Grant Lungren
Founder & President
- Master’s Degree in Business Administration
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Construction Engineering
- Registered EI-Civil in California
- Qualifying Party for contractor licenses in 5 states
- 10 years of management consulting experience to contractors accross North America as Founder and President of Grantlun Corporation, Bozeman, MT
- 12 years of hands-on construction experience as Project Engineer, Estimator, Project Manager and General Manager of infrastructure construction operations in Georgia, Washington and Arizona
- 12 years of executive management experience as Chairman, CEO and President of Hard Dollar Corporation, Tempe, AZ, the nation’s then leading provider of estimating and project control systems to heavy-civil contractors
- 22 years of heavy-civil construction systems design and development experience as Chief Architect of Hard Dollar’s Estimating Office System and Project Execution System and its first generation Bid-Build System; Data Quest’s Equipment Cost Estimator; Grantlun’s Strategic Business Planning System, Electronic Time Sheet System, Equipment Charge Rate Management System, Bid-Build Process Map Network and Key Document Library Systems
- 10 years of executive management experience as President of Tanner Construction, Phoenix, AZ, the nation’s then largest federal highway-bridge builder
- Past Member, American Council of Construction Education
- Past Member, The Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering
- Founder and Past Chairman, Hard Dollar Education Council
- Past Member, Arizona State University Construction Advisory Council
- Past Member, The Beavers, Heavy Engineering Construction Association
- Past Member, President, Arizona Construction Training Center
- Past Co-Chairman, Arizona State Governor’s Committee on Highway Construction
- Past Director, Past Vice President, Associated General Contractors Arizona Heavy/Highway Chapter
- Guest Lecturer, Colorado State University, Construction Symposium, “The Future of Construction Management”
- Guest Lecturer at Arizona State University, Construction Management Course, “Information Technology in Construction”
- Panel Member, Architect/ Engineer/Contractor Exposition, “Project Scheduling Technology”
- Symposium leader, Architect/ Engineer/Contractor Exposition, “Mid-sized Construction Firm Management”
- Session Leader, Dexter + Chaney Construction Conference, “Equipment Charge Rate Management”
Steve Blois
Senior Consultant
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering, California Polytechnic State University
- Licensed contractor in California
- 7 years of hands-on field experience in underground pipe and general engineering
- 13 years of hands-on construction management experience as Project Manager, Estimator, General Superintendent of underground pipe & treatment plant operations
- 9 years of executive management as President and General Manager of Blois Construction, Oxnard, CA
- 5 years of executive consulting as President of Valley Vista Consulting, Inc., Camarillo, CA
- Management Trustee, So. Calif. Laborers Health & Welfare Trust
- Associated General Contractors of California (AGCC):
- past Chair – Tri-Counties District
- past Chair – Joint Engineering Division
- past Chair – Fiscal, Insurance & Risk Mgt. Committee (F.I.R.M.)
- State President
- Cal State University Channel Islands Foundation – Board member
- American Field Service (AFS) – Past Area Team Chair, Calif. Central Coast
- Crestview Mutual Water Co. – Board member & Secretary
- Camarillo Boys & Girls Club – Board Member