Steve Peklenk, AIC, CMI, CMIA, CMSI
Managing Director

Mr. Peklenk has provided construction management for multi-million dollar projects with full responsibility for planning and scheduling, finance, coordination, and construction. In over 45 years in the industry, he has managed residential, commercial, industrial, and development projects. Other aspects of Mr. Peklenk’s career include:

• Managed a full discipline engineering concern in the industrial market, including projects overseas.
• Experience includes business and operations management, accounting and finance, personnel management, and dispute resolution.
• Member of the Panel of Arbitrators for the American Arbitration Association and has well over a decade of experience as an arbitrator and as a mediator.
• Has experience in claims preparation for many cases and provides expert testimony along with those efforts.
• Earned the top graduate position while getting a Bachelor of Science in Building Construction from Auburn University.
• Holds a license for General Contracting in North Carolina
• South Carolina General Contractors License #121136.
• Holds a Residential Property Inspection License in North Carolina
• Held the position of Director of Construction and Project Manager for commercial and industrial projects.
• Has technical skills which include a full working knowledge of mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems as well as site construction.
• Has significant experience in Project scheduling and considerable computer training in Primavera Project Planner, Suretrak, MS Project, CSI Estimating, MS Access, MS Word, ACT Contact Management, Excel, MS Power Point and Windows.
• OSHA Training Certification
• Nationally Certified 3rd Party EIFS Inspector – Exterior Design Institute
• American Association for the Advancement of Science – Federal Judge Arbitration Program Panel Member
• Certified Master Inspector
• Nationally Certified Moisture Analyst – and Instructor EDI
• Certified Mold Inspector (ESA)
• Certified Structural Mold Investigator
• Level 1 Infrared Thermographer – The Snell Group
• Certified North Carolina Superior Court Mediator
• Certified Mediator for the North Carolina Mediation Network
• United States Postal Service Mediation Panel (previous)

Carl Duell
Senior Construction Manager

Mr. Duell has over 45 years of experience in the Construction Industry. Aspects of Mr. Duell’s career include:

• Experience:

  • Construction of Shopping Centers, Hotels, Regional Malls to 1,400,000 sf
  • Commercial Development Projects–Office Building Projects
  • Negotiated and Hard Bid Experience Estimating
  • School Projects, Theaters and other retail projects
  • Restaurants, Grocery chain stores, Drug stores, churches, and Banks
  • Claims experience–for projects built
  • Residential experience includes single-family Tract homes and apartment projects
  • Manage and schedule projects to $38 million Dollars
  • Three years of Construction Claims and project investigation

• Education:

  • University of Pittsburgh–Civil Engineering 2- years
  • Various construction educational classes–project management and estimating
  • Computer skills include Primavera Project Planner, SureTrak, MS Project, AutoCAD, Excel, Powerpoint, WordPerfect, and MS Word
  • Several OSHA Training courses
  • Architectural Wood Working Institute Quality Assurance Training, 2003
  • Southern Building Code Congress International IBC 2000 Bldg Principles and Code Applications Course 21 Hours, August 2002
  • American Plywood Association Materials Course, Fall 2003

• Professional Certifications:

  • NC Home Inspectors Associate License
  • Fire Inspection Technician Level 1–Specified Technologies, Inc.

• Professional Associations:

  • Professional Construction Estimators Association Member Since 2005

Sheila B. Williams
Office Manager /
Forensic Accounting Claims Specialist

Ms. Williams has over 41 years of experience in the construction industry. She has held positions in her career such as Office Manager, Accounting Administrator, Controller, Senior Claims Specialist, Corporate Secretary and Vice President. Her area of expertise is in general commercial construction accounting and finance, forensic accounting, construction claims, office management and administration. Her experience includes accounting for multi-million dollar commercial projects with hundreds of employees, and significant equipment inventories. She managed finances for a construction materials business as well. Her construction market segments included work such as hospitals, education, sports complexes, office towers, corporate offices, manufacturing, hospitality, and retail.

Ms. Williams Education and Experience include:

• Bachelors of Science in Accounting from University of North Carolina-Charlotte
• Certified Notary Public – NC
• Various Computer Training Courses
• Various Management Courses
• OSHA Training Courses
• Claims Experience includes such projects as:
  • Corporate Headquarters Facility North Carolina
  • Condominiums & Apartment Projects, Charlotte, NC
  • Jail Project - Eastern County, NC
  • Arts Building, UNCC, Charlotte, NC
  • Middle School Project – Fort Mill, SC
  • National Guard Facility – NC
  • Five School Projects Patrick County, VA
  • Various large residence projects
  • Hotel Project – Gaston County, NC
  • Transportation Facility – Boone, NC
  • Port of Charleston – Claim
• Site Investigation Work includes such projects as:
  • ADA review – Shopping Mall – Norfolk Virginia Area
  • ADA Review – Shopping Mall – Jacksonville NC
  • ADA Review and Bldg. Inspection – Charlotte, NC
  • Safety Inspection – Shopping Mall – Hickory, NC
  • Motion and operational Studies for Carolinas Healthcare
• Accounting Analysis includes such projects as:
  • Jail Project – Eastern NC
  • Port of Charleston Project
  • Transportation Facility Project – Boone, NC
  • Various high end residential projects