Mar 29, 2022

UMC

Feiler

Armitage

Vogt

Moore

Garcia

Mukilteo-based UMC promoted Jan Garcia to senior engineer, Aaron Moore to controls operations manager, Stephanie Vogt to lead customer service representative, Sydney Armitage to account development specialist, and Melissa Feiler to tool and equipment manager. Garcia works in the Preconstruction group. He joined UMC in 2018 and is the design engineer for a high-rise lab/office project in Seattle. Moore is in the Building Automation group, where his projects have included work at SSA Marine and Plaza Yarrow Bay. Vogt is in the Mechanical Service group and joined the company in 2018. Armitage joined UMC in 2019 and works in the Business Development group, helping research industries, companies, and contacts in the development of account plans. Feiler works in the warehouse and has helped grow the company's tool management, asset tracking and rental programs. She has been with UMC since 2018.

Compass Construction

Linderman

Kohatsu

Welsh

Martin

Dye

In Kirkland, Compass Construction promoted Jordan Dye and Forrest Martin to senior project engineers; Brian Welsh to project manager; Jon Kohatsu to general accountant; and Arielle Linderman to project accountant. Dye started as a project engineer intern in 2016, and continued to do summer internships until he graduated from University of Washington and was hired full-time in 2019. Martin obtained his bachelor's degree from Central Washington University and began his career with Compass four years ago as a project engineer. Welsh attended Oregon State University, and was brought onto the Legacy West Seattle project last year as a senior project engineer. Kohatsu joined the firm in 2018 as a project accountant. He has several years of accounting experience, and attended Hawaii Pacific University. Linderman joined Compass in 2015 as a project compliance coordinator with many years of project administrator/coordinator experience.

Schnitzer Steel Industries

Schnitzer Steel Industries launched GRN Steel, a line of net zero carbon products from its Cascade Steel operation in McMinnville, Oregon. The company says Cascade Steel makes some of the lowest carbon emission steel products in the world through electric arc furnace technology powered by hydroelectricity. Schnitzer has a goal to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

Mar 22, 2022

UMC

Portello

Munly

Bray

In its Special Projects group, Mukilteo-based UMC promoted Joe Bray and Jag Singh to account managers; and Kyle Munly, Ray Portello and John Shine to project managers. UMC says both Bray and Singh rose through the ranks through their dedication to a consultative approach with customers and their leadership. Bray joined the company in 2016 and Singh came on the following year. Singh is also the life sciences sector lead for the Special Projects group. Munly is an experienced estimator with three years at UMC. His recent projects include Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and a high-tech office client in Redmond. Portello joined the company three years ago and is now working on project management support for Fred Hutch and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. Shine has four years at UMC and focuses on life sciences, health care and high-tech commercial office projects.

Proform Builds

McMullen

Doan

Robertson

Fentress

Sherman

Seattle-based general contractor Proform Builds promoted Jasun Sherman from superintendent to general manager, and Kristi Fentress from marketing director to operations manager; and hired Joshua Robertson as superintendent, and Jimmy Doan and Jake McMullen as lead carpenters. Sherman is a LEED AP. Joey Fentress founded Proform in 2007 and added a Special Projects Division last spring for smaller projects. The company specializes in luxury residential construction, including full-scale remodels and new construction.

Olympus Technical Services

Olympus Technical Services, a provider of environmental drilling and subsurface sampling services in Montana, bought another combination drill rig and will have a geologist-led drilling crew based in Boise beginning in May. Olympus says it has recently received a lot inquiries about environmental drilling services in Idaho, but it didn't pencil out to bring in the company's rig from Billings. It says the drilling crew in Boise will make the logistics a lot easier and reduce costs for clients. Both of Olympus' drill rigs are Geoprobe 78 Series models.