Mar 31, 2015

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Butsakron-O-Pas

Brusati

Green

Callas

Beck

Testa

The Seattle office of Lease Crutcher Lewis promoted Shannon Testa to senior project manager, and hired Tammara Beck as project manager, Herb LeBeau and Jeremy Callas as project engineers, Tom Green and Anthony Brusati as BIM coordinators, and Sasi Butsakron-O-Pas as operations assistant. Testa started in construction in 1998 and joined Lewis in 2007. She holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from Washington State University. Beck has 23 years of building management and construction experience, including 11 years at Amgen. LeBeau holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Seattle University. Callas has six years of industry experience and holds a bachelor's degree from WSU. Green has three years of BIM experience and has worked as a carpenter foreman and ironworker. He holds a certificate in construction management from Edmonds Community College. Brusati has seven years of construction experience, holds a bachelor's degree from WSU and is finishing an associate's degree in architectural graphics at Lake Washington Institute of Technology. Butsakron-O-Pas studied accounting at Seattle University.

Moloney O'Neill

Nick Paget joined the Moloney O'Neill division of Alliant Insurance Services as first vice president. In the Spokane office, Paget is working with Northwest commercial contractors on surety bonding. He has nearly two decades of industry experience.

BDI Insulation

Two Seattle-area branches of BDI Insulation were bought by Installed Building Products of Columbus, Ohio. The branches operate as Pacific Partners Insulation North in Arlington and Pacific Partners Insulation South in Tacoma. Installed Building Products also has a branch in Puyallup that operates as Insulation Northwest.

Mar 24, 2015

Canyon Creek Cabinet Co.

Lovorn

Monroe-based Canyon Creek Cabinet Co. appointed Rick Lovorn as vice president of operations for manufacturing. Lovorn has more than 30 years of experience in manufacturing and operations in both the cabinet and furniture industries. He was general manager and president for several cabinet manufacturers, and ran four furniture manufacturing plants.

South Seattle College

South Seattle College developed a bachelor's degree program in sustainable building management in partnership with Washington State University and Edmonds Community College. The program is a hybrid model — with 80 percent of coursework online and once-a-month Saturday meetings — that can be finished in six quarters. It focuses on building science, energy and building codes, and facility management. Training is lead by Victoria Hardy, who has 30 years of industry/education experience.

Milgard Windows & Doors

Hanley Wood's 2015 Builder brand study listed Tacoma-based Milgard Windows & Doors as the leading window and door brand for several major project categories in the western U.S. The study surveyed 1,128 builders, builder/developers and general contractors on brand use, familiarity and factors influencing brand selection.

Pacific Northwest CMAA

A seminar held earlier this month by the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Construction Management Association of America raised nearly $10,000 in scholarship funding. The association's annual seminar focused on alternative project delivery.