Joshua Pratchard
Vice President of Operations, East Bay Glass
U.S. Marine Corps Veteran · Journeyman Glazier · Founder, Second Chance Fields
Joshua Pratchard is Vice President of Operations at East Bay Glass in Oakland, where he leads commercial glazing projects from bid through completion, from restaurant storefronts to crane-set glass at Oakland International Airport. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran and journeyman glazier, he has spent two decades in construction, including time in sales and as a project manager planning heavy lifts and complex rigging at Bigge Crane and Rigging. In 2013 he founded Second Chance Fields, a San Diego nonprofit that repaired athletic fields at public high schools in underserved communities. This site collects his project work, his writing on planning and safety in the field, and the story of Second Chance Fields.
Selected Work
- Oakland International Airport: FAA permitting, crane pick plan, and site safety plan for an overnight glass replacement.
- Broadway, downtown Oakland: crane-set curtain wall glass with engineered traffic control closing two lanes, including the AC Transit bus lane.
- KTVU Fox 2 and Walgreens, Oakland: large-format glass replacement by telehandler in confined, high-traffic settings.
- North Italia, Walnut Creek: Arcadia storefront and entry doors, plus a NanaWall folding window system.
Latest Writing
The Glass Is the Easy Part: What It Really Takes to Plan a Heavy-Lift Glass Replacement
The logistics, permitting, and safety planning behind large-format glass replacement.
Beyond the Job Site
- Second Chance Fields: the nonprofit I founded in 2013 to repair athletic fields at public high schools
- joshpratchard.com: writing on faith, family, travel, golf, and the outdoors
- LinkedIn: professional profile
