June 15, 2021

Walsh Construction Co.

Garcia

Lake

Gupta

Johnson

Olsen

Hanks

Erickson

Brito

In Seattle, Walsh Construction Co. hired Alex Brito, Cody Erickson and Emma Hanks as project engineers; Garret Olsen as assistant superintendent; Derek Johnson as project manager; Devansh Gupta as layout project engineer; Whitney Lake as assistant project manager; and Kathy Garcia as office manager. Brito interned with Walsh in summer 2019 and graduated the next year with a construction engineering degree from Washington State University. Erickson worked for a general contractor in Michigan for several years and holds a construction management degree from Michigan Technological University. Hanks previously worked for the Washington State Department of Transportation and in the Wastewater Treatment Division of King County's Department of Natural Resources and Parks. Olsen holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from Central Washington University. Johnson rejoins Walsh after originally working at the company in 2007 as an assistant superintendent, later taking on the roles of building envelope superintendent followed by project manager. Gupta in 2019 completed a master's degree in construction engineering at Arizona State University. Lake previously worked at Walsh in 2008 as an intern, followed by seven years as a project engineer and an estimator, and then a stint with a residential contractor. Garcia previously worked at McKinstry as a business operations analyst and facility manager, and at BlueCore Power as a project engineer and senior administrative assistant.