OAC | Who We Are

A look at OAC over the years:

1960s

During the 1960s, OAC's home office was located in the Central Building in downtown Seattle. In 1964, Peter Jobs joined the firm and opened branch offices in Australia, resulting from a large U.S. Navy contract for the new Harold Holt Communications Station located on the west coast of Australia. The lead Australia office was located on New South Head Road in Sydney, with other offices located in Melbourne and Perth. These offices evolved into a separate company named Tracey, Brunstrom, & Hammond, which exists to this day as one of Australia's top project and construction management consulting firms.

The 1960s brought a decline in work from the forest products industry and an increase in business from the U.S. Navy and Corps of Engineers. OAC pioneered CPM scheduling with our largest private client of the time, The Boeing Company. OAC's CPM scheduling service was recognized internationally and resulted in extensive work throughout the U.S., Pacific Rim, and England. CPM scheduling was the "seed" from which OAC's current-day project and construction management services evolved.

Services provided: Architecture; Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, and Structural Engineering; CPM Scheduling; Project Management

Approximate staff: 10-30

Clients included: U.S. Navy; Boeing; Corps of Engineers; Australia Commonwealth Department of Public Works; Prince of Wales Hospital; Bethlehem Steel; Weyerhaeuser; Simpson Timber; Boise Cascade; John Graham Company

Interesting note: In the early days of computerized scheduling, every activity on the schedule was represented by a punch card. If just one "punch" was out of alignment on one punch card, the entire schedule would be thrown off!