Dec 27, 2001

Society of Manufacturing Engineers

George E. West Jr. has been elected to serve on the board of directors of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. West is currently vice president of manufacturing at Paccar. The Society of Manufacturing Engineers is dedicated to supporting manufacturing education and has members in 70 countries.

Sound Transit Board

Lakewood deputy mayor Claudia Thomas has been nominated to fill a vacancy on the Sound Transit board. Thomas will succeed Ann Kirk Davis who lost a re-election bid in November. The Pierce County Council is expected to approve Thomas who will assume her new role on Jan. 1

Dec 26, 2001

Berger/ABAM

Myles Parrish recently joined Berger/ABAM Engineers’s Seattle office. Parrish’s civil engineering background focuses on building and transportation projects. He performed surveying, material testing and prestressed calculations for bridges during an internship in Japan. He received his bachelor’s in civil and environmental engineering from Utah State University and his master’s in structural engineering from the University of Washington. Prior to joining Berger/ABAM, Parrish worked as research assistant at the University of Washington’s Department of Engineering.

Kate McGowan has joined Berger/ABAM’s headquarters in Federal Way. McGowan’s background focuses on structural engineering for transportation and water resource facilities. She received her bachelor’s in civil engineering from Villanova University in Philadelphia. Prior to joining Berger/ABAM, McGowan worked as assistant bridge inspector intern for an engineering firm.

Robert Hunt has recently joined Berger/ABAM Engineers in Federal Way. Hunt is a professional engineer with 22 years of experience in environmental program management and five years of experience in coastal and water resources engineering design and project management. He received his bachelor’s in oceanography and geology from the University of Washington and in civil engineering from Old Dominion University in Virginia. Hunt also received his master’s in public administration in coastal zone management from the University of Washington. He is currently completing his master’s in coastal and water resources engineering from Old Dominion University.

Walker - Macy

Walker - Macy of Portland has named Bryan Cole and Mauricio Villarreal as associates. They are part of the team guiding the continued growth and evolution of the Portland-based landscape architecture, urban design and planning firm.

A registered landscape architect, Cole has been part of Walker - Macy’s staff since 1995. He is an experienced project manager who has worked on a diverse range of assignments including site design for Russellville Housing, Reed College’s landscape master plan, the Forest Ecosystem Research Laboratory at Oregon State University, and design of the Mission Interpretive Trail for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. He is project manager for one of the largest projects currently in the office, Airport Way Landscape Concept Master Plan for the Port of Portland.

Villarreal has 15 years of experience focused on urban design and higher education planning and design projects. A registered landscape architect, he worked for firms in Tokyo and New York prior to joining Walker - Macy in 1995. His project experience includes the South Waterfront Park Extension on the Willamette River in downtown Portland, the Belmont Dairy mixed-use development and the Beaverton City Library.

Harding ESE

Harding ESE promoted Khashayar Nikzad to associate structural engineer. He is currently managing structural engineering for the Nooksack Diversion Dam for the city of Bellingham, as well as their bridge ratings. He has contributed 11 technical papers to well known civil engineering journals and conferences and has written two reports on damage assessment of two recent earthquakes for EERI newsletter

Dec 19, 2001

Shannon & Wilson

Shannon & Wilson announced Rohn Abbott is the firm’s new president. With Shannon & Wilson for 33 years, Abbott worked as a project manager in the firm’s Seattle branch for six years prior to opening the Fairbanks office in 1974. He will continue as the Fairbanks branch manager and chairman of the board of directors.

St. Louis branch manager, Richard Frueh will serve as executive vice president. Frueh is also a member of the board of directors. Gerard Buechel, the recently appointed Seattle branch manager, will also continue as a member of the board of directors. Buechel has been with the firm since 1980.

Shannon & Wilson is a geotechnical engineering and environmental consulting firm with 220 professionals located in Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, Oregon and Washington. The firm’s corporate headquarters is in Seattle.

Krazan

Manda Kunze has joined Krazan & Associates as operations manager. Kunze will be coordinating operational functions for Krazan's construction testing and inspection department in the company's Vancouver office. Kunze has 10 years of construction inspection and testing experience and has served on the Oregon Council of Engineering Laboratories as vice president. Krazan & Associates provides geotechnical/environmental engineering, construction materials testing and inspection and construction quality control.

