May 27, 2009

OneAmerica

OneAmerica, an Indianapolis-based carrier that offers life insurance, annuities and retirement planning, has moved its Seattle office. It is now located one door up the street in the Weller Building at 1225 S. Weller, Suite 200.

Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau

Seattle's Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Greater Seattle Business Association announced a new tourism marketing partnership targeted to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender travel market. Both organizations have convened an advisory task force to pool expertise and resources to help leverage business from the travel market.

Ramgen Power Systems

U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee announced that $20 million dollars of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be awarded to Bellevue-based Ramgen Power Systems for the expanded development of a carbon dioxide compression project, also known as carbon capture and storage technology. The CCS technology being developed at Ramgen shows promise for containing and controlling carbon emissions from facilities like power plants, who now are a leading contributor to the United States' carbon output.

Quadrant Homes

Quadrant Homes received a 2009 Energy Star Leadership-in-Housing Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The award recognizes Quadrant's contribution to energy-efficient construction and environmental protection by building more than 240 Energy Star-qualified new homes last year in Seattle. The homes are at least 15 percent more energy efficient than homes built to the 2004 International Residential Code

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Coffman Engineers

Michel Sotura, mechanical department manager for Coffman Engineers’ Seattle office, earned the High-Performance Building Design Professional certification. Sotura is the first Coffman employee to receive this certification and is among a small group of Washington engineers to hold this credential. Sotura has more than 20 years of experience as an HVAC engineer for laboratories, health care, central plants, museums and aquariums, libraries, corporate offices, data centers and institutional facilities.

Berger/ABAM

Berger/ABAM hired Sheri Murata in the Seattle office. Murata has civil engineering experience with water resources and site development. Her background also includes stormwater modeling, drainage reports, cost estimates and preparing construction plans. She is working on the Port of Tacoma road interchange with Interstate 5 for the city of Fife. The firm also hired Reza Sehhati in the Federal Way office. Sehhati’s engineering experience includes analysis and design, drafting, cost estimating, land surveying and project management. He is working on the Sea-Tac Airport parking garage and the Issaquah state Route 90 regional trail bridge.

Studio Meng Strazzara

Studio Meng Strazzara hired Dave Letrondo. Letrondo is a senior architect with extensive management, documentation and contract administration experience in health care, retail, prototype, corporate and mixed-use projects. He has more than 20 years of experience as an architect and will work in the educational design studio.

DLR Group

DLR Group hired architect and designer Jason Dardis to lead the corporate practice for the Seattle office. Dardis has more than 13 years of experience including work on multi-story office buildings, high-rise condominiums and mixed-use developments. He will help the firm expand its national corporate portfolio.