Nov 05, 2014

Golder Associates

Otto

Wythes

Pepe

Bayrak

In Redmond, Golder Associates hired M. Birkan Bayrak, Ph.D., as a senior project geotechnical engineer. These people transferred to the Portland office: Jen Pepe, senior engineer; Tom Wythes, associate and senior engineer; and Steven Otto, senior project rock mechanics engineer. Bayrak manages transportation, waterfront and land development projects. He will continue to work on a Seattle Ferry Terminal geotechnical preservation project for the state that he began with a previous employer. Pepe has 22 years of experience in site characterization and remedial design, specializing in mining. She has worked for Golder for 14 years, and transferred from New Mexico. Wythes worked in the New Mexico office for eight years. He assists clients on the geotechnical aspects of mine design, operation and closure. Otto transferred from the Burnaby, B.C., office and does mining and civil-related rock mechanics and geological engineering. Golder is a global ground engineering and environmental consulting firm.

Osborn Consulting

Tran

Sparks

Rettinger

Bryant

Osborn Consulting, a Bellevue-based civil engineering firm, hired Ann Bryant and Alma Rettinger as project managers, Alison Sparks as a design engineer and Allison Tran as human resources and administrative coordinator. Bryant will manage surface and waste water projects. Rettinger will focus on stormwater, site development and municipal projects. Sparks will support the transportation drainage group with her background in drainage and permitting. Tran will assist the human resources department and project administration team.

Trindera Engineering

Johnson

Trindera Engineering hired Alex Johnson as a project construction manager in its Spokane office. Johnson has experience in construction and project management, and most recently was a construction administrator at NAC Engineering in Spokane. Trindera is an electrical and control systems engineering and consulting firm, with an office also in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

Sparling

Lanum

Bassi

Nakamura

Fueston

Karptsov

In Lynnwood, Sparling hired Alex Karptsov, Glen Fueston, Ben Nakamura and Rashpal Bassi as project designers and Norm Lanum as a technology project designer. Karptsov was a Sparling intern. He is working on Amazon Rufus Block 19. He holds a bachelor's in electrical engineering from Seattle University. Fueston is working on Swedish Medical Group Union Bay Place Clinic and holds a bachelor's in renewable energy engineering from the Oregon Institute of Technology. Nakamura is working on Seattle Genetics Building 4. He holds a bachelor's in electrical engineering from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Bassi is working on Amazon 1915 Terry. He holds a bachelor's in electrical engineering from Seattle University. Lanum is a communications distribution designer with 22 years of experience in low voltage design, voice and data networks, communication systems and security. He is working on Bothell City Hall. Sparling provides electrical engineering, technology and audiovisual consulting, acoustical and lighting design, with offices in Washington, Oregon and California.

SCJ Alliance

Bruhn

SCJ Alliance hired engineer Jason Bruhn in Lacey. Bruhn has worked in transportation and civil engineering for 21 years. That includes hydraulic and stormwater engineering, site sewer and water systems, transportation engineering, roadway and sidewalk access design, and site grading. He is Thurston County coordinator for Mathcounts, a middle school program that promotes math achievement. SCJ provides civil engineering, transportation planning and design, land use/environmental planning, and landscape architecture and design.

Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker

Samuel E. Baker, a partner at Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker, has been elected a member of the 2014 class of the National Academy of Construction. Baker is one of 27 people recently inducted at the NAC annual meeting. He represents contractors doing heavy civil, marine, buildings and industrial projects.

Department of Commerce

Washington State Department of Commerce Director Brian Bonlender named Spokane City Councilmember Candace Mumm to the Community Economic Revitalization Board. She is CEO of Smartland LLC, a North Spokane company that builds and rehabilitates homes to make them senior-friendly.

Nov 04, 2014

RW Smith

Pierce

Associated Bond Brokers of Dallas has joined the Bellevue-based fixed income interdealer broker firm of RW Smith. Paige W. Pierce is president and CEO of RW Smith. ABBI's four brokers and founder and CEO Pamela M. Miller will operate under the RW Smith name in Dallas. RW Smith has offices in Los Angeles, Scottsdale, Salt Lake City, Chicago, Minneapolis, Tampa and three cities in New Jersey.

F5 Networks

F5 Networks said John McAdam, president and CEO, will retire at the end of this fiscal year. He will remain on the board as non-executive board chair. He joined F5 as president and CEO in 2000.

Snohomish County Superior Court

Snohomish County Superior Court Presiding Judge Michael T. Downes said Marilyn J. Finsen is the new Superior Court administrator, replacing Bob Terwilliger, who plans to retire at the end of 2014. Finsen has worked for Snohomish County for 37 years. In 2003, she became assistant administrator for Superior Court Operations.

Abbott Construction

Zanders

Brousseau

Fulghum

Santander

The Seattle office of Abbott Construction promoted Ed Santander to project executive, Garry Fulghum to senior project engineer, Brenda Brousseau to lead project assistant and Julius Zanders to IT Help Desk level 1. Santander joined Abbott in 2007 and is focusing on client relationships and acquiring work. Fulghum joined the company eight years ago in the field before interning and moving into a project engineer role. He is working in the estimating department. Brousseau joined Abbott in 2012 with 25 years of industry experience. Her new duties are training and providing guidance to project assistants at all three regional offices. Zanders was hired as an IT intern last fall while working on his degree in network systems administration. He responds to help desk requests.

PSF Mechanical

Sanek

Yin

Hyslip

Seattle-based PSF Mechanical hired Brandon Hyslip as service/air-balancing technician, Jenny Yin as project design engineer and Renee Sanek as project manager I. Hyslip has five years of industry experience and is certified under the National Environmental Balancing Bureau. Yin recently earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Seattle University. Sanek has more than 24 years of industry experience, including six years in project management.

Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker

Baker

Samuel E. Baker, a partner at the law firm of Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker, was elected a member of the 2014 class of the National Academy of Construction. Baker was inducted last month with 27 others at the NAC annual meeting in Austin, Texas.

Absher Construction Co.

Puyallup-based Absher Construction Co. won two awards from the Design-Build Institute of America for its Schofield Barracks project in Hawaii. The design-build team of Absher and Tetra Tech won the National Award of Merit and the National Award of Excellence in the civic category at the 2014 awards program. BCE Engineers was the project's engineer.