Jul 09, 2015

Stoel Rives

Stoel Rives partner James M. Shore has been elected a Fellow of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Shore represents employers in labor and employment law.

Community and Technical Colleges

The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges elected Shaunta Hyde as its chair, making her the first African-American woman to lead the board. Dr. Elizabeth Chen was elected vice chair. Hyde is the managing director of community relations at Alaska Airlines. Chen is a retired faculty member from University of Puget Sound.

Frontier Communications

Frontier Communications of Bothell named Eric List general manager for the Bothell/Lynnwood area. List oversees field operations and sales. He was regional director and general manager at Windstream Communications.

17 finish CREW leadership series

Here are the 17 graduates of Commercial Real Estate Women Seattle & Sound's Leadership Series: Kim Addy, Bentall Kennedy; Angela Cash, Buildingi; Jamie Clune and Michele DeMaris, PCL Construction Services; Mollie Fadule, Cephas Partners; Mashhood Ghoreishi, Skanska USA Building; Nikki Jones, CBRE; Wendy Lamb, GGLO; Jaclyn Lindstrom, Chicago Title; Loreana Marciante, Vulcan Inc.; Brook Nelson, BNBuilders; Delilah Richman, Harsch Investment Properties; Nancy Rickert, Sellen Construction; Margot Rosenberg, Pacific Lighting Systems; Maggie Santolla, Paladino and Co.; Kelly Sheehan, Peterson Sullivan LLP; and Stacy Shewell, OAC Services. The series has eight sessions presented by regional industry leaders. Applications for the next series are due July 31. For more information, visit http://www.crewseattle.org.

Mandy Bender joins Tarragon

Bender

Tarragon hired Mandy Bender as a contract administrator. Bender will create and monitor contracts, change orders and purchase orders. She has more than 10 years of contracting experience and last worked at the University of Washington Capital Projects Office. Bender spent four years at Starbucks as a real estate project manager and leasing analyst. Tarragon develops residential, industrial, office and retail projects in Washington, California and Nevada.

Red Lion expands to Texas

Spokane-based Red Lion Hotels Corp. has signed franchise agreements with two property owners to build hotels in Bryan and Texas City, Texas. Bryan is close to Texas A&M University. That hotel will open in the first quarter of 2018. Texas City is 40 miles southeast of Houston on Galveston Bay. The hotel will open in January 2017. Red Lion started in 1959 and has 130 hotels across the nation.

Terreno buys Kent buildings for $12M

San Francisco-based Terreno Realty Corp. bought four distribution buildings in Kent for $12.3 million. They total about 138,000 square feet on 7.6 acres at 22402 72nd Ave S. The space is 94 percent leased to 13 tenants. There are 50 dock-high and 18 grade-level loading positions, and parking for 166 cars. Terreno buys, owns and operates industrial real estate in several U.S. markets.

Jul 08, 2015

Reid Middleton

Purkey

Reid Middleton hired Jim Purkey as survey director in its Everett office. Purkey is a project manager and land surveyor with 38 years of experience in civil engineering/survey projects and business operations. He worked at Worley Parsons. Reid Middleton is an Everett-based engineering, planning and surveying firm.

Parametrix

Piccone

In Bremerton, Parametrix hired John Piccone as a senior engineer. He will lead the water practice on the Kitsap and Olympic peninsulas, and oversee civil engineering and water-related projects for tribal and government clients. Piccone has 12 years of civil engineering experience and eight years of construction management and business development experience. He has been an Oak Harbor city engineer and an engineering consultant on public projects. Parametrix provides engineering, planning and environmental science services.

Swenson Say Faget

Carnes

Martin

Swenson Say Faget hired Kevin Martin and James Carnes as staff engineers. Martin recently earned a master's in civil engineering from the University of Washington. He is working on projects with the residential engineering team. Carnes recently graduated with a bachelor's in civil engineering from Washington State University and has been a contractor. He is working on residential projects, including turning a cargo container into a house.

