Apr 04, 2023

Ascendent Demolition

Hasbrook

In Puyallup, Ascendent Demolition hired Chris Hasbrook as its new environmental health and safety manager. Hasbrook began his professional safety career in 2008 and has since worked in many different aspects of construction including demolition, commercial construction, government contracts, safety consulting and claim management. Ascendent says Hasbrook will take its strong safety culture to the next level.

Osborne Construction Co.

Moselle

In Redmond, Osborne Construction Co. promoted Natalie Moselle from project coordinator to field engineer. Osborne says Moselle has been instrumental in the success of various agency projects including at the Port of Seattle and the Washington State Department of Transportation, as well as tenant improvements completed by the Special Projects Group.

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Lease Crutcher Lewis launched a new subsidiary business unit called Crutcher Structures, which focuses on building structural frames as a specialty subcontractor. Historically, Lease Crutcher Lewis has self-performed structural work on its own projects. Crutcher Structures offers these same services to a broader group of customers. Some of the services offered by the subsidiary include concrete construction; erection of steel frames; wood frame installations, including mass timber; construction support for tower cranes and other lifts; and preconstruction planning for design-build and design assist work. It is working on projects for several clients throughout the Seattle area, including Terminal 106 and 1916 Boren for Trammell Crow, Washington 1000 for Hudson Pacific Properties, 222 5th Avenue for Lincoln Properties, Chapter Building 1 for Touchstone, and First Light for Pacific Structures. Crutcher Structures is named for James (Jim) Crutcher, who spent 50 years at Lease Crutcher Lewis in roles that included president, CEO and chairman. “Delivering outstanding preconstruction services, which we do routinely as a general contractor, is a hallmark of this venture, allowing us to maximize value for our clients,” said Shannon Testa, director of operations for the new subsidiary, in a news release. “We can also capitalize on the economies of scale of our general contracting business to further drive value.”

AGC of America

Several construction companies from Oregon recently won AGC-WTW Construction Safety Excellence Awards. The winners were announced at the Associated General Contractors of America's annual convention last month in Las Vegas. The Oregon winners included: Taylor Northwest of Bend (first place, Heavy Division, under 400,000 worker hours); Slayden Constructors of Stayton (first place, Utility Infrastructure Division, under 200,000 hours); Whitaker Ellis Builders of Tigard (first place, Specialty Division, 175,000-325,000 hours); and Mid-Valley Commercial Construction of Salem (third place, Specialty Division, 175,000-325,000 hours). Greeley, Colorado-based Hensel Phelps won the Grand Award. Locally, Hensel Phelps's Bellevue office recently finished the new parking garage at the Puyallup Sounder station, and is working on the replacement Fawcett Elementary School in Tacoma, the SEA Gateway Project at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and the Interdisciplinary Engineering Building at the University of Washington.

Mar 28, 2023

UMC

Olmsted

Design-build mechanical and energy contractor UMC named Chris Olmsted as life sciences market lead. Olmsted has spent his career in various roles that have spanned many aspects of a facility's lifecycle, including building automation and controls, building optimization, critical environments, major construction support, tenant improvements, small repairs and facilitating emergency maintenance. He previously was sales manager for UMC's facility services sales team, and has been at the firm since 2019. He holds a degree in electrical engineering, and has training in whole-building optimization. Recently, he completed a professional certificate from MIT in biotechnology and life science.

Deacon Construction

Foster

Fish

Two industry veterans have joined the Seattle office of Deacon Construction: Alan Fish as senior estimator and Bill Foster as senior project manager. Fish comes from Venture General Contracting but prior to that worked at Deacon. He has nearly 30 years of experience in the AEC industry, and Deacon says he is well-versed in preparing estimates during all phases of design on a variety of project types ranging from below $1 million to over $100 million. Foster comes from Schuchart with nearly 35 years of construction industry experience in the Seattle area. He has extensive experience in tilt-up construction, large site development and stand-alone retail buildings, according to the company. Over the last decade, he was heavily involved in commercial tenant improvements and Boeing projects.

EagleView Technologies

Bellevue-based EagleView Technologies is collaborating with Mike Holmes Inspections to provide its aerial imagery services to a network of roof inspectors across Canada. The inspectors, trained and equipped with EagleView Assess drone technology, are using the technology to inspect properties for insurance claims without having to spend time on a roof. EagleView Assess has been in the U.S. market for the past year and has seen growing adoption among roof inspectors, independent adjusters, roofing contractors and insurance companies. Mike Holmes Inspections was founded by Mike Holmes, host and creator of a popular home improvement show. The company provides certified and trained professionals to conduct thorough home inspections.

Harbor Freight Tools

California-based Harbor Freight Tools is offering $1.5 million this year in its Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence contest. Harbor Freight plans to honor 25 outstanding public high school skilled trades teachers and their programs. Five grand prize winners will each get $100,000 and 20 others will get $50,000 each. Teachers can submit applications until May 5 to hftforschoolsprize.org. Finalists will be announced on June 13 and winners in October.