Nov 18, 2015

OpenSquare

Montgomery

OpenSquare named Mike Montgomery chief operating officer. He was CEO of Bucky, a Seattle company that makes natural and health related travel products, and was COO of Electric Mirror and Northwest Trustee Services, and managing director of Mazama Capital Advisors. OpenSquare is an office furniture dealership formed in 2013 by the merger of Bank and Office Interiors, and Barclay Dean.

King County

Cheryle Broom, who was King County auditor for over a decade, is now interim director of the King County Office of Law Enforcement Oversight until a permanent director can be hired. Broom retired as county auditor in 2013, and has four decades of auditing and performance management experience.

Hewitt

Porteous

Nagele

Ludviksen

Ephrem

Seattle-based Hewitt promoted Leah Ephrem, Sean Ludviksen, Julia Nageleand Matthew Porteous to principal. Ephrem was hired in 2008, and helps oversee transit work. She has 19 years of experience in architecture and transit facility design, with work that includes transit stations in Northgate, Roosevelt, Rainier Beach, Lynnwood and Tukwila. Ludviksen joined the firm in 2011 and helps oversee the architecture studio. He has 30 years of experience focused on multifamily and mixed-use architecture, with recent work that includes residential towers Verve and 2nd + Stewart in Seattle. Nagele joined Hewitt in 2011, and helps oversee the architecture studio. She has 19 years of architectural design experience, including on urban residential and commercial mixed-use projects. Her recent work includes Verve and 2nd + Stewart. Porteous joined Hewitt in 2000, and helps oversee the landscape architecture practice. He has 18 years of experience, and integrates urban design and landscape architecture in civic infrastructure and streetscape projects. His recent work includes Bell Street Park and University Village in Seattle. Hewitt provides architecture, landscape architecture and urban design.

FFA Architecture and Interiors

Staab

Kelly

Knauss

Grace

Gelbrich

Portland-based FFA Architecture and Interiors promoted Ian Gelbrich to associate and hired Richard Grace as a senior associate, Kerry Knauss and Meghan Kelly as project team leaders, and Tyson Staab as an intern. Gelbrich has over 17 years of experience. He has been with FFA since February and is project manager for Redmond City Hall/Civic Center in Redmond, Oregon. Grace is an architect with 18 years of experience on educational, institutional, corporate and public projects. He is managing the Linn Benton Community College Benton Center expansion in Albany, Oregon. Knauss has 17 years of industry experience and is working on the rehab of Olympic National Park Visitor Center. Kelly has 10 years of industry experience, and is assisting on a mixed-use project in Portland. Staab worked in architecture and construction in the Bay Area and Central Oregon for five years. At FFA, he is working on the Library! at Bown Crossing in Boise, Idaho. The firm provides architecture, planning, historic preservation and interior design services.

AHBL

Stickney

Palmer

Bonebrake

Jacobson

Bringhurst

Duncan

In its Tacoma office, AHBL hired Janet Bringhurst as an accounting assistant and Jason Jacobson as a project engineer. In Seattle, it hired Lea Bonebrake as a project engineer and Charles Palmer as a project manager. In Pasco, it hired Nicole Stickney as a project planner, and survey technician Tyler Duncan transferred to that office. Bringhurst was an accountant and bookkeeper with HiLine Homes in Puyallup. Jacobson has 12 years of engineering and construction experience and a background in stormwater design. Bonebrake has 11 years of industry experience, and will work on the King County Children and Family Justice Center. Palmer has 10 years of industry experience, with a background in stormwater and roadway design. He will work on Lynnwood Elementary School. Stickney was a planning and economic development manager for the City of West Richland. Duncan is supporting the Liberty Lake Road Rehabilitation. AHBL provides civil and structural engineering, landscape architecture, community planning, and land surveying, with an office also in Spokane.

Nov 17, 2015

Cochran

Flatt

Matt Flatt was promoted to director of large electrical construction for Cochran's Washington business unit. At Cochran, Flatt has been an estimator, project manager and most recently a project executive. Cochran has offices in Seattle, Wenatchee, Spokane Valley and Tigard, Oregon.

PCL Construction Services

For its Seattle office, PCL Construction Services added Steven Li as senior estimator; Charlie Gwinn as project manager; Eric Anderson, Davis Heeter and Rachel Nelson as project engineers; and Saul Lopez as field engineer. Li, a 23-year industry veteran, holds master's degrees in civil engineering and management information systems, and an MBA in finance. Gwinn is working in the Special Projects Division. He has 20 years of experience in new and renovation projects, and holds a bachelor's degree in environmental design/architecture from the University of Colorado. Anderson is an Army Special Forces veteran who also is working in Special Projects. He holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from Washington State University. Heeter is a former PCL intern who holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from WSU. Nelson graduated from Purdue University with bachelor's degrees in mechanical engineering and construction engineering and management. Lopez is a former PCL intern who holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from Brigham Young University.

RDH Building Science

Two building science firms — RDH Group and Building Science Consulting — merged this month to form RDH Building Science. The new company operates eight offices across the U.S. and Canada, including Seattle, Portland and Vancouver, B.C. It provides building science consulting ranging from construction project management to assessment and investigations.

Ivycorp

Isaksson

Redmond-based Ivycorp said Tomas Isaksson is now president and CEO. Isaksson is a 30-year veteran of the international telecom industry and has worked for Ericsson Radio Systems, Europolitan Holdings AB and Vodafone. Ivycorp provides messaging services.

Lane Powell

Nicoll

Julie S. Nicoll joined Lane Powell as an attorney in the Litigation Practice Group, focusing on defense of environmental claims and insurance coverage counseling. Nicoll was the owner of Element Law PLLC.