With 23 years of service together and many more years of experience, the architects at CGA know how to get things done right the first time. Over the last two decades, CGA has completed over 300 projects, spanning from simple commercial Tenant Improvements all the way up to master planned and fully designed residential communities. We create lasting relationships with our clients, built on trust and quality performance, which makes CGA proud to be the architect of choice for many of our repeat clients. Our principal and partners are devoted to producing only the highest quality designs, and have likewise dedicated themselves to the company to make it what it is today.
Paul Casey, Principal
Paul started his architectural training in his high school's vocational drafting program, proceeded directly to college vocational training and then obtained his professional architectural degrees. Because of his early vocational training, he was able to work in architectural offices while enrolled in college and accrue enough professional experience while in school to qualify for architectural licensing exams immediately after graduating. He obtained his first state architectural license in 1981. Paul's early career experience was with international projects in Africa and south Asia where he spent almost three years assisting in design, construction documentation, and construction administration services for USAID's development of the National Agricultural Research Center in Islamabad, Pakistan. Paul moved his family to Tacoma in 1984, worked three years for a local architectural firm and went into business with Mark Anderson, Structural Engineer, in 1987. From that original partnership, ACP Consultants, a Washington Corporation formed in 1991 that now employs about 25 people in two offices. Paul has focused his architectural practice to the design of new housing and light commercial developments, building renovation, and forensic evaluation of existing buildings. He has designed several hundred buildings located through out the Puget Sound region, Oregon, and Hawaii.
Jerry Litwin, Associate, Senior Project Manager
Jerry has always been interested in designing and building whether it was sand castles at the beach or Lego towns at home. His career started in Corpus Christi, Texas as a VISTA Volunteer assisting non-profit organizations with facility layouts and developing a non-ambulatory obstacle course for the handicapped children at the local state facility. He extended his stay another 13 years working for residential and commercial architectural firms. In 1988 a call from the Pacific Northwest had him returning to the region. For the past 12 years Jerry has been the lead for commercial architecture with the Casey Group Architects - designing, drafting and providing construction administration.
His insatiable quest for more knowledge led Jerry to joining the Construction Specifications Institute in 2000. He became active in the local chapter helping to develop good education classes and meeting programs. He improved the CDT class and started the CCCA class where he was able to share his 30 years of experience in construction administration and project management. As Programs Chair he has discovered and invited many interesting speakers to come and share their knowledge with the local construction community. Jerry is one of the first non-founding chapter members to be chapter president and is proud to have helped the chapter to become a vibrant, active organization in South Puget Sound.
Larry Dechant, Project Architect
Larry Dechant joined CGA in 1990. Over the years he has managed many types of projects ranging from master planning, custom residential, apartments & high end condominiums. His experience also includes neighborhood upgrades, churches, small commercial and mixed-use developments. Larry enjoys working at various scales and scopes because of the range of design challenges that each presents.