Mar 17, 2004

SCS Engineers

Triplett

Derrel Triplett has joined SCS Engineers in Bellevue. Triplett has 29 years of experience in environmental engineering and project management, focusing on hazardous, toxic and nuclear waste sites, and water treatment. Triplett planned and managed a $1.2 million task order for the U.S. Navy. SCS Engineers specializes in solid waste management and environmental services, with offices in Bellevue and Lake Oswego, Ore.

Arai Jackson Ellison Murakami

Ellison	Murakami	Silkwood
Dayot	Spitzer

Seattle-based architects Arai Jackson Ellison Murakami have announced promotions. Joining partners Steven Arai and Cliff Jackson are Bruce Ellison, Rich Murakami and Frank Silkwood.

Ben Dayot and Mark Spitzer are now principals. Ben Pongprot is an associate.

Ellison is working on a new Bremerton Police Headquarters and Municipal Court and new maintenance facilities for King County Metro at the Atlantic Central Base. Murakami is working on the Port of Seattle Police Headquarters at Sea-Tac International Airport as well as a civic campus master plan for the city of Post Falls, Idaho. Silkwood is director of the transportation design group, which provides planning and design for facilities serving air travel, ferries, local and regional transit, and intercity rail.

Dayot is designing the new Bremerton Police Headquarters and Municipal Court. Spitzer is working with The Evergreen State College on the Science II Building renovation as well as its campus master plan update. Pongprot is the project manager for the Port of Seattle Police Headquarters at Sea-Tac International Airport.

Arai Jackson Ellison Murakami practices architecture, interiors and urban design throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Thomas Hacker Architects

The Portland firm of Thomas Hacker Architects appointed two new associates: Paul Kinley and Joann Hermance. Kinley has worked on projects for the University of Oregon, the Oregon Historical Society and the Astoria Column Visitors Center. He worked for BOORA Architects and Allied Works Architecture in Portland after moving from California, where he worked for Ellerbe Becket Architects and Frank O. Gehry and Associates.

Hermance's work includes the Alameda Library in Alameda, Calif., and the classroom and office building at UC Merced. She worked for Thompson Vaivoda and Associates in Portland, and Polshek and Partners, Architects in San Francisco.

Coffman Engineers

Trish Connor has joined Coffman Engineers' Lumena Lighting division as lead of the architectural lighting design group. Her expertise includes interior and exterior lighting for commercial, historic, civic, retail, master planning, hospitality, residential and custom fixture design.

She has won awards for projects such as Scotland's Forth Rail Bridge and Memphis's Pyramid Arena as a designer with Ross De Alessi Lighting Design.

Shannon & Wilson

Shannon & Wilson added Jane Bensel to its Seattle marketing staff. Bensel recently worked in marketing for the New York structural engineering firm Weidlinger Associates. She will serve as

Abacus Engineered Systems

Abacus Engineered Systems recently added Alan Carter, Paul Meyer and Mark Merritt to the electrical engineering group in its Seattle office.

Carter has 10 years experience in electrical engineering for health care, commercial, educational, retail, light industrial and military clients. He held several positions of increasing responsibility in electrical and multimedia engineering for organizations in the Rocky Mountain region. Meyer has nine years of experience in mechanical and electrical design, and project management, with an emphasis in commercial and institutional facilities. Merritt also graduated from California Polytechnic State University with a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering. He is a team member for the University of Washington emergency power system expansion project, participating in the preliminary design, scope of work and cost estimates.

ALSC Architects

Steve Roth has been promoted to associate at ALSC Architects of Spokane. Roth joined ALSC in 1997 and has worked with clients such as URM Stores, River Park Square, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service and Nine Mile Falls School District.

Mar 10, 2004

White Shield

White Shield, an engineering, surveying and environmental consulting firm, has added Roland Pennequin as office manager in the Bellevue office, Pennequin has 25 years' experience in land surveying and project management.

MulvannyG2 Architecture

Ho

Planner and designer Suenn Ho will be senior designer for MulvannyG2 Architecture's Portland office. She will work on current projects in Seattle's International District. Ho's past experience includes mapping historic urban Chinatowns in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Ho taught architecture at the University of Hong Kong, and is an assistant professor at the University of Oregon and Portland State University.

CDi Engineers

Mechanical consulting firm CDi Engineers announced Steve Stamm and Frank van der Harst have joined the Lynnwood office. Stamm designs mechanical systems for health care, laboratory and high-tech projects and will work as senior mechanical designer. Van der Harst joined the company's health care group and will provide plumbing design services for Valley Medical Center in Renton and St. Charles Medical Center in Redmond, Ore.

Bush, Roed & Hitchings

Nance

Bush, Roed & Hitchings promoted Darrell Nance to senior associate. Nance will lead the special projects group within the land survey division. His recent projects include the Seattle Monorail Project, Park Lake Homes for the King County Housing Authority and the Museum of Flight addition.

Hart Crowser

Mikhail

Engineering consulting firm Hart Crowser announced Reda Mikhail has been promoted to associate geotechnical engineer in the Seattle office. A senior-level project manager, Mikhail has worked on design and construction of soil nail shoring systems for deep excavations. Mikhail trained at universities in Washington, Illinois, New Jersey and Egypt.

Parametrix

Engel

Kate Engel has joined Parametrix's Kirkland office as a senior scientist. Engel has 25 years of professional experience as a wildlife researcher and environmental consultant. She has worked on studies for the Washington Department of Natural Resources, the U.S. Forest Service and Seattle Public Utilities.

Coffman Engineers

Trish Connor has joined Coffman Engineers' Lumena Lighting division as lead of the architectural lighting design group. Her expertise includes interior and exterior lighting for commercial, historic, civic, retail, master planning, hospitality, residential and custom fixture design. She has won awards for projects such as Scotland's Forth Rail Bridge and Memphis, Tenn.'s Pyramid Arena as a designer with Ross De Alessi Lighting Design.

Shannon & Wilson

Shannon & Wilson added Jane Bensel to its Seattle marketing staff. Bensel recently worked in marketing for the New York structural engineering firm Weidlinger Associates. She will serve as marketing coordinator at Shannon & Wilson.

Abacus Engineered Systems

Abacus Engineered Systems recently added Alan Carter, Paul Meyer and Mark Merritt to the expanding electrical engineering group in its Seattle office.

Carter has 10 years of experience in electrical engineering for health care, commercial, educational, retail, light industrial and military clients. He held several positions of increasing responsibility in electrical and multimedia engineering for organizations in the Rocky Mountain region.

Meyer has nine years of experience in mechanical and electrical design and project management, with an emphasis in commercial and institutional facilities.

Merritt also graduated from California Polytechnic State University with a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering. He is a team member for the University of Washington emergency power system expansion project, participating in the preliminary design, scope of work and cost estimates.

Burgess Weaver Design Group

Paul Soldwedel joined Burgess Weaver Design Group, a Seattle-based interior design and architecture firm, as a project architect. Clover Schuler joined Burgess as an interior designer. Kip Kolodziejski joined the firm as a project architect.