Sep 03, 2014

Bumgardner

Mezzato

Witt

Ramirez

Hemba

Bumgardner, a Seattle-based architecture and design firm, hired Thomas Hemba as a project manager and Arnulfo Ramirez, Fredrika Witt and Gabriele Mezzato as architectural interns. Hemba worked in Germany on international high-rise hospitality projects. He spent 10-plus years at Mithun, working on mixed-use housing and student housing. His projects now include a residential high-rise in Seattle. Ramirez holds a master of architecture degree from the University of Washington. He is assisting with construction administration for The Angeline, a mixed-use project in Columbia City. Witt holds a bachelor's in architecture from Georgia Institute of Technology and a master of architecture degree from the University of Oregon. She has three years of experience as an intern architect. Mezzato has seven years of experience in residential, commercial and industrial projects in Italy. He is working on a Seattle high-rise.

Sparling

Hanson

Phan

Moore

Sparling hired two computer-aided drafting professionals, Colin Moore and Bau Phan, in its Lynnwood office and administrative assistant Debbie Hanson in Portland. Moore has five years of computer drafting and design experience, and is in Sparling's electrical practice. He is working on tenant improvements for Seattle Genetics Building 4 — Phase 1B and data center projects. Phan has four years of experience in electrical design. He is working on Amazon Block 52 and Sea-Tac Airport's North Satellite renovation. Hanson has 14 years of administrative experience, including with engineering and construction firms. Sparling provides electrical engineering, technology and audiovisual consulting, acoustical and lighting design, with offices in Washington, Oregon and California.

HKP Architects

Baldwin

Christine Baldwin joined HKP Architects as an intern architect, where she has contributed to work for Edmonds School District and the Swinomish Social Services Building remodel. Baldwin has promoted HKP's recent expansion into Seattle. She holds a bachelor of architecture degree from California Polytechnic State University and studied at Dessau Institute of Architecture in Germany. HKP is an architecture and design firm, with an office also in Mount Vernon.

Sazan Group

Grzan

Sazan Group hired Robert Grzan as a senior electrical engineer to work on health care, labs, K-12 and higher education projects. He has 23 years of experience in electrical systems planning, design and construction administration. Sazan provides mechanical, electrical and data/telecom services, with offices in Seattle and Portland.

Icicle Creek Engineers

Baines

Icicle Creek Engineers hired Sunny Baines as marketing/office manager. Baines has seven years of experience in architecture, engineering and construction and was treasurer for the Society for Marketing Professional Services Seattle chapter for four years. ICE is a geotechnical, geologic, hydrogeologic, and environmental services company.

Aug 27, 2014

Stantec Consulting Services

Sliger

Stantec Consulting Services hired Brian Sliger as a civil engineer-in-training in Bellevue. He worked for Spokane in the integrated capital management department after graduating from Gonzaga University. He will review development plans, and support sewer and water design for municipal clients.

BHC Consultants

Love

BHC Consultants hired Preston Love as a staff engineer in Seattle. Love is an engineer-in-training who recently received his bachelor's in civil engineering from Gonzaga University. He provides civil engineering support on municipal and wastewater engineering projects. BHC is a municipal services consulting firm and also has an office in Tacoma.

Landau Associates

Whitman

Olsen

Babu

Renando

Landau Associates hired Stephanie Renando as an environmental technician in Edmonds. In Seattle, it hired Seethu Babu as a senior engineer and Christel Olsen and Jeffery Whitman as senior staff engineers. Renando has a background in water quality monitoring. Babu has over nine years of experience in hydrology analysis, stormwater treatment design and low-impact development treatment design. Olsen is in the permitting and compliance group. She has a background in aquatic chemical and biological waste water treatment, and redox behavior in drinking water. Whitman is in the geotechnical group. Edmonds-based Landau Associates provides geotechnical and environmental engineering, remediation, permitting and compliance services.

Luma

Kuyper

Darragh

Luma, an architectural lighting design division of engineering firm PAE, hired lighting designers Shaun P. Darragh and Scott Kuyper in Seattle. Darragh has over 20 years as an architectural lighting designer, daylighting and sustainability specialist, and lighting control system consultant. He has worked on projects worldwide. Kuyper has 10-plus years of experience in lighting and design, working on institutional, commercial and mixed-use developments in Europe.

Hart Crowser

Hart Crowser hired Matt Smith as a hydrogeologist in the Seattle office. In Portland, it hired Rachel Pirot as an engineering geologist, Kaylan Smyth as an environmental engineer, and Melisa Schweitzer as a CAD drafter and GIS and geotechnical engineering software specialist. Smith served in the U.S. Navy and has a master's in geology from East Carolina University. He is working on environmental site assessments, ground-penetrating radar surveys, soil sampling, aquifer testing and low-flow groundwater sampling. Pirot served in the Air Force and has a master's in geology from Portland State University. She has worked on landslide, transportation and debris flow projects. She will support forestry, rockfall and transportation projects. Smyth holds a bachelor's in environmental engineering from the University of Oregon. He has worked on water supply projects from Portland to Beijing, and did abandoned mine remediation for the Forest Service. Schweitzer has 22 years of experience. She will support environmental remediation, habitat restoration and geotechnical projects. Hart Crowser is an environmental and engineering consulting firm, with offices also in Edmonds, Vancouver, Anchorage and Honolulu.