May 07, 2003

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Miller

Cinamon

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson announced David Miller and David Cinamon have joined the Seattle office. Miller previously worked in the firm's Berkeley office and served as project architect for the University of California San Francisco Biotechnology Building. Miller joins the Seattle office to work on the Grand Teton National Park Visitor Center.

Cinamon previously worked with Marc LaRoche Architects, most recently completing a residential project in Pacific Heights, San Francisco. He has also worked with Cutler Anderson Architects and Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen. Cinamon joins the Seattle office to work on the Ballard Library.

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson has offices in Seattle, Berkeley, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Wilkes-Barre.

McGowan Broz Engineers

Vandegrift

McGowan Broz Engineers hired Tosha Vandegrift and Jim Evans.

Vandegrift is marketing manager. She has 13 years of experience in the A/E/C industry. Vandegrift’s focus will include business development and marketing activities, including strategic planning, client relations, proposals and qualifications, and market research. Vandegrift is president of the board of directors for the Seattle Chapter of the Society for Marketing Professional Services.

Jim Evans has been hired as a senior mechanical engineer. Evans has 35 years of experience designing mechanical systems. Evans’ background includes HVAC, plumbing, pipe stress analysis and power generation for commercial office, institutional and municipal projects. McGowan Broz is a mechanical and electrical engineering firm located in Bellevue.

Freeman Fong Architecture

Nathan D. Brown has joined Freeman Fong Architecture as a designer. Brown comes to the firm with experience in construction management and residential architecture. Brown most recently served as a senior estimator and project manager for the Widewaters Group in Syracuse, N.Y. He holds an architecture degree from Syracuse University.

Parametrix

Ekman

Scott Ekman recently joined Parametrix. As director of management consulting for Parametrix, Ekman will focus on delivering business solutions for the firm's traditional public and private sector clients.

Ekman has 15 years of professional management consulting experience with federal, municipal and commercial clients. He has a background in strategic business planning, business process and organizational redesign, change management and facilitation services. Recent project experience includes serving as program manager and principal management consultant for the Washington State Transportation Permit Efficiency and Accountability Committee.

Candela Architectural Lighting

MacLeod

Candela Architectural Lighting Consultants recently added Lauren MacLeod as a senior lighting designer. With 15 years experience in professional lighting design and specialties in the hospitality, airport, educational, corporate, and residential markets, MacLeod opened offices in Santa Barbara and Bellevue prior to joining Candela.

Her work as principal lighting designer at Wheel Gersztoff Shankar Selles in Los Angeles received national acclaim, including awards for the Guam International Airport, Los Angeles Union Station and Southwestern University School of Law. International projects include the Four Seasons Hotel in Goa, India and the Renaissance and New World hotels in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

MacLeod taught architectural lighting design at University of California, Los Angeles and University of California, Santa Barbara

Apr 30, 2003

Gensler

The Seattle office of Gensler Architecture, Design & Planning Worldwide has promoted a senior associate and an associate.

Sidney Scarboro was promoted to senior associate. Scarboro brings 19 years of experience to Gensler. She has led numerous complex projects with large teams. Her focus is project continuity, from schematic design through construction and final occupancy. Scarboro's role includes project management, staffing and team mentoring.

Ryan Haines was promoted to associate. Haines specializes in building shells, from design to construction documents. Most recently he has been involved in an addition to a federal office building, a high-rise condo hotel and several corporate interior projects for clients in the financial service sector. The Gensler Seattle office was established in 1999 with a staff of three that has grown to 15.

Fletcher Farr Ayotte

Waggoner

Fletcher Farr Ayotte, a Portland architecture, planning and interior design firm, recently promoted three staff members.

Scott Waggoner has been promoted to associate principal/shareholder. He is currently designing a new interpretive center for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and is providing design for the expansion of the Aloha Park Elementary School for the Beaverton School District.

Karyn Goodfriend has been promoted to associate. She has worked with the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Goodfriend

Hoffman

Eric Hoffman has been promoted to associate. He recently completed interior design work for the Salem Sustainability Pilot Project, and offices for the Oregon Department of Human Services.

SCS Engineers

Stradley

SCS Engineers recently promoted Hayley Stradley to associate staff scientist. Stradley will work with the environmental services division conducting environmental assessments and monitoring projects. She previously provided administrative support to the environmental services and solid waste engineering staff.

Rebecca Breier, a recent Washington State University communications graduate, has been hired as the new marketing assistant/receptionist. Breier will assist the marketing, environmental services and solid waste engineering staff with customer service and proposal development projects.

Associated Earth Sciences

Miller

Kirkland's Associated Earth Sciences announced Matthew Miller has been promoted to senior geotechnical engineer. Miller has extensive experience in foundation investigations and design, soil stabilization methods, road base design, slope stability assessment and landslide mitigation. Miller manages schedules for multi-disciplinary teams.

KPFF Consulting Engineers

Lepage

Andres Lepage has been named associate at KPFF Consulting Engineers. Lepage holds a doctorate degree in civil engineering and is a seismic design specialist. His approach to analysis and design for earthquake resistant construction has aided projects such as Seattle City Hall, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Amgen (Immunex) and Sammamish Parkplace.

He is active on several national committees of the American Concrete Institute that develop and maintain standards for the design, construction and repair of concrete structures. He is also involved with the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute and serves on the Earthquake Engineering Committee of the Structural Engineers Association of Washington.

Elliott Bay Design Group

Wren

Seattle-based Elliott Bay Design Group announced Reginald Wren has joined its team as a senior mechanical engineer. Wren brings more than 27 years of experience to the firm. Prior to joining the staff at EBDG, he was the principal engineer and owner of WRENgineering Ltd. Wren is working on the MV Columbia re-power for the Alaska Marine Highway System.

Helix Architecture

Protasevich

Alex Protasevich, a native of Minsk, Belarus, recently joined Helix Architecture. In 1988 he won the Young Architects competition in what was then the USSR. He came to the United States in 1989, after practicing in Paris for a year. He established his own architectural firm, Arc/Artel Architecture in Salt Lake City in 1993. His honors include the International Union of Architects’ Silver Medal awarded at InterArch 2000 World Triennial design competition for design of the Episcopal Church in Centerville, Utah.

Since joining Helix, he has developed the design for all buildings at the Port of Tacoma’s new Pierce County Terminal and Portland National Guard Fire Station.