Abacus

Ronald Herbst has joined Abacus Engineered Systems as vice president of energy services, responsible for leading the performance contracting group. Herbst comes to Abacus from Emcor Energy Services, where he was director of performance contracting.

Larry Hamburg has joined Abacus as director of business development for southern Washington and Oregon. As a liaison for the performance contracting group, his primary responsibilities include working with current customers and identifying new energy projects. Formerly, Hamburg was managing partner for Phoenix Engineered Systems, which retrofitted steam systems for better efficiency.

Charlie Peters joins the engineering team as a CAD technician. Peters had been working at Abacus on contract since August before becoming full time staff. Amee Quiriconi, an associate and the lead lighting designer, recently earned her certification as a LEED-accredited professional. Certification under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program signifies expertise in all aspects of sustainable design.

This past year, Quiriconi also completed the Sustainable Building Advisor Program. This program is offered through Seattle Central Community College and co-sponsored by Seattle City Light and Seattle Public Utilities-Resources Conservation. She has been working in energy conservation and architectural lighting since 1995.

Abacus' current energy work includes the largest performance contract for the state of Washington, a $17 million campus-wide project at Central Washington University, and construction management services for a $15 million project for the Rondout Valley Central School District in Accord, N.Y.

Penhallegan

Chris Rhinehart of Penhallegan Associates Consulting Engineering recently obtained LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) accreditation from the U.S. Green Building Council.

Rhinehart has 20 years of civil site design experience with an emphasis on stormwater management and protection of environmentally sensitive sites. She was the firm's civil engineer for Seattle Public Utility's recently opened Cedar River Watershed Headquarters Expansion and Education Center in North Bend.

Core Design

Core Design, an Eastside planning/civil engineering/surveying firm, announced Stephen J. Schrei has been promoted to professional land surveyor. Schrei is working on Jefferson at Mill Creek, Kingsridge and Kensington. He specializes in platting, right of way determinations, route surveys, boundary line adjustments and records of survey.

ESM

ESM Consulting Engineers of Federal Way promoted Andrew J. Martin to senior vice president and Susan M. Swanson to vice president. Martin will oversee the professional staff as director of engineering and planning. Swanson will be assistant director of engineering with special emphasis on planning communities. Martin has been with ESM since 1990, and Swanson joined the firm in 1991. Headquartered in Federal Way, ESM has an additional office in Bothell.

Reid Middleton

Joon Kim has joined Reid Middleton's planning group as an entry-level planner. Kim is responsible for providing peak-load land use review services for the city of Seattle Department of Design, Construction and Land Use and planning related research, as well as for preparing and writing professional documents including EISs. Prior to Reid Middleton, Kim interned with the city of Lynnwood and Mukilteo.

Walker - Macy

Walker - Macy of Portland has named Bryan Cole and Mauricio Villarreal as associates. They are part of the team guiding the continued growth and evolution of the Portland-based landscape architecture, urban design and planning firm.

A registered landscape architect, Cole has been part of Walker - Macy’s staff since 1995. He is an experienced project manager who has worked on a diverse range of assignments including site design for Russellville Housing, Reed College’s Landscape master plan, the Forest Ecosystem Research Laboratory at Oregon State University, and design of the Mission Interpretive Trail for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. He is project manager for one of the largest projects currently in the office, Airport Way Landscape Concept Master Plan for the Port of Portland.

Villarreal has 15 years of experience focused on urban design and higher education planning and design projects. A registered landscape architect, he worked for firms in Tokyo and New York prior to joining Walker - Macy in 1995. His project experience includes the South Waterfront Park Extension on the Willamette River in downtown Portland, the Belmont Dairy mixed-use development, and the Beaverton City Library.

GA Design

David Traina has joined GA Design, an Eastside graphic design firm, as senior designer. He has a degree in graphic design and comes to GA with nine years of experience. Providing solutions for print and interactive media, including corporate branding, packaging, annual reports and direct mail, Traina has served local and national clients such as Microsoft and Nintendo.