Aug 27, 2019

PotlatchDeltic

Spokane-based PotlatchDeltic hired Michele Tyler as vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. Tyler has over 20 years of law experience, most recently as senior vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary at Vectrus in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She will succeed Lorrie Scott, who is retiring at year end. PotlatchDeltic is a REIT that owns timberlands in Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Louisiana, Minnesota and Mississippi. Through a subsidiary, it also operates six sawmills, a plywood mill, residential and commercial real estate developments, and a rural timberland sales program.

T-Mobile

T-Mobile opened a lab in Bellevue that tests smartphones and other devices that will connect to the 5G spectrum. The 20,000-square-foot lab has over a dozen testing areas where engineers analyze everything from network signal quality to software.

Mission Support Alliance

The Department of Energy awarded Hanford Site contractor Mission Support Alliance an honorable mention in the Outstanding Sustainability Program/Project category of its 2019 Sustainability Awards. Hanford contractors last year installed LED lighting, downsized transformers, dismantled outdated roadway lighting and updated ventilation systems. That helped save over 1.2 million kilowatt hours of electricity. Mission Support Alliance is the team of Leidos and Centerra Group.

Abbott Construction

Catalano

Churchill

Bry

DeMaris

The Seattle office of Abbott Construction promoted Michele DeMaris to chief estimator, Andrew Bry to senior project manager, Paul Churchill to preconstruction manager and Jamey Catalano to project manager. DeMaris has over 25 years of industry experience and has estimated, planned, bid and led proposals for billions of dollars' worth of projects. Bry has over 13 years of construction experience, with nearly 10 years at Abbott. Churchill has been with Abbott for 13 years. In his newly created role, he is responsible for leading preconstruction for multiple projects. Catalano started at the company four years ago, supporting the Special Projects Division. She has over 10 years of construction experience.

Graham Construction & Management

Polis

Bill Polis is the new business development director at Graham Construction & Management in Seattle. Polis has over 35 years of construction business development and executive management experience. Canada-based Graham builds multifamily, retail, health care, life science, K-12, higher education and office buildings.

The Walsh Group

Kramer

Zachary Kramer joined The Walsh Group in Seattle as assistant project manager II. Kramer was a project engineer on two of the Manhattan Project legacy sites (Hanford and Los Alamos) and developed/qualified a unique nuclear grade HEPA filter. He is working on the Pivot apartments.

Ash Grove Cement Co.

Barringer

Jay Barringer joined Ash Grove Cement Co. as a sales representative in the Bellevue office, covering western and central Washington, as well as Alaska. Barringer was operations officer for the Navy's Regional Support Organization, Pacific Northwest in Everett. He holds a bachelor's in political science from the University of North Carolina at Asheville.

Hermanson Co.

Sinclair

In Kent, Hermanson Co. promoted Scott Sinclair to construction executive of the Critical Environments Group. Sinclair has over 29 years of experience as a mechanical designer, preconstruction manager and project manager. He specializes in high-performance buildings such as hospitals, biomedical and pharmaceutical labs, and data centers. Hermanson provides mechanical construction, design-build engineering and service/maintenance.