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Construction projects involve significant risk to lenders. PACS provides focused and concise reports to alert the lenders of significant issues affecting the project. PACS is a service company that applies the fundamentals of estimating, engineering, and construction process principles to fit the client’s individual needs. Our goal is to build a long-term relationship that provides our client with the confidence that their construction and property risk issues are being competently assessed and carefully communicated with helpful recommendations. We want to earn a position as a valued member of your real estate team!
The Principals and Staff of PACS understand the needs of Construction and Real Estate lenders, having worked in-house for major national Banks as part of their lending and appraisal departments. Our group includes licensed civil engineers, architects and seasoned construction professionals, with a combination of field construction experience and years of working with major lenders. The combined total experience of our professional team is over 225 years. PACS was started by Bertie Chawla and Kent Robertson on April 1, 1999. Both the principals worked at Bank of America for over 10 years each.
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Bertie Chawla started his career in the construction industry in 1987 after graduating with a Masters in Civil Engineering from Oklahoma State University. Initially, he worked as a Project Engineer for a Developer based in Orange County, CA. In 1989, he joined Bank of America’s Construction Services department where he worked for eleven years and was eventually the Vice President and Manager of the Bank’s Southern California office. In 1999, Bertie started his own construction consulting company providing construction due-diligence services to financial companies.
Bertie has worked on all types of projects financed by construction lenders and mortgage companies throughout the country. These include; land development, tracts, apartments, assisted living, hotels, offices, industrial, adaptive re-use conversions, condo conversions, custom homes and specialty projects such as, casinos, gas stations, milling plants, shellfish farms, etc. Bertie has also provided construction management services to his clients including foreclosure workout and completion of the projects for sale.
Bertie has the following California licenses:
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Kent Robertson developed an expertise in providing due-diligence services that bridges the construction industry with the finance industry during 10 years performing services and managing others who monitored Bank of America’s construction portfolio’s in California and other western states. He has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Brigham Young University, a registered Civil Engineer in California and has been employed in roles that approved construction projects for the City of Los Angeles, CA and City of Irvine, CA. In 1999, Kent and Bertie left their positions at Bank of America and together started Professional Associates Construction Services, Inc (PACS) to offer these same services to a growing list of financial industry and real estate industry clients in California and other selected regions of the United States.
Since 1999, PACS has had extensive experience working on all the types of projects typically financed by construction lending and mortgage companies throughout the country. These include; land development, tracts, apartments, assisted living, hotels, offices, industrial, adaptive re-use conversions, condo conversions, custom homes and specialty projects such as, casinos, gas stations, milling plants, shellfish farms, etc. PACS also provides construction management services to its clients including foreclosure workout and completion of the projects for sale. Kent is a principal of PACS and is personally involved in much of the work PACS produces for its clients and is particularly known for his extensive experience with land development and gaming projects in California and the West.
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Dennis Nowland remembers his interest in the construction industry going back to his childhood as he watched his father build houses, including their own. From junior high through high school and into early college he took Mechanical and Architectural Drafting and similar classes.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and later graduated from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California with a five-year Bachelor of Architecture Degree. During his college years, Dennis worked framing houses, forming, pouring and finishing concrete, doing finish carpentry and building cabinets.
Post graduation he passed the first portion of the California State Architectural Board licensing exam. He continued working in the construction and architecture industries, designed and built houses and became a General Contractor. In the late-seventies he moved to Southern California to work on build-outs of REIT’s and failed development projects for Lenders.
After several years he became a partner in the company, then 50% owner of that construction consulting company, which expanded into construction and mortgage Lender services and project owner rep services. After many years of self-employment and then longing for a simpler life, he worked for a major California housing developer and then joined Professional Associates Construction Services, Inc., in November, 2000.
Dennis has more than twenty years of experience including project monitoring for Lenders on projects ranging from land development, single-and multi-family housing, golf-course development, tilt-up industrial, strip and big box retail, shopping centers, various commercial buildings, churches, mid- and high-rise office buildings, resort hotel and gaming industry projects and casinos.
His experience also includes property assessment evaluations for Lenders and investors on various use properties throughout the United States.
Dennis has the following California licenses:
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Ben Mencias started his career in the construction industry in 1980 after passing the Licensure Board Examination for Civil Engineer in the Philippines. Initially, Ben worked as an inspector and cost estimator for an Orange County Consulting Company providing due-diligence to lenders. Thereafter, he ventured into the government sector as an engineering technician for County of Orange Public Works Division. In 1989, he joined Union Bank of California’s Construction Technical Services where he worked for fourteen years as an Assistant Vice President and Regional Administrator of the Southern California region, responsible for construction risk management related to real estate due diligence. Prior to joining PACS in 2004, Ben had his own construction consulting company providing construction due-diligence services to financial companies.
