UNITED TEAM

As Vice President of Operations for United Construction, Casey oversees more than 30 project professionals in northern and southern Nevada. With nearly two decades of construction industry experience under his belt, he is an expert at ensuring all project teams meet objectives while following best practices and resolving project challenges. Casey has worked as a superintendent, project manager, estimator and senior project manager. He has built facilities as large as 663,000 sf and up to $30 million in project value.

Casey is a disabled veteran and was proud to serve his country. As a Corporal, he held the billet of a Staff NCO and was directly charged with leadership of 90 Marines. After being honorably discharged from the military, Casey set out on a dual path of being a fulltime student and fulltime project administrator and then project engineer. He got started at Truckee Meadows Community College through Veterans Upward Bound studying construction and then earned his civil engineering degree from the University of Nevada, Reno.

Teamwork and community service remain Casey’s guiding principles. In his hometown of Battle Mountain, he volunteers for rodeos, parades and more.  Casey also lobbies on complicated land issues and knows the challenges of dealing with wildfire devastation. As a member of Disabled American Veterans, he has supported various veteran initiatives. He was also honored with the 20 under 40 designation by the Northern Nevada Business Weekly in 2020.

Michael Russell is responsible for company strategy, geographic diversification, business development, marketing and communications, public relations, best practices, and continuous improvement at United Construction. As Executive Vice President, Michael promotes positive stakeholder involvement in the company by fostering relationships, facilitating effective communication, keeping stakeholders active in decision-making, dealing professionally and fairly with all stakeholders and continually instilling this philosophy in the company’s culture.

From 1991 through 1999, Michael was Director of Preconstruction and Business Development at United. In this role, he was responsible for design, estimating, project purchasing/buy-out, marketing and business development functions of the company. Michael returned to the company in 2010 after a career with Prologis, where he organized, established, and managed the U.S. and Canadian project development platform for build-to-suit and fee development projects, site acquisitions, industrial park master planning and infrastructure development.

Michael’s 35+ years of construction industry experience includes work in industrial, commercial, defense, medical, military, education, manufacturing, office, aviation, retail, multi-family, wastewater treatment, photovoltaic, petrochemical, infrastructure and land development markets. Michael’s professional experience includes more than 50 million square feet of building completions, and more than 25,000 acres of land acquisition and related land development. Michael has also previously held general and mechanical contractor’s licenses in Nevada and California.

Michael is an active member of NAIOP, EDAWN, the Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation Construction Sector Council and IAMC. He also served as co-chair of The Children’s Cabinet, a local non-profit helping keep children safe and families together and sat on the board for over a decade.

Originally from New Orleans, Michael now resides in Reno, Nevada with his wife Becky, where he enjoys skiing, golf, music, cooking and time with his family and friends.