Jun 09, 2015

Venture General Contracting

Wilson

Orvold

Wells

Brown

Boutte

Gutenberg

Seattle-based Venture General Contracting added Neil Gutenberg and Jim Boutte as superintendents, Lester Brown as project engineer, Mark Wells and Justin Orvold as carpenter foremen, and Erica Wilson as assistant controller. Gutenberg has 27 years of experience building hospitality, financial, education, tenant improvement, medical and government projects. Boutte has 24 years of experience working on public, education, tenant improvement and commercial projects. Brown has four years of experience with commercial, public, multifamily and hospitality projects. Wells has 20 years of experience with commercial, residential and hospitality projects, including rebuilding homes in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Orvold has 25 years of experience in commercial, multifamily and residential carpentry. Wilson has 15 years of construction finance experience, with stints as project accountant, accounting department manager and national corporate auditor.

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Tran

Parker

Olsen

Jenness

Bemiller

The Seattle office of Lease Crutcher Lewis hired Bret Bemiller as senior project manager; Jessica Jenness, Garret Olsen and Sean Parker as project engineers; and Tuan Tran as staff accountant. Bemiller, LEED AP, has 26 years of industry experience and holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from Colorado State University. Jenness, PE, SE, has been a structural engineer since 2006, and earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Gonzaga University. Olsen, LEED GA, has been in construction for four years since earning his bachelor's degree in construction management from Central Washington University. Parker, EIT, recently earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Boise State University. Tran has four years of accounting and business consulting experience, and holds a degree in finance and management information systems from the University of Washington.

Watts Constructors

Averill

The Gig Harbor office of Watts Constructors hired Gary Averill as quality control manager. Averill has 10 years of experience working on projects at Naval Base Kitsap and Joint Base Lewis-McChord. He will be working on the Manchester Barge Mooring Pier repair for the Navy.

Sequoyah Electric

Nagel

Cheryl Nagel was named president of the Puget Sound Chapter of the Construction Financial Management Association. Nagel is Sequoyah Electric's chief financial officer. She has 25 years of construction accounting and management experience.

Aldrich + Associates

Bothell-based Aldrich + Associates is now a fully lean certified organization. All employees took a six-week class through the Associated General Contractors of Washington to achieve their lean construction certification. Aldrich also launched new systems for lean processes in project delivery.

Jun 02, 2015

KBA Inc.

Construction management firm KBA Inc. relocated its Bellevue headquarters to the Gateway 112 building at Bellefield Office Park. The new address is 11201 S.E. Eighth St., Suite 160, Bellevue, WA 98004. Phone numbers and email addresses remain the same. KBA has branch offices in Olympia, Mount Vernon and Yakima.

MBA of King and Snohomish Counties

Grip, the workers' comp program of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties, earned a 37 percent return this year. The program's record results were attributed to more than 60 percent of participants earning a claim free discount from L&I, adherence to new program requirements such as making light-duty positions available to injured workers, and strong relationships between Grip participants and their retro coordinators.