Ben has worked on all types of projects financed by construction lenders and mortgage companies throughout the country. These include; land development, tracts, apartments, assisted living, hotels, offices, industrial, adaptive re-use conversions, condo conversions, custom homes and specialty projects such as, church, hospitals, car-wash and mini-storages.
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Robert Boyd has been an active part of Professional Associate Construction Services (PACS), Inc. since 2003. His primary responsibilities are providing due-diligence services to financial institutions and monitoring construction progress for approval of payment requests. Bob has over 26 years of experience in various aspects of the construction industry. Initially in 1979, he worked in project management with several Orange County based general contractors, including Koll Construction Company. In 1983, Bob transitioned from construction project management to sharing his expertise with the construction lending divisions of several major financial institutions. Bob first joined the Wells Fargo Bank’s Appraisal Department, where he worked for two years as a Cost Engineer and Inspector. In 1985, he joined the original Golden State Sanwa Bank as the Manager of the Cost Estimating Department. Although many changes occurred as the result of three separate mergers, Bob’s tenure with Sanwa Bank (et. al.) lasted over 18 years, earning him the eventual title of Vice President and Manager of the Bank’s California Cost and Inspection Department.
Mr. Boyd has experience with all types of projects financed by construction lenders and mortgage companies throughout the United States, focusing on the West Coast. These include: land development, tracts, apartments, assisted living facilities, hotels, office complexes, industrial business parks, adaptive re-use conversions, condo conversions, custom homes and specialty projects (i.e. casinos, gas stations, religious facilities, dairy farms).
Bob earned a Bachelors of Arts degree from George Fox University (Newberg, Oregon), and has completed relevant post graduate-level course work in related construction and real estate/appraisal areas. Bob has passed the written examinations for both the Real Estate Sales License and Appraisal Certificate for the State of California.
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James Bissill comes to us from United Kingdom. James gained experience from both working and studying Construction from a very young age helping his father with various projects that he would manage, (Bailey Builders Ltd, Canterbury, Kent). By age eighteen, James had completed an Advanced GNVQ (General National Vocational Qualification) in Construction and the Built Environment from 1997-1999. Upon completion of this award, James embarked upon a four year Construction Management Bsc. Hons Degree program where he achieved top honors. Within his third year of study, James spent a year working for and gaining experience with one of Washington DC’s largest General Contractors of both Commercial and Residential buildings. After experiencing life as both an Estimator (Pricing of Government Department of Interior Building in DC - $400M) and Assistant Superintendent ($7M Non-Profit Office Block) during his 10 months with Sigal Construction. He then worked in London as the Head Engineer at The Royals ($700M – Commercial Business Park), within the London Dock area for the period of a year until he moved out to DC in 2004. In DC he worked as an Assistant Project Manager predominantly on a Television Studio (Univision – Overlooking Capitol Building, $4M) and various other tenant improvement build-outs or refurbishments. James has now been with PACS since Fall of 2004 and provides due-diligence services required by the lenders.
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Myles Caswell joined PACS as a construction consultant in 2006. Myles is no stranger to the construction industry as he has well over 30 years experience as an Architect, Construction Manager, Construction Contract Administrator, Waterproofing & Roofing Consultant, and Contractor.
Myles is a NCARB Certified Architect and is a registered Architect in the State of Arizona. He has completed the Arizona KB-O1 requirements and testing to qualify for the Commercial and Residential General Contractor’s License with the Arizona Registrar of Contractors (2003). Myles is a Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) Certified Construction Contract Administer and Construction Document Technologist.
Organizations that Myles has been affiliated with include the American Institute of Architects, Construction Specifications Institute, Roof Consultants Institute (RCI) and United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.
Myles received his 5-year Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Arkansas in 1991. While at the University of Arkansas, Myles was inducted into the Tau Sigma Delta Architectural Honor Society and was awarded two distinguished AIA scholarship awards. Myles was also inducted into the Golden Key National Honor Society and Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges.
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Roger M. Ferry started his career in the construction industry in 1969 while a student at Princeton University, where he graduated with a BSCE in Civil, Systems and Geological Engineering in 1972 specializing in soils and structures. Initially, he interned with the Davis Partnership Architects in Denver, CO; on hospital projects, with the City of Newark, NJ in urban engineering, and subsequently worked as a Project Engineer for the Carl Olson Construction Co. in Denver and Summit County, Colo., constructing industrial buildings and a major ski area. From 1974 to 1976, he was cost engineer for CM Associates and the Petry CM joint venture in Denver and Houston, building schools, biology and medical facilities, solar energy projects, and Middle East military facilities. From 1977 to 1981, he rose from Project Engineer to Project Developer at the Al Cohen Construction Cos. in Denver and Los Angeles, building corporate facilities and high rises. In the early 1980’s, he was marketing and preconstruction project manager for commercial construction projects in the San Francisco Bay Area with the Carl W. Swenson Co. and in 1985 moved to San Diego, working with Snyder Langston Builders, The Hooberman Group, Tishman West, and Robert E. Bayley Construction Co., Seattle while attending MBA programs.
