Updated: April 30th, 2012

Ernest D. Mill, President

Mill Construction Company, Inc.
41 Clark Street
Salinas, CA 93901
Ph: (831) 424-0781
Fx:  (831) 424-0500
www.millconstruction.com

Mill Construction Company dba M.T.E. Construction, Arizona Office

2577 S. Avenue 2 1/2 E, Ste B

Yuma, AZ 85364

Ph: (928) 726-6882

Fx: (928) 726-2350

1. License Information:

State and License Number Class Years Held
CA - 271955 B-1- HIC Since 1967
AZ - ROC165334 B-1, B Since 2001, 2010

2. Surety Information:

Listed below are the names of the Brokers for the Surety Companies utilized by Mill Construction over the past years:
  • Aon Risk Services 20 East Alisal Street #205 1992 - Present
  • Attn: Steve Edwards Salinas, CA 93901 (831) 422 -9831

3. Construction References:

At the bottom of this page is a list of some of the projects that Mill Construction has completed with-in the last 5 years which involved new construction as well as additions to existing facilities.

4. Staff Roster/Functions:

On this page there is a list of Mill Constructions' staff with each persons construction experience, title, and amount of years with the company. Also on the this page is a list of our superintendents and the amount of years they have been with the company.

a. Office 8
b. Superintendents 6
c. Carpenters 4
d. Laborers 1

Employed Licensed Engineers or Architects:

None

5. Complaints with State Contractors Board:

None

6. Financial Status:

a. Company Information:

1949 - Started Proprietorship
1966 Changed to Partnership
1968 to Present Changed to Corporation

b. Bank:

Santa Barbara Bank & Trust
1001 So. Main Street, Salinas, CA 93901 (831) 757-4900

c. Financial References:

Martin Colijn, CPA Attn: Martin Colijn
1514-B Moffett Street, Salinas, CA 93905 (831) 424-3800

Granite Construction Attn: Kurt Kniffin
585 W. Beach St., Watsonville, CA 95076 (831) 763-6100

Probuild Attn: Scott MacLean
1250 Abbott, Salinas, CA 93901 (831) 475-6100

Our current insurance and workers compensation coverage:

1. Comprehensive General Liability

a. Personal Injury $ 1,000,000.00 Each Occurrence

$ 2,000,000.00 Aggregate (Complete Operations)

b. Property Damage $ 1,000,000.00 Each Occurrence

$ 2,000,000.00 Aggregate

2. Comprehensive Automobile Liability

a. Bodily Injury $ 1,000,000.00 Each Person

$ 1,000,000.00 Each Occurrence
b. Property Damage $ 1,000,000.00 Each Occurrence

3. Excess Liability Coverage

$ 5,000,000.00 Each Occurrence

4. Workers Compensation

Zurich of North America

THOMAS D. MILL - RETIRED - "MBAC-BSA - BUILDING FUTURE LEADERS 2007 AWARD RECIPIENT"

Tom graduated from U.C. Berkeley in Civil Engineering in 1957 and has been a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers since 1970. Tom worked for Cen-Cal Company in San Leandro as an Engineer-Estimator-Sales Manager doing commercial and industrial work with a 1966 volume of about $7,000,000.00. Tom joined his father in 1966, became President, and started specializing in commercial and industrial construction work. Tom has since retired and supports Mill Construction as a consultant.

ERNEST D. MILL - "SALINAS VALLEY BUILDERS EXCHANGE - 2006 CONSTRUCTION MAN OF THE YEAR"

President - CEO : Ernie graduated from Cal-Poly, San Luis Obispo, in Construction Engineering in 1983. He then spent two years working for Pacific Construction in Honolulu, Hawaii as an Estimator and Project Manager. He managed projects ranging from minor structural repairs of a multi-unit Navy housing track to major structural repairs of failures in a high-rise condominium complex. Since Ernie’s return to Mill Construction in 1985, he has worked his way through the estimating and management of individual projects to the management of the corporation in 1995. With the strong leadership and vision of the corporate officers, Mill Construction has experienced controlled steady growth every year since then. Ernie keeps in touch with the community by being a past President of the Rodeo Rotary Club, a past Chairman of the Board to the Salinas Valley Chamber of Commerce, and past President of the Monterey Bay Area Council of BSA. Ernie, with his strong belief of providing a quality product, a high level of service, along with always being honest, has maintained clients that his father and grandfather has had since 1949.

