
David Dwyer | Principal, Owner’s Representative, and Consultant
David has over 25 years of experience in the construction industry, beginning his career in 2000 at Skanska USA Building as a project engineer and advancing to project executive. Throughout his career, he has gained extensive experience as both a general contractor and project manager, working across diverse market sectors including Healthcare, Industrial & Technology , Biopharmaceuticals, Higher Education, Public Safety, Commercial, Government, and Hospitality. His broad expertise allows him to adapt to any construction challenge, always focusing on delivering projects on time, within budget, and aligning with client needs.
David’s portfolio includes guiding and helping clients from the earliest onset of a project to help meet financial objectives, achieving the most scope for the money, establishing time tables, ands etting strategies and objectives to complete the project successfully. David’s skill and experience covers a vast spectrum of services, such as managing project schedules, budgets, design alignment, securing land use entitlement, managing the jurisdictional process, assisting in equipment/furniture selection/procurement and installation.
Known for his collaborative approach, he is skilled at engaging stakeholders, building consensus, and leading teams to meet both client and project goals. His commitment to collaboration, trust, accountability, urgency, and a “get-it-done” attitude has been key to his success across both complex and challenging projects. With a strong leadership presence, he effectively guides projects, aligns team goals, and inspires a sense of unity and purpose, driving collective success.
Where were you born? Hillsboro, OR.
What is your favorite activity outside of work? Golf, DIY projects (remodeled my home and helped with others).
An interesting fact about yourself: Afraid of heights, but used to parachute and bungee jump.
Education
BS Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
David’s Notable Project Experience
- Oregon Health and Sciences University, Doernbecher Hospital Addition, Portland, OR | $420M, 180,000sf new hospital with bridge connection to existing, Central Utility Plant upgrades, and existing parking garage improvements
- Oregon State Treasury, Salem, OR | A developer-lead $40M, 34,000sf, 2-story, highly resilient building
- Multnomah County, Behavioral Health Resource Center, Portland, OR | A $20M+, five-story existing building renovation project
- City of Portland, Portland Fire Station 21, Portland, OR | A new $6M, 8,400sf, two-story, riverfront development
- City of Lincoln City, Police Facility, Lincoln City, OR | A new $12.6M, 17,586sf, two-story, CLT and steel structure. The work included relocating a 911 dispatch and a new radio tower
- Sather Byerly Holloway LLP, Portland, OR | A $3M, 13,000sf, 3-story tenant improvement of a historic building in downtown Portland
- Finastra, Portland, OR | A $4.2M, 21,000sf tenant improvement in the historic Meier and Frank building in downtown Portland
- Edwards Vacuum, Hillsboro, OR | A 30,538sf, two-story tilt, developer-lead project
- Confidential Client, Hillsboro, OR | Two projects totaling over $700M renovating over 500,000sf of existing space to cleanroom
- Confidential Client, Aloha and Hillsboro, OR | One $150M+ renovation and several smaller “sustaining projects” on multiple campuses
- Stoller Family Estate, Campus Projects, Dayton, OR | A 27-month, campus-wide, $29.7M winery expansion, including a 15,848sf production expansion building, a 16,500sf viticulture operations center, a 54,181sf warehouse, and bottling facility, a 10,054sf tasting room annex, and four acres of a new septic and process waste field to support the expanded operations
- Chehalem Tasting Room, Sherwood, OR | $8M, 5,700sf
- Abbott Claim Winery, Carlton, OR | $13M, 19,869sf winery production facility with a curved, precast barrel room dug into side of hill for natural cooling process, and exposed timber construction
- Adventist, St. Helena, CA | $32M Hybrid OR and Cath Lab
- Adventist, Cath Lab Renovations, Portland, OR | A $8.9M project renovating four cath labs
- Adventist, West Happy Valley Clinic, Happy Valley, OR | A $7.5M, 20,080sf tenant improvement in a leased space
- St. Joseph Eureka Hospital, Eureka, CA | A $73M, 90,000sf, three-story hospital expansion including surgery, emergency, ICU, lab, and telemetry
- PeaceHealth, University District Behavioral Health Relocation, Eugene, OR | A $10M, 28,000sf addition and renovation project on an active hospital campus
- Genentech, Liquid Fill Expansion, Hillsboro, OR | A $40M complex, biopharmaceutical expansion project with strict FDA and other international governmental agency oversight
- Genentech, Sustaining Projects, Hillsboro, OR | Approximately $10M of ongoing renovation projects to support sustaining biopharmaceutical manufacturing operations
- Portland State University, Academic & Student Recreation Center, Portland, OR | $60M, Design-Build, five-story recreation facility
- Portland State University, Karl Miller School of Business, Portland, OR | $47M, 147,000sf addition and renovation on an active campus college campus with a phased, partially occupied, existing building
- UAA, Mixed-Use Multi-Family Building, Bend, OR | $35M+, six-story, 150k sf, multi-family building with a separate 2k sf retail building
- UAA, Mixed-Use Multi-Family Building, Portland, OR | $20M+, four-story, 64,223sf, multi-family building with 2 retail unit