Jul 26, 2022

McKinstry

National construction and energy services firm McKinstry is enhancing its services to include solar photovoltaics, distributed generation, battery storage systems, geothermal energy, electric vehicle charging infrastructure and community solar. In the past three years, the company has grown its renewable energy team from two to 20 professionals. Its local projects include Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena, which is targeted to be the first International Living Future Institute-certified zero-carbon arena in the world; and Spokane's Catalyst Building, which uses technologies and solutions such as cross-laminated timber, daylighting and air sealing to hit zero-energy and zero-carbon targets. McKinstry was one of the first groups to sign The Climate Pledge, co-founded by Amazon and Global Optimism. The company's goal is to reduce its net greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2025 and achieve net-zero carbon by 2030.

Port of Seattle

The Port of Seattle this fall is holding its second annual PortGen Accelerator, an 11-week training and mentorship program for women- and minority-owned business enterprises, as well as small businesses. The program builds relationships with industry and agency representatives, while preparing disadvantaged businesses for contracting opportunities. It runs Sept. 7-Nov. 16, and the application deadline is Aug. 8. More information is at https://nwmmsdc.org/portgen-accelerator.

APA — The Engineered Wood Association

In Tacoma, APA — The Engineered Wood Association announced the winners of its 2021 Safety and Health Awards. The program encourages and recognizes operational excellence with the goal of reducing injury and illness rates. For 2021, 69 APA-member structural wood panel and engineered wood product facilities in the U.S., Canada and abroad participated in the program. Local winners included Boise Cascade Co. of White City, Oregon, for the Division III Three-Year Safety Award; and Boise Cascade Co. of Homedale, Idaho, for the Division III Safety Improvement Award.

Jul 19, 2022

ABC of Western Washington

DeWitt Electric of Tacoma joined the Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington. DeWitt is a residential and commercial electrical contractor, specializing in remodel and service work. Brent DeWitt is president.

Apprenticeship Ambassadors

The Department of Labor selected six Washington state workforce development organizations to join the inaugural group of Apprenticeship Ambassadors, a program that promotes, expands and diversifies apprenticeships to grow the national workforce. The firms from Washington are Apprenti of Issaquah; ApprenticePath of Redmond; Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Employment for Women (ANEW) of Renton; Microsoft of Redmond; Spokane Community College; and The Alliance for Media Arts + Culture of Spokane.