WILLIAM TAYLOR, SR.

Senior Vice President : Bill is in charge of Field Operations. Bill has grown with the company, starting at the first level of apprentice carpenter and working his way up the company to his present position. With Bills experience and years of knowledge in the field, he is a great asset to our Management Team. Bill has been with our company since 1962.

JAMES MOORE

Vice President/Contracts & Senior Estimator: James has 23 years experience in estimating and project management. He brings to Mill Construction a broad range of experience, he has personally estimated and managed various forms of projects such as Public and Private Schools, Commercial Retail Developments, Multi-Family Housing, General Engineering structures, Sub-division improvements, Public Works, Food Processing and Cooling facilities, private custom residents and Health Care projects (OSHPD). James is a native of Monterey County along with his family.

RUSSELL SIMMONS

Vice President / Operations / AZ: Russ began his career in construction in 1971 with his father, Nathan O. Simmons at Dukor Modular Homes located in Gilroy, CA. In 1973 he became a part of Mill Construction Company as a 2 nd year Apprentice Carpenter. He is a second generation employee with Mill Construction as his father worked for Tom Mill, Sr. in the late 50's early 60's. Russ has supervised several projects for Mill Construction including Coastal Ford Tractor, Millionaire Jet Center, Pride of San Juan, Salinas Californian Newspaper, Monterey Herald, Fiber Innovations, Nunes Cooling Facility and Monterey County Waste Management Facility among many others in CA. Russ has been working in our Yuma location on and off since 2000. In 2003-2004 Russ became a permanent resident of Yuma, AZ when we opened our Arizona office. He is currently overseeing numerous jobs including ESSCO Wholesale Electric, Pinnacle Healthcare, Prima Bella Produce, Dateland Travel Center, Yuma County Health Department, Yuma County Sheriff Department and Mesquite Regional Landfill. Russ has just recently assumed the position of our Vice President of Operations for our Yuma facility.

 

FIELD SUPERINTENDENTS

Name Years with Firm
Oscar Cisneros Since 1990
Paul Kershing Since 1994
Carlos Madrigal Since 1986
Mike Neilson Since 1990
Scott Meyenberg Since 2000
Omar Rodriguez Since 2004
   
   

The above reference superintendents have all managed important projects. Types of projects were industrial and commercial, including office buildings, bank buildings, hospitals, medical offices, retail buildings and fire stations.

MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS COMPLETED

Project Owner Contact Phone Number Architect Approx. Contract Amt. Date
Cooling & Shipping Facilities* Tanimura & Antle Jeff Taylor (831) 455-2950 Various $8,000,000 9/07
Major Renovation/Phase II* S.P.C.A. Monterey Co. Gary Tiscornia (831) 422-4721 S. M. Stein $1,648,000 12/93
Cooling & Shipping Facilities* Growers Ice Company Dennis Stephens (831) 424-5781 Various $4,500,000 3/03
Cooling & Shipping Facility* American Growers Cooling Bob Foster (831) 443-6555 Robert Corbett, AIA $3,700,000 4/94
Materials Recovery Facility* Mtry. Regional Waste William Merry (831) 384-5313 Paul Davis, AIA $6,000,000 3/03
Processing Plant Taylor Farms Alec Leach (831) 754-1715 Howard Carter Assoc. $2,000,000 4/98
Various Projects* D’Arrigo Bros. Co. John D’Arrigo (831) 424-3955 Robert Corbett, AIA $2,500,000.00 11/07
Various Projects* Million Air Bob Buck (831) 373-4151 Various Architects $4,000,000 7/02
Plant Expansion-S.J.B.* Natural Selection Foods Charles Sweat (831) 623-7880 Robert D. Corbett, AIA $9,000,000  
New Doctors Office* Central Coast Cardiology Dr. Sintatos (831) 758-2100 Kasaven Architects $1,567,555.00 9/02
Remodel & New Chapel Palma High School Brother Dunne (831) 422-6391 Wald, Ruhnke & Dost $2,000,000.00 2/99
Tres Picos Shipping & Cooling Tanimura & Antle Allie Padgett (831) 455-2950 Howard Carter Assoc. $6,736,770 11/99
Various Projects* Pebble Beach Company Steve Atchenson (831) 625-8454 Various $2,500,000 10/02
Medical Office Building Vantage Eye Center Dr. Tony Pruthi (831) 424-4805 Wald Ruhnke & Dost $3,500,000 11/01
Yuma , AZ Fac.-Process Facility* Natural Selection Foods Charles Sweat (831) 623-7880 Augustus F. Keck $5,550,00.00 3/03
Yuma, AZ Fac.-Plant Expansion* Pride of San Juan Pete Trentz (831) 623-4130 x114 Augustus F. Keck $1,881,121 1/03
Duke Energy - Energy Management Bldg. Duke Energy, LLC Norm Stout (831) 633-6755 Howard Carter Assoc. $ 1,400,000 05/01
New Ag Wing National Steinbeck Center Kim Greer (831) 831-775-4722 Kasavan Architects $1,200,000 09/03
Various Projects* HSBC/Jones Lang LaSalle Kathy Donnelly (831) 772-6124 Kasavan Architects $7,000,000.00 02/08
San Juan Bautista Plant Exp. Natural Selection Foods, LLC Charles Sweat (831) 623-7880 Robert D. Corbett, AIA $6,857,000.00 11/03
New Processing Facility Foxy Foods, LLC Nicholas J. DaCosta (831) 751-7540 Pacific Engineering Group $6,142,322.00 07/04

Various Projects*

American Ag Credit Floyd Rydenhour (707) 545-1200 Belli Architectural Group $6,000,000.00 10/05

New Winery Facility*

Scheid Vineyards Kurt Gollnick (831) 455-9990 Belli Architectural Group $21,500,000.00 11/05
Lupine Gardens Housing Interim, Incorporated Alan Bilinsky (831) 646-2220 Wald, Ruhnke & Dost Architects

$3,000,000.00

 
New Processing Plant Wild Rocket Foods Bob Wright (951) 778-0222 Delphey/Gerdes Architects $12,100,000.00 10/07
Don Chapin - New Shop* The Don Chapin Company Don Chapin (831) 630-0443 Robert D. Corbett, AIA $ 4,000,000.00  
* Designates clients in which several projects were completed. Therefore, “Contract Amount” is the cumulative amount to date.

MORE COMPLETED WORK

Project Owner Architect Contract Amount % Complete
SVMHS - 611 Abbott Street SVMHS Wald, Ruhnke & Dost $ 8,200,000.00     100%
Watsonville - YMCA Central Coast YMCA Robert D. Corbett, AIA $ 3,515,791.00     100%
A & S Metals - Los Banos A & S Metals Belli Architectural Group $ 1,100,000.00      100%
ESSCO Elect. Warehouse ESSCO Wholesale   $ 1,200,000.00     100%
Hazel Hawkins-Support Services San Benito Healthcare Dist. HFP Architects $ 4,800,000.00      100%
SVMHS - Educational Deptartment SVMHS Wald, Ruhnke & Dost Architects $ 1,300,000.00     100%
Precision Orthopedics Precision Orthopedics Wald, Ruhnke & Dost Architects $ 2,500,000.00    100%
SVMHS - Main Facilities Various Proj.* SVMHS   $     750,000.00    100%
Barcalee/Pinnacle Healthcare, Yuma AZ Barcalee, LLC   $     979,000.00     100%
Yuma County Health Dept. Yuma County General Services   $     622,000.00     100%
Yuma County Sheriff Dept. Yuma County General Services   $     755,000.00     100%
Soledad Pool Building Soledad Mission Recreation District   $     805,000.00      100%

 

 
41 CLARK STREET, SALINAS, CALIFORNIA 93901 TELEPHONE 831 424-0781 FAX 831 424-0500
CA LIC. #271955 / AZ LIC. ROC #165334 & #268275