Oct 17, 2000

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Seattle general contractor Lease Crutcher Lewis has added Tom Browning as a senior project manager in its Special Projects Division and Steve Eirschele as its director of mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering. The company also promoted Jane Louie and Jim Burk to senior project managers. Browning had worked for Lewis for five years in the past and was previously operations manager for contractor M.J. Takisaki. He is now focusing on office and bank branch projects. Eirschele is a registered professional engineer with 20 years of experience. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin. Louie will be working in the firm's Special Projects Division. She has been with the company for seven years and is in charge of several on-going accounts, including Starbucks and PathoGenesis. Burk has been with Lewis since 1984 and has 20 years of construction experience. He holds a bachelor's degree in architecture and urban design from the University of Washington. He is currently managing the company's work with Martin Selig Real Estate.

S.D. Deacon

S.D. Deacon Corp. of Washington has made several additions and promotions to its field staff. New superintendents include Bob Thompson, Douglas Palmer, James Meyer, George Kobory and Bert Wailes. Deacon employees promoted to superintendent include Cliff Kendall and Scott Weston. Thompson studied construction management at Edmonds Community College and is presently constructing Redmond Town Square. Palmer has 20 years of experience and recently coordinated completion of the 7-acre Cooper Point Pavilion project in Olympia. Meyer also has 20 years of experience. He is heading up fieldwork on the Cooper Point Marketplace project in Olympia. Kobory, who studied architecture, urban development, and structural engineering at Highline Community College, is currently working on the Target store remodel job in Tacoma. Wailes has over 26 years of experience and is now completing a Ross Dress for Less store at Cascade Plaza in Everett. Kendall started with Deacon as a carpenter in 1994. He is now renovating a Safeway store in Milton. Weston joined Deacon in 1991 and has held a number of positions, such as carpenter, and closeout and warranty director. He is constructing a mixed-use project on the Kirkland waterfront. Recent promotions to the foreman position include: Mike Virdell, Chuck Maris, Eric Thompson, Jeff Marroni, Rob Taylor, Brett Johnson, Sung Hwang, Jim Clemetson and Jackson Buck. Also, Tom Brammer is a foreman in training.

DPR Construction

The Seattle office of DPR Construction has hired seven new team members and promoted Chris Burkebile to project manager. Burkebile will be putting his eight years of construction experience to work as part of the company's management team, where he will be responsible for coordinating subcontractors as well as budgetary and scheduling issues. The new hires include Tim Comer, Mike Herzog, Tom Whitaker, Tracy Roberts, Cory Zonich, Jason Limp and Sean Ryan. Comer has 21 years of experience and formerly worked for M.A. Mortenson Co. At DPR, he is overseeing construction operations at the Bellevue Technology Tower as a project manager. Herzog also comes from M.A. Mortenson, where he implemented a regional scheduling program. He is now managing scheduling on a large biotechnology facility in Bothell as a project estimator. Whitaker, also an estimator, previously worked for Barclay White of Berwyn, Pa. He holds a bachelor's degree in architectural engineering from the University of Colorado. Roberts, Zonich, Limp and Ryan are all project engineers. Roberts has 12 years of experience and holds a master's degree in architecture and a bachelor's degree in building construction from the University of Washington. Zonich transferred from DPR's Portland office, where he worked on a major semiconductor wafer fabrication plant. Limp was previously with Dohn Construction of Fort Collins, Co., where he worked as an estimator for three years. Ryan is a University of Washington graduate and is working on Onyx Software's new headquarters in the 112th@12th project in Bellevue