{"id":156,"date":"2026-08-16T03:03:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T03:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cencal-ownerbuilderconsulting.com\/?page_id=156"},"modified":"2026-08-16T06:22:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T06:22:04","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cencal-ownerbuilderconsulting.com\/?page_id=156","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"156\" class=\"elementor elementor-156\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f42fa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f42fa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f42f5\" data-id=\"f42f5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f42f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f42f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Portrait<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f42f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f42f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-47\" src=\"https:\/\/cencal-ownerbuilderconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/doug-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cencal-ownerbuilderconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/doug-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cencal-ownerbuilderconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/doug-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cencal-ownerbuilderconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/doug-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cencal-ownerbuilderconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/doug.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-75 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f42f9\" data-id=\"f42f9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f42f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f42f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Second-generation contractor. Career inspector. Now, your Expert Construction Consultant.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f42f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f42f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>GENERAL CONTRACTOR<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>ICC CALIFORNIA BUILDING INSPECTOR <\/strong><\/li><li><strong>500+ HOMES BUILT\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><li><strong> 10,000+ INSPECTIONS COMPLETED<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f42fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f42fe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f42fd\" data-id=\"f42fd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f42fb elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f42fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f42fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f42fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Construction isn&#8217;t something I studied \u2014 it&#8217;s something I grew up inside of. I&#8217;m a second-generation general contractor, and by fifth grade I was already running heavy equipment alongside my father. Ours was a family business in the truest sense: by the time I finished high school, we&#8217;d built ten homes together.<\/p><p>Early in my career, I spent twenty years mastering cabinetry. It wasn&#8217;t a detour \u2014 it was the best education I could have asked for in what fine-quality work actually demands. Cabinetry teaches you precision in a way few other trades do, and that standard has stayed with me through everything since.<\/p><p>In the years that followed, I built over 500 new residential homes across the Central Coast of California, and remodeled more than 40 complete homes, 50 kitchens, and 150 bathrooms, along with a restaurant tenant improvement. Along the way, I&#8217;ve overseen more than 4,000 inspections running my own construction projects \u2014 experience that eventually led me to become an ICC California Building Inspector, where I&#8217;ve completed 6,000 more, for over 10,000 inspections total across my career.<\/p><p>That&#8217;s the perspective I bring to owner-builders: not just how to build, but how a project actually gets approved, inspected, and finished the way it&#8217;s supposed to. I know where the process trips people up, because I&#8217;ve spent a career on both sides of the inspection process. My job now is to teach you that process \u2014 plans, permits, and production \u2014 so you can take on your own project with real confidence, not guesswork.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f4305 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f4305\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f4304\" data-id=\"f4304\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f42ff elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f42ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4300 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f4300\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4301 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f4301\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ready to talk through your project?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4302 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4302\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4303 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f4303\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/cencal-ownerbuilderconsulting.com\/?page_id=8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Start a conversation<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portrait Second-generation contractor. Career inspector. Now, your Expert Construction Consultant. GENERAL CONTRACTOR ICC CALIFORNIA BUILDING INSPECTOR 500+ HOMES BUILT\u00a0 10,000+ INSPECTIONS COMPLETED Construction isn&#8217;t something I studied \u2014 it&#8217;s something I grew up inside of. I&#8217;m a second-generation general contractor, and by fifth grade I was already running heavy equipment alongside my father. 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