Mar 11, 1997

ABC

New officers have been elected for the Associated Builders & Contractors of Western Washington. The new president is Pat Oda of Shinstine/Associates Inc. Oda says the main priority for the organization is to preserve the ability of all contractors to bid on public works projects. Other new officers include: Wally Clayton of Pivetta Brothers Construction, president-elect; Nick Cooper of Rafn Company, vice president; Steve Galash of S.D. Deacon Corp. of Washington, vice president; Jerry McMullen of McMullen Electric, vice president; Steve Schmitz of Schmitz & Associates, secretary/treasurer; and Steve Leverett of Modular Electric, immediate past president. Members of the ABC board of directors include: Joan Baldwin of TEC Mechanical/Electrical Service, Wayne Ballinger of Grinnell Fire Protection, Doug Crawford of Air Systems Engineering, Gary Darling of Mastercraft Electric, John Hennessy of Nuprecon Inc., Bob Jayne of Frontier Construction, De Leigh of DeBolte Plumbing, Don Mar of Marpac Construction and Bob Mickel of In Store Services. Kathleen Garrity will serve her 15th year as executive director of the organization.

Holaday-Parks

Bijit "BJ" Giri has been appointed project manager for Holaday-Parks Inc.'s special projects tenant improvements department of its design/build division. He began construction management for the mechanical contractor in 1995 after working five years in the engineering department.

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Nine new staff members have been added at Lease Crutcher Lewis. Michael Martin is a project engineer; Carol Beard, project manager in the Special Projects Division; Roy Brown, project superintendent; Mike Alton, safety supervisor; Eric Peterson, a project engineer, and Howard Johnson, project engineer. Sharlet Driggs is new in estimating, Matt Hays in marketing and Terrie Larson in accounting.

E. Kent Halvorson

Raymond Hultgren has joined E. Kent Halvorson Inc. as a project manager. He has over 10 years of construction experience, most recently as a project manager for Foushee & Associates. He holds a construction management degree from Washington State University.

W.G. Clark

Ron Lane and Don Wellborn have joined W.G. Clark Construction as superintendents. Lane has over 30 years of construction experience, primarily in commercial and industrial projects. Wellborn has logged 23 years of construction experience in retail, commercial and industrial projects.

Sabey Construction

DAS Construction has changed its name to Sabey Construction to reflect its closer affiliation with its sister company, Sabey Corp. The company's address and other pertinent information are the same.

Approach

Barrie J. Andrews has joined Approach Management Services to help administer the risk management company's newest retrospective rating group -- the National Electrical Contractors' Association. Andrews is a certified workers' compensation claims administrator.

Mar 04, 1997

KJM & Assoc.

Bellevue-based KJM & Associates Ltd. recently hired several new employees. Todd Barrow has joined the firm to provide project control services on the Washington State Major League Baseball Stadium project. The project and construction management company also announced Laurie Beden is the new controller, Heidi Haggar an accounting assistant and Susan Seibert an administrative assistant/receptionist. Brian Johnstone has been hired as a residential engineer in the Oregon office to provide his expertise on the Cave Junction Wastewater Treatment Plant project.

Evergreen Partnership

Greg Schellberg is retiring from The Evergreen Partnership effective June 30. He has served as president of the nonprofit trade organization for the past 10 years and is stepping down due to medical reasons. The Evergreen Partnership promotes and serves the wood products and building materials industries.