Jun 12, 2013

Aecom

Lee

Mannelly

Horton

Soukup

Aecom hired four people in its Seattle office. Jim Soukup is vice president in alternative delivery for transportation project development; Michael Horton is operations manager, transportation; Brian Mannelly is senior marine planner, transportation; and Janet Lee is office engineer, transportation. Soukup has more than 20 years of experience in transportation projects in the U.S., and will initially focus on major transportation projects on the West Coast. Horton has 35-plus years of experience as a civil engineer, including 30 with the Washington State Department of Transportation. He is a design and construction project manager for municipal and tribal government projects and a construction management trainer. Mannelly is a planner, designer, logistics specialist and operations professional with a background in port development, transportation planning and real estate/commercial strategy. He has 20 years of experience, including five as planning director for the Port of Tacoma. Lee has eight years of experience as a civil engineer with WSDOT, where she worked in contract administration, design and inspection. Aecom provides support services to transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, water and government markets.

GeoEngineers

Dugger

Wasser

Reintanz

GeoEngineers hired Bill Reintanz as a senior special inspection and testing technician in the Spokane office. He previously worked as a construction inspector for a Utah company. GeoEngineers promoted Paul Wasser in the Boise office to leader of the West business unit, which consists of the Boise, Spokane, Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland offices. Teresa Dugger was promoted in Spokane as that unit's geotechnical group leader. The earth science, engineering and technology consulting firm is headquartered in Seattle, with 12 offices nationwide.

RMC Architects

McCarthy

Neil McCarthy has become a partner in RMC Architects in Bellingham. McCarthy joined the firm in 2005 and has been involved in projects for colleges, universities and religious organizations as well as multifamily housing. He is working on housing projects for Bellingham Housing Authority and Mercy Housing.

Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce

McIntyre

Hiroshima

Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commercehas added Terri Hiroshima as vice president of communications and Markham McIntyre as government relations director. Hiroshima held leadership positions at Seattle arts and online news organizations, including Crosscut Public Media and Seattle Theatre Group. McIntyre worked in government relations and communications, and most recently was new media director for Jay Inslee's campaign. He was press secretary for Inslee when he was in Congress.

James Street Associates

James Street Associates, a U.S.-based logistics and transportation marketing agency with an office in Chicago, named Linda Thielke communications manager. Thielke was public affairs coordinator for King County Department of Transportation in Seattle. She will work will a variety of clients, including logistics and transportation companies.

Jun 11, 2013

Plauche & Carr

Anderson

Smith

Seattle-based law firm Plauche & Carr hired Robert M. Smith as senior associate and Jessica F. Anderson as associate in the environmental and land use practice. Plauche & Carr advocates for natural resource-based activities, primarily in marine, shoreline and wetland environments.

Collaboration Centric Solutions (C2)

Portland-based Collaboration Centric Solutions hired Kate Moher as executive director. Moher worked for a national health plan for 13 years. C2 is a joint venture of independent employee benefit consultants. It says the collaboration helps create innovative products and service.

Walsh Construction Co.

Harding

Julia Harding joined Walsh Construction Co.'s Washington region as business manager. Harding has more than eight years of construction industry experience. In her new role, she is managing the finance department, providing accounting and financial analysis, and overseeing compliance for project-related financial, contractual and regulatory matters.

OAC Services

OAC Services promoted Alisa Cotter to project manager and hired Andrew Sahl as project engineer, both in the Construction Management group. Cotter was a project engineer at OAC since 2011 and has more than six years of industry experience, specializing in high-tech, public and private projects. She is LEED AP certified. Sahl has been working at OAC as an intern for the past year and will graduate this month from the University of Washington with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. He has experience in sustainable transportation, transportation planning and roadway design work.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers

Vancouver, B.C.-based Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers appointed Erik Olsson to its board of directors. Olsson is president, CEO and a director of Mobile Mini, a provider of portable storage solutions. He held the same positions at rental equipment company RSC Holdings prior to its acquisition by United Rentals in April 2012.