Sep 12, 2012

Otak

Vujevic

Gonzales

Lawrence

Reiter

Fabik

Buisman

Seeds

Shelby

Sarkkinen

Timmins

Otak promoted Kevin Timmins and Doug Sarkkinen to principal. The following were promoted to associate: Mark Shelby, Windi Shapley, Jack Seeds, Keith Buisman, Ian Fabik, Sadie Reiter, Will Lawrence, Alejandra Gonzales and Niko Vujevic. Timmins is a senior water resources engineer with 13 years at the firm. He has been project manager on public projects in Oregon and Washington, including the East Lents floodplain restoration in Portland. Sarkkinen is a senior structural engineer. He has 24-plus years of experience that includes concrete structures and bridges, among them two pedestrian suspension bridges in Olympic National Park. He is also a forensic and expert witness. Shelby is a landscape architect and urban designer. He has 20-plus years of experience that includes streetscape and park design, multifamily and senior housing, master planning, hotel planning and commercial development. Shapley is a project engineer with 12 years of experience that includes design and permitting, and project management. Seeds is a project surveyor with more than 18 years of land surveying experience. Buisman is a civil engineer with nine years of experience, including on master planned residential communities, mixed-use and multifamily projects, and infrastructure planning. Fabik is a project engineer with nine years of engineering experience with an emphasis on design and construction document preparation for transportation projects. Reiter is an engineering technician who has 20-plus years of experience and does CAD management and prepares construction documents. Lawrence is a land surveyor who provides field survey and technical support. Gonzales is an architect with seven years of experience in architectural design, construction documentation and project management. Vujevic is an urban planner with four years in management and seven years in planning, including several large-scale master planning projects. Gonzales and Vujevic work in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The other people promoted work in Washington and Oregon. Otak provides engineering, urban design, architecture and planning.

KPFF Consulting Engineers

Ciolko

KPFF Consulting Engineers promoted Adrian Ciolko to associate. Ciolko joined the civil/structural group in 2011 to launch the Chicago office, which assesses the safety and vulnerability of transportation structures and facilities. Previously, he led a bridge consulting unit and a structural engineering lab for CTL. KPFF is a civil and structural engineering firm with offices in Washington and elsewhere.

Sep 05, 2012

The Blueline Group

LaMere

The Blueline Group hired Randy LaMere as a CAD designer. LaMere has more than 30 years of experience on single-family, commercial and public works projects. Blueline provides civil engineering and land development consulting in the Pacific Northwest.

Otak

Gallacher

Eiler

O'Brien

McFarland

Otak promoted Lori McFarland, Kevin O'Brien, Lamoine Eiler and Anthony Gallacher to senior associate. McFarland is a senior project manager and engineer in the Kirkland office. She has 27 years of experience, and recently worked on the SE Southworth Drive bridge replacement for Kitsap County. O'Brien is a senior wildlife biologist in Kirkland. He holds a Ph.D. in ecology and has 21 years of experience in ecology, zoology and wildlife biology. He is working on watershed analyses for Shelton and Everett. Eiler is an architect and urban designer in the Lake Oswego, Ore., office. He has 31 years of experience, and has worked on master plans for three communities in Abu Dhabi. Gallacher is a chartered engineer and contracts arbitrator in the Abu Dhabi office. He has 23 years of construction experience, supervising building and civil engineering for projects in the Middle East and the United Kingdom. He is project director for the Ritz-Carlton Abu Dhabi, Grand Canal project. Otak is an engineering, urban design, architecture and planning firm.

CG Engineering

Maechler

CG Engineering in Edmonds hired Amber Maechler as marketing/business development manager. Maechler has nearly a decade of experience in marketing management and creative services. She will market the firm's structural and civil engineering services.

GeoEngineers

Ward

GeoEngineers hired Hamilton Puangnak as a geotechnical engineer and Jacquelyn Weber as front desk coordinator in its Redmond office. It also hired Adam Wright as a biologist and Li Wang as a hydrogeologist in Tacoma, and Tyrone Ward and Bret Magdasy as GIS analysts in Seattle and Tacoma. GeoEngineers is an earth science, engineering and technology consulting firm headquartered in Seattle.

Confluence Environmental

Schlenger

Paul Schlenger joined Confluence Environmental Co. as a senior fisheries biologist. His background is in marine nearshore environment, functional habitat assessment and habitat restoration, and he was a project manager for the Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem restoration. He is working on Puget Sound nearshore assessments. Confluence provides project management for natural resources projects.