December 17, 2014

Cary Kopczynski & Co.

Nielsen

Rodrigues

Beltz

Liang

Hopper

Torres

Tarassoli

Britt

Cary Kopczynski & Co. promoted Matt Hopper to managing principal, Illinois, Bill Liang to assistant BIM manager and Pam Beltz to office administrator. It hired Nicolas Rodrigues as managing principal, California, Brian Nielsen and Koren Britt as senior design engineers, Ben Tarassoli as a design engineer and Adriana Torres as an administrative assistant. Hopper is managing principal in Chicago. He has 13 years of structural engineering experience, eight with CKC, and is working on 1001 West Chicago: two apartment towers on a retail podium in Chicago. Liang has 19 years of CAD/BIM experience, four with CKC. He will focus on BIM quality control. He is working on the Lincoln Square expansion in Bellevue. Beltz has been with the firm since 2007 and has 25 years of administrative experience. She also assists with project coordination and manages purchasing. Rodrigues is managing principal of the San Francisco office, where he leads the structural engineering team. He has nearly 15 years of experience worldwide, including high rises in the United Arab Emirates. He is working on 1200 South Figueroa: two 35-story residential towers in Los Angeles. Nielsen has 10 years of experience and is working on 245 Columbine, a seven-story hotel in Denver. Britt has 11 years of experience and is working on Potala Tower, a 440-foot residential project in Seattle. Tarassoli is a civil engineering graduate of the University of Washington. He is supporting project managers on the Yakama Nation Legends Casino/Hotel Expansion in Toppenish. Torres has five years of experience and assists the office administrator and project managers. CKC is a Bellevue-based structural engineering firm with offices in San Francisco and Chicago.