Jul 20, 1999

Ledcor Industries

Seattle's Ledcor Industries has added Larry J.R. Lunsford as senior project director, Mike Vowels as manager of special projects and Ken Lorenz as a senior project manager. Lunsford has over 20 years of industry experience, including fast-track, lowrise office, design-build retail, industrial and distribution warehouse projects. His role at the company includes subcontractor and vendor contract negotiations, daily construction operations, supervision of project management staff and superintendents, and oversight of the safety and quality assurance programs. Vowels has over 20 years of experience in commercial, retail and industrial projects. His duties include acting as a liaison between owners, architects and engineers; and providing technical expertise, field superintendent support, schedules, quality control and project management. Lorenz has over 17 years of experience in commercial and industrial construction. He also has a background in the project entitlement process that includes agency approvals and permitting, preconstruction services, and cost and schedule development and control.

Jul 19, 1999

Army Corps of Engineers

Brig. Gen. Carl A. Strock has taken command of the Northwestern Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He was most recently commander and division engineer of the Corps' Pacific Ocean Division in Honolulu. From his headquarters in Portland, he will oversee all Corps water resource activities and military and environmental programs in a 14-state area with an annual budget of more than $1 billion.

Jul 14, 1999

Callison Architecture

Elizabeth Morgan has joined Callison Architecture as the new business developer responsible for the health care, corporate and hospitality divisions. Prior to joining Callison, Morgan was director of business development for the Seattle office of Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum. Morgan has 16 years of experience in business development and marketing in the architecture and engineering industry.

BOORA

Thomas Bauer has been promoted to associate principal of BOORA Architects in Portland, and advances to ownership in the firm. Bauer joined BOORA one year ago. A registered architect with 14 years of professional experience, he was a principal of Oz Architecture in Denver. Prior to that, he spent five years as a project architect with Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer and Skidmore Owings and Merrill in Los Angeles. He holds a master's degree in architecture from Harvard University. He is the point contact and project manager for a comprehensive master plan for projects at Linfield College. He is also the project manager for a $20 million addition and remodel to the Intramural Activities Building at the University of Washington.

Group West

Edward Hanbicki, an architect, has been hired by Group West Associates as manager of the firm's development strategies division. Based in Lynnwood, Group West is a design firm.

Freiheit & Ho Architects

Kevin Chow has advanced to the position of associate of Freiheit & Ho Architects in Bellevue. Chow is project manager for the Quinault Resort and Casino in Ocean Shores and several ExtendedStay America hotels in Washington and California. Derek Arnold has joined the firm as an architectural draftsman. Arnold is currently working on retail and commercial projects for the firm. He served in the Navy for six years and graduated from the Naval Nuclear Power School. Jamie Ho has joined the firm as an architectural draftsman. Previously, she worked at firms in San Diego and Spokane. David Taylor has also joined the firm as an architectural draftsman.

Parametrix

John Marsh has joined Parametrix as the firm's director of the Fisheries/Endangered Species Act program. Marsh will assist clients in strategic planning for Endangered Species Act compliance. Formerly with the Northwest Power Planning Council and the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Marsh has over 20 years of experience integrating fisheries management with regional and national policy throughout the Columbia River basin.

Walker Macy

Alan Johnson has joined Walker Macy, a Portland-based landscape architecture firm, as its senior designer and project manager. Johnson has over 24 years of professional experience, including work in Portland, and has worked for Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum in St. Louis, specializing in large-scale planning and design projects. Brennan Buck has joined the firm as a landscape designer. Buck is working on the Corvallis Riverfront Commemorative Park as well as the Peace Arch Border Crossing at Blaine. He has a degree in landscape architecture from Cornell University. Also joining the firm is Ross Swanson. He is assisting in the preparation of construction documents for the New Neighborhood Park at Orenco Station and downtown Portland's South Waterfront Park. Rachel Sullivan has joined the firm as an office assistant.

Studio Meng Strazzara

Meng Associates, an architectural firm with a 23-year history in the Pacific Northwest, has changed its name to Studio Meng Strazzara. The firm adopted the new name as Charles Strazzara has been promoted to partner. He will be leading the firm's growing commercial and retail design group. The firm is also branching out to educational design in both K-12 and higher educational facilities. The firm's analysis group will operate under the name Meng Analysis.

Baylis Architects

Leslie Stark has joined Baylis Architects in Bellevue as the marketing/public relations manager.

Shockey Brent

Harley Mattson has joined Shockey Brent in Everett as a planner. Mattson has planning experience in both the private and public sectors. Her specialty lies in the areas of subdivision and boundary line adjustment. She is a graduate of Eastern Washington University.

HDR

Jason Sharpley has been hired by HDR Engineering as a water/wastewater engineer in the company's Seattle office. Prior to joining HDR, Sharpley was an intern for the Ann Arbor, Mich., water treatment plant, where he assisted in designing pilot filters, managed on-site construction and performed tests on pilot filters for the plant. He recently received a master's degree in engineering from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Trial Lawyers Association

The Washington State Trial Lawyers Association elected Janet Rice of the Seattle firm of Schroeter, Goldmark & Bender, as WSTLA's new president. Rice, 48, has been an attorney 20 years and resides in Seattle. Her practice is composed primarily of torts and product liability litigation, parole supervision cases, and personal injury claims. She presented the Trial Lawyer of the Year award to Seattle attorneys Jan Peterson and Fred Zeder both of Peterson, Young, Putra, Fletcher & Zeder for their case on behalf of a Kennewick teenager paralyzed by diving into a negligently designed swimming pool.