May 28, 2014

Mithun

Good

Scribante

Mithun promoted Lisa Scribante and Marcy Good to principal. Scribante has more than 20 years of experience in designing and managing corporate, hospitality and public projects, and is a project leader for high-tech clients. Good is the technology director and holds a marketing communications leadership role. She led technology and brand integration for Mithun's merger with San Francisco–based Daniel Solomon Design Partners.

Sparling

Sparling hired Berry Brunk as health care technology practice leader. Brunk will consult with owners in the acute and post-acute markets on technology, planning and integration. He has 30-plus years of experience in management consulting, business development, and sales and marketing. He has provided product development for Fortune 100 companies and technology solutions for health care organizations. Sparling provides electrical engineering, technology and audiovisual consulting, acoustical and lighting design, with offices in Washington, Oregon and California.

Unispace Global

Collins

Unispace Global hired Aimee P. Collins in Seattle as director of interior design. She has more than 15 years of experience in interior design and space planning for corporate, hospitality, multifamily and retail projects. Previous clients include BDO Seidman, T-Mobile, Barre3 and Helly Hansen. Sydney, Australia-based Unispace is a global design firm with in-house construction capabilities.

Otak

Allen

Ellis

Otak's Kirkland office hired Matthew Ellis as a civil engineer in the transportation and infrastructure design group and Darwin Allen as a CAD technician. Ellis has eight years of experience on municipal projects, and is working on projects for Snohomish County and Boeing. He was an engineer in Woodinville's public works department. Allen has more than 16 years of AutoCAD and technical support experience, primarily civil support for airport and commercial projects. Otak is an urban design, architecture, planning and engineering firm with offices in Washington, Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, and Abu Dhabi, UAE.

NAC|Architecture

Bishop

Paradiso

Kurtz

McFadgen

Comes

Love

NAC|Architecture promoted Keith Comes to managing principal, Melissa McFadgen and Dan Kurtz to principal, Rob Paradiso to senior associate, and Angela Bishop and Brian Love to associate. Love works in the Seattle office and the rest work in Spokane. Comes is an architect who has been with NAC for 22 years. He is working on Redmond's recreation master plan. McFadgen is an architect who is working on People's Community Center in Tacoma. Kurtz, an architect, is managing the Kootenai Health master facility plan in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Paradiso is a drafter who is working on Ferris High School's modernization and replacement. Bishop, an architect, is working on Rockwood South Hill Summit Tower in Spokane. Love is an architectural technician. His projects include Joe Redington Sr. Junior/Senior High School in Knik, Alaska. NAC|Architecture has a staff of more than 110, with offices also in Los Angeles and Denver.

GeoEngineers

GeoEngineers hired geotechnical engineers Eamaan Tabatabai and Michael Gray in Redmond and Mark Rose in Bellingham. The firm also hired Shashi Shankar as a senior environmental engineer and Caitlin Mack as the administrative coordinator, both in Seattle, and Jason Stefanski as IT director in Redmond. GeoEngineers is an earth science, engineering and technology consulting firm headquartered in Seattle with 13 offices nationwide.

McKinstry

De Laubenfels

Di Re

Margolis

The Seattle office of McKinstry hired Jeff Margolis as preconstruction manager, and promoted Cheryl Di Re to vice president of human resources and Heidi De Laubenfels to vice president of communications and external relations. Margolis has more than 40 years of electrical contracting experience, specializing in preconstruction and estimating. Di Re joined the company in 2010 as human resources director. She holds a bachelor's degree in communication from Eastern Washington University, as well as certifications in public relations and coaching. De Laubenfels joined the company in 2012 as director of communications and external relations. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Western Washington University and an MBA from Seattle University. McKinstry is a design-build-operate-maintain firm specializing in consulting, construction, energy and facility services.

Abbott Construction

Prentice

Carrera

Abbott Construction hired Katie Carrera as human resources coordinator and Gillian Prentice as administrative assistant. Carrera is managing employee benefits in her newly created position. She is working on a master's degree in human resources and employee relations from Penn State. Prentice serves as receptionist and supports the office in a wide variety of tasks. She holds two bachelor's degrees from Western Washington University.

Sequoyah Electric

Naidu

French

Redmond-based Sequoyah Electric hired Kevin French as senior project manager and Bridget Naidu as marketing coordinator. French served in the Navy and was trained by the IBEW and National Electrical Contractors Association. He has experience as an electrician, project manager and senior project manager on all sizes of projects. Naidu holds a bachelor's degree in design and communication from Western Washington University. She has experience in design, marketing, event planning, advising and executive support.

Master Builders Association

The Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties is consolidating its community outreach efforts into a new entity called the Community Stewardship Department. Aaron Adelstein is heading the new department, which focuses on social and environmental stewardship, building on association programs and expanding contributions to the community. Adelstein was the director of the Built Green program for eight years.

Lydig Construction

The Western Region office of Lydig Construction moved to a larger space in the Sunset North campus in Bellevue. The new office was designed with open work environments to foster collaboration. Lydig has hired more than 30 employees in the last year. The new address is: 3180 139th Ave. S.E., Suite 110, Bellevue, WA 98005.

Hammer & Hand

General contractor Hammer & Hand won two 2014 Outstanding Remodeling Achievement awards from the Oregon Remodelers Association. The winning projects were remodels to the 1916 Glasswood building in Portland, where the ground floor was built out for Xico restaurant and the second floor office and event space was retrofitted to Passive House standards. Hammer & Hand has offices in Seattle and Portland.