Bob is a full-time construction consultant for OMRB.  He brings nearly 30 years of commercial construction industry experience to OMRB, having worked at everything from journeyman carpenter to vice president of operations.  Bob began his career at Peter Kiewit Construction in Seattle in 1967 and worked as a general manager for a regional contractor that is the 10th largest retail contractor in the United States.  Bob also spent eight years working for the Seattle office of an international construction conglomerate where he served as vice president of operations overseeing retail, commercial, and industrial construction in four western states.

Presentations

• Bi-Annual Presenter: “Basic Construction Law,” Associated Builders and Contractors Emerging Contractors Program (2002-present)
• “Getting the Most Out of Policies and Procedures,” OMRB Construction and Public Contract Law Seminar (2005)
• Co-Presenter: “What To Do When the Other Guy Goes Bankrupt,” OMRB Construction and Public Contract Law Seminar (2005)
• Co-Presenter: “The Joys and Perils of Public Works Construction,” Associated Builder & Contractors, Inc. (2004)
• “General-Subcontractor Relations,” OMRB Construction and Public Contract Law Seminar (2004)

Professional and Civic Involvement

Associated Builders and Contractors, Past President, currently on the Board of Directors
Association of General Contractors of Washington

Representative Projects

• Public Museum, Eastern Washington:  Developed claims for general contractor and steel supplier, and coordinated claim overviews with six additional subcontractors.  All eight firms filed claims for inefficiencies and disruptions caused by errors and omissions in the contract documents.  All claims were settled at mediation.
• Seattle Public Library:  Developed claims for the electrical contractor that stemmed from impacts caused by late and re-sequenced predecessor activities.  The electrical subcontractor recovered the highest percentage return of the multiple contractor firms that attended a two day mediation.
• Federal Design-Build:  Prepared claims for an international contractor who contracted to design build facilities at 10 military bases spread across the United States.  One contract, but required separate claims for each base.  Documents were scattered over 12 States, increasing the challenge.
• Commercial Warehouse Development:  Oles Morrison represented one partner in an LLC, who charged another partner with fraud and improper distribution of funds.  The matter languished at another law firm for a year before coming to Oles Morrison.  Bob found key evidence of previously undiscovered impropriety that opened the door to a larger investigation and recovery for the Oles client.