Mar 05, 2024

Compass Construction

Bieber

Kirkland-based Compass Construction announced that Bill Bieber has joined its executive team as vice president. In his 30-plus-year career in the construction industry, Bieber has held positions at Baugh Construction and Opus Northwest. In his most recent role as vice president at Exxel Pacific, he was responsible for all aspects of operations in the Seattle office. During his 13-year tenure there, Bieber and his team substantially grew the company's annual volume and project diversity year over year, according to a Compass news release. Compass is a general contractor focusing on the multifamily and affordable housing sectors, as well as student and senior housing. Part of Bieber's new role will be to build relationships for projects outside the multifamily sector. Compass says its pipeline includes a “robust” list of current and booked projects through 2027.

Deacon Construction

White

Barnes

Two new members have joined Deacon Construction's Seattle office: Mary Barnes as senior marketing manager and Jessica White as DEI program coordinator. Barnes has over 18 years of experience leading marketing and communications in the AEC industry. She will oversee Deacon's marketing program, collaborating with regional marketing teams in Seattle, Portland and Sacramento, California. White is a Washington state-certified educator with three years of combined experience in DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) and education.

Thomas Fragnoli Construction

Root

Longtime Thomas Fragnoli Construction member Dave Root has joined Chris Thomas and Paul Fragnoli on the firm's leadership team. Root, who has been named an associate principal, will focus on leading projects in the greater Seattle area. Root brings over 36 years of experience designing and building homes, the last 10 years with Thomas Fragnoli. He has spent his career straddling the worlds of design and construction, with decades of hands-on experience as a carpenter balanced by a background in architecture. Founded in 2009, Thomas Fragnoli specializes in high-end, custom residential and boutique commercial projects. The company has offices in Seattle, the San Juan Islands and the Methow Valley.

APA

Seymour

Chris Seymour is the newest board member of APA — The Engineered Wood Association. Seymour oversees manufacturing operations of the wood products division at Boise Cascade as senior vice president. He brings 24 years of experience working with engineered wood products to APA's board. Seymour replaces the position vacated by Mike Brown in advance of Brown's recently announced retirement from Boise Cascade.

Feb 27, 2024

UMC

Hoggatt

The Mechanical Contractors Association of America named Ryan Hoggatt as 2024 MEP Innovator of the Year. Hoggatt is director of manufacturing for local mechanical contractor UMC. Hoggatt was cited for his contributions to revolutionizing construction practices, emphasizing efficiency, productivity and innovation. UMC said Hoggatt's commitment to streamlining processes, reducing waste and maintaining rigorous standards of quality and safety have driven positive change and improvement within the company, and have had a far-reaching impact on the construction industry. Lynnwood-based UMC also provides a range of integrated services in facility performance and maintenance, energy and environment, building energy modeling, building automation and controls, manufacturing, and reality capture scanning.

Building Transparency

Seattle-based Building Transparency, a nonprofit that provides open access data and tools to foster a better building future, announced several new partners. They are: Concrete Masonry and Hardscapes Association, Fortis Construction, GCP Applied Technologies, One Click LCA, Lamar Johnson Collaborative/Clayco, Lendlease, and Tangible Materials. Additionally, several organizations renewed their partnerships: Amazon, American Wood Council, Clark Construction, cove.tool, Google, Heidelberg Materials, HITT Contracting, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Perkins&Will, Skanska, Softwood Lumber Board, Turner Construction Co., and WoodWorks. Building Transparency said the partners are dedicated to improving material transparency and fostering low-carbon procurement decisions in the AEC industry.