Nov 01, 2007

GMI

GMI, a provider of global market intelligence solutions, hired John Purrier as vice president of global technology. He has 25 years of software development experience and worked at Microsoft for 13 years. GMI is headquartered in Seattle.

King County

King County Council confirmed Theresa Jennings as director of the Department of Natural Resources and Parks. Jennings served as acting DNRP director since the June retirement of Pam Bissonnette. She has worked with King County since 1989.

Cascade Legal Copying & Technologies

Seattle-based Cascade Legal Copying & Technologies promoted John Nauta to general manager. Nauta has worked with the company since 2006. Cascade provides legal copying, document scanning and e-discovery services.

Touchstone

Touchstone says its West 8th is the first office tower in Seattle to earn the U.S. Green Building Council LEED-CS gold pre-certification. The 28-floor high-rise is expected to open early in 2009. LEED-CS (core and shell) covers base building elements, such as structure, envelope and building-level systems. West 8th will have higher levels of natural day lighting by using Solarban low-e glass, outdoor air delivery monitoring and construction waste management. Callison is the architect and the contractor is Lease Crutcher Lewis.

CREW lunch on public-private partnerships

CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) Seattle will hold its Nov. 8 luncheon on the topic of “Public-Private Partnerships: More Common Than You Think” with speakers Cynthia Parker, vice president, Seattle-Northwest Securities, and Karen Williams, chair of Lane Powell's Public Private Development Group. The event is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Washington Athletic Club, 1325 Sixth Ave. Cost is $35 for members and $50 for non-members. Reservations and cancellations must be received by Nov. 5 at noon. Register online at http://www.crewseattle.org or by mail to: CREW Seattle, Box 2016, Edmonds 98020-9516. For phone reservations call (206) 417-5580.

Investcorp

Investcorp's New York-based real estate group has opened an office in Los Angeles to serve the western United States. Investcorp Principal Brian Kelley and Managing Director Joel Moody have relocated to California and will oversee the West Coast office. They will work in Southern California, and Pacific and Mountain West regions. Over the last few years, Investcorp has been involved in transactions in West Coast markets including its largest deal to date, the Bravern mixed-use complex in Bellevue. It is involved in acquisition, development, financing, leasing, management and sales of a variety of property types.

Oct 31, 2007

Golder Associates

Golder Associates hired senior aquatic scientist Brian Mattax to provide technical evaluations of water resources and prepare documents to fulfill federal and state regulatory requirements. With more than 26 years of experience, Mattax specializes in water quality, in-stream flow relationships with riverine habitat and the effects of water use on aquatic organisms.

Coffman Engineers

Coffman Engineers hired Svetlana Shapovalova as a structural designer and Jim Ivers as corporate controller. Shapovalova has 18 years of experience as an architectural designer in Ukraine. Most recently, she worked at a civil engineering firm as an AutoCAD drafter/designer. Ivers recently received his MBA and previously worked at a regional tire wholesaler in Vermont.

Cannon Design

Cannon Design hired Stephen Johnson as a principal. Johnson will assist with expansion of the firm’s international initiatives and strategic marketing of its national higher education practice. With 35 years of experience in design leadership and practice management, Johnson has a portfolio of work in higher education, the arts and historic restoration. He was project director for the renovation and expansion of the Los Angeles Central Library, the recipient of the American Library Association’s Award for Excellence as well as an AIA Honor Award for Urban Design. He led the design and construction effort for the $50 million renovation and expansion of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, which reopened last year.

Studio Meng Strazzara

Studio Meng Strazzara hired intern architects Guido Seoanes-Perla, Jane Gooding and Lucas Branham and administrative project manager Dion Kuhlka. Seoanes-Perla joins the Woodinville High School design team, where he will use his computer animation and graphics expertise. Gooding is working on Central Washington University’s Nicholson Pavilion renovation and Robert Frost Elementary School for the Lake Washington School District. Branham also joins the Robert Frost Elementary design team. Kuhlka has a background in architecture and is working on projects for the Northshore School District.

