Mar 10, 2010

LMN

Seattle-based architecture firm LMN promoted Sam Miller to partner. He will also continue to lead several Seattle area projects and the firm's sustainability initiatives. Miller's work includes civic, education and community projects, including the Museum of History & Industry in South Lake Union, Seattle Preparatory School and City College of San Francisco Performing Arts Center. He joined LMN in 2000, and has served on the University of Washington department of architecture professionals advisory board and Cascadia Region GBC Seattle branch steering committee.

Rice Fergus Miller

Rice Fergus Miller promoted Monica Blackwood to principal, Howard Struve to senior associate and Shawn Dinkuhn to associate. Blackwood joined the firm in 2001 and is director of business operations and a senior professional in human resources. Struve is technical designer for fire and emergency services, and oversees quality control. Dinkuhn joined the company five years ago and coordinates community, health care, senior living and hospitality projects. Rice Fergus Miller is based in Bremerton.

Murray, Smith & Associates

Murray, Smith & Associates named Caroline Barlow and Gabriel Crop shareholders and associates. Barlow is experienced in hydraulic modeling, public facilities master planning, and design, permitting and construction management of water, wastewater and stormwater systems. Crop has led transportation, water and wastewater projects. He is experienced in planning, design and construction administration of public works projects, trenchless technologies and subsurface utility engineering. The firm specializes in public infrastructure engineering.

MacKay & Sposito

Matt Faulkner with MacKay & Sposito passed his certified federal surveyor exam, joining only 300 surveyors in the nation. CFedS provides training in federal survey processes, and surveying tribal lands. Faulkner is in the Vancouver office. He has 10 years in surveying project management. M&S offers civil engineering, land and construction surveying, land-use planning, landscape architecture and construction management services, with offices in Washington and Oregon.

King County Bar Association

The Young Lawyers Division of the King County Bar Association presented its 2009 Mentor of the Year Award to Beth Ginsberg of Stoel Rives. The annual award recognizes outstanding contributions to the teaching, training and professional development of young lawyers. Ginsberg is a partner in the firm whose practice focuses on environmental, wildlife and natural resource litigation, permitting and counseling for both public and private interests.

Teragren

Bainbridge Island-based Teragren, a manufacturer of bamboo flooring, panels and veneer, promoted Mike Boshart to executive vice president. Boshart was formerly vice president, marketing.

Puget Sound Blood Center

Puget Sound Blood Center hired David Fennell as its first chief information officer. Fennell was CIO for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Prior to that, he spent 28 years at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, the last five of which he served as CIO and vice president, Boeing Information Technology.

Mar 09, 2010

Foster Pepper

The King County Bar Association's Young Lawyer Division awarded Greg Guedel its Outstanding Mentor Award for 2009. Guedel is an attorney with Foster Pepper and works as an advocate for the firm's pro bono program, especially as it relates to the Native American Legal Practice Group.

King County

King County Executive Dow Constantine appointed Ken Nakatsu director of the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention. Nakatsu managed the Flood Preparedness Unit in the Facilities Management Division for the past six months and previously served as chief of departmental operations for the Seattle Mayor's Office. He replaces Kathleen Van Olst who is returning to the Prosecuting Attorney's Office, where she will work on elder abuse, neglect and economic fraud.

Poncho

Poncho, which stands for Patrons of Northwest Civic, Cultural and Charitable Organizations, named Lorna Kneeland executive director. Kneeland began working with Poncho as a consultant. She has 12 years experience in sales and marketing management and recently led fundraising for the Marsh Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Research.

Robison Mechanical

Robison Mechanical of Bremerton hired Jack Cannon as senior project manager. Cannon has more than 25 years of mechanical construction and project management experience. He previously worked at McKinstry. For Robison, he is managing a project at Green River Community College for John Korsmo Construction and the new SCORE jail in Des Moines for Lydig Construction.

Pease Construction

Lori Wehmhoefer, head contract administrator at Pease Construction, recently became a LEED Green Associate. Wehmhoefer, who has been with Pease since 1986, manages all of the company's sustainability and LEED procedures. She played a key role in achieving LEED gold certification for the Early Learning Center at Tacoma Community College.

Schlecht/Bergerson JV

The U.S. Coast Guard awarded a regional multiple award construction contract to the joint venture of Schlecht Construction of Kelso and Bergerson Construction of Astoria, Ore. The contract specifies that Schlecht/Bergerson JV may be awarded projects within districts 11 and 13, which encompass Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Arizona, Utah, California, Nevada and Montana. Contracts may include general construction, marine construction, demolition, design-build, renovation and historical restoration. Schlecht/Bergerson was one of 16 companies to qualify for the contracts in districts 11 and 13. The Coast Guard estimates contract awards will total $50 million to $100 million per year for the next five years in the districts.

PHC Construction

Bainbridge Island's PHC Construction has affiliated with Butler Manufacturing, a maker of metal building systems, to become a Butler Builder. The contractor will pursue projects throughout Kitsap, Clallam, Jefferson, Grays Harbor and Mason counties with the Butler system. PHC will also use Butler's standing-seam metal roof system on a number of construction projects, including the new Kid's Discovery Museum on Bainbridge Island.

South Sound CFMA

The South Sound Chapter of the Construction Financial Management Association is offering up to $2,000 in scholarships for high achieving students majoring in accounting or finance. Applications are due by March 12 and the scholarships will be awarded in May. For more information, visit http://www.southsoundcfma.org or contact Denise Housman at (253) 248-1402.

Greenberry Industrial

Corvallis, Ore.-based Greenberry Industrial opened an office Ontario, Calif., to better serve that state. Greenberry provides mechanical, structural and civil construction and fabrication services. The new office is the company's fifth on the West Coast, including one in Washington state in Burlington.