Apr 29, 2015

NK Architects

Porter

NK Architects hired Brittany Porter as a staff architect. Porter works on high-performance urban infill design. She holds a master's in architecture from the University of Oregon and a bachelor's in architecture from Georgia Institute of Technology.

ZGF Architects

Hansen

ZGF Architects hired Knut Hansen as associate partner and designer in the Seattle office. Hansen has over 30 years of experience, most recently at NBBJ. He has led technical design on civic and commercial projects. His work in Seattle includes Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation headquarters; Amazon Spheres, a five-story structure formed by three intersecting spheres that will have work space, retail and an atrium; and Fifth + Columbia tower.

Magnusson Klemencic Associates

Hansen-Lund Gourley Meyer Jones Fields

Rehder

Morgen

Larsen

Johnson

Henderson

Seattle-based Magnusson Klemencic Associates promoted Dave Fields to senior principal and shareholder; Matt Jones and Tom Meyer to principal; and Brett Gourley, Pat Hansen-Lund, Wyatt Henderson, Leif Johnson, Russell Larsen, Brian Morgen and Mike Rehder to senior associate. Fields is a residential design leader, with a 17-year portfolio of more than 50 residential projects, including towers up to 65 stories and multi-block developments up to 1 million square feet. Jones is a civil project manager specializing in water planning, with experience that includes designing a 2014 net-zero-discharge campus in Utah. Meyer has 18 years of experience, with a focus on large convention centers. He is working on the Washington State Convention Center expansion. Gourley is on MKA's residential group. Hansen-Lund is a former city engineer and public works director in California with four years at MKA, and 21 years of engineering design and project management experience. Henderson is in the sports group and has experience in the U.S. and internationally. Johnson works on museums including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art expansion. Larsen works on office projects and leads MKA's wind and analysis technical specialist teams. Morgen is a residential specialist with global experience. He also leads the performance-based seismic design technical team. Rehder is a key member of the residential group. MKA provides structural and civil engineering services worldwide.

Maul Foster & Alongi

Kaparos

Miller

In Seattle, Maul Foster & Alongi hired Joshua Miller as a GIS analyst and Andrew Kaparos as a project engineer. Miller has 10 years of GIS and geospatial experience in pollution remediation, irrigation districts, utilities and freshwater resources. Kaparos has over eight years of experience in design and permitting for civil and environmental engineering projects, and has worked on a remedial investigation report for a 20-acre park in Seattle. MFA is a Pacific Northwest environmental consulting firm.

Cairncross & Hempelmann

Kim

Cairncross & Hempelmann in Seattle has a new addition on the real estate team: Joon H. Kim. His focus is on acquisitions and dispositions, leasing and construction. He worked in Manhattan for Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, representing developers, owners and lenders.

Seattle BioMed

Seattle BioMed, a South Lake Union-based nonprofit that does research into infectious diseases, will be renamed the Center for Infectious Disease Research. Alan Aderem, president and director of the center, said the new name better positions the organization to raise awareness and support for research into vaccines, drugs and diagnostics for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and other diseases.

MultiCare Health System

MultiCare Health System is partnering with Doctor On Demand to offer video doctor visits to patients in Washington. Patients will get immediate access to a board-certified physician to discuss medical issues. Each visit costs $40. Physicians can fill prescriptions and the system is integrated with MultiCare's electronic medical records. Patients can go online to http://www.multicaredoctorondemand.com or download an app on a smartphone or tablet.

Apr 28, 2015

Dorsey & Whitney

Koa

International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP said Christopher Koa has joined the firm's Corporate Group in Seattle as of counsel. Koa's practice focuses on technology transactions. He was with BP Americas, where he served as IT/M&A transactions counsel since 2012.

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

Northwest law firm Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt named new shareholders: Janna Aginsky and Aukjen Ingraham in Portland; Jamila Johnson, Allison Krashan and Virginia Nicholson in Seattle; and Matthew Bisturis in Vancouver.

Small Business Development Network

Ron Nielsen, a business advisor with Washington Small Business Development Network, was named Star Performer for 2014. He has been an advisor in Washington and Arizona for 15 years. The network has advisors in 25 centers across the state who work with small business owners. It is supported by Washington State University and the Small Business Administration. In 2014 he helped clients raise $3.6 million and save or create 297 jobs.

Adolfson & Peterson Construction

Palinkas

Baio

Simmons

The Tacoma office of Adolfson & Peterson Construction hired Wendy Simmons as director of marketing; and the Glendale, California, office hired Paul Baio as business development leader and John Palinkas as director of hospitality. Simmons has 14 years of marketing experience and is in charge of marketing at A&P's Washington, Oregon and California offices. Baio has 20 years of client development experience, and is focusing on growing the company in Southern California. Palinkas spent the last 15 years with Pechanga Development. He is pursuing hospitality projects in Washington, Oregon and California.

Walsh Construction Co.

Brown

Correa

Hardin

Patton

Cossette

Anderson

Walsh Construction Co. promoted Savanna Anderson, Randy Cossette, Joe Patton and Tom Hardin; and hired Heather Correa as project administrator and Jake Brown as a senior level superintendent. Anderson was promoted to project administrator, which has her working on bids, subcontracts and filing. Cossette and Patton are now superintendents. Both men started at Walsh as journeyman carpenters and worked their way to assistant superintendents. Hardin was promoted to assistant superintendent. He joined Walsh in 2003 as a journeyman carpenter, then became a carpenter crew leader and foreman. Correa is working on the Decibel and Reverb projects. Brown has 13 years of superintendent experience and is working on the 8th Avenue Apartments.

Interstate Plastics

Polygal selected the Seattle office of Interstate Plastics as the Pacific Northwest's master distributor of the Polygal Polycarbonate Twinwall products, which are frequently used for glazing and roofing of commercial greenhouses, breezeways and patio covers.