Oct 03, 2017

Contrack Watts

Al-Selmie

Basta

Eby

Chiles

Trousdale

The Gig Harbor office of Contrack Watts added Monte Trousdale as superintendent, Tim Chiles as safety manager, Melissa Eby as office administrator, Mina Basta as senior scheduler, and Ali Al-Selmie as proposals content and graphics manager. Trousdale has more than 25 years of construction experience. He is working on the P-993 Transit Protection System Forward Operating Location project at Ediz Hook in Port Angeles. Chiles is a certified Occupational Health and Safety Technician. Eby has expertise in accounting and operations. Basta has been with the firm since 2008, working primarily in the Middle East. Al-Selmie, also a transfer, has been with the firm for six years. Contrack Watts is a general contractor headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

Walsh Construction Co.

Lucas

Whitacre

Coghlan

Smith

McMillan

Baldwin

Gagnon

Walsh Construction Co. hired Greg Gagnon as project manager; Erin Baldwin as receptionist; Joshua McMillan as assistant superintendent; and Mark Smith, Riley Coghlan, Ryan Whitacre and Brad Lucas as project engineers. Gagnon is at Walsh's Tacoma office, helping with the THA-RAD Conversion project. Baldwin and Smith are working out of the Seattle office. McMillan is working on the Arbora Court project in Seattle. Coghlan is working on a project at Bellevue College. Whitacre is working on the Compass Broadview project in Seattle. Lucas is working on the RDF Builders concrete crew on the Bellevue College project.

CITC of Washington

Galvan

The Construction Industry Training Council of Washington hired Cordaro “Cord” Galvan for the new position of apprenticeship and craft training program assistant. Galvan will maintain apprenticeship files, attend job fairs, assist with quarterly registration and handle Oregon license requests. He previously was a supervisor for United Parcel Service, a unit coordinator for a hospital in Massachusetts and served in the U.S. Marines.

Oregon Door

Cox

Tim Cox was named vice president of sales and marketing at Oregon Door in Winston, Oregon. Cox joined the company in early 2010 on a temporary assignment, then was appointed sales and marketing representative for Northern California/Reno and subsequently named director of sales and marketing in 2013. He previously worked in a variety of marketing, sales and management positions.

SMART Heroes

The SMART Heroes program is expected to graduate its inaugural class today at the Western Washington Sheet Metal JATC in DuPont. The class is made up of eight soon-to-be-veterans of the U.S. Army. The program was launched in August to provide free sheet metal industry training to military personnel who plan to enter civilian life within the year. Graduates can choose from more than 150 apprenticeship programs, and get advanced placement as a second-year sheet metal apprentice. SMART is the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers.

Sep 26, 2017

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Tsang

Klein

Dixon

Lalanne

Adair

Junor

Merlan

Howard

Mariscal

MacQuarrie

In Seattle, Lease Crutcher Lewis promoted Joe Adair to superintendent and hired Jim Lalanne as project manager; Kelli Dixon as senior project engineer; Gavin Klein, Waltz Tsang, James MacQuarrie, Annaliza Mariscal and Duncan Howard as project engineers; Jay Merlan as VDC coordinator; and MacKenzie Junor as marketing coordinator. Adair has been with Lewis for nearly 10 years, including five years as foreman. He has been in the industry for more than 15 years. Lalanne has 15 years of general contracting experience and once owned a millwork company. He holds an MBA from Dominican University of California and a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Dixon has 18 years of quality control and project engineering experience. She holds a certificate in construction management from the University of Washington and a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Phoenix. Klein holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Washington State University. Tsang, EIT, has four years of experience as a design engineer and field engineer. She holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago. MacQuarrie was an intern last year at Lewis. He holds a bachelor’s degree in construction engineering management from Oregon State University. Mariscal holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from WSU. Howard, EIT, has three years of experience building a nuclear treatment plant. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Gonzaga University. Merlan has 10 years of BIM leadership experience. He has studied at the University of Colorado, the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and the College of San Mateo. Junor earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Western Washington University. She most recently worked for the 30/30 Project, a nonprofit that is building 30 medical facilities worldwide.