Dec 24, 2003

Core Design

Vanderzanden

Kevin J. Vanderzanden has been named president and managing principal of Core Design. He joined Core Design in 1995 and has been managing the firm's surveying services, including boundary and topographic surveys, preliminary and final plats, construction staking, condominium surveys as well as ALTA surveys.

Current survey work includes Issaquah Highlands; Woodbridge, in Redmond; Issaquah Highlands Division 84/85; and Cristalla Condominiums.

Sienna Architecture

Quackenbush

Spiker

Sienna Architecture recently hired Walter Moon in its Portland office, and Don Quackenbush and David Spiker in its Seattle office.

New additions to its Portland office also include Brian Magnussen, Scott Barton and Debbie Damron.

Moon joined Sienna as project architect on the mixed-use team. He most recently was a project architect at Van Lom, in hospitality design. His experience also includes industrial, clean-room design, R&D, flex/office and mixed-use.

Quackenbush has 25 years experience. He is responsible for Sienna's management and drawing production standards. He has expertise in code compliance evaluation applications, risk management, construction documents, consultant coordination and construction administration.

Spiker joined Sienna's Seattle office as project manager and brings more than 20 years of experience in architecture, project planning, construction management and expertise in mixed-use, institutional projects and urban design. He is incoming chair of the Seattle Design Commission.

Magnussen joined Sienna Architecture's Portland office in July as an intern for the retail team. Barton returned to Sienna Architecture Co. after a two-year hiatus, and is a project manager in the retail group. Damron has joined as an executive assistant.

HBB

Green

Grovenburg

Meghann Green joined HBB, Inc., as a project engineer. Green, a 2003 Washington State University graduate, has experience with K-12, university and office buildings. She is working on the Suquamish Elementary School for the North Kitsap School District, Rainier Hall for Everett Community College and Mountlake Terrace Hall for Edmonds Community College.

Dennis Grovenburg has joined HBB as a project designer. Grovenburg has 25 years experience on a variety of projects including K-12, college, laboratory, health care, high-rise, airport, recreational, food service, institutional and retail facilities. At HBB he is involved with the design of three elementary schools, plus the Gateway Middle School in Everett and the expansion of the municipal building in Yakima.

Dec 17, 2003

AIA Washington Council

Smith

Wardell

Bolton

The AIA Washington Council recently elected its 2004 executive board.

Mike Smith of Bellingham will serve a one-year term as president. Smith is majority owner/principal of Zervas Group Architects, an 11-member architecture and interior design firm. He served on the executive board from 1994 to 1997, and was president in 1996.

Wagner

Smith is the first person in the organization's 43-year history to serve twice as president.

Lois Wardell of the Yakima firm Wardell Architects will serve as president-elect. Blake Bolton of the Tacoma firm McGranahan Architects will continue as secretary-treasurer, and Richard Wagner of Baylis is immediate past president.

Nakano Associates

Yamaguchi

Nakano Associates LLC announced the promotion of Jim Yamaguchi to principal. Yamaguchi will lead the firm's design and management operations. Since April, Yamaguchi has assumed management responsibilities while founding principal, Kenichi Nakano, is on sabbatical.

Yamaguchi has 25 years of landscape architecture experience in public and private projects. Since joining Nakano Associates in 2000, Yamaguchi's projects have included the Fifth and Bell Building, Friendly Grove Park, Bellevue Access Project, Anacortes Library, Shoreline Community College master plan update, Bellevue Transit Center, South 154th Street Light Rail Station and Holly Park Development Phase 3.

Nakano Associates specializes in landscape architecture, parks and recreation planning, campus planning and design, and urban design with a focus on building community. Current projects include Rainier Vista redevelopment, High Point redevelopment and Tacoma Convention Center and Pacific Square.

The Austin Co.

Tami Tedrow, who is responsible for marketing business development for the Northwest region of The Austin Co., recently passed the Society of Marketing Professional Service's exam. Tedrow has been with The Austin Co. since 1999.