Steve Peklenk, AIC, Managing Director

Mr. Peklenk has provided construction management for multi-million dollar projects with full responsibility for planning and scheduling, finance, coordination, and construction. In over thirty years in the industry, he has managed residential commercial, industrial, and development projects. Other aspects of Mr. Peklenk’s career include:

• Managed a full discipline engineering concern in the industrial market, including projects overseas.
• Experience includes business and operations management, accounting and finance, personnel management, and dispute resolution.
• Member of the Panel of Arbitrators for the American Arbitration Association and has well over a decade of experience as an arbitrator and as a mediator.
• Has experience in claims preparation for many cases and provides expert testimony along with those efforts.
• Earned the top graduate position while getting a Bachelor of Science in Building Construction from Auburn University.
• Holds a license for General Contracting in North Carolina and South Carolina.
• Holds a Residential Property Inspection License in North Carolina
• Held the position of Director of Construction and Project Manager for commercial and industrial projects.
• Has technical skills which includes a full working knowledge of mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems as well as site construction.
• Has significant experience in Project scheduling and considerable computer training in Primavera Project Planner, Suretrak, MS Project, CSI Estimating, MS Access, MS Word, ACT Contact Management, Excel, MS Power Point and Windows.
• OSHA Training Certification
• Nationally Certified 3rd Party EIFS Inspector – Exterior Design Institute
• American Association for the Advancement of Science - Federal Judge Arbitration Program Panel Member
• Nationally Certified Moisture Analyst – and Instructor EDI
• Certified Mold Inspector (ESA)
• Level 1 Infrared Thermographer – The Snell Group
• Certified North Carolina Superior Court Mediator
• Certified Mediator for the North Carolina Mediation Network
• United States Postal Service Mediation Panel (previous)

 

Robert “Bob” Buckner, AIA
Manager of Architectural Services

Mr. Buckner has been an Architect and Principal in Charge of projects for numerous major clients for Freeman-White Associates, Inc. He has extensive experience in client relations and management including contract negotiation, monitoring of client billings, project scheduling, management of project teams, budget management and control, construction firm selection, construction management, quality control, and dispute avoidance. He has provided construction administration services on over $200,000,000 worth of construction especially focused on healthcare and senior living projects primarily located in the southeastern United States.

 

Mr. Buckner’s 35 years of experience in construction quality control, construction administration, and dispute resolution has given him expertise to investigate and determine fact of a project from project records, contract documents, standards, and inspections of a project. Mr. Buckner actively directs and participates in all aspects of the Construction Process throughout all phases of design and construction. Other information regarding his background includes:

• Ohio State University – Bachelor’s Degree - School of Architecture
• Professional Registrations as a Registered Architect in:
  • North Carolina
  • Ohio  
• Professional Certifications from the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
• Professional Associations:
  • American Institute of Architects  
• Significant experience in the preparation of project specifications and experience as the Manager of the Specifications Department of Freeman-White.
• Years of problem solving and dispute investigation and resolution.

 

Shelly Mann
Senior Project Engineer

Ms. Mann has 14 years of experience in the Engineering and Construction Arena. Aspects of Ms. Mann’s career include:

• Four years experience with R.J. Reynolds as a Project Engineer.
• Nine Years with Corporate Construction Services
• Experience includes:
  • Claims preparation activities
  • Management of Re-construction Multi-Family projects
  • Construction Defect Investigation
  • Commercial Project Inspection
  • Real Estate and Completion Percentage Project Inspection
  • Office Administration
  • Plant Construction Oversight
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Machinery Design
  • Commercial Project Management
  • Mechanical Engineering, Schedule Analysis
• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering - Clemson University, 1983.
• Has good computer skills in MS Word, Excel, and Windows.

 

Kris Waide
Senior Project Manager

Ms. Waide has Seventeen years of experience in the Engineering and Construction Arena. Aspects of Ms. Waide’s career include:

• Project Engineer with DMJM Aviation in Philadelphia, PA
  • Worked on the $600 Million Philadelphia International Airport Expansion as a consultant to the Division of Aviation
  • Performed design reviews
  • Managed several projects during preconstruction
  • Reviewed submittals and change orders on behalf of the Division of Aviation
• Office/Field Engineer with Hensel Phelps Construction Company in Ontario, CA
  • Worked for the General Contractor on the $120 Million Ontario
  • International Airport Expansion
  • Field supervised subcontractors
  • Coordinated submittals and material delivery
  • Developed and implemented punch lists
  • Reviewed monthly progress payments
  • Established building control and provided layout for concrete formwork
• Graduate Engineer with Whitby and Bird Engineers in London, England
  • Performed engineering and project administration for the New Berlin Stock Exchange
• Engineer-In-Training with Trans American Engineering in Monterey Park, CA
  • Managed survey crew
  • Performed civil engineering design
• Masters of Science in Construction Engineering and Management from University of California at Berkley
• B. S. E. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Duke University
• Registered North Carolina Engineer-In-Training
• OSHA Training
• WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint

