Mar 28, 2017

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Amende

Sweeney

Grindol

Strickling

Moore

In its Seattle office, Lease Crutcher Lewis promoted Jarrett Moore and Jon Strickling to superintendents and Justin Grindol to field superintendent; and hired Bill Sweeney and Zach Amende as superintendents. Moore has been with Lewis since 2007 and has focused on life sciences projects. Strickling has been with the company since 2009 and graduated from the Superintendent Career Training Program through the Carpenters International Training Fund. Grindol has been at Lewis for a year and has 16 years of industry experience. He holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from the University of Washington. Sweeney has been in construction for 30 years and has focused on healthcare projects. He holds a construction management certificate from the UW. Amende has 19 years of construction experience.

Swinerton Builders

Chubb

Gary Chubb has become a project executive at Swinerton Builders Seattle, where he is rolling out the Sustainable Living Innovations Program. Chubb has over 27 years of experience in managing design and construction, and is a graduate of the University of Washington.

Colvos Construction

Devin Page and Anders Bjorn formed Colvos Construction in Tacoma. The firm offers pre-construction, general contracting, construction management and design-build services. Page is president and Bjorn is vice president. Page previously was vice president at Rush Commercial Construction, and also worked at Andersen Construction and Skanksa. Bjorn has 14 years of construction experience and holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from Brigham Young University Idaho. He previously was a project manager at Andersen, and also worked at Advanced Technology Construction and Turner Construction. Other team members are superintendent Jeff Bird, operations support manager Michelle Cartwright and project engineer Tim Callahan. Bird previously worked at Sellen Construction. Cartwright and Callahan came from Rush Commercial. Colvos intends to hire a project manager, project engineer and two superintendents this year.

AGC of America

A handful of Northwest firms recently won Willis Towers Watson Construction Safety Excellence Awards from the Associated General Contractors of America: Guy F. Atkinson Construction of Renton won first place in the Highway & Transportation category for under 400,000 worker hours; Cobra BEC of Spokane won first place in the Specialty category for 300,000-500,000 worker hours; Omega Morgan Millwright of Hillsboro, Oregon, won first place in the Heavy category for 200,000-1 million hours; and Goodfellow Bros. of Portland won second place in the Heavy category for under 200,000 hours.

Mar 21, 2017

PCL Construction Services

Wiehe

Aaron Wiehe is the new vice president and district manager for the Seattle operations of PCL Construction Services. Wiehe joined PCL in 1998 and has worked on the SeaTac Air Traffic Control Tower, the Bravern Signature Residences, and the SR 520 Eastside Transit corridor. In 2012, he transferred to PCL's Hawaii office and in 2015 to its San Diego office. Wiehe holds a bachelor's degree in construction engineering and management from Purdue University, and is a LEED AP and DBIA Associate.

Quadrant Homes

Bellevue-based builder Quadrant Homes promoted Bryan Jones to vice president of sales and marketing, and Spencer Wutherich to the new position of vice president of purchasing and multi-family operations. Prior to joining Quadrant, Jones was senior vice president for Solution Partners NW, where he managed the company's Quadrant Homes sales team. Wutherich previously was general manager for Woodinville Lumber, one of Quadrant's longtime vendors.