Millbrae School District chooses Measure X Project Manager

Blach Construction Company is excited by this new opportunity to work with the Millbrae School District as its Program Manager for the Measure X Bond Program. We look forward to working with the District staff to develop and implement together the strategic goals for this bond program. This is an exciting venture that the District is undertaking, and we foresee a successful working partnership to provide the District the highest quality of modernization of its schools.

Blach Construction Company is a 40 year old commercial construction company with extensive K-12 school experience and is widely known as one of the leading education program and construction managers in northern California. Completing approximately $600 million in education construction since 2000, Blach and its team truly understands the unique challenges of working in operating school environments. Blach has provided program management and general contracting services to nearly 20 school districts, many of which are in the same neighborhood as the Millbrae School District. Utilizing a variety of construction delivery methods, our comprehensive services include master planning, facility needs assessment, program management, and general contracting services.

The Blach team that will be working with the Millbrae School District will be Dan Rogers, Paul Kehoe, Joe Ascolese, Steve Murphy, as well as several others that will come on board throughout the length of the program, most especially Blach’s on site superintendents that manage the daily operations of the construction.

Dan Rogers is Blach’s Executive Vice President/COO and has been active in the construction industry for 15 years. Paul Kehoe is the Program/Project Executive and has been at Blach for 11 years and active in the construction industry for more than 20 years. Joe Ascolese will be the Program/Project Manager and has been a member of the Blach team since 2001. Steve Murphy is Blach’s Director of MEP Services and has been very active in the construction industry for nearly 30 years.

Blach Construction Company has been building structures of enduring quality and value throughout northern and central California for 40 years.  Blach’s experience encompasses a broad cross-section of commercial, industrial and institutional building types, including education, healthcare, technology, life sciences, professional services and civic/community facilities.  The Company is a recognized leader in sustainable design and construction. The company is based in Silicon Valley, with full-service regional offices in Stockton and Monterey.

ARCHITECTURAL FIRM HIRED
BFGC-IBI Group Architecture, Planning is part of IBI Group which has a wide ranging practice in educational facility design with centers in California (San Luis Obispo, Bakersfield, San Jose, and Irvine) and Toronto, Canada.  BFGC-IBI Group Architecture, Planning has vast knowledge in the design of educational environments that spans from pre-school and elementary through university-level facilities. With over 60 years experience and literally hundreds of successfully completed projects in the education arena, we are committed to quality scholastic facilities that have placed us at the forefront of California’s educational design leaders.  Our staff is committed to achieving excellence in design and service which is a constant pursuit involving all disciplines at every level of our organization.

With the combination of specialized, California-specific know how and worldwide IBI Group resources, BFGC-IBI Group Architecture, Planning, together with its international network of IBI educational facility teams look forward to providing Millbrae School District with a strong team of professionals whose complementary expertise is teamed for success, capable of providing elegant, cost-effective solutions to the full array of education-related planning, design, and implementation goals.