Sep 26, 2007

Murase Associates

Murase Associates hired Jamie Tschida as a landscape designer and Eleanor Carnay as marketing assistant. Tschida is working on Hands On Children's Museum, Nathan Hale High School and the Cityscape redevelopment in Phoenix.

CollinsWoerman

CollinsWoerman hired Tom Hudson as a principal. Hudson has more than 28 years of business, economic development and planning experience, and founded the Moscow, Idaho-based Hudson Co.

CDi Engineers

CDi Engineers promoted mechanical engineers Jill Connell and Klaus Tilla to associates. Connell is LEED accredited and worked on MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital, Microsoft Building 92, the Swedish Educational Conference Center in Seattle and infrastructure upgrades to the University of Washington's Wilcox Hall. Tilla worked on the Emergency Services Tower and the Family Center expansion at Valley Medical Center in Renton. He is working as project manager for a new bed tower and central utility plant at Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital in Portland.

DKA

DKA hired five new employees. Chuck Clegern is a senior project manager. Clegern has more than 30 years of experience providing owner's representative services for development and construction projects and is working on the $15 million Collins Building redevelopment and providing construction management for the $14 million Technology Access Foundation, a nonprofit that develops after-school programs for Seattle area students. Jon Weiss joins DKA as a CAD drafter/designer. Weiss has more than 13 years of CAD experience and is currently working on Phase III of the Seattle Housing Authority's HomeWorks project. Diana Siebenaler joined DKA's Interior Architecture group. Siebenaler is LEED accredited and is working on tenant improvements for the University of Washington Tower project. Anthony Vincent joined DKA as IT manager and Christal Reyna-Duyungan joined DKA as an administrative assistant.

SvR Design Co.

SvR Design Co. hired Nate Cormier as a senior landscape architect and Brice Maryman as a landscape designer. Cormier is LEED accredited and has nine years of landscape design experience. His past projects include Oxbow Park, the Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center in Bellevue and the Mount Baker ridge viewpoint in Seattle. Maryman is LEED accredited and has five years of experience. Maryman's past projects include the Waterfront Condominiums in Reno and HomeWORD affordable housing in Missoula, Mont. He recently finished a low impact development study for the city of Kirkland and is working on a green infrastructure project for the Yale Avenue Campus on South Lake Union.

Perkins+Will

Perkins+Will hired Joey Myers as project designer. Myers has 16 years of design experience, focused in the corporate, commercial, entertainment and hospitality markets. His recent projects include the Eastlake Avenue office and lab building in Seattle and the Capital City Twin Towers project in Moscow.

BLRB Architects

BLRB Architects hired Doug DuCharme and Mark Neely. DuCharme is LEED accredited and has 28 years of experience. He joins BLRB as an associate architect, and will be project manager on Curtis High School for the University Place School District. Neely comes to BLRB as an IT technician. He has 17 years computer experience and will be maintaining and updating internal information technology.

Landau Associates

Landau Associates promoted Jerry Ninteman to director of environmental services. Ninteman is a principal engineer with more than 20 years of experience in environmental remediation and stormwater management. Past clients include Boeing, Port of Seattle and Snohomish County. Founded in 1982, Landau Associates provides environmental, geotechnical and natural resources services from offices in Edmonds, Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, Kennewick and Portland.

Parametrix

Parametrix promoted Dwight Miller to program manager of the environmental engineering and science practice. Miller has more than 21 years of experience with the company, providing senior support for solid and hazardous waste projects, including the Duvall wastewater treatment plant. Miller will work to expand the practice in Boise, Denver and Albuquerque. Parametrix provides engineering, planning and environmental sciences services.

Perteet Engineering

Perteet Engineering hired Brad Collins as a community planning lead. Collins has 37 years of experience in professional planning, most recently as community planning director of the city of Arlington. Collins will work with cities on environmental, land use and community planning projects, including Everett, Mukilteo, Snohomish and Sultan. Perteet is a civil and transportation engineering consulting firm with offices in Everett, Lakewood, Snoqualmie and Portland.

Hadley Green Creates

Seattle-based Hadley Green Creates, a full service marketing agency, hired Ross Cattelan as interactive design director and Marilyn Orozco as copy/production editor and project coordinator. Cattelan has design experience from online to print, including environmental graphic design. Orozco has worked with Microsoft, Landor, MRM Worldwide and Fitch.

Vcfo

The Seattle office of Vcfo hired Terrence Niehaus as controller associate. Niehaus has 25 years of experience in the financial industry. He worked as controller at Electronics Group. Vcfo also opened a new office in Bellevue at 11911 N.E. First., Suite 308. Vcfo is based in Austin, Texas, and provides financial and human resources services.

Heller Ehrman

Law firm Heller Ehrman announced Leonard Feldman has been elected chair of the King County Bar Association Appellate Practice Section. Feldman heads the Appeals and Strategy Group in Heller Ehrman's Seattle office.