January 21, 2009

Hart Crowser

Hart Crowser hired 10 new employees. New Seattle staff members are John Hicks, Madan Karkee, Mark Dagel, Chris McClurken, Matt Veenstra and Christina Lupulescu. Hicks is an environmental remediation program manager with 28 years of experience. His past clients include the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Navy, Air Force, Homeland Security, and developers and industrial firms. Karkee is a geotechnical engineer with 27 years of experience. His past projects include evaluations of major earthquakes in Japan, database system development for seismic hazard evaluation in Nepal and large-scale building developments in Ontario. He is working on the East Blair Three terminal at the Port of Tacoma, Terminal 30 at the Port of Seattle, and the Bellevue Square garage. Dagel is a hydrogeologist with 23 years of experience in environmental investigation and remediation, groundwater source studies and water rights permitting. Dagel’s clients have included the Corps, Navy, Air Force, National Guard, Department of Ecology and ChevronTexaco. McClurken is the new systems administrator in charge of computer and network systems for the Seattle, Edmonds and Portland offices. Veenstra is a geotechnical engineer, working on seismic and slope stability projects, and numerical modeling for development of the East Blair Three terminal at the Port of Tacoma. Lupulescu is a geotechnical engineer with a background in offshore foundations and seismic engineering. She is supporting seismic design for the second phase of Lincoln Square. The firm also hired Michelle Havey and Adrienne Stutes in the Edmonds office. Havey is a fisheries biologist with a focus on fish habit assessment. She is working on the Pebble Mine project in Cook Inlet, Alaska. Stutes, a marine ecologist, will support water quality and sediment evaluation projects. She is working on Pebble Mine and the Thorndyke Conveyor project. The firm also hired Brian Block and Jason Miles in the Portland office. Block is an environmental engineer working on orphan sites for the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Miles is an environmental technician working on well installation and horizontal drilling for a groundwater treatment system, and groundwater monitoring for environmental projects throughout Oregon.