Oct 22, 2019

Bouten Construction Co.

Johnson

In Spokane, Bouten Construction Co. hired Phillip Johnson as senior project manager. Johnson came from Lease Crutcher Lewis in Seattle, where he was a project manager for two years. Before that, he was a project manager at University Mechanical Contractors and a superintendent for Kiewit Infrastructure West Co.

NAMC-WA

Glenn

The Washington Chapter of the National Association of Minority Contractors handed out six awards at its recent 3rd Annual Minority and Women Business Enterprise Awards gala. The winners were: Young-Sang Song, owner of Song Consulting, Emerging Business; Tunista Construction, Established Business; Hensel Phelps, General Contractor of the Year; Washington State Department of Enterprise Services, Public Agency of the Year; Robert Armstead, NAMC past president, Founder's Award; and Regina Glenn, president of Pacific Communications Consultants, Diversity Advocate of the Year. NAMC-WA also announced it will name the Diversity Advocate of the Year award in honor of Glenn. NAMC-WA is a nonprofit trade association promoting minority contractors.

ABC of Western Washington

The Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington announced its 2020 slate of officers and board members. Here are the officers: Jason Wandler of Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker, chair; Glen Kuntz of Tekton Group, chair-elect/secretary; Travis Hull of Mechanical & Control Services, immediate past chair and vice chair of leadership development; Josh Griesse, Washington Commercial Painters, vice chair of government affairs; Stephanie Carlin of Propel Insurance, vice chair of membership; Dawn Lanz of Sea-Tac Electric, vice chair of professional development; and Marc Victor of Rafn Co., treasurer. Board members are Mike Yore of Olympian Precast, Adam DeBruler of Neeley Construction, Candi Pfluger of Peterson Sullivan, Doug Jones of Haggard Electrical Contractors, Shelley Bloom of The Blue Book Building & Construction Network, Karen Say of Saybr Contractors, Cindy Axthelm of Axthelm Construction and Scott Garcia of Parker, Smith & Feek.

Rite Way Electric

Chaz Hooley of Rite Way Electric in Albany, Oregon, won second place in the Independent Electrical Contractors' 2019 National Apprentice of the Year Competition. Hooley is a member of IEC's Oregon chapter. The nonprofit trade association also named Cindy Regier of the Oregon chapter as 2019 IEC Chapter Executive Director of the Year.

Omega Morgan

Bechtel recognized Omega Morgan as a top subcontractor at its recent annual Supply Chain Awards event. Omega worked with Bechtel to deliver components to the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant site. The job included engineered transportation and rigging services. Omega primarily serves the Portland and Seattle areas, as well as parts of western Canada.

Oct 15, 2019

Walsh Construction Co.

Bicknell

Burkhart

Dailey

Coit

Romo

Zahid

In Seattle, Walsh Construction Co. promoted Marwa Zahid to project engineer and Tanner Romo to assistant superintendent. It also hired Kyle Coit, Spencer Dailey and Lee Burkhart as project engineers, and Becky Bicknell as business development manager. Zahid joined Walsh as a project administrator in 2015. Romo joined Walsh in 2015 as a summer intern from Central Washington University and rejoined the company in 2017 as a project engineer after earning a bachelor's in construction management. Coit interned with Walsh last year and recently graduated from the University of Washington with a bachelor's in civil engineering. Dailey has over five years of experience as a lead mechanical engineer and holds a bachelor's in mechanical engineering from the University of Utah. Burkhart has many years of experience as a carpenter and lead foreman. Bicknell has over 18 years of experience developing affordable multifamily housing.

Abbott Construction

Anderson

Brown

Snow

The Seattle office of Abbott Construction hired Howard Snow as controller and Jeremiah Brown and Aaron Anderson as field superintendents. Snow has over 20 years of construction accounting experience. Brown has over 29 years of construction experience as an owner of two businesses and as a framer, with experience working in hospitals and renovating historic buildings. Anderson has been in the construction industry for over 20 years, as an owner of a residential remodel business and working for several general contractors.

Washington Women in Trades

In Seattle, Washington Women in Trades announced the winners of the 2019 Tradeswoman Awards: Ebonee Heller, machinist at Pioneer Industries, Tradeswoman of the Year; Elenora Northington, senior inspector at Jacobs Engineering, Lifetime Achievement; Megan Cornish, outage dispatcher with Seattle City Light, Lifetime Achievement; Stephanie Colbert, journey-level carpenter with Low Income Housing Institute, Lifetime Achievement; Tawny Sayers, apprentice coordinator at Laborers Training, Lifetime Achievement; Angela Hoffman, owner of Best Finish Concrete, Women Owned Business of the Year; PJ Moss, training coordinator with the Seattle Area Pipe Trades Apprenticeship, Active Advocate; Kabri Lehrman-Schmid, project superintendent at Hensel Phelps, Workplace Leader; Rachel Montoy, tool mechanic at PSNS & IMF Bremerton, Union Activist; Andrea Ornelas, laborer with The Walsh Group, Josie Dunn Apprentice Award; and Julie Jensen, cement mason apprentice at Conco Companies, Peggy Cook Apprentice Award. Nominees included Elise Solima, Elizabeth Waggoner-Sotack, Kimberly Hirning, Mandy Richardson, Penny Scott, Taryn Papillon and Valeria Jiles. An awards dinner will be held Nov. 2 at the Aerospace Machinists Hall in Seattle.