About.

Established in 1980

HMS was founded in 1980 by Cliff Hitchins and Ehsan Mughal. Since then, we have estimated over 7,000 projects all over the world. We have worked on estimates ranging from small tenant improvements, to hospitals, to large portions of the ballistic missile defense system, and pride ourselves on our ability to serve as an active member of the design team, providing real time support as projects develop.

Our Employees

HMS employs two Senior Estimators, four Cost Estimators, and Office Staff to support them.

Our Team

Dilip Patel
Principal | Senior Estimator

​​Dilip Patel has been an estimator with HMS Inc. since 1984. He has extensive experience in civil engineering for preparation of preliminary drawings through plan checking, building layouts to quality control. His expertise involves estimating construction costs for all elements of a program, including civil, architectural, structural, mechanical, and electrical. His knowledge also includes feasibility studies, operation and maintenance costs, and life cycle costing. He is extremely familiar with field surveying and site analysis for both roads and building projects, and has been involved with planning, designing and estimating both commercial and residential buildings, as well as irrigation projects. His comprehensive knowledge and experience in providing realistic cost information is a valuable resource for his clients.

Kent Gamble
​Principal | Senior Estimator

​​Kent has been a Senior Estimator at HMS Inc. since 2000 and has been involved in the construction industry since 1984. He has performed estimating quantity surveys, estimating, and scheduling for numerous private and government projects. He is well versed in metric and English quantification, as well as the use of foreign currencies. As an estimator and project manager in construction, Kent brings the experience of developing projects from preliminary estimates through final construction completion to the table during budget and hard cost development. Kent also has extensive experience performing construction progress reviews for financial agencies.

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Josh Bablonka
Cost Estimator

​Josh Bablonka has been an estimator at HMS Inc. since 2014. He is proficient in Microsoft Project, Autodesk QTO, InEight, and is certified in MII. Josh is experienced in all disciplines of construction and has worked on both new projects and renovations/remodels for the government, state, and private sector all over the state of Alaska, throughout the United State, Japan, and Qatar. Josh has worked on a wide range of projects, including health care facilities, military air bases, hangars, corporate offices, military housing, marine fuel storage facilities, telecommunication offices, radar installations, mining/oil and gas camps, air support facilities, park service buildings, and schools, to name a few.

Aimee Smith
​Office Manager | Bookkeeper | Marketing

​Aimee Smith has been an employee at HMS Inc. since 2005. She is responsible for day-to-day business operations, bookkeeping for the office, and marketing coordination. Aimee also supports our estimating staff with formatting and calculation of cost estimates.

Rob Brown
Cost Estimator

​Rob Brown has been an estimator at HMS Inc. since May of 2019. He has been working in the construction industry since 2011 as a foreman, carpenter, plant administrator, and AutoCAD Draftsman. He is experienced in all disciplines of construction and has worked on both new projects and renovations/remodels for government, state, and private sector all over the state of Alaska. He is proficient at various types of estimate software such as ETakeoff, AutoCAD Quantity Take-off, InEight, MII, Blue-beam, MS Project and Adobe Acrobat.




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Kiersten McDonald
Administrative Assistant

Kiersten McDonald has been an employee at HMS Inc. since September 2022. She supports our estimating staff data entry and calculation of cost estimates. Kiersten also assists with the completion of Fee Proposals and marketing information requests.

Rick Peshel
Cost Estimator

Rick Peshel jointed HMS Inc. in February 2020. He is experienced in estimating several disciplines of construction and has worked on both new projects and renovations on a wide variety of projects. His previous experience in the industry provides a sound basis of knowledge for current projects.