Nov 13, 2019

DLR Group

Eckhardt

In Seattle, DLR Group hired architect Jackie Eckhardt. She will collaborate with design and planning teams to grow the firm's presence in the Pacific Northwest. Eckhardt has a background in architecture and campus planning and will guide strategic business development and manage design teams to deliver projects for higher education institutions. She is a member of the Society for College and University Planning. DLR provides architecture, engineering, interiors, planning and building optimization.

Parametrix

Mazzola

Mark Mazzola joined Parametrix as a senior transportation and environmental planner. He will lead the Seattle environmental planning group. Mazzola has over 18 years of experience in public policy, environmental assessments and transportation planning, and expertise in planning, environmental review and implementation of public transportation and infrastructure projects. He has 12 years with the Seattle Department of Transportation where he led the environmental review and permitting team for transportation and infrastructure improvements. He was the SDOT's environmental lead on the Elliott Bay Seawall and Waterfront Seattle projects. Parametrix provides engineering, planning and environmental sciences.

Bassetti Architects

Burns

Bassetti Architects hired Lydia Dominy Burns as an associate principal. Burns has over 22 years of design experience, including 15 focused on K-12 schools and higher education design. She has experience in bond planning, project management and firm leadership, and has worked in Southwest Washington for the past six years. She is past president of the Oregon/Southwest Washington Chapter of the Association for Learning Environments and on the board of directors. She works in the Portland office.

AKS Engineering & Forestry

Misbach

Hines

M. Downhour

A. Downhour

Beskow

Summers

Wirth-McGee

Tualatin, Oregon-based AKS Engineering & Forestry hired Paul Beskow as a civil engineer, Amy Downhour as a civil engineer/project manager, Michael Downhour as a project surveyor and Bill Hines as a GIS analyst. In Keizer, Oregon, it hired Lyle Misbach as a civil engineer/project manager and Julie Wirth-McGee as a natural resource specialist, and in Vancouver Michael Summers as a civil engineer/project manager.

Beskow provides scoping, design, bidding, cost estimating and construction support for engineering projects. He has over five years of experience with public and private projects in the Northwest. Amy Downhour is on the land development team and is managing projects in Carlton, Corvallis and Gresham, Oregon. She has seven years of experience in land development management, design of master planned communities, and as district engineer for utility districts in the Houston area.

Michael Downhour is a land surveyor who is also a drone specialist and FAA-certified sUAS pilot. He has 12 years of industry experience, most recently as a project surveyor at a Houston engineering company. Hines has 13 years of experience in geographic information systems services, serving public and private clients in the Northwest. He has a background in photography, graphic design, IT/IS support, and GIS/AutCAD data integration and geospatial analysis. Misbach has 26 years of engineering experience and provides engineering, floodplain management and project management. He was a city of Salem public works department engineer for 13 years, overseeing public works programs and coordinating private and public development. Wirth-McGee is a wetland scientist with 15 years of experience in the public and private sectors. She has provided specialized services for local, state and federal permits in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Her experience includes field assessments, environmental and natural resource permitting, NEPA coordination and documentation including biological assessments, and permit compliance assistance during construction. She is helping manage AKS' natural resources.

Summers has 15 years of civil design experience in transportation improvements, subdivision and industrial and commercial projects. He was county engineer for Clatsop County Public Works where for four years he was public works director. He has worked in greater Vancouver in site developments. At AKS, he will augment the project engineering team and focus on Southwest Washington commercial and residential site development. AKS provides civil engineering, surveying, GIS, planning, natural resources, landscape architecture, water resources, consulting arborist, forestry/forest engineering and construction management services.

Nov 06, 2019

Integrus Architecture

Keyser

Integrus Architecture hired Stephen R. Keyser as a senior project designer in its Seattle office. Keyser will play a strategic role in advancing the firm's civic and higher education learning environments design practice in western Washington. He has 33 years of experience designing and planning civic and higher educational facilities, and has worked with academic institutions nationally (including on buildings at all LEED levels) and with governments and corporations around the world. Integrus provides architecture, planning, interior design and structural engineering.

Davido Consulting Group

Belding

In Seattle, Davido Consulting Group promoted Tracey Wentz Belding to principal of civil engineering and hired Mark Schwartz and Brian Wise as civil engineers, Mike Heck as an engineering technician, Nicole Foster as an environmental scientist, Heather Kyle as human resources manager, Daniella Dow as marketing coordinator and Brook Wohlers as an accounting and administrative assistant. In Federal Way, it hired Taylor Garvin as a civil engineer. In Mount Vernon, the firm hired Stephen Tabert as a structural engineer. On Whidbey Island, it hired Natalie Tasoff as an intern.

Belding joined the firm in 2004 and has 27 years of experience in planning, design and construction of stormwater and other utility facilities. She is managing creek restoration, utility and planning projects for Seattle Public Utilities, the city of Olympia and Covington Water District. Davido is a civil and structural engineering firm.

HNTB Corp.

Thorpe

E. Gregory Thorpe joined HNTB Corp. as rail and transit senior project manager and associate vice president based in Salt Lake City and serving clients in the eight-state Northwest Division. Primarily, he supports HNTB transit projects in Utah, Colorado and the Puget Sound region. He has over four decades of experience in project management, engineering and executive leadership. For the past 17 years, he was with Utah Transit Authority, managing light rail projects that include the 10.6-mile Mid-Jordan and the 3.8-mile Draper TRAX extensions. HNTB is an infrastructure firm.

AKS Engineering & Forestry

Walker

Godwin

Rettig

Roper

Multidisciplinary consulting firm AKS Engineering & Forestry named four new associate members to the ownership group: Steve Roper, Rob Rettig, Renee Godwin and Richard Walker. Roper came to AKS in January when the company he owned, SR Design, merged with AKS. As part of that agreement, he became an AKS associate member. He has worked in the Pacific Northwest for over 25 years, founding SR Design in 2001. At AKS, he works on private development in Washington County. Rettig is a licensed surveyor in Oregon, Washington and Utah, and a certified floodplain manager and local professional in floodplain management. He was hired in 2007 and has 25 years of experience on projects, including construction, development, residential, commercial and floodplain permitting.

Godwin has over 30 years of industry experience. AKS hired her in 2010 to develop and lead its marketing efforts to diversify its client base. She now heads its employee and client relations, managing recruiting, events, facilities and marketing. Walker was hired in 2012 and is a project manager. He has 14 years of experience in civil and geotechnical engineering giving him a background managing engineer-of-record contracts with local municipalities, including the cities of Keizer and Turner. He works in the Keizer, Oregon, office and the others are based in Tualatin, Oregon.

HKP Architects

Olsufka

Mount Vernon-based HKP Architects hired Spencer Olsufka as a project manager. Olsufka has detailing and construction experience, and worked in the architecture studio at Valerio Dewalt Train Associates in Chicago on student housing projects and tenant improvements. At HKP, he is working on the Lakedale Resort Activity Center, a multipurpose guest facility for the resort on San Juan Island. He has a bachelor of science in architectural studies from Washington State University and a master of architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.