Mar 31, 2010

Bullivant Houser Bailey

Bullivant Houser Bailey, a West Coast business and complex litigation law firm, announced Jeanne Loftis has been admitted to the American Board of Trial Advocates. The organization is made up of plaintiffs' and defense attorneys as well as judges. Loftis chairs the products liability practice and has tried more than 30 cases to verdict as first chair attorney.

Miller Nash

Law firm Miller Nash hired John Knapp as its newest partner in the Seattle office. Knapp, who specializes in business and bankruptcy law, joins Miller Nash's insolvency practice team. He was previously a principal at Cairncross & Hempelmann.

Washington Technology Industry Assoc.

Susan Sigl has been selected as the new president and CEO of the Washington Technology Industry Association. Sigl has 20 years of experience, co-founded Seapoint Ventures and has worked with Ground Truth, SNAPin Software and Zumobi. The association is one of the largest statewide groups of technology companies, IT departments and individual technology professionals in North America.

Schacht Aslani Architects

Seattle-based Schacht Aslani Architects has hired Tracy Lorelli as marketing manager. Lorelli has eight years of marketing and business development in architecture, planning and environmental services. Prior to that, she was a graphic designer in the A/E industry.

Sclater Partners Architects

Sclater Partners Architects promoted Michael D. Chaplin to principal and shareholder. He will be responsible for new business development and the project lead for large-scale projects. He joined the firm in 2003 and has focused on large mixed-use developments, retail, and office projects, including the Bellevue Square renovation, Lincoln Square office tower and retail, and skybridges in Bellevue. He is senior project manager for the Lincoln Square expansion. Sclater Partners is a Seattle architectural design and planning firm.

IA Interior Architects

Catherine Lategan and Brian van Stipdonk joined the Seattle office of IA Interior Architects as senior project manager and project designer, respectively. Lategan previously worked at NBBJ. She has 17 years of experience, mostly with Pacific Northwest clients. She specializes in program management, and her design experience includes federal, technology and non-profit sectors. Van Stipdonk previously worked at Gensler. He has 17 years of experience in master planning, mixed-use development, office buildings, retail and high-density residential centers, and showroom and restaurant design. He also knows industrial design and graphic and multi-media production. IA Interior Architects is a global architectural firm focused on interiors.

Moffatt & Nichol

Pierce Homer joined Moffatt & Nichol as transportation director. The firm said he will use his 25 years of executive experience in transportation, land use and public-private partnerships to expand the company's practices in those areas. Previously, he was secretary of transportation for the Commonwealth of Virginia, where he led a $4.5 billion annual program that employed 10,500 people, Moffatt & Nichol said. The firm, headquartered in Long Beach, Calif., is a global infrastructure adviser.

Mar 30, 2010

Foster Pepper

Foster Pepper hired Steven Block, a trial lawyer and transportation litigator, to its Litigation, Transportation, Real Estate and Yacht & Aircraft groups. Block spent 12 years in the Seattle office of Betts, Patterson & Mines.

Washington State University

Michael Corwin, assistant vice president for technology services at the University of Texas Arlington, has been named assistant vice president for core systems and applications at Washington State University. Corwin will be project director for a major overhaul and upgrade of WSU's information management systems.

Greater Seattle Business Association

Roger Nyhus, president and CEO of Nyhus Communications, a Seattle-based strategic communications and advocacy firm, has been named Business Leader of the Year by the Greater Seattle Business Association. Nyhus has advised numerous business and government leaders since founding his firm in 1994.

Fluid Market Strategies

Fluid Market Strategies of Portland announced its director, John Morris, has been appointed to the Regional Technical Forum for 2010. Established in 1999, the RTF is the technical advisory committee to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, the interstate organization responsible for planning long term electricity needs of the Pacific Northwest.

OAC Services

Seattle-based OAC Services promoted six employees due to their outstanding achievements last year. Lee Dunham and Jason Porter were promoted to senior associates; Vladimir Ivanov and Jeff Jurgensen have become associates; Mark Stovner is now a senior building envelope specialist; and Suzan Vickerman has become senior group coordinator. OAC Services, formerly Olympic Associates Co., specializes in construction and project management, building enclosure services, construction support services, value analysis, and forensic architecture and engineering.

Harjo Construction Services

Kurt Harjo started a construction company called Harjo Construction Services in Seattle. Harjo spent the last three years managing sustainable residential remodels ranging from small bathrooms to second-floor additions valued at $500,000. Prior to that, he worked for a commercial contractor on industrial, medical office and car dealership projects. He is certified as a sustainable building advisor. For more information, visit http://www.harjoconstruction.com.

AGC of America

The Associated General Contractors of America selected 24 companies across the country for Construction Safety Excellence Awards. Two of the winners were from the Northwest, including a first place award to Sicklesteel Cranes of Mount Vernon, and a second place award to Slayden Construction Group of Stayton, Ore.