UNITED CONSTRUCTION COMPANY - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Operations Manager
- Vice President of Operations
As Vice President of Operations for United Construction, Casey oversees more than 30 project professionals in northern and southern Nevada. With nearly two decades of construction industry experience under his belt, he is an expert at ensuring all project teams meet objectives while following best practices and resolving project challenges. Casey has worked as a superintendent, project manager, estimator and senior project manager. He has built facilities as large as 663,000 sf and up to $30 million in project value.
Casey is a disabled veteran and was proud to serve his country. As a Corporal, he held the billet of a Staff NCO and was directly charged with leadership of 90 Marines. After being honorably discharged from the military, Casey set out on a dual path of being a fulltime student and fulltime project administrator and then project engineer. He got started at Truckee Meadows Community College through Veterans Upward Bound studying construction and then earned his civil engineering degree from the University of Nevada, Reno.
Teamwork and community service remain Casey's guiding principles. In his hometown of Battle Mountain, he volunteers for rodeos, parades and more. Casey also lobbies on complicated land issues and knows the challenges of dealing with wildfire devastation. As a member of Disabled American Veterans, he has supported various veteran initiatives. He was also honored with the 20 under 40 designation by the Northern Nevada Business Weekly in 2020.
Job Titles:
- Manager of People Operations
Job Titles:
- Architect
- Design Manager
- Lead Architect
Keith Deutscher serves as the Design Manager and lead architect for United Construction. After starting his career as a staff architect at United, he moved to Arizona to serve as a Project Architect for several Phoenix and Scottsdale area firms. Among his experiences include Stewart + Reindersma Architecture, where he oversaw a staff and the coordination of consultants and developed and managed contracts. He returned to the United team in March 2021, with decades of architecture and design experience under his belt at that point.
Keith's architectural experience includes hospitality, medical, retail, industrial, office and education. A graduate of California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo, he is licensed in Nevada and California, is NCARB certified, and is a LEED accredited professional. Keith loves living in the Truckee Meadows and enjoys the positive quality of life up here in Northern Nevada. On any given weekend, you might find him out on a hiking or mountain biking trail or sliding down the slopes in the winter months.
Michael Russell is responsible for company strategy, geographic diversification, business development, marketing and communications, public relations, best practices, and continuous improvement at United Construction. As Executive Vice President, Michael promotes positive stakeholder involvement in the company by fostering relationships, facilitating effective communication, keeping stakeholders active in decision-making, dealing professionally and fairly with all stakeholders and continually instilling this philosophy in the company's culture.
From 1991 through 1999, Michael was Director of Preconstruction and Business Development at United. In this role, he was responsible for design, estimating, project purchasing/buy-out, marketing and business development functions of the company. Michael returned to the company in 2010 after a career with Prologis, where he organized, established, and managed the U.S. and Canadian project development platform for build-to-suit and fee development projects, site acquisitions, industrial park master planning and infrastructure development.
Michael's 35+ years of construction industry experience includes work in industrial, commercial, defense, medical, military, education, manufacturing, office, aviation, retail, multi-family, wastewater treatment, photovoltaic, petrochemical, infrastructure and land development markets. Michael's professional experience includes more than 50 million square feet of building completions, and more than 25,000 acres of land acquisition and related land development. Michael has also previously held general and mechanical contractor's licenses in Nevada and California.
Michael is an active member of NAIOP, EDAWN, the Governor's Office of Workforce Innovation Construction Sector Council and IAMC. He also served as co-chair of The Children's Cabinet, a local non-profit helping keep children safe and families together and sat on the board for over a decade.
As President Mike ensures project teams collaborate to deliver quality projects on time and on budget. He guides and supports the more than 60 project professionals and field leaders delivering projects through offices in northern and southern Nevada. Mike also oversees day-to-day activities at United with a focus on enhancing operations and company culture.
Mike has delivered complex construction projects and led collaborative teams in Nevada and California. In 2019 he rejoined the United team, where he had previously launched his career as a project leader after graduating from California State University Chico. He has expertise in a broad range of project types, working with private and public works customers to manage industrial, government, higher education, hospitality and specialty projects with values upwards of $90 million.
With a passion that started when he was a curious child who enjoyed building forts and working with his hands, Mike loves construction. After high school, Mike joined the United States Marine Corps Reserve, where he served as a Sergeant for eight years. Simultaneously, he attended California State University, Chico. His childhood interest in construction inspired him to earn a bachelor's degree in construction management.
Mike is a member of the Design-Build Institute of America, American Institute of Constructors, LEAN Construction Institute, Association of General Contractors, and the USAGBC. He earned his AIC Professional Construction Certification and is a LEED Accredited Person.
Job Titles:
- SUBCONTRACTOR PREQUALIFICATION
- Vice President Preconstruction
Paul has 33 years of experience in the construction industry and is responsible for overseeing all preconstruction services. With his developer/builder background, Paul has an owner's perspective and he will always seek to add value to each customer's project through collaboration and attention to detail.
Paul joined the United Construction team after ten years as Vice President of Construction for Duke Realty where he managed the design-build construction operations for the Chicago market and other locations within the Midwest. He oversaw a team that managed all land due diligence and provided planning and construction for internal development as well as 3rd party projects. His department designed and constructed over 8 million square feet of industrial and office building spaces and completed $340 million in volume between 2006 and 2011. His group managed tenant finish to support 12 million square feet of lease space and site planning of 380 acres to support 6 million of square feet of future development. In 2011, Paul successfully completed the design-build redevelopment of the former 87 acre Lucent Technologies' campus in Lisle, Illinois for the new Navistar Inc. Headquarters. This $89 million, 9 building project was occupied in 12 phases over the course of 12 months and included 1.2 million square feet of tenant finish and the largest building automation retrofit in the history of the suburban market.
instills a culture of safety, quality and attention to detail on all his job sites at United Construction as General Superintendent. With over three decades of construction experience and more than eight years of superintendent experience at United, he is a veteran field leader who focuses on communicating expectations and developing team rapport. Pete is also an asset in preconstruction, providing constructability insights and working closely with customers to meet needs.
After beginning his career as a trained carpenter, Pete served as a commercial superintendent for Stitser Drywall and a full superintendent for Pacific Mountain Contractors and K7 Construction. He is also skilled in contract management, process scheduling, subcontracting and management, and he holds a Certificate in Project Management Essentials from the University of Nevada, Reno.
Job Titles:
- Marketing & Communications Manager
- MEDIA CONTACT