Owned and operated by Willis Lasell; builder of fine bunny hutches.
	"Easter Bunny" on top shelf.  She is a Lionhead, very sweet with my two little helpers.

Chileab Construction is owned and operated by Willis Lasell.  My family came to Durham in 1922 and Settled on a small farm. Having grown up on a farm, I have been building and repairing buildings since I could lift a hammer. I have worked in the construction industry since the late Seventies except for the years spent on achieving a bachelors degree at CSU Chico (major in Religious Studies, and double minors in Physics and Math). In 1989 I got my general contractors license and started Chileab Construction.  In the early eighties I went to work for a construction company in San Diego specializing in commercial construction.

At Purser Construction out of San Diego I began as a carpenter and painter but soon moved up to manager for their small works division. I was responsible for acquiring, bidding, planning, supervising and quality control of commercial construction, usually, tenant improvements (TI). My last project with Purser Construction was managing their Monterey Peninsula office. There I worked directly with California State University Monterey Bay.  This  two year project was centered around remodeling 16 housing units into custom single and multi family homes for university housing.

With a strong desire to get my growing  family back to the country living I moved back to the family farm in September of 2002. On that site we have built a 2,000 sf shop.  I now reside outside Oroville with my wife and two sons, two dogs, two cats, and a bunny.

I don't know how the word would have been said 2,000 years ago, but  I pronounce it:  'Cheelayub'

When I got my contractor's license I wanted something other than 'Jimmy Joe Bob and Son's'.  So, I looked for a name which would inspire me, and not be run of the mill.

 I came up with Chileab, an Old Testament name which is usually translated to mean: 'like his father, or 'protected by the father'.

I liked  this on many levels.  First; my own father instilled a strong work ethic in me at an early age.  Working with him on the farm was a life long lesson in learning to do it right the first time.  If we didn't, it always came back to bite us in the hind quarters, years or decades later.  Second; I believe that all work should be inspired and guided: by the highest part of your Self you can contact - hence: the Father.