Michael Pieper - Letter of Recommendation

 To Whom It May Concern,

I had the pleasure of working with Treeline Construction on a recent Yosemite project to restore the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoia trees, whereby Gary and his company constructed two new heavy timber and stone masonry buildings. The project is located within the Sierra mountain range where at times it can be rather treacherous mobilizing to the site each day, due to fires, rockslides, floods, snowstorms and associated road closures. So during this project Gary encountered these adverse conditions, however Gary is such a diligent person who wanted to ensure he stayed on schedule, so he decided to absorb the costs and worked out the logistics with getting his crews and subcontractor’s to work each day, even though they had to drive an extra 50-100 miles and find alternative lodging.

Gary is an extremely intelligent, fair and reasonable person who puts quality above all else and Gary is not only a very competent project manager and supervisor, but he is also a Master Carpenter, which shows thru when you see the beautiful buildings he has constructed. Gary has a very calm and levelheaded demeanor and he hires employees with similar personalities, which makes for an enjoyable work place. I have never worked around a more knowledgeable carpenter in my career and he is always willing to share this knowledge, which is evident by the performance of his employees.

Gary’s extensive experience shines thru each day he comes to work because he provides intelligent and logical answers to each question you pose and he does an outstanding job of pointing out design issues before they become a cost issue or become future operational issue. Gary also has extensive experience renovating historic structures, as well as heavy timber, log and stone masonry structures, so when it came to constructing these two facilities his performance was outstanding. He also provides workable and feasible solutions to problems that come up daily on a project of this scale. Gary is also a very accessible person to answer any inquiries that may come up from Park staff or the design team. Gary is also a great teacher who garners the utmost respect due to his knowledge, honesty and because he takes the time to listen and talk through differing design ideas or alternatives.

Finally, Gary is a very caring and considerate person, who not only understands how to construct a design, but he understands the history and technical details of the design.

Sincerely,

Michael Pieper