Aug 31, 2021

Hensel Phelps

Ventola

Potter

Henderson

General contractor Hensel Phelps promoted Jay Henderson and Grant Potter to project managers, and hired Sarah Ventola as a proposal manager within its Pacific Northwest Region. Henderson has built aviation, health care and design-build projects in Washington, Northern California and Arizona over the course of his eight-year career with the company. He is currently working on the design-build Pacific Highway land port of entry project in Blaine for the Department of General Services. Potter has helped with $700 million of design-build projects in Washington and California since joining Hensel Phelps in 2013. He is currently working on the Sound Transit Downtown Redmond Link Extension, another design-build project. Ventola joins the project development team with over 15 years of AEC proposal and marketing experience. She was an independent consultant for the past three years and before that worked for WSP, CH2M Hill (now Jacobs) and HNTB.

APA

Pucci

Cribb

Asano

APA — The Engineered Wood Association has three new board members: Doug Asano, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Roseburg Forest Products Co.; Ashlee Cribb, vice president of wood products at PotlatchDeltic; and Pino Pucci, vice president of Tolko Industries. Asano joined Roseburg in 2020 as director of sales excellence. Prior to that, he worked at Huber Engineered Woods for over 16 years in multiple leadership roles. Cribb has 13 years of experience in various forest products leadership roles, with expertise in sales, marketing, strategic planning and operations management. Before joining PotlatchDeltic, she was senior vice president and chief commercial officer for Roseburg Forest Products. Pucci has over 25 years of industry and leadership experience. He also is on the board of Tolko U.S. Operations, which includes LaSalle Lumber Co. and Southeastern Timber Products.

Aug 24, 2021

Star Surveying

Friday Harbor-based Star Surveying is now a women majority-owned business. Star recently brought on Kimberly Bourns as senior surveyor and co-owner to join longtime owner Robert M. Anderson. Bourns is a Professional Land Surveyor with over 20 years of surveying education and experience. She has worked on local projects such as Sound Transit's Northgate Link Extension and Alderwood Water District's survey control plan that included detailed mapping of over 41 locations throughout the district. Bourns previously was a project surveyor with Pacific Geomatic Services (now part of Parametrix) and prior to that was a senior survey technician with W&H Pacific (now an NV5 company).

ABC of Western Washington

The Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington added Tilford & Associates and City Group Solutions as new members. Tacoma-based Tilford is a notary loan signing agent, and provides administrative support to framing, drywall and flagging companies. It is led by Rhonda Tilford. Seattle-based City Group Solutions provides post-construction, commercial and residential cleaning services. It is led by DeChelle Henderson.

Cascade Windows

Dallas-based private equity firm CenterOak Partners LLC completed the sale of Cascade Windows to Cornerstone Building Brands for $245 million in cash. Cascade Windows is based in Spokane Valley. It is an independent manufacturer of single- and double-hung vinyl windows, sliders and patio doors for the residential new construction, repair and remodel markets across the West. Cary, North Carolina-based Cornerstone makes exterior building components, including vinyl siding, windows, metal roofing and wall systems.

Hitachi Construction Machinery

Hitachi Construction Machinery and Deere will dissolve their joint venture on Feb. 28, 2022, after which Hitachi Construction Machinery Loaders America will become the regional headquarters (in Newnan, Georgia) for the Americas for all Hitachi construction machinery products and services. Hitachi says it plans to significantly expand its scope of products and services in the Americas, and strengthen its dealer network. In the Pacific Northwest, its dealers include Columbia Western Machinery in Sherwood, Oregon; and in Idaho, Central Equipment in Pocatello and Jerome, and Shafer Equipment Co. in Boise. Alaska dealerships include Construction Machinery Industrial locations in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau.