Paradise Valley Design Build

Mr. Bakken has been a skilled tradesman since the 70’s, earned degrees in Architecture and Environmental Design; contributed to projects in Arizona, California and Minnesota; owned general contracting companies; been retained by Architectural, Engineering and Contracting firms. At Paradise Valley Design Build he is currently doing design, project management, consulting, construction management and contracting in the greater Phoenix area. This page presents a broad overview of his professional career. Mr. Bakken’s construction and field experience has been valuable in reviewing projects for constructability, auditing change orders, providing inspection reports, solving contractor problems and reviewing submittals for projects under construction. His creativity and in-depth knowledge of construction means and methods is valuable in improving constructability and reducing costs. He is frequently retained by clients whos projects have encountered difficulty because of permitting, time constraints, constructability or other issues. His default response is always “I can take care of it”. A restaurant owner recently retained him for design of a project. Every other architect contacted said they needed at least 6 months for design. Mr. Bakken completed the plans, obtained a permit and had the restaurant open within 3 months. Mr. Bakken Principal