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Mar 13, 2024

Säzän Group

Marseille

Säzän Group has promoted Tom Marseille to managing principal of the Washington offices. Marseille joined Säzän Group in 2021 to help drive growth, increase firm focus on sustainability and contribute to strategic leadership.

In his new role, he will apply his 30 years of leadership experience in taking on an increased oversight role, driving company performance and operational objectives.

Marseille is a recognized pioneer in the design and advocacy of zero net energy buildings and building decarbonization. He is also an author of numerous published papers, a frequent speaker, and winner of national and international awards.

He has served in leadership roles for global engineering organizations over the course of his career, has served on multiple boards for industry non-profits, and currently serves on the Membership Advancement Committee for AIA in Seattle.

LMN Architects

Chen

LMN Architects announced the addition of Jenn Chen to the firm partnership. Chen is the first interior designer to join the firm's partnership and brings a decade of design experience with a focus on experiential and sustainable interior design.

Chen has been with the firm for eight years. Her projects include the Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business at Clemson University, Hines Seattle Headquarters, and a 700,000-square-foot technology company campus, which is one of the firm's largest workplace projects to date.

Chen is a co-creator of LMN's Path to Zero Carbon series, which is focused on sharing research, summarizing, and prioritizing actions to reach carbon neutrality. She is also a leading member of the firm's Materials & Health Applied Research Team. She has shared the firm's research at conferences including Greenbuild, CarbonPositive, as well as other venues across the country.

Chen earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Washington and a Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design from Bellevue College.

Tres West Engineers

Chong

Tres West Engineers, Inc. has promoted James Chong to electrical principal, joining fellow principals Sean Roy, David Moore, and Jenifer Moore. Chong joined Tres West Engineers in April of 2018 as a senior electrical engineer/project manager and will now lead the electrical department.

Chong holds a BS in Electrical Engineering, and PE licenses in both Washington and Oregon.

Mar 06, 2024

Magnusson Klemencic Associates

Rogers

Peyroux

Aswegan

Berahman

Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA) has promoted four employees to senior principal and principal positions.

Farshad Berahman, the firm's international projects market leader, is now a senior principal and joins MKA's Board of Directors.

Berahman has 25 years of design and structural engineering experience. His work includes complex projects in the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, addressing extreme wind and seismic activity in tall towers.

Highlights of his project experience include the Marina One Office Towers in Singapore; NEMA, a residential super-high-rise tower in Chicago, Illinois; the Makkah Jabal Al Kaaba Hotel in Makkah, Saudi Arabia; and Observatory Phase 1, a 2.6-million-square-foot development featuring three residential towers in Metro Manila, Philippines.

Kevin Aswegan has been promoted to principal. Aswegan is a co-author of the book Design and Performance of Tall Buildings for Wind and an industry expert on topics related to performance-based design. His current efforts include the ATX Tower (321 West Sixth St.) in Austin, Texas, for which he is the structural engineering project manager. The design implements the world's first use of the Performance-Based Wind Design methodology.

Juliette Peyroux has also been promoted to principal. Peyroux is a project manager within MKA's Aviation Group and is a seismic design specialist. Her current efforts include being the structural engineering project manager for San Diego's new 30-gate Terminal 1 expansion.

Greg Rogers is another new principal. Rogers is a design specialist managing MKA's Life Science / R&D engineering work. His recent projects include the Gateway of Pacific development in San Francisco. He focuses on vibration control, analysis, and real-world behavior and has applied this knowledge to enhance MKA's Life Science facilities nationwide.

Milbrandt

Mauldin

Milbrandt Architects' Heather Mauldin has passed her final Architect Registration Examination and is now a licensed architect in the state of Washington.

A graduate of Harvard College in 2014, Mauldin further honed her skills by completing two years of a Master of Architecture program at Cornell College of Architecture. She joined Milbrandt Architects in June 2018.

Mauldin specializes in the design of multi-unit residential developments.

Runberg Architecture Group

Parke

Yu

Burgdorf

Seattle-based Runberg Architecture Group celebrated its 25th anniversary year with the promotions of three staff members. Charla Burgdorf has been promoted to associate, Jessica Yu advanced to senior associate, and Ana Parke has joined the leadership team as a new principal.

Burgdorf joined Runberg in 2021 after working as a project architect on educational, historic preservation, and multifamily housing projects throughout the Puget Sound region. Since joining the firm, Burgdord has led the design and project management of an affordable housing project in Angle Lake for Mercy Housing and acted as senior project architect on Candela Apartments, a 400+ unit mixed-use transit-oriented development in Mountlake Terrace.

