Sep 07, 2016

Mortenson Construction

Several new faces joined Mortenson Construction in the Northwest: Steve House as estimating intern; Jenni Peer as associate project accountant; and Whitney Thomas, AJ Sherman, Shane Sterr, Marianna Rojas and Rachael Evans as field engineers. House graduated in May from Allegheny College. Peer is supporting the project teams in the Kirkland office. She holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Montana State University. Thomas is working on interior scopes at Touchstone's Tilt49 project. She holds a bachelor's degree in architectural engineering with an emphasis in construction management from the University of Colorado Boulder. Sherman is working on the University of Washington Tacoma project after graduating in May from Marquette University with a bachelor's degree in construction engineering and management. Sterr is working on the Residence Inn by Marriott project. He graduated from Brigham Young University. Rojas is working on the UW Medical Center project. She studied civil and environmental engineering at the UW. Evans interned with Mortenson last summer at the Chambers Creek treatment plant project, and is now working on the 12th and Market apartment in Portland.

Ritchie Bros.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers is buying IronPlanet for $758.5 million. IronPlanet is an online marketplace for used heavy equipment and other durable asset sales. Last year, Pleasanton, California-based IronPlanet had $787 million in sales. Ritchie is based in the Vancouver, B.C., area. The transaction is expected to close by the first half of 2017.

Masonry Institute of Washington

The Masonry Institute of Washington has moved to the Smith Tower in Seattle. The new address is: 506 Second Ave., Suite 1400, Seattle, WA 98104.

Aug 30, 2016

PCL Construction

The Seattle office of PCL Construction Services added Raymond Woodard as chief estimator; John Voorhees as senior project manager; Tiffani Candler as health, safety and environmental coordinator; Ashli Kikendall, Joshua Miller and Alexander Roth as field engineers; Mike Kozak as superintendent; Jennifer Pelley as accountant; and Eric Schwebach as estimator. Woodard and Voorhees transferred from other PCL locations. Woodard started at PCL in 2008 as a senior estimator in Honolulu and has 19 years of industry experience. Voorhees previously was manager of the Special Projects division in Honolulu. He has been with the company since 2005. Candler recently earned a bachelor's degree in safety and health management from Central Washington University. Kikendall and Miller recently earned bachelor's degrees in construction management from Washington State University. Roth recently graduated from Oregon State University with a bachelor's degree in construction engineering management. Kozak spent the last 24 years working for BEK of Alaska. Pelley previously was senior accountant for the city of Des Moines. Schwebach has five years of construction experience, and holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from the University of Florida.

Phoenix Industrial

Buckley

David Buckley is the new business development manager for the western U.S. region for Phoenix Industrial. Buckley has more than 25 years of experience in business development, sales, estimating, project management and ownership. He previously owned a business focused on concrete and civil construction at industrial plants in the western U.S. He is working out of Phoenix's Vancouver office.

Modern Machinery

Modern Machinery bought AggReCon West, a distributor and servicer of portable and stationary crushers, screen plants, feeders and conveying equipment for the aggregate, mining and paving industries. Eugene, Oregon-based AggReCon represents Kolberg Pioneer, Johnson Crushers International and Astec Mobile Screens. It was a division of Astec Industries.