Apr 06, 2011

SRG Partnership

SRG Partnership promoted Barney Mansavage to principal, recognizing his work to build its higher education practice. Mansavage came to Seattle in 1999 and worked at NBBJ with SRG Seattle principals Dennis Forsyth, Rick Zieve, Ralph Belton and Duncan Thieme. He joined SRG three months after the Seattle office opened in 2003. SRG provides architecture, programming, planning and interior design.

Landau Associates

Landau Associates promoted nine employees and hired three people, all but one in the Edmonds office. It promoted Joseph Kalmar to principal engineer, Chip Halbert to associate engineer, Chad McMullen to senior project engineer, Dylan Frazer to senior staff geologist, Martin Valeri to senior staff engineer, Christophe Venot to senior staff scientist, Kathryn Hartley to senior project scientist, and M. Birkan Bayrak and Colette Griffith to project engineer. The new hires are Jacob Stokes, Jeremy Davis and James Raspen. Kalmar, at Landau since 1996, has 18 years of experience in site remediation, stormwater treatment, groundwater treatment system design, stormwater permit compliance and environmental regulatory compliance. Halbert has 13-plus years of experience in environmental investigation and remediation, health risk assessment, air quality, engineering design and environmental statistics. McMullen has seven years in geotechnical analysis and design, construction observation and field investigation. Frazer has background in groundwater/surface water monitoring, subsurface exploration, and bioremediation and construction monitoring. Valeri has experience in stormwater and regulatory compliance. Venot has experience in ecology, microbiology and environmental engineering. Hartley has nine years of environmental consulting experience. Bayrak has experience in geotechnical analysis and design, earthquake engineering, construction monitoring and field investigation. Griffith has worked on environmental remediation, including a bio-injection remediation project. Stokes has experience in site investigation and remediation. Davis has site characterization and remediation skills. Raspen has experience in stormwater and environmental permitting, and will work in the Portland office. Landau is a geotechnical and environmental engineering and natural resource consulting firm with offices also in Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane and West Richland.

Hart Crowser

Hart Crowser hired Megan Higgins, Emily Duncanson, Brian Payne, Jesse Overton, Ward McDonald, Karl Boettcher and Lauren Hirt in the Seattle office and Lisa McClary in Edmonds. Higgins, a geotechnical engineer, will work on the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement tunnel and Husky Stadium. Duncanson, an environmental scientist, is working on the Lower Duwamish project for the Washington State Department of Ecology. Payne, an environmental engineer, is taking samples at projects in Burien and Seattle. Overton and McDonald are field geologists supporting Amazon.com, Sound Transit South Link and Seattle Children's Hospital. Boettcher is the new systems administrator. Hirt is a project assistant. McClary is an office administrator and marketing assistant in Edmonds. Hart Crowser is an environmental and engineering consulting firm headquartered in Seattle.

Hoshide Wanzer Williams Architects

Paul R. Wanzer will return to Hoshide Williams Architects as a partner, and founding partner John G. (Jack) Williams will become a consulting principal. The firm's name will change to Hoshide Wanzer Williams Architects. Wanzer has been away from the firm for 20 years. He was most recently a partner and integrated design director at Mithun, and prior to that was a partner at Wanzer Munizza Design Studio. He will bring experience in corporate office, hospitality and retail to the practice, where he previously worked on housing and educational projects. Williams will consult on historic and adaptive reuse projects. The Seattle firm provides architecture, historic preservation and planning.

Il Buffone

Michael Young, chef and owner of Olives Cafe & Wine Bar in Edmonds, has reopened the restaurant with a new name, look and concept. It is now Il Buffone, a Neapolitan restaurant with wood-fired pizza and hand-cut pasta. Young said he made the change to spend more time with his family and provide food not available in Edmonds.

Russell Investments

Russell Investments appointed Richard Davies as managing director, defined contribution. Davies has worked in the financial services industry for 21 years and will be based in the New York office. He starts June 1.

Garvey Schubert Barer

Garvey Schubert Barer hired Gary Tober, Ada Ko, Paige Davis and Lisa Findlay to the Tax and Benefits Group. Previously with Lane Powell, they all focus on tax and other legal aspects of cross-border business operations and investment transactions. Two paralegals, Alana Rich and Stacy Guinasso, have also moved to Garvey Schubert Barer with the group. Tober, Ko and Davis join the firm as owners. Findlay is an associate.

Department of Veterans Affairs

The Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs hired Dax Dowling as associate superintendent at the Washington Veterans Home in Retsil, and Steven Gill as veterans services division administrator in Olympia. Dowling worked at Evergreen Health Care Management where he completed an executive director-in-training program. Gill joined the department in 2001 and was recently program manager for the Veterans Estate Management Program in Olympia and the Transitioning Warrior Program at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.