Mar 17, 2021

Freiheit Architecture

Langston

Amonson

Caudle

Thorlakson

Bellevue-based Freiheit Architecture named Dustin Thorlakson as president and promoted Jen Caudle, Chris Amonson and Michael Langston to the senior leadership team. They succeed president David Hills and principal Rick Grimes who are retiring after 35 years with the company but will continue to serve it as advisors to support the new senior leadership team. Each member of the senior leadership will continue to be lead architect and the main point of contact for day-to-day aspects of projects in addition to their expanded roles in the operations of the company. Thorlakson was hired in 2012 as a designer, quickly becoming principal and executive vice president. In addition to providing design services, he has played a major role in shaping the company's focus on client relations, finance, operations, employee training and recruitment, and helped it transition through the pandemic and remote work. Freiheit provides architecture and interior design.

Mahlum

Saunders

Thompson

Gutierrez

Wood

Harmon

Endy

Barry

Mahlum promoted Nancy Harmon to director of finance, Karen Wood and Octavio Gutierrez to associate principal and Jeremy Thompson, Claudia Saunders, Carissa Barry and Stephen Endy to associate. Harmon's career in accounting spans over 30 years and has included positions with public and private organizations. She has been with Mahlum for 12 years and oversees project accounting, financial reporting, taxation and business planning. Wood has been with the firm for 15 years, working in project delivery including design, construction and cost and schedule management. A project manager, her efforts have included Kellogg Middle School, Arlington Elementary School and Edwin Pratt Early Learning Center. Gutierrez was hired in 2017 and has worked on projects in the K-12, higher education and healthcare markets. His 20 years of experience covers all phases of design, with a focus on residential environments. Thompson is an architect with over 15 years of experience in the profession and knowledge about a variety of project types. He recently worked on the historic modernization of Grant High School. Saunders has over 13 years of interior design experience on projects that include public works, educational facilities, life science research facilities, student housing and commercial workplaces. Barry has 17 years of experience in architecture, including on large-scale sports, government, healthcare and student housing projects. A project architect, she helps lead the firm's construction administration group. Endy has more than 22 years of experience and has worked on living and learning facilities. He was a contributing editor to the 2018 AIA COTE Top Ten Toolkit, now known as the national AIA Framework for Design Excellence. Wood, Harmon and Saunders work in the Seattle office and Barry, Thompson, Gutierrez and Endy work in Portland. Mahlum provides architecture, planning and interiors.

Bogard Pascua Engineers

Pascua

Bothell-based Bogard Engineers named Rod Pascua as new acting partner and vice president. Pascua was previously promoted to principal after successful work as senior project manager on the engineering team. The firm offers mechanical design and specialized services including commissioning, energy/life cycle studies, and constructability reviews for projects across the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii. Its other offices are in Bellingham and Honolulu.

Dark Light Design

Kelly

Hagland

Seattle-based Dark Light Design promoted lighting designer Kristen Hagland to associate and hired Danielle Kelly as a lighting designer. Hagland joined the firm in 2014. Her project experience includes civic, workplace, biotech, higher education and residential. In addition to her design responsibilities, she leads the development of documentation and graphic standards for the lighting design firm. Kelly has worked on projects that include research institutes, museums, healthcare and coffee shops. She also teaches the Lighting for Interiors course at Bellevue College.

Elliott Bay Design Group

Gonzalez

In Seattle, Elliott Bay Design Group, a naval architecture and marine engineering firm, hired Jasmine Gonzalez as a senior project coordinator. She reports to the chief financial officer and will support departments with project execution and development of enhanced business reporting and procedures. She has worked at a tug and barge operator, shipyard and a salvage company in the Northwest and has a bachelor's in business administration from California Maritime Academy.

Mar 10, 2021

Nelson Worldwide

Bowen

Nelson Worldwide, an architecture, design and strategy firm, hired Tom Bowen as vice president and market leader of the Seattle office. Bowen will expand the firm's efforts in the Pacific Northwest, bringing more than 20 years of experience in retail, mixed-use and commercial building practices. He has held senior leadership roles with JLL, The Irvine Company, FITCH (WWP) and Stantec. He was managing principal of global retail at CallisonRTKL for 15 years and was responsible for starting the firm's New York City design studio. At CallisonRTKL, he conceptualized projects such as the World Trade Center redevelopment, Coney Island, Beverly Center and REI. Brands he has worked with includes Nike, Best Buy, Nordstrom, T-Mobile and Levis.

Holmes Structures

Briggs

Holmes Structures hired Greg Briggs to lead its Seattle office. He has over 25 years in the Seattle area and has contributed to Puget Sound region projects that include the Seattle Museum of Flight - Space Gallery & Aviation Pavilion and the new Climate Pledge Arena. He has also worked on projects elsewhere in the U.S., including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art expansion and the Teton Science School in Jackson, Wyoming. Holmes is a structural engineering firm.

HNTB Corp.

Trapani

Ralph Trapani joined HNTB Corp. as a senior project director in the Northwest division. Trapani has over 40 years of experience. He will work with the Bellevue office and support major transportation projects in the region. For the last 16 years he has been a senior program director for another engineering firm's transportation group, where he directed the pursuit and contract management for projects in the U.S. and Canada, including a study of Roaring Fork Valley's future mobility. Trapani also worked for the Colorado Department of Transportation for 27 years, serving as a program engineer managing megaprojects. HNTB is an infrastructure firm.