 

Carl Duell
Senior Construction Manager

Mr. Duell has 40 years of experience in the Construction Industry. Aspects of Mr. Duell’s career include:

• Experience:

  • Construction of Shopping Centers, Hotels, Regional Malls to 1,400,000 sf.
  • Commercial Development Projects–Office Building Projects.
  • Negotiated and Hard Bid Experience Estimating.
  • School Projects, Theaters and other retail projects.
  • Restaurants, Grocery chain stores, Drug stores, churches, and Banks
  • Claims experience–for projects built.
  • Residential experience includes single-family Tract homes and apartment projects.
  • Manage and schedule projects to 38 million Dollars.
  • Three years of Construction Claims and project investigation.

• Education:

  • University of Pittsburgh–Civil Engineering 2- years.
  • Various construction educational classes–project management and estimating.
  • Computer skills include Primavera Project Planner, SureTrak, MS Project, Autocad, Excel, Powerpoint, WordPerfect, and MS Word.
  • Several OSHA Training courses.
  • Architectural Wood Working Institute Quality Assurance Training, 2003.
  • Southern Building Code Congress International IBC 2000 Bldg Principles and Code Applications Course 21 Hours, August 2002.
  • American Plywood Association Materials Course, Fall 2003.

• Professional Certifications:

  • NC Home Inspectors Associate License.
  • Fire Inspection Technician Level 1–Specified Technologies, Inc.

• Professional Associations:

  • Professional Construction Estimators Association Member Since 2005.

 

Patricia “Trish” Terwilliger
Certified Mold Inspector,
Certified Indoor Air Quality Specialist,
Office Manager

Ms. Terwilliger has twenty years of business, accounting, administrative and management experience with 16 years in a construction related firm. Aspects of Ms. Terwilliger’s career include:

• Certified Mold Inspector (ESA)
• Certified Indoor Air Quality Technician (ESA)
• Five years Financial Officer experience managing transactions and administration of documents.
• Over Ten Years in Administrative Positions in various capacities

Experience Includes:

• Significant Project Mold Testing and Management of Mold Projects
• Water Intrusion Analysis
• Exhibit Preparation
• Various Project and Statistical Analysis
• Bid Document Review
• Bond & Insurance Documentation
• Purchase Order & Invoicing
• Cash Management & Collections
• Job Costing & Cost Analysis
• Accounting & Cash Flow forecasting
• Internet Research
• Staff Management
• Administration Duties
• Financial Reporting
• Harding University – Searcy, Arkansas
• Has training and experience in: Windows 98, 2000 & XP, NT; Complete Microsoft Office with: Excel, PowerPoint, Word, & Outlook; Lotus 123, IBM, Peachtree, QuickBooks, ASI 400, SureTrak, Primavera 3.1.

 

Virginia Scott
Senior Project Scheduler

Ms. Scott has created CPM schedules for multi-million dollar projects in the commercial and industrial arena. Other details of Ms. Scott’s career include:

• Provided Schedules for the Engineering & Construction Industry including projects for:
  • Savannah River Project
  • Textile Plants
  • Chemical Plants
  • Process Plants
  • Re-boiler Construction
  • Digester Construction
  • Plant Shut-down scheduling
  • Piping Systems
  • Engineering Efforts
  • Procurement
• Experienced in creating Concentric Project Organization from Engineering to Procurement to Construction and through Commissioning.
• Has experience in schedule preparation in claims cases.
• Has training and experience in Primavera Project Planner, Lotus 123, Word Perfect, MS Access, MS Word, Excel, MS Power Point, MS Project and Windows.

 

Jane Peklenk
Senior Administrative Staff

Ms. Peklenk’s specialties include administrative duties for reports, procurement of materials, and quality control of work products for the company. Other aspects of her experience and background include:

• Bachelors degree in French and International Business from Auburn University, With Highest Honors
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
• Ten Years Experience as a French Instructor University of North Carolina – Charlotte
• French Instructor – Pfeiffer College
• Six Years Administrative Duties for Corporate Construction Services, LLC