Nov 09, 2022

Blueline

Montes De Oca

Ho

Oswald

Roberts

Nychuk

Wanqin

Padgett

Blankas

Blueline has eight new hires. Breanne Nychuk was hired as an engineer to work on public projects. She received her degree in Civil Engineering with a minor in Environmental Engineering from McGill University in Montreal and has fiver years of experience supporting development from a feasibility level through construction.

Matt Roberts was hired as an engineer to work on residential projects. He recently received his degree in Civil Engineering from Gonzaga University and is joining Blueline straight out of college.

Cyrus Oswald joins the firm as an assistant planner to support the land use planning team. He recently received his degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Vermont and has experience with sustainable local business practices and transit planning.

Jenelle Ho was hired as an engineer to work on public projects. She received her degree in Civil Engineering from Seattle University and has experience interning with Seattle Public Utilities as a drainage and wastewater modeling and operations intern.

Niomi Montes De Oca joins the firm as a senior planner to support long-range and current planning projects for the public and private sector. She received her MS in Planning from the University of Arizona and has been a Municipal Planner since 2012 and has experience serving as a senior planner with the City of Redmond.

Michelle Blankas was hired as a planner to support planning projects for the public and private sector. She received her MS in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Colorado. Blankas' experience ranges from being an executive assistant for a small non-profit, a farmer, an administrative assistant for a city attorney's office, and most recently a Planner I in Boulder County.

Betty Padgett was hired as a permit technician. She is a graduate of Texas State University with a B.S. in Resource and Environmental Studies, a GIS Certificate, and a minor in economics. Padgett will be helping coordinate permits and serving as a liaison between clients and local jurisdictions for Blueline.

Su Wanqin joins the firm as a landscape architect. She received her B.S. in Landscape Architecture from Tongi University in Shangai, her M.S. in Landscape Architecture from Louisiana State University, and an M.S. of Business Administration from the International Technological University. Wanqin held her most previous position at a landscape architecture and civil engineering firm for nearly four years has been a licensed Landscape Architect since 2021.

Historic Seattle

Stanek

Historic Seattle welcomed Megan Stanek as the organization's new horticulture manager. Stanek has a degree in Plant Science and a robust professional background in managing botanical gardens. She will be improving the gardens at Historic Seattle's properties for both humans and non-human critters.

Nov 02, 2022

Perteet

Riemann

Infrastructure and engineering consulting firm Perteet has welcomed Paul Riemann, PE, as the firm's new infrastructure director. Based out of Perteet's Seattle office, Riemann will lead the firm's ferry, port, and transit markets. He has over 32 years of experience supporting public sector clients, including spending the last seven years working for Sound Transit. As Sound Transit's engineering manager for storm drainage and utilities, he programmatically managed the associated design elements for the agency's $55 billion system expansion program, including large light rail projects such as Lynnwood Link Extension, East Link Extension, and Federal Way Link Extension. Paul has successfully delivered dozens of planning and engineering projects for local maritime, port, and utility agencies.

WJA Design Collaborative

Heit

Treat

Suhadolnik

Price

Callan

Killmer

WJA Design Collaborative announced the retirement of principal Dan Callan, AIA, LEED AP. Callan has been the principal of WJA-dc since 2000. He officially announced his retirement this year. With Callan's retirement, Eliot Price, RA, LEED AP BD+C has been named principal. Price is an architect and project manager with over 21 years of experience. He has specialized expertise in high performance buildings including dormitories and secure administrative, operations and training facilities for the Department of Defense. He joins WJA-dc's two remaining principals, Greg Nespor, AIA and Todd St. George, PE, SE.

In addition to naming a new principal, WJA-dc has also recognized a new group of associates within the firm; Matt Suhadolnik, Clint Treat, Doug Heit and Alyssa Killmer. Suhadolnik, PLA, LEED AP is a professional landscape architect and LEED Accredited Professional with 38 years of experience who brings a strong background in site planning, restoration, and low-impact development for public and private sectors with emphasis on sustainable site design. He has a wide range of project management and design experience that includes federal, municipal and community facilities, transit facilities, streetscapes, college campus additions and renovations, multi-family residential, sports fields and regional parks.

Treat, AIA is an architect with over 14 years of experience in a range of project types including private residences, dormitories, hospitality, and administrative and training facilities for a variety of clients including the Department of Defense, state and local agencies, and the private sector.

Heit, PE, SE is a professional structural engineer who has been with WJA-dc for over 28 years. He has extensive experience engineering complex federal facilities throughout the United States, ranging from multi-family mid-rise housing to mission-critical operations buildings.

Killmer is a marketing professional with over 10 years of leadership experience in the industry. She has been managing and executing WJA-dc's marketing efforts since their re-emergence in 2014 and is a key contributor to the firm's success the past 8 years.

WJA-dc provides comprehensive design services with specialized experience in the fields of architecture, structural engineering, landscape architecture/planning, and sustainable design.