Aug 18, 2004

Architects BCRA

Bills

Houston

Architects BCRA, based in Tacoma, added senior project architects Terry Bills and Lawrence Houston. Bills is a project architect with more than 17 years of experience in architectural design. He is working on predesign of Dean Hall at Central Washington University. Past projects include a $36 million high school in Redmond and renovation of the University of Washington Tacoma's warehouse buildings.

Houston has 15 years of experience in historic renovation and is working on the Charles Wright Academy in University Place. He has worked on the $25 million Madison Middle School project for the Seattle School District and has done master planning for Cornish College of the Arts. The firm works on land use planning, civil engineering, sustainable design and interior design.

PAE Consulting Engineers

Collins

Beach

Toole

PAE Consulting Engineers promoted several members of its staff. Nick Collins is a principal and will manage the mechanical department. Collins recently worked on a corridor connector at Portland International Airport and renovations at the University of Oregon. Senior associate David Beach is working on projects at Portland State University, Whitman College and Portland General Electric. Gary Toole was promoted to senior associate. He has nearly 30 years of consulting experience and is working on a justice center in Marion County and a laboratory at Washington State University.

Ramsby

Scupien

Mark Ramsby was promoted to senior associate. He founded Luma Lighting Design, a division of PAE. Rambsby is working on projects at the University of Oregon and a library in Northgate. Associate Mike Scupien is working on a medical center renovation and the Multnomah Athletic Club.

John Melloy, Thinh Nguyen and Greg Parthemer were promoted to electrical designers.

Hewitt Architects

Hill

Hewitt Architects recently hired Donald Hill as senior associate. Hill has 30 years of experience and has worked on the South Terminal expansion at Sea-Tac Airport. As quality assurance specialist at Hewitt Architects, Hill is working on transit development for South 154th Street. Hewitt works on urban public and private sector projects, doing architecture, urban design and landscape architecture.

Hammond Collier Wade Livingstone

Hammond Collier Wade Livingstone, a civil engineering consulting firm, announced Jason Henry has earned Professional Engineer designation from the state of Washington. Henry worked on surface water detention and water quality projects, and on development plan reviews for Marysville, Brier, Lake Forest Park and Bothell.

Opsis Architecture

Opsis Architecture promoted four people to senior associates: Brett Crawford, Andre DeBar, Pat Sanchez and Mark Stoller. Opsis has 34 employees who work on recreation, civic, higher education and cultural arts facilities in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming and Arizona.

Crawford oversees development of the Marshall-Luepke and Firstenburg community centers, both in Vancouver. DeBar is working on a theatre renovation and conference center in the Port of Astoria. Sanchez leads budgeting, staffing, accounting and resource management. Stoller manages $37 million worth of Clackamas Community College campus projects and is project manager for a $12 million performing arts facility in Longview.

Aug 11, 2004

Berger/Abam Engineers

True

Johnson

Mihaylov

Berger/Abam Engineers made several promotions at its headquarters at Federal Way. Steve True was promoted to project engineer. He works on transportation and marine facilities. Dick Platt is a senior designer. He designs and supports construction of public works and waterfront facilities. Platt is working on the city of Seattle Interstate 5 dog walk park and reconstruction of Duvall Avenue for the city of Renton. Susan Johnson is a senior project manager. She designs bridges, transit facilities and airport seismic retrofits. She is leading a replacement bridge project for the Washington State Department of Transportation. Alex Mihaylov is a project engineer. He specializes in building design and seismic analysis. Berger/Abam offers engineering, environmental planning and construction management services.

Integrus Architecture

Afrika

Hemmer

Architecture planning firm Integrus Architecture added three new employees to its Seattle office. Architect Jen Lien will work on pre-design analysis, schematic design and construction documentation. Alfredo D. Afrika is a structural drafter and will work on CAD and design support. Nicholas Hemmer joined as an intern architect to work on the Spokane Convention Center expansion and a new U.S. embassy in Mali, Africa. Integrus also has an office in Spokane. It works on education and civic buildings, and, more recently, design of U.S. embassies.

Berk & Associates

Stevenson

Matt Stevenson joined Berk & Associates, a public policy and management consulting practice in Seattle. He is an urban planner and GIS analyst with expertise in data modeling, cartography and information design. He worked for the city of Scottsdale and has also taught GIS. Recent projects include socio-economic analyses for Seattle, Lynnwood and Pierce County.

Otak

The design and engineering firm Otak hired Jim Dexteras a senior water resources engineer in the firm's water and natural resources group. Dexter was a hydraulic engineering specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Dexter has led water-resource initiatives throughout the United States, including preparing the hydraulic report for a bridge crossing wetlands in Washington state. He has also worked on key projects in the South Pacific and Southeast Asia, including a channel-improvement design and analysis in Guam, and a flood-plain management in Bangkok.

Otak works on transit and transportation, residential and public works. Otak employs nearly 300 in Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Colorado and Abu Dhabi, UAE. The firm recently opened offices in Baghdad and Erbil, Iraq, to hire and train Iraqis for the reconstruction effort.

INCA Engineers

Lydin

Dale Lydin recently joined INCA Engineers in Bellevue, as a senior project manager in the transportation department. His responsibilities include management and design of civil site and transportation design projects, with a focus on municipality markets.

He has more than 15 years of engineering experience, including five years with the city of Lynnwood as a project manager for capital projects.

Johnson Braund Design Group

Seattle firm Johnson Braund Design Group promoted project architect Jeffrey Williams to director of operations. Williams will oversee architecture and landscape architecture staff. He has 10 years of management experience on midrise and highrise projects, including Ballard Place.

Ivana Otisk recently joined the architecture studio as a project manager. Otisk was a project coordinator for Marriott International in Bethesda, Md. Otisk is construction administrator for hospitality projects and is working on a series of Marriott hotel renovations.

JBDG provides architectural and landscape architectural services in the western United States, concentrating on housing, hospitality and commercial projects.

CollinsWoerman Architects

Tom Bartron joined CollinsWoerman Architects as project manager. Barton was a project architect and lead construction administrator for NBBJ. He was also a consultant to Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz, the Madrona Co. and KSI Architecture and Planning.