Peter J. Pendleton

PROFILE

Builder, project leader, business operator

Peter J. Pendleton is a Licensed Contractor, Project Executive / Senior Project Manager, and construction leader with almost four decades of industry experience and more than 20 years in project management. He specializes in design-build delivery and architect, engineer, and owner coordination across healthcare, commercial, multifamily, public works, structural concrete, tenant improvement, and ground-up construction.

Design-build is the core of his background. At Parkco Building Company he managed five design-build commercial and public works projects from concept through completion, leading the architectural, civil, structural, landscape, and specialty engineering consultants and carrying projects through planning, zoning, entitlements, and permitting across California and the Southwest. Earlier, as Design Manager at Rick Hamm Construction, he built and led an in-house architectural design division.

His career runs from carpenter to superintendent, estimator, project manager, operations leader, and senior project leadership. He has owned and operated contracting businesses since 1995 and served as IT Director for a 1,000-acre K-12 campus, so he brings an owner-operator view of risk, margin, cash flow, reputation, and the systems that keep a company running.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior project leadership

S+B James Construction

Senior Project Manager, Morongo Tribal Land, CA | Aug 2025 to May 2026

• Managed construction of the $55 million, 50,528 SF RSBCIHI / Morongo outpatient medical clinic and an 8,668 SF pre-engineered maintenance facility.
• Took over about five months into construction and restructured delivery. Project finished three months ahead of the contract completion date.
• Coordinated architect, consultants, owner reps, tribal leadership, county Indian Health, clinic department heads, inspectors, and off-site utilities.
• Structured owner-approved change orders using design and owner allowances and contingency, protecting project economics with full transparency.
• Accelerated pre-engineered building procurement; delivery and erection each finished four weeks early.
• Implemented DroneDeploy aerial and ground documentation for OAC meetings and RFI support.

Burke Construction Group

Senior Project Manager, Las Vegas, NV | Feb 2024 to Jul 2025

• Led delivery of an $80 million, seven-story, 311-unit multifamily development with subterranean construction, specialized shoring, and heavy civil excavation. A first-of-type project for Burke.
• Managed eight project professionals and more than 200 trade workers across safety, quality, schedule, budget, and owner communication.
• Ran preconstruction through closeout: scopes, buyout, subcontracts, forecasting, and stakeholder reporting.
• Presented status to investors, stakeholders, and local officials.
• Introduced drone and Cupix, StructionSite, and OpenSpace 360 documentation, cutting required design-team site visits from monthly to quarterly.

Parkco Building Company, Inc.

Senior Project Manager, Costa Mesa, CA | Nov 2017 to May 2023

• Managed five design-build commercial and public works projects up to $50 million each.
• Led multidisciplinary design teams under the design-build contract.
• Carried projects through planning, zoning, entitlements, and permitting across California and the Southwest.
• Ran competitive bidding, negotiated subcontracts and prime contract terms, and managed budgets and forecasting.
• Owner’s single point of contact from concept through turnover. Long-term relationships produced repeat business and referrals.

See earlier roles in Career History ↓

CAREER HISTORY

Field to front office

Rick Hamm Construction, Inc.

Project Manager and Estimator, Orange County, CA | Aug 2016 to Nov 2017

• Ran the general contracting division of a specialty contractor, concrete structures and complex scopes from $300K to $6M.
• Union, prevailing-wage, and public-sector work, including deep drilling and shoring at Disneyland.

French Camp Academy

IT Director, French Camp, MS | Nov 2009 to Aug 2016

• Sole IT Director for a 1,000-acre residential K-12 campus serving 250+ students: classrooms, dorms, radio station, observatory, and summer camp.
• Designed and implemented campus-wide infrastructure, wireless networking, server virtualization, cloud productivity, and business systems.

Sandoval Concrete Construction

Estimator and Project Manager, San Clemente, CA | May 2007 to Nov 2009

• Estimated and managed structural-concrete scopes on about eight LAUSD projects plus complex private structures.

Rick Hamm Construction, Inc.

Estimator / PM / Operations Manager / Design Manager | Mar 2003 to Feb 2007

• Helped turn a residential masonry and concrete contractor into a diversified GC, peaking at about 38 concurrent projects and 130 field personnel.
• Built an in-house architectural design division, systematized estimating, and set up inventory and warehousing.

JC Beal Construction, LLC

Construction Estimator, Ann Arbor, MI | Mar 2002 to Mar 2003

• Conceptual, negotiated, and hard-bid estimates for commercial projects from $12K to $8M.

Williams Construction Corporation

Construction Superintendent, Lakewood, CO | Jun 2000 to Mar 2002

• Supervised ground-up and TI projects with up to 50 carpenters, laborers, and subs through certificate of occupancy.

VENTURES

Business Owner since 1995

Peter has an entrepreneurial mind. He has started and run multiple businesses since 1995, so he knows what it takes to own the outcome: the budget, the schedule, the people, and the client relationship. He takes ownership of every project and team he leads the same way he runs his own companies.

U.S. Air Force veteran. Licensed California contractor.