Jan 06, 2022

Southland Industries

Southland Industries completed a brand consolidation with its Portland-based subsidiaries TCM and Envise Northwest. This completes the first phase of the company's plan to consolidate all brands to Southland Industries by January 2023. As one of the nation's largest MEP building systems firms, this unification aligns with Southland's strategy to provide fully integrated building lifecycle solutions under one brand. Dan Heichelbech will continue as the Northwest Division leader for Oregon, Washington and surrounding markets. Founded in 1949, Southland specializes in the engineering, construction and service of mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, process piping, and automation and controls systems, as well as comprehensive energy services needs.

Coastal Farm & Ranch

Coastal Farm & Ranch has transitioned to a new ownership group with Nolan Capital as the majority partner. Buzz Wheeler, owner of Coastal since 1990, will maintain an ownership stake and continue as a board member. CEO Lori McKinnon, who has worked for the company since 1995, will continue in that role. Larry Hayward, CEO of Del Mar Ventures, will join Coastal's ownership group and serve as non-executive board chair. Hayward made an investment in Coastal alongside Nolan Capital and will play a strategic role in advising the company's growth. Ted Nark will also join Coastal's ownership group and serve on the board. Nark is a managing director of KRG Capital Partners. He was previously a partner at Leonard Green & Partners and, from 2002 to 2006, was CEO and board chair of White Cap Construction Supply. Coastal Farm & Ranch is a West Coast farm and ranch lifestyle retailer, with 20 locations across the Northwest.

Crystal Mountain

Crystal Mountain is offering free luxury coach shuttles to the ski area on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Shuttles will pick up guests from the Enumclaw Expo Center at designated times for the one-hour trip to the base of Crystal. The move is expected to alleviate parking issues at the resort. Crystal also is holding Mountain Safety Fest Jan. 10-16. This event, in conjunction with National Ski Area Association's Safety Awareness Month, is a mountain-wide scavenger hunt designed to teach guests about staying safe on the mountain. It's open to all ages and skill levels.

Jan 05, 2022

Hargis Engineers

Young

Helms

Kavulla

Roper

Jamison

Raebel

Sutton

Hargis Engineers announced the promotion of three professionals within the company's leadership team, and the recognition of four new associates. Grant Jamison has been promoted to principal along with two new senior associates: David Roper (electrical) and Josh Kavulla (telecommunications/ security). Ben Helms (telecommunications/ security), Brian Young (security/ telecommunications), Josh Sutton (commissioning) and Mark Raebel (mechanical) have been made associates. Team lead and client program advocate, Jamison is contributing to Fortune 100 clients' capital investments on a national scale. Roper, a project manager and ACE Mentor Program volunteer, is engaged with commercial and high-tech R&D developments throughout the Americas. Kavulla supports global clients' North American metropolitan campus expansion efforts. Helms works with public agencies to address their campus infrastructure upgrade needs. Young balances the security postures of public and private entities to develop solutions that align with large-scale enterprise operations. Sutton, a degreed professional and former electrical journeyman utilizes his experience to bridge design intent with performance expectations. Advancing public institution's system performance goals, Raebel is leading projects within higher education, K12 and civic spaces.

Magnusson Klemencic Associates

Peyroux

Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA) announced that Juliette Peyroux, PE, SE, has been named one of Building Design + Construction (BD+C) magazine's 40 Under 40 honorees for 2021. A Senior Associate at MKA, Peyroux, 32, focuses on promoting structural solutions for seismically safe and resilient airport terminals, concourses, and inspection stations in areas known for high seismic activity, such as San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle.

She acquired the advanced training necessary to become a WAsafe Program Certified Instructor and State Coordinator—an achievement that allows her to teach building safety evaluation classes to her co-workers at MKA, her industry colleagues, and Seattle-area university students who represent the next generation of engineering professionals. Peyroux leads MKA's in-house Earthquake Technical Specialist Team in its efforts to research the latest developments in earthquake engineering, develop training and tools to improve the design process, and facilitate office-wide dissemination of the latest information and trends surrounding earthquake engineering. She has also co-written in-house seismic hazard and ground motion guides that are essential reference tools for her structural engineering colleagues.

