Federal Way, Wash.-based engineering firm BERGER/ABAM recently announced several staff promotions.

Chris Walcott was recently promoted to Grade VII project manager. Walcott has 17 years of experience with the planning, design, and construction support of transportation projects and has been extensively involved in development of contract documents for civil construction at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

Yangiang Gao has been promoted to Grade V project engineer. He has recently served as engineer for several projects at the Merak International Terminal located in Western Java, Indonesia.

Chris Yeargin has been promoted to Grade III engineer. Yeargin has six years of structural engineering experience, including the development and implementation of construction plans and specifications for shipboard structural component upgrades and repairs.

Mike Wray was recently promoted to Grade VII project manager. His experience in port, waterfront, and ferry facilities includes facility planning, structural design, computer modeling, design cost estimates and forensic investigation.

Sieu Quan has been promoted to Grade VI project engineer. Quan has 12 years of experience with structural engineering design and analysis for a wide range of building structures, including commercial, military, aviation, and industrial.

Melinda Webb has been promoted to senior marketing coordinator. Webb's background focuses on proposal and qualifications coordination, business development event planning and coordination and database management.

Scott Branlund was recently promoted to Grade VIII senior project manager Branlund has more than 25 years of experience in project management of major facility and structural waterfront projects. He is also a certified diver and member of the BERGER/ABAM underwater inspection team.

Monty Edberg has been promoted to Grade VI project engineer. Edber's background focuses on water resources and utilities engineering, as well as civil engineering projects such as street improvements, site development, infrastructure planning and design of parks and recreational facilities.

Will Bohlen has been promoted to Grade V project engineer. He is currently serving as field engineer for the condition survey and associated recapitalization study at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for the United States Navy.

Jeff Oleson has re-joined Express Construction Company of Seattle as a project superintendent focused on large multi-family and commercial mixed-use projects.

Oleson is currently leading construction of Ballinger Gateway, a $6.5 million mixed-use project. When complete, the four-story building will include 36 apartments and 6,700 sq. ft. of commercial space on two floors

With 20 years of industry experience, Oleson brings an in-depth understanding of commercial and mixed-use construction to the Express team. During his first tenure at Express, Oleson led a variety of retail, multi-family and tenant improvement projects, including Klee Lofts, North Seattle Staples, Kennedy Jenks, and numerous historic renovations and building seismic upgrades throughout the Puget Sound area.

John Korsmo Construction of Lakewood, Wash., has hired Jarrod A. Fenberg as a project manager. Fenberg brings more than a decade of experience to John Korsmo Construction.

Fenberg is a 1994 graduate of the University of Washington. He holds a B.S. degree in Building Construction and is also certified by OSHA as a Safety Trained Supervisor.

Fenberg will focus initially on the expanding private work at John Korsmo Construction. His first projects will include Christ Lutheran Church in Lakewood and Evergreen Community Church in Bothell.

Portland, Ore., architecture and engineering firm Group Mackenzie recently celebrated the accomplishments of one of the firm's employees and announced the addition of six new staff members.

Sterling Simmons, who joined Group Mackenzie in 2000, was licensed as a professional engineer in the State of Oregon. Simmons has contributed to a variety of projects including commercial office space, warehouse/distribution centers, and high tech facilities.

Stacey Alexander is a project designer in the interiors department with experience in commercial office projects. Her current projects include tenant improvements for Prudential NW Properties, AutoDesk, and Equity Office Properties.

Kavahn Aman has joined the architecture department as an intern. His skills will be used in the production of conceptual and schematic design presentations, design development, and contract documents.

Ryan Baker, engineer-in-training, is part of the structural engineering and the civil engineering departments. Baker's current projects are Aurora Airport Fire Suppression System, Gateway Corporate Center, and 24 Hour Fitness clubs.

Sang-yoon Byun is an assistant interior designer in the interiors department. His duties include space planning, development of graphic presentations, and preparation of construction documents.

Alison Dooley joined the structural engineering department as an engineer-in-training. She is currently working on a remodel of a 24 Hour Fitness facility in northwest Portland.

Theresa Paulson is an assistant planner with the planning department. Her duties include development feasibility studies, land use and zoning research, and project permitting.

Jennifer Ziegler was recently appointed as commission administrator for the Washington State Transportation Commission Office. In her role as administrator, Ziegler will be responsible for assisting the commission in formulating its positions and initiatives on matters of transportation budgets, planning and policy; and serving as the commission's liaison with WSDOT, other state agencies, the legislature and local governments.

Ziegler comes to the Transportation Commission from the Senate Commerce and Trade Committee where she was responsible for coordinating schedule, presentation and parliamentary issues for committee hearings and analyzing legislation related to labor issues.

Art Scheunemann was recently hired by Northwest Container Services Inc. as the firm's new senior vice president of business development.

Scheunemann will be based out of NWCS Seattle office and will oversee all domestic and international business development for the Seattle and Tacoma terminal operations along with developing new business initiatives and partnerships.

Erik Bodholt, Spokane, Wash.-chapter member of the Construction Management Association of America, was recently inducted into the CMAA College of Fellows at the association's national conference in Washington D.C.

Bodholt has been a strong supporter and member of CMAA since it was formed in 1982, served on the board of directors and helped to develop CMAA's first Standards of Practice publication. He was one of the first members of the Construction Management Certification Institute's Board of Governors and proctored the very first certification exam for the state of Idaho's Construction Manager license. Bodholt was also instrumental in forming CMAA's Pacific Northwest Chapter and has served on various technical committees and task forces.

GBD ARCHITECTS Incorporated of Portland, Ore., recently announced the promotion of Catherine Navarro-Silva, IIDA, to associate.

Navarro-Silva joined GBD more than 10 years ago and has been involved in both architecture and interior design projects. Most recently, she headed the design and construction team for the Helen Gordon Child Development Center at Portland State University. Previously, she worked on the Museum Place South project, the headquarters for both Columbia Sportswear Company and PacifiCorp, the Belmont Dairy mixed-use development and the Brewery Blocks.

Navarro-Silva is a member of the International Interior Design Association and has been involved in many community activities, including the annual Sand in the City event, a benefit for the Kids on the Block Awareness program, the AIA Job Shadow program and the Architects in Schools program.

Walt Dutko has joined engineering/planning/surveying firm CLC Associates Inc. of Spokane, Wash., as chief operating officer.

Prior to joining CLC, Dutko provided business consulting services through his own consulting firm, P&L Management Consultants, offering consulting services to architects, engineers, and attorneys as well as to CLC.

Dutko has more than 34 years of experience in management, operations, and business systems within the professional services industry. In his new role, Dutko will be responsible for overseeing the firm's operations, including business systems, financial management, and corporate operations for all of CLC's offices.