Nov 24, 2010

Hewitt

Hewitt hired Shammara Estrada as marketing manager. Estrada has 11 years of experience in marketing, communications, and business development for architecture, engineering and construction firms. Hewitt is a Seattle-based architecture, landscape architecture and urban design firm.

Otak

Otak hired Janel Hammond as a marketing coordinator in the Kirkland office. Hammond has more than seven years of experience in marketing, including email marketing campaigns, proposal and qualifications preparation, event planning and presentation development.

NAC|Architecture

Troy Bishop has joined the Spokane office of NAC|Architecture as a designer/architectural intern. Bishop will be responsible for planning, conceptual design, detailing and design oversight. He has six years of architectural design experience, and holds a bachelor of science in architectural studies and master of architecture degrees from Washington State University. NAC specializes in planning, design, engineering and capital facilities consulting, with offices in Seattle, Spokane, Los Angeles and Denver.

Ridolfi

Ridolfi, a Seattle environmental engineering and scientific consulting firm, hired Stacie Singleton as an environmental engineer. Singleton has worked for the Washington State Department of Ecology specializing in hazardous waste regulation, RCRA permitting, and ecological/terrestrial toxicology. She is helping to develop a solid waste management plan and investigating innovative waste-to-energy alternatives for the Yakama Nation. Ridolfi specializes in cleanup, habitat restoration, waste management and energy services.

Virginia firm buys Taylor Associates

TEC Inc. of Charlottesville, Va., has acquired Seattle-based Taylor Associates, a water resources consulting firm that serves public and private clients. Bill Taylor founded Taylor Associates in 1986, and will now lead TEC's water resources group.

TEC has had an office in Bellevue since 1996. The 250-person employee-owned company is a consultant for engineering, environmental management, architecture, planning, infrastructure and energy projects worldwide.

Taylor Associates focuses on three core areas: water quality, hydrology and fisheries. The firm also provides habitat restoration and watershed studies for clients primarily in the greater Puget Sound region. It has done work for the city of Seattle, Washington Department of Transportation, Sea-Tac Airport and the Port of Seattle.

TEC said in a press release the acquisition will expand its water resources consulting services to the federal government and provide a wider range of services for Taylor's local clients.

TEC and Taylor will operate separate offices in Bellevue and in Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood under management of TEC's Rich Tremaglio.

In early 2011, TEC will consolidate staff at a location in the Seattle metropolitan area.

Nov 17, 2010

Weisman Design Group

Whitney Summerford has joined Weisman Design Group as a design associate. She has been practicing in the profession since 2005. Heidi Hughes joined the firm as a designer and office assistant. She graduated with a degree in landscape architecture from Washington State University and has been practicing in the profession since 2009.

Hart Crowser

Three new staff members have joined Hart Crowser's Seattle office. Steve Hughes is a senior water resources manager with three decades of experience. He manages projects involving water supply, watershed characterization and mining site characterization and remediation. Hughes will work on the Holden Mine for the U.S. Forest Service. Nick Szot, a geotechnical engineer who earned his master of science from Washington State University, is working on the Governors Island Park and Public Space in New York. Mary Jo Werlech is the receptionist/office assistant. Hart Crowser offers environmental and engineering consulting, with offices in Seattle, Edmonds and Portland.

Studio Hanson/Roberts

David J. Matthews, AIA, has joined Studio Hanson/Roberts where he will work on zoological design projects from Denmark to Australia. He is working on Edmonton Valley Zoo's $25 million entry and visitor circulation spine, and will be project manager for the Woodland Park Zoo's expansion of the Asian Tropical Forest. The Bainbridge Island firm does planning and design with zoos, aquaria, botanic gardens, nature reserves and interpretive centers.