Oct 30, 2018

Powell Construction Co.

Bielenberg

Bellevue-based Powell Construction Co. added Tom Bielenberg as senior superintendent. Bielenberg has over 25 years of management and supervision experience in the local construction industry. Powell is a design-build general contractor specializing in commercial, industrial, retail and tenant improvements.

Hermanson Co.

Harshman

Mike Harshman joined Hermanson Co. as account executive in the Critical Environments Group. Harshman spent 16 years designing mechanical systems as a professional engineer, and the last seven years in project management and sales. The CEG team builds and renovates healthcare facilities, data centers, hospitals and laboratories. Hermanson provides mechanical construction, design-build engineering and service/maintenance.

Forma Construction Co.

For its Seattle office, Forma Construction Co. hired Mitch Bowman as safety supervisor, Stacia Fetui as office administrator, and Zachary Vance and Kyle Anderson as project engineers. The company also hired Mike Johnson as an estimator in its Olympia office. Bowman worked on transportation projects for four years at Granite Construction. Fetui has more than eight years of experience in office administration and operations support, including two years at Olympic Foundry. Vance interned at Forma in 2016 and 2017, and holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from Colorado State University. Anderson is working in the Special Projects Division. He has eight years of industry experience, most recently with Sellen Construction. Johnson has more than 15 years of construction experience and was an estimator at Forma from 2003-2013. He is working in the Preconstruction & Estimating Department.

United Recycling & Container

Snohomish-based United Recycling & Container acquired Bark Time Blower Truck Service and Landscape Supply. The addition allows United to offer a closed-loop recycling system: a contractor can demolish a building, have it processed at United, and then use the resulting mulch to landscape areas of the same site.

Oct 23, 2018

Novinium

Smith

In Kent, Novinium hired Kerrin Smith as COO. Smith has over 20 years of experience as a senior executive. He was president of Kompan North America, a provider of playground equipment. Novinium rejuvenates underground cables for electric utilities.

Kirtley-Cole Associates

Wendlandt

Scott Wendlandt joined Everett-based Kirtley-Cole Associates as director of operations. Wendlandt was vice president of construction at Trammell Crow Residential, and was senior project manager for 11 years at AvalonBay Communities prior to that.

Sellen Construction

Erickson

The Society for Marketing Professional Services named Amanda Erickson of Sellen Construction as 2017 SMPS Chapter President of the Year. Erickson is editorial director at Sellen. She helped SMPS Seattle reach 266 members, beating its goal.

Oles, Morrison, Rinker & Baker

Baker

The National Academy of Construction named Sam E. Baker Jr. as general counsel for the organization. Baker is senior partner at Oles, Morrison, Rinker & Baker in Seattle. As general counsel, Baker serves on the academy's executive committee. The academy includes leaders who have made life-long contributions to the AEC industries.

UEB Builders

Tuttle

Donald Tuttle joined the Seattle office of UEB Builders, a design-build and general contractor with other offices in Portland, Dallas and the Phoenix area. Tuttle is development principal in the local office, which opened in 2016. He was principal-in-charge of business development at DCI Engineers and has more than 20 years of local experience in that field. UEB wants to double the size of its Seattle office, to 20 staff, by next summer.