Nov 13, 2002

GeoEngineers

GeoEngineers recently hired Jim Kleppe as corporate business development director in its Redmond office. He will lead the business development and client relations activities for the firm’s 11 offices. Kleppe brings 27 years of experience in key technical, managerial and business development positions. He is a leader in both geotechnical and environmental work and has served as a corporate marketing manager and client relations consultant.

Galan McInelly has been promoted to office manager for the Redmond, Seattle and Everett offices. He will have overall managerial, fiscal and business development responsibilities. During his 13 years with the firm, McInelly has been instrumental in developing its geologic and water resource services, and in managing strategic environmental and geohazard projects throughout the western U.S.

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

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson announced that Steve Mongillo has been promoted to associate. After joining Bohlin Cywinski Jackson in the summer of 1998, Mongillo has worked on the Issaquah library; a residential compound near Flathead Lake, Mont.; the Gosline residence in Seattle and is currently working on a large private residence in Park City, Utah.

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, founded in 1965, has offices in Seattle, Berkeley and Pittsburgh. The firm's Seattle experience includes Seattle City Hall, William Gates' residential compound and the Ballard library.

Harris & Associates

Harris & Associates hired Sam Yagmaie in the Seattle regional office. As a senior project manager with 21 years of experience, he will responsible for management and oversight of all of civil, structural and geotechnical projects.

HDJ

Hopper Dennis Jellison of Vancouver recently announced the addition of three staff members. Maureen P. White joins project engineer and project manager. White brings varied experience in transportation and site work design along with related project management. Stacey A. Shields joins the firm as a land use planner. Shields adds a background of experience in land use planning and project coordination in southern Washington and northern Oregon. Bonnie L. Cross joins as marketing coordinator. Cross has worked in marketing for the engineering community and most recently was a marketing and client services representative for a company in the printing industry. HDJ provides expertise in civil, transportation, traffic, utility and water resources engineering, as well as construction management services and land use planning.

Rice Fergus Miller

Rice Fergus Miller Architecture & Planning of Bremerton recently hired Andrew Kosusko as a project manager and architect. His addition brings the firm's size to 16. Kosusko has 10 years of experience in architecture, including single- and multi-family housing, mixed-use, hospitality, retirement, municipal and recreation projects. His background also includes an education in civil engineering and involvement with the city of Bremerton Planning Commission

Elliott Bay Design Group

Elliott Bay Design Group announced that Jason Bone has joined the staff as an engineer. A recent graduate of University of Michigan, Bone holds a bachelor of science in engineering and a masters of science in naval architecture and marine engineering, specializing in marine structures. Prior to joining the firm, Bone completed internships at Avondale Shipyard working on new oil tanker construction and CSC's Advanced Marine Division.

Nov 07, 2002

New crew to lead CREW

Rush

Architect Shawn Rush was elected 2003 president for Commercial Real Estate Women Seattle. Next year's other 2003 board leaders are president-elect Helen Wattley Ames of Joshua Green Corp., treasurer Peggy Emerson. Also on the board are: Lori Hill of Cushman & Wakefield, Carleen Kinch of CB Richard Ellis, Linda Larabee-Dawson of Investco Management Services, Bob MacMillan of Moss & Co., Lori Mason Curran of Vulcan, Rebecca McIntyre of the University of Washington real estate office, and Gayle Wilder of G. Wilder & Associates.

Nov 06, 2002

Otto Rosenau

Peter West has joined Otto Rosenau & Associates Inc., a geotechnical engineering, special inspection and materials testing firm, as a technical director. West is a registered professional engineer in Washington, Oregon and Alaska. He has over 25 years of experience in civil engineering, geotechnical engineering, environmental engineering, forensic engineering, design, construction materials, quality control management, construction management and safety.

Studio Meng

Studio Meng Strazzara recently added Shammara Baldwin, Ashley Carson, Chris Davidson, Ken Eckert, John Geobel, Diane Monroe, and Edward Sweetnam to its staff.

Baldwin, marketing manager, brings years of experience in marketing to the construction and design industry. Carson, project coordinator, works in the value engineering department. Davidson, intern architect, is a recent graduate from Washington State University and is working in the educational design studio.

Eckert, senior architect, brings 20 years of architectural and project management experience. Goebel, project manager, has 15 years of experience in the architectural field. Monroe, senior architect, is a 20-year design veteran providing design expertise in the educational design studio. Sweetnam, senior architect, joined the firm early this year. He has 20 years of experience designing educational facilities, multi-family housing, churches and commercial institutions.

The firm promoted Dennis Erwood to principal. During his 14-year tenure with the firm, Erwood has worked on development of K-12 educational facility design, as well as higher education, commercial institutions and residential facilities. He is currently overseeing numerous projects including Central Washington University’s New Music Education Facility and Highline School District’s Madrona and Gregory Heights elementary schools.

Mirai

Mirai Associates recently added three staff. Donald Hoffman joins Mirai as traffic engineer. Hoffman was Northwest Region traffic engineer for the Washington State Department of Transportation. He has 40 years of transportation engineering experience, including having managed initial design, construction and operation of the ramp metering and closed-circuit TV system for all freeways in the Seattle metropolitan area.

Brian Dearing, engineer-in-training, joins Mirai from Missouri. He currently studying for his master's in civil engineering/transportation planning at the UW Yukari Bettencourt joins as administrative coordinator/graphics specialist. She was an associate online editor for REI and editor of Soy Source, a Japanese community newsletter.

BJSS

James Poulson joined BJSS Duarte Bryant as lead designer. He is currently designing the new student union and recreation center for Central Washington University. Prior projects include the Washington State Stadium & Exhibition Center, Rose Garden and Madison Square Garden.

Richard Miller joins the firm as senior cost estimator. He brings 20 years experience working on schools, office buildings, government facilities, site development, industrial and high-end residential. He previously worked at general contractor and construction firms.

Jim Brown is director of quality control. He has conducted training programs and worked on design quality control, constructability review and quality assurance programs for several organizations, including the U.S. GSA, U.S. Navy, Seattle chapter AIA, University of Washington, state of Washington and several architectural firms.

BJSS Duarte Bryant is a 41-year-old national architecture and planning firm with offices in Seattle and Olympia.