Aug 25, 2020

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Nixon

Popov

Ly

Somerville

Levinzon

For its Seattle office, Lease Crutcher Lewis hired four and promoted one. New staff are Rie Levinzon, intranet administrator; Ian Somerville, desktop systems analyst; Julie Ly, IT specialist; and Renata Popov, project engineer. Robert Nixon was promoted to senior project manager. Levinzon has over eight years of website management and graphic design experience. Somerville is a seven-year professional in desktop systems and IT support. Ly previously worked with Lewis in accounting in 2012-2013, and returned as an IT and accounting consultant in 2017. Popov joined Lewis full time after interning with the company in 2018 and 2019. She recently earned her bachelor's degree in construction management at the University of Washington. Nixon joined the company in 2013 and has 21 years of construction experience. He is working on the Washington State Convention Center Summit addition.

ABC of Western Washington

Three companies joined the Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington: Integrity Surety, a nationwide surety bond producer; T's Pro Painting, an interior and exterior painting specialist; and Marwood General Construction, which does excavation, grading, erosion control, wetland restoration and concrete work.

L&I

The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries and Oregon Building Codes Division signed a reciprocal agreement allowing general, journey-level electricians who have obtained a license in one state to apply for a license in the other state without having to take an examination for the reciprocal license under certain conditions. The agreement went into effect Aug. 17 and continues until the states terminate it.

Aug 18, 2020

Seattle SDCI

Jala

Mow

The Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections hired Kai Ki Mow as principal engineer and promoted Ardel Jala to building official. Mow will provide technical leadership for engineering-related portions of Seattle's building codes, as well as leadership for SDCI's Emergency Response program. He has seven years of engineering plan review experience with the city of Bellevue and 13 years of engineering design experience prior to that. He also is a registered civil and structural engineer. Jala will provide technical leadership for the portions of Seattle's building codes not directly related to engineering. She has been with SDCI for nine years, most recently as an engineering and technical codes manager. Prior to joining the city, she spent over 15 years in design and project management for local engineering firms. She also is a registered civil engineer. Both will start their new roles on Wednesday. They will replace Jonathan Siu, who will retire in October after 20 years as principal engineer and building official.

WSP USA

Peduzzi

As part of its expansion of its alternative delivery programs, WSP USA promoted Jacqueline Peduzzi to alternative delivery leader for the West region. In her new role, Peduzzi is leading the selection of contractors and concessionaires, and managing the relationship with these partners in Alaska, California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii. She is involved throughout the project life cycle, including teaming and agreement/terms, addressing issues of concern, and other matters needed for project completion. She was vice president and area manager for construction services in Denver, and has nearly 20 years of transportation and construction management experience.

Viewpoint

Portland-based Viewpoint entered into a strategic integration relationship with LaborChart of Overland Park, Kansas. The integration merges two systems and their data to allow contractors to manage their accounting, projects and people from one platform. The firms say this eliminates duplicate data entry and ensures data accuracy.