Oct 10, 2017

NAWIC

Price

Olson

McCants

Lombroia

Lacktorin

Bresnahan

Emtman

Westgard

Erickson

Browne

The Puget Sound Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction has assembled its 2017-18 board of directors. Officers are: Jenny Browne of Convergint Technologies, president; Holly Erickson of Performance Contracting Inc., treasurer; Kristina Westgard of Propel Insurance, secretary; and Kathryn Emtman of Lease Crutcher Lewis, immediate past president. Directors are Jessie Bresnahan of Amazon, Jackie Lacktorin of Holmes Electric, Annie Lombroia of Ashbaugh Beal, Susan McCants of Osborne Construction, Melody Olson of Parker Smith & Feek, and Courtney Price of Clark Construction.

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.