Dec 19, 2023

Schuchart

Rechnitz

General contractor Schuchart appointed Michael Rechnitz as chief operating officer. Rechnitz has extensive expertise in construction management and fostering high-performing teams, with over 20 years in the industry. He has spearheaded many local projects, such as the new Forensic Hospital at Western State Hospital, the UW Medical Center Behavioral Health Teaching Facility, and The Spark digital classroom building at Washington State University. Rechnitz comes from Clark Construction Group. In his new role at Seattle-based Schuchart, he is focusing on enhancing operational efficiency, driving market expansion and nurturing staff development.

Skanska

Chen

General contractor Skanska promoted Seattle-based Mark Chen to national carbon manager, the first role of its kind for the company. During his nearly five years with the company, Chen has advanced Skanska's sustainable construction practices and has worked on a range of projects with high sustainability goals. He has held multiple roles across the sustainability sector including sustainability engineer, senior sustainability engineer and sustainability manager. In these roles, he advanced Skanska's embodied carbon, water and waste reduction efforts, and oversaw green building certification project delivery. In his new role, he will drive carbon reduction solutions across Skanska's offices and jobsites nationally to help the company meet its goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2045.

Mortenson

Jenkins

In Kirkland, Mortenson promoted Nate Jenkins to director of business development. Jenkins joined the firm in 2005 and has served in a variety of roles since then. The company says his background covers a multitude of market sectors, and he is an established thought leader within hospitality and full volumetric and modular construction. In his new role, Jenkins will continue to maintain and strengthen business relationships, as well as his involvement with outside organizations including NAIOP, where he has been on the community enhancement committee since 2012.

Swinerton Inc.

Swinerton Inc. CEO Eric Foster plans to retire Jan. 11 after over 42 years with the general contractor. Foster joined Swinerton Builders, a subsidiary, in 1982 as a project engineer and worked in various roles before becoming CEO. He helped the company expand with several new brands, including Timberlab, SAK Builders, MDBuilders and Swinerton Energy. He also developed building maintenance provider Facility Solutions and pre-designed parking solutions provider Perq within Swinerton Builders. David Callis will take over as CEO. Callis has been in the construction industry for 30 years, joining Swinerton Builders in 2001 as a senior project manager and rising to executive vice president. He helped expand the company's public-private partnership capabilities. Concord, California-based Swinerton has a local office in Bellevue.

Rider Levett Bucknall

Julian Anderson is retiring at the start of the new year from construction consultant Rider Levett Bucknall. Anderson, the company's North America president based in Phoenix, has written articles in the past for the DJC. He worked for RLB in Australia for 16 years prior to serving in his current role for 32 additional years, playing an integral part in the company's growth. Anderson will be replaced by Paul Brussow, who joined RLB's Sydney office in 1995 as a quantity surveyor and moved to the U.S. two years later. Over that span, Brussow has advised on over $10 billion worth of projects, developing and executing custom construction management programs. Brussow will continue to work from the company's Phoenix headquarters. RLB is also known for its biannual crane count. It operates a local office in Seattle, which currently operates the most tower cranes in the country.