Feb 03, 2021

Cary Kopczynski & Co.

Low

Adkins

Akada

Hernandez

Structural engineering firm Cary Kopczynski & Co. hired Victor Hernandez as a marketing assistant, Ben Akada as BIM manager, Sam Adkins as IT manager and Kristina Low as a design engineer in its Bellevue headquarters. Hernandez has experience with digital marketing and branding. He will assist the senior marketing coordinator in preparing responses to complex project pursuits while managing the company's mainstream marketing initiatives. Akada has 25 years of structural drafting and BIM modeling experience and has been leading large BIM teams for the past 10 years. He is involved in 3545 Wilshire, a 30-story tower in Los Angeles; and 1900 Broadway, a 41-story residential tower in Oakland. Low has four years of experience providing design and analysis of major building structures, construction administration and project coordination. Her experience includes high-rise residential and office developments. In Seattle, she is involved in Seattle House, a twin 45-story tower development, and 1000 Virginia, a 480-foot residential tower. Adkins has 15 years of experience in information technology roles. He will manage all aspects of IT throughout the company. His responsibilities will include upgrading CKC to state-of-the-art advanced communication systems and next generation technology.

Lund Opsahl

Mason

Bower

Seattle firm Lund Opsahl promoted Owen Bower to principal and Tony Mason to senior associate. Bower works on healthcare, educational, industrial, civic and commercial projects. His recent work includes Bainbridge Island Performing Arts Center, Shoreline Community College's health sciences complex, Skagit Transit Maintenance, Operations, and Administration Facility and multiple Department of Social and Health Services behavioral health facilities. Mason has a background in construction and structural engineering and experience in healthcare, civic, commercial, construction engineering, multifamily and industrial projects. His recent work includes Seattle-Tacoma International Airport's Concourse D Annex, EvergreenHealth's Critical Care Unit, 100 Multnomah Office Tower in Portland and the Washington Labor & Industries and Department of Agriculture building in Tumwater. Lund Opsahl provides structural and seismic engineering.

GGLO

Henry

Pride

Sayers

Rainville

In Seattle, GGLO promoted Mark Rainville, Ray Sayers, Sarah Pride and SaSha Henry to associate. Rainville has 15 years of architectural experience on high-rise residential, commercial, student and multifamily housing, and city and county projects. Sayers was a summer intern at GGLO and has a master of architecture degree from the University of Washington. Pride has 10 years of multifamily and workplace design experience. Henry holds a bachelor of fine arts in interior design from the University of North Texas. GGLO is a design practice for architecture, urban design, landscapes and interiors.

Fortive

Fortive announced the appointment of Read Simmons as senior vice president of strategy and the promotion of Jonathan Schwarz to senior vice president of corporate development. Simmons will report to Jim Lico, Fortive's president and chief executive officer, and will lead Fortive's strategic development efforts, as well as growth strategies across all segments. Schwarz will continue to lead Fortive's corporate development function, and will also oversee Fortive's tax and treasury teams. Simmons comes from Vista Equity Partners, a private investment firm focused on software, data, and technology-enabled businesses. Prior to joining Vista, Simmons was a partner at Bain & Co. Fortive is a provider of technologies for connected workflow solutions and is headquartered in Everett.

Lighthouse

Lighthouse launched Lighthouse Prism, an in-house technology that uses proprietary AI and machine learning algorithms to analyze text, metadata, and prior attorney work product of documents for a contextualized understanding across an entire portfolio. Seattle-based Lighthouse provides software and services to manage enterprise data for compliance and legal teams.

Kochava

Kochava has earned the TikTok Marketing Partner designation. TikTok is a destination for short-form mobile video. TikTok For Business is the company's global platform for marketing solutions designed to give brands and marketers the tools to engage with the TikTok community. The TikTok For Business Marketing Partner Program helps connect advertisers with technology providers who can help them find success on TikTok. Kochava is a real-time data solutions company offering omni-channel measurement and attribution solutions for data-driven marketers. Kochava also hosts an independent mobile data marketplace, the Kochava Collective. Headquartered in Sandpoint, Idaho, the company has offices globally.

