May 21, 2003

Associated Earth Sciences

Associated Earth Sciences hired J. Scott Kindred as senior engineer. Kindred brings 12 years of technical and project management experience in ground water resource development and hazardous waste site remediation. He will work with local governments, private developers, public agencies and utilities.

Sparling

Sparling promoted Kristy Alley to associate and Joe Leger to principal of technology consulting.

As marketing manager, Alley directs market research and lead development for the firm. Under her direction, Sparling's corporate identity program received "Best of Show" in the Society of Marketing Professional Services 2001 Marketing Communications Awards, and first place in 2002 for Candela's corporate brochure. Alley was vice president of networking for SMPS Seattle in 2002.

Leger joined the firm in 1998 with specialties in telecommunications design for commercial, health care, education, government and military facilities. He will lead marketing and business development for the technology studio. Leger is currently managing technology consulting for Seattle Central Library, Denver Children's Hospital, Vancouver General Hospital and U.S. Army Fort Lewis Battle Simulation Center.

R. W. Beck

Wan-Yee Kuo has joined management consulting and engineering firm R. W. Beck, Inc. as a project manager for the Infrastructure Services Group in Seattle.

She will manage engineering projects and planning as well as technical analysis for water resources projects for both public and private clients. With more than nine years of engineering experience, she has worked in both the private and public sectors.

Weber + Thompson

Weber + Thompson promoted Kathy Ulrich to production designer.

A member of the staff since 2000, Ulrich has been an integral part of the graphic design team, assisting on client presentations, marketing materials and the Web site. The promotion moves her to the graphics team full-time, as the firm enhances its graphic design and marketing capabilities.

Parametrix

Happy Longfellow, senior engineer, recently joined Parametrix in Kirkland. Longfellow is responsible for project management and business development as well as supervising the transportation design group in the Kirkland office.

Longfellow has 10 years of experience in roadway design and construction, including plans, specifications, and estimates for interstates, highways, arterials, local roads and trail improvements. Current work includes the Seattle north waterfront access project, Marymoor Park pay stations, SR520 floating bridge replacement and the North Everett Transit Center.

EDAW

After 20 years as president of the landscape architecture firm Fischer & Associates, Sandy Fischer has joined the Seattle office of EDAW, a landscape design, planning and environmental services firm.

The majority of her work has been focused on projects in Montana, especially in Billings. Fischer & Associates grew to be one of the largest landscape architecture practices in the state of Montana. Fischer was involved in a number of award-winning community design and planning projects.

May 14, 2003

FSi Consulting Engineers

FSi Consulting Engineers and the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers announced Shawn Bliss is the first recipient of the Richard L. Temkin Fire Protection Engineering Scholarship. Bliss is a student at the University of Ulster, Ireland, where she is currently working toward a master's in fire safety engineering.

Richard Temkin was a principal and fire protection engineer at FSi consulting engineers for over 12 years until his unexpected death in October 2002. The scholarship promotes the interest and education of engineers who want to increase their knowledge about fire protection and life safety practices.

Bliss will be participating in distance-learning studies followed by intensive "block release" learning periods at the University of Ulster. Her educational focus will be centered on life/safety requirements and the understanding of fire dynamics, detection, suppression, material fire-resistivity and human behavior in an effort to make buildings safer environments.

SvR Design

Staeheli

SvR Design Co., a civil engineering, landscape architecture and environmental restoration firm, hired several people in its Seattle office: Seth Doull and Erich Ellis join as civil design engineers. Shohreh Nassiri is a CAD and GIS technician. Melanie Mills and Jean Wu join SvR's landscape architecture group, and Sekela Raab joins as a receptionist.

Peg Staeheli, principal of SvR Design Company, was recently elected to serve on the Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board.

CollinsWoerman

CollinsWoerman, a Bellevue-based architecture, planning and design firm, added John Swolgaard, Shawn Rush, Chien Chen, Steven Kane, Kevin Otteson and Eric Sales to its 85-member team.

As a senior project manager, Swolgaard brings more than 30 years of experience to CollinsWoerman, with expertise in commercial architecture, urban planning and community design. Rush, with more than 20 years of experience in architecture, interiors and facilities project management, is currently working on corporate and health care interiors. With 15 years experience as a project designer, architect and interior designer, Chen joins CollinsWoerman as a project manager.

Kane is a project manager/project architect with 17 years experience and will lend his expertise to CollinsWoerman's health care, corporate and commercial projects. Otteson is as an intern architect with experience in commercial retail, office projects, light industrial and mixed-use multi-family projects. Sales joins CollinsWoerman as an intern architect with experience in architectural design, CAD documentation, presentation drawing and site surveying.

Hutteball & Oremus Architecture

Robbins

Hutteball & Oremus Architecture has added Mark Robbins. Robbins is a registered architect with 19 years experience designing and managing architectural projects for corporate office and public educational facilities. He is working on the Maltby and Fryelands elementary schools for the Monroe School District.

Condon-Johnson & Associates

Parmantier

Condon-Johnson & Associates announced Dominic Parmantier has joined the civil engineering company as project manager in the geotechnical division. Parmantier has expertise in the fields of evacuation support, jet grouting, compaction and permeation grouting. He will work in the firm's Tukwila office.

Berger/ABAM Engineers

Ding

Walton

Ruji Ding recently joined Berger/ABAM Engineers as a Grade VI project engineer in the firm’s downtown Seattle office. Ding has nine years of professional experience in civil engineering design for highway, roadway, railroad, drainage system, container terminal infrastructure, and large site development for local and national agencies. Ding has been providing civil engineering services for the firm’s interim facilities engineering contract for the Seattle Monorail project.

Amie Walton has been promoted to Grade IV engineer with Berger/ABAM. Walton is based in the firm’s downtown Seattle office, and has been a member of the Berger/ABAM team for four years. Recent projects include the Language Training Facility and Tactical Equipment Complex at Fort Lewis for the Seattle District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.