Apr 28, 2015

Adolfson & Peterson Construction

Palinkas

Baio

Simmons

The Tacoma office of Adolfson & Peterson Construction hired Wendy Simmons as director of marketing; and the Glendale, California, office hired Paul Baio as business development leader and John Palinkas as director of hospitality. Simmons has 14 years of marketing experience and is in charge of marketing at A&P's Washington, Oregon and California offices. Baio has 20 years of client development experience, and is focusing on growing the company in Southern California. Palinkas spent the last 15 years with Pechanga Development. He is pursuing hospitality projects in Washington, Oregon and California.

Walsh Construction Co.

Brown

Correa

Hardin

Patton

Cossette

Anderson

Walsh Construction Co. promoted Savanna Anderson, Randy Cossette, Joe Patton and Tom Hardin; and hired Heather Correa as project administrator and Jake Brown as a senior level superintendent. Anderson was promoted to project administrator, which has her working on bids, subcontracts and filing. Cossette and Patton are now superintendents. Both men started at Walsh as journeyman carpenters and worked their way to assistant superintendents. Hardin was promoted to assistant superintendent. He joined Walsh in 2003 as a journeyman carpenter, then became a carpenter crew leader and foreman. Correa is working on the Decibel and Reverb projects. Brown has 13 years of superintendent experience and is working on the 8th Avenue Apartments.

Interstate Plastics

Polygal selected the Seattle office of Interstate Plastics as the Pacific Northwest's master distributor of the Polygal Polycarbonate Twinwall products, which are frequently used for glazing and roofing of commercial greenhouses, breezeways and patio covers.

Apr 21, 2015

Venture General Contracting

Brown

Carlstrom

Welsh

Weese

Seattle-based Venture General Contracting added Dan Weese as superintendent, Brian Welsh and Erin Carlstrom as project engineers, and Nate Brown as project manager. Weese has 16 years of construction experience in the hospitality, financial, education, medical and government industries. Welsh has seven years of experience in commercial, retail, repair and remediation, and tenant improvements. Carlstrom recently earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from Washington State University, and has experience in historic and commercial building renovations. Brown has nine years of experience with multifamily, hospitality, rehabilitation, telecommunications and HVAC-TI projects.

Alston Construction

Alston Construction, a general contractor with 10 offices around the country, opened an office at 6840 Fort Dent Way in Seattle. Kevin Stilwell, a 29-year construction veteran, heads up the new office as vice president and general manager. Stilwell spent nearly 17 years as a leader at Turner Construction's Seattle office. Sacramento, California-based Alston offers general contracting, construction management and design-build services. Its projects range in size from $250,000 to more than $100 million.

Argus Pacific

Olathe, Kansas-based Terracon Consultants bought Argus Pacific and is keeping the Seattle-based company's 16 workers. Argus Pacific offers industrial hygiene consultation and training related to asbestos, lead, mold, hazardous waste, emergency response, and other occupational health and safety topics. Terracon is an engineering consultant with more than 3,500 employees in 150 offices in 42 states.