<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/academics/faculty/leonard-bechler.php" dsn="faculty"><featured/><name>Leonard Bechler</name><email>Leonard-Bechler@redwoods.edu</email><location/><department>Construction Technology</department><resume_link/><image><img src="/academics/faculty/images/img-Bechler-photo2-600-600-p-L-97.jpg" alt="Leonard Bechler"/></image><bio>I’m a Licensed General Contractor and I have worked as a carpenter/cabinetmaker since 1993. I also studied with James Krenov at the College of the Redwoods Fine Woodworking program in Fort Bragg. I fell into carpentry by accident, but once there, I realized that each day is another attempt at solving a problem. In construction, conditions are constantly changing. We worry a building into existence.</bio></item>