Mar 27, 2018

Graham Construction & Management

Burke

Polis

Clerf

Williams

Dover

Amaya

Joshi

Rountree

Awasthi

Ripkin

Weibel

McKinstry

Colley

Johnson

In its Seattle office, Graham Construction & Management hired operations manager Troy Johnson; project managers Chris Colley, Rob McKinstry, Josh Colborne, Rudy Weibel and Justin Ripkin; project engineers Akshay Awasthi, Jeff Rountree and Ayush Joshi; superintendents Nick Amaya, Doug Simmering, Stephen Dover, Gary Church and Tyler Williams; senior administrative assistant Sarah Clerf; regional health safety and environment manager Brian Polis; and senior health safety and environment coordinator Hunter Burke. Awasthi, Amaya and Simmering are working on the Ballard Blocks mixed-use project. Colley and Dover are managing the Olympia Transit Center project. Rountree is working on Graham's Costco account. McKinstry and Church are overseeing the multifamily Alexan Central Park project. Johnson, Colborne, Weibel, Ripkin, Joshi, Williams and Clerf are on the 1200 Stewart towers team.

The Walsh Group

Karrer

Durston

The Walsh Group hired Caitlin Durston as project engineer and Mary Karrer as site safety manager. Durston recently earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Iowa State University, and served two internships with Walsh in Chicago and Seattle. She is working with the estimating/preconstruction team on a private development in Seattle. Karrer has 15 years of experience as a safety professional. She previously worked on several projects at JBLM, and spent a year in Afghanistan as a construction assurances officer and safety specialist.

Mar 20, 2018

CBRE Heery

Perala

Scott Perala was hired to lead CBRE Heery's program management team with client Portland Public Schools. Perala has over 17 years of program and project management experience involving healthcare, education and public projects. He was program manager for Oregon Health Science University's academic and research enterprises.

McMillen Jacobs Associates

Marchand

Blake Marchand joined McMillen Jacobs Associates as lead associate/senior project manager working with the Claims and Construction Consulting Group in Portland. Marchand was vice president and senior project manager at Pinnell/Busch. He has 24 years of industry experience, working on private and public design and construction projects.

Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker

Douglas Stuart Oles, partner in Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker's Seattle office, was elected president of the American College of Construction Lawyers. Oles has been a fellow of the organization since 2004 and is its first president based in the Pacific Northwest.