Dec 22, 2020

Cumming

McLay

International construction project management and cost consultant Cumming hired Finlay McLay as chief operating officer. McLay will be based in the firm's growing Seattle office. He has over 30 years of construction industry experience, most recently as an executive at SNC-Lavalin and prior to that as president of the Americas Region for Rider Hunt International. He replaces David Baird, who was promoted to CEO. Company founder Finlay Cumming recently transitioned from CEO to executive chairman. The Los Angeles-based company says it's working on internal innovation and geographic expansions. It has over 950 staff in 30 U.S. and five U.K. offices, according to its website.

Construction Center of Excellence

The Construction Center of Excellence extended the deadline to Wednesday for its construction video contest for high school students called We Build Washington! The statewide contest promotes construction as an industry of choice from a student perspective. Construction craft students can showcase their building projects and win a $2,000 scholarship for first place, $1,000 for second and $500 for “people's choice.” More information is at http://www.constructioncenterofexcellence.com/webuildwa.

Hanford Mission Integration Solutions

Richland-based Hanford Mission Integration Solutions made $60,000 in donations to 12 nonprofits as part of its 12 Gifts of Gratitude holiday program. Each nonprofit received $5,000. They included Columbia Basin College Foundation, Habitat for Humanity Tri-County Partners, WSU Tri-Cities Foundation and others. HMIS is the team of Leidos, Centerra Group and Parsons. On Jan. 25, it will start the new Hanford Mission Essential Services Contract at the Hanford Site.