Dec 23, 2014

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Greene

Fogarty

Tunacik

Van Slyke

Presleigh

Soukup

Dilts

General contractor Lease Crutcher Lewis promoted Tom Dilts to vice president and corporate controller; and hired Jake Soukup and Mark Presleigh as project managers, Brandon Van Slyke and Dan Tunacik as project engineers, and Stacia Fogarty and Ashley Greene as operations assistants. Dilts has been controller of the Seattle office for 17 years. He holds an MBA from the University of Illinois and has worked in finance and accounting since 1980. Soukup studied construction management at the University of Washington, and has been in construction since 1998. Presleigh holds bachelor's degrees in electronics engineering and industrial engineering from Central Washington University. He has 10 years of industry experience. Van Slyke holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from State University of New York at Geneseo, and has been in construction since 2008. Tunacik holds a bachelor's degree in construction engineering and management from Purdue University, and has 10 years of industry experience. Fogarty has been in architecture and construction since 2004. Greene previously interned at Lewis.

Abbott Construction

Bordner

Raschkow

Young

The Seattle office of Abbott Construction promoted Chris Young and Kyle Raschkow to project executives, and hired Tom Bordner as director of business development. Young has more than 30 years of industry experience with a focus in healthcare, retail and industrial projects. Raschkow has 19 years of industry experience, specializing in healthcare remodels and tenant improvements. Bordner has more than 30 years of industry experience and owned a construction company.

Rafn Co.

Nascimento

Inglis

Gregory

Dziubinski

Bellevue-based Rafn Co. promoted Michael Dziubinski to project executive, Chip Gregory to Special Projects Group operations manager, Chelsea Inglis to project manager and Joe Nascimento to senior project manager. Dziubinski is an integrated project delivery specialist with more than 30 years of construction experience, including 12 with Rafn. Inglis' work is focused on medical office and retail projects. Nascimento, LEED AP, has been with the firm for 14 years.

Nutter Corp.

Deringer

Heather Deringer joined Nutter Corp. as marketing and communications manager. Deringer has 17 years of experience in communications, with a background in event planning, writing, editing and Web content. Nutter is a Vancouver-based site work, excavation and underground utility contractor.

Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker

Kelley

Bryan Kelley, a partner at the law firm of Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker, was named Associate of the Year by the Associated General Contractors of Washington. Kelley chaired the AGC's Future Leaders Forum education subcommittee and developed FLF's 2014 Leadership Series (professional development seminars). He is also a member of the AGC's Legal Affairs Committee and is a steering committee member of the AGC of America's Construction Leadership Council.

Dec 16, 2014

Venture General Contracting

Carlson

Ward

Dupar

LaMar

Creighton

O'Neill

Lemon

Seattle-based Venture General Contracting hired Jennifer Creighton as senior project manager, Scott LaMar as project manager, Josh Dupar and Crystal Ward as project engineers, Shane Carlson as senior superintendent, and BJ Lemon and Brian O'Neill as superintendents. Creighton has 16 years of experience with residential, historic renovation, laboratory and commercial shell-and-core projects. LaMar has more than 15 years of experience with commercial shell-and-core construction, historic building renovations and tenant improvements. Dupar has eight years of experience with commercial and residential projects. Ward has more than 10 years of local real estate experience, including managing TIs and historical renovations. Carlson has spent more than 30 years building commercial, residential, historic renovation, healthcare and laboratory projects. Lemon has nearly 10 years of experience with historic renovations, laboratories, TIs and residential projects. O'Neill has spent more than 25 years building local TIs, healthcare and historic renovation projects.

The Rush Companies

Wieser

Dargan

The Rush Companies of Gig Harbor hired Deanna Dargan as marketing director, and its Rush Commercial division hired Philip Wucinich as project manager and Jeff Wieser as project engineer. Dargan previously worked at BCRA and The Rescue Mission. She has 15 years of marketing and communications experience, and holds a bachelor's degree in English from Central Washington University. Wucinich came from AJ Brown Inc., and has more than 35 years of commercial construction experience. His projects are the Navy Federal Credit Union branch in Bremerton and the Madison Park office building in Sumner. Wieser came from Andersen Construction. He holds a bachelor's degree and a construction management certificate from the University of Washington. He is working on the Proctor Station project in North Tacoma. Rush anticipates up to 15 percent growth next year.

ABC of Western Washington

The Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington next week is moving to the Bellefield Office Park. The new offices are in Suite 116 of the Arbor Building, 1621 114th Ave. S.E., Bellevue. Phone and fax numbers remain the same, but could be down during the move.