Aug 09, 2000

FSi

FSi consulting engineers, a mechanical engineering firm that provides mechanical engineering, fire protection engineering and project management services, announced the promotion of Roy Nudo to the level of associate. Nudo has eighteen years of experience in HVAC design, drafting, balancing and commissioning. As an associate, he will increase his focus on client contact. Martha Rowland has joined FSi as a mechanical engineer and project manager. Rowland has 15 years experience in HVAC and plumbing design for health care, industrial, institutional and commercial facilities. Danielle Frye has joined FSi as marketing coordinator.

Hewitt

Jeff Benesi has been promoted to the level of senior associate with Hewitt Architects. His professional experience includes landscape architecture, land use design, urban design and environmental analysis. Benisi has been with the frm for three and a half years and is currently at work on the Sound Transit LINK light rail station at South 200th Street in SeaTac and and for the City of Seattle's South Lake Union Park master plan update for the South Lake Union Wharf project, and the University of Washington campus master plan.

Christina Gonzalez has joined the firm as a graphics designer and graphics production manager. She holds a bachelor's degree from Yale University

Reid Middleton

Doug Wilson has joined Reid Middleton's structural engineering group as a design engineer, and will work on structural design and seismic evaluation for buildings and bridges and for industrial and waterfront facilities. He comes to the firm from the Boeing Co., where he provided structural design and analysis support to delivered and in-production airplanes.

DLR

Connie Wai-Yin Tam has joined the Seattle office of DLR Group. Tam, originally from Hong Kong, is a graduate of Iowa State University with a fine arts degree in interior design and has accumulated design experience from Rome to New York. At DLR Group, she has contributed to an Oregon Department of Corrections project and is currently helping design the interior of Huntington Tech Park in West Virginia.

Kathryn Hawkins has joined the firm with a diverse background in engineering. As a mechanical engineer, Hawkins will be working on the Oregon Department of Corrections facility as well as assisting in the Presidio renovation for Alexa Internet, based in San Francisco.

Coughlin Porter Lundeen

James A. Sprott has returned to the civil engineering team at Coughlin Porter Lundeen after a year at another firm. Since initially joining the firm in 1997, his project experience includes many large site developments for commercial office complexes, multi-family residential projects and educational facilities. He is also responsible for the design of private residences.

Brian J. Harris joins the structural group after four years with a Dallas-based firm where he was responsible for the structural design and analysis of new buildings, renovations and additions. He joins the Quadrant Lake Union Center team.

Brian Y. Matsumoto, a former intern, graduated from Seattle University with a degree in civil engineering with structural emphasis, and now joins the structural team.

Penhallegon

Alan Lobdell has joined the Federal Way office of Penhallegon Associates Consulting Engineers as engineering manager. Prior to joining PACE, Alan was principal owner of Lobdell Engineering, which provided engineering, construction management and inspection services to local cities and private companies. Alan has served as interim city engineer for several cities including the newly incorporated city of Sammamish. A registered engineer, he is currently working on a master's degree in business and in public administration.

Criterium

Jack A. Panzica has joined Portland, Maine-based Criterium Engineers as director of national accounts. The firm provides engineering services in the evaluation of commercial, industrial and multi-family real estate and specializes in due diligence property condition investments

Aug 08, 2000

Construction law

The Seminar Group will be hosting a Sept. 21 to Sept. 22 conference on construction law at the Hilton Seattle Airport Hotel. The conference, which costs $595 per person, features experts who will speak on effectively dealing with new statutes, regulations and other construction-related developments. Also touched on will be bidding successfully for public and private contracts and the avoidance of construction disputes. For more information, call (206) 463-4400.