May 10, 2023

Mahlum

Park

Felver

Dunnam

Gordon

Mayo

Zhang

Joseph Mayo has been elevated to associate principal. Since joining Mahlum in 2008, Mayo has been an advocate for the use of mass timber in the design and construction industry and has been involved with pushing local jurisdictions to allow mass timber construction.

In 2010, he applied for and was awarded the AIA Seattle traveling scholarship which led him to Europe to learn more about mass timber design. That experience helped guide him as he authored the book, Solid Wood: Mass Timber Architecture, Technology and Design, published in 2015. He has worked on over a dozen mass timber projects including the Capitol Campus Childcare Center in Olympia, Washington (Mahlum's first Net Zero CLT project); a multi-story, K-12 CLT prototype grant with the United States Forest Service; and he assisted in pushing for Alki Elementary School to be Seattle Public Schools' first three-story mass timber school.

Mayo has also served on local and national AIA committees, co-authored a research paper exploring the economic viability of tall wood buildings, and assisted in teaching mass timber courses. He has worked with the City of Seattle Department of Planning and Development, and Washington State non-profit Forterra to lead investigations into the use of CLT in the building industry.

As Chair of Forterra's Building Code and Regulations Action Team, Mayo helped to successfully pass new building codes in Washington State that now recognize mass timber as a construction type, allowing up to 18 stories of CLT building. He was also a founder of the AIA Seattle Mass Timber Committee and is currently a past co-chair.

Mayo holds a Master of Architecture from University of Oregon and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from University of Washington.

Andrew Weller-Gordon has been elevated to associate. With over seven years of architectural experience, Weller-Gordon has played an integral part in the modernization of Grant High School for Portland Public Schools. Throughout the four-year process of this large, complex project, he contributed to conceptual design, coordination, and technical development, then followed the project from construction to completion. This positioned him as a critical force on Edison Elementary School for the Eugene School District; Legacy High School/Hollingsworth Academy/Archway Academy alternative learning campus for Evergreen Public Schools, and more recently as a team member for the Graduate Housing project at Oregon State University.

Weller-Gordon volunteers for the Architecture Foundation of Oregon's Architects in Schools program and is an active member of Mahlum's Construction Administration Support Group.

He received his Master of Architecture from the University of Oregon and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rochester. He is a registered Architect in the State of Oregon.

Brett Dunnam has been elevated to associate. Joining Mahlum four years ago, Dunnam has 10 years of architectural project experience. Dunnam took on substantial roles in the designs of Wy'east Middle School for Evergreen Public Schools, and the Samaritan Sweet Home Health Center project. He is currently lead designer for the Benton County Crisis Resource Center, located in Corvallis, Oregon.

He helps lead Mahlum's internal design efforts through the organization of individual project and firm-wide design reviews. He has volunteered for the Architecture Foundation of Oregon's Architects in Schools and as a reviewer for the University of Oregon and Portland State University.

Dunnam received his Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Master of Architecture from Rhode Island School of Design. He is a registered architect in the State of Oregon.

Katie Felver has been elevated to associate. With 12 years of experience, Felver works closely with design teams and consultants to minimize the impact buildings might have on occupant health, well-being, and the environment.

Since joining Mahlum in 2016, she has been involved in a variety of projects. At Lacamas Lake Elementary School for the Camas School District, Felver helped create a nature-centric learning environment, connecting children to the natural world through biophilic design. For the DeJardin Hall Science Addition at Clackamas Community College, she partnered with science faculty members to explore their passion to display science throughout the building as teaching moments, resulting in prominent installations such as a beluga whale skeleton and large-scale molecular structures. For her most recent effort at Edison Elementary School for the Eugene School District, she focused on designing a building that equitably supports students from all socio-economic backgrounds.

Felver leads Mahlum's Embodied Carbon Strategy Workshop and organizes Mahlum's Project Sustainability Leads meetings. She also helped create a tool kit that design teams use to reduce their projects' environmental impacts. Outside of Mahlum, she is a member and co-lead of the Carbon Leadership Forum Portland Hub.

Felver holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Oregon and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Ball State University. She is a registered architect in Oregon and a LEED accredited professional

Mariko Park has been elevated to associate. With 15 years of experience as an interior designer, Park advocates for community-based projects, including educational and historic preservation. Her talent and expertise serve multiple project types across the firm. In her current role on the Alki Elementary School replacement project for Seattle Public Schools, she is leading interior design efforts centering an equity, diversity, and inclusion lens from the design process that will translate into the final building design, helping to ensure the new school will successfully serve its intended community.

Park is an active member of Mahlum's Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Continuing Education Committee and in service to historic preservation, she is a council member with Historic Seattle.

She is currently a candidate for Master of Design Studies in Historic Preservation from Boston Architectural College. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design from California State University, Sacramento. She is NCIDQ certified, a Certified Interior Designer in California, and a LEED Accredited Professional.

Sunny Dongyue Zhang has been elevated to associate. Joining Mahlum in 2017, Dongyue Zhang has over eight years of architectural experience. She helps project teams advance innovative and unique solutions for PreK-12 educational facilities and leads the effort to select healthy building materials with little to no toxic ingredients.

Dongyue Zhang was a lead team member in the creation of a master plan framework for The Northwest School in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, and she deftly resolved technical details during construction at Seattle Girls' School new south Seattle campus. She leads Mahlum's involvement with the Gibson Ek High School internship program where she mentors students who are interested in a career in architecture. Under her leadership, students shadow project teams, then perform parallel projects with them, or work independently on their own small pursuits.

Dongyue Zhang has a Master of Architecture from Rhode Island School of Design, and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from University of Minnesota. She is a registered architect in Washington.

