May 27, 2020

Dykeman Architects

Farris

Stein

Goto

Everett-based Dykeman Architects hired Shin Goto as a project architect, Kate Stein as an interior designer and Katie Farris as a project administrator. Goto has 25 years of architectural experience, having previously owned his own architecture firm. He will manage projects and support project teams. Stein will do interior design and space planning. Most recently, she worked on commercial tenant improvement projects in office, retail and early education. She holds a bachelor of fine arts in interior architecture from the University of Idaho. Farris will assist the principals, project managers and project teams with contract development, streamlining the administrative processes, construction administration and planning office events. She was a project administrator at a Seattle design firm and has a bachelor’s in criminal justice from Washington State University.

Lund Opsahl

Etienne

Chin

Liauw

Krieger

Roberge

Seattle-based Lund Opsahl promoted Shawn Roberge to principal and hired Brian Krieger , Cindy Liauw and Eric Chin as engineers and Zoey Etienne as a CAD technician. Roberge leads multifamily projects and is the firm’s director of sustainability. His projects include Vulcan’s recently completed South Lake Union Arbor Blocks west building; the University of Washington’s Kincaid Hall renovation; and two mixed-use buildings at Othello Square. Krieger began his career six years ago in New York, working on historic steel structures, subway projects and mixed-use high- and low-rise buildings. His West Coast experience has included new one- and two-story wood framed structures, renovations and additions, primarily in the K-12 market. He is working on healthcare, public works, housing and higher education projects. Liauw is a Georgia Institute of Technology graduate and has design experience in Guam on concrete, masonry and steel structures. She is working on projects in the healthcare, multifamily, commercial and transit sectors. Chin has five years of experience on commercial, residential and government structures. He is working on higher education, commercial, tribal and healthcare projects. Etienne has 22 years of drafting experience with AEC firms in Washington, Oregon and California. She is working on multifamily, higher education, industrial, commercial and behavioral health projects. Lund Opsahl provides structural and seismic engineering services.

HNTB Corp.

Marsh

Teri Marsh returned to HNTB Corp.’s Bellevue office as project manager for rail and transit projects. Marsh will lead transit design teams and manage the firm’s on-call value engineering, risk assessment and constructability review contract for Sound Transit. She has over 10 years of experience in design, project management and construction management of light rail and streetcar projects. Most recently, she was a rail and transit project engineer in HNTB’s Los Angeles office. Prior to that, she was a project engineer at HNTB’s Bellevue office where she worked on a number of Sound Transit light rail projects. HNTB is an infrastructure firm.

Rice Fergus Miller

Dahlquist

Bremerton-based Rice Fergus Miller hired architect Kirsten Dahlquist in its community studio. Dahlquist has over 12 years of experience in commercial, educational and healthcare environments, and is on the city of Bremerton design review board. The firm provides architecture, interior design, planning and visualization services.

University of Washington

The University of Washington’s Construction Management department postponed its 2020 Construction Management Hall of Fame event set for June 5 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event will now be held in 2021 at the Bell Harbor Conference Center. The inductees for 2020 include Marvin Nelson, Bill Lewis, Ernie Emmert and Teb Herb. The CM department is part of the College of Built Environments.

CSDZ

Minneapolis-based CSDZ hired Cal Beyer as vice president of workforce risk and worker wellbeing on its Minnesota team. Beyer has over 30 years of safety, insurance and risk management experience, with 24 of those years in the construction industry. Prior to joining CSDZ, he was director of risk management for Lakeside Industries in Issaquah, where he catalyzed the construction industry’s mental health and suicide prevention movement. CSDZ, a Holmes Murphy company, provides construction insurance.

APA

APA — The Engineered Wood Association announced the winners of its 2019 Safety and Health Awards, which honor companies in the structural panel and engineered wood industry. Winners from the Pacific Northwest included: Roseburg Forest Products Co. of Coquille, Oregon (Innovation in Safety Award/Jeff Wagner Process-Based Innovation category); Boise Cascade Co. of Medford, Oregon (Safety and Health Honor Roll/first place Division I); and Boise Cascade Wood Products of White City, Oregon (3-Year Safety Award/Division III and Safety Improvement Award/Division III). Tacoma-based APA represents about 175 lumber mills throughout North America.

University of Washington

Pitre

The University of Washington awarded the 2020 Charles E. Odegaard Award to Emile Pitre, longtime staff member in the school’s Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity. Pitre is a 1969 UW graduate and a Black Student Union founder. Prior to retiring in 2014, Pitre spent over three decades at the UW, serving in various roles including director of the Instructional Center and associate vice president for assessment. He continues as a senior advisor to the OMA&D vice president. The award honors individuals whose leadership in the community exemplifies former UW president Odegaard’s work on behalf of diversity.

Sustainable Restaurant Holdings

Portland-based Sustainable Restaurant Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to keep its operations afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic. Related to the restructuring plan, the company received a commitment for up to $1.9 million in debtor-in-possession financing led by the Bain Capital Double Impact fund. The financing will provide liquidity while the company seeks a buyer. Sustainable Restaurant Holdings operates Bamboo Sushi and QuickFish restaurants in the Portland area, as well as in Seattle, the Bay Area, Denver and Phoenix. The chain’s goal is to rehire furloughed workers and resume full operations as soon as health risks subside and government restrictions are lifted.

City of Tacoma

The Chinese city of Fuzhou donated 70,000 disposable medical masks and 500 disposable medical gowns to the city of Tacoma to help curb the spread of COVID-19. The masks and gowns will be distributed throughout the local community, but the city will hold some in reserve in case of a resurgence of COVID-19 in the fall and winter. Fuzhou has been Tacoma’s sister city since 1994.

Prevencio

Kirkland-based Prevencio inked a deal with Seattle Children’s Research Institute to develop a blood test that diagnoses Kawasaki disease in children. Kawasaki disease may be triggered by COVID-19 and exhibits similar symptoms. Prevencio says it uses artificial intelligence, algorithms and multi-proteomic biomarkers for cardiovascular diagnostic and prognostic tests that are significantly more accurate than standard-of-care stress tests. There currently is no diagnostic test for Kawasaki disease, according to the company.