NAC|Architecture

NAC Architecture promoted two associate principals, Boris Srdar and Mark McMicheal, to principals. Srdar has worked on some of the firm’s most challenging projects in Europe and the United States. He is working on new schools for Snohomish School District and the renovation of the Carver Academic Facility at Western Washington University. McMicheal is an electrical engineer with the firm’s electrical engineering division. He works on K-12, higher-education, health care, advanced-technology and civic facilities. The firm also promoted three senior associates to associate principals: Dan Jardine, Steve Galey and Matt Rumbaugh. Jardine is a leader of the firm’s health care practice, currently serving as project manager for the new Group Health Bellevue Medical Center and the Highline Medical Center Northwest addition. Galey has managed some of the firm’s largest educational projects and is leading teams on projects for Bellevue and Lake Stevens school districts. Rumbaugh has worked on a range of educational projects, including elementary schools for Snohomish and Bellingham school districts. His past projects include Kirkland Junior High School for the Lake Washington School District.

CDi Engineers

CDi Engineers hired Daniella Moreano as a mechanical designer and Lexa Henske as administrative and accounting assistant at its Lynnwood office. Moreano recently passed the engineer-in-training exam and is working on the Seattle Fire Station No. 2 renovation, Seattle University Lemieux Library renovation and tenant improvement work at Microsoft Building 92. Henske handles front desk and reception duties and assists with accounting tasks.

ESA Adolfson

ESA Adolfson hired Michael Muscari as a wetlands ecologist and Mike Leech as a senior GIS analyst in the firm’s Seattle office. Muscari has more than 14 years of experience in botany, terrestrial and aquatic ecology. For the past 10 years he has concentrated on wetlands and has managed projects in Washington, Oregon and Alaska. He recently helped develop a wetland mitigation bank in Snohomish County. Leech has more than seven years of experience in GIS database development, analysis, image processing, spatial analysis and cartography in natural resource management. He recently coordinated a GIS field-based campaign using GPS technology to control invasive species on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. He is currently working with local cities and counties to update shoreline plans.

Giffin Bolte Jurgens Architects

Giffin Bolte Jurgens Architects hired Thane Eddington and Elma Foronda. Eddington has more than eight years of design and health care planning experience. He worked on the OHSU Kohler Pavilion, OHSU Center for Health & Healing, Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center, Pacific Oncology Cancer Center and the Kennewick General Hospital master plan. He is working on projects at Oregon Health & Sciences University and Providence St. Peters Hospital in Olympia. Foronda has more than eight years of experience, with emphasis on schematic design, design development and construction documentation. Foronda is project designer on an expansion of the MultiCare Medical Center Emergency Department and Cancer Center in Tacoma. The firm also hired architectural interns Nathan Potratz and Brian Carter. Potratz is working on projects for MultiCare in Tacoma and Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland and Carter is working on projects for OHSU’s Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland, MultiCare in Tacoma and Marine Building renovations in Portland.

Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects

Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects hired interior designers Elen Niamthet and Melissa Eby, drafter Terry McDonald and administrative staffer Rebecca Rickabaugh. Niamthet has 12 years of experience, with past work on the Residences at the Little Nell, a private residence club at Aspen, and the Grand Sandestin Golf Beach Resort in Florida. She is working on two projects in Portland’s South Waterfront: Block 46, a mixed-use project; and Mirabella at South Waterfront, a high-rise senior housing project for active seniors. Eby worked on the OHSU Center for Health and Healing and is working on Mirabella, Trinity Terrace in Texas and the OHSU Physicians Pavilion. McDonald has 5 years of experience working on high-end residential design and is working on the Circa mixed-use project in Los Angeles. Administrative staffer Rickabaugh has 10 years experience in administrative support to the architecture profession. The firm also hired architectural interns Mark Miller, Josh Guerra, Anthony Martinez and Kristen Cunningham. Miller, a LEED accredited professional, spent seven years in Columbus working on residential, public works and loft condo conversions. He is working on the Seven Feathers Hotel addition and remodel. Guerra is also a LEED accredited professional and is currently working on Mary’s Woods, a retirement community, and an apartment project in Portland. Martinez specializes in hotel, resort and timeshare projects. He is working on a reception building for Steamboat Springs, a Wyndham project, and a hotel remodel in San Francisco. Cunningham is part of the team working on Circa.

Callison

Callison hired Randall Stone as a director in its Dallas office. Stone has more than 22 years of experience in complex, large-scale retail and mixed-use centers, and projects for the hospitality sector. Stone’s past projects include the Lenox Square Mall in Atlanta, the Citrus Park Town Center in Tampa, Fla., the Bozeman Gateway in Bozeman, Mont., and the Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.