August 12, 2009

Parametrix

Parametrix selected engineer Brian Bunker as principal in its Bremerton office. He was a senior vice president with Wade Trim and a regional municipal services market segment manager in Michigan and Ohio. He has worked on a water distribution systems, wastewater collection systems, watershed management projects, water and sewer master plans, wastewater treatment plant improvements, transportation and traffic engineering projects, and miscellaneous community sponsored facility improvements. He was president of the American Public Works Association Midwest Michigan branch and a Planning commissioner for the Charter Township of Flushing, Mich. The Bellevue office hired Craig Hansen as a senior scientist. He is a professional wildlife biologist and project manager with more than 15 years' experience in Endangered Species Act and National Environmental Policy Act compliance. He will manage a variety of ESA permitting and NEPA compliance projects related to hydropower and wind power. Hansen is advising Energy Northwest on development of a wind power habitat conservation plan. It is the first wind power project in western Washington. Previously, he was a project lead wildlife biologist and division manager for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Lacey, managing the Division of Conservation and Hydropower Planning from 1998 to 2006. He also worked for an Olympia firm, managing species conservation projects, such as the recently permitted Port Blakely Safe Harbor Agreement and Environmental Assessment.