Nov 15, 2006

Harris Group

Harris Group has named two new employees to its process solutions division. Doug Townsend was named senior project manager and Paul Schoen was named senior process engineer. Townsend has 34 years of experience as a process engineer, project engineer, project manager and a director of project engineering. Schoen has 20 years of process engineering and project management experience in chemical, pharmaceutical and design/build engineering.

Walker Macy

Walker Macy has named Zeljka Carol Kekez as a principal. She has worked as the firm’s marketing/business development director. Kekez will lead in strategic planning, human resources and business management.

PCS Structural Solutions

PCS Structural Solutions recently promoted Paul Brienen to principal and Kirk Keppler to associate. Brienen recently completed a core wall non-linear analysis of the Washoe Medical Center hospital tower and the design of the 1,700-stall Washoe Parking Garage in Reno. He is working on Great Wolf Lodge Hotel and Rainier Brewery Work Lofts in Seattle. Keppler is completing construction administration services for the Washoe Medical Center and also working on MultiCare Health System.

R. W. Beck

R. W. Beck recently hired eight employees, seven in Seattle and one in Nashville, Tenn., to do transmission and distribution design work. Thomas A. Bagnell, electrical engineer, will focus on high voltage electrical substation design and layout. James Bailey, a transmission and distribution engineer, has a background in civil and structural engineering, and will do transmission and distribution line design. Scott Bradshaw, a senior project manager, will do project management on major projects in Puget Sound. Senior transmission and distribution designer Eric Elsevier will do line layout, prepare documents and develop drawings for electrical transmission and distribution lines. With experience in relaying, controls and substation design, electrical engineer Sara Goodarzi will perform protection and substation design. Designer Eric Hildebrand provides layout and drawing support for both electric and gas system projects. Layne N. Le, electrical engineer, has more than four years of design experience with electric power and generating systems. Based in Nashville, Larry McCullum is a transmission and distribution project manager with more than 20 years experience.

Nov 08, 2006

Mithun

Mithun recently added six employees. Stephen Antupit brings 17 years of design and urban planning experience, most recently with Seattle Housing Authority. His strategic planning skills were used for the High Point and New Holly projects and directing Seattle Housing Authority’s market rate home sales. Dennis Cope most recently headed his own firm and specialized in international senior living facilities. Prior to that, he worked as a managing architect for HOK, including eight years in Tokyo. John Fleming joins Mithun with more than 20 years of experience designing residential, municipal and commercial projects, as well as public art projects, including the Grass Blades sculpture at Seattle Center. Marshall Foster is an urban planner who most recently worked as San Francisco’s director of city greening. He has experience planning high-density, mixed-use developments and worked on San Francisco’s Livable City Initiative, which added street trees and expanded the community garden network. Antonio Parés has more than 17 years of experience on institutional, commercial and residential projects around the world. He has focused on sustainable technologies and social responsibility. Christopher “Critter” Thompson is an expert on geographic information systems, computer modeling and mapping.

Murase Associates

Murase Associates’ Seattle office recently hired David M. Guthrie as a landscape architect, Sarah O’Neill as landscape designer and Laura Loverich as marketing assistant. The Portland office hired Whitney Gould. Guthrie is working on the Social Security Administration Teleservice Building, Mallard Bay Condominiums, Amgen’s new Bothell campus and a variety of residential projects. O’Neill is working on Amgen’s Phase II campus expansion and Skyline at First Hill. Gould’s work includes Salem Regional Health Services and the John Ross.

MulvannyG2 Architecture

MulvannyG2 Architecture has added seven employees to its Portland office, in addition to nine new employees earlier this summer. James Van Lanen, senior associate, will lead the technical and quality assurance program for the Target team. Other new employees include associates Lui Wei, Patton Lewis and Christina Pierce. New CAD technicians are Jacob Melton and Meredith Miller, and Leah Signs joined as an administrative assistant.