Jul 13, 2022

Barghausen Consulting Engineers Inc.

Dow

Varas

Dawson

Palmer

Manning

Anderson

Van Zandt

Huerta

King

Cory

Hubbell

Inigues

Wecker

Barghausen Consulting Engineers Inc. has promoted a total of 14 employees so far in 2022. Jennifer Manning was recently promoted to project coordinator. Manning was an intern on the firm's planning team during the Summer of 2019 and returned to work full-time for the Permitting and Compliance team in June of 2021. She is actively engaged in learning the permit processing protocols for site modifications, the procedures needed to bring fuel facilities back into compliance after receiving violations, and engaging Agency reviewers for permit issuance based upon our client's needs.

Megan Palmer and Haley Dawson were both promoted to senior project engineers. Palmer has been with Barghausen since June 2014 when she moved back to Washington from Nevada. She began working on a mix of commercial and fueling projects for several years before joining one of the firm's commercial teams, dedicating her skills to one client. Dawson has been with Barghausen and the Costco team since May 2017. She moved to Washington from Florida where she worked as a civil engineer for an Orlando firm for more than four years. She has a stormwater modeling background and manages a large engineering team on a large and diverse portfolio of projects.

Vicente Varas, from the firm's residential team, was recently promoted to project engineer, along with Cassie Thompson from the Oregon office. Varas started with Barghausen in June 2018 and has been a key piece of the Barghausen residential team. Varas works from the Kent office on small and large residential development projects for several national homebuilders from Pierce County to Snohomish County. He continues to grow his knowledge of residential plats and directly trains a design engineer. Brian Dow, out of the firm's Long Beach office, was promoted to design engineer for his efforts on a major fueling client account. Dow started with Barghausen in January 2014 and has been a key part of the Long Beach, CA office. He has taken on the responsibility of master drawing coordination and maintenance for a major retail fueling client.

Jordyn Cory was promoted to marketing coordinator and recently earned a drone pilot's license. Cory has been an integral part of the success of the marketing department since she started in 2019. Cory is now starting to fly project sites with her drone. Sandy King, from the firm's Oregon office, was promoted to project manager. King has been with Barghausen since September 2016, serving in various roles on both the engineering and planning sides of the firm. King has a unique skill set based upon her years of engineering experience.

Rhonda Huerta received a promotion to senior project accountant and David Van Zandt was promoted to senior CAD technician. Huerta has been with Barghausen since July 2018. She juggles many high-profile clients, challenging portals, and billing requirements and develops tools to track contracts and keep monthly billing as high as possible. Van Zandt started with Barghausen in September 2017. Since then, he has been expanding his knowledge on everything CAD related and has become an integral part of the team. He provides site plan options and civil plans to clients.

The firm also announced four new shareholders to its leadership team including senior planners, Sean Anderson, and Nick Wecker; permitting and regulatory compliance manager, Alexia Inigues; and senior project engineer, Jason Hubbell. Anderson is a senior planner and joined the company in early 2014, with most of his expertise focused on a nationwide fueling program. He has led the internal team on a gas program for many years. He has been instrumental in expanding the firm's footprint with the client into the Midwest, the East Coast, and gaining additional market share in Southern California and the Bay Area. Wecker is a senior planner who joined the company in 2013, quickly proving his value as a project manager for a substantial portion of the firm's corporate commercial work. He is responsible for developing and sustaining many key accounts with multisite commercial programs that span across multiple U.S. states.

Inigues is Barghausen's permitting and regulatory compliance manager who joined the company in 1997. Several years ago, she took over management of the firm's compliance program, leading a talented team ensuring a nationwide retail fueling client remains in compliance with a myriad of regulations and permit renewal requirements over all 50 states. Hubbell is a senior project engineer who also joined the company in 1997. Most of his early career with Barghausen involved helping clients get their projects designed and permitted. His client base includes a wide range of commercial, industrial, and residential projects.

Confluence Environmental Company

Huynh

Michniak

Douglas

Confluence Environmental Company has hired three staff members for its Seattle office. Calvin Kelly Douglas has been hired as a senior ecologist, Audrey Michniak as a project biologist I and Alexis Huynh as a staff scientist.

Kelly Douglas has 25 years of experience as a natural resource scientist and permit specialist, with expertise in local, state, and federal government regulations; permitting; and regulatory compliance issues. Field experience includes wetland, stream, and wildlife surveys in urban, rural, and undeveloped parts of the greater Puget Sound region, as well as in Oregon, California, Idaho, Wyoming, Alaska, New York, Missouri, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

Michniak has four years of experience conducting environmental and engineering consulting projects in support of land development proposals, corporate real estate portfolios, and industrial facilities development. She has performed wetland delineations; stream and nearshore surveys; fish exclusion; research and synthesis; mitigation monitoring; GIS analysis; and soil, groundwater, soil vapor, and outdoor air quality sampling.

