Preston Haskell founded The Haskell Company in 1965.  He was instrumental in the formation of the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) and served as its founding chairman.  Haskell is a frequent speaker on design-build delivery and the author of many articles on the subject.

Preston is extremely active in the community over a wide range of industry, cultural and charitable institutions.  Haskell is an honors graduate from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering and received a master's of business administration with distinction from Harvard Business School.  He also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology for graduate study in building engineering and construction.