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September 7, 2022

DCI Engineers

Singh

Patterson

Richie

Bradford

Cazares

DCI Engineers announced the addition of 13 new associate principals and associates to its leadership team. Ivan Cazares, CPA, has been promoted to associate principal in the Seattle office. Cazares is a leader within the accounting team. He is also part of the Society of Universal Planning committee in the Seattle office, which helps plan team office events throughout the year. Mark Bradford, PE, has been promoted to associate principal in the Missoula, Montana, office. Bradford has contributed to various projects throughout Missoula, such as public schools, medical facilities, commercial buildings, low-rise apartments, and tenant improvements. He has also developed client relationships outside of Montana, with a primary focus on modular construction and precast. He is currently a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Natasha Richie, PE, has been promoted to associate principal in the Austin, Texas, office. She has provided senior project management and construction administration support since she joined the firm. With more than 20 years in the industry, her structural engineering portfolio includes high-rise, student housing, multifamily residential, commercial mixed-use, and hospitality projects. Her notable project accomplishments include Centrum 606 in Chicago; Grand Solmar Resort Phase II in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico; Sonesta Hotel in Bee Cave, Texas; and the Waterloo Tower and Inspire Student Living in Austin, Texas. Tim Patterson, PE, SE, has been promoted to associate principal in the Bozeman, Montana, office. He is known for his expertise in designing and managing high-end residential projects throughout the country. His current projects include luxury homes at Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and Big Sky, Montana; an indoor practice facility for the Bozeman Bucks American Legion Baseball team; and a two-story office building in Helena, Montana. Patterson is a member of the Structural Engineers Association of Montana and the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations and regularly attends NCSEA's annual summit and leadership retreats.

Sibley

Wheeler

Saed

Kracht

Munj

Sumandeep Singh has been promoted to associate principal. He oversees BIM support from the San Francisco office, providing modeling and project coordination for all of DCI's 13 offices. He was essential in growing the firm's satellite design office to 15 support staff, which he continues to lead today. In addition to developing drawing standards for the San Francisco office and leading internal BIM education, Singh manages large, complex projects, often coordinating between clients directly to improve quality and efficiency. He has produced a variety of drawings for mixed-use, hospitality, residential, commercial, education, parking structures, and shop drawing production. His portfolio includes the 1 De Haro office building in San Francisco; Miro Towers in San Jose, California; Yerba Buena Island Townhomes in Yerba Island, San Francisco, and Project One in Oakland. Nina Munj, PE, has been promoted to associate in the San Francisco office. Over the years, she has built her portfolio with concrete and podium residential projects, along with concrete and steel commercial office, hospitality, and mixed-use projects. Munj's current Bay Area projects include the UC Berkeley Helen Diller Anchor House, a 14-story student housing development: 642 Quarry Road, a multi-structure steel life-science commercial complex; and 130 Townsend, a concrete multi-structure commercial complex. She is a member of in-house technical committees for wood, concrete and foundations.

Andrew Kracht, PE, has been promoted to associate in the Seattle office. Over the last nine years, his primary focus has been mixed-use apartment buildings, but has also managed and designed medical office buildings, parking structures and high-rises. His notable Washington state projects include The Schoolhouse District in Woodinville; Centre 415 in Bellevue; East Lake Sammamish Mixed-Use; and 1124 Columbia Medical Office Building in Seattle. Kracht developed in-house tools and engineering processes to expand team efficiency and has mentored other engineers. Kracht has also taken the role of team leader at DCI's Everett office. He works alongside with principal Danielle Jacobs in growing and leading the office group. Hanna Saed, PE, has been promoted to associate in the Seattle office. Saed has provided structural engineering support for various commercial office, parking garage, residential, and industrial projects. Hanna is the go-to resource on the Sustainable Living Innovations volumetric structural assembly option, making him a business development asset. He is currently managing the SLI 3rd and Battery, 6500 Roosevelt, 8600 Aurora Avenue, and other SLI projects throughout western Washington and California. He has also taken the lead design and management role of the Block 38 project in Seattle.

David Wheeler, PE, has been promoted to associate in the Seattle office. Wheeler has design experience with all common construction types including concrete, steel, masonry, cold-formed steel, and wood. His project portfolio includes commercial, residential, tenant improvement, industrial, high-rise, and specialty structural engineering projects. His notable Washington state projects include Northup Way Mixed-Use and SOMA Phase II in Bellevue; and Murano Senior Living tower and the Park Shore upgrade project in Seattle. He is a member of the American Institute of Steel Construction. Melissa Sibley, PE, has been promoted to associate in the Austin office and will lead the Houston office. She has been with DCI for seven years and has worked on a variety of projects throughout the country. Sibley has worked on a wide array of projects from small single-story medical office buildings to affordable multifamily housing to bond-funded public schools to complex hybrid steel/concrete high-rises. She serves as a lead mentor for several younger engineers in the Texas offices, and as a mentor with ACE Mentor Program.

Vaughn

Lovgren

Quintero

Tom Quintero, PE, has been promoted to associate in the Austin office. He brought forensic engineering experience upon joining the firm. At DCI, Quintero has shown engineering design aptitude with tenant improvement, adaptive reuse, and residential projects. He is currently managing high-end residential projects in the Austin area: Hope Alliance; the expansion of the Million Air facility at Austin Bergstrom International Airport; and structural rehabilitations and retrofits in central and east Texas. Quintero contributes to the office's recruitment effort, which includes expanding its university outreach. He is a member of the Structural Engineers Association of Texas and the American Society of Civil Engineers. Jon Lovgren, PE, SE, has been promoted to associate in the Bozeman office. Since joining the firm, Lovgren has been involved with the structural design for high-end single-family residences, religious facilities, commercial-use pavilions, schools, visitor centers, barns, and renovations. He is best known for his engineering contributions to the Shodair Children's Hospital in Helena; The Villages at the Turn and Yellowstone Club in Big Sky; and Bozeman High School — all projects in Montana.

Tim Vaughan, PE, SE, has been promoted to associate in the Missoula office. Since joining the firm, he has managed a wide range of commercial, educational, and residential projects containing steel, concrete, masonry, or light-framed wood framing systems. He is an invaluable resource for precast concrete design. His notable projects include the Hayward Field Addition in Eugene, Oregon; Washington-Grizzly Champions Center at the University of Montana, and Lolo Elementary & Middle School in Montana.




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