Apr 07, 2020

Construction Center of Excellence

Grassman

Kristi Grassman is the new director of the Construction Center of Excellence at Renton Technical College. Grassman has over 20 years of workforce development experience, including stints with Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee, WorkForce Central and Tacoma Goodwill Industries. She also co-owns an automotive business in Sumner.

Mission Support Alliance

Three Mission Support Alliance staffers from Richland recently won Game Changer awards at the Connected Plant Conference in Atlanta. They include: Todd Synoground, vice president of Public Works; Ashley Ward, director of Information Systems; and Jeff Flora, creative technologist. The team was cited for bringing Microsoft's HoloLens mixed-reality platform to the Hanford Site. HoloLens is expected to enhance operational efficiency, improve maintenance planning, modernize training, and provide reliability and availability improvements of key infrastructure systems at Hanford. MSA consists of Leidos and Centerra Group, who are responsible for mission support at Hanford.

ACPA

Roy and Dawn Thompson, co-founders of Champion Concrete Pumping in Hauser, Idaho, won the Pioneer Award from the American Concrete Pumping Association. Champion was cited for being the first to use separate placing booms and bring in big booms to the greater Coeur d'Alene/Spokane area. ACPA gives the award to its members who have been active in early development of concrete pumping, advanced the industry and improved conditions for concrete pumping.

Mar 31, 2020

RC Cost Group

Cluness

Richardson

Construction industry veterans Mark Richardson and Andrew Cluness formed RC Cost Group, a Tacoma-based consulting firm. Richardson and Cluness worked together over 15 years ago, then Richardson worked for some of the top local general contractors and Cluness formed his own cost consulting firm, working with local design firms. They reunited to offer construction cost planning and management services to owners, architects, engineers and institutions.

Rock Project Management Services

Burchak

In Renton, Rock Project Management Services hired Sena Burchak as project coordinator. Burchak was a project coordinator at Vanir Construction Management. RPM provides owner's representative services to public and private clients throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.

IBTTA Foundation

The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association Foundation is accepting applications for five $5,000 scholarships for undergraduates seeking careers in transportation. The money is available to students pursing degrees in various fields of study, including engineering, urban and regional planning, construction management, public administration and finance that benefit the tolling industry. Applications are due April 2 and winners will be announced in June. More information is at http://www.ibtta.org.