Dennis Rominger, zHome project manager for Howland Homes
Dennis Rominger is the zHome project manager for Howland Homes, as well as their project and operations director. I’ve really been thankful for Dennis’ presence on the project – he brings a great balance of pragmatism, hard work, attention to detail, and fun to a very complicated project. We work together a lot, working through day to day design and permitting issues. Even during some of the more challenging times in the project, we always seem to be able to laugh, which I think is a good thing.
Dennis is another Washington local boy, although in his case he lived dangerously close to Oregon, in Vancouver. He graduated from the University of Washington Construction Management program. He went to Turner Construction straight out of school, where he worked until 2005. There he worked on tenant improvements for clients like Ernst and Young, the Allen Institute for Brain Science, and the waterfront Marriott Hotel, where he managed M/E/P work. His favorite job at Turner was working as project engineer covering trades and budget for the Zymogenetics lab, a retrofit of an old Seattle Light power plant. This job required FDA certification and involved a huge overlay of details. From Turner Dennis went to Noland Homes, where among other things he managed the zHome project while it was being pursued by Noland. Dennis then moved over to Howland Homes early this year.
I asked what Dennis’ favorite part of the work was – he said it was working with a variety of interesting people, sharing in an effort that culminates in a finished product. Dennis has more to say about zHome on this video: