Osborne Construction Company (Seattle) recently announced the promotion of Mike Ritchie to vice-president of operations for the firm's Alaska division and the return of Gary Bain to the company as a senior project manager.

Ritchie began his career with Osborne in 1980. Since then, he has managed numerous projects in both Washington and Alaska including Kuparuk Industrial Center Work Package D; Sohio Endicott Island Buildings 601, 613 and 616; Ft. Wainwright Physical Fitness Center; and Elmendorf AFB Privatization Housing Project. Ritchie is currently managing Osborne's Ft. Wainwright FY-01 Replacement Family Housing Project.

Bain previously managed the Barrow TNHA Housing - Phases I and II; Unalaska Public Works Facility; Unalaska Public Library; Unalaska Museum of the Aleutians; Mekoryuk, Chevak, Kotlik, Kwigillingok and Pilot Station HUD Housing Projects; and Elmendorf AFB New Sunflower Family Housing projects for Osborne. He will complete Ft. Wainwright's FY-01 project and manage the FY-02 Replacement Housing Project for Osborne.

Project manager Eero O. Tanttu and CAD technician Dan Lofdahl have joined Portland, Ore.-based MNB Architects/Engineers.

Tanttu, an architect, will manage project documents and design development at MNB. Before joining the firm, he served as a senior project manager, design manager and wireless client manager for several design firms. Tanttu graduated with a master's degree in architecture from Helsinki University of Technology in 1989 and worked for more than 15 years as a designer in Finland before moving to the United States. He is a member of the Finnish Institute of Architects.

Lofdahl will serve as a job captain, coordinating production of CAD drawings and consultant documents. He has recently Lofdahl worked as a CAD manager and project coordinator on cellular site projects for other firms. Lofdahl attended Southwestern Oregon Community College, Portland State University and Oregon Polytechnic Institute. He earned an A.A.S. in automated drafting technology from Oregon Polytechnic in 1990.

Associated General Contractors of Washington (AGC) has hired two new district mangers; Brian McGuire for the Central District based in Yakima, Wash., and Liz Evans for the Northern District based in Bellingham, Wash.

AGC's district mangers are responsible for providing services for members in their areas. Some of these services include safety and professional training programs, networking opportunities, community service programs, and local government relations. The Northern District manager serves members in Whatcom, Skagit, Island and San Juan counties. The Central District manager serves members in Yakima, Kittitas and Chelan counties.

Prior to joining the AGC, McGuire was part owner of McGuire Lumber. McGuire and his family sold the company to Lumberman's in 1999. McGuire served as human resource manager and safety director for McGuire Lumber and was active in AGC's safety committee. He is the 2002 president of the Yakima Valley Human Resources Association, sits on the ABE/ESL Advisory Board for Yakima Valley Community College, and the Memorial Hospital Business Health Advisory Board.

Evans previously worked as an account manager and media buyer for an advertising agency and an operations manager for an industrial equipment distributor. She also served as a base operations specialist providing flight operations support for a squadron of test pilots in the U.S. Air Force. Evans holds a bachelor's degree from University of Nevada Las Vegas and a master's degree in behavioral science from California State University Dominguez Hills.

Bothell, Wash.-based Valley Electric recently announced the addition of Darlene Zook as a project manager to the firm's Seattle Construction Department. Zook brings more than 25 years of experience in the electrical industry specializing in the medical and health care industry, along with numerous industrial and commercial projects. Her primary responsibility will be the continued development of Valley's healthcare facility construction.

Pacific Lift Equipment Inc. (Kent, Wash.), a distributor of Terex Cranes, has named Larry Collier as service manager.

Collier will be responsible for directing and coordinating the service department that will provide technical support to owners of Demag and Terex cranes throughout the country and into Canada.

Collier has 24 years of experience at Demag.

The Construction Industry Training Council (Bellevue, Wash.) has elected Shawn Rhode, partner and chief operating officer of Rafn Company, as president of its 2003 board of directors.

