Min Tours Casco Construction Facility in Irvine
Rep. Dave Min visited Casco Construction, a family-owned firm with close to 100 employees in three Southern California locations.
Updated on Nov. 11, 2026 in Construction
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Rep. Dave Min toured Casco Construction in Irvine, California, where founder and CEO Cheryl Osborn presented him with a Casco hardhat. The visit was organized with help from Family Enterprise USA and was intended to highlight challenges facing family-owned businesses.
Why it matters
The tour gave a congressional representative direct exposure to the operations of a family-owned construction firm. Family-owned businesses are a major part of the national economy, and local firms like Casco are often the most affected by policy decisions.
Casco Construction, founded in 2000, reports close to 100 employees across three Southern California locations and more than $500,000 donated through Casco Cares. Nationally, the advocacy group Family Enterprise USA cites $7.7 trillion in annual GDP contribution and 83.3 million jobs from family-owned businesses, though the source does not detail how these figures were compiled.
The players
Dave Min
Dave Min is a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for California's 47th Congressional District, elected in 2024 after serving as a California State Senator from 2020 to 2024.
Casco Construction
Casco Construction is a Southern California construction firm focused on office, commercial industrial, and retail projects, with roots tracing to its 2000 founding by Cheryl Osborn.
Cheryl Osborn
Cheryl Osborn is the founder and CEO of Casco Construction, who started Casco Contractors in 2000 from her kitchen table.
Family Enterprise USA
Family Enterprise USA is a Washington, DC-based advocacy organization that promotes the interests of family-owned businesses and helped organize the Casco event.
The details
Osborn, who founded Casco Contractors from her kitchen table in 2000, presented Rep. Min with an official Casco hardhat during the tour. Min met employees during the facility visit, and the company focuses on office, commercial industrial, and retail construction sectors.
Timeline
2000: Cheryl Osborn founds Casco Contractors.
2020-2024: Dave Min serves as a California State Senator.
2024: Dave Min is elected to Congress.
November 11, 2026: A press release about the Casco visit is issued.
Industry Context
Family Enterprise USA's estimates that family-owned businesses account for 59 percent of the private workforce and $7.7 trillion in GDP frame the visit as part of a broader push to get lawmakers engaged with that segment. The Irvine tour follows that advocacy pattern by placing a sitting congressional representative inside a privately held construction operation.
For Irvine-area residents, the visit highlights how locally headquartered construction firms operate and employ people across Southern California. The tour does not announce any change to project pricing, hiring, or contracting that would directly affect customers.
The takeaway
Local construction firms are often shaped by federal policy in ways that rarely show up in public debate. Direct visits like this one give lawmakers a chance to hear those operational realities firsthand.
Further reading
For more on the local building sector, explore Construction coverage for Irvine.
More information
Learn more about the group that helped organize the visit at Family Enterprise USA.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Macau Business.
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