Jul 12, 2006

Cierra Electrical Group

John Benson has joined Cierra Electrical Group as project manager, and Dex Duya has joined as senior CAD draftsperson.

Gensler

Brian Iverson joined Gensler as a project manager, and will also be a resource for technology innovation and practice initiatives. He will oversee the Safeco project, which involves moving Safeco's University District campus to the 1001 Fourth Avenue building in downtown Seattle at the end of the year. Leigh Black joined as a space manager for a portfolio of Bank of America projects. Her experience includes the Los Angeles Data Center and projects at John Wayne Airport and Los Angeles International Airport. Cody Lodi recently joined Gensler Seattle as an intern. Lodi will support the Safeco team. Monica Willemsen returns for a second consecutive internship Gensler Seattle office. Willemsen has an undergraduate degree in creative writing with a minor in architecture from the University of Arizona, and is completing her master's in architecture at the University of Washington. She will also work with the Safeco team.

Moffatt & Nichol

Bob Cordell, an engineer, has joined Moffatt & Nichol's Seattle office as a senior project manager responsible for private and public sector clients.

BHC Consultants

BHC Consultants recently hired Ron Dorn as a principal engineer and Dave Kreider and Noah Allen as staff engineers. Dorn works primarily with water and wastewater systems and is the project manager providing construction engineering services to Quadrant Corp. for Trilogy sewage pump stations. Kreider, a staff engineer with three years of civil and environmental engineering experience, works with municipal clients. He is working on the reclaimed water re-use master plan in Carson City, Nev., and the South Lake Washington Water System Improvements for Renton. Allen works on the Alderwood Water and Wastewater District Sewer Comprehensive Plan and the Carson City re-use plan for BHC. He is a registered engineer-in-training and earned his bachelor of science in civil engineering, specializing in environmental engineering.

INCA Engineers

Five employees recently joined INCA Engineers. David Alm is a traffic manager. Alm will develop intelligent transportation systems and continue to serve as secretary in the Washington section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers. George Miller, a design engineer, will provide engineering support on Washington State Department of Transportation and local municipality projects. Vashal Gajera begins his engineering career at INCA. Gajera is assigned to support mechanical engineering projects for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Bonnie Lyon joins as marketing manager. She has 20 years of marketing experience in the engineering and construction industries. Joe Nguyen is the firm's network support specialist. Nguyen has six years of experience providing technical support.

Mithun

Mithun promoted 15 firm members as associates and senior associates. The senior associates are Stewart Chung, Brendan Connolly, Tammy Frick, Kristine Kenney, Bruce Kinnan, Erin Krohn, Robert Leykam and Daniel Swaab. The associates are Pete Alderson, Erin Doherty, David Pawlowski, Caroline Porteous, Sara Skinner, Dave Walsh and Kim Williams.

Jul 05, 2006

Thomas Cook Fitzgerald Architecture

Thomas Cook Fitzgerald Architecture of Tacoma promoted Chuck Ahrens, Andrew Hickman and Brian Ho to associates. Ahrens is a team leader for Pierce County’s combined maintenance facility. Hickman is a team leader for Midway Elementary School. Brian Ho is a team leader for Puyallup’s Pioneer Park Condominium & Activity Center project.

Weinstein A|U

Weinstein A|U promoted Jon Mihkels to senior associate, and Jeff Boone, Scot Carr, Tim Myhr and Kevin Tabari to associate. Mihkels is project architect on the Seattle Fire Station 10 replacement that broke ground in January. Boone is working on two projects for the Boys & Girls Club of King County, and the 1200 Third Ave. renovation for Expeditors International in Seattle. Carr is project architect and manager of a new building for the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. Myhr is working on a multi-family housing project, The Bernard, located on Queen Anne and a multi-family new community in Maui. Tabari is project architect on two mixed-use buildings in the Pike/Pine neighborhood.

Northwest Architectural Co.

Northwest Architectural Co. recently announced promotions. Jeani Natwick was promoted to associate principal, and Klint Fisher to senior associate. Natwick has worked on the North Idaho Heart Center at Kootenai Medical Center. Fisher is project architect for the Rogers High School modernization and addition. Promoted to senior associates were Melissa McFadgen and Mark McMicheal. McFadgen is project manager for the Spokane Falls Community College Business and Social Science Building and project architect for Mead Middle School. An electrical engineer, McMichael’s expertise includes the design and installation of power, lighting and electrical systems for K-12, higher-education and health care projects. Promoted to associates were CAD technicians Diane Preciado, Rob Paradiso and Scott Kahler. Preciado and Paradiso have served as members on production teams for health care facilities, K-12 schools and higher-education facilities. Kahler works in the firm’s electrical engineering division, assisting with the design and production of electrical and communications systems.

Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership

Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership added four interior designers to the Seattle office. Kim Scott was promoted to department head of the group. Scott has expertise in corporate, institutional, retail, residential and tenant improvements. She oversees interior design for corporate office projects for Microsoft in Redmond, the King County Goat Hill office building in downtown Seattle and tenant improvements for the 1001 Fourth Avenue Building in downtown Seattle. Elizabeth Dunigan is working on the Providence Everett Medical Center expansion, which includes a new acute care tower, parking garage and central plant, and the St. Joseph Hospital renovation and addition in Tacoma. Sony Dave is working on several corporate office projects for Microsoft in Redmond. Juli Mitchell is working with the St. Anthony Hospital team on the new community hospital in Gig Harbor. Shelly Engels is working on several office projects for Microsoft in Redmond.

Walker Macy

Walker Macy of Portland has hired administrator Paul Dickow. Dickow came to Walker Macy from Friendly House, a neighborhood social services agency in Northwest Portland.

Mirai Associates

Mirai Associates recently hired Jennifer Pearson and Brad Dain. Pearson is an engineer-in-training and is conducting traffic analyses for the Kent Transportation Master Plan, the North Bend Park-and Ride lot and the Washington State University Circulation Study. Dain is a graphic artist and CAD operator. He will develop graphic illustrations for Mirai and assist with traffic signal and lighting plans. Mirai transportation planner Howard Wu was recently appointed to the city of Seattle’s Pedestrian Advisory Board.