About Pacific Technical
Pacific Technical is a woman-owned building consulting firm in Beaverton, Oregon, founded in 2019. We review restoration work for the people who pay for it, support attorneys in disputes about it, and document buildings for the people who design and build them.
Emily Bigham
Owner
Emily owns Pacific Technical and runs the business side of the firm: finances, client accounts, engagements and invoicing. Starting the firm in 2019 was her idea, and she has kept it organized and moving since.
She began her career in clinical practice, in family medicine and dermatology, where records have to be exact, confidential and ready for someone else to rely on. She brought that discipline to building consulting, first on the data side of restoration invoice analysis and then to the firm as a whole. Clients see it in organized files, clear scopes and billing that matches the work.
Steve Bigham
Vice President and Principal Consultant
Steve has worked in emergency restoration since 1999, starting as a water technician and moving through supervisor, project manager and general manager roles at restoration contractors in the Portland area. He spent four years as a senior consultant and area manager at J.S. Held before founding Pacific Technical in 2019. He holds the IICRC Triple Master designation (Master Water Restorer, Master Fire and Smoke Restorer, Master Textile Cleaner), IICRC technician certifications in ASD, AMRT, FSRT, WRT, OCT, UFT and CRT, and the RIA Water Loss Specialist designation. He is also an AHERA building inspector, an FAA Part 107 remote pilot, a Level 1 thermographer, and a past president of the IFMA Oregon and SW Washington chapter. He keeps up training across related fields, including indoor air quality, so the consulting is grounded in the whole of the work, not one corner of it.
How we work
We report the news, we don't make the news.
Everything we write is meant to be forwarded.
Analyses show the source of every adjustment; reports state what was reviewed before they state an opinion.
We work with the contractor rather than against it.
A supported invoice and a finished project serve everyone on the file.
We say what the documentation shows and what it does not.
The decisions belong to the adjuster, the attorney or the owner.
Consulting nationwide; international matters by arrangement.
Scanning in Oregon and Washington.
Pacific Technical LLC is a woman-owned business.
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A small footprint, on purpose
We are a Pacific Northwest firm, and we run it to leave as little behind as we can. Site travel is planned around the schedule and the alternatives: trains, or electric vehicles, before a flight where the dates allow. The team works remotely and uses short-term workspace when a project calls for it, so no one commutes to an office that would otherwise sit empty.