Sep 11, 2002

Emick Howard

Emick Howard & Seibert announced the hiring of Naomi Berg, Theresa Ek, Kelly Leonard and Mark McIntire.

Berg has been hired as marketing assistant. She graduated from the University of Montana with a B.S. in business administration, marketing. Ek is a 14-year veteran of corporate planning and interior design with experience from positions at companies such Space, LLC, LMN Architects, Mahlum Architects and Callison Architecture. Her background includes interior design and planning services for projects such as Benaroya Concert Hall, Amazon.com, Redmond Town Center, Immunex, Go2Net/InfoSpace and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

As an interior designer, Leonard will provide design and planning services for the firm. Her background includes positions at Callison Architecture and Space, with experience on projects such as Washington Mutual Bank, The Bon Marche, Latham & Watkins, Wells Fargo and Microsoft.

McIntire will provide architecture and project management services. His background is in commercial, public, educational, medical and residential architecture, and project management. His project list includes Starbucks headquarters, Redmond High School, D Street Bridge, Tacoma, ZymoGenentics, Providence Birthing Center and the Chelan Douglas Counties Link Headquarters.

Berger/ABAM

Chris Cornell was recently promoted to Grade VI project engineer at Berger/ABAM Engineers located in Federal Way. He has 13 years of civil and structural design experience for bridges, marine facilities and industrial buildings. Cornell is currently providing services for master planning and conceptual design of a proposed new container terminal facility at Texas City, Texas. He received his bachelor’s in civil engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology.

Michelle Tragesser has been promoted to Grade V project engineer with Berger's Federal Way headquarters. Tragesser is skilled in analysis, design and construction of a variety of public works structures. She has seven years of experience in project management, construction management, field investigation and concrete repair, and is well-versed in computer applications for analysis and design of bridges in high seismic zones.

Kelly Pitera has been promoted to Grade II engineer. Pitera’s background includes civil and structural engineering experience with transportation projects. She also has a solid understanding of structural analysis and design for building and transportation projects. Pitera received her bachelor’s in civil engineering from Villanova University in Philadelphia.

Anna Hamilton has been promoted to CAD operator IV with Berger/ABAM’s Federal Way headquarters. Hamilton has over 20 years of manual and computer-aided drafting and design experience.

Putnam Collins

Chun Lau, has joined Putnam Collins Scott Associates as a project manager in the firm’s Seattle office. Lau has worked in the structural consulting field for several prominent engineering firms on the east and west coasts, providing services on projects both domestic and international. He has been responsible for projects ranging from sports facilities, high-rise towers, hotel complexes, educational facilities, and medical facilities to single-story retail projects. Previously he was employed at the Port of Seattle.

GeoEngineers

GeoEngineers recently promoted Garry Squires to associate in its Tacoma office. He specializes in geotechnical engineering and has more than 20 years of experience in geotechnical engineering, hydrogeology and mining geology.

Squires is a licensed professional geologist and certified engineering geologist in Washington and licensed professional engineer in Idaho and Washington. He holds a master of science degree in geotechnical engineering from the University of Washington, and a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.

GeoEngineers is a 200-person firm offering diverse geotechnical, environmental, geologic, ground water, GIS, ecological, permitting and Endangered Species Act consulting services.

Sep 10, 2002

Mayes Testing Engineers

Wirtz

Todd Wirtz was promoted to senior project manager at Mayes Testing Engineers in Everett. Wirtz has been with Mayes for the last 10 years and is currently heading the inspection team at the University of Washington Law School project. Mayes has over 100 employees, with offices in Everett, Tacoma and Portland.

Sep 04, 2002

PAE

PAE Consulting Engineers, a mechanical, electrical, telecommunications and sustainable design consulting engineering firm, announced the addition of Bradley Wilson.

Wilson specializes in HVAC, plumbing and thermodynamics for laboratory and higher education facilities. In addition, he is familiar with sustainable design practices and actively seeks energy saving techniques to incorporate into building systems. Current projects include the Washington School for the Deaf, University of Portland Library and the Gus Solomon Courthouse.

Sparling

Sparling recently added Christian Lindmark to its technology consulting studio as a telecommunications consultant. Lindmark brings six years experience in technology consulting, design, construction and implementation to Sparling projects and clients. His areas of expertise include structured cabling systems, wireless systems and outside plant cable systems for commercial office buildings, campus facilities and hospitals. Lindmark has consulted for the Port of Seattle, Microsoft, AT&T Wireless and the University of Washington. Current assignments with Sparling are White Memorial Medical Center (Los Angeles); Pullman Memorial Hospital; St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center (Lewiston, Idaho); University of Washington Law School; and MD Anderson Cancer Research Center (Houston).

Art Anderson

Art Anderson Associates, a professional service company with experience in naval architecture, shoreline architecture/engineering, construction management and water transportation development, announced the addition of Lt. Col (retired) John Watkins as vice president of East Coast operations.

Watkins comes from the Pentagon, where he was in charge of reorganizing Joint Chiefs of Staff charter for logistics over the shore operations, and supported several acquisitions and operations as well as managing acquisitions and operations management. He was responsible for developing operations programs in both the transportation and equipment acquisition arenas, and oversaw movement of Department of Defense critical cargo during operations in Kosovo, Yemen and Afghanistan.

Watkins will work on water transportation systems development, such as the navy lighterage system, vessel acquisition, port and terminal operations, and portable port systems development.

Freiheit & Ho

Freiheit & Ho Architects, Inc. announced that Michael Bartolome has been promoted to the position of associate. His various office and retail projects include 140th Avenue Office Development, 420 Sixth Street office building, and Redmond Center retail. He is currently the project manager for the Falcon View at 522 Office Building, Covington Place Retail, and Harbour Pointe Retail.