Aug 26, 2003

MBA of King and Snohomish Counties

Garrett Huffman has been hired by the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties as its first South King County manager. The MBA wants to focus on affordable housing, growth planning, salmon recovery and infrastructure improvement in that area. Huffman comes from the Office of the Secretary for the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. Prior to that, he was a legislative aide in the Wisconsin State Senate. He holds a bachelor's degree in public administration from the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse.

Milgard Windows

Tacoma's Milgard Windows has named Jim Sweeney president. Sweeney succeeds Gary Milgard, who has been president since 1962. The change becomes effective Sept. 1. Sweeney joined Milgard in 1989 as the general manager of the company's Hollister, Calif., manufacturing facility. In 1991, he became general manager of its Temecula, Calif., facility and in 1995 became the company's southern regional manager. Gary Milgard will remain as the company's chairman and CEO.

Aug 19, 2003

SME Inc.

Steve Blair has rejoined SME Inc. of Seattle as service manager. He brings more than 18 years of electrical industry experience to his position, including six years managing his own company. At SME, he will help expand its service division to include multi-family clients and residential services, as well as support existing commercial and industrial clients. He graduated from the Construction Industry Training Council's electrical program in 1994.

Swinerton Builders

Wood

Foote

Several new employees have joined Swinerton Builders in Bellevue, including Mike Wood as pre-construction services manager, Gary Foote as superintendent, Derrick Jaske as assistant superintendent and Dale Beam as safety manager.