After starting the Environmental Risk Group at First Interstate Bank in Los Angeles in 1988, he managed environmental aspects of REO Properties with the Robert M. Bass division of American Savings during the Resolution Trust (RTC) crisis. Roger eventually joined Bank of America’s Environmental Services Department, where he worked for ten years as assistant manager of the credit division supporting risk and liability decisions in worldwide real estate, project finance, and merger/acquisition due diligence. In 2002, Roger returned to the local financial side of land development and commercial, retail, multi-family, and not-for-profit construction, joining to build PACS, Inc. services in San Diego.
Roger has wide ranging experience on all types of projects for government entities and for clients financed by construction lenders, equity partnerships and mortgage companies. These include office park and tract land development, multifamily residential and hotels, offices, tenant improvements, industrial projects, adaptive re-use conversions, condominium conversions, and specialty projects such as ski areas, ice arenas, stadiums, schools, technology fitups, etc. Roger has also provided fee based development services, professional estimating services and construction management services to clients, including foreclosure workout and completion of projects for sale.
Roger has the following California licenses:
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Bob Noll started his career in construction in 1971 while attending San Diego State University. He then worked as a carpenter and an electrician until 1976 when he obtained a State of California General Contractors license (B-1). From 1976 until 1988, he worked at his own General Contracting business doing residential and commercial projects. In late 1988, he went to work for Metrobank in the Los Angeles area to establish an in-house Construction Department to review and monitor all of the Banks construction projects. In 1990, he left Metrobank and went to Marathon Bank in West Los Angeles performing the same duties. In 1991, he began a Consulting business servicing Financial Institutions Construction lending needs providing Cost Analysis, Project monitoring, Fiscal needs assessments and Cost to cure estimates. In 1978, he joined Union Bank of California in the Construction Services department performing Project monitoring and Cost Analysis on projects ranging from $1 million to $30 million. In 2003, Bob was hired by Professional Associates Construction Services to perform Cost Reviews, Analysis and monitor Construction projects ranging from $1 million to $45 million.
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Daniel MacHale has over 30 years of construction experience in the Southern California market. Prior to joining PACS in the Fall of 2005, Dan worked as Project Manager and Estimator for a local general contractor.
Dan started his career in construction after graduating from Vanguard University. He joined his father’s construction company and eventually became a managing partner in the business. In 1984, he was licensed by the State of California as a General Contractor.
Over the span of his career, Dan has been involved in a variety of projects including land development, custom homes, tract homes, condominiums, apartments, motels, hotels, office buildings, medical buildings, industrial buildings, retail centers, churches, and schools.
Dan has extensive cost estimating experience along with a practical working knowledge of the construction process.
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Vitaly B. Luskin started his career in the construction industry after graduating with a Masters in Structural Engineering from Engineering-Construction Institute in the former Soviet Union. Initially, he worked as a Project Engineer for a Design-Construction Office in Ukraine. Since 1977, he worked as a consulting structural engineer for the Bechtel Power Corporation and small consulting companies. From 1984 until 1994, he went on his own and worked as a consulting engineer and Real Estate developer on single-family houses, commercial buildings, condominium complexes and land development projects in Northern California. In 1994, he joined the Home Savings of America, later the Washington Mutual Bank, as a Construction Project Engineer and Environmental Assessor. In 1999 he joined PACS, Inc., providing due-diligence services to financial companies.
Vitaly has worked on all types of projects financed by construction lenders and mortgage companies throughout the USSR and U.S.A. These include: land development, tracts, apartment and condo complexes, hotels, office buildings, college campuses, condo conversions, custom homes and specialty projects such as nuclear power stations, aluminum mills, etc.
Vitaly has the following California licenses:
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Christopher Burris joined PACS in August 2006 after completing the Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino in Mescalero, New Mexico. Acting as Owner’s Representative for the Mescalero Apache Tribe, Chris successfully managed the completion of the $150 million dollar Resort and Casino. Chris has an undergraduate degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from University of Washington and will be receiving his Master’s Degree in Construction Engineering in March 2007.
Chris comes to PACS from Rider Hunt Levett & Bailey where he started as an intern in the Seattle Office and subsequently was hired as a full time Construction Cost Estimator. He has been responsible for providing cost management services on a wide variety of projects and building types for both the private and pubic sector ranging in size from $2 million to $200 million. In early 2003 he transferred to the Las Vegas Office of Rider Hunt to act as Assistant Project Manager on the Chukchansi Gold Resort and Casino in Coarsegold, California. Since September 2003 he has been the Assistant Project Manager and later Project Manager on the new Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino Project in Mescalero, NM.
Chris has the following licenses:
Engineer in Training, WA #24801 Associate Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
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