Feb 21, 2001

Heery International

Rohwer

Chapman

Heery International has appointed Ralph W. Rohwer and James C. Chapman as executive associates. Rohwer has been with the firm for nearly 20 years and is currently the program manager for the Seattle School District's building program, which Heery has been managing since 1995. He graduated from the University of Alaska at Fairbanks with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. Chapman is the company's Northwest director of support services. His responsibilities include supervision of service departments, contract management, business management for the region, and organizational analysis and development of alternative contracting approaches for Heery's clients in the Northwest. He is a member of the American Arbitration Association and holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Oregon. Both work out of the firm's Seattle office. Heery is a full-service design, engineering and construction management firm with over 1,100 employees in 30 offices worldwide.

Pankow Builders

McBride

Henrickson

Fellows

Three promotions have been made at Charles Pankow Builders' Bellevue office: Bruce McBride has been named vice president and area manager for the Pacific Northwest, Keith Henrickson has moved up to corporate director of project development, and Mark Fellows has been appointed group manager for the Pacific Northwest Special Projects Division. McBride will relocate to the Seattle area from the company's head office in Altadena, Calif. He will be responsible for all regional activities. Henrickson will continue to operate from the Bellevue office, but will add new corporate responsibilities for planning project development. Fellows will be overseeing the completion of the Provail and Red Door projects in Fremont, as well as all local Pankow special projects.

HCI Steel Building Systems

Jason McDaniel has been appointed customer service manager at HCI Steel Building Systems in Arlington. His new duties include scheduling of manufacturing operations. He joined the company in 1990 and most recently served as chief draftsman. The role of chief draftsman has been taken over by Stacey Gunn. His duties include acting as a liaison with the company's engineering department on the ongoing development of its MBS system. Gunn joined the firm in 1989. HCI is a certified manufacturer of pre-engineered metal buildings.

Nielsen-Wurster Group

The Nielsen-Wurster Group, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, has promoted Patricia D. Galloway from president to chief executive officer. She replaces Kris Nielsen, who will continue to serve as chairman of the board. Galloway holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Purdue University and is listed as one of school's Distinguished Engineering Alumni. She also is a certified project management professional and holds professional engineering licenses in 11 states. The company also announced that Jack Dignum -- Western regional manager for the Seattle and Carlsbad, Calif., offices -- has been elected as a vice president and appointed as corporate manager of the Management Consulting Division. The Nielsen-Wurster Group specializes in construction dispute resolution, management consulting and risk management. The company claims it was the first U.S. firm to develop the Window Analysis technique -- which has been effectively used since 1976 in legal environments for analyzing delays and addressing delay concurrency on construction projects around the world.

Diamond Home Improvement

Pacific Coast Building Products has entered into a partnership with Klamath Investors to purchase the operating assets and inventory of the former Supply One locations in Grants Pass and Klamath Falls, Ore. The new entity will operate as Diamond Home Improvement. Tim Steiner will oversee the stores, which are suppliers of building materials including wallboard, lumber, masonry products and other home improvement items. Both locations will serve the homeowner as well as the general contractor, subcontractor and remodeling contractor markets. Full delivery services are offered for all of the 30,000 items that the stores will have available. Diamond has been open since December 2000 and will celebrate its grand opening in mid-March.

Feb 13, 2001

Katspan

Rane Lottinville, founder of Katspan, has named Steve Skeel as CEO of the Kirkland-based general contracting firm. Katspan specializes in site preparation, utility construction and heavy civil work. Skeel has over 30 years of experience in management and administration of small- and medium-sized corporations in the commercial, industrial, marine and government fields.

Performance Abatement

The Seattle branch of Performance Abatement Services (PAS) and Performance Contracting Inc. (PCI) has hired Greg Nickell as superintendent of special projects. Nickell has been in the Northwest specialty construction services industry since 1987. He most recently was construction manager for all activities and projects in the Seattle and Portland offices for AC&S Inc. Nickell's experience includes asbestos and lead abatement, mold remediation, mechanical insulation, marine insulation, fire stopping and expansion joint installation. PAS/PCI is a specialty contracting company experienced in mechanical and marine insulation as well as abatement. Nickell's experience is expected to help expand the company's offering of services.

Holmes Communications

At the recent Federated Electrical Contractors meeting, Jerry Spalti, general manager of Holmes Communications, was appointed vice president of the FEC's Telecommunications Group. Spalti will serve a two-year term, and then will move up within the nonprofit association's offices; equating a six-year commitment by the time he has completed serving in each of the FEC offices. Part of Spalti's role as vice president includes setting policy and agenda items with the FEC president. Holmes Communications is part of Holmes Electric Co. of Renton. The company specializes in electrical contracting, telecommunications and integration services.

University Mechanical

Patrick Fay, a professional engineer, has joined University Mechanical Contractors as a project manager. Fay has a broad background in mechanical projects in the Seattle area. University Mechanical is one of the largest design-build mechanical contractors in the state, specializing in piping, plumbing and ductwork for commercial and industrial projects.

Heery International

Heery International has made several promotions in its Seattle-area Program Management Group. Included are: T.J. "Mac" McClellan and David E. Werner to senior associates, and Douglas I. Bean, Richard A. Brown, Charles R. Demming, Mara L. Elmer, Bruce L. Herr and James Oswell to associates. Heery International is a full-service design, engineering and construction management firm with over 1,100 employees in 30 offices worldwide. The Seattle office is home to 75 construction managers, move managers, designers and planners