Jun 18, 2014

Sclater Architects

Smith

Seattle-based Sclater Architects hired Bradley R. Smith as associate principal. Smith worked for Sclater earlier in his career. His projects included the Hyatt Regency Bellevue, Lincoln Square and Bellevue Arts Museum. He holds an associate certification from the Design-Build Institute of America. Sclater said it plans to do more design-build projects.

HDR

Duff

HDR hired Phil Duff as vice president and managing principal of the architecture office in Seattle. Duff will oversee operations and business development, and design of health care, science, technology and civic projects in the Northwest. He has 27 years in the industry, most recently as a health care studio practice leader for NBBJ in Seattle. Marjorie Brown, who previously was managing principal of HDR's Seattle office, continues as health care principal, responsible for expanding HDR's presence in health architecture and design in the Northwest. HDR has 190 offices globally. It provides architecture or engineering in some offices, and both services in others. The Seattle architecture office was started in 2006 to support international design work. For the first few years, it provided design support for Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Hospital in the United Arab Emirates. Since then it has designed a number of local projects, including the new VA Puget Sound ER in Seattle.

Farallon Consulting

Padgett

Farallon Consulting hired Beth Padgett as a project geologist in its Issaquah headquarters. Padgett has 10 years of environmental consulting experience. She manages due diligence, stormwater and remediation projects. Farallon is an environmental consulting firm with other offices in Seattle and Bellingham; Portland; and Sacramento and Oakland, Calif.

CG Engineering

Kruse

Tabert

CG Engineering hired Stephan Tabert and Robert (Morgan) Kruse as structural engineers-in-training. Tabert graduated from Washington State University's civil and environmental engineering program and holds an EIT certification in Washington. He worked at Tabert Homes and interned in traffic engineering with Whatcom County. Kruse holds a masters of civil engineering from Oregon State University and an EIT certification in Oregon. He has worked for ZCS Engineering as an engineering technician. CG is an Edmonds-based civil and structural engineering firm.

MLA Engineering

Calderon

Shafi

MLA Engineering hired Noman Shafi as a senior engineer and Luis Calderon as a design engineer. Shafi has over 15 years of experience on three continents doing industrial, retail, residential and commercial projects. Calderon previously worked in Michigan on educational, industrial and commercial projects. Their projects will include the new Doha Zoo in Qatar and an apartment building at Eastlake and Yale in Seattle. MLA is a Seattle-based structural engineering firm.

Elliott Bay Design Group

Ladd

Seattle-based Elliott Bay Design Group hired Jen Ladd as part-time human resources director. Ladd was formerly a consultant for the firm and has 18-plus years of experience in management development, succession planning, employee engagement, change management, training and coaching. She will establish the human resources department, and help with recruiting at the naval architecture and marine engineering firm.

Golder Associates

Golder Associates promoted Alan Keizur to principal and Brian Willman, Peter Fahringer, Jessica Cote and Sue Robinson to associate. Keizur is a senior civil engineer in the Redmond office who specializes in quantitative risk assessment and analysis of infrastructure projects and natural systems. His projects involve highway and transit improvements, water management for mining and oil and gas operations, and nuclear waste storage. Willman is a senior consultant in the Portland office with 20 years of experience in geotechnical engineering, civil design and solid waste engineering. Fahringer is a senior geophysicist and the geophysics group leader in Redmond. His projects have taken him to every continent except Antarctica. Cote is a senior coastal and ocean engineer in Redmond with almost 15 years of experience leading projects, including in Peru, Colombia, Haiti, the Arctic and Tanzania. Robinson works in the Redmond office, where she leads the U.S. practice in human/ecological toxicology and risk assessment. She has 25 years of experience, four at Golder. Golder is a global ground engineering and environmental consulting firm with 8,000 employees in about 180 offices.

AssureStart

AssureStart, a Seattle-based startup that sells small business insurance on the Internet, has opened for business in Oregon, Missouri and Colorado. It currently sells policies in about six states, including Washington, serving firms with one to 30 employees, and is backed by American Family Mutual Insurance Co. Policies are underwritten by Midvale Indemnity, a subsidiary of American Family. The company formed in February 2013 and is expecting to operate in all states by mid-2015, and add commercial auto and workers' comp insurance.

Signs By Tomorrow Tacoma

Signs By Tomorrow Tacoma has changed its name to Image360-Tacoma. Owners Al and Rose Mednick said the new name reflects a new approach to graphic solutions and customer service. The firm is at 3838 S. Warner St. and is a member of Alliance Franchise Brands.

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear

Christopher Sweeney, a partner in Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP's Seattle office, was elected president of the Washington State Patent Law Association. He has been an active member since 2007. The law firm is based in Orange County, California, and has offices in California, Seattle and Washington, D.C.