Jun 07, 2016

The Walsh Group

Hallquist

Nygard

Lopez

At its Tukwila office, The Walsh Group hired Julie Lopez as project administrator, Larry Nygard as quality control engineer and Kenn Hallquist as heavy civil assistant project manager. Lopez previously worked in payroll and HR for 10 years at Paychex. She and Nygard are working on seismic upgrades to Building 431 at Naval Base Kitsap. Nygard previously was special inspector/lead inspector at Hayre McElroy & Associates in Redmond and Matriscope in Sacramento, California. He also worked at Materials Testing & Consulting in Burlington and handled business development for AAR Testing Laboratory in Redmond. Hallquist spent 16 years at Kiewit Infrastructure West Co.

Abbott Construction

Miller

Tetreault

Dahlquist

The Seattle office of Abbott Construction hired Sara Patteson as financial manager, Dan Dahlquist as service manager, Zach Tetreault as senior project engineer and Scott Miller as superintendent. Patteson has 13 years of experience in the financial industry. She is responsible for financial analysis and fund management in her newly created role. Dahlquist manages small service projects in the Special Projects Division. Tetreault is also supporting Special Projects. He holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Miller has over 30 years of industry experience, and is supervising a tenant improvement for a HealthPoint dental clinic in Tukwila.

PCL Construction Services

The Bellevue office of PCL Construction Services hired Steve Nickel as senior project manager and Mike Kozak as superintendent, and made former intern Patrick Van Epps a field engineer. Also, Don Daschuk transferred from the Hawaii office and Jacob Lehnert and Zach Lunden transferred from the Alaska office. Nickel has 25 years of experience in construction management and contract administration. He was a Marine and Vietnam War veteran. Kozak spent 25 years at BEK of Alaska, a specialty contractor that worked on several PCL projects. He is working on the Delta Seattle Sky Club at Sea-Tac Airport. Van Epps is working with the estimating team after earning a bachelor's degree in construction engineering management from Oregon State University. Daschuk, a general superintendent, has been with PCL for 44 years. Lehnert is superintendent and Lunden is field engineer. Both worked on the recently finished Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff Library, Archives and Museum project in Juneau.

Novinium

Sams

Novinium of Kent hired Chris Sams as vice president of marketing and sales. Sams has over 20 years of experience in leadership roles across software, hardware and service sales departments. He most recently worked at Lexmark International. Novinium has an injection process that rejuvenates and extends the life of cables up to 40 years.

Jun 01, 2016

Graham Construction

Jenkins

Miller

Graham Construction hired Webb Miller as project manager and John Jenkins as estimator. Miller holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from the University of Washington, and has eight years of experience with multifamily, office and healthcare projects. Jenkins holds an MBA from the University of Kansas, and has eight years of estimating experience with education, multifamily, office and healthcare projects. Graham is based Calgary, Alberta, and has a branch office in Seattle.

Express Construction Co.

Rockey

Laurence

Bellevue-based Express Construction Co. hired Glenn Laurence as chief estimator, Jeff Rockey as senior project manager, and Young Jae Kim and Lindsey Allen as project engineers. Laurence has over 37 years of estimating and preconstruction experience in a variety of areas including commercial office, medical and mixed-use. He spent the last 14 years with Sellen Construction. Rockey has over 35 years of commercial construction experience on projects ranging from $1 million to over $500 million. He also is experienced in estimating and scheduling.

Mortenson

Three new faces at Mortenson's Seattle office are: quality specialist Sage Drllevich, integrated construction coordinator Aparna Nene and project engineer Kyle Pryor. Drllevich previously worked for Mortenson in Phoenix. She holds a bachelor's degree from Northern Arizona University. Nene is managing BIM, virtual design and construction services on the Touchstone Tilt49 office project. Pryor transferred from Mortenson's Chicago office. He is working on the AMLI Arc residential tower, and is experienced with data centers, natural gas plants, residential, higher education and healthcare projects. He holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from the University of Central Missouri.

Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker

Gilchrist

Ryan Gilchrist joined the Seattle office of Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker after graduating last December from the University of Washington School of Law. Gilchrist's practice focuses on construction and government contracts, as well as business matters such as commercial litigation and bankruptcy.