Nov 14, 2018

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Manteufel

Holden

Levy

O'Connor

Bennett

Cassell

Pepin

In Seattle, Lease Crutcher Lewis hired Teresa Pepin as operations assistant; Cooper Cassell as staff accountant; Keegan Bennett and Scott O'Connor as project engineers; Jin Jin Levy as cost engineer; and Bill Holden and Alexa Manteufel as site safety coordinators. Pepin is working at the Rainier Square project. She is an experienced jobsite office manager and holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Idaho. Cassell has two years of accounting experience and holds a bachelor's in business administration from the University of Washington. Bennett is working at the Capitol Hill Station residential project. He holds a bachelor's in construction management from Washington State University. O'Connor is working at the Fred Hutch project. He started in residential construction in 2001 and earned both a bachelor's and a construction management certificate from the UW. Levy is working at Building Cure. He was in accounting before joining Lewis and holds a bachelor's in business management from Oregon State University. Holden is also working at Building Cure. He has 20 years of construction experience, including four years as safety coordinator. Manteufel is on the UW Population Health project. She has a year of experience and holds a bachelor's in safety and health management from Central Washington University.

Hitt Contracting

Beason

Hitt Contracting named Kris Beason vice president and leader of its Seattle office. Beason has more than 30 years of construction industry experience, including over a decade of executive leadership. She has worked for Vanir Construction Management, Sellen Construction, Adolfson & Peterson Construction, Mortenson and Skanska. She founded the CREW Seattle Leadership Development Program.

Hytech Roofing

Carlisle SynTec Systems honored Hytech Roofing of Lynden with its 2018 Perfection Award. To win the award, a contractor must have a seven-year track record of exceptional installation quality and warranty claim performance. Pennsylvania-based Carlisle makes single-ply roofing materials.

Nov 06, 2018

The Walsh Group

Gubelli

Hailemelekot

In Tukwila, The Walsh Group hired Teme Hailemelekot as assistant project manager and Patrick Gubelli as project superintendent. Hailemelekot comes from Jay Dee Contractors and has experience with scheduling, project management, document control and change management. He is working on Sound Transit's Tacoma Hilltop Link extension. Gubelli comes from Kiewit Infrastructure West. He also is working on the Hilltop project.

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Patel

Pinkal Patel was promoted to cost engineer at the Seattle office of Lease Crutcher Lewis, where she is working on a Microsoft project. Patel joined Lewis in 2014 as an accountant.

Rafn Co.

Bellevue-based Rafn Co. is marking its 40th anniversary. The company was started by Jack and Marilyn Rafn after a neighbor requested they undertake the renovation of Seattle's historic Nord Building — an early negotiated renovation project when design-bid-build was the industry standard. The company now has 110 staff.