Jun 28, 2000

Stormwater Management

Stanley Sroka has joined Portland-based Stormwater Management as regional manager for Oregon. Prior to joining the firm, he was district sales manager for the Veeder-Root Co. in Portland.

Adam Sapp has joined the firm as regional sales manager for Pennsylvania. He was employed as area sales manager for Hancor Inc. in Findlay, Ohio.

Christopher Young has been hired as regional sales manager for North Carolina. He was the business development manager for Resource Technologies, a biotech company in Charlotte, N.C.

Zimmer Gunsul Frasca

Zimmer Gunsul Frasca has promoted the following employees to the position of associate partner.

Marnie Nelson, the Seattle office manager, has been with ZGF for more than 15 years.

Robin Randall is a senior designer and project architect with more than 14 years of experience. She is working on design of tenant improvements, skybridge and lobby pavilion for the Overlake Hospital in Bellevue.

Kristina Ryhn is a project manager with more than 15 years of experience specializing in the design of health care facilities. Her current projects include the Good Samaritan Surgery Center in Puyallup, additions and alterations for the Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia and a master plan for Overlake Hospital's medical imaging facility.

ATC Associates

ATC Associates has named Michael Burt vice president of Northwest operations. Burt has been with the company for five years and most recently was director of Northwest operations. He has 15 years of business management experience and, since 1991, has worked in the environmental, safety and health industry.

The local office of ATC Associates is in Seattle. The company provides environmental, geotechnical and construction services.

Harmsen & Associates

Harmsen & Associates, an engineering and surveying firm in Monroe, has reorganized its three-member board of directors, which is now made up of department heads: Harland McElhany, director of engineering; David Boersema, director of surveying; and Rink Carpenter, director of field operations. Rink recently became an owner as well as a member of the board.

Doug Slager has been promoted to CEO. The firm has also added Skip Walton to the surveying staff. He was formerly employed with Trepanier Engineering in Everett.

Tetra Tech/KCM

Alex Chen has joined Tetra Tech/KCM as a civil engineer in the firm's wastewater group. Chen has been responsible for various aspects of utility engineering, including design and hydraulic analysis of treatment, storage, pumping and conveyance facilities. His recent work includes process design for a wastewater reuse pilot study for King County, a project that involves new technologies, such as ballasted flocculation, biological aerated filtration, membrane biological reactors and reverse osmosis.

Arthur Lee has joined the firm as a civil engineer in the watershed management group. Lee has more than 17 years of experience in engineering and planning, with particular expertise in National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, or NPDES, permits and program development.

Brad Wakeman has joined the firm as a senior architect and project engineer in the firm's facilities design and water resources departments. He is providing design and management support for the Pacific Rim Center, the Rockwood pump station, and the Olympus Terrace ultraviolet disinfection system.

Tetra Tech/KCM provides consulting services in sanitary and hydraulic engineering; civil engineering, architecture, structural, mechanical, transportation, lake restoration and watershed management; and fisheries planning and design. The firm's local office is in Seattle

Jun 27, 2000

U.S. Bank

U.S. Bank has named Mary Helen Moore vice president of community relations for Washington. Moore will be responsible for managing the bank's corporate contributions budget and coordinating employee volunteer programs and statewide United Way campaigns. She is currently chair of the Seattle Human Rights Commission and has a Methodist ministry at the AME Zion Church in South Seattle.

Heidrick & Struggles

Heidrick & Struggles, a Chicago-based executive search firm, has opened an office in downtown Seattle in the Two Union Square building. Jason Hancock is managing partner for the new office which opened with 14 employees and plans to reach 20 by the end of 2000. The company was founded in 1953. Clients include Amazon.com, Microsoft and other high-tech firms.

Bastyr University

Bastyr University’s board of trustees has selected Thomas C. Shepherd as its next president. He succeeds founding president Dr. Joseph E. Pizzorno who has retired. Shepherd comes to Bastyr from a 28-year career in health care administration and management. He has served in a consulting or administrative capacity for more than 50 hospitals nationwide. Bastyr University, located in Kenmore, is a fully accredited institution, internationally recognized as a pioneer in the study of natural healing.

Pointshare

Pointshare Corp., a Bellevue-based business that connects local healthcare communities with secure, online business services, announced that Southwest Washington Medical Center, a 360-bed hospital with a wide network of physician practices and affiliated health clinics, has signed a contract for DeliveryPoint SM, Pointshare’s results delivery service. DeliveryPoint will enable the hospital’s staff to electronically distribute clinical lab and radiology test results to the more than 300 doctors and 15 medical clinics located throughout the Clark County service area.

Moodenbaugh Media

Moodenbaugh Media, an Internet incubator company, headquartered in Tacoma, has changed its corporate name to iWebHatch.com. The move was made to exemplify the company's operations and to create an identity that reflects the business-to-business Internet incubator model it operates.

Integra Telecom

Integra Telecom announced the appointment of Tom Lester as vice president of sales for Washington operations and Levi Wiegersma as director of network operations for the Washington market. Lester has more than 10 years of sales and sales management experience in the Seattle telecommunications market and will be responsible for the establishment and development of Integra’s Washington sales team. Wiegersma has more than 25 years telecommunications experience in operations and technical support organizations. In his new role, Wiegersma will be responsible for development and maintenance of Integra’s network facilities in Washington

Bush, Cotton & Scott

Michael Murphy, Dale Ahrens and Jim Doyle have joined Bush, Cotton & Scott as construction surety and insurance specialists. Each has substantial construction experience, having held similar positions at Willis of Seattle and Michael Murphy and Associates.

Rushforth Construction

Tacoma Rotary 8 has awarded Rushforth Construction its "Employer of the Year Award" for companies with over 100 employees. Rushforth was selected for its company goals, values and principles, performance and accomplishments, uniqueness, employee benefit programs, facilities and work environment, cultural diversity and community involvement.

DPR Construction

DPR Construction has been recognized as one of the "100 Best Places to Work in IT" by Computerworld magazine. DPR ranked 76th on the list and was the only construction company on it. The rankings were based on a 46-question survey that included benefits, training and development, average salary increases, percentage of staff promoted, turnover rates and the percentage of women and minority employees in information technology management positions. DPR is based in San Francisco and has an office in Seattle.

Controlled Demolition

John D. "Jack" Loizeaux, founder of Controlled Demolition, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Demolition Contractors. Loizeaux, a 50-year veteran in the demolition industry, grew his firm from a drilling and blasting business to a multinational group of companies known for their implosion trademark. Controlled Demolition was the implosion contractor for the Kingdome.