November 14, 2018

Hart Crowser

Hendrickson

Yell

Hossley

Schwager

Eng

Walters

Martin

Trisler

Finigan

Espinoza

Behzadpour

Anderson

In Seattle, Hart Crowser promoted Kelly Eng to associate. Also, it hired Tad Schwager as a fisheries biologist, Alessandra Hossley and Zach Yell, Jr. as geotechnical engineers, and Kaelan Hendrickson, Mike Espinoza and Anna Finigan as field geologists. In Vancouver, Hart Crowser promoted Dan Trisler to principal. In Portland, it promoted Chris Martin to associate, and hired Tim Walters, Ph.D. as an ecologist and botanist, and Tristan Anderson and Reza Behzadpour, Jr. as geotechnical engineers. Eng has been with the company for 16 years. She is human resources manager and works with the corporate health and safety manager in the retention of health and safety statistics and completion of OSHA and other compliance reports. Schwager has 12 years of experience in stream and habitat restoration and fisheries research. His clients have included federal and state agencies, fish restoration groups, companies, and cities and counties in the Northwest. He is working on an environmental impact statement involving 14 federal dams and 3,000 miles of the Columbia and Snake River systems in four states. Hossley and Yell each hold a master's in geotechnical engineering from the University of Washington. Hendrickson has a bachelor's in geology from the University of Puget Sound. Espinoza has a bachelor's in geology from Eastern Washington University. Finigan has a bachelor's in geology from Western Washington University. Trisler is a geotechnical engineer who manages the Vancouver office and has 23 years of experience in Washington and Oregon, eight with Hart Crowser. He helps design infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges, schools and ports, and works with commercial and industrial developers. He was geotechnical engineer-of-record for the first tsunami safe-haven project built in the U.S.: Ocosta Elementary School in Westport. Martin is an environmental engineer who was hired 12 years ago. He has worked on projects for Bonneville Power Administration, US Forest Service, US Navy, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, and Washington State Department of Ecology. Walters has 20 years of experience, and has wetland scientist certification. He has conducted plant collections, surveys and identifications in 48 U.S. states, and in Canada and Brazil, and has collected and submitted over 13,000 plant specimens for curation to universities and museums. Anderson has six years of experience, including on solar farm, landslide, airport, high rise, and commercial projects. He is working on landslide remediations, schools, roads and bridges, and sewer projects. Behzadpour has a master's in civil/geotechnical engineering from Idaho State University, where he analyzed a design of three 1,800-foot tunnels under the Pacific Ocean for a project in Chile. His three years of experience includes geotechnical investigations for buildings, highway construction and material testing. He will work on levee embankments and deep foundations, slope stability analysis and construction observation. Hart Crowser is an engineering, science and consulting firm.