Apr 27, 1999

Lease Crutcher

Lease Crutcher Lewis has promoted four top employees. Jeff Cleator is now a senior project manager. He was project manager for Pacific Place and is now overseeing preconstruction for the upcoming Union Bay office building overlooking Lake Union and the Northgate North retail complex. He has been with the firm for 11 years. Jay Sorensen is now a senior project manager, assigned to the Special Projects Division. He was project manager coordinating tenant improvement contractors at Pacific Place. Sorensen is overseeing LCL's renovations at the former Nordstrom store in downtown Seattle and preconstruction of the Virginia Mason clinic in Federal Way. Chris Martindale has been promoted to project manager in the Special Projects Division and is managing tenant improvements for bSQUARE at the Sunset North office complex. Mike Lawrence is now a superintendent within the Special Projects Division, currently working on expansion of the Enlisted Dining Hall at Bremerton Naval Shipyard.

Apr 20, 1999

Tech-Fast

Tech-Fast Metal Systems has promoted Mike Hayes to national sales manager. The Tacoma-based company is streamlining its sales operations by closing its Phoenix office and creating Hayes' new position. Hayes will be responsible for all national and international sales. Tech-Fast provides designs, engineering, materials and construction services for self-storage buildings.

AGC

The Associated General Contractors of America recently announced the winners of its national safety awards program. Local winners included: CSR Associated of Everett, for the third best record in Group II of the Highway Division; AGC of Washington, for the third best incidence rate for chapters with 100-200 members; and the Inland Northwest AGC, for the third best incidence rate for chapters with under 50 members.

U.S. Army Corps

Reed McDowell has been named resident engineer of the Portland District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The corps also announced James Van Nest is the new chief of the Contracting Division in the Portland District. McDowell oversees the corps' local construction quality assurance program, which covers civil works projects in Oregon and southwestern Washington, including dredging, new construction and repair work. He holds a master's degree in construction engineering management from Oregon State University and a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Arkansas. Van Nest supervises about 31 professional employees, including procurement specialists, contract administrators and other technical personnel. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Washington.

Sound Floor Coverings

Sound Floor Coverings of Seattle has signed an exclusive agreement with Kahrs Fine Swedish Wood Flooring to distribute its line of cross-layered hardwood floors to dealers in Washington, Oregon, northern Idaho, Alaska and Montana. Kahrs' floor system is made of three layers of soft and hard woods. Two layers of soft wood on the bottom help absorb moisture so the hard surface layer won't warp, crack or buckle.