Associates

The following individuals are associated with BCT who are teaching courses or otherwise contribute to our program without holding a currently active Adjunct Faculty status. Regular and Adjunct Faculty and Emeritus Faculty are listed on separate pages.

Associates: Burt Ewart | Peter Levy | Kamil Quinteros | Steven J. O’Neill | Maryanne Steele | Robert Wallace

Burt Ewart

Mr. Ewart is a registered Architect and Construction Project Manager with over 35 years of experience in California, Oregon and Massachusetts. He is a graduate of the Architecture program at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Over his varied career Mr. Ewart has worked in architectural firms as designer, architect and principal, in commercial and residential real estate development, and for Universities as a capital project manager and campus planner. His day job at UMASS since 2005 is as a Capital Project Manager and has managed the construction of the Studio Arts building, the UMASS Transit Services building, the Marching Band Building, Hampshire Dining Commons, Furcolo Hall renovation, Montague House and the Design Building, as well as many smaller interior renovation and infrastructure projects.

Peter Levy

Peter Levy, LEED AP, CPHC, joined The Green Engineer as a Building Performance Analyst (BPA) in the fall of 2013 where he is now a co-owner. He specializes in whole building energy analysis in order to find the most practical and economical ways to reduce energy use in buildings.

Kamil Quinteros

Kamil Quinteros is an architectural designer based in Baltimore, working at the intersection of community impact, technology, and placemaking. Their experience ranges from strategic master planning, civic architecture, sports facilities, and bespoke retail spaces. Kamil enjoys discovering new methods of representation, as well as delving into heritage skills as a way of connecting the past and present. 

Marianne Steele

Maryanne Steele is a Mechanical Engineer and Certified Safety professional (CSP) with over 17 years of experience as an Environmental Health & Safety professional. She has been the EHS Officer for Construction Safety at UMass Amherst, overseeing 200-300 Million of construction per year, for the last 11 years. Prior to working as an Environmental Health and Safety Professional, Maryanne worked with the Naval Nuclear Program as a Mechanical Engineer for 9 years with experience in various phases of nuclear submarine development including design, construction, testing, maintenance, and project management before taking on the role of EHS Manager at a Navel Nuclear Program training facility. Maryanne is an authorized instructor for the OSHA 10 and 30 hr. Construction Industry Course. She is currently the President Elect for the Connecticut Valley Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers, and the Chairperson for the Western Mass Section of that Chapter. She has worked with other organizations to bring quality training to the construction industry via the WMOSHA Alliance that meets at Amherst College and the annual OSHA Summer Summit that has been held at UMass Annually since 2014.

Steven J. O’Neill, Esq.

Attorney Steven J. O’Neill has been employed in the design and construction industry since 1976, first as a carpentry contractor, and later holding senior construction management positions on institutional, commercial and high-end residential projects, as well as a construction technology R&D position. During the past 28 years, Steven focused his law practice on many construction industry issues, including substantial complex litigation concerning public and private projects. Steven was appointed to the Emerging Technology Law Committee of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) in 2006 and served nine years. Steven formerly worked in the national construction law practice of Thelen Reid, was a construction partner at Bowditch & Dewey, and now manages a construction and technology law firm in Massachusetts and Connecticut. He lectures nationally on construction risk management and the legal impact of new technologies. In his spare time, he repairs a tornado-damaged historic house in Monson, MA, seeking to balance deep energy retrofit building science and historic preservation principles.

Robert Wallace

Rob Wallace is an Occupational Health and Safety Manager for the department of Environmental Health and Safety at UMass. He is an alumnus from UMass Amherst with a degree in Environmental Science and currently working towards a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Managerial Leadership from UMass Lowell. Rob is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and an Authorized Outreach Instructor able to conduct OSHA 10- and 30-Hour Construction courses. Getting to apply his knowledge and training to improve people’s work experience is what he enjoys most about the safety field. In his spare time, he loves spending time with his wife and kids in the outdoors and taking on new challenges.