Jan 21, 2009
Rushing hired
Mark Manning as a mechanical engineer and commissioning agent, and
Sheri Stark as director of CAD. Manning is an experienced commissioning agent and certified energy engineer. He is working on Olive 8, Seattle Renaissance Hotel and Fairview Research Center. Stark has experience in the engineering, architecture, construction, and aerospace industries and is expert in 3-D design.
Kleinfelder hired
Richard Luark in the Bellevue area office. With 20 years of experience, Luark’s focus is on geotechnical design that includes both permanent and temporary wall design for civil site development. Past projects include Escala and The Cosmopolitan Towers in Seattle, and the I-5 Pacific Avenue to South 48th Street off-ramp to SR 16.
Hart Crowser hired 10 new employees. New Seattle staff members are
John Hicks, Madan Karkee, Mark Dagel, Chris McClurken, Matt Veenstra and
Christina Lupulescu. Hicks is an environmental remediation program manager with 28 years of experience. His past clients include the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Navy, Air Force, Homeland Security, and developers and industrial firms. Karkee is a geotechnical engineer with 27 years of experience. His past projects include evaluations of major earthquakes in Japan, database system development for seismic hazard evaluation in Nepal and large-scale building developments in Ontario. He is working on the East Blair Three terminal at the Port of Tacoma, Terminal 30 at the Port of Seattle, and the Bellevue Square garage. Dagel is a hydrogeologist with 23 years of experience in environmental investigation and remediation, groundwater source studies and water rights permitting. Dagel’s clients have included the Corps, Navy, Air Force, National Guard, Department of Ecology and ChevronTexaco. McClurken is the new systems administrator in charge of computer and network systems for the Seattle, Edmonds and Portland offices. Veenstra is a geotechnical engineer, working on seismic and slope stability projects, and numerical modeling for development of the East Blair Three terminal at the Port of Tacoma. Lupulescu is a geotechnical engineer with a background in offshore foundations and seismic engineering. She is supporting seismic design for the second phase of Lincoln Square. The firm also hired
Michelle Havey and
Adrienne Stutes in the Edmonds office. Havey is a fisheries biologist with a focus on fish habit assessment. She is working on the Pebble Mine project in Cook Inlet, Alaska. Stutes, a marine ecologist, will support water quality and sediment evaluation projects. She is working on Pebble Mine and the Thorndyke Conveyor project. The firm also hired
Brian Block and
Jason Miles in the Portland office. Block is an environmental engineer working on orphan sites for the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Miles is an environmental technician working on well installation and horizontal drilling for a groundwater treatment system, and groundwater monitoring for environmental projects throughout Oregon.
Jan 14, 2009
Entrix, an environmental and natural resource management consulting firm headquartered in Houston, hired Senior Project Engineer
Arthur Fleming and Group Manager
Jenna Scholz to the geomorphology team in Seattle. The geomorphology team brings together experts in earth surface processes and landscape dynamics. Fleming is a civil engineer with 28 years of experience in civil and municipal projects. His recent projects include the Alder Creek Quinault River for the Quinault Indian Nation; Lone Tree restoration on the North Fork Nooksack River for the Nooksack Tribe and Puyallup River Bank stabilization for Pierce County. Scholz is a scientist with 20 years of experience in environmental monitoring, assessment and restoration projects. Her experience includes TMDL studies, storm water compliance, stream and wetland habitat assessment, enhancement and restoration, habitat conservation planning, environmental monitoring and regulatory compliance.
CDi Engineers hired five mechanical engineering design and CAD staff members at the Lynnwood offices.
Ed Edlin has 16 years of experience in mechanical design and was hired as project manager. He is working on the Western Washington University Miller Hall Renovation and the Providence Regional Medical Center Everett Central Utility Plant. Mechanical Designer
Timothy Kot is working on the Central Washington Hospital Expansion in Wenatchee and the Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital New Bed Tower in Portland. Senior Project Manager
Dennis Littell has 29 years of mechanical design experience. He is working on the Central Washington Hospital Expansion in Wenatchee and the Providence Regional Medical Center Everett Acute Care Tower.
Joe Williams and
Steven Wood both joined CDi's CAD department as CAD technicians, and are working on a variety of projects.
Coffman Engineers hired
Melissa White and
Bill Williams as structural engineers in the Seattle office. White has three years of experience in structural engineering, working mostly on existing buildings. Her experience includes forensic investigation, repair design and construction administration of the Highwood Ridge condominium complex and Walden Park condominium complex, construction administration on the Autumn Grove condos, forensic investigation of the Ashford Park, Highlands at Issaquah Ridge, Seasons at Madrona Park and a Tier 1 analysis of the Desimone Bridge in the Pike Place Market. Williams has five years of experience with steel, concrete, masonry and wood structures. He has worked with deep gravity and retaining foundations on difficult geology, and public school design under the jurisdiction of the Department of the State Architect. His past projects include City Plaza in Escondido, Calif., and schools in La Canada, Calif.
Berger/Abam Engineers hired
Miranda DiMurro, Benjamin Pesicka and
Catrina Walter as civil engineers in the Federal Way office. DiMurro is working with Berger/Abam's offshore group on a modular hybrid pier project for the U.S. Navy, and on a composite concrete cryogenic tank for liquefied natural gas storage study for multiple energy companies. Pesicka is working with Berger/Abam's waterfront group on the container terminal development project for the Sociedad Portuaria del Norte S.A. in Barranquilla, Colombia. Walter is working in the offshore group on the pier project for the Navy and the composite concrete cryogenic tank study.
