Jan 16, 2019

Gustafson Guthrie Nichol

O'Rourke

Zeng

Garcia

Ni

Hoyt

In Seattle, landscape architecture firm Gustafson Guthrie Nichol hired Jean Ni, Ana Cristina Garcia and Jing Zeng as designers, Bessy Barahona as a design intern and Malaika O'Rourke as an accountant. Daisy Hoyt joined GGN's Washington, D.C. workspace as a designer. Ni holds a master of landscape architecture from the University of Washington and a bachelor's in sociology from the University of California at San Diego. She did work through the Urban@UW Homelessness Research Initiative and is co-founder of the student-led Design Justice Seattle. Garcia has a master of landscape architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design and a bachelor of arts dual-degree in architectural studies and Latin American studies from Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Zeng holds a master of landscape architecture from Rhode Island School of Design and a bachelor's in environmental design from Sichuan University. She worked as an urban designer in Shanghai. Barahona holds a bachelor's in landscape architecture from Cal Poly Pomona. O'Rourke has experience in public accounting, focusing on individual and corporate clients, as well as in the tax department of a retail company. She attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Southern California. Hoyt has a master of landscape architecture from Cornell University and a bachelor's in studio arts from Clark University.

OAC Services

Romero

OAC Services promoted Mitch Romero to associate and director of its Olympia office. He will lead projects and business development, and oversee a staff of eight. He has nearly 25 years of experience that includes projects for Washington school districts, including Seattle and Centralia. He also has worked with the state, U.S. Foreign Service and other agencies.

FFA Architecture and Interiors

Pete

Grace

Gelbrich

Portland-based FFA Architecture and Interiors promoted Ian Gelbrich and Richard Grace to partner and John Pete to associate. Gelbrich has practiced architecture in the Portland area for over 20 years. As lead of FFA's civic market, he has led teams on municipal projects that include Redmond City Hall & Civic Center. He is project lead for Beaverton Public Safety Center. Grace is lead of FFA's commercial, interiors and library markets. He is leading design efforts on TriMet Transit Central Police Station, and Oregon City Police and Municipal Courts Building. Pete has practiced architecture for eight years and helped the firm expand its public safety portfolio. He was project architect for Redmond City Hall & Civic Center and is lead architect on TriMet Transit Central Police Station. FFA provides architecture, planning and interior design.

Allwest Testing & Engineering

Fraser

Wasson

Jim Wasson passed the exam to become Allwest Testing & Engineering's first certified building inspector. Wasson can now do third-party building inspections. He provides services for the Spokane, Hayden and Lewiston offices of the engineering, environmental, and construction materials testing firm. Scott Fraser with the firm passed the engineering exam. The staff engineer has worked in Hayden and Spokane.

Jan 09, 2019

Architects West

Schmidt

Architects West of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho hired Robert (Bob) Schmidt as a project architect. Schmidt has over 24 years of experience, including on civic, K-12, higher education, commercial, justice and government projects. He was with Longwell + Trapp Architects and Integrus Architecture (Spokane). He is working on the Richland Water Treatment Facade Replacement.

Swenson Say Faget

Wible

Winner

DeBoer

Speer

Berka

James

Casem

Seattle-based structural engineering firm Swenson Say Faget hired Vladimir Berka and Evan Speer as staff engineers. Also, it promoted Lori DeBoer to senior project manager, Kevin Winner to project manager, Scott Wible and Bianca Casem to project engineer, and Randy James to drafting manager. Berka has four years of experience, and is on SSF's residential structures team. He is working on houses in the Puget Sound region, and San Francisco and Menlo Park, California. Speer has a master's in conservation engineering from the Structural Analysis of Historic Constructions Consortium at Czech Technical University. He worked with Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust in Nepal. At SSF, he is working on the 115-119 South Jackson historic renovation and the seismic upgrade of Schoenfelds Furniture in Pioneer Square. DeBoer was hired in 2017. Her work includes the historic renovation of FX McRory's in Seattle and the Penrose Hotel in Walla Walla, along with the new $70 million Bellevue Christian Campus for grades 7 – 12 in Medina. Winner has done structural design for houses, and is working on houses in Mercer Island, Seattle, Bellevue, Medina and Woodinville. Wible joined SSF in 2015. He provides structural design for residential projects, and works with specialty fabricators on steel installations. Casem was hired in 2017 and primarily works on multifamily and commercial mixed-use projects such as Blackbird Apartments in Redmond and the new Bellevue South complex just off of Interstate 405.

Stantec

Arnold

Iwinski

Cobb

In Anchorage, Stantec hired William Cobb as a senior mechanical engineer and Jenny Iwinski as projects control lead for petroleum work, and promoted Nick Arnold to project manager to expand its team supporting the oil and gas industry in Alaska. Cobb has over 20 years of experience in the industry, working on onshore and offshore facilities. He is a U.S. Army veteran. Iwinski has over 10 years of experience in Alaska, working on projects ranging from $1 million to $8 billion. Clients include Alyeska Pipeline Service, ConocoPhillips Alaska, BP and Alaska Gasline Development Corp. Arnold joined Stantec in 2017. He is responsible for delivering projects for Alyeska. He has 10 years of experience and is a registered Project Management Professional. Stantec is a global architecture, engineering and consulting firm.

Wilson Engineering

Wurden-Foster

Kenna Wurden-Foster of Bellingham-based Wilson Engineering passed the exam to become a Washington engineer. Wurden-Foster works on systems for treating wastewater, drinking water and stormwater. Wilson provides civil and structural engineering, and land and hydrographic surveying.