Co-Founder / Owner / Estimator

Wayne brings 35+ years of remodeling experience to 3BLC. A world traveler, Wayne spent many years working in construction across Africa and the Middle East as a younger man before returning to Seattle to establish Northwest Homecrafters Inc. in 1989. After the 2008 downturn, Wayne joined forces with a couple of design build firms before establishing 3BLC. Wayne’s estimating experience as well as his in-depth understanding of how to tackle any remodel makes him an invaluable resources for all 3BLC projects.

A passionate green builder, Wayne is a past-President of the Northwest Ecobuilding Guild and current board member. He is a founding member of Passive House Northwest, and a board member of PSCCU (Puget Sound Cooperative Credit Union). He is also an enthusiastic long-distance backpacker and heads into the wilderness whenever opportunity presents itself.

email: wayne@3blc.com

Co-Founder / Owner / Business Manager

Graduating from Napier University in Edinburgh, Scotland with a BA in Business Administration, Miles ran his first business straight of college. In 2001 he arrived in the US running retail operations on San Francisco’s Pier 39 before returning to the UK in 2002 (post 9/11). A career change into construction led to project managing the build of a 6000 sqft of a straw bale community media centre. Miles then became the Operations Director for an architectural and sustainability practice before returning to the San Francisco in 2010 where he acted as client representative for high-end residential remodeling clients. Finally arriving in Seattle in 2014, Miles has worked in an operations capacity for an outdoor sports manufacturer and most recently a green design/build firm.

Married to the California girl he met in San Francisco, he has 2 sons and a dog and feels he has finally found home here in the Pacific Northwest.

email: miles@3blc.com

Co-Founder / Owner / Production Manager

After earning an undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago and Masters in Philosophy from the University of Washington, Ryan took his studies to heart and began a career in sustainable construction. He started as an assistant Carpenter in 2002 and apprenticed his way through the industry to become a Site Superintendent and Project Manager for both Design-Build and General Contracting firms. Ryan is passionate about all aspects of green building, from building science to carbon neutral materials. A Certified Passive House Consultant and Builder, he has worked the spectrum from small scale state subsidized energy retrofits to high end award winning Built Green projects. In 2014 he completed Yakima County's first certified Passive House.

Ryan is a mountain lover and is most often found enjoying the Cascades in some form or another.

email: ryan@3blc.com

Project Manager

Sam’s career has spanned science, education, business development, property management, and construction. Prior to joining 3BLC, he ran his own successful home inspection business. Throughout this journey, his underlying theme has always been about finding ways to help people understand and be stewards of the human and natural communities with which we interact. Recognizing that strong systems and strong relationships are essential for the successful completion of any project, Sam is excited to bring his systems brain to 3BLC, along with his passion for authentic engagement, environmental sustainability, life-long learning, social justice, and a deep ethical commitment to service.

Outside of work, Sam loves time with his wife and kids, music, making ice cream, cheering on the Sounders, and working in the garden or just being outside. Sam serves on the board of the Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association, a local non-profit devoted to social, racial, and environmental justice.

email: sam@3blc.com

Owner / Site Lead

Greg is an experienced residential remodeler and third generation carpenter. Inspired by a desire to create functional, meaningful and lasting homes, he was drawn away from a brief career as a consulting engineer to once again build with a hammer instead of a pencil. Armed with the idea that everyone deserves to live in comfortable, energy efficient and healthy spaces, he enjoys working to make each and every project the best it can be. His work has appeared on the pages of Fine Home Building and can be seen lighting up SeaTac’s third runway.

email: greg@3blc.com

Site Lead

The son of a contractor, Jesse grew up on jobsites. He has been a professional remodeler since 2002 and a site lead since 2005. During the years he has also made time to manage several bars and bartend at various establishments in Seattle and has recorded three studio albums as the drummer with Heels to the Hardwood.

email: jesse@3blc.com

Site Lead

Alex is an experienced residential remodeler who operated his own company in the greater Seattle area for the past nine years before joining 3BLC. He enjoys creating a sense of community with everyone he works for and with. He loves the challenge of building custom designs into a wide variety of homes.

When he is not on a jobsite, Alex enjoys spending time with his family, cooking, hiking, and finding a quiet spot to drink coffee and read a book.

email: alex@3blc.com

Owner / Carpenter

After graduating with a BA in audio production from The Evergreen State College, Riley knew that it would take more than a desk job to keep him engaged. Eventually dedicating himself to the field of carpentry, Riley enrolled in Seattle Central College’s residential carpentry program, where he completed most of his AAS degree before instruction was cut short by a global pandemic. Working to hone his craft, and continue the never-ending journey of learning how to build in more environmentally responsible ways, Riley has found a wealth of knowledge and experience at 3BLC. Finding effective and creative ways to solve the exciting puzzles that inevitably arise in residential remodel work is what he says he looks forward to each day. Outside of work, Riley is a lover of music, dance, people, and a well told story.

email: riley@3blc.com

Carpenter

Suzan has a deep respect for the environment, which she gained from her education in environmental science and her experience in conservation work. She believes that conservation of the environment does not just mean protecting the natural world, but also understanding and building with materials holistically and sustainably. After graduating from Seattle Central’s Wood Technology program, she worked in a cabinetry shop on the East Coast. She hopes to expand that knowledge base and build upon her carpentry skills by taking an environmentally friendly approach to construction at 3BLC.

In her free time, she enjoys reading, playing board games, and spending time outdoors.

email: suzan@3blc.com

Carpenter

Rudy grew up in the PNW. He has been a carpenter since 2015, working to learn more about passive house construction and green building.

Time outside of work he enjoys spending time with family, fishing, and finding new adventures in the PNW

email: rudy@3BLC.com

Carpenter

Josh has had a long career as a carpenter, punctuated by a handful of other careers.

He started doing carpentry at a very young age-- working on three major additions to the stone and timber house that his parents built and helping his dad build an octagonal barn and a car bridge to their house, across a large creek. Josh began his professional carpentry career working in timber frame construction in Vermont in the late Nineties and has episodically worked in remodeling and landscape construction since then. Josh has also worked as a stone mason, bicycle mechanic, researcher, teacher, planner and program manager.

He enjoys travel, mountain biking, hiking, skiing and paddle-boarding along with cooking, gardening and spending time at the cabin that he and his partner built in 2006.

email: josh@3blc.com

Carpenter

Ash went to school for Environmental Design in Western Massachusetts, and began their journey into carpentry around that same time. They are enamored with thoughtful design, and the possibilities creative problem-solving hold for our communities and our environment. The mission of 3BLC feels incredibly aligned with such ideals and they are thrilled to be a part of this forward-thinking company. Carpentry for them is fun and rewarding - the need to be constantly producing new solutions for unique situations is incredibly engaging for them, and they love the very tangible community building aspect of the trade as well. When they're not at work, you just might find them "jogging" (read: dancing) with their dog or trying to make people laugh by any means possible.

Site Lead

Zach grew up taking apart everything he could get his hands on to learn how it worked. He spent many winter vacations in his grandpa’s wood shop where he learned the basics of tools and wood working. After six years managing a landscaping crew and finishing a degree in Geography he moved to Seattle where he started in a cabinet shop but quickly realized he wanted to work on the whole house. Zach got interested in green building through the Eco Building Guild and is excited to be part of an environmentally focused cooperative.