Building Construction Technology: Faculty Profiles

Full-time Faculty

Shannon Baird, B.Arch., Oregon
18 years project management experience. Shannon teaches construction management courses at Rock Creek. His management experience ranges from small residential remodels to high-end residential construction and large commercial projects. For 8 years Shannon was the Senior Architect and Project Manager for a New York City based design firm, where he oversaw projects from design to completion with budgets ranging from $750,000 to over $5,000,000. Prior to that, he worked in Hong Kong for over 5 years where he oversaw the construction of the 210,000 sq. ft., 6 story Printemps Department Store in central Shanghai, China. Shannon has a 5 year professional architecture degree from the University of Oregon and a Master's Degree in Media Studies from The New School in New York City.
Kirk Garrison
12 years experience in commercial and residential construction. He has a strong background in concrete work, interior finish, and framing. Kirk also holds a Masters degree in History from Portland State University.
Spencer Hinkle CKD
Spencer Hinkle20 years experience in the remodeling and cabinetry industry. He recently authored a Construction Mathematics book that is used as a textbook at PCC and other schools. He received the Staff Excellence Award in 1998 from US Bank and PCC, Educator of the Year Award in 2004 from the Oregon Building Congress and the Galbraith Award in 2006 from PCC. Spencer is a certified kitchen designer; he earned a two-year degree in Building Construction Technology from PCC and a B.A. from the University of South Florida.
Bob Steele
Bob Steele25 years Oregon Residential Construction Contractor, 7 years High School Instructor, Oregon and California Standard Teaching Credential, Bachelor of Science from California State Polytechnic University Pomona, Teacher Certification California State University Fullerton. Member of the Homebuilders Association, Portland Metro Chapter.

Adjunct Faculty

The BCT program has assembled one of the best groups of adjunct professors in the Northwest. They come from successful construction companies like Emerick Construction, Dunn and Carney, J.E. Dunn, Walsh Construction, and Westlake Consultants. This means great classes filled with "real world" learning.

Jim Hillas
  • BCT 221 Construction Law
Karl Lange
Karl hold a degrees in Building Construction Technology and Construction Management from PCC. He works for Renaissance Homes as a Project Manager. Read the PCC Web Feature about Karl.
Walt Lemon CPE
Walt has over 35 years in the industry as a scheduler, project manager and estimator. His field experience, prior to graduating in 1974 with a B.S. in Construction Engineering from Arizona State, includes rough carpentry framing, concrete finisher and laborer. For the past 16 years he has been a senior estimator for a major general contractor in Portland. His estimating experience includes offices, schools, industrial concrete, multi-family complexes, casinos, hotels and high rises. He has worked on projects in value from several hundred thousand to well over $200 million.
  • BCT 204C Construction Estimating
  • BCT 213 Advanced Construction Estimating
Vincent Logan
Vince is a licensed Professional Land Surveyor in Oregon, California, Washington and Idaho and has been involved in construction surveying for more than 10 years. He currently works as a project surveyor with the Port of Portland providing surveying support on construction projects at the Portland International Airport. He received a B. Tech. in Construction from the Dublin Institute of Technology. He is also a member of the Pioneer Chapter of the Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon.
John Martin
30 years in construction on new and remodel projects in residential and commercial work. He developed a corporation that specialized in custom woodworking for upper end applications. He received a B.A. in Management and Organizational Leadership at George Fox University.
  • BCT 104 Construction Math
  • BCT 226 Finish Carpentry
Francis McBride
  • BCT 213 Commercial Print Reading
Larry Mock

A native of Portland, Larry began his construction career in 1974. Early on, Larry committed himself to quality, service, attention to detail, and value. Larry began his career building high end custom homes. After a few years of operating in this arena, Larry found that specializing in residential remodeling offered much more satisfaction for both the clients and for him. While he spent the better part of 20 years working on the job as a rough and finish carpenter, Larry still will complete some aspects of the work on site and also develops and implements business strategies, keeps the company’s computer technology current, meets prospective clients, bids out the work and manages the office. Larry teaches Scheduling, Residential Printreading and Residential Codes classes at Portland Community College. This is a way to give back to a profession that has been very rewarding and gives Larry a chance to interact with students.

Bruce Poinsette

Bruce Poinsette has been involved in construction safety for more than 33 years. He is a Safety & Loss Control Consultant, for the Associated General Contractors of America, Oregon-Columbia Chapter, providing safety training and program evaluations for member firms since 1989. Prior experience includes being a Loss Control Consultant for a major worker's compensation carrier and working in various capacities for what is now Oregon O.S.H.A.

He began his career as a Safety Compliance Officer in 1973 and as a Safety Consultant in 1982. He is an O.S.H.A. Outreach trainer. He is a member and twice past president of The American Society of Safety Engineers, Columbia- Willamette Chapter. In 2003 the chapter presented him with the chapter's Safety Professional of the Year Award. He is also member and past president of the Southeast Portland Rotary Club.

  • BCT 130 Construction Safety
Kevin Spellman
30 years experience in the construction industry, including 17 years as president of a mid-sized Portland commercial construction company. He has worked on projects throughout the Northwest, ranging from $200,000 up to $40 million. He received a B.A. in Business Finance from the City of London College, and an M.S. in Construction Management from the University of Reading, UK.
  • BCT 132 Construction Job Costing
  • BCT 202 Business Principles for Construction