Jul 22, 2009

Notkin Mechanical Engineers

Linda Coppa returned to Notkin as a project engineer, responsible for multiple health care projects for the Seattle firm. Designers Ahmed Salih, Jordan Fisk, Valery Potakh, Rais Sheikh have joined the firm. Peter Sloane, formerly an intern, is also a designer. New administrative and CAD staff are: Diane Galford, controller; Suzanne Hailey, receptionist; Erin Stallings, word processor/operations support; and Chris Officer and Jeff Cassidy, CAD technicians. Recently completed projects include the Swedish Orthopedic Institute, Gray Wolf Hall at Everett Community College, and Four Seasons Hotel and Residences Seattle. Current work includes projects for the U.S. Navy, Evergreen Hospital Medical Center and Bellingham Technical College, the Virginia Mason Medical Center addition and University of Washington's Foster School of Business.

AES Associates

AES promoted Ryan Arp to associate. He joined the firm in 2007 and rose to the role of project manager by learning lighting and power design, and building codes and regulations. The company's name has changed from AES to AES Associates Inc.

Yost Grube Hall

Architect Richard Grace rejoined Yost Grube Hall Architecture of Portland after three years at Fletcher Farr Ayotte. While at Yost Grube Hall, he designed LEED gold buildings, including the Kelley Engineering Center at Oregon State University in Corvallis; the North Mall Office in Salem, Ore.; and the Behavioral & Social Sciences Building, Humboldt State University in Arcata, Calif. He also worked on the new U.S. embassy in Quito, Ecuador. He is project designer for the Culinary Instructional Building at Central Oregon Community College, Bend, and is working on projects for the U.S. Department of State. Katrina Williams joined the 57-member firm and is working in human resources.

DOWL HKM

Engineer Bob Schildgen, an owner at DOWL HKM, was promoted to client manager of Retail Development for the Western States Division. He focuses on expanding development work and continues to provide technical and project management support from the Redmond office. Engineer Chris Kovac was promoted to manager of Civil Engineering for the Redmond office. He continues to manage a variety of public and private sector projects while directing the design, production and project management of the civil engineering staff and marketing efforts. The firm has more than 400 employees in offices from Alaska to Arizona.

Kennedy/Jenks Consultants

Ted Schilling returned to the Portland office of Kennedy/Jenks after two years with a high-tech firm in Vancouver. He works as an energy services client manager in the Water Environment Group. He previously worked in the office as a mechanical engineer and as the Environmental Services Group manager. He has worked in various sectors, including power generation, natural gas distribution, heavy manufacturing, food processing, shipbuilding, marine and aviation, solid waste transfer, and Department of Defense projects.

Jul 15, 2009

Dykeman

Dykeman, an Everett design firm, has named architect Kelli Smith principal, giving her an ownership role. Architect Michael Stevens has been promoted to associate. Smith, director of the firm's Interior Design studio, has worked with Peoples Bank of Lynden, and on K-12 facilities in Washington. She assists in developing educational specifications for schools in the Everett district. She serves on the Darrington Library Board and Planning Commission. Stevens has worked on a variety of projects including public, retail/mixed-use, educational, residential, and civic assignments. He is working on the Snohomish district's Valley View Middle School, which is targeting Living Building sustainability standards. He's also working on a mixed-use master planning project in Snohomish County.

Berger ABAM

Dee Gilmore has joined Berger ABAM as construction inspector. She has worked as a road construction inspector and as resident engineer for the King County Department of Transportation. She is working on the Northeast 36th Street Bridge for the city of Redmond and the Lincoln Avenue grade separation for the Port of Tacoma. Bob Lee has joined the firm as construction specialist in the public works and transportation group. He has worked for the state Department of Transportation and Pierce and King counties. For King County, he ran a Tolt Bridge replacement project and worked on Novelty and Edgewick bridge replacements.

DKA Architecture

Seattle-based DKA has hired Jill Kurfirst. She is on the Owners' Representation Group as project manager for the Seattle Schools' Building Excellence Program. She is managing construction for the new addition to Nathan Hale High School. Trained as an architect, she has worked in real estate development and architecture firms on office, retail and housing.

AIA Seattle

Danielle Henderson is AIA Seattle's new program associate. She will manage the 2,000-member chapter's office operations, including registration, Web site management and AIA Seattle's public gallery. Most recently, she was editor of Apartment Therapy San Francisco, an online community focused on interior design. She also worked as a marketing specialist for Pyramid Communications and managed the volunteer and internship programs, grants and employee recruitment at One Reel. She assists with guest relations for the Seattle International Film Festival, and manages public relations and customer service radio dispatch for Bumbershoot. She replaces Brad Barnett, who has been accepted to graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin's School of Architecture.