Yu began working at Runberg in 2011 as a student intern and is now a project manager. Over the last several years Yu has spent much of her time working on master development projects on the eastside of Lake Washington. Yu currently leads the 12th Ave. Place project for Gables Residential, a 275-unit transit-orientated project near Sound Transit's Spring District Station that anticipates starting construction later this year. She is an alumnus of the ULI Center for Leadership, holds a certificate in Commercial Real Estate, and is a frequent guest reviewer at the University of Washington's College of Architecture and Urban Planning.

Parke has 17 years of experience, 14 of those years being at Runberg Architecture Group, first as an intern while studying at the University of Washington in 2008, then again as a fulltime employee back in 2012. Parke has focused on mixed-use and multi-family housing design for over a decade. Currently, she serves as the senior project architect for Grand Street Commons, a 771-unit mixed-use/mixed-income community in Rainier Valley, leading project administration during its final construction year. Parke has also contributed to several other large mixed-use buildings in central Seattle, including Jackson Apartments at 23rd and Jackson and both Batik and Cypress in Yesler Terrace. Parke has led training for AIA Seattle's Code Committee, and she currently participates on the city of Bellevue's Development Committee to help with permit review and entitlement processes.

Feb 28, 2024

Architects West

Olberding

Johnson

Bravo

Architects West has promoted Debbie Bravo, Ryan Johnson, and Bryce Olberding to associates.

Bravo is an interior designer with more than 30 years of experience. She began working at Architects West two years ago to establish the firm's interior design studio.

Johnson is an architect and has been with the firm for seven years. He worked in construction and drafting before attending architecture school, forming the foundation for his 25-year career.

Olberding is a landscape architect and has been with Architects West for 11 years. His 15 years of professional experience are diverse, including work at a civil engineering firm and as a landscape contractor before joining Architects West.

Wittman Estes

Wesely

Ashton Wesely is a new principal and owner at integrated design studio Wittman Estes.

Wesely has been with the firm since 2015 and in addition to design work, provides operational leadership and mentorship to staff. Her work on Othello Gardens townhomes was recognized at the 2021 AIA Seattle Honor awards. Other notable projects completed at the firm include Aldo Beach House, Yo-Ju Courtyard House, and Seven Gardens — which have been published in various magazines including Dwell, Portrait, Dezeen, Sunset and Luxe.

Wesley is a Nebraska native. She was awarded a Regents Scholarship at the University of Nebraska, then obtained her master of architecture at the University of Oregon, where she focused on ecological design and received an AIA Northwest and Pacific Honor award for exploring the material capabilities of cross-laminated timber.

Parametrix

El-Hage

Samir El-Hage has joined Parametrix as a senior intelligent traffic systems consultant. He brings over 30 years of experience in transportation planning and traffic engineering, including road and highway design, intelligent transportation systems, and smart mobility advancements.

El-Hage comes to Parametrix from TEC Engineering, where he served as a project director, managing a team of engineers and developing road safety initiatives and training. He has international experience in Canada, the Middle East, North Africa, and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. His expertise includes pedestrian and bicycle facilities, mass transit and bus rapid transit systems, urban and transportation planning, parking studies and management, and data collection and analytics.

At Parametrix, El-Hage joins the firm's Smart & Livable Communities team, supporting transportation technology projects and grant applications for clients across the western United States such as the city of Seattle, Tahoe Transportation District, Washington and Oregon departments of transportation, and others.

WJA Design Collaborative

Smith

White

Treat

WJA Design Collaborative has recognized a new associate principal and two new associates. All three have been with WJA since 2014.

Clint Treat is now an associate principal. Treat is a senior architect with over 16 years' experience in a range of project types including private residences, dormitories, hospitality, and administrative and training facilities for a variety of clients including the Department of Defense, state and local agencies, and the private sector.

Ryan White is now an associate. White is an architect who has been with WJA for nine years. His experience includes Department of Defense work, public safety, and schooling. This experience includes new construction and tenant improvements of all scales.

Shane Smith is now an associate. Smith is a designer with nine years' experience in the industry. He has a broad base of knowledge over a wide range of types and scales of buildings, with experience ranging from military and government facilities and renovations, civic task order projects as well as higher education, multifamily and residential projects.

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