Sep 15, 2015

Express Construction

Yong-Hyun Kim

McDaniel

Gonzalez

Bellevue-based Express Construction hired Michael Gonzalez as general superintendent, and Joseph McDaniel and Andrew Yong-Hyun Kim as project engineers. Gonzalez has more than 20 years of experience in heavy construction, concrete work and structural steel installation. McDaniel recently earned a bachelor's degree from the School of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon. Yong-Hyun Kim is a recent graduate of the University of Washington's construction management program.

D.R. Johnson

Riddle, Oregon-based D.R. Johnson has been certified to manufacture cross-laminated timber under a new standard approved last year by the American National Standards Institute. Johnson's panels were tested and certified by the American Plywood Association. The company says it is the first in the country to receive the certification.

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.