Jan 24, 2017

The Walsh Group

Palazzolo

Burgess

The Walsh Group hired Anthony Burgess and Gabrielle Palazzolo as project engineers in its Seattle office. Burgess previously worked at Brown and Caldwell, the city of Crescent City in California, and Stover Engineering. He is assigned to a project at Kitsap Naval Base. Palazzolo's background is in civil engineering with an emphasis in structural and wastewater facility design. She interned at the Nevada Department of Transportation and Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. She is working on the Denny Substation project in Seattle.

Goldfinch Brothers

Everett-based Goldfinch Brothers promoted Jennifer Howell to controller. Howell joined the company in mid-2015 and helped it covert to Sage 100 accounting software. She worked for 18 years at Primo Construction in Port Angeles, and holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and finance from Washington State University. Goldfinch is a commercial and residential glass and glazing company. It also makes and distributes curtain wall and an interior sliding door system.

Jan 18, 2017

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Hall

Furth

Cruz

Rose

Thompson

Hynek

Maxfield

Schwartz

Portin

General contractor Lease Crutcher Lewis promoted seven and hired two for its Seattle operations. Mark Portin was promoted to general superintendent; Marc Schwartz and Doug Maxfield to senior superintendents; Chuck Hynek to superintendent; Adam Thompson and James Rose III to field superintendents; and Oralia Cruz to VDC coordinator. New hires are Ryan Furth as project engineer and Tori Hall as operations assistant. Portin earned a business degree at Seattle University, joined the carpenters' union in 1990, then joined Lewis in 1995. Schwartz has been with Lewis for 26 years. Maxfield recently completed the Third & Harrison project for Martin Selig Real Estate. Hynek has been with the company for 17 years and has experience in project engineering, carpentry and field supervision. Thompson, LEED AP BD&C, holds a bachelor's degree in construction engineering technology from Montana State University. Rose started at Lewis in 2003 as a carpenter. Cruz earned degrees at the University of Utah and North Seattle College, and holds a construction management certificate from the University of Washington. Furth holds a bachelor's degree from Oregon State University. Hall studied at Lewis & Clark University.

Lydig Construction

Greene

Lydig Construction promoted Craig Greene to vice president of operations in the Bellevue office. Greene has been in the construction industry for 25 years, with stints at Taisei Corp. in Tokyo, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, and Turner Construction Co. locally. He holds an MBA and a construction management certificate from the University of Washington, a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Lehigh University, and a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from Villanova University.

Osborne Construction Co.

Kessel

Kirkland-based Osborne Construction Co. hired Michael Hunter as assistant superintendent, Justin Kessel as director of finance and accounting, and Jeffrey Allen as vice president of field operations and general superintendent. Hunter has 19 years of construction and leadership experience. He holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from Western Carolina University. Kessel previously was regional controller at Adolfson & Peterson Construction. He majored in business administration with a finance concentration at the University of Washington, and holds the Construction Risk and Insurance Specialist designation. Allen previously worked on complex and large-scale projects at Turner Construction.

Momentum

Bargfrede

Jim Bargfrede joined Momentum, a national design-build firm based in Seattle, as project manager. Bargfrede started his career with a summer framing job and worked his way up to owning a general contracting firm before joining Momentum.

Viega LLC

Rea

Viega LLC, a manufacturer of pipe fitting installation products, promoted Scott Rea to regional sales manager for the Pacific Northwest. Rea has been in the plumbing and heating industry for more than 17 years. At Viega, he is developing traditional markets as well as new markets such as the marine and industrial sectors. He replaces Matt Bohmer, who is leading Viega's newly created Great Plains Region.