Mar 04, 2014

Walsh Construction Co.

Michel

Walsh Construction Co. promoted Tracy Ann Michel to assistant project manager in the Seattle office. Michel has been with the company for four years, working as a project engineer and in the Extended Services department. Her new duties include estimating, value engineering, job costing and schedule monitoring.

Adolfson & Peterson Construction

Hafen

Matthew Hafen joined Adolfson & Peterson Construction's Pacific Northwest office as assistant project manager. Hafen has more than 10 years of industry experience and recently worked on large-scale projects in Hawaii. He holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from Brigham Young University.

Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker

Roth

Law firm Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker hired Howard W. Roth as an of counsel attorney in its Seattle office. Roth, a retired lieutenant colonel in the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, is focusing his practice on government contracts. He has more than 23 years of government contract law experience, and was legal counsel to the Army's Regional Support Command program manager in California overseeing construction of more than 50 buildings in seven states.

BNBuilders

De Yarza

David de Yarza, director of innovation at BNBuilders, is transitioning into the president's chair of the Seattle Revit User Group board of directors. Founded in 2007, SeaRUG is a local group that builds technical skills and exchanges ideas in the use of Autodesk Revit products. De Yarza has been on the board since 2010.

Bellingham Technical College

The American Welding Society accredited Bellingham Technical College's welding program as a certified test facility. The endorsement allows the school to perform many types of welding certifications above and beyond that of the Washington Association of Building Officials. BTC and Bates Technical College in Tacoma are the only schools in the state that are certified test facilities.

Feb 25, 2014

PSF Mechanical

Martynovych

Rose

Benson

Derek Benson joined PSF Mechanical as project executive in the Special Projects Tenant Improvements Department, Christina Rose joined as bookkeeper and contracts administrator in the Service Department, and Peter Martynovych joined as VCM plumbing and piping detailer in the Virtual Construction Modeling Department. Benson has been in the industry for nearly 30 years, spending the last 10 years in project management, design, estimating and sales. Rose holds associate's degrees in both accounting and business, and is pursuing a bachelor's degree in accounting from Western Governors University. Martynovych has 20 years of industry experience and holds a degree in HVAC and piping from North Seattle Community College.

Skanska USA Civil

Taddeo

Skanska USA promoted Tony Taddeo to senior vice president and general manager of Skanska USA Civil in the Northwest. In his new role, Taddeo is overseeing all civil construction operations in the Northwest and Northern California. He has been with Skanska for more than 27 years, previously as senior vice president of estimating for Skanska Koch, which specializes in bridges and structural steel. He holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the City College of New York.

Blue Mountain Electric

Oak Harbor-based Blue Mountain Electric was named 2013 Subcontractor of the Year by Washington Patriot Construction. The veteran-owned subcontractor worked on several Washington Patriot projects, including energy upgrades at a Bremerton barracks, a Whidbey Island airfield and a naval hospital security upgrade.