Aug 08, 2007
The Driftmier Architects has hired
Robert Ryan as an intern architect. Ryan is currently providing architectural support for a variety of projects including the Lake Whatcom Water and Sewer District headquarters.
Hart Crowser announced the promotion to principal of two key employees.
Mike Ehlebracht, an environmental geochemist at the Seattle office, has been with Hart Crowser since 1987. Ehlebracht has a background in environmental geochemistry with an emphasis on transport and fate of contaminants in the subsurface as well as expertise in environmental forensic analysis. Ehlebracht is the manager of the environmental services division and serves as the corporate health and safety officer. He is Hart Crowser's program manager for the Toxics Cleanup Program for the Washington State Department of Ecology.
Rick Ernst, principal geologist, at the Portland office has been with the firm for 17 years. Ernst has a background in environmental investigation and cleanup, on both small and large projects. Ernst is program manager for the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality's Orphan Site Program to assist in addressing contaminated sites in Oregon.
Engineering Economics, Inc. has opened a new enterprise:
EEI Healthcare, to work with hospital and medical clients. The goal is to help them reduce facility costs and solve environmental issues. The senior members of EEI Healthcare are:
Pete Sabeff, president,
Lisa Doughty, mechanical project manager,
Mark Abrahamson, mechanical project manager, and
Ross Hansen, electrical project manager.
Otak has added seven new professionals in five offices during the past month. In the Puget Sound area, two professionals each joined the Seattle and Kirkland offices. In Seattle,
Jonathan Wood and
Ethan Chang joined Otak's architecture practice. Wood has 11 years of architecture experience ranging from retail and medical to mixed-use and residential. Chang has 12 years of experience designing and managing projects across the country. In Kirkland,
Xiao Wu joined as an engineering designer focused on transportation, and
Kristen Clem joined the Development Services team as a planner. On the Oregon coast, HLB-Otak's Gearhart and Manzanita offices hired one new field survey technician each.
Nathan Malkemus joined the Gearhart office, while
Christopher Woodward has begun working in Manzanita. In the headquarters in Lake Oswego,
Paul Strassmaier was named director of finance.
Aug 01, 2007
The Blueline Group has promoted
Nicole Hernandez to project manager and
Cela Fortier to senior project engineer.
Weber + Thompson has six new employees.
Wayne Yancey joins as technical designer/specification writer.
Donna Jacobson and
Karen Short are interior designers.
Chris Dukehart and
Ginger D. Feretto are architectural job captains.
Monica Lewis is the receptionist.
Tiffany Bailey-Loud joins as resource coordinator.
HBB has promoted
Dean W. Koonts to senior associate and added him to the ownership team. Koonts has worked on transportation corridors, urban streetscapes, educational facilities, housing, waterfront design and civic planning. He has more than nine years of experience and is currently the lead landscape architect for the Mercer Corridor improvements project in Seattle and the Public Waterfront Access Plan with the Port of Anacortes. HBB also has two employees on local planning commissions.
Colie Hough-Beck, president, is on the Seattle Planning Commission, and
Jim Howard, principal, is on the Kenmore Planning Commission.
Amy Lindemuth won an Honor Award from the American Society of Landscape Architecture, Washington chapter, for her thesis work at the University of Washington’s Department of Landscape Architecture. Lindemuth will publish an article later this year in the Journal of Mediterranean Ecology.
Sclater Partners Architects has added four employees to the design team. Rob Estep, licensed project architect, is working on mixed-use office/residential/hotel and retail projects. David Syferd is working on a high-end retail/hotel project. Ben Kim is a team member on tenant improvements and a multi-family residential and hotel project, and Amanda Engel is working on retail projects.
Northwest Mechanical Engineering has hired Jessica Henry. Henry, previously with The Boeing Co., is currently providing mechanical systems design for Heyburn State Park Welcome Center, Stone Ridge Resort Club House and Shepherd of the Hills Church.
Art Anderson Associates has added
Robert Dullanty, Scott Newbury, Daniel Green and
Shan Zhao. Dullanty has over 20 years of experience in project management and structural engineering, and specializes in marina and port structures. He will be working on waterfront and marine projects. Scott Newbury is a marine engineer and specializes in marine performance evaluation, physical modeling of vessels and marine structures, and experimental data collection, analysis and reporting. He will work on floating facilities design and Navy research projects.
Daniel Green is a drafter who has significant experience with drafting and technical software. Green will be working as a contract employee in the offices of Washington State Ferries, where he will provide electrical drafting support on the firm’s ongoing project to support security upgrades to vessels and terminals. Zhao joins the company as a “knowledge worm” intern. Zhao will improve the company’s knowledge management systems and processes.
TVA Architects has promoted seven staff members to associates.
Daniel Branbury was previously an intern architect with TVA Architects. He is working on the new Laika Animation Campus in Tualatin, Ore.
Thomas A. Douville has served the firm in a variety of roles. He is currently project manager for the Commons Building on the Laika campus.
Susan Hargrave has been with the firm for 10 years and is project manager on the Stop Motion Building for the Laika campus. Hargrave has a focus on interiors and branding.
Stefee S. Knudsen originally joined TVA Architects to work on Chico’s World Headquarters in Florida, and the 12,500-seat University of Oregon Basketball Arena. Knudsen is co-chair for the Portland AIA Committee on the Environment. She has 15 years of architectural experience, working on projects within the United States and abroad, including design of the American Embassy in Algeria, and assistant designer and architect for the New American Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
Matt Riordan is a Novell-certified network engineer and is responsible for maintaining and upgrading TVA’s servers and network system.
Elisa M.V. Rocha has been at the firm for three years and is project manager on the Nike Rhein, an office building tenant improvement project in Beaverton, Ore. She co-chairs TVA’s Sustainability and Continuing Education committees.
Mark Williams has served with the company for the past three years. His past experience includes project designer and project captain on a variety of commissions in Chicago, including religious facilities, recreation centers, libraries, performing arts centers, and secondary and higher education projects.
