Donald W. Buchanan, President

Personal Experience

I was born in Kentucky and my family relocated to northwest Indiana in my youth. My father was a mill worker and a fulltime pastor in the Church. I guess that my father’s leadership, ethics and unrelentless positive attitude influenced my drive to succeed and to present fairness to everyone in both my personal and professional life. I joined the Air Force shortly after High School and upon enlistment I requested and received my duty assignment to trained and to work on jet over two engine aircraft. In my tenure in the USAF I became a Crew Chief on large jet over two engines aircraft. I became a Crew Chief sequentially on the B-52 bomber aircraft and latter my assignment included being a Crew Chief on KC-135, an inflight refueling aircraft. I was in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) and did temporary duty assignments all over the world. This experience reinforced the discipline to accomplish goals and problem solve situations for quick and decisive actions within in a short period of time.

Upon discharge I attended Purdue University and graduated with a Bachelor Degree. My drive and since of duty instilled in me by my father and the USAF training to make logical decisions, I set out to create a foundation of knowledge-based experience to benefit everyone I encountered, both personally and in my professional life. Based on my education and life experiences I was employed and worked in the construction industry and became a Vice President of Operation of a multimillion-dollar construction firm. Along the way I held every position of responsibility in the several construction organizations.

Also, along the way I used my talents and post graduate education to work within the valuation industry. In an office expansion effort, I was asked to set up an valuation office in Parsippany NJ. My expertise in construction and estimating in the pharmaceutical industry allowed me to transition into the valuation industry, as a cost segregation specialist. I worked within the investment tax credit and depreciation allocation market during this tenure on the East Coast. At this time, I held a Real Estate Brokers license in the State of Indiana.

Currently I am a Real Estate Broker in the State of Florida with a specialty as an intermediator for business-to-business acquisition and sales. I also, have continued to have a corporate emphasis on construction/engineering firms as intermediator in the sale and purchase of their businesses. My post graduate included classes in business, finance, accounting, valuation, safety, real estate, administration, recordkeeping, risk management and the ethics of decision making. The classes were attended at Purdue University, Valparaiso University, Rutgers University, and University of Colorado, along with numerous industry related seminars. My foundation of education and life experiences makes me ideally suited to work with clients through due diligence, fairness and ethics to find the best solution of value and financial structure in the acquisition/sales process. The process demands confidentiality and trust to accomplished the most productive outcome. I will respect our mutual confidentiality and trust in the process of getting to the best outcome for all concerned.

William Buffet said it best,
“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

Education

• B.S. in Construction, Purdue University, May, 1975.
• A.S. in Architecture, Purdue University, May 1974.
• Construction Specifications Institute
  • Construction Documents Technologist (CDT)
  • Certified Construction Contract Administrator
  • Instructor for CCCA Exam.
• American Arbitration Association
• American Society of Professional Estimators
• Florida Real Estate Broker BK3521223
• OSHA 30 Hour
• Red Cross CPR
• Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA)Board Member Great Lakes Region
• Healthcare Construction Certificate, American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE)

 POST GRADUATE REAL ESTATE CLASSES & SEMINARS:

• Case Studies Real Estate Valuation. Indianapolis
• Real Estate Syndication Seminar. N.Y.N.Y.
• Basic Valuation Procedures. Rutgers University
• Market Analysis. Rutgers University
• Standards of Professional Practice. Rutgers University
• Capitalization Theory & Techniques Part A. University of Colorado
• Capitalization Theory & Techniques Part B. University of Colorado
• Real Estate Appraisal Principles. Dartmouth College
• Capital Project Analysis Training School. McCormack & Dodge Corp.
• Investing Purdue University

 POST GRADUATE CONSTRUCTION CLASSES & SEMINARS:

• Succeeding In Design Build. Construction Specification Institute (CSI).
• How to Increase Productivity 1,000% in Three Hours. (YPO).
• Discovering Your Negotiating Style Profile. Association for Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE).
• Successful Incentive Contracting Experience – In Whose Opinion? (AACE).
• The Hidden Costs of Construction. Indiana Construction Roundtable (ICR).
• Controlling the Field: Job Site Safety Inspection. Associated General Contractors (AGC).
• Worker Productivity While Reducing Risk, Metro Indianapolis Coalition for Construction Safety (MICCS).
• Rough Justice? Labor Management Grievance Committees. (AGC).
• Negotiating Labor Agreements in the Construction Industry: A Management Perspective (AGC).
• New Fall Protection Standard (AGC).
• Pre-planning (AGC).
• Design/Build (AGC).
• CMc Construction Manager as Constructor. General Services Administration (GSA).
• Fundamentals of Project Delivery (DBIA).
• Principles of Design-Build Project Delivery (DBIA).
• Design-Build Contract and Risk Management (DBIA)
• Design-Build Contracts and Risk Management

 POST GRADUATE ADMINISTRATION CLASSES & SEMINARS:

• Arbitration Seminar – Lowe, Grey, Steele, and Hoffman.
• Competent Person Class (AGC).
• Financial Accounting. Purdue University.
• Construction Document and Recordkeeping – Lowe, Grey, Steele, and Hoffman.
• Project Management. National Seminars Group.
• Solar Design Seminar, Kalamazoo College.
• Accounting for the Closely Held Company. Valparaiso University.
• Cost and Bidding. Chicago, IL.
• Instructor: Certified Construction Contract Administrator. (CSI).
• Project Performance Measurement. (AACE).
• The Ethics of Decision-Making. (YPO).
• Ethics and New Form of Excellence (YPO).
• Advanced Leadership Training. Larry Halt.
• Adventures in Attitudes.
• If I Take Away Your Title, Will They Follow You? Young Presidents Organization (YPO).
• Lean Construction, Lean Construction Institute

 OTHER INTEREST

Church, Grandkids, Golf, Bee Keeping, Home brewing Wine and Beer, and Computers.