Aug 06, 2014

The Miller Hull Partnership

Do

Kwok

Lau

In the Seattle office, The Miller Hull Partnership hired Eugene Lau, Ka-Chung Kwok and Maria Do as architects; Sean Waldron and Wojtek Szczerba as an intern architects; and Tetsuo Takemoto as a project designer. Lau was with SHKS Architects and Mahlum Architects, where he worked on projects including Nathan Hale High School. Lau is working on buildings near the Seattle Waterfront Overlook Walk. Kwok was an architect at Suehiro Architecture, where he worked on airport planning and design. He also worked at NBBJ on corporate projects. He is project architect on the master plan for a resort village in China.

Takemoto

Szczerba

Waldron

Do has a background in architecture and landscape design for K-12 schools, Seattle parks and transit facilities. She worked at Bassetti Architects, SHED Architecture and Design, EDGE, llc, and Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects. She is on the Bothell City Hall team. Waldron worked at NBBJ on health care projects and was with Oh Planning + Design in Portland. His projects include expansion of Pike Place Market. Szczerba has experience on residential, educational and commercial projects at Rohleder Borges Architecture, Mahlum Architects, E. Cobb Architects, Chadbourne+Doss and Lead Pencil Studio. He is working on the Pike Place Market waterfront entrance. Takemoto has done master planning, urban design, and architectural design at Machado and Silvetti Associates in Boston. He is working on PSU Millar Library and Mercer Island Library. Miller Hull is an architecture and planning firm, with an office also in San Diego.

DCI Engineers

Amrhein

Salh

Ostling

In the Seattle office, DCI Engineers hired Thorin Ostling as a structural CAD designer, Sunny Salh as a civil design engineer, Mathew Amrhein as a project manager, Rose C. Bechtold as a communications specialist and Caleb Heeringa as a communications coordinator. Ostling will use AutoCAD for detailing and editing construction documents. He was a structural CAD designer for Lower Columbia Engineering in Oregon, and is pursuing a project management degree. Salh was a civil engineering designer at Merrick & Co. in Colorado. He is working on a drainage study for Renton Heritage Apartments.

Heeringa

Bechtold

Amrhein has seven years of engineering experience, with projects that include Microsoft Building 123. At DCI, Amrhein is responsible for structural analysis, design and management. Bechtold has marketing experience at Callison and Omax Corp. For 13 years, she was a technical writer and engineering aide at Esterline Korry Electronics. She will do marketing, web content and blog posts, and help pursue new projects. Heeringa has experience as a newspaper reporter and editor, mostly in Sammamish. He will produce content. DCI is a civil and structural consulting firm, with offices also in Spokane; Portland and Eugene, Ore.; San Diego, Irvine and San Francisco, Calif.; Austin, Texas; and Anchorage.

Professional Service Industries

Professional Service Industries hired Richard Fredricksen as a project geologist in Lynnwood. Fredricksen has been a project geologist in Washington and Oregon for 20 years, mostly with Oregon Department of Transportation. The firm provides environmental engineering and testing, and is based in Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.

Jul 30, 2014

The Miller Hull Partnership

Hanford

Misel

Court

The Miller Hull Partnership promoted Brian Court and Rob Misel to principal and Jim Hanford to associate in Seattle. Court joined the firm in 2002. He was lead designer for the Bullitt Center in Seattle, which is targeting Living Building certification. Court's portfolio includes mixed-use and residential projects in Chicago and Washington, D.C., and he is now working a project at Pike Place Market. Court was AIA Seattle's Young Architect of the Year in 2013. Misel is an architect with over 20 years of project management experience. He joined the firm in 2002 and has led school and multifamily housing projects, as well as work on the Kitsap County Administration Building. He leads the San Ysidro Land Port of Entry project between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico. Hanford is the energy-efficient design lead and tracks performance of Miller Hull projects. He previously worked in research and consulting on energy efficiency at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Miller Hull is an architecture and planning firm, with an office also in San Diego.

The Watershed Co.

Landoll

Creveling

Jennifer Creveling was named principal and Courtney Landoll senior landscape architect at The Watershed Co., a Kirkland-based environmental consulting firm. Creveling is a senior wetland biologist who manages projects with Puget Sound Energy, Washington State Parks, Washington State DNR and Sound Transit. Landoll leads the landscape design team and coordinates with engineering, architectural and public sector clients. Her work includes the Bellevue Botanical Garden visitor center. She is also president of the Washington Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

Tetra Tech

Davie

Tetra Tech promoted Steven Davie to vice president of operations in Bellevue. Davie takes over for Shiv Batra, who recently retired. Davie joined the firm in 2000 as a project engineer and worked in the Atlanta office until he relocated to Washington. He has been initiative leader for ports, harbors and waterfronts. The firm provides consulting, engineering, program management, construction management, surveying, and technical services.

DEI Electrical Consultants

Wachholz

Dale Wachholz joined DEI Electrical Consultants of Spokane Valley as an electrical engineer. Wachholz worked at NAC|Engineering and his projects included the Spokane VA Medical Center operating room addition. DEI provides engineering, design, management and installation of electrical systems.

AKS Engineering & Forestry

Jackson

Carlson

AKS Engineering & Forestry Vancouver hired Blair Carlson as a project engineer/manager and Devin Jackson as a project engineer. Carlson is leading development of a new hydrographic surveying group. He was previously with a hydrographic surveying company. Jackson is charged with expanding the firm's public sector work in Washington. He is a civil engineer with experience in highways, and was a transportation engineer for the Washington State Department of Transportation. The AKS Engineering & Forestry group has offices in Vancouver, and in Tualatin and Salem, Ore. It provides civil engineering, land use planning, land surveying, landscape architecture, and forest engineering and arborist services.

Elliott Bay Design Group

Eubank

Elliott Bay Design Group hired marine engineer David Eubank in the New Orleans office. His has over two decades of experience on military, passenger and offshore vessels, preparing sales proposals and heading development of floatation products for drilling modules. The Seattle-based firm provides naval architecture, marine engineering and production support services.

WHPacific

WHPacific hired Phil Gagnier as resident engineer, Michael Merrigan as inspector and Mila Cobian as construction office administrator in its Seattle office. They are working on the Woodinville-Duvall Road widening. Gagnier has more than 29 years of experience in construction management for public capital improvement projects. Merrigan has 35-plus years of experience managing roadway and bridge projects. Cobian has seven years as a plans examiner and flood inspector, and provided administrative support for the Dade County, Florida, planning and zoning department. WHPacific provides transportation, water/environment, development/facilities, energy, construction/project management, and surveying and scanning services.