Huynh works on freshwater and marine projects conducting critical areas studies and stream and nearshore surveys, analyzing complex data using GIS software, and preparing environmental documentation for permit applications. Huynh recently graduated with a B.S. in Environmental Management and Protection, and Minor in Geographic Information Systems, from California Polytechnic State University.

Jul 06, 2022

Ethos Civil

Burlingame

Coito-Poile

McDonald

Thompson

Tacoma-based Ethos Civil announced the recent additions of William Thompson, Trevor McDonald, Andrew Coito-Poile and Noah Burlingame to their growing firm. Thompson, McDonald and Coito-Poile were formerly with AHBL.

Thompson has four years of professional experience and manages Ethos Civil's Wenatchee office. He is the lead designer for projects such as a senior living development in Spokane and a commercial development in Missoula, Montana.

McDonald has nine years of professional experience. He serves in the Army Reserves at Joint-Base Lewis McChord. McDonald is the lead engineer for the Memorial Stadium project with Federal Way Public Schools.

Coito-Poile has five years of professional experience. He is the lead designer for projects with several K-12 clients, including Tacoma Public Schools, Bethel School District, North Kitsap School District and Clover Park School District.

Burlingame is a recent graduate of George Fox University. He is the lead designer for the Salvation Baptist Church project, a 19-acre development located in Milton.

Parametrix

Namdar

Sielen Namdar has been appointed to the Parametrix Board of Directors as the eighth member. Namdar currently serves as Global Sustainability Lead for Industries and Global Diversity & Inclusion Lead at Cisco. Prior to joining Cisco in 2018, Namdar spent 20 years at Jacobs where she co-founded the Smart Cities Initiative serving as the Global Strategic Sales Director and led Global Strategic Sales for key programs in water, transportation and energy markets. Namdar brings her experience across multiple industries implementing sustainable and innovative technologies to Parametrix.

Perkins&Will

Smith

Jonsson

Sipprell

Hakim

Henson

In Seattle, Perkins&Will promoted Marie Henson to principal, Ana Hakim to senior associate and Jeff Sipprell, Veronika Jonsson and Ashley Smith to associate. Henson has dedicated her career to healthcare planning and design. As Perkins&Will's Regional Practice Leader in healthcare, Henson has presented her work at the Healthcare Design Conference, the WSSHE Conference and the Architecture for Health Panel. Henson currently plays a leadership role on the Providence Swedish First Hill Transformation among other healthcare projects.

Hakim is a project architect with over 20 years of industry experience. She has participated in projects based around the world, ranging from large institutional and commercial developments to single-family residential remodeling. She collaborates with project managers, leaders and stakeholders on healthcare, corporate, civic and commercial projects. Hakim is currently the project architect for the Providence Swedish First Hill Inpatient Tower and plays leadership role on the studio's Project Resource Team, which ensures technical excellence across all projects.

Sipprell is a senior project architect who has been with Perkins&Will for over three years. He currently works on the Providence Swedish First Hill Ambulatory Tower, First Hill District Energy Implementation and Swedish Cancer Institute.

Jonsson is a designer III and has been with Perkins&Will for over six years. Currently she is working on MultiCare Advanced Primary Care Clinics, the First Hill Medical Pavilion Tenant Improvements, Swedish Cancer Institute and MCG Health Seattle. Smith is a project manager and has mainly designed complex buildings for higher-education, life science and healthcare clients. She is currently serving as project manager for Providence Swedish First Hill Inpatient Tower, the Stewart Avenue Life Science Tower, and Providence Swedish First Hill Ambulatory Tower.

KBA Inc.

Hortillosa

KBA Inc. hired Gina M. Hortillosa as project manager in the firm's Bellevue office. Hortillosa brings over 25 years of experience as public works director, development engineering manager, designer, capital projects manager and team builder for roads, bridges, water/wastewater, and transportation projects primarily in Washington state. She is a licensed Professional Engineer and Project Management Professional with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Seattle University. As the former Development Engineering Manager of Alderwood Water and Wastewater District, city of Mill Creek Public Works Director, and long‐time Capital Projects Manager for the city of Kirkland, Hortillosa's experience complements KBA's established role as a premier CM provider of consulting engineering services on large‐scale infrastructure and transit projects throughout the Pacific Northwest. KBA Inc. is a purpose‐built engineering firm specializing in construction management, project/program management and value‐added specialty services.