Casey was born and raised in Mill Valley, Ca. Casey’s father was a
custom jeweler by trade and a builder and cabinetmaker by passion.
Casey apprenticed in his father’s workshops, learning beside an artist
and craftsman. As a teenager, while helping his father remodel and
restore an Arts and Craft bungalow in Corte Madera, Casey got the bug
to become a builder himself.
After general education courses at the College of Marin, Casey
began working in the construction trades. He completed four years of
Apprentice Training with Carpenters Union Local 751, working primarily
on commercial projects in Sonoma County. He returned to Marin County
in 1987 to work on high-end custom homes, first as a carpenter, then
as lead carpenter and foreman.
In 1990, Casey joined a commercial/public works firm as a site
superintendent. His first project was the construction of the Feline
Conservation Center at the San Francisco Zoo. There, he worked
directly with zoo staff, architects, engineers and city officials to
complete the project on schedule and under budget. Casey also oversaw
the construction of the Australian Walk-About exhibit as well as
several other improvements at the zoo. For the same firm, Casey
completed several public works projects at community colleges
throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
In the late 1990s, Casey returned to custom-home building in
Marin County where he supervised several world-class residential
construction projects as a superintendent for high-end Marin
residential contractors.
Casey obtained his general contractor’s license in 2001 and launched
Portico Builders. His goal from the beginning was to provide clients
with the highest level of quality and craftsmanship that would stand
out among the many outstanding residential contractors in the San
Francisco Bay Area.
Since then, Portico Builders has completed more than 35
significant projects in San Francisco and Marin, including four new
homes and several comprehensive remodels.