Jul 26, 2023

Barghausen

Swing

In May, Elizabeth Swing was promoted from the position of design engineer to project engineer in Barghausen's Roseville, CA office. She joined Barghausen in April 2022. Barghausen Consulting Engineers is headquartered in Kent and works extensively throughout the Pacific Northwest and California.

ESM Consulting Engineers

LaBrie

Eric LaBrie, president of ESM Consulting Engineers, recently announced his upcoming retirement from the firm effective at the end of 2023. While the formal announcement is just now being shared publicly, LaBrie has been working closely with the firm's ownership group over the last few years to help facilitate a smooth transfer of his responsibilities and management of the firm.

Trevor Stiff, current VP and director of engineering will assume the role of president following LaBrie's retirement.

“As we bid farewell to Eric, we express our heartfelt gratitude for his remarkable contributions and unwavering dedication. His leadership has left an indelible mark on ESM and its employees, shaping the company's identity, and driving it toward a bright future. Likewise, we offer our enthusiastic support and encouragement to Trevor as he assumes the responsibilities of President and leads ESM toward even greater heights,” the firm shared in a news release.

Parametrix

Franco

Kimball

DeGrood

Bailey

Parametrix has welcomed four new employees, Amber Bailey, Shira DeGrood, Ingrid Kimball, and Julian Franco.

Bailey has over a decade of project management and technical experience in environmental compliance, including regulatory compliance management and support for oil spill prevention, Industrial Stormwater General Permit compliance, and dangerous and hazardous waste management. She comes to Parametrix from Boeing and was previously with Farallon Consulting, LLC. Bailey's experience includes technical report writing; Washington State annual dangerous waste reporting; emergency planning; Community Right-to-Know Act reporting; and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan and Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Plan evaluation, preparation, and compliance. She joins the firm's Environmental Planning and Compliance team in Seattle.

DeGrood has nearly two decades of technical and project management experience in contaminated site assessment and remediation for soil, groundwater, and sediment projects. She comes to Parametrix from AECOM and brings technical expertise in site characterization, remedial and source control actions, contaminant fate, transport assessments and associated risk-based conceptual site model development, and technical allocation for complex sediment superfund sites. Her experience includes work with regulatory oversight by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Washington Department of Ecology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and California Department of Toxic Substances Control. DeGrood joins the firm's Environmental Planning and Compliance team in Portland.

Kimball has over 16 years of experience in the environmental sector. She comes to Parametrix from ICF and has extensive experience in permit preparation and procurement for in-water work including Section 401/404 of the Clean Water Act, Hydraulic Project Approval, and Critical Areas Ordinances. Kimball is a project manager and technical author of preliminary jurisdictional determinations, environmental impact statements, environmental assessments, biological evaluations, and critical habitat reports. She joins the firm's Environmental Planning and Compliance team in Seattle.

Franco has joined Parametrix as an owner's representative in the Seattle office with nearly two decades of experience in program, project, and change management and delivery.

Franco comes to Parametrix from Amazon Web Services where he served as a Technical Program Manager for the Electrical Solutions Team. He is a Certified Project Management Professional with a degree in engineering. Throughout his career, Franco has worked on projects for Sound Transit, King County, Seattle City Light, and Seattle Public Utilities.

Schemata Workshop

Ware

Tyson

Sinha

Cook

Seattle architecture firm Schemata Workshop has announced the promotion of four employees to the position of associate: Miles Cook, AIA; Shweta Sinha, AIA; Margaret Tyson; and Joann Ware, AIA.

Cook brings his 17+ years of experience to focus on BIM standards and workflow optimization. A native of New Mexico, he is a certified Passive House consultant with experience in a variety of public sector and institutional project types. Inspired by a strong interest in bridging the gap between high-performance sustainable design and housing affordability, his work includes research and development of streamlined prefabricated building systems aimed at optimizing the balance of cost, energy efficiency, and constructability.

With more than 18 years' experience, Sinha will focus on design innovation in the firm, and is currently leading Schemata Workshop's summer design housing studio for WSU graduate level students. Sinha earned her Master of Architecture degree at the University of Southern California and has worked in Los Angeles, Princeton, and Bangalore on a wide range of projects ranging from expansive museums to community schools. Her most recent experience in the Pacific Northwest is in multifamily housing projects that provide affordable and innovative living in urban neighborhoods.

