May 23, 2001

Reid Middleton

Carolyn Cheung has joined Reid Middleton as a civil engineer in the civil projects group. She is responsible for assisting with general engineering, site design and storm drainage calculation projects.

Cheung comes to Reid Middleton from the Washington State Department of Transportation, where she served as a FLOW operator.

DLR

Ahmed Jaddi recently was hired at DLR Group with project management experience in civil and structural engineering on a wide variety of projects, including higher education, justice, civic, residential, industrial and corporate. He serves as lead structural engineer, and with multiple state registrations is a valuable resource to the company nationwide.

Bob McClendon works in Seattle's retail group bringing years of national and international experience as manager of projects ranging from convention centers to five-star hotels to office high-rises. His expertise is being put to use on Duty Free Stores, Valley Mall, the Adicom Building in San Francisco and the Snoqualmie Fresh Market mixed-use development.

Rick Peters began his involvement with the HVAC industry as a sheet metal apprentice in 1976. Now he joins DLR Group as a lead mechanical engineer with 26 years of industry expertise.

Wayne Williams has 12 years of experience as a mechanical engineer. His current projects include Bellevue's Forensic ID Lab, the Seattle Crime Lab and a planning study for Washington Department of Corrections Health Care.

Myung Shin arrived at DLR from Washington State University. He has been working in the retail group on Valley Mall, DFS, Boeing and Center Oak Properties.

Berger/ABAM

Tosha Vandegrift recently joined Berger/ABAM as senior marketing coordinator. She has 12 years experience in the architectural/engineering/construction industry. Vandegrift’s background focuses in the areas of business development and marketing support activities, including proposals, statement of qualifications, press release development and client research. Vandegrift will provide marketing support for Berger/ABAM’s Seattle office. Vandegrift is serving on the board of directors of the Seattle chapter of SMPS as treasurer. Previously, she worked for GeoEngineers.

Steve Mersdorf has joined the Federal Way office. Mersdorf’s background focuses on construction-related activities, including construction inspection for transportation projects. He worked for the Michigan Department of Transportation.

Jenai Fitzpatrick has joined the Portland office. She has nearly 10 years of manual and computer-aided drafting and design experience. Fitzpatrick received her training from Clackamas Community College. She owned and operated Fitz Design Drafting Services and also worked for Harper Houf Righellis.

CollinsWoerman

CollinsWoerman recently added Max Struble and Eric Kolmodin to the firm. Kolmodin joins the firm as senior interiors project manager and planner with more than 25 years of experience in interior design, performing programming, planning, design and construction administration. Kolmodin works on Delta Society, Boeing Aviation Services, Nordstrom, Equity Office and Hudson Bay Co. He was previously employed at TenantWorks, Jones Lang LaSalle and Callison.

As senior designer, Struble specializes in architecture design and detail for interiors. He is working on projects for Nordstrom in Seattle and Equity Office at Lincoln Center in Portland. Formerly a project designer at Ward, Gibbons & Co. in Portland, Struble has worked on projects including Heritage High School, Hammer Corporate Offices and the Vancouver School for Arts/Academics.

Hammond Collier Wade Livingstone

Todd Powell recently joined Hammond Collier Wade Livingstone as a transportation design engineer. He will aid the firm’s transportation engineering department and immediately begin work on projects for municipalities and the U.S. Forest Service. Powell studied civil engineering at Oregon State University and has four years of design experience. He previously worked as a design engineer at Tye Engineering in Bend, Ore

May 17, 2001

Seattle Public Utilities

Hannan

Seattle Public Utilities hired Clare Hannan as communications branch liaison for the Engineering Services Branch. She has extensive experience in the marketing and communications field, most recently as marketing communications specialist for ScenicSoft, a software development company serving the printing and graphics industry.

May 16, 2001

Mahlum

Mahlum Architects has named four principals to its senior management team. The Seattle-based principals are William Strong and Robert Lober, and the Portland principals are Gregg Stewart and Mathieu Jacobs.

Strong has been marketing director since 1988, and a senior associate since 1996. He oversees the firm's strategic planning and marketing and public relations activities, including business development. Lober was project designer for the addition to the radiation oncology at Evergreen Healthcare in Kirkland, and is working on a master plan update for the medical center. He is also involved in a master plan for the Northwest School in Seattle and in programming, planning and design for the Muckelshoot Indian Childcare Facility in Kent.

Stewart was most recently responsible for the development of two schools for the Hillsboro School District. He also worked on the renovation of a historic building for Dr. Marten's AirWair, which won a Best of Show award in the 1998 design competition sponsored by the Portland chapter of the International Interior Design Association. Jacobs is known for his experience in master planning and conceptual design of multiple-building projects. He is working on an addition to the Holy Rosary Medical Center in Ontario, Ore. Other projects include master planning for the Bend Memorial Clinic, renovation of the ortho trauma patient care unit at Oregon Health Sciences University Hospital in Portland and the addition for the Portland Clinic.

Triad

Triad Associates, land development consultants, announces the following new hires. Rebecca Cushman has joined as an engineer. She brings five years of experience at King County's Department of Development and Environmental Services to Triad. Cushman will work with Triad's project managers to design site solutions for clients and expedite projects through the permit process. Vance Blue recently became certified as a professional land surveyor. Blue is working on the new Sea-Tac Air Traffic Control Tower and the Center Point Corporate Park. Joining the engineering department as an AutoCad Technician is Flavio Bainotti.

CDi Engineers

Jeanie Iida has joined CDi Engineers as a mechanical engineer and project manager. Iida is working on the renovation of Seattle Center’s Marion Oliver McCaw Hall (Opera House), new exterior water features for North Seattle Community College the new Seattle Justice Center and the new White Pine Lodge condominium and retail community at Schweitzer Ski Area in Sandpoint, Idaho.

Nakea Allerdice has joined CDi’s CADD department. She is currently working on the new Anacortes Public Library, several renovation projects at Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, the new Olympic College Plant Services Building in Bremerton and the new Seattle Justice Center.

Randy Koetje has joined CDi Engineers as a mechanical engineer and project manager. He has 17 years of experience specializing in HVAC, plumbing, piping, specialty fuel piping, testing, adjusting and balancing. Koetje is a member of CDi’s Seattle-Tacoma International Airport project team.

In firm administration, Debbie Anderson has joined CDi in the position of receptionist and administrative assistant.

Shockey Brent

Shockey Brent recently promoted Amy Mattson from planner to senior planner. Mattson has extensive background in project management, feasibility studies, land title research, survey information and auto CAD.

Reid Middleton

Reid Middleton recently announced the promotion of Wendell Johnson to director of development services. Johnson will guide the company's services involved in continuous site development -- or the process of developing land through master planning to civil and structural engineering and construction administration. He will work with private and public sector clients interested in master planning, surveying, design and construction administration of tracts of commercial and industrial land.

SCS Engineers

SCS Engineers recently promoted Greg Helland to vice president. Helland has managed several large remedial investigations, monitoring projects, hazardous waste characterizations and site ecological risk assessments. He is the environmental services director for SCS Engineers Pacific Northwest operations and serves clients in real estate, mining and solid waste industries.

SCS has also added Mark Varljen and Elaine Dilley to its environmental services group. Varljen has expertise in groundwater sampling methodologies and statistical analysis, information systems for decision support in site remedial design, groundwater modeling and wellhead protection area dileniation. Dilley will work closely with the environmental services division in conducting environmental assessments and monitoring projects. Hayley Stradley has been hired as the administrative assistant/receptionist. Stradley will be assisting the environmental services and solid waste engineering staff with customer service projects