Mar 18, 2009

Historical Research Associates

Historical Research Associates, a cultural resource management, litigation support and historical research consulting firm, hired Beth Dodrill and Jenny Dellert in the Seattle office. Dodrill is a landscape architectural historian who consults on preservation planning projects, both as a private consultant and as a member of project teams. She received the Advocacy Hero award from Historic Seattle. Dellert is a research archaeologist whose experience with prehistoric archaeological sites includes the Tse-whit-zen site in Port Angeles. Her historic work includes the San Buenaventura Mission in Ventura, Calif., copper mines in Eastern California and Western Nevada, and compiling family histories in Whatcom County.

SCS Engineers

SCS Engineers hired four new technical professionals in its Portland office, expanding its services to include environmental compliance monitoring and reporting, hydrogeology, storm water, due diligence, and traditional environmental services. Louis Caruso is a licensed geologist and hydrogeologist with more than 20 years of experience in hydrogeologic and groundwater contamination studies. He has developed and managed hydrogeologic investigations and monitoring programs at landfill and industrial facilities in Oregon, Washington, California and Alaska. Caruso will serve as Portland office manager and project director. Registered professional geologist David Lamadrid and environmental scientists Jason Davendonis and Jeremy Jones also joined the office. Lamadrid has 14 years of environmental expertise involving groundwater characterization and monitoring, remedial investigations, due diligence, UST projects and solid waste hydrogeology. Davendonis has eight years of experience in environmental consulting and storm water related projects. He coordinates and manages project field monitoring activities for the hydrogeology group. Jones has three years of experience as an environmental scientist and is largely responsible for performing environmental field sampling at solid waste landfills, transfer stations, and industrial sites for clients in Oregon and Washington. Caruso, Lamadrid, Davendonis and Jones worked together at a national environmental consulting firm.

Landau Associates

Landau Associates promoted several employees. In the Edmonds office, Joe Kalmar was promoted to senior associate, Chris Kimmel to senior geologist, Ken Reid and Erik Gerking to senior project geologists, Doug Tingwall to senior project archaeologist, Kathryn Hartley to project scientist, Kara Kanaby to senior staff archaeologist and Nathan Moxley to staff scientist. In the Portland office, Heather Nielsen was promoted to staff scientist and Cheryl Knesal to project coordinator II.

GeoTest Services

GeoTest Services announced the retirement of Ken Hunter, who worked at the company for 13 years. Hunter is a WABO-registered construction special inspector of reinforced concrete, lateral wood and proprietary anchors. Throughout his career with GeoTest, Hunter took on the role of resident inspector on public and private projects throughout the Northwest. Hunter plans to start a weight-lifting program with a personal trainer and travel

Mar 11, 2009

Shugart Bates

Shugart Bates hired Lori Jay Roozen as a design associate. Roozen has seven years of experience in retail and office design. She is working on a mixed-use development on Alki in West Seattle.

Inca Engineers

Inca Engineers hired 10 new employees in its structural engineering department in Bellevue. Lois Loesch is a senior project engineer with 26 years of experience in civil/structural engineering. She is serving as a task manager for the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal project in New Orleans, the largest design/build civil works project in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers history. Ayhan Utkan is a senior design engineer with nine years of structural engineering experience. He is working on the Army Reserve Pier 23 Replacement, and will be working on the East Link Sound Transit light rail project. Mohammad Saifuzzaman is a project engineer with more than 10 years of experience in the analysis and design of bridges, buildings and hydraulic structures. Leo Moyer is a design engineer with two years of experience. Moyer is working on the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal project in New Orleans. Steven Michael is working on the Army Reserve Pier 23 Replacement project and the Upper Mississippi River Lock 22 Approach Walls. Roger Lindstrom, Anthony Smith and Barrett McBride are CADD technicians working on various projects, including Pier 23, Lock22 Approach Walls, Panama Canal, and Inner Harbor Navigation Canal. Eric Lynum, a CADD/design engineer, and Eli Lundberg, a design engineer, are working on the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal project.

Kennedy/Jenks Consultants

Lon R. Yandell has joined the Portland office of Kennedy/Jenks Consultants as client services manager. Yandell has more than 25 years of experience in the environmental services industry. His focus will be on senior technical work, business development and client service. Yandell has experience managing an environmental department, heading a corporate brownfields program, and serving as a senior project manager. He is a registered geologist in Oregon, a licensed geologist and hydrogeologist in Washington, and a registered brownfields professional.

Callison

Callison promoted three senior staff members to principals. Matt Billerbeck has spent 20 years planning and designing retail and mixed-use projects around the world. His expertise includes guiding the design and rollout process for large-scale retail developers domestically and internationally. His recent projects include Sorouh City, Egypt, three projects in the U.A.E. and Aqaba Master Plan in Jordan. Michel Hebrant focuses on the Middle East and oversees development of projects and relationships with consultants, contractors and government agencies. His recent projects include Eye Park, U.A.E.; Sarab Al Areen, Bahrain; Al Rahji Centre, Saudi Arabia; Grand Heights, Egypt and The Pearl, Qatar. Zivko Penzar has led a number of retail, mixed-use and hospitality projects around the world. Zivko's recent projects include Hongyi Plaza, Greenland Luwan, The MIXc, Yueda Time Mall and Central Walk, all in China.