May 16, 2000

Shea Construction

Spokane's Shea Construction has hired Jenny Fechter as marketing coordinator and Brian Singer as a project engineer. Fechter has a background in marketing, journalism and communications, and holds a bachelor's degree in general communications from Whitworth College. Singer is working on the firm's $25.4 million Washington State University Health Science Building project in Spokane. He holds a bachelor's degree in construction engineering management from Oregon State University.

May 11, 2000

Seattle-Northwest Securities

Seattle-Northwest Securities has announced its new Web-enabled online underwriting system. The system was used recently to help the Sumner School District with the sale of a $34 million bond issue. The system allowed investors and bond buyers to review the Preliminary Official Statement for bond sales, get information about interest rates, place orders and receive confirmation online. The bonds will help the district pay for construction of its second high school.

May 09, 2000

McKinstry Company

Sally Alhadeff has joined mechanical contractor McKinstry Co. as its vice president/director of operations for its Internet-based facility services group. Alhadeff will be responsible for the McKinstry's business-to-business Web-based property and facility management services. She has 20 years of experience in property operations and was previously with CarrAmerica Realty Corp. as vice president and director of operations.

APA

APA -- The Engineered Wood Association has added three writers to its communications staff. Kevin Hayes has been hired as the advertising and publicity manager, Laura Adams Dudley as a senior writer in industry communications and Lindsay Fowler as a publications and Website writer. Hayes will be responsible for APA's trade publicity and advertising. He previously was the head of marketing at Premier Building Systems, a structural insulated panel manufacturer. Adams Dudley holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri, Columbia and has nearly 20 years of news reporting, corporate communications, and public information experience. Fowler will have primary responsibility for developing the editorial content for the APA website and will also coordinate publication and audio-visual projects in the Publications department. She is a recent graduate of Pacific Lutheran University, and has a bachelor's degree in communications with an emphasis in Public Relations.

ContractorHub.com

ContractorHub.com, a business-to-business e-commerce exchange for the construction industry, appointed Randy Lieber as vice president of finance and chief financial officer. Lieber just completed a 14-year tenure with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and has been involved in accounting and corporate finance for over 20 years. For the past five years, he focused on software and Internet-related companies. Lieber's goal at ContractorHub.com is to put in place the financial systems and team to manage the company's growth. ContractorHub.com is headquartered in Kirkland with branch offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston and Atlanta.

ASCC

Michael R. Poppoff of Poppoff Inc., a Yakima-based general contractor, has been elected to the board of directors at the American Society of Concrete Contractors. Poppoff has 31 years of construction experience, including 23 years as owner of Poppoff Inc. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Washington and serves on the council's Education & Training and Technical Review committees. The council is based in Farmington Hills, Mich.