Mar 19, 2003

Merritt+Pardini

Merritt+Pardini Architects announced Maria Resende has joined the firm. Resende is a licensed architect in both New York and Washington, and has 10 years experience on educational, institutional, hospitality, commercial and residential projects. These projects include the Tulalip Casino and the Microsoft Millenium Office Park in Washington, the Smart Money magazine offices in New York and the Hotel Cheyenne complex in France. Her first project assignment for Merritt+Pardini is the Tacoma Convention and Trade Center.

Emick Howard & Seibert

Emick Howard & Seibert added Mancong Lin as a project architect. Lin will work on a variety of financial institution and corporate projects for the firm.

Lin has completed a range of projects including commercial, industrial, multi-family residential and health care. She has been involved in all aspects of project management and design, including programming, planning, design, and construction documentation. Previously, Lin worked at GGLO, TRA, and YNA and Associates.

Weber + Thompson

Weber + Thompson announced the promotion of Catherine Benotto to associate. She is an architect, landscape architect, master planner and is LEED accredited.

Benotto leads the planning team, working on master-planned communities in Kenmore, Thurston County and Snoqualamie. She is the project manager of Village Green, a 290-home community in Issaquah Highlands, and is currently working on two green buildings -- Town Hall at the Village Green and Gregg's Green Lake.

Bucher, Willis & Ratliff

Bucher, Willis & Ratliff announced Carl Johnson has relocated to Seattle from the firm’s corporate headquarters in Kansas City, Mo. Johnson is a principal with BWR and has been with the firm 22 years. Johnson will participate in ongoing and new transportation projects, and will lead the effort to expand the office’s services to include water resource management.

He has extensive experience in design of wastewater treatment facilities, sanitary sewer collection systems and evaluations, and water distribution systems. In addition, he is experienced with flood plain and storm water management, hydrology and hydraulics, and environmental review. Johnson is managing the SR-522 PS&E for the city of Kenmore, and has a lead role in Phase III of the Valley Mall Boulevard Extension project in Union Gap.

Triad Associates

Rick Tomkins has joined Triad Associates as director of engineering. Over 19 years, he worked as a construction manager for a multi-family developer and then as an engineer at a local consulting firm where he became co-owner. His recent experience includes Talus for Intracorp, Redmond Ridge for CamWest, Millenium Corporate Park for Bentall U.S., and Lincoln Way Apartments for the Intercommunity Housing Group. He will use his residential and commercial work experience along with his bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from the University of Washington to steer Triad’s 20-person engineering department.

Also joining Triad is Carl Sorenson, project surveyor. With more than 30 years of experience, he has expertise in subdivision surveys for single-family and multi-family communities, and condominiums. In the last five years, he surveyed over 50 residential projects in King and Snohomish counties. His current work includes St. Andrews Group’s affordable housing community and Intracorp’s Information Center, both at Talus.

HBB

HBB, a mechanical engineering firm, announced that Paul Songe-Moller has been named an associate. Songe-Moller, an engineer with 20 years experience, has served a variety of educational, local government, housing, health care and commercial clients. Recent projects include work at North Kitsap School District, the Culinary Arts Center at South Seattle Community College, the Island County Annex, and the Salvation Army's new Communications Center.

Vincent Cheng recently earned his LEED professional accreditation. His recent projects include Lucille Umbarger K-8 school for the Burlington-Edison School District, three schools for the Blaine School District, the library remodel for Gray's Harbor College, and the Center for Families at Edmonds Community College.

HBB is a 22-year-old Seattle firm, providing mechanical engineering, energy and cost studies, and commissioning services, for public and private sector clients.

Mar 13, 2003

Woodland Park Zoo

Mimi Haley is the new marketing director and Damian T. King was named human resources director at Woodland Park Zoo. Most recently, Haley was vice president, public affairs, for PacifiCare Health Systems. King previously served on the staff of the Boeing Engineering Employees in Aerospace and worked for the attorney general of Washington and for the city of Seattle.

Mar 12, 2003

Sienna Architecture

Sienna Architecture added Mark Evans, Michael Willis and Chris Brown to its Seattle office. Evans has more than 14 years experience in multi-family housing, mixed-use, office, retail and hospitality projects. He is a project manager/designer and is currently working on mixed-use and retail projects.

Willis has 11 years experience in urban mixed-use projects, multi-family housing and retail projects. He is a project manager and is currently working on the 23rd and Madison mixed-use project in Seattle.

Brown joins Sienna as an intern, with experience in corporate interiors, multi-family and single-family housing, and public projects. He is currently working on retail projects in the Seattle area.

Cross Engineers

Cross Engineers announced Wes McKean has become a LEED accredited professional. McKean has been with Cross for 10 years. McKean was the lead electrical design engineer for Islandwood, "A School in the Woods." This 255-acre educational facility on Bainbridge Island received a LEED Gold Certification. It is one of only nine Gold certified projects nationally. McKean is currently working on the new 75,000-square-foot Tacoma Police headquarters, with a LEED Gold certification goal, and the "environmentally intelligent" Teton Science School, a 200-acre educational facility located in Wyoming.

KJM & Associates

Carol Vanlandingham has joined the human resources team at the corporate office of KJM & Associates as a benefits specialist. Vanlandingham has more than 10 years experience in human resources, with expertise in employee benefits analysis and administration, including COBRA, for both large and small companies. Vanlandingham is a certified professional in human resources.

KJM & Associates is a Bellevue-based program and construction management firm specializing in the management and control of project time, cost and quality.

T∙H∙A

T∙H∙A recently made several promotions in its Portland office. Joann Hermance joined T∙H∙A in August 2002, and currently serves as project architect for the 90,000-square-foot classroom and office building at the new University of California campus in Merced.

Hunter Williams has served on the design team for the classroom and office building at UC Merced, and he will assume the role of project architect as that project enters construction administration.

Miguel Hidalgo joined as an architectural intern. Hidalgo received a Bachelors of Arts in archaeology and religion from Wesleyan University in Connecticut and a Master of Architecture from the University of Virginia, where he was awarded the AIA School Medal.

Weber + Thompson

Weber + Thompson announced the hiring of Gabriel Hanson. Hanson began his career assisting on high-end residential and commercial projects at Zimmerman Architecture while he earned his Masters of Architecture Degree from the University of Washington. He shifted his focus to multi-family and hospitality developments while at Johnson/Braund Design Group. Hanson brings 3-D modeling and graphics experience to explore design possibilities for the multi-family design group. He is currently working on Point Edwards, a water view development located on the former Unocal Tank Farm site in Edmonds.

KPFF Consulting Engineers

Wilson Hu has been named associate at KPFF Consulting Engineers. Hu, a structural project manager, has 10 years experience working on commercial, transit, and curtain wall projects.

Hu is the prime consultant project manager for the Eastgate Park-and-Ride Expansion, part of King County Metro’s multi-storied structured parking program. The expansion increases parking capacity to 1,700 stalls with a 1,400-stall parking structure. Hu works directly with King County, and leads a team of 12 subconsultants. He is also project manager for the Tzu Chi Foundation’s Tan Tzu Medical Center in Taiwan. Upon completion, it will be the largest base-isolated building in the world. His previous work includes Bentall’s Five Newport and The Summit in Bellevue, and the curtain wall design of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and the John Paul Getty Center in Los Angeles.