MEET THE TEAM

Team Qualifications & Bio’s

Overall Team Qualifications & Size

Our team qualifications’ abilities to design and construct your project are based upon cumulative decades of designing and constructing projects similar to yours.

RICOP Construction has the proven ability to handle large projects (and have won 13 American Buildings Company awards doing it.) Our deep experience provides the technical know-how; our flat organization, ability to rapidly scale and leaner size (in comparison to our competitors) makes us more nimble to adjust to client needs and demands and keep client costs down.

Management Team

Walter Beatty
President
 
Walt grew up in Pittsburgh. He attended the University of Pittsburgh where he pursued a major in Engineering. Walt has over 30 years of commercial construction experience. Prior to RICOP, Walt was Vice President of Amalgamated, a general contractor and developer.

While at Amalgamated, Walt oversaw the building of millions of square feet of warehouse and office space in the Columbus area. After leaving Amalgamated, Walt and a partner started RICOP Construction in 1990. Walt bought out the partner in 1991. Since then, RICOP has built for various industries, including: assisted living, auto dealerships, offices, retail, warehousing, light manufacturing, churches, hotel, higher education and schools.

RICOP eventually transitioned from some self-performance to strictly a managing general contractor. Over the years, RICOP has won 13 awards from American Building Company, a pre-engineered metal buildings company for whom we distribute. Walt brings a unique ability to get inside the customer's shoes and the customer’s customers shoes, thinking through the form, fit and function of the facility. He asks questions to draw out how the building will be used, both now and in the future. Walt enjoys travelling, spending time with his family, fly fishing, and entering his 1934 Chevy Sedan in Muscle car shows.

Doug Emert
Architect
 
Doug joined RICOP in February 2008. He received his Architectural degree from Ohio State University, is registered in Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama and Texas. He has a broad range of experience, and deep experience in manufacturing facilities (many of which supplied the auto industry) and auto dealerships. Doug also has hands-on experience with residential, mixed use development, retail, hotels, and educational institutions.

Projects Doug has designed for, either under RICOP or with other firms, and includes:
Education: Paint Valley High School, Paint Valley Middle School, Delaware Middle School, Dublin Elementary School, New Albany Middle School, OSU Center for Education and Economic Development
Hotels: Springhill Suites, Country Inns, Marriott Courtyard
Manufacturing: Manifold & Phalor, PK USA, Toyota Boshoku, Neturen IT Wire, Cardington Yutaka Technologies, Sanyo, Waltex, Canam Steel and Topre.
Auto Dealerships: McCluskey Chevrolet, Acura of Dayton, Matt Castrucci Honda, Matt Castrucci Nissan, Matt Castrucci Mazda, Glockner Chevrolet, Comtide Subaru, Comtide Nissan, Comtide Mazda, Nissan North, Saturn North, Tom Gill Chevrolet, Immke Honda and Midwestern Auto Group BMW-Mini.
Mixed Use, Residential and Retail: Compass Point Development, Shell Point Development, Island House 5, Brewmasters Gate Schematics, Bexley Gateway, Plaza Properties Design Center, Bonner Retail Center, and 5/3 Bank.

Mark Frendt
VP Development
 
Mark's responsibility is to develop and execute the strategic marketing plan for RICOP, as well as new business development. He also is responsible for RICOP's customer satisfaction program and performance. He graduated with a Bachelor's in Business Administration from Capital University with a focus on Marketing. Mark is a profit-driven, service and results-oriented, multifaceted proven entrepreneur and management professional supported by effective mix of operations management, marketing and strategic business planning skills perfected over 20+ years within both traditional corporate and startup environments.

He consistently contributed to improved productivity, brand recognition, record sales, significant revenue growth, cost management, operational enhancement and increased profitability through focused leadership, technology innovation and capacity to identify business needs before implementing viable plans and process improvements.

Joe Potter
Senior Project Manager
 
Joe graduated from the Ohio State University and is RICOP’s Senior Project Manager. His responsibilities include overseeing our other project managers as well as his own group of supervisors. Joe has been in the industry for over 25 years and has been a project manager or supervisor for a wide range of building projects in a wide range of industries for various contractors. He brings with him an ability to communicate openly and our customers have been pleased with his professionalism.

Projects Joe has lead, either with RICOP or while at other firms, includes:

Colleges: Denison University, 100,000 sq ft, $5 million, build out; Kenyon College 30,000 sq ft, $650,000 new build
Retail: Kohl's (several) 120,200-500k (total) -$3 million, build outs and new builds; Sky Financial, 30,000 sq ft, $800,000; Aldi Grocery, 60,000 sq ft, multiple new builds; Specialty Golf, new build; Pataskala Bank, 20,000 sq ft, $670,000, new build
Manufacturing/Warehousing: Greif Brothers N.A. HQ, 60,000 sq ft, $4 million, new build; Lockheed, 5000 sq ft, $100,000, new build; U.S. Government, 40,000 sq ft, $1million, build out; Refrigerated Warehouse- Happy Chicken Farms, 40,000 sq ft, $2.5 million, new build; Simpson Strong Ties, 200,000 sq ft, $9 million, new build
Hotels: Microtel Hotels, 120,000 sq ft, $1.6 million, Holiday Inn Express, Dublin, Ohio. $4.8M plus new build and multiple build outs
Office/Medical Office: Midwest Oncology (radiation room/cat scan), 40,000 sq ft, $150,000, build out
Auto Dealerships: Buckeye Nissan, 50,000 build out, $1.3 million; Glockner Honda Toyota, 80,000 sq ft, $3 million, new build; King’s Nissan, $120,000, build out; Clinton County Motorsports,  30,000 sq ft, build out and addition; Wilmington Auto Center, 15,000 sq ft, new build.

Don Steen
Estimator
 
Don has handled the estimating responsibilities since 1999, as well as occasionally serving as a Project Manager in the field. Don's meticulous attention to detail is beneficial for reviewing plans and putting customer budgets together. He says he really enjoys working with owners in the Design/Build phases of projects.

He grew up in Lancaster, Ohio, where he currently resides. Don's favorite pastimes include spending time with his wife and kids, riding quads and restoring old muscle cars.

Dave DeLong
Project Supervisor
 
Dave joined RICOP in 2000.
Projects under Dave’s supervision, with RICOP or previous firms, include:
Auto Dealerships: Coughlin Chevrolet (Pataskala), Hidy Power Sports (Troy, OH), Hugh White Honda  (Columbus), Lang Mazda (Beavercreek, OH), Hidy Honda Service/Parts addition (B.C.), Glockner Honda/Toyota (Portsmouth), Buckeye Honda (Lancaster), Hidy Ford (Beavercreek), Bob Boyd Ford Body Shop (Lancaster), and Bob Boyd Showroom/Service (Lancaster)
Hotels: Courtyard by Marriott (Newark OH), Holiday Inn Express, Dublin, Ohio. $4.8M
Assisted Living: Carriage Court Assisted Living (W.C.)
Manufacturing/Warehousing: Live Tech (Columbus)

Bob Grubaugh
Project Supervisor
 
Supervisor Bob Grubaugh’s experience spans a wide variety of industries over many years for various contractors around the State. Bob has also traveled the Midwest for retail build outs.

Bob’s industry experience includes: auto dealerships, hotels, restaurants, retail, college, and medical offices. Bob's passion is car racing.

Kathi Nelson
Chief Financial Officer
 
Kathi joined RICOP in 2008 and has 16 years in the accounting profession. She oversees all accounting functions including accounts payable, accounts receivable, job costing, general ledger, cash flow management and bank reconciliation. Kathi enjoys spending time with her family.