Dec 26, 2007
Sclater Partners Architects promoted
Michael Chaplin to associate principal and hired project architect
Greg Thompson. Chaplin's most recent projects include Lincoln Square, the skybridges over Bellevue Way and Northeast Eighth, Woodinville Lumber, and the Barnes and Noble store at Northgate. He is senior project manager for Lincoln Square 2, the tunnel connecting Lincoln Square and Bellevue Place, and the Bellevue Square renovation. Thompson is a design team member on Lincoln Square 2 and a new office/retail building in Redmond.
Landau Associates' Tacoma office hired
Theresa Turpin as senior environmental planner,
Steve Juhlin as associate geotechnical engineer and
Jessica Stone as staff scientist. Turpin has 20 years of experience and previously worked for the city of Tacoma and Parametrix. Juhlin has more than 11 years of experience and specializes in foundation design for wind turbines. Stone will provide natural resources and planning assistance. The Edmonds office hired
Chad McMullen as project geotechnical engineer,
Kelley Wrigg as associate engineer,
Cody Nelson as CADD operator,
Anthony Farinacci as staff hydrogeologist and
Kristi Schultz as project coordinator. McMullen was the technical director for the soils laboratory at Shannon & Wilson. Wrigg has 14 years of experience in the local civil/planning consulting industry with expertise in stormwater drainage, site grading and sanitary sewer and water system design. Nelson has focused on design for the past four years. Farinacci is in the environmental group. Schultz has 10 years of editing and proofreading experience.
Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects hired architectural interns
Mikki Rogers, Ashley Falkin and
Michelle Pak; interior designers
Melissa Goldman,
Heather Hayes and
Lisa Luchaco; and IT support
Nick Trout. Rogers specializes in single-family residential design and has worked on vacation homes and custom homes. Rogers is working on the Folsom Station Project, a collection of four buildings designed around a historic train turntable in Folsom, Calif., and a condo project in Bend, Ore. Falkin has six years of experience. Past projects include multiple Washington Mutual branch banks. Falkin is working on the Pine Street Condominiums project, a multi-use residential development on Capitol Hill for the Stratford Co. Pak is working on construction administration for Axis Condominiums, a $100 million, 443,000-square-foot, 22-story luxury development in San Jose. Interior designer Goldman worked previously at a hospitality design firm and is working on The Avalon Towers Bellevue, a mixed-use high-rise apartment building. At her previous firm, Hayes' focus was on hospitality. She is doing corporate work for Wells Fargo. Luchaco is part of the hospitality team in Portland and is working on a Wyndham vacation ownership resort in Steamboat Springs, Colo. Trout is part of the IT department. He has a background in technical support and customer service and is a Microsoft-certified support technician.
Denny Cearns joined the Bellevue office of David Evans and Associates as regional transportation manager. Prior to joining the firm, he was the northwest region manager for DMJM Harris. In the Tacoma office,
Al Tebaldi and
Steve Shanafelt were hired as senior project managers. Tebaldi has more than 30 years of experience in municipal traffic engineering, with more than 10 years managing the city of Tacoma's engineering division. Shanafelt has more than 30 years of municipal and public works experience. He was the engineering division manager for the city of Tacoma.
Candela Lighting Design & Consulting hired
Mikki Kunz and
Joseph Montange as lighting designers. Kunz is working on the Vancouver Mall and the Highline Heritage Museum in Burien. Montange is working on University Place Civic Building in Seattle, and New Moon Overlook at the Galisteo Basin Preserve in New Mexico.
Cannon Design appointed James Balzli to associate in the Los Angeles office. Since joining Cannon Design in 2006, Balzli has worked on the Los Angeles Mission College Health & PE Fitness Center. Balzli also worked in collaboration with the Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design on the Museum of Tolerance. As western region pre-licensing coordinator, Balzli fosters the growth and development of young professionals in the Los Angeles and San Francisco offices.
Moss Adams announced
Mary Knox has been certified by the Institute of Certified Construction Industry Financial Professionals as a Construction Industry Financial Professional. The ICCIFP is a not-for-profit corporation that promotes high standards of construction financial management.
Parker, Smith & Feek, a management brokerage firm, hired
John Schmidt and
Tim Nierman as account executives in the Commercial Insurance Division.
King County Executive Ron Sims appointed Anne Watanabe to an open position on the county's Board of Ethics. Watanabe is the deputy hearing examiner for the city of Seattle and has served in that capacity since 1995. The Board of Ethics is a five-member citizen advisory, administrative and quasi-judicial board that ensures proper implementation of the code of ethics in King County.
Everett-based Intermec Technologies hired David Jones as vice president and general manager, global services. Jones has 21 years of experience in business and global leadership. He was previously with Motorola. Intermec develops, manufactures and integrates chain asset technologies.