Sep 15, 2004

PacRim Geotechnical

Chen

PacRim Geotechnical named Barry S. Chen to its Seattle office as a principal. Chen has more than 20 years experience in geotechnical engineering consulting. He has worked on building and campus projects, transportation and industrial development. Gary Sandstrom joined the Portland office as an engineering geologist.

Berger/ABAM Engineers

Klusmeyer	Lorence	Pitera
Kilborn	Wernli
McDonagh	Parrish

Louis Klusmeyer was promoted to project manager at Berger/ABAM Engineers' Seattle office. Klusmeyer leads evaluation of steel dolphins throughout the Washington State Ferries system.

The company also promoted people at its headquarters in Federal Way. Kelly Pitera is an engineer. Brian Lorence is a senior assistant information and technology administrator. Kare Hjorteset is a project manager leading the offshore and floating structure group and overseeing a test pier for the U.S. Navy.

Naomi Selove-Schneider is lead engineer for a Duvall Avenue reconstruction project in Renton. Jeff Kilborn is project engineer and leads a 30-year plan to rehabilitate and assess the Washington State Ferries' Eagle Harbor maintenance facility. Project engineer Markus Wernli specializes in seismic assessment. Michael McDonagh is a project engineer for a bridge replacement at Elwha River. Myles Parrish is a senior engineer working on a storage structure for the U.S. Navy.

David Bick is a senior project manager in Portland. He leads the city of Hood River's water transmission main and Windmaster area sanitary sewer projects. Tom Kress is project manager and engineer for a Port of Tacoma widening project. Jilma Jimenez is a project engineer who worked on Manzanillo International Terminal development in Colon, Republic of Panama. Lynette Rice is a CAD operator.

Berger/ABAM consults on project management, civil and structural engineering, and has offices in Portland and Las Vegas.

Mirai Associates

Wu

Mirai Associates added transportation planner Howard Wu. Wu specializes in multi-modal transportation planning and analysis and is interested in pedestrian and bicycle systems. Transportation engineer Naveen Juvva specializes in modeling, forecasting and simulation. Juvva worked on state transportation projects and has done local traffic impact studies. Intern Michelle Newman supports traffic analysis.

Bruce Dees & Associates

Satterthwaite

Project manager and landscape designer Jan Satterthwaite of Tacoma's Bruce Dees & Associates earned U.S. Green Building Council LEED accreditation. Satterthwaite is working on several LEED-focused projects, including demonstration gardens for the Tacoma Police Department, entry and gateway design for the port of Tacoma, the Sinclair Inlet estuary restoration and Seabeck waterfront design.

Site Workshop

Seattle landscape architecture firm Site Workshop added Susan Eastman as a landscape architect and project manager. Eastman has 23 years of experience and is managing projects for Everett Community College, Silverlake Center and Valley Medical Center. Carolyn Salisbury joined the firm, and will work on design, management and fieldwork as a landscape designer.

Golder Associates

Stephen Thomas joined Golder Associates' Redmond office as senior hydrogeologist. He works on surface and groundwater projects such as basin management, artificial recharge and flow modeling. Thomas helped municipalities develop groundwater resources as project hydrogeologist at Camp Dresser & McKee in its Bellevue and Irvine, Calif., offices. Golder is a global group of consulting companies that specialize in ground engineering and environmental services.

Hammond Collier Wade Livingstone

The civil engineering firm Hammond Collier Wade Livingstone announced Scott Edwards has earned Washington State Professional Land Surveyor designation. Edwards has worked on topographic, boundary and route surveys, as well as construction staking.

Sep 08, 2004

Northwest Architectural Co.

Golden

Spokane-based Northwest Architectural Co. promoted Thomas Golden to principal, Melissa McFadgen and Klint Fisher to associates, and Trish Buzan to CAD manager.

Golden is principal project manager for a Spokane research technology center and project manager for a new high school. McFadgen has been with the company for four years and is project architect for an elementary school in Auburn. Fisher is project designer for an athletic center at a Spokane school. Buzan will work on peripheral software and lead the firm's CAD training sessions.

Northwest provides architectural, planning, electrical and communications engineering, interior design, and capital facilities consulting, with offices in Seattle, Spokane and Coeur d'Alene.

DCI Engineers

Arnold	Ealy
Roberson	Miller

Civil and structural consultants DCI Engineers added Brigette Arnold and Judith Ealy to its Bellevue office. Jennifer Roberson and James Miller joined its San Diego office. Arnold is a structural project engineer working on a Fort Lewis Army lodging project and a mixed-use project in Seattle. Miller is a project engineer working on projects in San Diego. Structural CAD designers Ealy and Roberson will perform quality control checks on projects after permit submittal. DCI Engineers employs more than 90 and has offices in Bellevue, Spokane, Everett, Portland and San Diego.

ALSC Architects

Potratz

Wilkinson

Plumb

Kamela Potratz was promoted to associate at ALSC Architects. Potratz is working on a library, credit union headquarters and a convention center in Kennewick.

Joanne Wilkinson joins ALSC Architects with 18 years of experience in interior design and architecture. Wilkinson is working on interior planning and design services for Coldwater Creek and the Newport School District. Interior designer Heidi Plumb has worked on hospitals, banks, offices and schools. Among Plumb's current projects are the CentrePlace Office Building in downtown Spokane.

Based in Spokane and the Tri-Cities, ALSC Architects provides planning and design services for education, retail and recreation clients.

Hammond Collier Wade Livingstone

The civil engineering firm Hammond Collier Wade Livingstone announced Scott Edwards has earned Washington State Professional Land Surveyor designation. Edwards has worked on topographic, boundary and route surveys as well as construction staking.

KPFF Consulting Engineers

Diedrich

Paul Diedrich has been named principal at KPFF Consulting Engineers, where he has helped build KPFF's biotechnology and laboratory design practice. Diedrich is overseeing work for Sabey Corp.'s new biotech facility on the Swedish Providence campus. Recent projects include the Helix Project on Seattle's waterfront and work for other large pharmaceutical companies.

Diedrich was a principal and director of engineering at Seattle-based TRA for 18 years, where he specialized in aviation management and design for more than 50 airports worldwide.