Sparling recently announced that it has named Eric Overton president and Arne Berger vice president and CFO.

Overton joined the firm in 1985. He was named principal in 1994, vice president in 1997 and chief operating officer in 2002. As president, Overton is responsible for business development, client satisfaction and overall operations of the firm. Overton recently completed planning and hiring staff to open Sparling's new office in Portland. Overton also serves on the executive board of the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health, WA/OR chapter and the board of directors for Junior Achievement of Greater Puget Sound.

Berger joined the firm in 1990 to manage design of health care projects in Washington, Alaska and California. He was named principal and business manager in 1997 and appointed to the board of directors in 2003. Berger is the executive in charge of the firm's accounting, internal technology, information systems and administrative departments. He recently completed the leasing and tenant improvements for the Portland office.

Jim Duncan, chairman and CEO, Tom Leonidas, Jr., vice president and outside director Julie Benezet, principal business Growth Consulting, were also re-elected to Sparling's board of directors.

The firm also announced that two staff recently earned their professional engineering license. Jeff Hankin is principal of an electrical design studio that specializes in retail, health care, hospitality and mixed use projects. Hankin has over 14 years experience providing electrical engineering for local and national clients. Project designer Brett Hanson is a member of Hankin's studio and currently chairs the IAS (Industry Applications Society) Seattle chapter.

Tom R. Deines, a project engineer with Wildish Construction, Eugene, has become a director and member of the board of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI). As a director Deines helps lead a 16,500-member national association of specifiers, architects, engineers, contractors, suppliers, building owners and others involved in nonresidential construction.

Deines is a project engineer for civil and heavy construction projects for Wildish Standard Paving Co. in Eugene. He joined CSI in 1993 and is a member of the organization's Willamette Valley chapter.

Previous national CSI leadership positions Deines has held include being a member of CSI's Technical Committee. He also was an author of the Construction Module of the new edition of CSI's Project Resource Manual-Manual of Practice. It is the construction industry's authoritative reference for developing and using construction documents.

Deines also has chaired the CSI Northwest Region's Technical Committee and the region's Planning Committee.

Evan Christenson and Molly Mahan have been promoted from project engineers to project managers at W.G. Clark. Both originally were hired as interns while attending the University of Washington. Colt Fry has been added to the staff as a project engineer.

Christenson has been with the firm since 1998. He has worked on a variety of projects, including both renovations and new construction. His most recent project was a $2.4 million renovation at Valley Medical Center, and his experience includes work for commercial, institutional and non-profit clients.

Mahan joined W.G. Clark in 1999. Her projects have included mixed-use residential, commercial, and institutional work, including the Kent Pullen Regional Communications and Em CLC Associates, a 115-person engineering, architectural, planning, landscape architectural and surveying firm, has added four new staff members to serve the firm's increasing workload. The four new staff members are Michael E. Moore, Professional Land Surveyor; Mark Papich, EIT and project engineer; Daniel D. Cowger, EIT and project engineer; and Lindsay Ray, EIT and design engineer.

Moore is a licensed land surveyor in Washingon. He brings 31 years of experience in all phases of land surveying to the firm.

Papich has been hired to provide design services for commercial projects.

As a new addition to CLC Associates, Cowger is involved in engineering for the firm's residential projects. Lindsay Ray has been working with CLC Associates since 2002 as an intern and recently joined the firm in a full-time capacity.

HGE, Inc. of Coos Bay, Ore. announces the addition of Gregory L. Pride, PE as the firm's electrical Engineer. He recently passed the state board exam. HGE is an employee-owned firm specializing in municipal projects for small and medium sized Oregon communities.

Lease Crutcher Lewis, Seattle, has hired two project managers and has promoted a project manger to senior project manager. Dave Petersen has been promoted to senior project manager in the Tacoma ofrfice. He has been in construction since 1988. Paula Sword, a 17-year construction profession is now a project manager in the special projects divison. Rick Workman has joined Lewis as a project manger in the special projects division.

Quadrant Homes, the state's largest homebuilder, announced the promotions of Lindsay Waymire to merchandising manager, Amy Kennedy to New Home Showroom manager and BreAnn Kraetsch to sales operations manager. In addition, the company has hired Jennifer Peroyea as budget administrator.