Nov 23, 2005

Hough Beck & Baird

Hough Beck & Baird promoted Jim Howard to principal. Howard has worked on transportation corridors, streetscapes, schools, housing, correctional facilities and university campus master plans. He is lead landscape architect for Lake Washington Technical College, Yakima Avenue downtown streetscape, Oak Harbor Municipal Pier and waterfront access and I-405 Kirkland Stage 1 projects.

Ridolfi

Ridolfi's Seattle office recently hired Kristin Cunningham and Andy Sorter. Cunningham specializes in contaminated site characterization, exposure and toxicity analysis, and environmental pathogens. Sorter, an environmental engineer, will focus on hydraulic analyses and modeling, water quality and treatment, and renewable energy systems. Senior civil engineer Colin Wagoner has been promoted to principal engineer. His technical expertise is in habitat restoration, Superfund investigations, feasibility studies, groundwater studies and remediation projects.

Walker Macy

Walker Macy's Portland office added landscape designer Bhronwhyn Dean. Dean attended Universita di Torino in Turin, Italy. She has experience in commercial landscape and irrigation design, as well as residential landscape design.

Zimmer Gunsul Frasca

Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership added seven to its Seattle office: Barbara Anderson, Brandon Choi, Jeff Dunn and Kathleen McCarthy. Abby Klima, Lauren Walker and Emily Angell are interns. Anderson is a senior medical planner and registered nurse. Choi is working on a cancer center and physicians' office building for the University of North Carolina. Dunn is a recent graduate of Iowa State University. McCarthy graduated from the University of Florida's College of Architecture with a bachelor's in design. Walker is a third-year architecture student at the University of Cincinnati. Klima is studying for a master's in architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design. Angell is working on marketing and urban design.

R. W. Beck

The Denver-based management consulting and engineering firm R. W. Beck promoted three engineers in the Seattle office to senior directors: John Bakken, Steve Baumgart and Mike Giseburt.

Perkins + Will

Perkins + Will added Dan Nelson to its Seattle practice as a project manager. Nelson has 12 years of experience on multi-family housing, retail and commercial office projects. Dan Seng joined as a project architect. He has 11 years of experience, including mixed-use, retail and schools.

Nov 16, 2005

BLRB Architects

Ferger	Pallasigui	Rafferty
Joslin	Monson

Brett Ferger and Nemesio "Meng" Pallasigui joined BLRB as CAD designers. Ferger is working on the new Bow Lake Elementary School for the Highline School District. Pallasigui is working on the addition and modernization of Olympia's Pioneer Elementary School. Michael Rafferty and Drake Joslin joined as architects. Rafferty is part of the Garfield High School project team, designing the physical education/performing arts center addition. Joslin is working on two new elementary schools for the Puyallup School District. Ed Boyd Monson was hired as a specifications writer. He will work on design and documentation products.

KPFF Consulting Engineers

Weiss

Caroline S. Weiss has been named an owner at KPFF. Weiss is managing expansion at the Southwest Washington Medical Center in Vancouver and the University of Washington's Educational Outreach Building, and was project designer for the South Terminal expansion project at Sea-Tac.

DKA

Taybron

Africa

Inness

Andre Taybron recently joined DKA. Taybron is working on an accessibility compliance report for the Tacoma Housing Authority. Alfredo Africa recently joined as the CAD manager. Africa has eight years of CAD experience and will be working on the new Asian Counseling and Referral Services building. Delwin Inness recently joined DKA, providing CAD support for the Seattle Housing Authority revitalization project.

Candela Lighting Design

Spring

Candela Lighting Design and Consulting recently added Craig Spring as a lighting designer. Spring worked for firms in Denver, New York City and San Francisco prior to joining Candela.

Cierra Electrical Group

Peterson	Juan
Villanueva	Guloy

Christopher L. Peterson joined Cierra Electrical Group as a senior project manager. Peterson has 10 years of experience on commercial projects. He will manage electrical design for a hotel and casino expansion for the Tulalip Tribe. Rocxy Juan joined as a project manager. He has 16 years experience on health care and community projects. Aladdin Villanueva is a senior CAD drafter. Gary Guloy, was promoted to project manager. Corie Harns was promoted to designer. The electrical engineering firm is based in Seattle.