Jul 07, 2015

Watts Constructors

Harsh

Tibbets

Jessica Tibbets and Ephram Harsh joined the Gig Harbor office of Watts Constructors. Tibbets, a project manager, recently transferred from Watts' Guam office. She has 10 years of experience on federal government projects, and holds bachelor's and master's degrees in civil engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. Harsh, a project engineer, was a Watts intern. He recently earned a bachelor's degree in construction management from Washington State University.

AGC Education Foundation

The AGC Education Foundation announced its 2015-16 scholarship recipients. University of Washington students are: Jarrett Ermels of Seattle, Justin Grindol of Tumwater, Tracey Tran of Seattle and Tighe Urelius of Seattle. Central Washington University students are: Salvador Arellanes of Yakima, Rachael Evans of Ellensburg, Caleb Phillips of Maple Valley, Tanner Romo of Port Orchard and Brandon Williams of Auburn. Washington State University students are: Ryan Kirkpatrick of Spokane, Brad Neudorfer of Burien, Marshall Ruehl of Spokane and Connor Schneider of Moxee. Winners from other schools are Akiliu Ferede of Seattle (South Seattle College) and Michael Wolfenberger of Aberdeen (Grays Harbor College).

Jun 30, 2015

Andersen Construction

Spadaro

Munguia-Arias

Irwin

Conom

Schaefer

The Seattle office of Andersen Construction hired Neal Schaefer as senior superintendent, Lisa Conom as project coordinator in the Special Projects Division, Mike Irwin and Jose Munguia-Arias as superintendents, and Tiffany Spadaro as BIM/VDC manager. Schaefer has 30 years of industry experience and is managing field teams at the Kinects Tower project. Conom has 13 years of experience in project management, administration and estimating. Irwin has nearly 40 years of experience. Munguia-Arias has 10 years of industry experience and is in charge of concrete modeling. Spadaro has been in construction for about 13 years, focusing on BIM/VDC for the last eight years.

Mortenson Construction

Reller

Sangeorzan

The Seattle office of Mortenson Construction hired Mike Sangeorzan as senior project engineer and Dillon Reller as field engineer. Sangeorzan is working with the University of Washington Tacoma campus project team. He is a graduate of Colorado State University. Reller is supporting the Tilt49 office and apartment tower project team. He holds a bachelor's degree in construction engineering technology from Montana State University.

AGC Education Foundation

Lessard

Matt Lessard, president of Wilcox Construction, is the newest member of the AGC Education Foundation board executive committee. Lessard holds bachelor's degrees in construction management and business administration from Washington State University. In March Lessard and his wife, Suzanne, established a scholarship endowment for WSU construction management students. Brad Neudorfer of Auburn was the first recipient.

Smokey Point Distributing

Drivers for Smokey Point Distributing won the highest-level safety award from Great West Casualty Co., a Nebraska-based insurer of truckers and fleets. It is the fifth consecutive year the drivers have won the award, which requires one or fewer at-fault accidents over 1 million miles driven. Smokey Point has a local terminal in Arlington.