Oct 21, 2009

Williams Kastner

Jessie Harris, an attorney with Seattle law firm Williams Kastner, has been appointed chair of the American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section's Self-Insurers and Risk Managers Committee. He will serve a one-year term during the 2009-2010 bar year. Harris' practice involves civil litigation, employment and discrimination, and insurance and commercial matters.

Sturtevant's

Sturtevant's in Bellevue has opened a new Sturtevant's Ski Mart store in Tacoma at 2220 S. 37th Street. Keith Rollins, former manager of the Puyallup store, will manage the new location. The Ski Mart features new, in-season products and discounted, close-out products from previous seasons.

Virginia Mason Medical Center

Virginia Mason Medical Center hired five new physicians in a variety of specialties in August. They are Amy Cheng and Simone Ince in dermatology, Nkeiruka Duze in general internal medicine, Amy Brockmeyer in gynecologic oncology and Benjamin Jackson in pediatrics.

GHD

Cela Fortier was appointed lead engineer at GHD in Seattle. She has been responsible for construction plans, specifications and cost estimates for public infrastructure projects, including drinking water, sanitary sewer and stormwater systems. She focuses on drinking water systems. GHD in an international company of engineers, architects, planners, scientists, drafters, project managers, economists and support staff.

GeoDesign

GeoDesign, a geotechnical engineering and environmental consulting firm based in Portland, hired Pam Dannenmann at corporate controller and Shannon Atkinson as IT systems administrator.

Golder Associates

Todd Hoffman is a new senior reservoir engineer and John Edgerly is a water resources engineer in Golder Associates' Redmond office. Hoffman specializes in reservoir modeling and has experience in fracture modeling. Edgerly specializes in hydrologic and hydraulic analysis for surface water and river engineering projects. He worked in the Calgary, Alberta, office of Golder, a ground engineering and environmental consulting firm.

Oct 20, 2009

Solstice Restaurant Group

Bellevue's Solstice Restaurant Group hired Shawn Lee as general manager of 0/8 Seafood Grill & Twisted Cork Wine Bar and Ellie Chin as general manager of STIR/Martini + Raw Bar. Lee has 20 years of experience, has owned a sushi distribution company and been food and beverage director for Sheraton and Hilton Hotels. Chin is a restaurateur and previously launched Ovio Bistro and O2 in West Seattle and Market Street Bistro in Ballard.

Silicon Mechanics

Silicon Mechanics, a manufacturer of rackmount servers, storage and computing hardware in Bothell, promoted Eva Cherry to president. Cherry joined Silicon Mechanics in April of 2008 as vice president of operations. She was previously chief executive officer of Net-Inspect.

Alpha Technologies Services

Bellingham-based Alpha Technologies Services has acquired ASC Electronics, a telecommunications equipment repair service company in Aiken, S.C. The goal is to help Alpha better serve customers in the Southeastern market and reduce turnaround time on equipment repairs.

Skanska USA Building

Skanska USA Building promoted four at its Seattle office, including Greg Holmes and Robert Nixon to senior project managers and James Shaiman and Dan Huber to project managers. Holmes has been with the company for four years and is managing a Boeing project in Everett. Nixon has more the 12 years of construction experience and joined Skanska in 2003. Shaiman, a four-year employee, is managing the completion of The Bravern in Bellevue. Huber, also with the company for four years, is working on the Meadowdale Middle School replacement project in Lynnwood.

Sazan Group

Patrick Tilley joined Sazan Group's Electrical Division as a principal. Tilley has more than 26 years of experience in electrical design, project management and construction administration. He has worked on all phases of project development, including master planning, conceptual design and design development. Sazan is an engineering firm specializing in HVAC, power, lighting and data/telecommunications design for health-care facilities, office buildings and public works projects.

Materials Testing & Consulting

The Burlington laboratory of Materials Testing & Consulting gained approval from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform tests and inspections on construction projects overseen by the corps. The company's Olympia lab is also qualified to test aggregate, bituminous, concrete, grout, masonry, mortar and soil on corps-administered projects. MTC offers geotechnical engineering, materials testing, special inspections and nondestructive testing services. It has a third office in Bellingham.

Lease Crutcher Lewis

The Seattle office of Lease Crutcher Lewis and a slew of other firms helped the University of Washington's Department of Construction Management build out its 1,200-square-foot library at the Pacific Northwest Center for Construction Research & Education at Sand Point. Subcontractors and suppliers involved with the project included: Division 9, Fire Sprinklers Inc., Fire Systems West, Gudmundson Painting, Integrity Networks, Key Mechanical, Pacific Construction Systems, Performance Contracting, Schubert Flooring, Sessler, SimplexGrinnell, T-Bar Construction, Titan Electric, Valley Electric and Washington Hardwoods.