May 19, 1998

Edifice

Edifice Construction has added four new staff members: David Tieu as computer systems administrator, Lori Marchetti-Blazek as accounting specialist, John Wallace as a project superintendent and Mark Haley as an estimator/project manager. Tieu has in-depth experience in hardware, software and networking systems. Marchetti-Blazek has over 20 years of experience in construction accounting and financial systems. Wallace has logged over 20 years in the industrial, commercial, custom and multi-family construction markets. Haley has experience in commercial and residential carpentry and construction systems.

McCarthy

Don Severide and Scot Teichen were recently promoted at McCarthy. Severide was promoted to vice president of marketing and Teichen to superintendent. Severide has been in construction for 23 years. He is responsible for acquiring new and repeat business for the company's Portland and Seattle offices. Teichen has 21 years of construction experience and has been working on several projects at University Village in Seattle.

PSI

Engineering and testing firm PSI has added three new members to its staff. Jeffrey S. Thompson and Matt M. Beheshti have joined the Seattle office and Michele St. Germaine has joined the Spokane office. Thompson is a senior project manager. His new duties include managing environmental projects and field personnel, business development and providing technical oversight. He holds a master's degree in engineering geology from Texas A&M. Beheshti is a project engineer. He is managing projects involving asbestos management, lead-based paint and indoor air quality. He holds a master's degree in civil/structural engineering from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette. St. Germaine is the new branch manager for the company's Spokane office. She is responsible for project management and technical oversight of construction inspection and laboratory testing. She holds an engineering degree from Arizona State University.

F.E. Ward

David L. Mingo has been promoted to vice president at Vancouver-based F.E. Ward Inc. Mingo has been with Ward since 1990. In his new role, he will continue to serve in a managerial capacity in estimating and general office operations.

May 12, 1998

DPR

The Seattle office of DPR Construction has hired several new employees, including William Maibusch, Stan Gaunt, Michele Clute, Eleanor Perng and Lynn McKinney. Maibusch joins the company as a project manager. He has over 22 years of experience and holds bachelor's and master's degrees in architecture from the University of Illinois. Gaunt is a new superintendent at DPR. He brings over 30 years of experience to the firm and has completed advanced studies in civil engineering technology at Green River Community College and has earned several AGC Construction Management diplomas. Clute, DPR's new estimator, has over 10 years of estimating experience and holds a degree in fine arts from Fort Worth College in Spokane. Perng joined the firm as accounts payable manager. She has nine years of financial management experience backed by a bachelor's degree in economics from National Chung-Hsing University and a master's in economics from the University of Washington. McKinney is putting her 11 years of experience to work for the company as an estimating assistant.

Absher

Absher Construction Co. has received the third-place overall award in the Associated General Contractors of America's 1998 National Safety Awards (NASA) program. The NASA program was established to compare the safety programs of companies across the country according to a number of criteria, including total worker hours, dollar volume, number of employees, and injury and time-loss claims. Under the guidance of Safety Director David D'Hondt, Absher's safety program emphasizes consistent jobsite awareness of safety issues and hazard identification.