Jul 21, 1999

HNTB

HNTB Corp., a Kansas City-based architecture, engineering and planning firm, has appointed several individuals to various positions in its Bellevue office. Joining the firm are: Patricia Fordyce, electrical engineer; Jeffrey Highley, transportation engineer; Ryan Miles, transportation engineer; Carl Ayubi, electrical engineer; Clifton Chiu, architect; Jeff Pielage, interior designer; Gregory Bruce, mechanical engineer; Colin Macedo mechanical engineer; Michelle Miller, CADD operator; Jami Lundquist, CADD operator; Susan Liam, accounting assistant; James Pass, marketing assistant; and Veronica Port, administrative assistant.

Entranco

Entranco, a Bellevue-based engineering firm with offices in Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Utah, has hired several new employees in the firm's transportation group. Amanda O'Connor, a civil engineer, has experience in roadway design, stormwater modeling and culvert design. Weiming Bian, a civil engineer, will focus on design and construction of transportation facilities on state highways, local roads and flood control facilities in the western United States. Trevor Kostanich, a transportation and traffic engineer, is a recent graduate from the University of Washington. Gael Serviss is a CADD technician. Entranco has also hired new employees in its construction services group. Dave Mahler, a construction engineer, has worked on roadway, highway and bridge construction projects. Mahler previously worked for the Washington State Department of Transportation. Ralph Heitt, a construction inspector, has experience working with transportation facilities. Chris O'Neill is the new engineering graphics manager and also is the Entranco's Web master. Anne Newton is the firm's new CADD technician. Also joining the firm are: Wan-Yee Kuo, an environmental engineer who will be working in the firm's water resources group; Gregg Cherrington-Kelly, party chief in the surveying group; and Chris Priest, assistant to the contracts administrator.

James Shanahan is working on the Pier 66 Cruise Sh

Stacey Hooper is also working on the Pier 66 Cruise Ship Terminal and final improvements to the Port of Seattle's Bell Street Pier. Hans Woestenborg, a recent graduate of the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, holds dual degrees in architecture and architectural engineering. Woestenborg is currently working on Carpenters Tower in Belltown. A native of the Netherlands, he is fluent in English and Dutch. Scott Voelker and Carol Marra, both recent college graduates, have joined the firm as designers. Joining the firm as its marketing writer and coordinator is Katie Sheehy. Wayne Tucker has been hired to assist with construction administration, and Charlie Holt has been hired as CAD manager.

HDR

Richard Weller has joined HDR Architecture's office in Pasco as a project manager. Weller served 29 years with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Walla Walla District. At HDR, Weller will be involved with engineering management of large water resources projects and will serve as liaison to the Corps. He has experience with geotechnical investigations and foundation design. His projects include the Willow Creek Dam at Heppner, Ore., the completion of the Dworshak Dam and National Fish Hatchery in Orofino, Idaho, and the Mill Creek Project Rehabilitation in Walla Walla.

Hewitt A

Lee Stubbe has been promoted to senior associate at Hewitt Architects. Stubbe has over 25 years of experience as an architect, as an owner of his own firm and with design firms in Seattle, Honolulu and Japan. He is currently project architect for Carpenters Tower, a mixed-use, residential project in Belltown. Hewitt Architects has also added new staff members. Phillip Klinkon has joined the firm as an associate. Klinkon is project architect for the Sound Transit Central Link Light Rail project. He is also working on the Overlake Park and Ride Transit Oriented Development project, which combines residential use with an existing transit center and park-and-ride lot. He has worked in architectural firms in Seattle, New York City and Boston. His areas of expertise include transportation, mixed-use, commercial, restaurant and waterfront facilities. The firm has also hired several designers.

Allworth Nussbaum

Allworth Nussbaum, a Seattle landscape architecture and site planning firm providing design services on public and private projects, has hired Kim Baldwin as an associate. Baldwin is currently working on the design of Madrona playground and Sanislo Elementary School in Seattle and a private residential garden in Medina. Julie Miles has joined the firm as an associate. Miles is working on an urban design project on Union Street in Seattle and an elderly care facility in Longview.

CDi

Bill Mask, a mechanical designer, has joined CDi Mechanical Engineers in Lynnwood. Mask's current projects include renovations and additions at Children's Hospital and Providence Medical Center, as well as work at the University of Washington's Cascadia Community College campus in Bothell. He has had more than 25 years of experience designing plumbing and fire protection systems. Stacy Woodward has joined the firm as an administrative assistant and receptionist.

Perteet Engineeri

Terry Johnson has been selected as CADD manager for Perteet Engineering, which has offices in Everett, Lakewood and Snoqualmie. Johnson will supervise Perteet's CADD support staff as well as perform plan design and layout tasks associated with roadway, civil and site, water and storm drainage design. He is a 17-year veteran in CADD and has a wide range of experience in civil, structural and electrical engineering. He has provided technical support to a number of leading engineering firms in the Puget Sound area.

Northwest Lodging

Jim Marsh, former member of the Portland Trailblazers basketball team, has been named senior director of the Preferred Client Group of Northwest Lodging. The Seattle-based company operates properties in Washington, Oregon, Arizona and Texas. Marsh has been vice president of sports marketing for Bank of America.

Reid Middleton

Karla Kendall has been promoted to design engineer at Reid Middleton in Everett. Kendall recently participated in design of the runway, parallel taxiway and perimeter roads for the safety area extension and shift of a runway at Paine Field. She has been with Reid Middleton's airport group for two years as a staff engineer. The firm has hired Lloyd Wind as a project engineer. He comes to Reid Middleton from KPFF Consulting Engineers where he served as a project engineer and project manager. His eight years of civil engineering experience include new road alignments, widening and reconstruction of existing roads, traffic control systems, storm and sanitary sewers and water systems. The firm has also hired Brian Dempsey as a staff engineer in the airport group. Prior to joining Reid Middleton, Dempsey was a quality control technician at Entact, an environmental remediation company in Omaha.

Trendwest Resorts

Shawn Powers has been named vice president of information services for Trendwest Resorts. He was formerly client partner in management consulting for Cambridge Technology Partners.

Orcom Solutions

Bend, Ore.-based Orcom Solutions has added David Higham as vice president of product development, James Padley as director of professional services, and Bruce Meyer as director of sales for outsourcing services. The firm provides services to utilities and energy providers around the world.

East Gates Ministries

East Gates Ministries International, a non-profit organization active in China, named David J. Dove to a two-year term as chairman of the board. He is a real estate attorney with Ryan, Swanson & Cleveland in Seattle.

Country Companies

Duane Aldrich is the new agency manager for the Olympia agency of County Companies Insurance Group based in Bloomington, Ill. He joined the firm in 1992 in the Bend, Ore., agency and most recently was manager of the Everett agency.

I.T.S.

Williams McNutt has joined I.T.S. Corp., based in Ventura, Calif., as the firm's Northwest/Arctic regional manager. Working out of the firm's Bremerton office, McNutt will lead a group of several hundred computer professionals working on federally funded information technology projects located in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska. Also joining I.T.S. are Carol Brame and Sabra DeYoung, who will be group managers. They will be working on computer projects related to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Seattle, the Department of Transportation in Vancouver and the Army Corps of Engineers in Portland.

Yergen and Meyer

The Portland accounting firm of Yergen and Meyer has added Mike Hawley as partner. He has been with the firm since 1993 and is a director of the construction practice group.