Merryman Barnes Architects

Palmer

Portland design firm Merryman Barnes Architects announced the transition of ownership from the original founders, Nancy Merryman and Linda Barnes, to Amy Palmer. Palmer, a principal, established her architecture career in the Portland-Metro area and has over 15 years of design and project management experience including design-build projects. Her career highlights in Portland include Port of Portland and TriMet projects and Bridgetown Apartments; Sun Valley Pavilion in Sun Valley, Idaho; and Rosa Parks Transit Center in Detroit, Michigan. She has worked in the multifamily, commercial, retail and hospitality sectors. Nancy Merryman said Palmer has strong leadership skills and a broad understanding of the industry which allows her to make insightful and effective decisions. “We are also thrilled that our legacy as an early, pioneering, women-owned firm will continue,” she said.

OAC Services

Jobs

Thiel

OAC Services promoted Todd Thiel to vice president and Dave Jobs to senior vice president. Thiel leads the firm's building sciences practice and has over 30 years of architectural experience in design, project and practice management. He has been instrumental in formulating OAC's CM Forward Design approach that brings construction intelligence forward into the design process and maintains design thinking throughout construction to create an integrated team. He works in Seattle and Olympia. Jobs has over 30 years of experience in the design and construction industry, with over 23 at OAC. He has been an ESCO contractor for several years and has worked with clients that include King County FMD and Metro, Snohomish County, Microsoft, Harborview Medical Center, the Port Authority of NY & NJ, Sound Transit, school districts and city agencies. He works in Everett, Seattle and Olympia.

Johnston Architects

Coleman

Cooper

Zellers

Theriault

Brems

Johnston Architects hired Alison Walker Brems as principal, and promoted Geneveive Theriault to principal and interior design manager, Mona Zellers to principal, and Harmony Cooper and Liz Wasson Coleman to associate. Brems has 27 years of experience. She left Johnston Architects as a principal in 2011 to found her own firm, Art | Architecture Brems, and rejoined JA in 2021. Brems has experience in historic structures and adaptive reuse projects. She is leading is quality assurance/quality control for the Auburn Arts & Cultural Center, an adaptive reuse of a historic post office, and a townhome development in Columbia City. Theriault is an architect and has interior architecture experience. She has a decade of experience in space planning and design for commercial tenant improvements, adaptive reuse, custom residential, multifamily and institutional projects. In her new role, she develops and oversees project schedules, budgets and quality control, and leads design projects. She is working on a residential remodel and addition in Laurelhurst and the apartments in the new Rainier Tower, as well as leading ADA upgrades at the Seattle Justice Center.

Zellers has 10 years of experience designing for the public sector, including adaptive reuse, renovations and additions, and ground-up education and health sciences projects in Washington. She is working on condo developments in Queen Anne and Capitol Hill and new libraries for the communities of Oak Lodge and Gladstone, Oregon, and is on a design team developing the concept for the new Seattle Public Utilities wastewater holding tank in Ballard. Cooper joined the firm in 2016 as a project designer with experience in retail, commercial, multifamily and custom residential projects. Now a licensed architect, he applies his 11 years of experience to a mix of project types. He is working on Winston Townhomes in Ravenna, the new Winthrop Public Library and homes in the Methow Valley, including a high-performing sustainable one being built with Design for Disassembly principles. Coleman has worked in the Pacific Northwest A/E/C industry for over 16 years. She leads marketing strategy and implementation for JA, applying her experience in operations, marketing and business development roles to strengthen the firm's public presence. She led the rollout of updated corporate branding and restructured JA's marketing processes, including proposals, award pursuits, social media and public relations. Johnston Architects offers architecture, interior design, master planning and technology-driven design solutions.

GLR Engineers

Rice

Povolny

Seawright

In Spokane, structural engineering firm GLR Engineers hired Nolan Seawright as a structural project engineer, Oldrich Povolny as a structural Revit designer and Steve Rice as a structural project manager. Seawright graduated from Gonzaga University in 2020. At GLR, he has worked on a new office building for Mt. Spokane Pediatrics in North Spokane and the Grant County FD #5 Multi-Agency Facility near Moses Lake. Povolny was with DCI Engineers. He has 20 years of design experience in an array of building types. He is working on the Coppercreek Landscaping expansion in North Spokane and a multifamily complex in Entiat. Rice graduated from Boise State University and is an licensed engineer in Idaho. He has nine years of experience in the structural engineering industry and previously worked at architectural and engineering firms in Boise. He is working on a multifamily project in Bellevue that has five levels of wood framing over three levels of elevated concrete.

Tres West Engineers

Chong

Tacoma-based Tres West Engineers promoted James Chong to associate principal. Chong is an electrical engineer who has experience in transportation, education, commercial and multifamily projects, including mid-rise and high-rise. His recent work includes Seattle Housing Authority Lam Bow Apartments, Pierce Transit building upgrades, Seattle Municipal Tower elevator modernization planning and projects for Sound Transit. Tres West provides MEP feasibility studies, design and engineering, construction administration and construction management.