Mar 26, 2013

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Van Kirk

Rooney

Boden

Nixon

Howard

Rose

Regional general contractor Lease Crutcher Lewis hired five and promoted Jim Rose to general superintendent and Grant Howard to project manager in its Seattle office. Rose is overseeing field operations in the Special Projects Division. He has 30 years of construction experience and has been with Lewis since 1995. Howard is as part of Lewis' Holyoke Fine Homes group and has been in construction since 1996. He holds a bachelor's degree from Lawrence University and a certificate in construction management from the University of Washington. New hires are: Robert Nixon, project manager; Mark Boden and Dan Rooney, BIM coordinators; Suzanne Carson, operations assistant; and Josh Van Kirk, project engineer. Nixon has 14 years of construction experience and holds a bachelor's degree from the UW, where he also earned a certificate in construction management. Boden and Rooney were BIM consultants to Lewis prior to being hired. Boden graduated from Lake Washington Institute of Technology. Rooney's construction roots date back 24 years, when he became an ironworker. He holds an associate's degree in architectural graphics from Lake Washington Institute of Technology. Carson has been in construction since 2000. Van Kirk is a LEED AP who has been in construction since 2005. He holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from Washington State University.

Siku Construction

Martin

Siku Construction added Frank Martin as operations manager in the Seattle office. Martin, AIA, has more than 27 years of construction management experience and has represented owners on several local projects including Marion-Oliver McCaw Hall and the UW Bioengineering Building. Siku's Seattle office focuses on owner representation and construction management. It also has an office in Anchorage, Alaska.

Mar 19, 2013

Mortenson Construction

The Seattle office of Mortenson Construction added Josh Broussard as integrated construction coordinator, Tyler Franzheim as safety engineer and Lauren Caswell as field engineer. Mortenson Construction Kirkland added Logan Brown as project engineer. Broussard last year earned a bachelor's degree in architecture from Washington State University. Franzheim in December graduated from Central Washington University with a bachelor's degree in safety and health management and construction safety. Caswell recently earned a bachelor's degree in construction engineering from Iowa State University. Brown transferred from Mortenson's Renewable Energy Group. He holds a bachelor's degree in building construction management from Purdue University.

AGC of America

Woodinville-based Mowat Construction Co., Renton-based Guy F. Atkinson Construction, Seattle-based BNBuilders and Mount Vernon-based Sicklesteel Cranes were named four of the nation's safest construction companies in 2012 by the Associated General Contractors of America. The companies were four of 29 contractors that placed first in the Willis-sponsored Construction Safety Excellence Awards. The firms were cited for outstanding safety and occupational health management, risk control, safety training, work site hazard identification and control, and safety program innovation.

Synergy Construction

Synergy Construction of Woodinville won a top-tier Eagle Award at a recent Associated Builders and Contractors event in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Synergy won in the Commercial (less than $6 million) category for its Fire Station No. 30 project, which also won a Washington Excellence in Construction Award last year from the ABC of Western Washington Chapter.

Tilt-Up Concrete Association

The Tilt-Up Concrete Association elected its new board members and officers for 2013. The roster includes Shane Miller of Divcon in Spokane Valley as treasurer. TCA is a nonprofit international organization that promotes tilt-up concrete construction.