Aug 23, 2000

Architects BCRA/Tsang

Doug Oberst has joined Architects BCRA/Tsang as a project manager. He comes to the firm after managing his own architectural design firm for the last five years. He is overseeing the design of the Parr Ford Automobile Showroom in Bremerton and two projects in Tacoma -- the Thea Foss Esplanade and the Center for Endodontics.

Kevin Scarlett has also been hired as a project manager. He has expertise in building forensics and code issues. Scarlett's projects include design management of the new Bangor Naval Base Fitness Center in Silverdale and the Pacific Beach Recreation Lodge on the Olympic Peninsula for the U.S. Army.

DCI Engineers

Jerry O'Connell has joined DCI Engineers as the new civil department manager in the firm's Bellevue headquarters. O'Connell brings 20 years of civil management experience to the firm. Some of his recent projects include Arbors in Sammamish for Chabbey Homes and Uplands in North Bend for Century Pacific.

David W. C. Wong is a new project manager at the firm. With more than 22 years of structural engineering experience, he has engineered a wide variety of projects, ranging from commercial high-rise structures to seismic design. Some of Wong's recent projects include the 21-story Westin Hotel in Guam and the 330-foot control tower at Denver International Airport.

Brent Robinson, recently hired as a new project manager, comes to DCI from a structural engineering firm in British Columbia, where he worked on bridge, industrial and commercial projects.

Grant Buckingham has been promoted to an associate. A structural engineer with the firm for the past four years, he is working on the Civica Commons, a mixed-use project in Bellevue. Before joining the firm, he worked for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Dennis Pradere worked as a structural engineer in the Pacific Northwest region for the past several years before being hired as a structural engineer for the firm. His recent projects include the replacement design for Seattle's Pier 91 and plant upgrades for The Boeing Co. and Port of Seattle facilities.

FSi Consulting Engineers

Roy Nudo has been promoted to an associate of FSi Consulting Engineers. He has 18 years of experience in HVAC design, drafting, balancing and commissioning.

Danielle Frye has joined FSi as marketing coordinator. She holds a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences from Western Washington University and has more than five years experience in marketing and new business development.

Martha Rowland has joined the firm as a mechanical engineer and project manager. She has 15 years experience in HVAC and design for health care, industrial, institutional and commercial facilities. FSi Consulting Engineers is a Seattle-based mechanical engineering firm that provides mechanical engineering, fire protection engineering and project management services.

Sparling

Troy Thrun has joined Sparling as a principal, leading one of the firm's eight design studios.

Thrun's expertise includes power distribution, lighting design, fire alarm systems, feasibility studies and due diligence reports. Some of the projects Thrun has designed or managed include the Quinault Resort Hotel and Casino in Ocean Shores and Kamola Hall at Central Washington University.

Shockey Brent

Geoff Tapert has joined Shockey/Brent as a senior engineer. He has 10 years experience in the private sector as a civil engineer, as well as experience in the public sector. His areas of expertise include utility design of storm drainage, sanitary sewer, water system grading and street design for private and public projects.

Shockey/Brent provides services in land use, environmental analysis, site design, public policy and civil engineering.

Triad Associates

Mick Matheson has been named a project manager at Triad Associates. With more than 15 years experience as a civil engineer, he specializes in site development and utility design. He has been at the firm for 11 years.

Also joining the firm are Corissa Logan, land use planner; Susan Bensman and Vance Blue, survey CAD technicians; and Teresa Jensen, project administrator.

Triad Associates is a Kirkland-based civil engineering, surveying and landscape architecture firm.

DLR

Erwin Angulo has been hired by the DLR Group as an architectural intern. Formerly a project manager for retail projects and a designer for office interiors, Angulo works in DLR's retail studio. His projects include Yakima's Valley Mall and Portland's Mall 205.

Erica Loynd has joined DLR's education studio as an architectural intern. She is working on the Madrona Middle School project.

Aug 21, 2000

Department of Transportation

Paul Johnson has been named Mount Baker Area administrator for the Washington State Department of Transportation. The department's Northwest Region comprises five geographical areas, the Mount Baker area being the northernmost. Johnson has more than 30 years of experience with the department, most recently serving as assistant regional administrator for engineering support and speciality services.