Jun 17, 2015

Mithun

Ishizaki

Mithun promoted Erin Christensen Ishizaki to partner. Christensen Ishizaki is urban designer and architect who has worked at Mithun in Seattle since 2007. She works in the integration of public health and design. Mithun said she pioneered the use of health impact assessments, and has a background in EcoDistrict planning. The Mariposa Redevelopment master plan and the Healthy Living Initiative for Denver Housing Authority are among the planning projects she has led. She is on the Congress for New Urbanism board, and speaks on equitable development, design for health, and sustainable district development. She is a 2014 Urban Land Institute 40 under 40 professional.

OAC

Moses

Romero

Rosenbeck

Brown

In its Spokane office, OAC hired Greg Brown as a program manager, Elizabeth Rosenbeck as a project coordinator, and Mitchell Romero and Carl Moses as senior project managers. Brown has nearly 30 years of experience in K-12 projects. He was director of capital projects and planning for Spokane Public Schools for 12 years, managing building modernizations, expansions and new construction. Rosenbeck has provided administrative support for construction, infrastructure and environmental consulting firms for over 25 years, including working on international projects. Romero has over 23 years of experience in design and construction program management, mostly assisting school districts. Prior to joining OAC, he worked on the overseas construction of U.S. embassies. Moses has worked in the construction industry for over 28 years, managing commercial, industrial, waterfront and housing projects. At OAC, he will manage tenant improvement, health care and commercial projects.

Arup

Wolfe

Iddon

Carter

Baumgardner

Alspach

Yacknowitz

Arup, an engineering and consulting firm, promoted Peter Alspach, Will Baumgardner, Matt Carter, Joanne Iddon, Seth Wolfe and Josh Yacknowitz to principal. Alspach is a mechanical engineer who joined Arup in 2001 and specializes in design of low energy buildings. He leads the sustainability, mechanical and plumbing teams in Seattle and is global skills leader for environmental and building physics. He has worked on over 150 projects at Arup including office, central plants/district energy, mixed use, education, residential and museum. Baumgardner was hired in 1998. He leads the San Francisco planning practice and has led multi-modal transportation projects. Carter is a civil engineer who was hired in 1997 and leads Arup's long span bridge business in the Americas region. Iddon was hired in 1993 and is the Americas program and project management skills leader. She has over 20 years of experience in the construction industry in the UK and the US. Wolfe has been with Arup for 13 years. He is a structural engineer and leads the New Jersey office. Yacknowitz is a mechanical engineer who was hired 2002 and leads the science and industry business in the Americas region.

B+H Architects

Campbell

de Filippis

Lu

In its Seattle office, B+H Architects hired Sandy Lu as a senior interior designer, Audrey de Filippis as a project designer and Karen Campbell as a senior project manager. Lu has nearly 10 years of interior design experience for hospitality projects. At B+H, she will work on hotel projects. Her previous work includes Suning Bellagio in Shanghai and Pinnacle Hotel in Vancouver, B.C., and she has worked for Starbucks and CHIL Design, a B+H studio. De Filippis has nine years of experience in architecture and design. She has worked on hospitality, residential and mixed-use projects, and her clients have included Embassy Suites Hotels and Hilton Restaurant Group. She will work on hospitality brand and concept development. Campbell will use her over 25 years of experience in workplace design and project management in working with corporate clients. She was with Callison and Safeco Insurance Co. Her clients have included MOD Pizza and Vulcan Real Estate.

JRS Engineering

Carmichael

Brad Carmichael joined the Seattle office of JRS Engineering as a senior building science specialist. He is an engineer with over 10 years of consulting experience, specializing in building enclosures, renovation, historic restoration, condition assessment, and remediation. He has worked on landmark buildings along the eastern corridor between Washington, D.C. and the New England area.

Jun 10, 2015

Gensler

Su

Atlas

In Seattle, Gensler hired Riley Atlas as a senior brand project designer and Andy Su as a senior designer. Atlas works in environmental graphic design, experience design and architecture, and has a background in exhibit, retail and communication design. He won the Rado Young Designer Award in the 2009 Dutch Design Awards, and has worked with clients such as Nike and prAna. Su has experience in academic, media, workplace, health care, GSA, transportation, hospitality, entertainment, retail and mixed-use projects. He has worked on Google's new campus in Mountain View, Calif., and Bloomberg's Experience Center in Hong Kong.

Buckland & Taylor

Valdovinos

Moffat

Buckland & Taylor's U.S. headquarters office in Seattle hired Barbara Moffat as director of project and quality management company-wide and Schaun Valdovinos as a senior bridge engineer. Moffat is a structural engineer and project manager who was Western regional quality manager at Jacobs. She has worked on bridges, tunnels and transit projects, and was station lead on East Link's final design, and project manager on the South Spokane Street widening and Fourth Avenue off-ramp projects. Valdovinos has worked on pedestrian, highway girder and elevated light rail bridge projects. Previously at Hatch Mott MacDonald, he was project engineer on East Link, and structural lead on South Link Light Rail, Phase 1 and 2. Buckland & Taylor is a COWI company and provides bridge engineering services worldwide.

Rice Fergus Miller

Moyano

Evans

Rice Fergus Miller hired Keith Evans as an architect in the community and health care studios, and Sean Moyano as a designer in the hospitality and community studios. Over the last 15 years, Evans has worked on housing, mixed-use, office, health care and master planning projects. Moyano holds a bachelor of architecture degree from New York Institute of Technology and has experience on health care and commercial projects. Bremerton-based Rice Fergus Miller is an architecture, interior design and planning firm.

OAC

Anderson

Seaman

OAC hired Nazzarena Seaman as a project engineer and Margaret Anderson as a senior project coordinator in Seattle. Seaman has done contract negotiations and operations management for commercial and residential construction. She will support projects for Lake Washington School District. Anderson has provided project support in construction for over 15 years, and will support private and public projects.

Gibbs & Olson

Rogers

Gibbs & Olson hired Kristopher Rogers as an engineering technician. Rogers has 15 years of experience with civil and industrial projects, and construction inspections. He is working on roads, stormwater, water and wastewater design. Gibbs & Olson is a Longview-based civil engineering and land surveying firm.

a|r|c Architects

Curtis

Wandasiewicz

Wheeler

Podoll

a|r|c Architects promoted Daniel Podoll, Emily Wheeler, Jeff Wandasiewicz and Paul Ross Curtis to principal. Podoll joined the firm in 2003 and has over 20 years of technical background that began in health care design. His experience includes public, private and nonprofit projects. Wheeler was hired in 2003, and is an architect and team leader with over 17 years of experience, specializing in community centers and housing. Wandasiewicz was hired in 2001, and is an architect and project manager with over 14 years of experience, concentrating on civic and higher education projects. Curtis joined the firm in 2005 and is an architect and project manager with over 17 years of experience on community and civic projects. a|r|c is an architecture design firm that provides feasibility studies, site planning, programming, assessments, and design and construction services.

Moffatt & Nichol

Todd

Moffatt & Nichol's Seattle office hired James A. Todd as a civil engineer. He has 15 years of experience with planning and engineering for railways in the U.S. and abroad, including management support for the Los Angeles to San Diego rail corridor improvement project.

Bernardo|Wills Architects

Buerstatte

Chloe Buerstatte joined Bernardo|Wills Architects as an interior designer. She holds a bachelor's in interior design from Washington State University and worked at Contract Design Associates in Spokane. She is working on Numerica Credit Union in Spokane Valley. Bernardo|Wills provides architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and master planning.