May 06, 2015

Berger Partnership

Brower

Shea

Steve Shea, managing partner and a founding partner of Berger Partnership, has retired after 41 years with the firm. Greg Brower is now managing partner. He oversees financial and operational practices, and is a principal-in-charge for multi-use, park and senior living projects. Brower's work includes the REI Flagship Store, Maple Leaf and Jefferson parks, and residential projects. Shea has a history of wide-ranging projects and licenses in over 27 states. The firm said he helped build it from a staff of two to a respected landscape architecture practice with a collaborative work ethic and thoughtful design approach. Shea will work part-time on Lincoln Square in Bellevue. The firm provides landscape architecture and urban design.

Magnusson Klemencic Associates

Powers Haaland Currit Clifton Dane

Weinert

Tayabji

Streid

Solberg

Ranf

Seattle-based Magnusson Klemencic Associates promoted Kris Dane to digital modeling strategist. It also promoted these people to associate: Sean Clifton, Danny Currit, Amy Haaland, Josh Powers, Tyler Ranf, Kevin Solberg, Matt Streid, Dave Tayabji and Michael Weinert. Dane leads the BIM department. He is focusing on simplifying BIM data exchange and workflow among analytic, geometric, and documentation models. MKA provides structural and civil engineering services worldwide.

Quantum Consulting Engineers

Dacus

Wright

Seattle-based Quantum Consulting Engineers hired Samantha Wright as office manager/marketing coordinator and Bryce Dacus as a staff engineer. Dacus holds bachelor's and master's degrees in civil engineering from the University of Washington and is an engineer in training. He is working on a residential projects. Quantum is a structural engineering firm.

Apr 29, 2015

NK Architects

Porter

NK Architects hired Brittany Porter as a staff architect. Porter works on high-performance urban infill design. She holds a master's in architecture from the University of Oregon and a bachelor's in architecture from Georgia Institute of Technology.

ZGF Architects

Hansen

ZGF Architects hired Knut Hansen as associate partner and designer in the Seattle office. Hansen has over 30 years of experience, most recently at NBBJ. He has led technical design on civic and commercial projects. His work in Seattle includes Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation headquarters; Amazon Spheres, a five-story structure formed by three intersecting spheres that will have work space, retail and an atrium; and Fifth + Columbia tower.

Magnusson Klemencic Associates

Hansen-Lund Gourley Meyer Jones Fields

Rehder

Morgen

Larsen

Johnson

Henderson

Seattle-based Magnusson Klemencic Associates promoted Dave Fields to senior principal and shareholder; Matt Jones and Tom Meyer to principal; and Brett Gourley, Pat Hansen-Lund, Wyatt Henderson, Leif Johnson, Russell Larsen, Brian Morgen and Mike Rehder to senior associate. Fields is a residential design leader, with a 17-year portfolio of more than 50 residential projects, including towers up to 65 stories and multi-block developments up to 1 million square feet. Jones is a civil project manager specializing in water planning, with experience that includes designing a 2014 net-zero-discharge campus in Utah. Meyer has 18 years of experience, with a focus on large convention centers. He is working on the Washington State Convention Center expansion. Gourley is on MKA's residential group. Hansen-Lund is a former city engineer and public works director in California with four years at MKA, and 21 years of engineering design and project management experience. Henderson is in the sports group and has experience in the U.S. and internationally. Johnson works on museums including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art expansion. Larsen works on office projects and leads MKA's wind and analysis technical specialist teams. Morgen is a residential specialist with global experience. He also leads the performance-based seismic design technical team. Rehder is a key member of the residential group. MKA provides structural and civil engineering services worldwide.

Maul Foster & Alongi

Kaparos

Miller

In Seattle, Maul Foster & Alongi hired Joshua Miller as a GIS analyst and Andrew Kaparos as a project engineer. Miller has 10 years of GIS and geospatial experience in pollution remediation, irrigation districts, utilities and freshwater resources. Kaparos has over eight years of experience in design and permitting for civil and environmental engineering projects, and has worked on a remedial investigation report for a 20-acre park in Seattle. MFA is a Pacific Northwest environmental consulting firm.