Russell Klapperich

In his experience-packed career, Russell Klapperich has worked as Project Manager on large construction and tenant improvement projects for major hospitals. Prior to joining ETC, Russell worked as a project manager for McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., one of the top ten U.S. commercial builders. He recently oversaw the building of Rady Children’s Hospital’s new Acute Care Pavilion, leading a team of 23 through the completion of this $200M project. Other projects include Good Samaritan Hospital (30 TIs totaling $10M), Legacy Hospital Systems (20 TIs totaling $10M at Emanuel; two projects totaling $5M at Mt. Hood), Providence Health Care (four TI's totaling $10M) and Oregon Health Sciences University (four TIs totaling $10M). Russell also worked as Assistant Project Manager on the Rancho Springs Medical Center, a $36M project. His responsibilities included MEP coordination, costs, budget and profit projections, working directly with the owner, architect, users group and design team. Prior to his post at McCarthy, Russell worked at Howard S. Wright Construction Co. in Portland, OR, managing hundreds of medical tenant improvements in various hospitals, with projects ranging from $500K to $2M in size. Responsibilities included estimating, contracts, project management and closeout. Russell is a U.S. Navy veteran, serving in the first Gulf War and in the Philippines clean up after the Mt. Pinatubo eruption. He holds a degree in Civil Engineering from Portland State University.