Dec 20, 2022

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Stewart

Sorensen

Cleator

General contractor Lease Crutcher Lewis promoted Jeff Cleator to chief operating officer and Jay Sorensen to Washington Division president; and hired Tony Stewart as Oregon president. Cleator joined the company in 1987 as an intern and has advanced in his career at Lewis, serving as Commercial Division manager, vice president and, since 2016, Washington Division president. He serves on the board of directors for ANEW and the Runstad Department of Real Estate at the University of Washington, and is a former board member for Virginia Mason Medical Center. Sorensen joined Lewis in 1997 and has since served as project manager, senior project manager, Special Projects Division manager and, since 2016, senior vice president. The company says he has played a critical role in workforce development, recruitment and the company's diversity, equity and inclusion initiative. Stewart has over 30 years of experience leading teams across multiple disciplines including construction, architecture, real estate and specialty contracting. He is DBIA certified, a licensed architect and most recently served as vice president at Skanska in Seattle, where he led the firm's design and construction integration practice.

UMC

Chaussee

Hicks

Watanabe

Brady

Mukilteo-based UMC hired Griffin Brady, TJ Watanabe, Matty Hicks and Mason Chaussee as project managers in the Special Projects Group. They are responsible for managing projects, acting as single points of contact for clients, and bringing their projects in on time and on budget. Kamil Ettaki and Colin Helgeson, EIT, also joined the group as project engineers to support the project managers with submittals, RFIs, creating new business proposals, and vendor communication.

McKinstry

Construction and energy services firm McKinstry promoted Matt Allen to chief client officer, where he will work in tandem with the company's partners and project teams to support innovation and project excellence. Allen started his McKinstry career as an intern working in finance and later moved into roles as a project manager and director of construction technology. He most recently was project executive for Spokane developments that include the Health Partnership Building, McKinstry Spokane manufacturing facility, and tenant improvement projects on the South Landing campus. In addition, he was appointed to McKinstry's board earlier this year.

Dec 13, 2022

UMC

Clausen

Jacoby

Richards

Tilley

Mukilteo-based UMC hired Kyle Tilley, Colton Richards and Matthew Zambon as project engineers in the Major Projects Group; and Ryan Jacoby as a building automation technician and Corey Clausen as an engineer in the Building Automation Group. Tilley, Richards and Zambon are supporting project managers in tracking and reporting labor hours, document control, schedule coordination, submittals and other project-related duties. Jacoby is responsible for programming controllers, building graphics and equipment installation. Clausen's focus is on hardware and software engineering, as well as supporting equipment installations. UMC is a mechanical engineering, facilities maintenance and construction company.

NUCA of Washington

The National Utility Contractors Association of Washington recently held its annual Dinner Auction, which included an awards program for members. Award winners were: Johansen Construction of Sumner for Ditch Digger of the Year (project over $2 million); Northwest Cascade of South Hill for Ditch Digger of the Year (project under $2 million); Mike Smith and Steve Hart of ELM Locating, Locator of the Year; and Brian Beverly of USIC, Locator of the Year. The Locator of the Year award is new this year. Last month's event included a fundraiser for the organization's scholarship fund, which benefits those enrolled and seeking a degree or certification in construction-related fields.

Skanska

In Seattle, Skanska raised over $255,000 to benefit Rainier Scholars during the 10th anniversary of its Bricks + Books fundraiser. The auction brought together Skanska employees, clients, subcontractors, industry partners and members of the community to raise education funding for underrepresented students of color from the greater Seattle and Tacoma areas. This year's event was in-person after being online for two years due to the pandemic. The event has raised more than $2.3 million over 10 years.

Harts Services

Plumbing company Harts Services last month supplied an apprentice team to install a complete home water and sewer pipe system as part of a Habitat for Humanity renovation project that is renovating a Tacoma home for the holiday season. Tacoma-based Harts Services focuses on the residential plumbing market.