Mar 13, 2018

MBA of King and Snohomish Counties

Sims

The Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties hired real estate attorney Kathleen Sims as its new executive director. Sims is the first woman to lead the association in its 109-year history. She was vice president of environmental affairs, sustainability and corporate responsibility at Weyerhaeuser.

Absher Construction Co.

Knudson

Tania

James

In Puyallup, Absher Construction Co. hired Noel James as project manager, and Hanna Tania and Rachel Knudson as project engineers. James is working on the Tacoma Town Center project. He has 28 years of experience. Tania is working on the Sound Transit Northgate Link extension. She spent five years in property management, with the past three focused on architectural design. Knudson is working on the Olympic Middle School reconstruction project in Auburn. She worked with civil, foundation, transmission line and installation trades in Minnesota's energy market.

Mar 06, 2018

Schuchart

Gaffney

Bross

Nakhjiri

Tucker

Reyes

Walker

McGlothlin

For its Industrial Division, Schuchart hired Mike McGlothlin as senior project manager, and Shane Walker and Joey Reyes as project engineers. In the Ground Up Division, the company hired Spencer Tucker as project manager and PJ Nakhjiri as project engineer. Also, Chas Bross is a new superintendent in the Tenant Improvement Division, and Annika Gaffney joined the human resources team to provide recruiting and employee support. McGlothlin and Walker are working on projects for Boeing and the Port of Seattle. Reyes and Bross are working on Boeing jobs. Tucker and Nakhjiri are working on the Gerrish Hall Apartments on Capitol Hill.

GenCap Construction

Warnaca

Kirkland-based GenCap Construction named Rob Warnaca president. Warnaca has been in the construction industry for 25 years, mostly recently as director at M.A. Mortenson Co. in Seattle. He also is an adjunct professor at the University of Washington. GenCap is a commercial general contracting and construction management firm.

The Walsh Group

Schmick

Bryan Schmick joined The Walsh Group as estimator. Schmick has 12 years of experience in estimating, business development, project management and operations. He previously worked at Associated Materials (Alside Supply) and J2 Building Consultants.

PCL Construction Services

Wiehe

Dana Wiehe, project manager for PCL Construction Services, was named one of the Northwest's Top Young Professionals of 2018 by Engineering News-Record. Wiehe joined PCL in 2007 in Seattle and spent the last several years working at PCL offices in Hawaii and California before returning to Seattle. She is overseeing PCL's Seattle office relocation project.