Sep 24, 2003

Sclater Partners Architects

Chaplin

Sclater Partners Architects, a full service architectural design and planning firm in Seattle, announced the addition of Michael Chaplin to the design team.

Chaplin brings 13 years of commercial office building and retail experience to the firm. He will assume the role of project manager for the retail portion of the new 1.4 million-square-foot Lincoln Square in Bellevue. In addition to his design and project management experience, he has established a quality review assurance process for construction documents. Chaplin will assist in the continued development of retail and office building clients.

Washington Restaurant Association

The Washington Restaurant Association appointed six new members to its board of directors. The new members are Herbert “Budd” Gould, III, founder and owner of Anthony’s Restaurants of Bellevue; Michael Carr, of Bellevue’s Schwartz Brothers Restaurants; Lyle Hildahl, of Flounder Bay Café in Anacortes; Allan Aquila, general manager at Yarrow Bay Associates in Kirkland; Debbie Atwell, general manager at the Port Angeles Crabhouse Restaurant; and Karl Bruno, director of food and beverage for Earth and Ocean Restaurant in Seattle.

Gordon Graham & Company

Gordon Graham & Company, a curriculum-based training and development firm, has announced two promotions and an addition. Katie Olney, who has been with the company for 19 years, has been named executive vice president. Catherine Crosslin has been named senior vice president and Heidi North was recently hired as a communications director.

TimberGrass changes name

TimberGrass, manufacturer of TimberGrass bamboo hardwood flooring and panels, has changed its name to Teragren. The change reflects from the company’s plans to expand its product offerings over the next few years.

National Peace Corps Association

Collin Tong, senior director of new and westside communications for Washington State University, has been appointed to the National Peace Corps Association’s board of directors. Tong served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand from 1968 to 1969 and is a guest lecturer at the university’s Edward R. Murrow School of Communication. While in Thailand, Tong taught at Phuket Girls School and led teacher training programs at Mater Dei School in Bangkok and the General Education Development Center in Songhla.

Treehouse moves to Rainier Valley

Treehouse, an organization that provides developmental opportunities and educational support for foster children, is moving to a new building located at 2100 24th Ave. S in Rainier Valley. The building is approximately 20,000 square feet and will serve over 1,000 additional children. Due to the move, Treehouse programs will be closed October 15th, 16th, and 17th. The public is invited to the grand opening of the new space on November 11th. For information on volunteer opportunities contact Team Treehouse at (206) 767-7000.

Studio Meng Strazzara

Johnson

Studio Meng Strazzara recently added Troy Johnson, architect and project manager, to its staff. Johnson joins the education studio to provide construction administration on Highline School District’s Madrona and Gregory Heights Elementary Schools. Coming from Bernardo-Wills Architects in Spokane, he brings 11 years experience in architecture and project management on a wide variety of projects. Studio Meng Strazzara is a 26 year-old Seattle-based architecture, engineering and planning firm.

R.W. Beck

Parker

Management consulting and engineering firm, R.W. Beck, Inc. announced the addition of three employees to the Seattle office.

Keith Parker is a senior project manager responsible for marketing and the delivery of planning and design services related to water and wastewater projects. Parker comes to R.W. Beck with more than 25 years of industry experience, and was most recently a manager for municipal services with Kennedy/Jenks Consultants. Parker holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Washington State University.

Jia Luo joins as an analyst supporting senior practitioners on management consulting assignments. Previously, Luo worked for Navigant Consulting. She has a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Tsinghua University in Beijing, and a master’s degree from Stanford University.

Analyst Brian Stoner will support senior practitioners in the management consulting practice. He has a background in mathematics, statistics and computer-based econometric modeling. Stoner holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Washington.

DKA

Bird

Palermo

Stewart

DKA recently added three employees to their staff. Brent Bird has 15 years of experience and is working on three renovation projects for the Seattle School District. Susan Palermo brings 20 years architectural firm experience to DKA's administrative support team. Christina Stewart has joined the firm as an intern in DKA's interior design department. DKA's staff of 20 provides comprehensive planning, architecture, interior design and design management.

Triad Associates

The Master Builders Association recently appointed George Newman, Triad Associates’ director of planning, to vice chair of the 2004 Snohomish County Developer Builder Issues Committee. He will use his planning experience in Snohomish County to help developers, builders and consultants address land development issues in Snohomish County.

Mark Keller joined Triad as a project engineer. He brings 14 years of experience to Triad, having worked at WSDOT and the Issaquah Major Development Review Team. He will apply his knowledge in infrastructure design and construction practices to projects across the Puget Sound. Rebecca Cushman, with seven years of industry experience, has been promoted to project engineer. She is working on Shamrock, a low impact development project for CamWest Development, and Trilogy at Redmond Ridge, a master planned community for Quadrant Homes/Shea Homes.

Triad Associates is a Kirkland-based land development consulting firm that specializes in project management, planning, landscape architecture, engineering and surveying.