Williams Kastner & Gibbs

Michelle Garzon joined Williams Kastner & Gibbs, a Seattle-based law firm, as an associate in the Tacoma office. Previously, Garzon was a Washington state assistant attorney general in the Labor & Personnel division, as well as a judicial law clerk to Judge David Armstrong in the Washington State Court of Appeals. Her practice focuses on health care and general litigation.

Pierce County Council

Harold Moss was elected to serve a third term as chair of the Pierce County Council. Kevin Wimsett will serve as vice chair and Terry Lee as executive pro tem. Moss will chair the Rules and Operations Committee, Shawn Bunney will chair the Economic and Infrastructure Development Committee and Calvin Goings will chair the Community Development Committee.

David Evans and Associates

Harris

Birdsall

Heeke

David Evans and Associates recently hired the following people in its Bellevue office:

Kirk A. Harris was hired as a senior transportation engineer. Harris has 11 years experience, including planning, designing and managing public works transportation projects. Current projects include refinement of the Bellevue/Redmond-Overlake transportation study projects for the city of Redmond and the Fernan Lake Road DEIS in Kootenai County, Idaho, for the Federal Highway Administration.

Michael R. Birdsall was hired as a senior transportation planner. Birdsall's expertise is transportation planning, traffic engineering, travel forecast modeling and traffic operations modeling. Most of his 35-year career has been spent in the Pacific Northwest.

Pamela R. Heeke was hired as senior marketing coordinator. Heeke has eight years of experience in marketing and communications for professional service firms. She is responsible for public relations, presentation coaching, and proposal and roster coordination. She is a member of the Society of Marketing Professional Services and serves on the organization's Outreach Committee.

Glosten Associates

Edgar	Larsen
Smith	Springer

The Glosten Associates, a Seattle marine engineering and naval architecture consulting firm, has promoted John Edgar, David Larsen, Paul Smith and John Springer III to principals.

Edgar joined Glosten in 1988 and has worked on vessel and marine systems projects during his tenure. He is currently leading a $100 million vessel construction effort. Edgar's corporate responsibilities include engineering and technology management.

Larsen has been with Glosten since 1984. He manages the firm's marine engineering efforts, including mechanical and HVAC systems design. Currently he is managing systems design for a new arctic research vessel and is supporting construction of the state of Alaska's first fast ferry.

Smith came to Glosten in 2002 with 25 years of international experience in shipbuilding, marine salvage, environmental response and ocean operations. He is working with a major oil company on a 10,000-mile tow and installation of the world's largest floating production, storage and off-load unit.

Springer joined Glosten in 1987 and specializes in design and analysis of marine structures, evaluation of vessel stability, design and analysis of cargo transport systems and engineering support of marine construction. His corporate responsibilities include managing the firm's technical operations.

Helix Architecture

Armold	Kogut	Flores
Jones	Lomas	Prestegaard

The following people recently joined Tacoma-based Helix Architecture.

With 26 years of experience as a project architect and project manager, Bruce Armold's responsibilities have included campus master planning, architectural and interior design, programming, design development, contract documents, building code analysis and construction administration. His experience includes large industrial facilities for the semi conductor, chemical, food processing, pulp and paper industries, as well as commercial, educational, medical, judicial, federal, entertainment and retail developments in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

Matthew Kogut's 13 years of experience spans design, programming, construction project management and renovation/tenant work on historically significant structures.

Rocky Flores has worked as a 3-D artist, project architect, interior designer and CADD operator. His experience includes design of office buildings for large telecommunications companies, recreational facilities for golf and country clubs, large industrial and commercial structures, corporate headquarters and single and multi-family residential projects.

Breann Parriott Jones, a former Miss Washington, specializes in public speaking, presentation development, and community relations. She is marketing coordinator for Helix.

Rita Lomas is a graphic designer. Lomas provides illustration, brochure design, Web site maintenance and exterior/interior signage design for clients.

Erik Prestegaard recently become a principal. With more than 30 years of professional practice, Erik has designed, managed, coordinated and planned an array of projects, often of a unique technical nature. His interest and efforts have focused on contract negotiations and administration as well as consultant team formation and structuring.

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Jeske

Rosauer

Seattle's Lease Crutcher Lewis has hired Kim Jeske and Megan Lane and promoted Matt Rosauer. Jeske is a project engineer working on the Puget Sound Bone and Joint Center project in Lakewood. She holds a bachelor's degree in construction management and real estate from Washington State University. Lane is executive assistant to Bill Lewis and Art Langlie. She holds a bachelor's degree in English and French from Asbury College. Rosauer joined the firm in 1997 as an intern and became a project engineer in 1998. He is now a project manager in the Special Projects Division.

HCI Steel Building Systems

Loomis

HCI Steel Building Systems has added Joe Loomis as vice-president of business development. Loomis has 28 years of experience with pre-engineered steel buildings. Arlington-based HCI makes steel building systems and self-storage facilities.

Interstate Construction Group

A new general contracting firm called Interstate Construction Group has opened shop in Bellevue. It is headed up by Larry Prescott, president, and Kenneth R. Lorenz, vice president of operations. Prescott once served as president of Ferguson Construction in Seattle. The new firm's address and contact numbers are: 1601 116th Ave. N.E., Suite 112, Bellevue, WA 98004, (425) 289-0950.

Northwest Energy Efficiency Council

The Northwest Energy Efficiency Council has awarded Building Operator Certification -- Level I to Allen Keyser, building engineer with Hines GS Properties in Seattle, and Mike Welch, maintenance manager with the United States Postal Service in Seattle. It also awarded Building Operator Certification -- Level II to David Gault, director of engineering with the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle, and Chi Nguyen, plant operator with Starwood Lodging Corp.'s W Sea Hotel in Seattle. The program prepares facility operations and maintenance staff for certification in energy- and resource-efficient operation of buildings.

North Coast Electric Co.

Bellevue-based North Coast Electric Co. has acquired Alexanders' Contractor Lighting of Ballard, a lighting showroom, designer and builders' lighting company. Alexander's was founded in 1994 and does business in the Puget Sound area and Eastern Washington with revenues of $5 million a year and 24 employees. North Coast Electric is a family-owned electrical distributor with 25 service centers across the Pacific Northwest, Alaska and Arizona, with revenues of $205 million in 2003.

MM Comfort Systems

MacDonald Miller Residential has changed its name to MM Comfort Systems. The change was made to separate it with MacDonald Miller Facility Solutions, which has different ownership.

PM academy

FMI Corp. is holding its project manager academy for general contractors Feb. 8-11 in Raleigh, N.C. The academy offers attendees a chance to hone their skills in an interactive environment. Cost, including hotel and some meals, is $4,000. Multiple attendees from the same firm are $3,500 each. For more information, contact FMI at (800) 877-1364 or visit http://www.fminet.com.