Gary Van
Acker
Owner and
President
Gary
Van Acker has over thirty years experience in high-end residential
construction and established Van Acker Construction in 1987 to provide quality
construction services to discerning clients. Prior to the founding of
Van Acker Construction, Gary was principal and partner of Mesa
Construction and was responsible for building many notable residences
throughout the San Francisco Bay area.
Daniel Van
Acker
Assistant PM
/ Labor Coordinator / Company Owner
Daniel
is in his mid-twenties with degrees in Business Management and Real
Estate from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. After
graduating from business school Daniel’s goal is to follow in his
father’s footsteps and operate Van Acker Construction. He has
worked within the company over the years both as: an onsite laborer /
project coordinator for the general labor team and in-house, providing
project engineer services / preconstruction development. He is
currently in the field as an assistant site superintendent on larger
scale projects concentrating on Project Coordination and Building
Systems. While working closely with Gary Van Acker and Glen Sherman, he
continues to manage the general VAC labor force from HR considerations
through to onsite scheduling and site specific project management of
multiple crews.
Shaun Madden
Controller
Shaun
Madden oversees all financial operations for Van Acker Construction and
has extensive experience as a corporate internal auditor and financial
analyst. Shaun graduated with honors from the University of Wyoming
with a Bachelors of Science degree in Finance and Economics. In
addition to studying at the University of Wyoming, Shaun completed a
yearlong program in International Business and Economics at Yonsei
University in Seoul, Korea.
Glen Sherman
General
Manager / Senior Project Manager
Glen
Sherman has an accredited degree in Landscape Architecture and
Architecture, with a minor study in Structural Engineering, from the
University of California. He has over twenty years construction
experience in New York and California, and has worked as a technical
consultant in the fields of steel, glass and waterproofing. Glen
received formal training as a furniture maker in both Arts and Crafts
and Japanese styles of woodworking, and his work has been published in
several architectural and woodworking publications. Glen joined Van
Acker Construction in 2000; His current responsibilities include: new
business / project development and overseeing project operations.
David Brent
General
Manager / Senior Project Manager
David
has practiced construction in a diversity of its parts for over 25
years; 8 years with Van Acker. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a degree in
mathematics and accounting. Working at Van Acker he has been in the forefront of major
projects with expanded scopes of work on multiple properties, he
continues to be a part of the project development team while working on
estimating and systems refinement within the company, one of his
greatest strengths is consultant coordination during preconstruction.
David
Dhaliwal
Project
Manager
David
Dhaliwal received his Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from the University
of California, Berkeley followed by a Master’s of City and
Regional Planning. Prior to joining Van Acker Construction David
designed and built numerous residences in Northern California. He is a
licensed general contractor and joined Van Acker Construction in 1991.
Work has included two very large estates including all infrastructures
in site and building construction. All other work consists of three to twelve acre residential
projects consisting of infrastructure, site, and building development. Experience includes project
design development, pricing, material selection and acquisition,
construction management/administration, close-out, and post occupancy
service. High level communicator from clients to professional
consultants, subcontractors and individual workers on site.
Joseph
Darriau
Project
Manager / Senior Architectural & Design Coordinator
Joe
Darriau is a licensed architect and earned his Bachelor of Arts in
Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley. He has over
30 years experience in residential, commercial and institutional
architecture and construction. Joe joined Van Acker Construction in
1991.
Peter Chase
Project
Manager
Peter
Chase has over thirty-five years of field and project management
experience in high-end construction and has managed significant
projects for Van Acker since joining the company in 1988. Peter brought
additional trade and project experience building high level resort
homes throughout the western United States. Peter studied architecture
at Diablo Valley College and University of California,
Berkeley-Extension.
Noel Manerud
Architectural
& Design Coordinator
Noel
Manerud has over 20 years experience in high end residential
construction. He graduated with a BA Arch from the University of
California, Berkeley and M. Arch from the University of Oregon, and is
a licensed general contractor. Noel’s Experience includes work as
a project architect, project manager, and site superintendent. Along
with his technical experience, Noel has a strong background in
sustainable design theory and practice, which includes work with noted
sustainable design architect Sim Van der Ryn at the Environmental
Design Institute. Noel joined Van Acker Construction in 2005.
Matthew
Evilsizer
Architectural
& Design Coordinator
Matt
Evilsizer joined Van Acker Construction in 2006 with over 10 years
experience in residential design and construction projects in
California and Colorado. Matt had the opportunity to collaborate
closely on several projects with notable environmental design architect
and former California State Architect, Sim Van der Ryn and the
Ecological Design Institute and has a degree in Environmental Design
with an emphasis in Architecture from the University of Colorado at
Boulder.
Pat Maguire
Site
Superintendent / Project Manager
Pat
joined Van Acker in 2000 with over 25 years experience as a site
superintendent and construction project manager. Pat has worked as
independent residential developer and contractor in California before
joining Van Acker Construction. His experience here has focused on:
large scale project survey and layout, a Pacific Heights new
construction main house and guest house in addition to recently
completing a large residence and guest house on Pebble Beach. Pat is
currently working on a large main house and guest house remodel on the
Peninsula as well as developing a new project in Sonoma.
Blair
Buchanan
Site
Superintendent
Blair
joined Van Acker in 2005 as a licensed general contractor with twenty
years experience in high end residential construction as a builder and
field manager of projects. He has also worked in commercial capacities
designing and building interiors of retail spaces, medical clinics and
offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco. He studied architectural and
fine art photography at San Francisco State University.
Ray Weiss
Project
Engineer
Ray
Weiss is a Project Engineer for Van Acker Construction and provides technical
coordination for complex building structural and mechanical systems
layout. Ray has thirty years experience in all phases of high-end
residential construction as a superintendent, journeyman stair builder,
furniture maker and master finish carpenter. Ray has also developed a
precision building and site layout method using state of the art survey
equipment. Ray joined Van Acker Construction in 1991.
Gregg Roos
Site
Superintendent
Gregg
joined Van Acker in 2007 with over 30 years experience in high end
residential construction. Gregg has extensive experience in site
supervision and construction, furniture building, architectural
millwork manufacturing and installation. He has primarily worked in the
San Francisco Bay Area on high profile schedule and quality driven
projects.
Laura Palko
Associate
Project Manager / Budget Manager
Laura
developed her career in construction management by working in such
roles as; assistant project manager in commercial construction then
transitioning to project management within an architecture firm. She
has been with Van Acker for 6 years working on a multitude of estate
and large scale construction projects from inception to close out
focusing on project development, budget creation and subcontractor
coordination. Laura studied
business and finance, her formal degree is in Business Management from
San Francisco State University.
Holly Henry
Assistant
Project Manager
Holly
Henry joined Van Acker in 2006 and has over 8 years of contracting
experience. With a Masters of Arts from University of Missouri with an
emphasis in Urban Studies, the bulk of her work to date has been single
& multi-family residential. Other past projects include banks,
churches, senior centers, and retail stores.
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