Jim McPhetridge

Instructor
Construction Management
jim.mcphetridge@wsu.edu
EME 202D

Jim (Mac) McPhetridge is part-time Lecturer in the Construction Engineering program, while working full-time for Exxel Pacific Construction. He has provided construction consulting through JCM Consulting Services. With a life-time career in commercial construction, he brings current field experience to the program. 

Jim has 35 years of experience with roles including Owner’s Representative, Construction Manager, Senior Project Manager, Preconstruction Manager and Estimator. Most of that experience involves negotiated, building construction projects. Jim has done preconstruction on approximately 90% of the projects he constructed. 

His projects include Office Buildings, Hotels, Schools, Apartments and Churches. Most noteworthy is the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. 

EDUCATION 

• Master of Science in Construction Engineering & Management, Stanford University 
• Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, US Coast Guard Academy 
• Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Science with an Emphasis in Computers, US Coast Guard Academy