Nov 21, 2000

McCarthy

McCarthy's Northwest Division has hired three construction management graduates as project engineers. They include: Thomas Pesacreta, a graduate of Central Washington University, Timothy Hanson, a Washington State University graduate, and John Sharp, who is a graduate of California State University at Chico. Pesacreta has five years of industry experience, including work as a project coordinator, where he was responsible for checking submittals, logging and tracking change orders, bid requests and close out items. Hanson has over five years of experience, including a role as a project engineer, where he tracked submittals, processed change orders, performed estimating and assisted in other areas of project coordination and management. Sharp has over three years of experience, most recently as an intern field engineer.

J.E. Dunn Construction

Portland's Drake Construction has changed its name to J.E. Dunn Construction-Portland. Dunn Industries, the parent of J.E. Dunn Construction, bought Drake in 1992. The company now plans to open an office in Seattle next year. It will be called J.E. Dunn Construction-Seattle.

DPR Construction

Bill Maibusch, a senior project manager at DPR Construction in Seattle, has earned the designation of Certified Construction Manager from the Construction Management Association of America. The title is earned by completing a rigorous process that includes a class and six-hour exam. Certification is renewable on a three-year basis with mandatory continuing education requirements. Maibusch is managing the West Wing addition project at Good Samaritan Community Healthcare in Puyallup.

Master Builders

Several members of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties recently received industry awards. Included were: Don McDonald of McDonald Construction Co. in Bothell, who was named "Builder of the Year" by the Building Industry Association of Washington; Tom Keyser of Prestige Ford in Bellevue, who was named BIAW's "Associate of the Year" for developing a vehicle purchase program for MBA members and employees; Tom Dunn of Dunn Lumber, who won the "CADRE" award from the National Association of Home Builders Remodelors Council; and Patrick McCourt of Barclays North in Everett, who received the Omar Brown Trophy for recruiting 81 new members for the MBA.

Nov 14, 2000

McCarthy

McCarthy Building Companies is continuing to expand its Northwest Division in Bellevue by adding Paul Ryan and Juan Gonzales, both project engineers. Ryan transferred from the company's Phoenix office, where he served as a safety engineer and project engineer on several large projects. He holds bachelor's degrees from Northern Arizona University in construction management and business administration. Gonzales recently graduated from Washington State University with a bachelor's degree in construction management. He has over four years of industry experience.