand Construction West Group pioneered application of globally certified construction management best practices including multiple delivery contract models, integrated project delivery, OAC design teaming, Value Engineering/Benefit Analysis, MS Project & Primavera scheduling/construction management tools and project controls, risk management and QA/QC transferred from high-rise luxury housing, life sciences, R&D, heavy commercial, industrial and infrastructure construction industries.Residential Division. Design-Build, CM-at-Risk and D-B-B construction delivery models tailored to serve a highly discrete client list seeking unsurpassed luxury and design elegance in extraordinary personal living environments. Intensive focus on project initiation, site and environmental impacts, concept modeling and integrated owner-architect/engineer-contractor teaming inspired numerous high profile regional estates up to ft² awarded for environmental integration, LEED certified energy innovation, stunning architectural design and extraordinary multi-disciplinary craft team excellence. Commercial Division. Specializing in At-Risk Construction Management of subcontracted and combined self-performed delivery models, Brand Construction West commercial construction clients include regional church/assembly/education campus facilities, financial services, manufacturing, R&D, life sciences and national brand retail projects.

Education

• Linn-Benton Community College

  Construction Mangement & Technology

  1979 — 1983

• United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America

  Pacific Northwest Carpenters Institute 4 Year Carpenter-Millwright Apprenticeship

  1979 — 1983

Skills

• Program Management
• Process Scheduler
• Integrated Project Delivery
• Project Control
• Microsoft Project
• Facilities Management
• International Project Teams
• Leed Ap
• Strategy
• Contractors
• Ccm (Cmaa Certified Construction Manager)
• Contract Management
• Project Initiation and Chartering
• Contract Negotiation
• Concrete
• Construction Management
• International Engineering & Construction Management
• Pmp
• Integration
• Drainage
• Conflict Area Operations
• Vertical, Infrastructure & Housing Construction
• Proposal Writing
• Project Management
• Water
• Construction
• Supervisory Skills
• Subcontracting
• Project Planning
• Ms Project