Feb 23, 2022

Walsh Construction Co.

Loftin

Nguyen

Arzuaga

Mickelson

Webster

Billings

Offe

In Seattle, Walsh Construction Co. promoted Matt Offe to project manager and Andrew Billings to assistant superintendent. It also added Chris Webster and Brandon Mickelson as assistant superintendents; and Gerson Arzuaga, Tran Nguyen and Zachary Loftin as project engineers. Offe interned at Walsh in 2015 and joined the company as a project engineer after earning his construction management degree from Central Washington University. He transitioned to assistant superintendent in 2018 and assistant project manager in 2019. Billings joined the company in 2018 as a project engineer after earning a certificate in construction management from the University of Washington. Webster has over 20 years of construction industry experience, starting as a carpenter working on remodels and most recently working for Mortenson Construction as a foreman on the Climate Pledge Arena project. Mickelson has over five years of experience in the construction industry, previously at Square Peg Construction, where he was a building services manager and assisted with estimating and managing finish carpentry, millwork and cabinet crews. Arzuaga has eight years of construction industry experience, previously working as a laborer, foreman, and most recently as a project engineer for GLY Construction. He holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from CWU. Nguyen graduated from the UW last June with a bachelor's degree in civil and environmental engineering. She previously worked as a project engineer at Vaughn Bay Construction in Tacoma, and interned with KPFF Consulting Engineers. Loftin has over six years of construction industry experience, also working at Square Peg Construction, where he was a project manager, project engineer and purchasing manager.

Granite Construction

Granite Construction's Alaska Region office received the Associated General Contractors of Alaska's 2021 ConocoPhillips Excellence in Safety Award. The awards recognize construction companies in five divisions, with Granite winning in the Highway Division. In 2021, the Alaska operation worked on 33 projects across more than 60 sites for a total of 300,000-plus worker hours.

ABC of Western Washington

The newest member of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington is Westcloud Construction of Medina. Westcloud is a general contractor providing vertical construction, new construction, tenant improvements and construction management.

Feb 15, 2022

NWCCA

Harris

Kahler

Knutson

Yalowicki

Sumsion

Till

Bagnell

The Northwest Wall and Ceiling Contractors Association elected its 2022 officers: Doug Bagnell of Olympic Interiors, president; Ryan Till of Anning-Johnson, vice president; Nathan Sumsion of Western Partitions, secretary-treasurer; and Cory Yalowicki of Superior Stucco Services, immediate past-president. Directors are Greg Knutson of G.K. Knutson, James Kahler of Northwest Partitions and Rick Harris of Performance Contracting. NWCCA members consist of signatory wall and ceiling contractors.

Alston Construction

van Niekerk

Hennie van Niekerk relocated from Phoenix to join Alston Construction's preconstruction team in Seattle. Alston says van Niekerk is well versed in working with architects and engineers in design, understanding the value-engineering process, and leading design review work sessions. During his 17 years in the industry, he has estimated and completed 258 commercial projects, from mid-size financial institutions up to 3.4 million-square-foot mega structures.

Bayley Construction

Mercer Island-based Bayley Construction restructured its leadership to expand within the Pacific Northwest, West Coast and Southwest regions of the U.S. Restructuring includes new president positions for each region, plus promoting previous president Steve Grasso to CEO. The new regional presidents are: Hans Hansen, Washington; Jerry Crowell, Arizona; and Kenny Ellis, California. Hansen has over 25 years of experience and leadership in the construction industry, including collaborative team building and a focus on alternative project delivery for both public and private clients. Crowell has been at Bayley for 24 years, starting as an intern before being hired as a project engineer, and then going into estimating. He served as director of preconstruction and estimating for 10 years at the firm. Ellis, with 25 years of industry experience, joined Bayley in 2005 as a project manager and worked his way up to project executive. He was at Bayley for 13 years, returning last year to the firm's Lake Forest, California, office. Grasso originally joined the company's San Diego office in 1985 as a project engineer. He was promoted to project manager in 1989 and moved to the Seattle office. In 1994, he became construction manager, advanced to vice president of preconstruction and estimating in 2007, and then became president in 2012.

Aldrich + Associates

Bothell-based Aldrich + Associates is marking 50 years in business in 2022. The company focuses on critical environments and technically sophisticated construction, including new construction and renovation projects for the health care and laboratory markets. It won an AGC Construction Excellence Award last year for its work on the CHI Franciscan Health St. Joseph Medical Center Level III Neonatal ICU project.