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Oregon Governor Ted Kulongowski recently appointed Jim Snodgrass to serve a four-year appointment on the State's International Trade Commission. Snodgrass, who is vice president of export sales for Contact Lumber Company of Portland, Ore., will serve alongside 14 other Oregon business executives and two State Senators on the Commission, whose job it is to assist the International Division of the Oregon Economic and Community Development Department in planning and developing policy initiatives related to international trade.

Originally established in 1995, the Commission was expanded last year by the Oregon State Legislature from nine to 15 appointees. The governor's office is hopeful that the commission's work will be helpful in stimulating job growth and the state's economy. Snodgrass was selected because of his own and Contact Lumber's experience in the international trade arena and to help fulfill the governor's desire to have representation from both the natural resources sector and from eastern Oregon (Contact Lumber's manufacturing facility is located in Prineville, Ore.).

John S. Koreny recently joined architectural, engineering and consulting firm HDR in the company's Bellevue, Wash. location. Koreny's duties at HDR will be as a senior hydrologist and water resources project manager.

With more than 13 years of experience as a professional consultant in ground water and surface water hydrology, Koreny has managed many surface and ground water hydrology projects. He has experience with regional and site-specific ground water investigations for water supply and water rights assessments, environmental impact studies, ground water control (dewatering) and environmental contaminant remediation projects.

Kelly Heighton has joined the sales team at fire alarm and security contractor Pacific Fire and Security of Seattle. Heighton works primarily with electrical contractors who require fire alarm and security services for their commercial and industrial customers.
Heighton brings nearly 10 years of sales experience in the fire alarm, security system and telecommunications industries, where he has earned significant recognition for top performance in sales and customer service and a long history of setting sales records.

KPFF Consulting Engineers' Portland, Ore., office, a 126-person structural and civil engineering, and surveying firm, recently announced new additions to its professional structural engineering staff: Stephen Whittington, PE; Josh Richards, PE; Mihkel Lepson; Bahram Jahangiri; Mark Tobin, PE; Erik Garrison, PE; Quoc Nhi Nguyen; Di Huynh; Michael Dutton and Philippe Vivant.

Portland, Ore., design and engineering firm Otak Inc. recently added right-of-way accessibility expert Jerry Markesino to its Public Services Group. Markesino, a professional engineer and author of several technical publications and manuals, joins Otak as a senior project manager.

A civil engineer for more than 28 years, Markesino has been involved in such public projects as the Portland Streetcar and North Transit Mall Extension in Portland. He has also written or developed pedestrian design guidelines, an urban forestry management plan, a final report to the U.S. Access Board recommending national accessible street-design guidelines, and the special report recommending planning and design of accessible features for alterations to public streets in the public rights-of-way. He is a professional engineer registered in Oregon.

Group Mackenzie, a regional architecture and engineering firm recently announced the licensing of Tim L. Schweitzer as a professional engineer in the State of Washington.
Schweitzer, who joined Group Mackenzie in 1989, has contributed to a variety of projects including commercial office space, warehouse/distribution centers, and high tech facilities. His recent experience includes the Dollar Tree Regional Distribution Center, Staples Fulfillment Center, the Round at Beaverton Station, Clackamas County Public Service Building and Oregon Transfer.

Schweitzer is also licensed as a professional engineer in California and a professional structural engineer in Oregon.

Sparling (Seattle) project designer Matthew Woo recently earned his professional engineering license. With more than nine years of experience in providing electrical engineering for commercial, educational, military, industrial, and marine facilities, Woo has expertise in site lighting, street lighting and electrical design. Recent projects include Fisher Pavilion, Cedar Valley Community School and Chase Lake Elementary School. He is currently working on the Central Terminal Expansion at SeaTac Airport and several other projects at Valley Medical Center, McChord Air Force Base and the Bremerton Naval Station.

Steve Stamm and Frank van der Harst have joined the staff of CDi Engineers, a Lynnwood, Wash., mechanical consulting firm.

Stamm brings more than 30 years of experience to his position of senior mechanical designer. He designs mechanical systems for healthcare, laboratory, high-technology, commercial, educational, and industrial projects, and is a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).

A certified plumbing engineer, van der Harst has joined CDi's healthcare group, providing plumbing design services for several projects at Valley Medical Center in Renton, Wash., and St. Charles Medical Center in Redmond, Ore.

Charles R. Schrader, a construction law attorney and shareholder in the Portland, Ore., firm of Jordan Schrader PC, spoke at the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) Labor and Employment Law Council's 20th Annual Construction Labor Law Symposium in Washington, D.C. Schrader's presentation focused on employment and labor law problems created by the rapidly growing use of construction workers provided by companies whose business is simply to provide employees on a lease or contract basis.

Schrader has been active in the AGC at both the local and national levels for more than 25 years. He is a long time member of a number of AGC national committees, including the Labor Committee and the Contractor Documents Committee in which he played a critical role in the creation of the AGC's standard form subcontracts.

Heidi Turner has joined Lorig Management Services of Seattle as a residential property manager. She oversees a portfolio of collegiate properties including Nordheim Court, Radford Court and The Commodore Duchess at the University of Washington, and The Wesley at Seattle Pacific University. She is also responsible for two senior housing properties - Alaska House and International House.

Turner brings 11 years of senior multifamily, retail and office property management experience to LMS. She is the current president of the Western Washington Chapter of IREM.

Bill Karst, Callison's (Seattle) chief executive officer, has been elected to the College of Fellows, the highest honor bestowed on its members by the American Institute of Architects.

Several Lake Washington Technical College students enrolled in the Kirkland, Wash., school's engineering graphics program placed in the American Design Drafting Association's national drafting competition. The students are Eileen Gallison of Lake Stevens, Wash., Tom Griffin of Kirkland, Thanh Pham of Bellevue, and Mary Silva of Anacortes, Wash., with first place awards; Lynne Waldher of Edmonds, Wash., with a second place award; Slava Stevens of Kirkland with a third place award; and Aaron Robinson of Everett, Wash., and Stanley Chinn of Kirkland with honorable mentions.

The Seattle office of Skanska USA Building Inc. recently announced the promotions of Curt Banks and Tony Stewart to vice-president.

Banks has worked in the construction industry for more than 23 years. At Skanska, he leads a team of specialists delivering preconstruction services to numerous local and national clients and design professionals.

Stewart has been in the design and construction industry for more than 19 years. He is in charge of marketing and business development at Skanska, and also serves on the company's National Business Developers advisory board.

Electrical contracting firm Dynalecteric Company of Portland, Ore., has expanded the business development capabilities of its recently formed technologies division by naming Elle Hansen sales and marketing manager of the division.

Hansen has more than 10 years of professional experience in sales and marketing with expertise in technology and telecommunications design and consulting.

Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC) of Oregon has hired John Killin as its executive director. Killin has a varied background in Oregon politics, and formerly served as legislative aide and campaign manager for former state representative Max Williams.

Killin replaces former executive director Rick Thomas, who left to be chief of staff for State Senate Republican Leader Roger Beyer.