Feb 08, 2005

Holmes Electric

Holmes

Leadership has changed at Holmes Electric, with Mike Holmes managing the daily operations as president and Mike Richards moving into CEO. Holmes, 42, is the grandson of company co-founder Jay Holmes and son of Chairman Jeray Holmes. He is a graduate of the University of Puget Sound's business school and has 21 years of electrical construction experience.

PCL Construction Services

Wachira

John Wachira has joined PCL Construction Services as an estimator. Wachira previously was an estimator at Bedrock Construction. He holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from the University of Washington.

PSI

Parks

Professional Service Industries has added Terry Parks as senior vice president. Parks is overseeing PSI operations in the Seattle, Tacoma and Portland metropolitan areas. He is a geological engineer with 30 years of experience, specializing in remediation of contaminated soil and ground water. He holds a bachelor's degree in geological engineering from Washington State University.

Labor and Industries

The state Department of Labor and Industries has won a regional award for its Web site from the Society for Technical Communication. L&I and the state's Web portal, Access Washington, won the distinguished technical communication award in the technical marketing category. The agency in May will compete in the international awards, which will be held in Seattle.

Feb 01, 2005

ABC of Western Washington

Ward

The Associated Builders & Contractors of Western Washington has promoted Jessica Ward to director of government affairs. Ward has worked at ABC as government affairs coordinator since September 2002. She holds a bachelor's degree from The Evergreen State College and attended the Leadership Institute in Washington D.C.

Mayes Testing Engineers

Myers

Mayes Testing Engineers inspector Paul Myers has been promoted to estimator/project manager for the firm's Everett and Tacoma offices. Myers' new role includes business development, cost estimating and project management. He holds a bachelor's degree in geological sciences from the University of Washington.

PSI

PSI's Portland office has hired Bryan White as business development manager and promoted Jay Hathaway from senior materials engineer to department manager. White holds a bachelor's degree in arts management from Northern Arizona University. Hathaway, a professional engineer, is overseeing operations in Portland and performing engineering tasks. He holds a bachelor's degree in construction engineering technology from Montana State University.

AGC of Washington

The Associated General Contractors of Washington has installed its new officers and board of trustees for 2005. The officers include: Brett Ferullo of Northwest Construction, president; Gus Gottschalk of Lydig Construction, first vice president: David D'Hondt of Absher Construction, second vice president; and Wendy Pare of Nuprecon, secretary/treasurer. Trustees include: Wilf Wainhouse of Sellen Construction, Pat McGarry of Manson Construction, Rusty Laird of Com-Steel, Steve Barger of Northwest Cascade, Bill Kloster of MSI Construction, Kelly Bosa of KLB Construction, Ed Brooks of Sunset Pacific General Contractors, Pamm Jardine of Kibble & Prentice, Ruby Jones of Turner Construction, Paul Koshiyama of BMWC Constructors, Kelly Martin of Schultz Miller, Mike Myette of Tri State Construction, Douglas R. Roach of Groff Murphy Trachtenberg & Everard, and John Schaufelberger of the University of Washington.