Feb 08, 2022

Lease Crutcher Lewis

McNaughton

Presleigh

Nielsen

Frederick

Callas

Brotherton

General contractor Lease Crutcher Lewis promoted six in its Seattle headquarters office: Rob Brotherton, Jeremy Callas, Ashley Frederick, Joe Nielsen and Mark Presleigh to project executives; and Roman McNaughton to senior project manager in the Life Sciences market. Brotherton leads the company's Meta account, overseeing teams delivering work ranging from small works to office renovations to high-tech lab buildouts. He has been with Lewis since 2007. Callas joined Lewis in 2015 and has delivered over 1 million square feet of tenant improvement space, including 11 floors in the new Qualtrics Tower for Indeed. Frederick joined Lewis in 2003 as an intern before rising to project engineer, project manager and senior project manager. He has led several challenging projects, including the Cobb Building renovation, Cedarbrook Lodge expansion and Federal Reserve Building redevelopment. Nielsen has been with the company for a dozen years, playing an integral role in design-build projects for the University of Washington, including the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health. Presleigh has been with Lewis since 2014, leading several projects including the 36-story office and apartment tower at Third and Lenora, a six-story office building at Third and Harrison, and a data center in Vancouver, B.C. McNaughton joined the company in 2013 and has since led a diverse set of complex and technical projects including work in aviation, health care and life sciences.

Absher Construction Co.

Gowing

Puyallup-based Absher Construction Co. hired Stephanie Gowing as director of sustainability — a new position created to centralize the firm's programs, processes and resources focused on environmental stewardship. Gowing has expertise in providing innovative solutions for sustainability projects, as well as program creation, planning and implementation. In addition to developing Absher's sustainability plan, Gowing is promoting sustainability within the construction industry and helping smaller firms and subcontractors achieve their own sustainability goals through shared resources and training.

BNBuilders

Seattle-based BNBuilders has become a 100% employee-owned company through an employee stock ownership plan. Management and leadership teams throughout the 1,000-plus-employee company remain the same. “Empowering our employees has been one of our primary goals since our founding in 2000,” said Brad Bastian, BNBuilders president and founder, in a news release. “Throughout the last two decades, our employees have been investing their passion and efforts in putting our client's satisfaction and goals above all else. With this transition to an ESOP, we now are reinvesting in the people who have delivered on those promises. We believe this sets the foundation for our next generation of leaders and overall future success.”

ABC of Western Washington

Harper Hayes PLLC and Beneco, both based in Seattle, joined the Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington. Harper Hayes is a business litigation law firm focused on insurance coverage and construction defect disputes. Beneco provides employee benefit solutions, specializing in prevailing wage work.

Feb 01, 2022

MCA of Western Washington

Boyer

Timmons

Campbell

Leonard

White

Johnson

Newly elected 2022-2023 officers for the Mechanical Contractors Association of Western Washington are: Stacy Johnson of Auburn Mechanical, president; Jeff White of Holmberg Mechanical, vice president; Frank Leonard of Key Mechanical, secretary/treasurer; and Mark Webster of MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions, immediate past president. The rest of the board includes Matt Campbell of General Mechanical, Geno Timmons of Enviromech and Maria Boyer of MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions. MCA's members are union-signatory plumbing, piping and HVAC contractors throughout western Washington.

Trico Companies

Healey

Boland

Somers

In Burlington, Trico Companies hired Brian Somers as superintendent, Catherine Boland as controller and Jacob Healey as project engineer. Somers has over 20 years of experience in residential and commercial construction. Boland has over 30 years of accounting experience, and holds a bachelor's degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting from the University of Washington. Healey has five years of experience in land surveying as a field technician and project manager. He holds a bachelor's degree in project management from Colorado State University.

Structurlam

Drace

Penticton, B.C.-based Structurlam Mass Timber added Paul Drace as vice president of sales for construction, east division and industrial North America. Based in Wisconsin, Drace is driving regional sales efforts by promoting and expanding the company's mass timber work. He has an extensive background in engineered wood, with experience working with major suppliers including Trus-Joist, Weyerhaeuser, RedBuilt and SmartLam. Structurlam provides mass timber for construction and industrial markets in Canada and the U.S. It has supplied mass timber products to several Northwest projects, including the Eastside Community Center in Tacoma, Founders Hall at the University of Washington and Bellevue First Congregational Church.