I come from a family of retailers.  After being in business for over 80 years, it was in the late 1980’s when a big mall came to town and put many family-run stores out of business.  During that transition, I spent several years in school studying architectural design, building codes, and structural design.  Though I am not a licensed architect, nor do I profess to be, I have been providing architectural design services, nationwide, for 20 years.

In 1996, I left a full-time position, as a designer with an architectural firm, in Phoenix, Arizona, to run my own company, CAD Construction Design full-time.  In 2005 my wife and I felt that the hot days of Phoenix seemed to be getting hotter by the year.  It was then that we relocated the corporation to the four seasons of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Back when I first started my business, much of my work was residential design and store and office space planning.  Here in Lancaster, I continue to provide those services, along with our now well-established kennel design business.  Our first kennel, a private boarding kennel in Peoria, AZ, was designed in 2003, and now have designed more than 200 kennels nationwide and in other countries around the world.  Our clients include animal hospitals, city animal control facilities, boarding facilities, training and daycare facilities, humane societies, private kennels, and much more.

I have written two books on the subject of kennel design.  They may be purchased on the publisher's website, a link is below.  I also invented and patented a tool for architects to measure roof pitch and angles in construction.  It can be seen at www.pitchfinder.net.  The tool has been well accepted in the general construction, roofing, stair building, and insurance claims adjustment industries as well.

Nancy McAllester, my wonderful wife, is the corporation secretary, office manager, accounting manager, book sales manager, PitchFinder® sales manager, and senior dog walker.

Rebar, is our Shih Tzu, and he oversees all the corporate operations from his bed here in the office.

Over the years, a considerable amount of our business has been ‘Green Building’ before ‘Green’ was the ‘in thing’.  We have designed many homes and commercial buildings using the renewable SIP’s, or Structural Insulated Panels.  SIP’s are an extremely air-tight and highly insulated building product which you might consider for your next home.  Many of our kennels are designed with a similar product, but without any wood.  No wood is used in the design of the interior of our kennels.

If you have any questions about our business or services, please give me a call.  I am usually sitting right here in my office designing another kennel.

Thank you for considering us for your kennel design.