Apr 22, 2015

Integrus Architecture

Grant

Noble

Newell

McGuire

Browning

Leinonen

Lang

In its Spokane office, Integrus Architecture hired Robert Browning as an engineering technician, Jeff McGuire as a project engineer, Dan Newell as a project manager, Linda Noble as a project office assistant and Robert Grant, Cassandra Lang and Tim Leinonen as intern architects. Browning is working in the structural group on government projects. He will graduate from Spokane Community College in June with an associate degree in architectural technology. McGuire works with the justice, government and K-12 groups. Newell has 38 years of experience in architecture and construction, and is working with the government group. Noble helps coordinate construction administration for government projects. Grant spent six years in Las Vegas working on resort casinos and hospitality projects, with a focus on BIM training and management. He is working with the government group as is Lang, who holds a bachelor's and master's in architecture from Washington State University. Leinonen has a background with graphics and illustration, and is working with the government and justice groups. He holds a bachelor's in architecture from Lawrence Tech and a master's of architecture from the University of Colorado at Denver. Integrus provides architectural, planning, interior design, structural engineering and security design services.

DLR Group

Ludtka

Mark Ludtka joined DLR Group's Seattle office to lead the workplace studio in the Northwest. Ludtka has over 30 years of planning and design experience in the U.S., Mexico and the Middle East. His portfolio includes design for Microsoft and Boeing. Ludtka has done hospitality, mixed-use, office and retail design for clients that include Touchstone. Examples of his local work are US Bank Centre and West 8th. Ludtka is also a member of DLR's national workplace team, which works with developers and national brands in the U.S. and internationally. DLR provides architecture, engineering, planning, interior design and building optimization from offices in the U.S. and China.

Trindera Engineering

Cranston

Trindera Engineering hired Mark Cranston as a project engineer in its Spokane office. He has over 30 years of experience in industrial machine design, most recently as a senior electrical designer at FLSmidth. Trindera is an electrical and control systems engineering and consulting firm, with an office also in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

AHBL

Leland

Sawin

Carlson

Follansbee

AHBL promoted David Follansbee, Wayne Carlson and Todd Sawin to principal, and Drew McEachern and Ken Leland to associate principal. Follansbee joined the firm in 1998, and has helped it get school district, higher education and municipal work. Carlson was hired in 1994, and has worked with cities and counties to integrate sustainable stormwater practices into codes and standards. Sawin was hired in 2006 and works on K-12, federal and residential projects. McEachern was hired in 1997, and has worked on a range of projects. Leland joined AHBL in 1998. His work has included historic preservation and design/build projects. Carlson is in the Seattle office, Follansbee, Sawin and McEachern are in Tacoma, and Leland works in both offices. AHBL provides civil and structural engineering, community planning, landscape architecture and land surveying, with offices also in Spokane and the Tri-Cities.

The Watershed Company

Vannice

The Watershed Company hired Lucas Vannice as a landscape designer/ISA-certified arborist. Vannice holds a bachelor's in landscape architecture from Washington State University and was a landscape designer and estimator at a landscape maintenance company. Watershed provides natural resources assessment, mitigation and restoration design, environmental planning and permitting, and landscape architecture services.

Esterline

Bellevue-based Esterline named Charles Johnson president of Esterline Advanced Sensors group, which has five facilities and 1,000 employees in France, Mexico, Singapore, the U.K. and the U.S. He has 36 years of experience in aerospace manufacturing and business.

Wallace Foundation

Pacific Northwest Ballet was selected by Wallace Foundation's Building Audiences for Sustainability program to win a $565,000 grant to help bring more millennials into its audience. Two other groups in Seattle won Wallace Foundation grants: Seattle Opera got $360,000 to develop strategies to increase attendance and Seattle Symphony got $385,000 to study new urban cultural consumers.

Lloyd's

Lloyd's, a global specialist insurance company, named Richard Magrath regional director for the western U.S. Magrath spent over 30 years in the global property and casualty sector, with assignments in London, Riyadh, Atlanta and New York. He will be based in Los Angeles and oversee California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Alaska and Hawaii. Lloyd's is a major provider of natural catastrophe insurance in the West.