Apr 30, 2008
Facility consulting firm Engineering Economics hired
Zack Stockton as a senior engineer and project manager. Stockton has experience in direct digital controls and is working on data center and school district projects. The firm also hired
Michael DiPasquale as an electrical engineer. DiPasquale is providing commissioning services to the Providence Medical Centers in Portland and Hood River and for Sherwood School District's remodels. The firm also hired
Craig Johnas. Johnas has building automation systems experience and will work as a commissioning project manager.
The landscape architecture firm Weisman Design Group promoted
Nick Hagan and
Andy Rasmussen to principals. The firm also promoted
Wendy Anderson, Mike Loe and
Jon McNamara to senior associates. Hagan has 14 years of experience with the firm and is currently leading the design of Cascadia, a planned community in Pierce County, and managing education, recreation, and mixed use projects. Rasmussen has 12 years of experience at Weisman. He is working on K-12 schools and mixed-use projects throughout the region. Anderson has 25 years of experience in design and management and is currently working on the Bravern in Bellevue, and other commercial and educational projects. Loe has 12 years of experience in site planning, educational and recreational facilities, and is managing projects for the Riverview and Sumner school districts. McNamara has 10 years of experience in design and project management and is currently working on mixed-use, educational and high-rise projects.
Clark/Kjos Architects promoted
Guy Maluda and
Tyler Carlson to associates. Maluda has more than 20 years of experience in architecture, planning and construction administration. He previously was director of facilities management at Harborview Medical Center. Maluda is working as a project manager on the $400 million Good Samaritan Hospital expansion in Puyallup. Carlson is a project designer with more than 14 years of experience on health care, institutional and civic facilities. Carlson's recent projects include the Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital expansion, Good Samaritan and Wellspring Medical Center in Woodburn, Ore.
MulvannyG2 Architecture's southwest office hired
Bill Engle as principal and group design leader. Engle has experience in large commercial projects, including retail, office, hospitality, mixed-use, and residential projects and will help to strengthen the firm's presence in Southern California. Engle's past projects include Shanghai's Grand Gateway, a 3.1-million-square-foot mixed-use project, and Salt Lake City's City Creek Center, a multi-million dollar urban redevelopment.
Freeman Fong Architecture hired
Deng Chau has as an intern architect and
Pei Yu Lin as office manager. Chau is working on the Cle Elum Ranger Station expansion project for the U.S. Forest Service and the Chinatown Wellness Plaza, an eight-story mixed-use building in the International District. Lin previously worked as an account coordinator for an East Asian exporting company.
NBBJ promoted
David Yuan to partner and
Dick Lee and
Allen Whitaker to principals. With more than 17 years at NBBJ, Yuan is a leader of the firm's commercial practice. Specializing in large-scale, mixed-use projects, Yuan has led teams on the Schnitzer Fifth and Madison tower, WaMu Center, expansion of the Seattle Art Museum and Pacific Place. Lee has 40 years of design experience and is a leader in the health care practice. Lee's past projects include the University of Washington Surgery Pavilion, Southwest Washington Medical Center and Banner Gateway Medical Center. Whitaker has been an architect at NBBJ since 1989. His past projects include the Virginia Mason Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center and Southwest Washington Medical Center.
Mark Palmer has joined the Tacoma office of KPFF Consulting Engineers. Palmer, a civil engineer, previously owned a civil engineering company in Tacoma. His areas of expertise include parks, commercial, institutional, residential and civic projects. He also has designed low impact development projects with a particular emphasis on porous pavement applications.
Apr 23, 2008
Magnusson Klemencic Associates promoted
Derek Beaman and
David Eckmann to senior vice presidents and owners. Beaman is leader of MKA’s Convention Center Specialist Group. He is working on the Phoenix Convention Center expansion, the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage, and the Indiana Convention Center expansion. Eckmann is manager of the Chicago office and is working on several projects in Chicago, including the Blue Cross/Blue Shield vertical expansion, the River Point Tower and the Columbia College Media Center. The firm also promoted
Lanny Flynn to vice president and principal. Flynn leads the Healthcare and Labs Specialist Group. He is working on the Abu Dhabi Cleveland Clinic project, the Children’s Memorial Replacement Hospital in Chicago and the Providence Everett Medical Center Acute Care Tower in Everett.
TCF Architecture of Tacoma promoted
Gerry Pless to associate. Pless joined TCF Architecture in 2006 and has 22 years of experience, specializing in schools. Pless is working on Highline School District’s Marvista Elementary School, Seattle Public School’s recent Ingraham High School renovation and the Life Center remodel and addition. The firm also hired four people.
Steve Barden relocated to the Northwest from Nebraska and is working on Highline School District’s Parkside Elementary School.
Todd Anderson joins as a draftsman and is also working on Marvista Elementary.
Mark Hurley and
Sung Seo Park both recently graduated from Washington State University with master’s degrees in architecture and are working on Marvista and Parkside elementary schools.
Tetra Tech hired 10 new employees.
Tom Bumstead is a fisheries engineer with more than 25 years of experience. Bumstead is working on stream restoration for the Big Gulch sewer replacement in Mukilteo, designing Chief Joseph Hatchery’s fish ladder near Bridgeport and intake screens for the acclimation ponds near Riverside and Omak.
Russell Mau has more than 15 years of experience and is working on performance evaluation of the Elliott West CSO Facility and evaluation of a CSO bar screen facility in Des Moines, Iowa.
Victoria Bruder is assisting Tetra Tech’s Electrical and Controls Group with CADD production.
Brad Frayo joins Tetra Tech’s controls group, working on Lake Whatcom telemetry upgrades and lift station start ups, Alderwood Water District telemetry upgrades and design projects for King County.
Agnes Ho has worked as a civil engineer on a range of projects, including drainage and civil design for light rail, stormwater comprehensive plans, mine site restoration, and watershed protection measures. She is working on Bellevue’s Lake Sammamish culvert repairs system analysis and the Coal Creek bank stabilization and water quality monitoring programs.
Joan Montgomery has 16 years of experience in civil engineering. She is providing site civil engineering for the Operations Building and Transit Police Facilities of King County Metro’s Atlantic/Central Base Expansion program.
Barbara O’Hara Pilkington is project assistant for the structural and mechanical programs.
Kathy Thompson is an IT administrator with responsibility for hardware/software support for eight Tetra Tech offices in four states.
Travis Yi, with 10 years experience in IT services, is responsible for network and server administration, advanced software support, hardware and software procurement and the help desk.
Sara Wrenn is applying her physical science background to watershed management projects and providing GIS assistance. She is working on the Tolt River Watershed Management Plan for Seattle Public Utilities and on the Crescent City-Del Norte County, Calif., hazard mitigation plan.
KPFF hired former employee
Beth Jensen as a senior structural engineer. Jensen has 23 years of experience and her most recent experience includes mixed-use, multi-family, retail, condos and single-family residences. Jensen is currently working on the Evergreen Space Museum in McMinnville, Ore., a boutique hotel in California and condo projects in the Seattle area.
Murase Associates has hired
Ryan Blume as landscape designer. Blume is working on Hotel 50, Inn at the Mountain, Hazelden Springbrook Campus, and Pointe House Living Walls Vertical Garden.
