May 25, 1999

Holaday-Parks

Field engineers Engwin Chang and David Edie have joined the controls department of Seattle-based Holaday-Parks. Chang was previously with Frasier Valley Heating of Canada. Edie moved over from the company's CAD department. In the service department, two service technicians were added --Eric Robinson and Scott Cline. The mechanical contractor is working on several jobs in the area, including the Schnitzer Corporate Campus in Bothell, Nordstrom's former downtown Seattle store, Seattle Children's Theatre Technical Pavilion and the 505 Union Station project.

Lugo Construction

Lugo Construction of Fife has hired Chuck Sartain as a superintendent. He came from Ron Construction and will operate out of Lugo's Bellevue office.

May 18, 1999

Holaday-Parks

Seattle's Holaday-Parks has made several additions and promotions. John Gray and Andy Papadatos have joined the company's design/build engineering division as project engineers, Perry Christian and David Price are the company's newest CAD professionals, Erik Frederickson has become the CAD group manager, and Dan Connell was promoted to project manager. Gray was most recently with the Boeing Co. in the facilities resource engineering group, working with steam condensate systems, chilled water plants and other projects. Papadatos previously created greenhouse designs for Boullion. Both are now working on the Schnitzer Corporate Campus in Bothell. Connell is managing the Laguna South/Allied Signal office building project in Redmond.

Absher Construction

Puyallup's Absher Construction has been named MassMutual's 1998 National Family Business of the Year in the medium (50-250 employees) business category. Absher was praised by judges in a number of criteria, including business success, positive links between family and business, multiple generations of involvement, contributions to the community and industry, and innovative business practices and strategies. MassMutual will donate $5,000 to Pacific Lutheran University in Absher's name. The company will also be honored this November at the annual Washington Family Business Forum and Awards.

Evergreen

Evergreen Building Products has named Michael Meledandri its residential sales representative for dryvit, the company's exterior insulation and finish systems line. Meledandri will be responsible for the greater Seattle area. He previously worked in the New York area for an EIFS distributor and foam board manufacturer.

Ryan

The Steelcraft Construction division of Ryan General Contractors has received an award from Butler Manufacturing for reaching the $5 million mark in sales of Butler's pre-engineered metal buildings. Ryan is based in Woodinville.