From top to bottom: Boyer, McNeil, Endres

University Mechanical, (Mukilteo, Wash.) promoted several employees recently. Steve Otis, P.E., has been promoted from senior project manager to field operations manager. He will be responsible for overseeing all field operations and productivity for the company. Maria Boyer has been promoted to construction manager. She will manage and oversee all aspects of UMC's project management, including resource allocation and project control systems. Mike McNeil has been designated as UMC's purchasing and expediting manager. Brett Endres has been named chief estimator. Endres has spent many years as a detailer and subsequently as the manager of the detailing group.

LCG Pence, LLC, a general contracting firm based in Portland, Ore. announced that Paul Schulz has been promoted to senior project manager. Schulz's current projects include Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Willamette, a new office complex and two assisted living facilities. David Shriver has been promoted to project manager. His current projects include several retail complexes and warehouse/shipping/receiving facilities for Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Willamette. The company has also added two new project engineers to the firm, Brian Poissant and Mark Barcroft.

Tim Haley has joined Carter & Burgess, Inc., as a senior project manager in the firm's Seattle office. Haley brings to his position 30 years of experience in program and project management, business development, architectural design, and planning. He has planned and designed a variety of facilities, including medical, law and justice, and residential. He has special expertise in the educational market. Carter & Burgess is a nationwide full-service firm offering consulting services in engineering, architecture, and related services.

Jordan Schrader PC, has announced the addition of attorney Matthew Piwonka to the firm's Dirt Law™ practice group and Kim Holloway as director of marketing and business development. Piwonka brings to the firm more than 6 years of legal experience with a focus on all aspects of construction defect litigation representing owners, general contractors and subcontractors. He is a published author on various aspects of construction litigation and will join Jordan Schrader's Dirt Law™ seminar team who work to educate the Northwest design and construction industry on the legal aspects of real estate, environmental, land use and construction. Holloway joins the firm as Director of Marketing & Business Development with 10 years of experience in both product and professional services marketing. The firm represents private and public clients throughout the western United States.

The American Society of Professional Estimators, Columbia Chapter, announced that Walt Lemon, estimator for JE Dunn, has been appointed to the National Certification Board for ASPE. Lemon has also been an instructor at Portland Community College teaching estimating courses. Wallace Brassfield, also of the Columbia Chapter, has been appointed to the National Standards Board. Brassfield is an estimator for the US Army Corps of Engineers. Bryna Gibson, president of ASPE Columbia Chapter has been appointed as regional director of ASPE for a second term. Gibson is the president of Gibson Door & Millwork, Inc., a woman owned business in Portland, Ore., currently working in Oregon, Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Alaska.

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CDi Engineers is announced that project engineer Leslie Jonsson recently earned her Washington professional engineering license. Jonsson's expertise is in the design of mechanical HVAC and plumbing systems, and she is a LEED™ Accredited Professional. Jonsson is working on projects at Westfield Shoppingtown at Southcenter Mall, University of Washington Medical Center, Providence Everett Medical Center, and the Ocean Shores Convention Center. She will serve as the ASHRAE Puget Sound Chapter, Technical, Energy & Government Activities Committee Chair. CDi Engineers is a mechanical engineering consulting firm with offices in Lynnwood, Wash.

InLine Commercial Construction (Aloha, Ore.,) named Andrea "Andi" Rauch a project manager working on contract administration, subcontractor coordination and marketing. Over the past 14 years, Rauch has worked in a variety of roles in the construction industry. In Line Commercial Construction, Inc., established in 1983, is a full-service, minority-owned contractor with over forty employees serving medical, office, non-profit, private developer and public agency clients.

Group Mackenzie, a regional architecture and engineering announced the addition of Shawn Rush as principal. Rush has 20 years experience in workplace design and has spent the last ten years of practice in the Puget Sound region. She is currently leading the design of The Seattle Foundation, Land America, and Winn Devon Art Group. Rush is immediate past-president of Commercial Real Estate Women, Seattle and is a former board member of Industrial Facility Management Association (IFMA) Seattle.

New to the construction law department of Dunn & Black this spring is Ryan D. Yahne. Yahne advises and represents contractors, subcontractors, owners and sureties in all types of public and private construction matters and is licensed to practice in California and Washington. Originally from Spokane, Yahne is a May 2003 cum laude graduate of Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California.

Sparling recently hired Jeremy Van Lith as a CAD drafter/designer in its Portland, Ore. Prior to joining Sparling, Van Lith provided design support for Portland area projects and clients. He has over five years AutoCad experience including 3-D drawing generation. Current Sparling projects include Providence Portland Medical Center Central Utility Plant, Providence Health System Sherwood Medical Office Building (Portland) and Rogue Valley Medical Center in Medford, Ore.

Virginia Anderson, Director of Seattle Center in Seattle, WA, will receive the LaGasse Medal in the Non-landscape Architect Category in honor of her achievements in the management of natural resources and public lands. Seattle Center is an 87-acre park-like campus located in the midst of bustling Seattle. A former real estate developer, Ms. Anderson was appointed in 1988 to preserve the best of the 1962 World's Fair site and also to create new facilities, leading more than 100 community meetings over a two-year period.