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Nov 05, 2014
In Redmond, Golder Associates hired M. Birkan Bayrak, Ph.D., as a senior project geotechnical engineer. These people transferred to the Portland office: Jen Pepe, senior engineer; Tom Wythes, associate and senior engineer; and Steven Otto, senior project rock mechanics engineer. Bayrak manages transportation, waterfront and land development projects. He will continue to work on a Seattle Ferry Terminal geotechnical preservation project for the state that he began with a previous employer. Pepe has 22 years of experience in site characterization and remedial design, specializing in mining. She has worked for Golder for 14 years, and transferred from New Mexico. Wythes worked in the New Mexico office for eight years. He assists clients on the geotechnical aspects of mine design, operation and closure. Otto transferred from the Burnaby, B.C., office and does mining and civil-related rock mechanics and geological engineering. Golder is a global ground engineering and environmental consulting firm.
Osborn Consulting, a Bellevue-based civil engineering firm, hired Ann Bryant and Alma Rettinger as project managers, Alison Sparks as a design engineer and Allison Tran as human resources and administrative coordinator. Bryant will manage surface and waste water projects. Rettinger will focus on stormwater, site development and municipal projects. Sparks will support the transportation drainage group with her background in drainage and permitting. Tran will assist the human resources department and project administration team.
Trindera Engineering hired Alex Johnson as a project construction manager in its Spokane office. Johnson has experience in construction and project management, and most recently was a construction administrator at NAC Engineering in Spokane. Trindera is an electrical and control systems engineering and consulting firm, with an office also in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
In Lynnwood, Sparling hired Alex Karptsov, Glen Fueston, Ben Nakamura and Rashpal Bassi as project designers and Norm Lanum as a technology project designer. Karptsov was a Sparling intern. He is working on Amazon Rufus Block 19. He holds a bachelor's in electrical engineering from Seattle University. Fueston is working on Swedish Medical Group Union Bay Place Clinic and holds a bachelor's in renewable energy engineering from the Oregon Institute of Technology. Nakamura is working on Seattle Genetics Building 4. He holds a bachelor's in electrical engineering from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Bassi is working on Amazon 1915 Terry. He holds a bachelor's in electrical engineering from Seattle University. Lanum is a communications distribution designer with 22 years of experience in low voltage design, voice and data networks, communication systems and security. He is working on Bothell City Hall. Sparling provides electrical engineering, technology and audiovisual consulting, acoustical and lighting design, with offices in Washington, Oregon and California.
SCJ Alliance hired engineer Jason Bruhn in Lacey. Bruhn has worked in transportation and civil engineering for 21 years. That includes hydraulic and stormwater engineering, site sewer and water systems, transportation engineering, roadway and sidewalk access design, and site grading. He is Thurston County coordinator for Mathcounts, a middle school program that promotes math achievement. SCJ provides civil engineering, transportation planning and design, land use/environmental planning, and landscape architecture and design.
Oct 29, 2014
Freiheit & Ho Architects hired Bradley Brown, Erin Brouillette and Sarah Edwards as architectural designers, and Hillary Orr as a receptionist. The commercial architectural and interior design firm is based in Kirkland.
Swenson Say Faget structural engineering firm hired Francesca Renouard and Joanna Klimczak as staff engineers. Renouard interned with Swenson Say and is now working on Ascona Apartments in Seattle. She holds a bachelor's in civil engineering from the University of Washington and a master's in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Klimczak interned at Coughlin Porter Lundeen, Walsh Construction and Donohue and Associates. She holds a bachelor's in civil engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a master's in structural engineering from the University of Washington. She is working on Arete Apartments in Kirkland. Renouard is based in Seattle and Klimczak in Tacoma.
In its Edmonds headquarters, Landau Associates hired Carlo Evangelisti as a senior engineer, Celene (Christensen) Blair as a staff geologist and Tony MacDonald as an office technician. It also hired Della Fawcett as a senior project geologist in Portland. Evangelisti has 12 years as a geotechnical engineer in transportation, utilities, mixed-use development and public works projects. Blair has a background in biogeochemical relationships in fresh water ecosystems and volcanic eruption-ecosystem interactions. MacDonald has over 20 years of experience in automotive maintenance. He will maintain fleet vehicles and environmental groundwater and air monitoring equipment, and manage field and lab supplies. Fawcett has over seven years of experience in soil and groundwater remediation, subsurface investigation and environmental site assessment. Landau provides geotechnical and environmental engineering, remediation, permitting and compliance services.
Elliott Bay Design Group hired Jeff Kelton as a field liaison engineer in Ketchikan, Alaska. Kelton is a naval architect and marine engineer with more than 38 years of experience, including in naval and commercial ship design on the West Coast, Gulf Coast and Japan. He was project manager and co-author of the marine elements in the 1997 Southeast Alaska Transportation Plan. EBDG is a Seattle-based naval architect and marine engineering firm, with an office also in New Orleans.
Trindera Engineering hired Florence Snow as an accounting assistant. Snow has a bachelor's in accounting from Eastern Washington University and over 15 years of experience. Trindera is an electrical and control systems engineering and consulting firm with offices in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and Spokane.
Parsons appointed Goran Sparrman as area manager for Seattle. He will guide business development, political advocacy, staffing and operations. Sparrman, an engineer, was interim director and deputy director at Seattle Department of Transportation, and managed 700 employees across eight divisions and an annual budget of $400 million. Parsons is an engineering, construction, technical and management services firm.
MacKay Sposito, a Vancouver-based consulting firm specializing in energy, public works and land development, hired Kris Strickler as director of transportation. Strickler is a civil engineer and has over 15 years of leadership experience. He worked at Oregon Department of Transportation and was project director for the Columbia River Crossing. He also was assistant area engineer for Washington State Department of Transportation.
Harrison Design Landscape Architecture hired Janice Chen as a landscape designer. Chen worked as an intern with Seattle Parks and Recreation. She is a landscape designer on Trolls Knoll Park in Fremont. She holds a bachelor of landscape architecture from the University of Washington. Harrison provides master planning and landscape architecture.