Sep 04, 2019

Abbott Construction

O'Neill

Anton

Guest

Herrera

The Seattle office of Abbott Construction hired Bob Herrera as project superintendent, Donna Guest as senior project engineer, Shasta Anton as project administrator and Aidan O'Neill as project engineer. Herrera has over 30 years of construction experience, with a strong background in public works and medical facilities. Guest has 30 years of construction experience that includes a variety of project types in Oregon, Hawaii and Washington. Anton has over 10 years of experience in customer relations, with four years in event management. O'Neill worked for six years at a residential concrete subcontractor before becoming a project engineer two years ago.

Washington River Protection Solutions

The U.S. Department of Energy announced it intends to extend the current Hanford tank operations contract with Washington River Protection Solutions for up to 12 months, from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, 2020. The extension is valued at $725 million. Washington River Protection Solutions is a team of companies led by Aecom with partner Atkins. The dedicated subcontractor for the contract is Orano.

Aug 27, 2019

Abbott Construction

Catalano

Churchill

Bry

DeMaris

The Seattle office of Abbott Construction promoted Michele DeMaris to chief estimator, Andrew Bry to senior project manager, Paul Churchill to preconstruction manager and Jamey Catalano to project manager. DeMaris has over 25 years of industry experience and has estimated, planned, bid and led proposals for billions of dollars' worth of projects. Bry has over 13 years of construction experience, with nearly 10 years at Abbott. Churchill has been with Abbott for 13 years. In his newly created role, he is responsible for leading preconstruction for multiple projects. Catalano started at the company four years ago, supporting the Special Projects Division. She has over 10 years of construction experience.

Graham Construction & Management

Polis

Bill Polis is the new business development director at Graham Construction & Management in Seattle. Polis has over 35 years of construction business development and executive management experience. Canada-based Graham builds multifamily, retail, health care, life science, K-12, higher education and office buildings.

The Walsh Group

Kramer

Zachary Kramer joined The Walsh Group in Seattle as assistant project manager II. Kramer was a project engineer on two of the Manhattan Project legacy sites (Hanford and Los Alamos) and developed/qualified a unique nuclear grade HEPA filter. He is working on the Pivot apartments.

Ash Grove Cement Co.

Barringer

Jay Barringer joined Ash Grove Cement Co. as a sales representative in the Bellevue office, covering western and central Washington, as well as Alaska. Barringer was operations officer for the Navy's Regional Support Organization, Pacific Northwest in Everett. He holds a bachelor's in political science from the University of North Carolina at Asheville.

Hermanson Co.

Sinclair

In Kent, Hermanson Co. promoted Scott Sinclair to construction executive of the Critical Environments Group. Sinclair has over 29 years of experience as a mechanical designer, preconstruction manager and project manager. He specializes in high-performance buildings such as hospitals, biomedical and pharmaceutical labs, and data centers. Hermanson provides mechanical construction, design-build engineering and service/maintenance.