Apr 09, 2013

Haskell Corp.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District selected Haskell Corp. of Bellingham as Contractor of the Year at its recent 14th Annual Celebrate Safety ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Haskell was among 10 contractors and two individuals honored for their safety performance in 2012. Haskell took the top award for a $53 million design-build project that replaced two coal-fired boilers and handling systems at Eielson Air Force Base. The company had zero lost days and a DART rate of 0 on the project, which logged 36,000 worker hours.

Hudson Bay Insulation

Greg Zevely is now part owner of Hudson Bay Insulation in Seattle. Zevely has worked at Hudson Bay for more than 10 years in roles related to project management and business development. He joins other owners Jim King, Lisa King, Tim Stout and Ken Gritter. The company also announced John Hernandez joined as senior project manager. Hernandez has worked in mechanical contracting for 17 years, and will help the specialty contractor grow its market share and geographical reach.

DBM Contractors

Kovacs

Federal Way-based DBM Contractors hired Tim Kovacs as design engineer. Kovacs has more than 12 years of experience with heavy-civil infrastructure projects and previously worked at Lachel and Associates doing engineering and non-destructive testing of deep foundations and vibration monitoring. He is a registered professional engineer, and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees with an emphasis in geotechnical and environmental engineering from Brigham Young University.

Sellen Construction

Boysen

Tom Boysen joined Sellen Construction as senior project manager. Boysen has more than 20 years of engineering and construction experience, with a focus on advanced technology and data center projects. In his new role, he is responsible for health-care, laboratory, industrial, data center and energy projects. Boysen previously worked for University Mechanical Contractors and ACCO Engineered Systems. He is a registered mechanical engineer and a LEED Accredited Professional.

Holaday-Parks

Fleming

The Seattle corporate office of mechanical contractor Holaday-Parks hired Jaymes Fleming as detailing manager. Fleming has worked in the construction industry for more than 18 years as a field foreman, project detailer, MEP coordinator, project manager, BIM consultant and constructability consultant. His specialty is modeling and coordinating mechanical systems.

Hodgson/Meyers Communications

Suttell

Kirkland-based ad agency Hodgson/Meyers Communications hired Paul Suttell as account director. Suttell was senior marketing communications manager at Intermec.

Frause

Nauseda

Hudson

Seattle-based communications firm Frause promoted Kate Hudson and Emily Nauseda to account executives. Hudson joined Frause as an assistant account executive in March 2012 and Nauseda was hired in February 2012 as an assistant account executive.

Seattle City Council

City Council President Sally J. Clark announced Dana Robinson Slote will be communications director for the legislative department effective April 22. Robinson Slote was director of communication for the Washington State Senate Democratic Caucus.