Jun 08, 2021

Walsh Construction Co.

Geise

Huylar

Gidley

White

McBarron

Schneider

Gamble

Parga

McLaughlin

In Seattle, Walsh Construction Co. promoted Juanita McLaughlin to project manager, Adam Parga to superintendent, Craig Gamble to general superintendent, Steve Schneider to senior project manager, Ryan McBarron to earthwork trade superintendent, Jason White to field operations coordinator, Ryan Gidley to project engineer, and Nick Huylar and Joe Geise to assistant superintendents. McLaughlin joined Walsh in 2015 as a project engineer and was promoted to assistant superintendent in 2018, followed by a promotion to assistant project manager in 2020. Parga joined the company as a project engineer in 2018 and transitioned to assistant superintendent in early 2020. He was a facilities services director for the Civil Engineering Unit of the Coast Guard. Gamble has been with Walsh since 2003, originally as a superintendent. Schneider has been with the company since 1995 as a general superintendent. He previously operated Schneider Construction for over 15 years. McBarron originally joined Walsh as a labor foreman and was promoted in 2018 to assistant superintendent. White has been with the company for 14 years, starting as a laborer and moving up to labor foreman in 2013. Gidley joined Walsh in 2004 as a laborer, left to work at Metro Parks Tacoma, and then rejoined Walsh in 2010 as a laborer. In 2013, he became labor foreman and earned his master rigger certification soon after. Huylar interned at the company and then graduated from Washington State University with a bachelor's degree in construction management, rejoining Walsh as a project engineer. Geise joined the company in 2014 as a carpenter and later became carpenter foreman. In 2015, he began supporting the layout and concrete divisions and was promoted in 2019 to layout trade assistant superintendent.

Garco Construction

Hartley

Garco Construction hired Doug Hartley as director of operations for its Tacoma office. The company says Hartley has an extensive background in operations management, manufacturing, production and leadership. In his new role, Hartley will focus on growing the company brand and culture as Garco expands in the Puget Sound area. Garco is based in Spokane and employs over 350 people. It offers construction, construction management and design-build services for commercial, civil, education, hospitality, military and other project types.

Jun 02, 2021

Sequoyah

Riley

Baker

Klika

Root

Chris Root, Michele Klika, Andrew Baker and Jason Riley are the newest shareholders of Redmond-based contractor Sequoyah Electric and Network Services. Root leads the Technologies department of Network Services, where he oversees the team's efforts in design, production and ongoing support of audio-visual, CCTV, security, telecommunication systems and custom integrations. Klika is the company's human resource director. Baker is director of information technology, responsible for IT infrastructure strategy. Riley is manager of the Special Projects/Tenant Improvements division.

Colvos Construction

Angeline

Russell

Schwartz

Tacoma-based Colvos Construction promoted Gabrielle Schwartz, Tanya Russell and Casey Angeline to the newly formed role of senior project engineer, allowing them to participate in project management functions and gain further experience for future career advancement. All were project engineers. Colvos says senior project engineers must have at least five years of commercial construction experience, a bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in construction management, and demonstrated dedication to the company and their project teams.

Rock Project Management Services

Suzaka

Renton-based Rock Project Management Services hired Jason Suzaka as project manager. Suzaka, DBIA Associate, was previously project manager at Puget Sound Energy with a focus on electrical infrastructure projects. RPM provides owner's representative services to public and private clients throughout Washington that have K-12, transportation, health care, energy and technology, and tribal projects.

Granite Construction

Granite Construction became a title sponsor of Evergreen Speedway's Super Sprint Car Series. Mark Ottele, senior project manager for Granite's Pacific Northwest Region, spearheaded the deal. Ottele is a regular at the Monroe track and noticed a few years ago that many race fans were construction workers. A family connection to driver Cameron Neisinger led to sponsoring his car, which led to sponsoring the Sprint Car Series as a whole. After interning with Granite, Neisinger now works full-time as an engineer at the company. Granite is a heavy-civil construction company based in Watsonville, California, with multiple offices and plants in Washington.