Jul 20, 2011

CollinsWoerman

Henson

Brandt

Chestnut

Clinton

CollinsWoerman hired Candice Clinton as a senior interior designer, Jessica Chestnut as an interior designer, and Barbara Brandt and Marie Henson as senior medical planners. Clinton has 10-plus years of experience leading project design and construction systems under LEED and Green Guidelines for Healthcare rating systems, including the Harborview Norm Maleng Building and Bridge. Chestnut is returning to CollinsWoerman with experience in office, health care and residential interiors. Brandt has 15 years of experience in health care, including Group Health's medical home prototype. Henson has a background in medical planning, architecture and interior design, including clinic projects with Swedish Medical Group. CollinsWoerman is a Seattle-based architecture, design and planning firm.

GeoEngineers

Thompson

Smith

GeoEngineers promoted geotechnical engineers Matt Smith and DJ Thompson to principal and associate, respectively. Smith joined the firm in 1995 and works in the Redmond office. His specialties include shoring systems for high-rise structures, deep foundations, seismic design and urban redevelopment. His recent projects include geotechnical design for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Thompson joined the firm in 1996 and is a geotechnical group manager in Tacoma. His work includes the University of Washington Tacoma campus. The Seattle-based firm provides earth science, engineering and technology.

HDR

Kwan

HDR promoted Pierre Kwan to Northwest and Alaska water treatment business class lead. Kwan is an engineer with 14 years of water industry experience. Since joining HDR in 2000, he has worked on water treatment planning, and design and construction in the U.S., Canada and Middle East. Previously, Kwan was manager of HDR's applied research and technology center in Redmond. HDR is an architecture, engineering and consulting firm.

Tetra Tech

Schaefer

Tetra Tech hired Richard Schaefer as a senior program manager and office manager for the water group in Seattle. He is a civil engineer with 30 years of experience managing planning, design and construction. Tetra Tech is a civil engineering, planning, applied sciences and environmental services firm.

Otak

Loope

Otak appointed R. Nicholas Loope as president and chief operating officer. He will oversee operations and lead Otak's marketing, business development and technology initiatives, working with HanmiGlobal Co. Ltd., the firm's new partner. Loope has been an architect, executive manager, academic and consultant. He was founder of HL Design Build, a founding member of Parker Design International, president and CEO of Durrant Group, and president of Taliesin Architects Ltd. He has participated in projects in the U.S and abroad. Otak is an urban design, architecture, planning and engineering firm.

Aspect Consulting

Brownlee

Aspect Consulting hired J. Ryan Brownlee as a senior water resources engineer in Wenatchee to help with the water resources practice in central and eastern Washington. Brownlee is providing hydraulic and hydrologic engineering on projects for agricultural and municipal uses, and wildlife habitat in Okanogan, Benton and Klickitat counties. Aspect provides water resources, environmental and geologic engineering.

Jul 13, 2011

Core Design

Taylor

Core Design hired Cory Taylor as a civil engineer supporting engineering project managers on land development projects in the Puget Sound region. Taylor graduated from Washington State University in 2010. The Bellevue-based firm provides civil engineering, planning, surveying, landscape architecture and urban design.

The Berger Partnership

Celinska

Eldredge

McGuirt

The Berger Partnership hired Brad McGuirt and Shannon Eldredge to its landscape architecture staff, and Magdalena Celinska as a summer intern. McGuirt is a landscape architect who was previously at Olin's Philadelphia office. He has worked internationally, and the Redmond Central Connector is among his projects. Eldredge has a master's in landscape architecture from the University of Oregon, and is working on Shorewood High School. Celinska is a candidate in the master's in architecture and master's in urban design program at the University of Washington. She will prepare a report on urban agriculture for her internship. Seattle-based Berger provides landscape architectural and site planning services.

Trindera Engineering

Hesse

Trindera Engineering hired Aaron Hesse as an electrical engineer for municipal and commercial projects. He recently graduated from Eastern Washington University, where he focused on power and control systems design. He worked at the city of Cheney light department while in school. The Coeur d'Alene firm specializes in electrical, controls, lighting, and specialty systems.