Joining Rhode are officers Adam Pinsky, SME Inc. of Seattle, vice-president; Jim Stack, Stack Plumbing Inc., secretary; Joe Ratto, J.A. Ratto/Builder, treasurer; and Tim Hoover, W. G. Clark Construction Co., past president.

The directors for 2003 are: Gilberto Avelenda, Luxus Painting; Russ Brenner, Rawhide Electric; Darylene Dennon, Solid Energy; Steve Leverett, Modular Electric Inc.; Kreg Oveson, Grade, Inc.; Mike Pastore, Lightpoint Learning Solutions; Kelcie Sheriff, Wilder Construction; Jack Tenhulzen, Tenhulzen Remodeling, Inc.; Rod Thaut, At Your Service Plumbing; and Gary Van Loo, Andgar Corporation.

Craig Wren has returned to McGraw-Hill Construction/Dodge as a major account representative.

Wren served in the same capacity with the company for three and-a-half years before taking a brief hiatus last year.

Wren, based in Portland, Ore., serves Oregon and southern Washington, as well as Boise, Idaho, and the vicinity. He represents all Dodge information services which include project news, online plans and statistical analysis to general contractors, subcontractors, building product suppliers, and companies that service the construction industry.

Chris Lewis, CFM has joined Seattle's D.W. Close Co. as a project manager. Lewis has over 19 years of electrical and facilities management experience.

Portland, Ore., general contractor, Emerick Construction welcomes Nancy Lyons as its new full-time safety coordinator. Lyons has 24 years of experience in on-the-job enforcement and investigation of safety and environmental health issues. Prior to joining Emerick, Nancy worked for Spokane County Risk Management where, during her 13-year employment, she held the positions of safety and heath specialist, worker's compensation claims adjudicator, and safety coordinator. She has received extensive training in safety programs offered by industry associations and is a certified member of the Evergreen Safety Council.

Lyons is responsible for Emerick's on-site training of field crews in the safety and health program, implementing SHARP program elements (Safety & Health Achievement Recognition Program), weekly safety meetings, coordinating the Fall Protection Program, and making regular site inspections.

Linda Yamamoto recently joined Lease Crutcher Lewis (Portland, Ore.) as special projects manager. Yamamoto's predecessor at Lewis, Senior Project Manager John Lake, is now dedicating 100 percent of his time to grow the firm's core healthcare construction group.

Yamamoto brings more than 25 years experience in the construction industry. She specializes in managing tenant improvements, build-outs and renovations for corporate, healthcare and financial services clients.

In her new position Yamamoto is responsible for directing preconstruction and construction services for Lewis' Special Projects group, a unit that specializes in tenant improvements, build-outs and small-scale stand-alone and shell and core construction.

Lake, in his new position, will assist with preconstruction and perform marketing, staff training and overall management of healthcare construction projects. He offers more than 30 years of experience in the construction industry and is an expert manager of the complexities typical of medical facility construction and building amidst sensitive occupied space.

Harold F. Javete has joined Lorig Associates (Seattle) as project manager working on the Welch Apartments and Ravenna Court Apartments and Townhomes developments.

Javete brings 10 years of experience in business management, real estate development, management and sales to the Lorig team. For four years he ran Saxe Floral, his family's nursery and flower shop in the Ravenna neighborhood of Seattle. In addition to earning his bachelor of arts in finance and completing the Real Estate Certificate program at the University of Washington, Javete has studied urban planning and architecture. He is also a licensed real estate salesperson in Washington state.

Seattle general contractor Foushee recently announced that Eric Jones has become a stockholder in the company.

Jones has been a key manager with Foushee for 10 years and has provided preconstruction and construction services for a diverse group of clients and design partners. Jones is a Puget Sound area native and graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Building Construction Management. He also instructs at the UW for the Certificate Program in Commercial Real Estate.