Peyroux earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Washington and a Master of Science degree in Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. She serves on the Structural Engineers Association of Washington Earthquake Engineering and Disaster Preparedness & Response Committees.

BD+C magazine editors selected 40 Architecture, Engineering, and Construction professionals from around the world to comprise this year's list of honorees. Successful and well-rounded individuals under the age of 40 are chosen based on criteria such as leadership, community outreach, sustained career progress, personal integrity, inventiveness, academic training, and other qualities and characteristics.

Skagit County

Kane

The Skagit County Board of Commissioners announced the appointment of Grace Kane to the position of Public Works Director. Kane will officially take on the position on January 18, 2022. Her appointment follows the retirement of current Public Works Director Dan Berentson.

Kane has worked for Skagit County since May 2021 and has been serving as Engineering Division Manager. Prior to working with Skagit, she served as the City Engineer for the City of Lake Stevens. She has also worked as a Project Manager/Associate Engineer for the City of Everett, a Project Engineer for Snohomish County Public Works and as a project engineer in private industry.

Kane graduated from the University of Washington with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and is a certified Mediation Practitioner with the Volunteers of America Dispute Resolution Center. Berentson is retiring on January 31, 2022 after 20 years of public service.

Lyn Health

Marcotte

Seattle-based Lyn Health, a healthcare start-up focused on people with multiple chronic conditions, announced the addition of Brian Marcotte, former president and CEO of the Business Group on Health, to its board of advisors. At the Business Group, Marcotte established the Health Innovations Forum, which helped accelerate market traction for digital health startups, and the Executive Committee on Value Purchasing, a cross-industry council focused on shifting the market toward value-based pricing and provider accountability. Prior to the Business Group, he was the vice president of compensation and benefits for Honeywell International. Rick Abbott is the founder and CEO of Lyn Health.

Metrist

Apella Capital, a financial advisory and wealth management firm, announced Metrist Wealth Advisors, a registered investment advisor headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon, has joined the firm. Metrist brings over $130 million in assets under management to Apella Capital. Metrist provides clients with financial planning, portfolio creation, asset management, and income management. Founded in 2004 by CEO Taylor Drake, the Metrist team brings more than 34 years of collective experience. Prior to becoming an advisor, Drake managed 401k bond portfolios and developed investment products as an investment banker. This is Apella's first transaction in 2022. Apella Capital, with over $2.5 billion in assets under management and administration, is headquartered in Glastonbury, Connecticut, and now has 12 offices around the country in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Colorado, and California. Apella was founded in 2014 by financial advisors Patrick Sweeny and David Connelly.

Library Piracy Lawsuit

The U.S. Court for the Western District of Washington awarded $7.8 million in statutory damages to 12 Authors Guild members, Amazon Publishing, and Penguin Random House for 52 acts of copyright infringement in a default judgment against Kiss Library, shutting down the Ukraine-based piracy ring. Judge Marsha Pechman, senior district judge for the Western District, decided all claims for the plaintiffs and awarded $150,000 per infringed book, the maximum penalty allowed under U.S. law. The plaintiffs filed suit against the book piracy entity and its operators on July 7, 2020.“We could not be happier with the decision,” said Mary Rasenberger, CEO of the Authors Guild. “Authors rarely have the necessary resources to fight commercial-scale piracy and take on protracted litigation, so we are extremely grateful to Amazon Publishing and Penguin Random House for their collaboration on this action.” Kiss Library did business through dozens of domain names that illegally sold pirated ebooks at discounted prices to unsuspecting readers. The Authors Guild is the nation's oldest and largest professional organization for writers. Its mission is to empower working writers by advocating for the rights of authors and journalists. The Guild protects free speech and authors' copyrights, fights for fair contracts and a living wage and provides a community for all published authors.