Sep 09, 2015

Rush Commercial

Hardeman

Calvert

Kautzman

Broberg

Silva

Callahan

Hansen

Jarzynka

Horlacher

Thomas

Gagnon

Rush Commercial hired Greg Gagnon, Larry Thomas and Jason Horlacher as project managers; Joe Jarzynka as business development manager; Ben Hansen as general superintendent; Tim Callahan as senior project engineer; Tyler Silva as project engineer; Tracey Broberg, Robert Kautzman and George Goff as superintendents; and Bob Calvert, Brandon Hardeman and Brandon Houghton as assistant superintendents. Gagnon previously worked at Kitsap Credit Union and Merit Construction Northwest. Thomas has more than 20 years of commercial construction experience. Horlacher has more than 10 years of industry experience and previously worked for Engineering Remediation Resources Group. Jarzynka, a former University of Washington football player, spent three years as a commercial broker at Rush Properties. Hansen has more than 20 years of industry experience and previously worked at Halvorson Construction. Callahan has 15 years of construction and electrical experience, and most recently worked at Korsmo Construction. Silva was recruited to join Rush during his senior year at Washington State University in anticipation of graduating from the construction management program. Broberg has nearly 20 years of construction management experience. Kautzman has 10 years of industry experience, most recently working at Korsmo Construction. Goff has nine years of industry experience and previously worked for the commercial division of Zetterberg Quality Homes. Calvert has 27 years of industry experience, and most recently worked at Scull Construction. Hardeman worked for nine years in the facilities maintenance group at Rush Properties. Houghton previously worked at AvalonBay Communities. Gig Harbor-based Rush recently opened an office in Seattle.

Lease Crutcher Lewis

McReynolds

Pugh

Conley

Kollman

Santini

Martin

Smigielski

The Seattle office of Lease Crutcher Lewis hired Jordan Smigielski as project manager; Michael Martin as senior project engineer; and Nick Santini, TJ Kollman and Clint Conley as project engineers. The company also promoted Lowrey Pugh to senior VDC coordinator and Chris McReynolds to project engineer. Smigielski has 10 years of project management experience, and holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from Purdue University and a certificate in executive management from UCLA. Martin started in construction in 1989, and worked at Lewis from 1996 to 2010. He holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from the University of Ulster. Santini, Kollman and Conley recently earned bachelor's degrees in construction management from the University of Washington. Santini was a sheet metal worker and foreman. Kollman spent seven years in his family's painting business. Conley has been in construction since 2000 as a carpenter. Pugh started as a plumber in 2002 and gradually took on BIM roles, then joined Lewis as BIM coordinator in 2011. He holds an associate's degree in engineering and architectural graphics from Lake Washington Institute of Technology. McReynolds worked as a carpenter and foreman since 2005, and has been at Lewis since 2014. He studied construction management at Central Washington University.

Western Waterproofing

Western Waterproofing Co. celebrated its 100th anniversary by changing its name to Western Specialty Contractors. The St. Louis-based company operates a branch in Seattle.

Sep 01, 2015

Turner Construction

Klein

Gemme

Killian

Turner Construction promoted Chris Killian to vice president and general manager of its Seattle office and appointed incumbent Dan Gemme as vice president and general manager of its Global Critical Facilities group. Killian joined Turner's Seattle Special Projects Division in 2000 after completing his master's degree at the University of Washington. He was promoted several times and in 2013 became manager of the Special Projects Division. Ian Klein took over as manager. Klein has worked at Turner for a number of years, most recently as Special Projects Division area manager in Bellevue. Gemme has more than 28 years of industry experience. He will remain in Seattle and focus on data center projects throughout the world.

Walsh Construction Co.

Silbaugh

Salim

Reilly

Perrin

Haguewood

Curlin

Berschauer

Banta

Koviak

Winter

Voight

Walsh Construction Co. promoted Ryan Voight, Jeremy Winter and Tom Koviak to superintendents; and added Cindie Banta as project administrator, Fred Berschauer as superintendent, Joe Curlin as assistant superintendent, and Stephanie Haguewood, Jens Perrin, Erin Reilly, Aidrus Salim and Nick Silbaugh as project engineers. Voight started at Walsh in 2009 as a summer intern. He became project engineer in 2010 after earning a bachelor's degree in construction management from the University of Washington. Winter started at Walsh in 2010 as a summer intern, and in 2012 became project engineer after graduating with a bachelor's degree in construction management from Central Washington University. Koviak is weather resistive barriers trade superintendent. He began his career in 2008 as a journeyman carpenter at RDF Builders, where he worked on many Walsh projects. Banta is also front desk coordinator in the Tacoma office. Berschauer has more than 25 years of construction experience. Curlin has more than 15 years of industry experience, and ran his own construction company for the past five years. Haguewood works with the estimating department, and recently earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from City University of Seattle. Perrin has more than 11 years of construction experience. Reilly is enrolled in the UW's construction management certificate program. Salim recently earned a bachelor's degree in construction management from Minnesota State University. Silbaugh has more than seven years of construction experience.

Dexter + Chaney

Rice

Brian Rice was appointed chief financial officer at Dexter + Chaney, a construction software developer based in Seattle. Rice replaces John Ulacia, who is retiring after 20 years. Rice previously was CFO/COO at LexBlog, a social media and content marketing firm focused on professional services companies. He holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Wisconsin.

PulteGroup

Homebuilder PulteGroup named Sam Colgan as division president to oversee the opening of eight new communities in the Seattle area this year. Colgan has been with Pulte for 17 years, holding positions such as vice president of land in Arizona and president of an operating division in Phoenix. Pulte is building 600 homes in Sammamish, Bothell, Issaquah, Lake Forest Park, Snoqualmie Ridge, Duvall and North Bend. Pulte entered the Seattle market in 2011 with the acquisition of Centex.