Sep 09, 2015

Rush Commercial

Hardeman

Calvert

Kautzman

Broberg

Silva

Callahan

Hansen

Jarzynka

Horlacher

Thomas

Gagnon

Rush Commercial hired Greg Gagnon, Larry Thomas and Jason Horlacher as project managers; Joe Jarzynka as business development manager; Ben Hansen as general superintendent; Tim Callahan as senior project engineer; Tyler Silva as project engineer; Tracey Broberg, Robert Kautzman and George Goff as superintendents; and Bob Calvert, Brandon Hardeman and Brandon Houghton as assistant superintendents. Gagnon previously worked at Kitsap Credit Union and Merit Construction Northwest. Thomas has more than 20 years of commercial construction experience. Horlacher has more than 10 years of industry experience and previously worked for Engineering Remediation Resources Group. Jarzynka, a former University of Washington football player, spent three years as a commercial broker at Rush Properties. Hansen has more than 20 years of industry experience and previously worked at Halvorson Construction. Callahan has 15 years of construction and electrical experience, and most recently worked at Korsmo Construction. Silva was recruited to join Rush during his senior year at Washington State University in anticipation of graduating from the construction management program. Broberg has nearly 20 years of construction management experience. Kautzman has 10 years of industry experience, most recently working at Korsmo Construction. Goff has nine years of industry experience and previously worked for the commercial division of Zetterberg Quality Homes. Calvert has 27 years of industry experience, and most recently worked at Scull Construction. Hardeman worked for nine years in the facilities maintenance group at Rush Properties. Houghton previously worked at AvalonBay Communities. Gig Harbor-based Rush recently opened an office in Seattle.

Olson Kundig

Kudo-King

Kevin M. Kudo-King has become an owner of Olson Kundig. He joined the Seattle firm 19 years ago as an intern architect, and became an associate in 2004 and a principal in 2010. He works on houses, museums, resorts, and mixed-use and institutional projects. He led design of Tacoma Art Museum's Haub Gallery with fellow firm owners Tom Kundig and Kirsten R. Murray, and played a significant role on Bellevue Botanical Garden's Visitor Center, working with owner Jim Olson. His projects have received Chicago Athenaeum's American Architecture Award and National AIA Honor Awards. Kudo-King also oversees marketing and business development.

B+H Architects

Kelly

Jansen

In Seattle, global design firm B+H Architects hired Christa Clark Jansen as a senior interior designer and Emily Kelly as office manager. Jansen has 18 years of experience on hospitality, retail, offices and public spaces. Her projects have included retail repositionings, renovations, expansions and tenant improvements, for clients such as Microsoft and Alaska Airlines. Kelly has experience in marketing, office administration and customer service.

Rice Fergus Miller

Morgan

Mukavetz

Cole

Groves

Mehdiabadi

Rice Fergus Miller hired Parisa Mard Mehdiabadi as a designer, Sara Groves as an interior designer, Lorie Limson Cole as a project manager and Jack Mukavetz and Dustin Morgan as architects. Mard Mehdiabadi is focusing on senior living and community projects. She has a bachelor's in architecture from the University of Washington and a master's in architecture from the University of Michigan. Groves has over 10 years of experience and will do hospitality and senior living projects. Limson Cole is an architect with over 20 years of experience in retail and multifamily design. She will do senior housing. Mukavetz has over 25 years of architectural experience and will work on senior projects. Morgan has 15 years of experience as an architect, health care designer and project manager, and will work on health care projects. Bremerton-based Rice Fergus Miller is an architecture, interior design and planning firm.

GeoEngineers

Landau

Vela

Julio Vela and Greg Landau rejoined the Portland office of GeoEngineers as a geotechnical principal and senior geotechnical engineer, respectively. They will spearhead geotechnical engineering projects in Oregon and Washington. Vela will open a satellite office in Salem. Vela has over 19 years of geotechnical engineering experience in the Northwest, including 14 years with another engineering firm. He has worked on high-rises, roads, bridges, highways and public works. Landau has over 16 years of geotechnical experience on bridges, roadways, dams, waterfront structures, landfills, public utilities and development projects in Oregon. GeoEngineers is an earth science, engineering and technology consulting firm with 14 U.S. offices.

Lease Crutcher Lewis

McReynolds

Pugh

Conley

Kollman

Santini

Martin

Smigielski

The Seattle office of Lease Crutcher Lewis hired Jordan Smigielski as project manager; Michael Martin as senior project engineer; and Nick Santini, TJ Kollman and Clint Conley as project engineers. The company also promoted Lowrey Pugh to senior VDC coordinator and Chris McReynolds to project engineer. Smigielski has 10 years of project management experience, and holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from Purdue University and a certificate in executive management from UCLA. Martin started in construction in 1989, and worked at Lewis from 1996 to 2010. He holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from the University of Ulster. Santini, Kollman and Conley recently earned bachelor's degrees in construction management from the University of Washington. Santini was a sheet metal worker and foreman. Kollman spent seven years in his family's painting business. Conley has been in construction since 2000 as a carpenter. Pugh started as a plumber in 2002 and gradually took on BIM roles, then joined Lewis as BIM coordinator in 2011. He holds an associate's degree in engineering and architectural graphics from Lake Washington Institute of Technology. McReynolds worked as a carpenter and foreman since 2005, and has been at Lewis since 2014. He studied construction management at Central Washington University.

Western Waterproofing

Western Waterproofing Co. celebrated its 100th anniversary by changing its name to Western Specialty Contractors. The St. Louis-based company operates a branch in Seattle.

First California Mortgage

Newbauer

First California Mortgage Co., a home lender active throughout the U.S., is expanding in the Northwest, hiring regional vice president Travis Newbauer, a 12-year industry veteran, to oversee Washington and Oregon. The group will be based in the Kirkland branch at 4040 Lake Washington Blvd. The new loan officers are Paul Berry, Wayland Coleman, Jeremiah Hackbart, Eric Hildebrand, Greg Prendergast, Jose Puebla, Zachary Smith and Esteban Valenzuela.

Paradigm Counsel

Paradigm Counsel LLP, a Palo Alto, California, law firm focused on tech companies, said Greg Wrenn has joined as a partner to lead its new Seattle office in Two Union Square. The firm recently opened a San Francisco office. Wrenn is a Washington native and has worked at several Silicon Valley companies.