Jan 24, 2006

Mayes Testing Engineers

Graham

Mayes Testing Engineers promoted inspector Kevin Graham to project manager. Graham has been with the company for nearly six years. He has over 10 years of inspection experience, including extensive soils experience. Mayes has offices in Everett, Tacoma and Portland.

Jackson Dean Construction

Lentz

Janousek

Seattle-based Jackson Dean Construction has promoted Tom Lentz to general superintendent for the Special Projects Group and Paul Janousek to project engineer. Lentz has been with the company for 23 years and has experience in tenant improvement and shell and core construction. Janousek joined Jackson Dean in 2004 as a carpenter.

Central Steel

Central Steel has moved its entire operations — including its headquarters and Reinforcing Steel, Structural Steel and Post Tensioning divisions — to Lake Stevens. The new address is: 2301 131st Ave. N.E., Lake Stevens, WA 98258. The new mailing address is: P.O. Box 1577, Snohomish, WA 98291-1577. The new phone number is (425) 334-3100.

Ultrablock

Ultrablock has partnered with Miles Sand and Gravel to make concrete block retaining walls in Puyallup, its 22nd production yard in the state. The company makes a line of engineered segmental retaining wall blocks called Lock-Block. Each block weighs about 4,300 pounds and is made from post-secondary recycled concrete. Ultrablock is headquartered in Vancouver.

Jan 18, 2006

S.D. Deacon Corp. of Washington

Tess Cavanaugh and Jessica Field have joined S.D. Deacon Corp. of Washington. Cavanaugh is the firm's receptionist. She holds a bachelor's degree in public relations from Washington State University, and previously worked at Nordstrom. Field is a project manager assistant. She recently worked with Fairway Development in Santa Maria, Calif.

McGregor Door & Hardware

Total Door Supply has changed its name to McGregor Door & Hardware in order to build a stronger relationship with its business partner, the McGregor Group. No changes have been made to ownership or management. The company's address, phone and fax numbers are the same, but e-mail address suffixes have changed to @mcgregor-door.com.

ABC of Western Washington

The Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington hired Lou Lavender as director of administration and finance. Lavender will handle all financial oversight, reporting directly to the president and board of directors. He has more than 15 years of experience, including work with other not-for-profit organizations.

Holaday-Parks

David Parks, president and general manager of Holaday-Parks, has been named 2006-07 president of the Western Washington chapter of the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association. He also was elected to the national board of directors. Also at Holaday-Parks, B.J. Giri was promoted to vice president, Michael McCoy to vice president, and Dale Stone to manager of the Building Automation System division. The firm added Scott Woehrman as project manager, Birendra Shrestha and Bill Loftstrom as project engineers, Shoke Wong and Marti Gallagher as CAD technicians, and Erin Villeneuve as administrative assistant.