Apr 15, 2009

Departure Restaurant + Lounge

Departure Restaurant + Lounge has opened in Portland on the 15th floor of the Nines Hotel. Bryan Emperor, recently from New York City and Virginia, is the chef.

CarterBaldwin

CarterBaldwin, an executive search firm, is expanding its service in Seattle. Partner Terry Addington leads the new Seattle team. Addington was previously president and CEO of First Cellular of Southern Illinois. CarterBaldwin is expanding in the Pacific Northwest to better serve existing clients like Morticity and T-Mobile.

The Anviron Holding

Seattle-based The Anviron Holding Co., a manufacturer and marketer of clean and green chemical products and technology, promoted Steve Young to chief executive officer and director effective immediately. Young has been president and chief operating officer of the company since its forming in 2008.

PCS Structural Solutions

PCS Structural Solutions promoted Jim Harris in the Seattle office and Gary Beckner in the Tacoma office to associates. Harris' past projects include the Ballard Branch of the Seattle Library. He is working on a private art gallery on Waikiki and homes in Broadmoor, Los Angeles and Colorado, and on several biotech labs such as the expansion of Seattle Genetics. Beckner has been with the firm for 31 years and is working on an expansion of the DSHS office in Aberdeen, major renovations and additions of Pease & Sons offices and warehouse, and renovation of historic Civilian Conservation Corps log structures at state parks in Washington. Beckner recently provided the structural design for three new sawmill sites in Washington.

Sparling

Sparling hired Rick Dorrell as technology project manager and Mark Lenney as technology project designer in the Portland office. Dorrell has expertise in health care, working for 10 years as a technology consultant and engineer for a major health care provider in the Portland area. As project manager for Sparling's technology consulting practice, he is working on Clackamas Community College, Salem Hospital Building B, the Southwest Washington Medical Center Pain Clinic, and infrastructure evaluation and documentation for the Iberdrola Renewables wind farm. Lenney has experience as a hardware design engineer and architect, and is an extra class amateur radio enthusiast. He is working on the Tillamook County 911 Center mobile data project, Tillamook County PUD radio upgrades, and Oregon State Police and Washington State University lab shielding.

INCA Engineers

INCA Engineers hired six new employees in its mechanical/electrical engineering department in Bellevue. Karlheinz Simon is a senior mechanical engineer with 44 years of experience. He is working on the inner harbor navigation canal project in New Orleans. Armin Gerdes is a mechanical engineer with 40 years of experience in the design of mechanical machinery and welded structures. Scott Van Leuven is a senior mechanical engineer with 14 years of experience, including pump station and crane design. Slava Stevens is a mechanical designer with 12 years of experience specializing in mechanical product development, tooling and machine design, 3D modeling, writing and designing drawings with CAD, Solidworks and Dassault (Catia) programs. Ginette Chin is an electrical engineer with 19 years of electrical engineering experience in mixed-use, office, biotech, and hospital facilities as well as municipal wastewater and airfield lighting projects. Poovaiah Devenira is a mechanical engineer who recently earned a master's degree.

Brown and Caldwell

Environmental planning, design and construction services firm Brown and Caldwell hired four staff members in the Seattle office. Marvin Moore is a supervising engineer and project manager with more than 20 years of experience in wastewater management study and design. John Novak and David Wingate have also joined the wastewater practice. Novak specializes in mechanical engineering and Wingate specializes in civil engineering. Dan Draheim also joined the firm as a technical writer and editor.

Apr 14, 2009

GMI

Seattle-based GMI, a provider to the global online research industry, hired Sean O'Neill as vice president of product and program management, Joel Rosenberger as vice president of engineering and Dave Sampson as vice president of demand generation and customer experience. O'Neill was recently with uTango. Rosenberger was with Amazon.com. Sampson was with Sampa Corp. The appointments will strengthen the company's recently launched GMI X division, a set of technology and business processes designed to provide businesses with better information.

Seattle Genetics

Bothell-based Seattle Genetics hired Vaughn Himes as executive vice president, technical operations, and promoted Morris Rosenberg to executive vice president, process sciences. Himes has 20 years of experience and was with Zymogenetics. Rosenberg has worked at Seattle Genetics since 2001. The company also recognized Peter Senter, vice president, chemistry, as its first distinguished fellow. Senter joined the company in 1998 and is a research scientist.

Granite Construction Co.

The Northwest Washington Branch of Granite Northwest Inc. earlier this month became the Puget Sound Branch of Granite Construction Co. The move allowed the company to become signatory with the laborers', operating engineers' and carpenters' unions. The company says the decision was made for three reasons: to provide more work for its craft workers; to allow the local office to participate in projects where union affiliation or project labor agreements are necessary; and to pursue larger projects.

Atkinson Construction

Atkinson Construction moved to a new location in Renton. The address is: 707 S. Grady Way, Suite 500, Renton, WA 98057. The phone number remains (425) 255-7551.

Quadrant Homes

Quadrant Homes won Voluntary Protection Program Star status from the state Department of Labor & Industries. The award is the highest certification level for on-the-job safety performance and accident prevention. Quadrant claims it is the only residential contractor in the state to maintain the status for five years.

Maracay Homes

Andy Warren on April 27 will become president of Maracay Homes, a Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Co. subsidiary based in Phoenix. Warren is a 25-year veteran of the residential construction industry. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Wake Forest University and an MBA from George Washington University. Weyerhaeuser is based in Federal Way.