May 06, 2009

Century West Engineering

Century West Engineering named Dennis D. Fuller president and Joe Roshak vice president of the company, a firm of planners, engineers and construction management specialists with offices in Portland, Bend, Spokane and Ellensburg. Fuller and Roshak have been with Century West for more than 20 years. J. Ned Dempsey, Century West founder and past president, will continue to be involved as chairman of the board and a member of the senior management team.

GeoEngineers

Jason Scott of GeoEngineers’ Spokane office was promoted to senior 2 fisheries biologist. He recently received the title Certified Fisheries Professional from the American Fisheries Society. Kevin Randall was hired as a hydrogeologist at GeoEngineers’ Spokane office. He previously worked for Y-Squared Geotechnical as a staff geologist.

Transportation Solutions

Transportation Solutions of Redmond hired Neena Bhagat as financial administrator. In addition to performing daily accounting activities, Bhagat recently led TSI’s accounting software conversion. She comes to TSI with more than 20 years of accounting experience.

Weyerhaeuser

Weyerhaeuser said Rhonda Hunter has been named vice president Southern Timberlands, effective June 1. She will oversee 4 million acres of timberlands in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and Oklahoma, and succeeds Tom Holmes who will return to Canada and plans to retire later this year. Hunter joined Weyerhaeuser in 1987 and has held numerous accounting and finance positions.

St. Vincent de Paul

St. Vincent de Paul has opened a 16,000-square-foot thrift store in Kent at 310 Central Ave. N. in the former J.B. Factory Carpet location. St. Vincent is a Catholic charity with seven thrift stores in King County. Proceeds from thrift stores sales provide assistance to people in need.

Seniors Helping Seniors

Seniors Helping Seniors In-Home Services has established a new franchise in Seattle. SHS is a national caregiver and companionship organization that matches seniors who need in-home care services with seniors who provide them. The Seattle franchise is owned and operated by Luis and Marie Adan.

May 05, 2009

Group Health

Group Health Cooperative named Lin MacMaster vice president of marketing. MacMaster was senior managing director of member experience at the American Association of Retired Persons. MacMaster has also been president and CEO of Strategic Partners Group in McLean, Va.

RPI

Tukwila-based RPI, a digital image printing company, hired Rick Bellamy as chief executive officer. Bellamy joined RPI as CIO in 2008. Prior to that, he spent 15 years in technology and operational management.

Allied Fire & Security

Allied Fire & Security in Spokane promoted Craig Summers to vice president of operations & business development. Summers has worked at Allied for a total of 18 years. He started working at Allied in 1983 as an electronics technician. Allied provides life safety, security and communications solutions.

Jackson Dean Construction

Seattle-based Jackson Dean Construction hired Roger Anderson as an estimator. Anderson has 28 years of experience in estimating and construction management. He previously worked at Conner Homes Co. in Bellevue. He is focusing on shell-and-core projects at Jackson Dean and is available to the Special Projects department as needed.

Express Construction

Express Construction of Bellevue hired Richard Balster as a project manager and David Anderson as a superintendent. Balster has more than 20 years of project management and estimating experience. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Washington State University. Anderson has 30 years of construction experience, working his way up from a laborer to a master carpenter.

ASTM International

ASTM International has conferred its L.J. Markwardt Award to Donald DeVisser of the Portland-based West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau. DeVisser was cited for his contribution to lumber standards. He has been the technical director of the bureau since 1991. ASTM is a voluntary technical standards organization.

Jackson Dean Construction

Seattle-based Jackson Dean Construction has established a design-build division to augment its range of construction solutions. The contractor is focusing on greater Seattle-area property owners, developers and tenants looking to build but not wishing to hire a separate design team.

Construction Solutions

Kent's Construction Solutions — a supplier of products, software and services to the building information modeling and virtual design and construction fields in the Pacific Northwest — signed a partnering agreement with software developer Bentley Systems. Through the agreement, Construction Solutions can provide its clients with MicroStation, InRoads, CloudWorx and other Bentley products for the lifecycle of infrastructure. In addition, it can offer consulting services and training classes, as well as provide leadership to assist local Bentley user groups.