Nov 21, 2000

GA Design

Yeh

GA Design, a Bellevue-based graphic design firm, hired Ping Yeh as a Web designer. Yeh has more than five years of experience developing Internet, Intranet and e-commerce Web sites. Among several sites she has developed are sites for Marshall Erdman & Associates, an architectural firm, and Techline Furniture.

Daigle Design

Candace Daigle

Geoff Daigle

Candace and Geoff Daigle of Daigle Design, a Bainbridge Island graphic design and Web communications company, have been selected as members of the advisory board to Northwest College of Art. The college is located in Poulsbo and concentrates on studies in graphic design, multimedia and fine arts.

Preston Gates & Ellis

Preston Gates & Ellis, a full-service law firm, announced that former Loyola Law School professor William Gleeson has joined the firm in its Seattle office as a partner in the firm's business practice. Gleeson's practice will focus on securities law, an area he has practiced in for more than 20 years.

Shandwick International

Shandwick International, a company that provides reputation management for technology-based clients, hired Tony Jacob as group director and Nicolaas Groenveld-Meijer as senior account executive in the company's Seattle office. Jacob will help manage the company's Microsoft TV account team. He has more than 11 years of experience in corporate communications, media relations and public affairs. Meijer will work on the company's CourtLink account team. He has more than 10 years experience as a lawyer, reporter and media relations specialist.

Burkett, Burdette & Van Kampen

Al Van Kampen, Lee Burdette and David Burkett announced the formation of their law firm, Burkett, Burdette & Van Kampen. The firm was formed through the merger of Van Kampen & Associates and Burkett & Burdette. Van Kampen's practice focuses on intellectual property, antitrust and health law. Burdette's concentrates on medical malpractice and professional negligence cases. The emphasis of Burkett's practice is business litigation and appellate practice.

McCarthy

McCarthy's Northwest Division has hired three construction management graduates as project engineers. They include: Thomas Pesacreta, a graduate of Central Washington University, Timothy Hanson, a Washington State University graduate, and John Sharp, who is a graduate of California State University at Chico. Pesacreta has five years of industry experience, including work as a project coordinator, where he was responsible for checking submittals, logging and tracking change orders, bid requests and close out items. Hanson has over five years of experience, including a role as a project engineer, where he tracked submittals, processed change orders, performed estimating and assisted in other areas of project coordination and management. Sharp has over three years of experience, most recently as an intern field engineer.

J.E. Dunn Construction

Portland's Drake Construction has changed its name to J.E. Dunn Construction-Portland. Dunn Industries, the parent of J.E. Dunn Construction, bought Drake in 1992. The company now plans to open an office in Seattle next year. It will be called J.E. Dunn Construction-Seattle.

DPR Construction

Bill Maibusch, a senior project manager at DPR Construction in Seattle, has earned the designation of Certified Construction Manager from the Construction Management Association of America. The title is earned by completing a rigorous process that includes a class and six-hour exam. Certification is renewable on a three-year basis with mandatory continuing education requirements. Maibusch is managing the West Wing addition project at Good Samaritan Community Healthcare in Puyallup.

Master Builders

Several members of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties recently received industry awards. Included were: Don McDonald of McDonald Construction Co. in Bothell, who was named "Builder of the Year" by the Building Industry Association of Washington; Tom Keyser of Prestige Ford in Bellevue, who was named BIAW's "Associate of the Year" for developing a vehicle purchase program for MBA members and employees; Tom Dunn of Dunn Lumber, who won the "CADRE" award from the National Association of Home Builders Remodelors Council; and Patrick McCourt of Barclays North in Everett, who received the Omar Brown Trophy for recruiting 81 new members for the MBA.