Jul 08, 2008

Spencer's for Steaks and Chops

Spencer's for Steaks and Chops at the Hilton Seattle Airport Hotel hired Mark Linden as executive chef. Linden owned and operated a catering and personal culinary service based in Anchorage. He is the past president of the Alaska Culinary Association.

American Marine Bank

American Marine Bank hired Christian Shaw as a mortgage loan originator. Shaw will work at the Second Avenue location in Seattle. He worked at American Sterling Bank. American Marine Bank has 11 locations in Clallam, Jefferson, Kitsap, and Mason counties, and in downtown Seattle.

Lane Powell

Lane Powell hired Joseph P. Corr as an associate attorney in the Railroad and Mass Transit Industry Group. Corr was an attorney with Williams Kastner & Gibbs.

S.D. Deacon

S.D. Deacon Corp. of Washington hired Bill Lattimer as corporate IT manager and promoted Doug Alldredge to general manager of the Service & Maintenance Department. Lattimer is responsible for supporting IT initiatives for Deacon's operations in Washington, Oregon and California. He spent 14 years at Microsoft in a variety of sales and consulting services roles. Alldredge runs a team of technicians, each with their own service van. He has been with Deacon for four years as a superintendent in the Special Projects Division. Before that, he spent many years at Rafn Co.

Tenaska

Tenaska's Ferndale cogeneration station has been designated a STAR site by the state Department of Labor and Industries. The designation, part of L&I's Voluntary Protection Program, means the company has reached the highest level of workplace safety. Tim Miller is Tenaska's plant manager. The Ferndale facility also won three awards from the National Safety Council in 2007. A ceremony is planned tomorrow to present Tenaska with the plaque and flag.

J.R. Abbott Construction

Seattle-based J.R. Abbott Construction won an Excellence Award in the Private Sector Buildings over $15 Million category from the Design Build Institute of America's Western Pacific Region. The award was given for Abbott's design-build efforts to expand the Glendale Adventist Medical Center's Acute Care Tower in California by 190,000 square feet. The team included: The Devenney Group, architect; Taylor and Gains, structural engineer; Southland Industries, mechanical engineer; and The Engineering Enterprise, electrical engineer. Abbott has a regional office in Los Angeles.

Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute

The Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute recently held its 2008 Design Awards program, which honors excellence in site-cast and conventionally reinforced concrete structures. Two Northwest projects won honorable mention awards: the Northwest Maple Ave. Bridge in Redmond, Ore., in the Bridge category; and The Argyle in Vancouver, B.C., in the Residential Buildings category. The bridge was engineered by OBEC Consulting Engineers of Eugene, Ore., and fabricated by R2M2 Rebar & Stressing of Portland. The Argyle was engineered by Glotman-Simpson Consulting Engineers of Vancouver, B.C., and fabricated by Lower Mainland Steel of Surrey, B.C.

ABC of Western Washington

The Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington's Retro program earned more than $4.6 million in workers' compensation premium refunds. The money is being distributed to 350 members of the association who participated in the program for the three most recent plan years.