Feb 02, 2021

TrueBlue

Tacoma-based TrueBlue announced that its PeopleReady, PeopleScout and PeopleManagement segments all earned the Top Workplaces USA Award issued by Energage. Winners of the Top Workplaces USA list are chosen based solely on employee feedback gathered through an employee engagement survey conducted by Energage. This is the inaugural year for Top Workplaces USA, and more than 1,100 companies participated in the survey. TrueBlue is a provider of specialized workforce solutions. Its PeopleReady segment offers on-demand, industrial staffing; PeopleManagement offers contingent, on-site industrial staffing and commercial driver services; and PeopleScout offers recruitment process outsourcing and managed service provider solutions.

Klamath River Dams

RES, headquartered in Bellaire, Texas, and the Klamath River Renewal Corp. have signed a contract for RES to provide restoration services in connection with the removal of four dams on the Klamath River. The primary goal of the dam removal is the restoration of more than 400 miles of native vegetation and fish habitat along the historical, pre-dam path of the Klamath River. The design and management plans described in the agreement fulfill the criteria of regulatory agencies involved in the project, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, fisheries agencies in California and Oregon, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

City of Tacoma

The United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) and their partner the American Beverage Foundation for A Healthy America, have selected Tacoma as the first place winner of the 2021 Childhood Obesity Prevention/Environmental Health and Sustainability Grants Award in the Medium City category. The City of Tacoma's Solid Waste Management will be awarded a grant for $175,000 to improve environmental health and sustainability. Through funding from the USCM, the city's Recycle Reset Project can expand its programs and offer training for residents in how to properly use the city's food and yard waste program, as well as food waste reduction techniques. Through partnerships with community organizations such as Asia Pacific Cultural Center, Pierce Conservation District, Safe Streets, and VT Radio Universal, staff will be able to offer these additional trainings in six languages.

Ellensburg Film Festival

The 2021 Ellensburg Film Festival will be a hybrid event with online ticketed screenings and, if allowed, a live encore screening later in the fall. Organizers have added new judging categories open to regional filmmakers. The Best Pacific Northwest Film Short and Best Pacific Northwest Film Feature categories were created to put the focus of the festival back on Northwest Filmmakers. To be eligible, a narrative or documentary film must have been produced in the Pacific Northwest and feature a cast and crew of at 50 percent Pacific Northwest residents. Tickets go on sale in March.

Sequoyah

Maguire

Cole

Redmond-based electrical contractor Sequoyah added Brian Cole as senior project manager and Dillon Maguire as Network Services Division project coordinator. Cole has over 19 years of experience providing estimation, preconstruction planning and execution of projects from bid to closeout. He works in the Special Projects and Tenant Improvement Division. Maguire brings over 10 years of experience in end-to-end warranty coordination, vendor relations, field supervision and customer service. He comes from Pacific Ridge Homes and Bosa Development.

JTM Construction

Molocznik

In Seattle, Justin Molocznik joined JTM Construction as safety director. Molocznik has a decade of industry experience and holds a master's degree in industrial and organizational psychology. He most recently was safety manager at Mortenson Construction and prior to that a director at Forensic Analytical Consulting Services. JTM says its lost-time incident rate and EMR are consistently below the industry average. The company has been a member of the AGC Safety Team for over 15 years.

Compass Construction

Reyes

Orban

Duhs

Welsh

Clocksin

Kirkland-based Compass Construction hired Karl Clocksin and Brian Welsh as senior project engineers, Brittany Duhs as project engineer and Csaba Orban as assistant superintendent; and promoted Esteban Reyes to superintendent. Clocksin previously worked for the company.

Welsh Commissioning Group

Performance Validation acquired Auburn-based Welsh Commissioning Group. Performance Validation is an Indianapolis-based company providing commissioning, qualification and validation services to the life science industries. The buyout allows employee-owned Performance Validation to expand its geographic reach. Welsh employees will also become owners of Performance Validation. Welsh Commissioning Group was founded in 2005 by Bryan Welsh to provide third-party building commissioning in the Pacific Northwest. As part of the buyout, Bryan and Joan Welsh will retire from the business and Tim O'Neill will continue to lead the local group as a division of Performance Validation.