Mar 10, 2009

A Helping Hand Homecare

Seattle-based A Helping Hand Homecare recently added Marti Nelson as director of transportation home services. Nelson will manage Transportation Home Services, which provides clients a transition home from the hospital.

Teris

Seattle-based American Legal Copy, a litigation support and eDiscovery services company, has changed its name to Teris. Teris has 275 employees in six offices in Seattle, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, San Diego, Phoenix and Austin.

LizardTech

Seattle-based LizardTech, a division of Celartem and a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing digital content, hired Jeff Young as its business development manager for geospatial solutions. Young has 30 years experience and has worked at Leica Geosystems, Space Imaging and Bentley Systems.

Lynnwood Convention Center

SMG, a venue management, marketing and development company, made three new hires to its management team at the Lynnwood Convention Center. Sharon Ramento is sales manager and recently worked for the Woodmark Hotel in Kirkland. Naomi Carrier is catering operations manager. She worked for Sodexo Food Services at ABC/Disney Studios in Burbank, Calif. Cathy Maxwell is event manager. Maxwell has 20 years experience and worked at Waterways Cruises and Events.

Jackson Dean Construction

Seattle’s Jackson Dean Construction hired Roy Cali as a project manager in its Special Projects department. Cali has 23 years of project management, estimating and business development experience. He previously worked at Ginno Construction Co. in Coeur d’Alene and Poe Construction Co. in Auburn.

Central Washington University

A Central Washington University student team last week won second place in the commercial building division of the National Student Championship in San Diego. The event was sponsored by the Associated General Contractors of America. Twenty-one teams from colleges across the country competed in the competition, which tested students’ skills on bidding, planning and scheduling construction projects. The winner in the commercial building division was Colorado State University. Roger Williams University took third. In the heavy civil division, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo took first, the University of Oklahoma took second and Weber State University took third. The Milwaukee School of Engineering won the design-build division. Clemson University was second, followed by California State University, Long Beach.

AGC of America

The Associated General Contractors of America last week announced its new officers, including an Oregon contractor. The officers are: president J. Doug Pruitt, who is chairman and CEO of Sundt Construction in Tempe, Ariz.; senior vice president Ted Aadland, president of Aadland Evans Constructors in Portland; vice president Kristine Young, CEO of Miller the Driller in Des Moines, Iowa; and treasurer Samuel Hutchinson, president of Interface Construction of St. Louis. Aadland will become president in March of 2010. The AGC has 33,000 members

PSF Mechanical

PSF Mechanical promoted Jim Jarman and brothers Wayne and Chris Lawson. Wayne Lawson is now production manager. He is an 18-year veteran of the mechanical contracting industry and previously was piping superintendent at PSF. Chris Lawson was promoted to operations manager, where he oversees project management, production, purchasing, safety and balancing. He has been with PSF for 12 years, serving as production operations manager, field superintendent and foreman. Jarman is now a purchasing agent. He has been with the Seattle-based design-build firm since 2003.