Mar 03, 2004

W&H Pacific

Elekes

Zollman

W&H Pacific has added Jeff Elekes, transportation project manager, and Karen Zollman, GIS project manager.

Elekes managed several stages of design and construction of the $80 million interchange at Interstate 5 and 196th Avenue. He will be responsible for business development and managing transportation design projects.

Zollman has experience with system design, implementation, technical and project management for industrial, natural resource, environmental, federal and municipal clients. She provides GIS training for surveyors for continuing education credit through the Land Surveyors of Washington and the Montana Association of Registered Land Surveyors.

Weber + Thompson

Zenoni	Fahy
Banegas	Zielinska

Eric Zenoni joins Weber + Thompson as a job captain. Zenoni is working on a four building mixed-use project in South Lake Union, and Electra, a financial building in Portland.

Heidi Fahy joins the interior design team as job captain, focusing on commercial and residential design. Fahy is working on the condo unit design at 2200 Westlake Ave., a three-tower, mixed-use development in South Lake Union, and a commercial tenant improvement for the Dwelling Co.

Felicia Banegas recently joined the firm to manage the front desk and assist with accounting.

Specializing in retail and hospitality design, Carole Miglorie has 15 years' experience in interior design. Miglorie is working on several projects including 1000 First Avenue, a condo/hotel high-rise, and Blakely Hall a community center in Issaquah Highlands that will apply for LEED certification.

Elzbieta Zielinska joined the architecture team. Zielinska will work on the Point Edwards project, a planned community currently under construction in Edmonds. She earned her master of architecture in Poland and has 13 years in architecture working in both Canada and the U.S.

DCI Engineers

Johnson

Clemmer

DCI Engineers, civil and structural consulting engineers, added Phil Johnson, structural project engineer, to its Bellevue office, and Suzanne Clemmer, business development, to its San Diego office. As project engineer in the structural engineering department, Johnson is working the Youth Center at the Naval Air Station on Whidbey Island, the 428 Westlake Building in Seattle and the 250,000-square-foot Seahaus project in La Jolla, Calif. Clemmer will be responsible for corporate business development and regional marketing for the southwestern U.S.

Parametrix

Walker

Jay Walker joined the Boise office of Parametrix as a transportation engineer. Walker has five years experience in transportation planning, traffic operations and geometric design. Walker will work on traffic simulation and analyses, traffic impact studies, signal timing optimization and other transportation planning work.

Feb 26, 2004

Local Initiatives Support Corp.

The Seattle office of Local Initiatives Support Corp., a nonprofit community development organization, provided more than $10.8 million in new market tax credits to U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corp., to finance redevelopment of the Albers Mill on Tacoma's waterfront. The project will be done this week, according to officials of Heritage Properties, the Anchorage-based developer that is rehabbing the mill into 36 apartment lofts plus retail. Absher Construction Co., of Puyallup is the contractor, and Architects BCRA Tsang of Tacoma is the designer. The credits are aimed at stimulating economic development in low-income communities.

Feb 25, 2004

The Berger Partnership

Henry

Michaelsen

Morley

The Berger Partnership, a Seattle landscape architecture and site planning firm, announced the following promotions: Jason Henry, Jonathan Morley and Guy Michaelsen to principal; Jason Morse to senior project manager; and Brent Chastain and Andy Mitton to project manager.

Henry is working on several projects on the Western Washington University and Whitman College campuses. Henry is also a certified arborist and is skilled at plant material selection for most regions of the U.S. and Canada.

Morley is working on the Merrill Hall replacement project at the Center for Urban Horticulture and the Meydenbauer project in Bellevue.

Michaelsen is working on the Sand Point Magnuson Park, the Lynnwood Neighborhood Parks and the Gas Works Park improvements project. He recently joined the Seattle Architectural Foundation Board of Directors after eight years volunteering as an architectural tour planner and guide.

Morse is a certified arborist and a member of the Seattle Architectural Foundation's Viewpoints Tour Planning Committee.

Chastain is a LEED-accredited professional and brings a sustainable approach to all of his projects. Mitton was promoted to project manager for his work on Seattle Public Schools' Roosevelt High School renovation, Washington State University's Library Road Improvements and the Linden Orchard Neighborhood Park project.

David Evans and Associates

Beseler

David Evans and Associates in Bellevue hired Richard F. Beseler as an associate and senior project engineer.

Beseler was a U.S. Coast Guard captain and brings 26 years of military engineering and facility management experience to the company. He was involved in planning, design, construction and operation of upland and waterfront facilities in U.S. states and territories.

Beseler also serves as a director for the Seattle post of the Society of American Military Engineers.

MulvannyG2 Architecture

Logue

Don Logue has joined MulvannyG2 Architecture's Bellevue office, as senior project manager. Logue, a licensed architect in the state of Washington, will manage the firm's work for Fred Meyer.

Shannon & Wilson

Sarieddine

Geotechnical engineer Hisham Sarieddine has been promoted to senior associate at Shannon & Wilson in Seattle. Sarieddine has been with the firm since 1988 and specializes in deep foundations. He served as geotechnical project manager on the South Park Bridge EIS and is currently assistant geotechnical project manager for the Seattle Monorail Project Green Line.

Transpo Group

Gardes

Yonnel Gardes is Transpo's newest senior transportation engineer hire. He has 12 years experience in transportation engineering and planning. He has researched freeway traffic management, traveler information systems and transit operations. He has also worked with the California Department of Transportation to model freeway corridors, rehabilitate pavement and simulate traffic.

Parametrix

Sahli

Mo Sahli has joined the Portland office of Parametrix. Sahli will be responsible for project management and business development. He brings to the company 13 years of experience in construction project management, field engineering and roadway design.

Zipper Zeman Associates

Zipper Zeman Associates announced Michael J. Bullock and Eric J. Lim have received professional engineering licenses for Washington.

Bullock has experience performing Phase I environmental site assessments and evaluating innate risks of individual properties, as well as performing geotechnical engineering evaluations including field explorations and construction monitoring.

Lim has performed construction monitoring, subsurface explorations, foundation and shoring consultation, and laboratory testing for a variety of project types including commercial and public development, airport infrastructure, and recreational facilities.

Zipper Zeman Associates provides geotechnical engineering, environmental consulting and engineering geology services.

Facility Engineering Associates

Facility Engineering Associates, an engineering consulting firm, selected James Portugal for institutional market segment leader. Portugal will manage institutional clients and lead FEA in developing products and services.

Portugal will continue as a senior project manager in the condition assessment and facilities management group where he provides significant knowledge on facilities management processes and technology.