Jun 20, 2000

HCI Steel Building Systems

HCI Steel Building Systems, a manufacturer and designer of pre-engineered building systems, has promoted Chick Crane as its regional sales manager for steel component sales. Crane has been with HCI for 11 years in several key positions. The component division is currently expanding its product offering with several million dollars worth of new equipment for the Arlington plant.

Ford Graphics

Kestrel, a Bellevue reprographics shop, is changing its name to Ford Graphics on June 30. The change stems from a consolidation of reprographics companies over the past three years with American Reprographics Co. Current management and staff will remain in place.

Jun 19, 2000

Department of Natural Resources

David Thorud, dean emeritus of the college of forest resources at the University of Washington, has ended his tenure on the state Board of Natural Resources. The board guides policies for the 5.8 million acres of state lands managed by the state Department of Natural Resources. The focus of Thorud's professional interests were on watershed management, forest hydrology, forest management and international natural resource policy.

Jun 14, 2000

Port of Vancouver

The Port of Vancouver announced the hiring of Patricia Boyden as the Port's environmental manager. Boyden's responsibilities include environmental auditing, management and permit administration as well as developing and implementing environmental management policies and programs. In addition, she will manage the design and upgrade of the Port's utility infrastructure and provide technical assistance to ensure future Port development meets all applicable environmental regulations.

Jun 13, 2000

RAS Builders

Annie Goto has joined the staff of RAS Builders as its regional marketing director for the Northwest, including the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Utah. Most recently, Goto served on the winning proposal team of Mulvanny.G2’s Commercial Group for the Tacoma Convention Center and now will focus solely on commercial construction for RAS. Her responsibilities include client relations, business development, and strategic marketing and planning.

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Seattle contractor Lease Crutcher Lewis has promoted four employees and hired three more.

Bernie O'Donnell has been promoted to project manager from senior project engineer, Denny Raley has advanced to project manager from project engineer, Keith Slack has moved up to superintendent from assistant superintendent and Mike Levang has been promoted to superintendent of the company's Special Projects Division.

O'Donnell holds a bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Washington. Raley is working on a tenant improvement project at the Northgate North retail complex. Slack holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from Boise State University and has over 19 years of industry experience. Levang attended Highline Community College and has industry experience.

New hires include Susan McCray, Tom Goett and Paul Padgett. They all hold the position of project engineer. McCray is working on a project at Sea-Tac Airport. Both Goett and Padgett hold construction management certificates from the University of Washington.

Shea Construction

Spokane's Shea Construction has hired Curt Hobbs as a project engineer. Hobbs holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from Central Washington University. He is currently assigned to the Broadway Court Estates project in the Spokane Valley, an independent-living retirement complex.

Jun 07, 2000

Ellis Paguirigan Designs

Kathleen Keeslar has been promoted to senior designer at Ellis Paguirigan Designs. She has worked with EPD as a graphic designer since the company's inception in 1997.

Harris Group

Chris Thompson has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of the Harris Group. He has been with the firm for 11 years and most recently was the chief financial officer.

Thompson, who has nearly 30 years of engineering experience, was one of the original founders of the firm's Denver office.

Based in Seattle, the Harris Group provides consulting engineering, design and construction management for companies in the pulp and paper, energy, microelectronics, oil, gas, chemical and manufacturing industries.

HOK/Burgess

Jim Burgess and Hank Weaver have been named to new posts at HOK/Burgess, a joint venture recently formed by architectural giant Hellmuth Obata + Kassabaum and Seattle-based Burgess Design.

Burgess, who founded Burgess Design in 1992, will be the managing partner, and Weaver, who worked for HOK for five years, will be director of operations.

The new firm is based in Seattle and will focus on design for startups and Fortune 500 companies.

Perteet Engineering

David Browne has recently joined Perteet Engineering as senior project manager for transit planning. Browne has more than 20 years experience in transportation planning, financial planning and policy development. He specializes in public transit network development, marketing and operations, strategic planning and capital facilities location and design.

Perteet Engineering is a civil and transportation engineering firm with offices in Everett, Lakewood and Snoqualmie.

Stickney Murphy Romine Architects

Vernon Abelsen has been promoted to associate of Stickney Murphy Romine Architects in Seattle. Working at the firm for four years, Abelsen has experience in public and institutional works, schools and building rehabilitation.

Triad Associates

Several new employees have joined Triad Associates, a Kirkland-based civil engineering, surveying and landscape architecture firm.

Greg Krabbe is a project engineer. Prior to joining Triad, he managed his own engineering consulting firm in Everett and a residential development company in California. He is working on two residential development projects: Tamarack and Waterbury Meadows.

Nick Yinger has been hired as a project surveyor. He has more than 30 years of land surveying experience. He is working on the several residential development projects: Esther Glen, Ridgecrest and Wildwood Apartments, and Waterbury Meadows.

Also joining Triad is Lori Trickett-Van Brenk, an engineering CAD Technician.

Walker and Associates

Scott Hayes, a certified photogrammetrist, has joined Walker and Associates, an aerial photography firm in Tukwila. Hayes has experience with GIS base mapping, large-scale corridor mapping and developing specifications for orthophoto projects. He was most recently with Nies Mapping Group.

GeoEngineers

GeoEngineers has hired Marc Egli as a senior geologist in the Portland office. He has 19 years of experience performing regional and geotechnical siting investigations for dams, state highways, residential developments, military bases, educational facilities, waste disposal facilities and commercial development.

Based in Redmond, GeoEngineers offers geotechnical, environmental, geologic, groundwater, GIS, ecological, permitting and Endangered Species Act consulting services.

SvR Design Company

Steve Burke has joined SvR Design Company as construction engineer. His projects include the Seattle Housing Authority's Holly Park Phase II Redevelopment, the Capitol Campus hillside stabilization project and legal offender's unit.

Robin Laughlin has joined the firm as a landscape architect. Her design work includes wetland and roadside restoration, bioengineering and site design. Previously, she worked for the Washington State Department of Transportation where she was a project landscape architect and environmental permit coordinator. Laughlin's projects include landscape restoration at Pickering Place business park and landscape planning and design for the redevelopment of the Aurora Village Transit Center.

Tye Simpson, civil engineer, joins SvR Design as a senior engineer. He specializes on site design projects with emphasis on lift stations and water distribution systems design. Simpson's recent projects include Redmond Senior High School, the Port of Seattle's Terminal 18 apron expansion and the Rainier Vista Garden Community Redevelopment.

Sherell Ehlers, engineer-in-training, has been hired as project coordinator and engineering technician. Her projects include Seattle Public Utilities spot drainage, Seattle Housing Authority's Holly Park Redevelopment and Port Townsend's F Street improvements.

Monica Paganini Lindmark joins the firm as marketing coordinator and graphic designer. She was formerly with Pacific Linen, where she was senior graphic designer.

SvR Design Company is a Seattle-based firm that provides civil engineering, planning, landscape architectural and environmental services to municipalities, special districts, and private clients throughout the Puget Sound region