July 6, 2005

Design Detailings: CDi Engineers adds principals

CDi Engineers added three new principals — Norm Brown, Richard Gerber and Jim Grimm — and will be moving to new offices in Lynnwood this fall.

Brown manages the company's technical expertise and is working on projects at Sea-Tac Airport and the Seattle Center. Business development manager Gerber is doing projects at Providence Portland Medical Center and St. Anthony's hospital in Gig Harbor.

Grimm oversees business management and quality control. He directs CDi's long-term relationships with hospitals in Washington and Oregon.

Dick Moeller is the new president of the company's board of directors and will oversee the firm's direction and management. CDi's founder Paul Dias will remain on the board and continue to be involved in firm management.

CDi is a mechanical consulting engineering firm.

Kreager joins advisory board

Kreager

Mithun principal Bill Kreager was recently named to chair an editorial advisory board for a magazine that gives information on marketing trends for people who build and sell homes.

Sales + Marketing Ideas magazine is produced by a section of The National Association of Home Builders, which also appointed Kreager to its National Sales and Marketing Council's board of trustees.

UO gives award to Johnpaul Jones

Jones

Architect Johnpaul Jones was recently recognized with a distinguished service award at the University of Oregon's commencement ceremony.

The award goes to individuals who contribute to Oregon's cultural development. Jones is a 1967 graduate of the University of Oregon's School of Architecture and Allied Arts, and a principal with Seattle-based Jones & Jones Architects and Landscape Architects.

His recent projects include the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., and the Many Nations Longhouse on the University of Oregon's campus.