MKA

Lang

Kuo

Hasselbauer

Diggs

Carroll

Kuntz

Chen

Burns

Strandquist

Magnusson Klemencic Associates announced the promotion of nine employees to BIM director, senior associate, and associate positions.

Kevin Carroll, Autodesk CP, AIA, has been promoted to BIM director. Carroll has 35 years of experience as an AEC professional. He is a licensed architect and a past adjunct professor at Pierce College, where he taught Revit and 3D modeling courses.

Jennifer Diggs, Jeremy Hasselbauer, Amy Kuo, Alex Lang, and Brad Strandquist have been promoted to senior associate.

Diggs manages residential and high-rise designs, projects in areas of high seismicity, and is currently working on a significant new addition to the University of California Berkeley campus.

Hasselbauer is a resource for MKA's high-rise building designs in high-seismic and wind-governed regions. He was instrumental in delivering the 200 Park project in San Jose — the second building in the world to incorporate the innovative SpeedCore system.

Kuo specializes in office campus projects offering unique design solutions based on her diversity of experience in steel, concrete, and timber designs.

Lang provides a meticulous implementation of MKA's structural designs with a laser focus on quality documentation and quality assurance of construction.

Strandquist is crucial to MKA's work in the Philippines, leading many successful high-rise projects, consistently demonstrating his ability to collaborate and his specialized knowledge of Performance-Based Seismic Design.

Patrick Burns, Mandy Chen and Kevin Kuntz have been promoted to associate.

Burns routinely delivers the highest-quality design solutions to clients.

Chen has experience on numerous office buildings and life science developments and offers outstanding project management and technical leadership to all her projects.

Kuntz works out of MKA's Chicago office delivering right-fit design solutions to his projects by providing designers and contractors with a specialized understanding of steel structures and lower embodied carbon processes and materials.

May 03, 2023

Confluence Environmental Co.

McArthur

Huynh

Dietsch

Burton

Berger

Vieira

Soncarty

McDonald

Confluence Environmental Co. has hired two administrative staff members: Laurie Epstein as human resources strategist and Christine Kelly as accounting specialist.

Epstein has 15 years of experience in administration, operations and human resources. At Confluence, Epstein leads human resources, manages day-to-day office operations, and is an integral contributor to the firm's strategic planning efforts. Epstein has returned to confluence after an 18-month break to pursue other interests.

Kelly has a diverse background spanning public-sector environmental and legal positions as well as international private-sector work. Her experience includes invoicing, budget analysis, financial regulatory compliance, and record retention, as well as reviewing content of Freedom of Information Act requests and Water Quality Certification permits. Kelly has worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Attorney General's Office, and, most recently, in Germany for a U.S.-based affiliate company.

The company also announced the following promotions:

Chris Berger has been promoted to principal ecologist. Berger has taken on increased responsibilities as a project manager and technical lead on key ecological and biological regulatory projects. In addition to managing large and complex projects, he is an effective leader and mentor for Confluence staff.

Nora Burton was promoted to director of finance and operations. Burton is an industry expert in contract and rate management, serving as a resource for both Confluence and teaming partners.

Natalie Dietsch was promoted to project ecologist II, reflecting her growth in technical skills and field expertise.

Alexis Huynh was promoted to project biologist. Huynh has grown her technical knowledge and fieldwork skills since joining Confluence last spring. She excels at GIS and data management, including work with specialized modeling software and aerial drone imagery.

Kerrie McArthur was promoted to managing senior biologist. A certified wetlands, fisheries and restoration professional, McArthur applies her wide-ranging expertise on a diverse portfolio of project types, from private developments to major transit and infrastructure projects.

Kelly McDonald was promoted to project ecologist III. McDonald seeks innovative ways for Confluence to work smarter and more efficiently for clients. She is an expert in GIS, drone imagery, data management, marine permitting work and more.

Chris Soncarty was promoted to principal biologist/regulatory specialist. Soncarty is highly regarded by clients, teaming partners, and colleagues for his regulatory expertise, clear communication and project management.

Suzanne Vieira was promoted to project ecologist III. Vieira's skills continue to flourish at Confluence, as does her leadership among the project teams with whom she works. She repeatedly proves her responsiveness and technical acumen.

Parametrix

Dang

Michael Dang, PE, has joined Parametrix as a senior engineer. He has over a decade of experience working on water, utilities, site development and transportation projects in the Puget Sound region.

Dang comes to Parametrix from HDR, where he served as a utilities/civil engineer. He specializes in planning, utility design, coordination and report writing. He has a civil and environmental degree with an emphasis on water and hydrology. He has worked with agencies such Seattle Department of Transportation, Seattle Public Utilities, Sound Transit, city of Kirkland, King County Parks, and King County Solid Waste Division.

At Parametrix, Dang joins the greater Washington water division, which provides electrical and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), flood control, stormwater, wastewater, and drinking water services to cities, counties, water districts and others throughout the state.

SCJ Alliance

Mitchell

Johnson

North

SCJ Alliance has added three new employees to its Lacey office: Matt North, Alex Johnson and Kate Mitchell.

Senior construction manager North has 19 years of civil contracting and construction management experience. In addition to his private sector work, he has been a general contractor for such organizations as Sound Transit, city of Redmond and the federal government. He holds a bachelor's degree in environmental studies from the University of Washington.

Designer Johnson works with SCJ's Transportation Design team. Johnson spent 13 years in the engineering department with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. He has a bachelor's degree in criminal justice, as well as an associate's degree with an emphasis in computer-aided drafting.

Mitchell is SCJ's newest project accountant. She has a bachelor's degree from Ball State University in general studies with an emphasis in communication, interpersonal relationships and sociology. She has been working in the construction industry for eight years.