DEI Electrical Consultants

Johnson

Alex Johnson joined DEI Electrical Consultants of Spokane Valley as a project construction manager. He is a master electrician with 35 years of construction and project management experience, and was previously with Trindera Engineering. He is working on Eastgate Elementary School in Kennewick. DEI provides engineering services.

Confluence Environmental

Novak

Confluence Environmental Co. hired Grant Novak as a senior aquatic biologist. Novak has over 13 years of experience doing environmental monitoring studies, assessing impacts of construction/restoration projects on endangered species, and managing projects. Confluence provides ecosystem analysis, restoration, and mitigation; species conservation planning; regulatory strategy and compliance; cultural resources assessments; permitting; and project management.

Trindera Engineering

Lamb

Goodall

In the Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, office, Trindera Engineering hired Spencer Goodall as a project engineer and Rock Lamb as a senior project engineer in the commercial department. Goodall holds a bachelor's in electrical engineering from the University of Idaho. Lamb has over 30 years of experience in electrical engineering design, with work in commercial, municipal, light industrial and education projects. Trindera is an electrical and control systems engineering and consulting firm, with an office also in Spokane.

Sazan Group

Vlaskamp

In Seattle, Sazan Group hired Jon Vlaskamp as a CAD drafter and BIM modeler. Vlaskamp has three years of mechanical CAD and BIM drafting experience, and is a REVIT MEP professional. The firm provides mechanical and electrical engineering, IT consulting, MEP commissioning and owner representation services. It also has a Portland office.

CG Engineering

Tassani

CG Engineering hired Peter Tassani as a structural engineer-in-training. Tassani was with Puget Sound Energy for three years and holds a bachelor's in civil engineering from the University of Washington. He is an Air Force veteran.

RDH Building Sciences

Fox

McIsaac

Brown

Bailey Brown, Shawn McIsaac and David Fox of the Seattle office of RDH Building Sciences have earned Washington engineering licenses. They began their careers with RDH, which provides building science and enclosure consulting.

Core Design

Cayton

John Cayton of Core Design earned his Washington land surveyor license. He has worked in the profession since 1999. Core provides civil engineering, planning, surveying, landscape architecture and urban design.

KPFF Consulting Engineers

Egging

KPFF Consulting Engineers promoted Thaddeus J. Egging to principal. Egging joined the Seattle office in 2001 and is managing work with universities and school districts, the department of defense and private developers. He is overseeing civil design on the WSU Digital Classroom in Pullman and the 6.5-acre South Lake Union development of the former Seattle Times' site. He serves on the Seattle Design Commission. KPFF is a West Coast civil and structural engineering firm.

GeoEngineers

In Tacoma, GeoEngineers hired Stuart Thielmann as a staff geotechnical engineer and Vinnie Oskierko as a lab technician. In Seattle, it hired Rick Moore as an associate environmental geologist and Breanna Reinke as administrative coordinator. In Redmond, it hired Joe Schilter as a field technician, Sydney Bronson as a staff environmental engineer and Nikki Peterson as an accounts payable clerk. Christopher Kokesh returned to the firm as a senior geotechnical engineer in Redmond. GeoEngineers is an earth science, engineering and technology consulting firm headquartered in Seattle, with 14 offices nationwide.

Seafair

Seafair President and CEO Beth Knox will leave Aug. 31, after 10 years with the organization. Seafair Festival Board Chair David Willis will be interim chief operating officer during a search for her successor. Under Knox, Seafair added the Fourth of July celebration, Rock and Roll Seattle Marathon, and other events to its roster. The nonprofit has 12 full-time staff, 5,000 seasonal volunteers and has more than 160 sponsors/partners.

Veris Law Group

Veris Law Group PLLC, a Seattle-based law firm, said Alison J. Robinson has been promoted to ownership and Molly Barker joined as a new attorney. Robinson advises clients on environmental and real estate matters. Barker's background is in environmental issues and complex litigation.

U.S. Bankruptcy Court

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit announced the appointment of Christopher M. Alston as a judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington. He fills a vacancy following the retirement of Judge Karen A. Overstreet. Alston was with Foster Pepper in Seattle.