About Crete Consulting
CRETE was founded in 2010 by Grant Hainsworth and Mike Byers, who met in the mid-1990’s while working on the Wyckoff Wood Treating site cleanup and Terminal 5 intermodal container terminal redevelopment on Elliott Bay. CRETE was founded to provide a 100% employee-owned firm to provide the highest level of environmental consulting experience on complex projects for ports, wood treating facilities, railroads, industrial facilities, utilities, refineries, developers, and other clients. CRETE is a small company providing big experience.
Headquarter in Tukwila, Washington.
Grant Hainsworth | PE, MBA
After completing his degree in Civil Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Grant spent 16 years at RETEC in progressively responsible positions and obtained his MBA in 2001. He successfully managed, diversified, and grew the Seattle operation for 4 years. After the firm was acquired, Grant returned his focus to managing large, complex projects that include investigation, cleanup, redevelopment, and liability management for upland and sediment sites. He has a strong background in the full array of technical and regulatory issues related to cleanup sites, as well as business approaches to sustainability.
Contact Grant at grant.hainsworth@creteconsulting.com
Jamie Stevens | PE
Jamie and Grant and have worked together since 2003, with Jamie joining CRETE in 2011. Jamie has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University. Jamie has worked across the US and has extensive experience in site investigations, remediation design, construction oversight, and permitting at small and large complex projects. Remediation engineering includes in situ soil stabilization, enhanced reductive dechlorination, natural attenuation of chlorinated and petroleum hydrocarbons, air sparging/soil vapor extraction, groundwater extraction, sediment dredging/capping, and indoor air mitigation systems.
Contact Jamie at jamie.stevens@creteconsulting.com
Reid Cascaden | PE
Reid has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Portland State University. Ried has worked throughout the U.S. and internationally as a professional engineer but his career has focused in particular on remediation and restoration of contaminated upland and in-water sites within industrial waterway settings, where he has served in key roles in support of planning, investigation, design, construction, and long-term performance monitoring for cleanups in the Pacific Northwest. With the benefit of seeing many large complex projects through from inception to completion, Reid offers a broad practical perspective to project planning and execution. Reid joined the CRETE team in 2021.
Contact Reid at reid.carscadden@creteconsulting.com
Ben Starr | PE
Ben has a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Utah as well as a Bachelor of Science in Biology from State University of New York. Ben’s combined experience in engineering and science provides a unique breadth of skills and in-depth understanding of federal, state and local environmental regulations. Ben has extensive experiencing completing site investigations, feasibility studies, engineering analyses and design, cost estimates, and construction oversight at sites with impacted soil, groundwater, and sediments. Ben joined the CRETE team in 2023.
Contact Ben at ben.starr@creteconsulting.com
Rusty Jones | LG
Rusty has a Bachelor of Science in Geology and Geophysics from the University of Missouri-Rolla and has worked on project sites from coast to coast. He is a seasoned field geologist and has led the CRETE field activities and construction oversight team. Rusty has worked on a wide variety of sites from countless site assessments to installation of remediation systems and technologies to complex waterfront marine environments. Rusty joined the CRETE team in 2020.
Contact Rusty at rusty.jones@creteconsulting.com
