Feb 13, 2013

DCI Engineers

Matkin

Gibb

DCI Engineers hired Matthew Gibb and Stephen Matkin as civil project managers in the Spokane office. Gibb has 19 years of engineering experience. He will do civil design and manage budgets, schedules and quality assurance. His work includes the Larry H. Miller Lexus dealership renovation in Spokane. Matkin has interned with DCI since January and holds a bachelor's from Montana Tech of the University of Montana. His projects include Pinecroft Business Park in Spokane Valley. DCI is a civil and structural consulting engineering firm based in Seattle, with offices also in Spokane; Portland and Eugune; San Diego and Irvine, Calif.; and Austin, Texas.

Hewitt

Fresquez

Nagele

Talbot

Woland

Ludviksen

Porteous

Ephrem

Hewitt promoted Leah Ephrem and Matthew Porteous to principal, Sean Ludviksen to senior associate, and Jake Woland, Eva Talbot and Julia Nagele to associate. Also it hired Rene Fresquez as a staff architect. Ephrem has been with Hewitt for four years and is architectural project manager for the Lynnwood Link extension. Porteous, a landscape architect, has been with the firm for 12 years, focusing on master planning and urban landscapes. He manages the Bell Street Park Boulevard. Ludviksen joined Hewitt in 2011 and focuses on multi-family and mixed-use projects, and is managing design of a Seattle high-rise. Woland has been with the firm for five years as a landscape architect. He recently completed site work for GreenHouse Apartments. Talbot began her career with Hewitt, and has worked on residential and mixed-use projects including Alto, Third/Cedar and Second/Bell. Nagele specializes in residential and commercial design, and is working on Melrose/Pine design teams. Fresquez joined the residential studio, bringing nine years of experience in rendering and graphic design, modeling and visualization. Hewitt is a Seattle-based architecture, landscape architecture and urban design firm.

Hart Crowser

Summers

Echo Summers, a senior associate environmental and regulatory specialist, returned to Hart Crowser. Summers managed environmental, safety and health programs at Terex Aerial Work Platforms and Esterline Korry Electronics, and consulted for the Navy and NASA. She will help clients with environmental compliance and workplace safety. Hart Crowser is an environmental and engineering consulting firm headquartered in Seattle, with other Pacific Northwest offices.

Affiliated Engineers

Eriksen

Affiliated Engineers Principal Dean Eriksen has been named director of business development in the Pacific Northwest, working out of the Seattle office. He has 20 years of experience with AEI and nearly 30 in the industry. His recently worked on a 750,000-square-foot laboratory for the University of Washington. AEI is a consulting, design and engineering firm.

Betts Patterson & Mines

Seattle-based law firm Betts Patterson & Mines announced the re-election of Lawrence Gottlieb to another three-year term as the firm's managing shareholder. Gottlieb joined the firm as a director in 2006 and was elected managing shareholder in 2009.

University Book Store

Seattle's University Book Store hired Eileen Harte as events coordinator. Harte worked at Helen Harte, Bookseller, her mother's antiquarian Irish book business and Barnes & Noble where she organized book signings, handled merchandising campaigns, and worked with publishers, authors and readers.

Legal Foundation of Washington

The Legal Foundation of Washington will present the 2013 Charles A. Goldmark Distinguished Service Award to Judge Anne Ellington at a luncheon Friday in Seattle. Ellington retired from the Court of Appeals Division I last fall. Her 40-year career includes working in the Attorney General's office, being the first woman selected a King County Superior Court presiding judge, serving on the Appellate Court and working to ensure equal access to courts for people with disabilities.

Feb 12, 2013

S.D. Deacon Corp. of Washington

Northcott

Olson

S.D. Deacon Corp. of Washington promoted Scott Olson to CEO and Brian Northcott to vice president. Olson succeeds Steve Deacon, who will gradually release his responsibilities over the next two years. Olson founded Remco Services in 1998 with his father, and soon after joined with S.D. Deacon to create Remco Deacon, the company's repair and restoration arm. In 2006, he became president and general manager of S.D. Deacon's Seattle office. Northcott joined Remco Deacon in 2005 as a project engineer after graduating from Western Washington University with a bachelor's degree in economics. He later worked in business development for S.D. Deacon's Special Projects team.

Roen Associates

Wiggins

Roen Associates added Matt Wiggins as a construction cost estimator in its Seattle office. Wiggins has more than 10 years of local construction industry experience, is LEED certified, and holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from Washington State University. He previously was an estimator at JE Dunn Construction and Panattoni Construction.

Hill International

Russell V. Pritchard Jr. was promoted to vice president of Hill International's Project Management Group. Pritchard works out of the Spokane office and has nearly 35 years of experience in project and construction management. He holds a bachelor's degree in forest resource management from Ohio State University and a master's degree in construction management from Texas A&M University. He also is a Certified Construction Manager.

Global Diving & Salvage

Vindeola

Seattle-based Global Diving & Salvage added Jose Vindeola in business development and technical support for its Gulf Coast Region in Houston. Vindeola has more than 30 years of diving experience, as well as expertise in project and business development.

R|Miller Inc.

General contractor R|Miller Inc. moved from Edmonds to Bothell. The new address is: 18321 98th Ave. N.E., Bothell, WA 98011.

Western Washington University

Geary

Western Washington University named Edward Geary director of the Science, Mathematics and Technology Education Program. Geary succeeds George “Pinky” Nelson, who has retired. Geary was program director for the Division for Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings with the National Science Foundation.

Stoel Rives

Portland-based law firm Stoel Rives opened a satellite office in Washington, D.C. The new office is headed by firm partner Greg Jenner, a former deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury for tax policy.

Western Fairs Association

California-based Western Fairs Association board of directors elected Kent R. Hojem as president for a one-year term. Hojem has worked at Washington State Fair since March 1996 and as CEO since January 2005. The nonprofit trade association serves the fair industry in the Western United States and Canada.