Tyson, the firm's business manager, has been with the studio for seven years, and will continue to focus on profitability and efficient business processes, as well as strategic planning for the firm. As an enthusiastic and advanced Ajera user, she uses her expertise to further an integrated approach to projects. Tyson has more than 20 years of experience in business management for progressive and nonprofit organizations and holds an Executive MBA from TCU in Fort Worth, Texas.

Ware has 13 years of experience in architectural practice and real estate development. Her focus is on the technical aspects of project delivery. Ware has a diverse background in architecture - rooted in traditional practice but informed by five years as an Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellow and affordable housing developer at InterIm CDA. She has been with Schemata Workshop since 2016 and is well-versed in publicly funded projects and integrated design processes, has a deep passion for place-based participatory design processes, and meaningful client engagement. Ware received her Master of Architecture degree from the Rhode Island School of Design.

Jul 19, 2023

Ankrom Moisan

Brandt

Wheary Brown

Architecture and interior design firm Ankrom Moisan announced two big leadership promotions — Leah Wheary Brown to vice president of Interior Design Strategy, and Alissa Brandt to vice president of Interiors. With over 40 years of combined experience, Wheary Brown and Brandt will guide and implement design strategies for both the interiors group and overarching firm-wide initiatives and foster a culture of creativity and mentorship.

Wheary Brown has been at the firm for over 20 years and has worked across different market sectors and held various roles. She has led the interiors market rate housing studio and developed a new identity called Urban Living with a focus on trend forecasting and thought leadership. As the firm's first interiors principal of design and its first managing design principal, Wheary Brown's other notable achievements include developing the design identity for the PRS Mirabella brand and leading Mirabella PDX Portland South Waterfront, second of its brand, to reach the first LEED Platinum status for a continuing care retirement community in the United States.

After joining the Ankrom Moisan team in 2000, Brandt has worked her way from an emerging professional to now, the vice president of Interiors. In this new position, she will be a leading force in encouraging the professional growth of her team members while driving the firm's vision and strategy. Brandt will be responsible for nurturing an environment focused on creativity, inspiration, and empowerment.

Brandt's portfolio of work includes Aegis Lake Union, which passed the Living Building Challenge, and student housing projects that have allowed the firm to push its designs even further to create highly imaginative, experiential residences for students. Brandt is currently set to work on another Living Building Challenge senior housing project with Aegis.

Barghausen Consulting Engineers

Crumbley

Paulsen

Knight

Gannon

Barghausen Consulting Engineers, Inc. has recently expanded its team by hiring four new employees as of June 2023. In Kent, the firm has welcomed one design engineer, one project architect and two project planners.

The new hires are Louis Gannon, Joseph Knight, Malissa Paulsen, and Colin Crumbley.

On June 12th, Gannon joined Barghausen as a design engineer. Gannon recently earned a B.S. in civil engineering from WSU in May 2023 and has also obtained his E.I.T (Engineer in Training) certification. Before joining Barghausen, Gannon worked as a project engineer intern at Granite Construction, where he contributed to a variety of substation projects across the Pacific Northwest.

Knight joined Barghausen on June 19th as a project architect. Knight has over 15 years of commercial architectural experience and has a wide variety of experience on large K-12 projects and civic projects. His background also includes volunteering with the Seattle Architectural Foundation, mentoring with the ACE Mentor Program, and mentoring at Cleworth Architectural Legacy.

Paulsen started at Barghausen on June 19th as a project planner. She graduated from Central Washington University with an environmental policy degree in 2018, and Arizona State University with a B.S. in urban planning and a GIS certificate. She began her career as a planner with Mason County, working on permit review and water resource planning before moving to a consulting firm in Lacey.

Crumbley joined Barghausen on June 26th as a project planner. He completed his undergraduate in urban planning at the University of New Orleans, and then worked as the planning and zoning manager in St. John the Baptist Parish outside of New Orleans for almost 3 years before moving to Washington.

RMC Architects

Gates

Kelsey Gates has joined RMC Architects as a project manager. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture in 2011 from the University of Washington.

Gates will be working on multiple community college projects in her new role, including several remodels for Bellingham Technical College, Whatcom Community College, and Skagit Valley College. She is also working on the new Pioneer Pavilion project in Ferndale, the Phase 2 expansion of City of Bellingham Public Works, Lummi Salish Village, and Whatcom Community Foundation's Millworks 2 at the Bellingham Waterfront.