Jan 24, 2007

Cascade Design Collaborative

Cascade Design Collaborative recently hired six designers. Margarett Harrison, a senior landscape architect, has 20 years of landscape architecture experience with the Berger Partnership and Mithun. David Saxen, a senior urban designer, has experience in planning, urban design and project management. He will work on urban design and streetscape projects. Meredith Hall, landscape designer, will use Northwest native plants to manage stormwater. Judy Johnson, landscape designer, recently graduated from Iowa State University and will assist in K-12 projects. John Kleinkopf, landscape designer, has experience in public involvement and planning in the Netherlands. Zack Thomas, landscape designer, has a background in hydrology and ecology. His science and environmental studies experience will be used in landscape architecture.

Otto Rosenau & Associates

Otto Rosenau & Associates recently added Huayang Luo as an engineer to support the geotechnical engineering department. Luo received his Ph.D. in geological engineering at University of Alaska last year and has more than 10 years of experience in investigation and design of geotechnical projects. Brian Robertson and Thomas Maddock have been promoted to field supervisor from senior special inspector. Robertson and Maddock have 55 years of combined experience.

VIA Architecture

VIA Architecture recently announced the following appointments: Catherine Calvert Hart, director of practice and sector director of community architecture; JP Thornton, director of practice and sector director of mixed-use and major projects; Dale Rickard, design director of transit architecture; Peter Houseknecht, sector director of hospitality; Charlene Kovacs, sector director of community architecture; Matthew Roddis, design director of urban design and planning; Douglass Lundman, design director of infrastructure architecture; Mark Nielsen, lead in documentation and standards; and Matt Roewe, design director of mixed-use and major projects.

GeoEngineers

GeoEngineers promoted Dave Cook to principal and Matt Smith to associate. Cook has been with GeoEngineers for 15 years and works in the Seattle office. Cook has completed several brownfield projects, including Rainier Court, which won a National Phoenix Award last November. He is active in National Association of Industrial and Office Properties and was recently elected president of the Puget Sound chapter of Engineers Without Borders. Smith has worked with GeoEngineers as a geotechnical engineer for the past 11 years and currently works in the Redmond office. His work this year includes managing several large-scale projects including the Olive 8 high-rise, Olivian Tower and City Center Plaza high-rise.

Giffin Bolte Jurgens

Giffin Bolte Jurgens promoted Gerhard Bamler to associate. Bamler joined the firm in 2001 after moving here from New Zealand. He served as project manager on tenant improvements for The Oregon Clinic, a 100,000-square-foot medical office complex. Bamler was also on the production team for the Mary Bridge Children’s Health Center in Tacoma, and the Providence St. Peter Hospital remodel in Olympia. Bamler also worked on a 40-bed ICU/CCU at Tacoma General Hospital.

Herrera

Niklas Christensen, Joe Amann and Rich Scheibley have joined Herrera’s water resources group in Seattle. Christensen has five years of experience on projects including assessing the hydrologic implications of climate change, water quality investigations, and designing and installing groundwater monitoring networks. Amann has 10 years combined experience and education in hydraulic and hydrologic modeling, water quality sampling, and geomorphologic assessment. Sheibley has 10 years of experience studying biogeochemical cycling in aquatic ecosystems, focusing on streams in the Pacific Northwest. David Yu joined the water resources staff in the Portland office. He has conducted stormwater monitoring, data management and analytical data analysis. Other additions include Christopher Kistner, marketing assistant, Ann Harbor, support services and Vicki Ghio, business management group.

Jan 17, 2007

Trindera Engineering

Trindera Engineering hired Michael Von Behren as a senior engineer. Von Behren has 15 years experience designing power distribution, emergency power systems, lighting and controls systems for manufacturing, industrial and commercial facilities.

ALSC Architects

ALSC Architects of Spokane added Terisa Hawk, Anna Kokurina and Victoria Fields to the staff. Hawk’s current projects include the Hospice of Spokane Hospice House and five branch libraries for Kootenai-Shoshone Area Library District. Kokurina, who attended the Lviv Academy of Arts in Lviv, Ukraine, is currently working on the North Spokane YMCA and the Kiona-Benton City High School. Fields is also working on the Hospice of Spokane and various projects for Coldwater Creek.

Cary Kopczynski & Co.

Cary Kopczynski & Co. added Joe Ferzli as a senior associate and Jim Ward as senior CAD designer. Ferzli has 10 years experience in high-rise and mid-rise multifamily projects, office buildings and hotels. Ward has 20 years of drafting experience. They are working on the 20-story Bellevue Place Hyatt expansion in Bellevue.

ORB Architects

ORB Architects promoted Geoff Anderson to principal. Since joining ORB as associate principal in 2004, Anderson has been in charge of managing architectural operations, as well as planning, analysis, design and construction for housing, commercial buildings and recreational facilities.

Landau Associates

Landau Associates’ Edmonds office recently promoted Brian Butler to principal geologist , Rebekah Brooks to senior associate, Tim Syverson to senior associate geologist, Erik Gerking and Ken Reid to project geologist, Benni Jonsson to senior staff engineer, Sacha Maxwell to senior staff scientist, Jonathan Brown to senior staff engineer and Emily Slack to staff engineer. In the Tacoma office the firm promoted Jennifer Wynkoop to senior project scientist and Brian Bennetts to project engineer.