Blake is a magician. A magician with numbers, that is. As director of project development & preconstruction, he is responsible for delivering accurate budgets that define projects under his purview. His day-to-day involves monitoring the construction market, analyzing conditions and developing creative ideas so his clients understand how far their dollars can go.
Blake likes to say the A/E/C industry is in his DNA. His father, an architect by trade, had him sitting at a drafting table when he was in diapers. Visiting project sites by the time he was in middle school, he built a garage and patched tennis courts all before he turned 15. Shortly after, he worked as a union laborer and field engineer in high school and college.
Although he holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Construction Management from Arizona State University and is a member of Autodesk’s 2022 preconstruction advisory board, Blake credits his on-the-job training for where he is today, professionally.
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