Nov 30, 2016

Rice Fergus Miller

Bauer

Isaacs

Smith

Moyano

Bremerton-based Rice Fergus Miller hired Matt Moyano as a designer, Alex Smith as an intern architect, and Stephanie Isaacs and Alaina Bauer as interior designers. Moyano will focus on community projects. He holds a bachelor of architecture degree from the University of Oregon. Smith will work on fire and emergency services projects. He holds a bachelor's and master's in architecture from Kent State University. Isaacs will focus on hospitality, adaptive re-use and community-based projects. She holds a bachelor's in interior design from Washington State University. Bauer will work on health care and senior living projects. She has a bachelor's in interior design from the University of Kentucky. Rice Fergus Miller is a 46-person architecture, interior design and planning firm.

Stantec

Walters

Duffy

Stantec hired Sara Duffy as a lighting designer in Seattle and Elisheva Walters as a civil designer in Spokane. Duffy has four years of experience in architectural lighting design. She is working on Pacific Northwest Ballet School in Bellevue. Walters has worked in San Francisco, Indiana and the African country of Niger, primarily on water and solar projects. At Stantec, she has worked on the ice ribbon in Spokane's Riverfront Park. Stantec provides engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental sciences, project management and project economics.

DCI Engineers

McDonald

Behroozi

Ahmadi

Brown

Rivzi

In Seattle, DCI Engineers hired Samiah Rizvi as a project engineer, Lisa Brown as an accounts receivable specialist, and Lutfullha Ahmadi, Aidin Behroozi and Megan McDonald as structural designers. Rizvi was a DCI intern and is working on wood modular buildings and multifamily projects. She holds a master in structural engineering from Seattle University and a bachelor's in civil engineering from the University of Washington. Brown has 30 years of accounting experience in architecture, banking, consulting and nonprofits. Ahmadi has 12 years of experience in the A/E/C industry. He studied seismic design in Iran and Afghanistan, and worked with the Corps of Engineers. He is working on Viejas Casino in Alpine, California. Behroozi was a DCI intern. She is working on 1016 Republican, a mixed-use project in Seattle. She holds a master in structural engineering from the UW and a master of structural engineering from Baha'i Institute for Higher Education in Tehran, Iran. McDonald is working on commercial, office and residential projects. She was a sales intern for engineered wood products, and holds a bachelor's in civil engineering from Washington State University. DCI is a civil and structural engineering firm with offices in Washington, Oregon, California, Texas and Alaska.

Freiheit & Ho Architects

Russell

Matuzak

Gogarty

Bolin

In Kirkland, Freiheit & Ho Architects hired Jannita Bolin, Dillon Gogarty, Cathleen Matuzak and Darin Russell as architectural designers. Bolin holds a masters of architecture from Washington State University. During her graduate year, Bolin worked on an EPA-funded project developing a modular wall system insulated with trash for use in low-income housing. Gogarty holds a masters of architecture from WSU. Matuzak holds a masters of architecture and masters of business administration from Kent State University. Russell has a masters of architecture from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. They are working on an assisted living facility in Seattle, retail, and medical and dental offices. Freiheit & Ho is a commercial architecture and interior design firm.

Cairncross & Hempelmann

Yim

Cairncross & Hempelmann has added Eli Yim as a practicing attorney. He was the firm's 2015 Diversity Fellow and Summer Associate, and is currently working with the Business Group. Yim also worked as a program officer and consultant at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and in education and journalism.

Gallina

Sacramento-based Gallina will join the national professional services firm CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, effective Jan. 1. Gallina will assume the CLA name and said its staff of 300 plus will continue to serve clients with offices in California, Nevada, Utah and Washington. The local office is in Bellevue. The two firms will double their expertise in construction and real estate. CLA has more than 4,500 people in about 100 U.S. locations.

Microscan

Microscan, a Renton-based tech firm that focuses on barcodes, machine vision, verification and lighting solutions, named Christoph Wimmer director of customer experience and electronics vertical. He'll be responsible for global sales including customer service, technical support, contracts and order management.

Nov 29, 2016

Skagit County Superior Court

Svaren

Judge David Svaren will be sworn in Friday as Skagit County Superior Court judge. He has served as District Court judge for 17 years as well as presiding over municipal courts in Anacortes, Burlington and Mount Vernon. Svaren also was in private practice as a partner with Twede and Svaren in Burlington.

Washington State University

Four Washington State University faculty have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Wei Hong (Katie) Zhong in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at WSU Pullman, Markus Flury in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at WSU Puyallup, Susmita Bose in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at WSU Pullman and Kelly A. Brayton in the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology and the Allen School for Global Animal Health at WSU Pullman.

Construction Services Group

Vancouver-based Construction Services Group added Kirk Pawlowski as director; Amber Ballard as budget analyst; Thomas Johansen and Wayne Lounsbury as project managers; and Gina Bixby, Whitney Henion and MegAnn Scharpp as assistant project managers. Pawlowski is a former principal at the architectural firm SRG Partnership. He also was assistant vice provost for capital resource planning at the University of Washington, and executive director of capital planning and development for Washington State University and Oregon State University. Ballard previously was a finance technician with the city of Bend and an instructor of business for Central Oregon Community College. Johansen is a registered architect in Washington and was formerly with Farrell & Johansen Architects and LSW Architects. Lounsbury has 35 years of construction experience, a general contractor's license, project management certification from the University of Toronto and PMP certification from PMI. Bixby previously was finance administrator for Oregon Health and Science University and a senior management analyst for Clark County Treasurer's Office. Henion was a national project manager for The Western Group and an architectural project manager for Dull Olson Weekes Architects. Scharpp has more than 25 years of project management experience in the private and public sectors. CSG is a program of Educational Service District 112 that supports school districts with services from the pre-bond period to building occupancy.

The Walsh Group

OSHA re-certified The Walsh Group into the voluntary protection mobile workforce program. The VPP certification applies to all Walsh federal projects in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. For the certification, OSHA investigates and inspects jobsites and written safety programs. Keith Dyer is Walsh's regional safety manager.