Professional Profiles

Gary D. Brattain

President / RMO, 1976 to Present

Education

Gary began his career as an apprentice with the Southern California Carpenter’s Union in 1970 and attending San Diego City College as part of a 4-year apprenticeship program. Since then, Gary has completed several years of college course work in Construction Inspections and Development, Efficiency and Public Relations at Coastline College, UC Irvine and UC San Diego.

Professional Certifications

Gary obtained his Class B California Contractor’s License in 1976 (No. 321842), and maintained that license until he incorporated the company in 2008. In 1997 he also obtained his California State Insurance Adjusters License which is currently active and in good standing. He was certified in OSHA / EPA Microbial Abatement Practices in 2001.

Notable Professional Accomplishments from the Past 10 Years

• Gary recently received the 2009 Community Building Award from McGraw Hill Publications for the Yorba Linda Veteran’s Memorials.
• Gary recently received the 2008 Charles Pankow Jr. “Excellence in Residential Concrete” Award from the American Concrete Institute (ACI) for a Hillside Terrace Project in Laguna Hills, CA.
• In 2008, the Yorba Linda Veteran’s Memorial Association commissioned BCSI to be the “Gold Star Contractor” to design and construct the Yorba Linda Veterans Memorial; Gary and Elaine Brattain donated the entire cost of the architectural design services required for the project, more than 50% of the management fees and a significant portion of the construction overhead costs.
• In early 2008, Gary was retained as an expert witness by Burt Senkfor, Esq. and was crucial in helping a small business tenant in Beverly Hills win a $270,000 settlement against a dishonest landlord.
• In 2000, Gary built the 27,000 SF Daystar Industries Building at 285 Gemini Ave in Brea, CA, which was sold in 2007 for the highest price per square foot ever paid for any commercial / industrial building in the City.
• In 2001, Gary designed, deconstructed and re-built a 6,000 SF Tuscan Villa Style Custom Home including boat access on Lake Mission Viejo.
• In 2004, Gary, Zac and two other staff members travelled to Florida to complete insurance adjustments on over 240 commercial property loss locations, totaling over $12.5 Million in less than 100 days.
• In 2008, Gary and another staff member travelled to Houston, TX to complete insurance adjustments on over 100 residential property loss locations.
• These are just a few of Gary’s accomplishments from the past 10 years, which are representative of his diverse experience and undertakings tHRoughout his 34-year career in the industry.

Other Notable Projects Completed

• Custom Homes – Design / Built over 40 large Custom Homes, San Diego and Orange Counties, CA
• High End Commercial – Built over 150,000 SF of Corporate Lobbies, Celebrity Offices, Broadcast / Film Studios; and other Executive Office Improvements
• Tilt-Up / Business Parks – Built over 30 Tilt-ups totaling over 2 Million SF, in Riverside, San Bernardino and Orange Counties
• Site Construction – Built 18-Acre Flood Control Park & Emergency Ops Center, Palmdale; Rehabilitated Auto Salvage / Auction Facilities from 5 to 50-Acres, San Diego, Anaheim, Inland Empire, San Jose and Los Angeles
• Restaurant & Retail – Built 2,700 SF Amici Brentwood Restaurant, Santa Monica; OC Yogurt, La Habra; Pizza Corner, Brea; and several Haircutters shops in Orange, LA and Riverside Counties
• Medical – Mid-Rise Medical Office Building, San Diego; Dental Offices, Los Angeles County; and Cancer Radiology Linear Accelerator, Orange and Los Angeles Counties, CA
• Plant Works – Renovated Dob Foods Plant, Santa Ana; Deluxe Checks Printing, Lancaster, CA
• Public Works – Built / Renovated / Restored the original LA Griffith Park Golf Center; Built / Remodeled Cal-Poly Pomona Student Union Building; Simi Valley H.S. Gym; Santa Ana Fire Station; Brea Olinda Unified S.D. Admin Building
• Structural Repairs – Completed Major Concrete & Masonry Repairs to 100-yr. old San Vicente Place Building, Santa Monica; Hobart Corp. Factory, LA; Westside Jewish Community Center Pool Building, LA; Shue Medical Offices, Norwalk; and Rebuilt numerous Fire / Earthquake Damaged facilities ranging from Tilt-Up Roof Collapses to Residential Retrofits.
• Consulting – Retained on over 60 construction related real estate, insurance and litigation cases as expert witness, estimator, investigator or designated consultant in California, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia and Florida.

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