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      <image:title>About - Rob Muir M.AIB,M.AIQS,CPE - Past President Estimating Professional with M Lee Corporation. As ASPE Chapter 2 President 2021 through 2025, Rob not only led the San Francisco Chapter out of the Pandemic but supported ASPE Members across the nation with the Golden Gate Virtual Lunch and Learn forum, that ran consecutively on a monthly basis in 2022, 2023 and 2024, hosting 32 Speakers and sessions. Rob Continues to support ASPE Chapter 2 as a Board Member and Chair of Education &amp; Webinars. Rob has over three decades of experience and has a good mix of exposure on both the Contractor and the Owner’s side. Working in roles of Estimator, Project Manager, Contracts Manager, and Chief Estimator with Contractors, and roles of Cost Manager, Sr. Project Manager, Lead Estimator and Regional / Chief Estimating Manager with Construction Management firms. Rob enjoys providing estimating solutions for clients, has a Best Practice approach to training staff, and his philosophy is numbers can manage every part of the construction process.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Rob has been a member of the ASPE since 2003, and a CPE - Certified Professional Estimator since 2005. Rob is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor and Builder. Rob has been in the United States for 25 years and can Estimate every discipline in Metric and Imperial. Rob has enjoyed time as a guest lecturer with CCSF and has been supporting the Emerald Cities Collaborative, E-Contractor Academy. Rob may be contacted at: rmuir@mleecorp.com.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>About - Gustav Choto, Immediate Past President</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of Customer Education at Join Gustav is a preconstruction professional with over 15 years of experience spanning general contracting, software technology, and higher education. His career focus has been on improving and streamlining the preconstruction phase of construction through education, application of software technology, and industry non-profit leadership. Gustav has been a member of ASPE since 2013 and an Instructor of Construction Management at City College of San Francisco since 2012.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>About - Martin Lee, VP</image:title>
      <image:caption>Principal/Chief Estimator at M Lee Corporation</image:caption>
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      <image:title>About - Sam McClintock, Secretary</image:title>
      <image:caption>Preconstruction Manager at Alston Construction Sam is a Preconstruction Manager / Senior Estimator with more than fifteen years of experience in the construction industry. He has worked in a variety of sectors, including Industrial, Cultural + Educational, Medical Office, and Multi-Family. Sam is adept at the interpretation of plans and specs and is able to develop conceptual and hard bids that are efficient and effective. Sam’s exceptional communication skills have allowed him to build long-term relationships with subcontractors, clients, and colleagues.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>About - Andy Beyer, Partnerships Chair</image:title>
      <image:caption>Associate Principal at TBD Consultants Andy is an Associate Principal / Senior Cost Estimator with TBD Consultants in San Francisco, CA. He has 26 years of experience in cost estimating, construction field management, and structural engineering. This includes 16 years as Senior Preconstruction Manager and Senior Estimator at Pankow Builders. Throughout his career Andy has supplemented his work life with organization participation, including his past membership with the ASPE Industry Awareness Committee (ASPE – IAC), former Chairman and Board Member of the Building Industry Conference Board (BICB), and past mentor for high school students in Architecture, Construction, and Engineering (ACE). His various project type experience includes office, medical office, civic, libraries, multi-family residential, parking garages, healthcare, education, airports, prisons, warehouse, police stations, aquariums and zoos, and more. His experience also includes estimating new construction, renovation and retrofit, historic renovation, tenant improvement, self-performed concrete and wood framing, and more. Andy resides in Oakland, CA with his wife, 2 teenage boys, and dog. Andy can be reached via email at abeyer@tbdconsultants.com</image:caption>
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      <image:title>About - Zaif Ismail, VP</image:title>
      <image:caption>Senior Cost Consultant at MGAC Zaif is a graduate from Australia, certified Quantity Surveyor (AIQS) and recently a Lifetime Certified Professional Estimator (LCPE) with ASPE. His career as a construction cost consultant takes him from Australia to Saudi Arabia and currently here in San Francisco, USA.  His work experience covers all aspects of construction cost management from cost planning (benchmarking and budget setting), cost management (cost estimating, cost analysis, value engineering) and contract administration (change order evaluation, pay application, cost reports). He has delivered on a wide range of project types, project sizes and market sectors which include aviation, government, institutional, healthcare, hospitality, pharmaceutical, religious facilities, laboratories, mixed-use, defense, education K-12, higher education, arts and leisure. Zaif’s recent interest include current construction trends in mass timber construction / prefabrication and building carbon footprint assessment.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>About - Jeremiah Newens, Tresurer</image:title>
      <image:caption>Chief Estimator at Southland Industries</image:caption>
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      <image:title>About - Greg Cole, Certification Chair</image:title>
      <image:caption>Principal at Richard Avelar + Associates</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Home - Estimating &amp; preconstruction professionals are the lifeblood of the construction industry</image:title>
      <image:caption>Our chapter leadership and members have years of construction experience. We’re driven by our passion for this industry and its people.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>ASPE is and will always be led and directed by fellow industry professionals. Whether you’re just starting your career in construction or a seasoned veteran, there’s a place for you at ASPE Golden Gate. Join our chapter to help grow the awareness and importance of cost estimating and preconstruction.</image:caption>
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