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GENERAL OVERVIEW
Dennis Marshall was
President and Owner of Marshall Building Enterprises, Inc. (MBE), a full service
residential and commercial construction company, and has over forty (40) years
of building experience throughout Colorado. Mr. Marshall has been involved in
every facet of the design/build custom home process, assuring quality
construction and cost effectiveness. His knowledge and understanding of the
custom home building process, in conformity with building regulations, is
rivaled only by his exceptional project management skill. The following is a
brief review of Dennis Marshall’s background.
Marshall Building Enterprises, Inc. was a design/build firm, specializing in “on
your lot” custom building. Its primary focus was building custom homes, which
represented approximately eighty percent (80%) of MBE’s business; the remaining
twenty percent (20%) was commercial construction.
During his career Dennis Marshall has been responsible for and has built over
1150 projects including custom homes, semi-custom homes, remodeling projects and
commercial construction. Due to the “on your lot” building operation, Mr.
Marshall has built in Denver and all seven (7) surrounding counties, as well as
several of the ski areas on the western slopes. The twenty percent (20%)
commercial construction consisted of constructing warehouses/office projects,
office buildings, satellite buildings in shopping centers, as well as tenant
finishes. Many projects involved the entire design to build cycle from securing
the ground, lot layout, design, and construction through final tenant finish.
Dennis has been an active member of the Home Builders Association of Metro
Denver (HBA), the Colorado Association of Home Builders (CAHB) and the National
Association of Home Builders (NAHB) since 1968. He achieved the status of “Life
Director of the National Association” of Home Builders (NAHB) in 1987 and
“Senior Life Director” in 1996. He has received many awards in his professional
career. He was twice named “Builder of the Year” – 1978 and 1979 - from the Home
Builders Association of Metro Denver (HBA) and was recipient of the “Life Time
Achievement Award” in 1995.
Marshall began his career in home building in 1965 when he started Marshall
Construction as a framing subcontractor. In 1967 he and three partners formed
Vantage Custom Homes, Inc., specializing in custom “on your lot” building. In
1970, Marshall became president of Vantage Custom Homes, Inc. and also created a
subsidiary company, Vantage Enterprises, Inc. to branch out and accommodate
commercial and multi-family projects. As president and principal stockholder of
Vantage Custom Homes and Vantage Enterprises from 1972 through 1983, Marshall
spearheaded the successful completion of over 780 building projects.
In 1984, a major Colorado corporation, The Walden Companies, purchased Vantage
Custom Homes and all of its subsidiary companies. At that time the Walden
Companies had seven (7) major projects beginning and/or underway. Marshall
stepped into that corporation as Vice President of Construction and managed all
the land development and construction for the Walden Companies. During the next
four (4) years, Marshall was responsible for the development of the seven (7)
subdivisions, construction of over 560 townhouse and condominium units, three
(3) commercial buildings, and approximately a dozen (12) custom homes. In the
spring of 1988 Mr. Walden retired and closed the business. Mr. Marshall went
back into business for himself under the name of Marshall Building Enterprises
for the express purposes of building custom homes and commercial contracting
from 1988 until 2009.
Reflective of his reputation in the building industry, in 1992 Mr. Marshall was
selected as “the Builder” to perform the remodeling and rehabilitation of the
newly acquired Home Builders Association of Metro Denver headquarters located at
1400 South Emerson Street in Denver Colorado. In 2008, Marshall was again
selected to perform the remodeling and rehabilitation of their new current
27,000 square foot headquarters office building in Centennial, Colorado.
Beginning in 1996, Mr. Marshall was asked by two (2) attorneys (both Plaintiff
and Defendant in this case) to serve as an arbitrator in their construction
defect litigation case. Subsequent to completing that case, Marshall was again
hired separately by the attorneys as an expert witness in two (2) other cases.
This sideline business grew as a result of their recommendations to other
attorneys. During the last sixteen (16) years Marshall has been involved in
approximately one hundred (100) litigation/arbitration cases, both residential
and commercial. He has served on both the Plaintiff’s side and the Defendant’s
side. The work generally involves making inspections, writing reports,
determining scope of repairs, estimating cost of repairs, and providing expert
testimony at depositions and trial or adjudicating at arbitration.
Further, Mr. Marshall has completed formal training through the Construction
Dispute Resolution Services Training Institute to serve as mediator and/or
arbitrator.
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CONSTRUCTION RELATED ACHIEVEMENTS
