May 10, 2022

Walsh Construction Co.

Brandon

Lucas

Kilcup

Dempsey

Voshell

Nelson

Paulston

Lake

In Seattle, Walsh Construction Co. promoted Aaron Voshell to project engineer; Adam Dempsey to RDF operations manager; Alex Kilcup to superintendent; Brad Lucas to assistant superintendent; Eric Brandon and Whitney Lake to project managers; Paige Paulston to project administrator; and Paul Nelson to senior project manager. Voshell is also supporting the layout department. He has over 30 years of industry experience, starting as a carpenter. Dempsey has over 22 years of industry experience, and has worked as a lead foreman, equipment operator, operations manager, superintendent and project manager. Kilcup has over a decade of experience in the industry, and joined Walsh in 2013 as a laborer. He was assistant superintendent of the concrete division. Lucas joined Walsh in 2015 as a carpenter and transitioned into the role of project engineer in 2017. He has over a decade of experience. Brandon interned with Walsh in 2013 and rejoined in 2014 as a project engineer after earning a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Washington State University, along with a master's in engineering and technology management, and an MBA. Lake interned with Walsh in 2008. After graduating from the University of Nevada with a degree in business administration and completing the University of Washington's Construction Management Certification Program, she rejoined the company in 2012 as a project engineer. Paulston joined Walsh in early 2020 as an administrative assistant. Nelson started at the company in 1979 as a carpenter. He left in 1982 to start Nelson Construction, a custom residential and multifamily builder, and rejoined Walsh in 2000 as a project manager and superintendent.

UMC

Yamada

In Mukilteo, UMC hired Camilla Yamada as health care market lead. Yamada began her career as manager of plant operations for Providence Health and Services hospital in Polson, Montana. Later, she came to the Puget Sound region as construction project manager for Providence Health and Services in Seattle, and then took a position at Seattle Children's Hospital as director of building and engineering. At UMC, she is responsible for management and oversight of health care clients, projects and strategic opportunities.

HLMI

Geimer

Hardy

In Richland, Hanford Laboratory Management and Integration announced that laboratory manager Don Hardy will retire on Thursday after 37 years at the Hanford Site. Hardy began his career at the 222-S Laboratory and is ending it at the same facility. He also spent time at the Plutonium Uranium Extraction Plant, the Plutonium Finishing Plant, the Waste Sampling and Characterization Facility, and the Tank Farms. Ray Geimer will take over for Hardy. Geimer most recently was a project manager for the 100K Closure Operations with Central Plateau Cleanup Co. He has nearly 40 years of nuclear operations experience working within the Department of Energy Environmental Management complex, including management of nuclear facility operations, management of large-scale projects and programs, deactivation and demolition activities, and nuclear facility construction.

Skanska USA

Skanska USA promoted Brian Urban to vice president for the company's building operations in the Seattle region. In this new role, Urban is leading Skanska's K-12 practice, which represents more than $750 million of community-focused projects in the Puget Sound area. He first joined Skanska in 2000 as a project engineer, then moved up to project manager, senior project manager and project executive. Urban has over 25 years of experience in both design and construction, and is skilled in integrated project delivery.

May 03, 2022

Sequoyah

Zemanek

Curre

Redmond-based electrical and technologies contractor Sequoyah promoted Kyle Curre to preconstruction manager and hired Zoey Zemanek as senior marketing and communications specialist. Curre, part of Sequoyah's team since 2012, began his career as a field supervisor. The company says his unique combination of practical field experience and conceptual thinking spurred his pursuit of a management career, and starting in estimating, he quickly found his passion in preconstruction, engineering and pre-planning. Zemanek is assisting the marketing team in project pursuits, as well as internal and external communication campaigns.

AGC of America

Associated General Contractors of America named Boise State University as one of its most successful student chapters of 2021. BSU's chapter won the Construction Management Skills Award for its effort to restore the historic “woodshed” at Schick-Ostolasa Farmstead. To go along with the award, the chapter received $2,000, as well as an additional $1,000 travel stipend to attend AGC's annual convention. Two other schools — University of Massachusetts Amherst and Kansas State University — also won awards.

AGC Southern District

SAK Builders, FPH Construction, Gino Campanoli Crane Service, Sound Glass Sales and Palmer Scholars joined the Associated General Contractors of Washington's Southern District in Tacoma.