Dec 30, 2015

CallisonRTKL

Shroff

Shapleigh

Riggs

Billerbeck

Makowicki

Custer

Singler

In its Seattle office, CallisonRTKL named Paul Makowicki, Matt Billerbeck, Mike Riggs, Alex Shapleigh, Ro Shroff and Ron Singler senior vice presidents, and Darryl Custer vice president. Makowicki will be office director in Seattle, working to elevate the profile of the office and leading initiatives on aviation and light rail. He has over three decades of experience with retail and mixed-use projects. Billerbeck will lead the shopping and entertainment team for the commercial practice group. He will do business development and provide design guidance for commercial projects. He has over 20 years of experience in retail and mixed-use. Riggs will be the regional practice group leader of North America for the retail group and lead programs for stores globally. He over 24 years of experience in retail strategy and environment design. Shapleigh will head the specialty retail team for the retail stores practice group. He has 20 years of experience, including REI stores. Shroff will lead tall buildings initiatives. He has over 30 years of experience, including mixed-use and tall buildings, and will help the firm expand in new markets. Singler will lead the retail stores: Nordstrom team. He was a design principal for the Nordstrom studio and has over 30 years of experience in design and brand strategy. Custer will be emerging region practice group leader for South Asia in the commercial practice group. He has over 25 years of retail design and project management experience. CallisonRTKL has over 2,000 employees.

Enginuity Systems

Baldridge

Barksdale

Massotto

Vinyard

Bruce Gustafson is retiring from Tacoma-based Enginuity Systems, and Jamie Vinyard and Francis Masotto have joined co-founder Jesse Barksdale in ownership and new management roles. Vinyard is now majority owner and was promoted to chief operating officer. Masotto was promoted to associate principal and will continue as a project manager. Steve Baldridge was hired as a project engineer. He was with PSF Mechanical. In 2008 Gustafson and Barksdale founded Enginuity, which provides mechanical engineering for buildings. Gustafson has been an engineer for nearly four decades, mostly focusing on mechanical/HVAC and plumbing design.

BCRA

Burke

In Seattle, BCRA hired Amy Burke as a project designer. Burke has nine years of experience in architecture and interior design. She was with GGLO, working on projects that included AVA Apartments University District in Seattle. BCRA is an 80-person architecture and engineering firm, with an office also in Tacoma.

Sazan Group

Warner

Larson

In Seattle, Sazan Group hired C. Erik Larson as a senior project manager and Heather Warner as a project administrative specialist. Larson is a mechanical and fire protection engineer with over 27 years of experience on military, industrial, commercial and institutional facilities. Warner has 20 years of administrative experience supporting engineering firms. Sazan provides mechanical, electrical, and fire protection engineering, information technology systems consulting, MEP commissioning, and owner representation services, with an office also in Portland.

Stantec

Fong

Stantec said Denise B. Fong, a principal and lighting discipline lead, is among the first people in the world to be a Certified Lighting Designer in architectural lighting design. Stantec provides consulting in planning, engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental sciences, project management and project economics.

GeoEngineers

In Redmond, GeoEngineers hired Yanbei Zhang as a staff geotechnical engineer, Kellen Botten as a field technician and Jessica Firsow as a senior database administrator in the IT department. In Seattle, it hired Allison Northrop as a marketing coordinator and Matt Herzel as a writer/producer, Carl Longton and Michelle Deng as staff geotechnical engineers and Chad Stickel as the CAD group leader. In Tacoma, the firm hired Haunani Mara as a CAD technician. GeoEngineers is an earth science, engineering and technology consulting firm headquartered in Seattle, with offices in Redmond, Tacoma and Bellingham, as well as Oregon, Idaho, California, Utah, Missouri and Louisiana.

Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker

Dowell

Schmidt

Shaun

Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker said attorneys Shaun C. Kennedy, Michael J. Schmidt and Sean P. Dowell recently joined the Seattle office. Kennedy joins the Government Contracts, Construction and Commercial Litigation teams. Schmidt's practice focuses on government and commercial contracts, insurance and litigation, and he worked for a multinational defense contractor. Dowell is a LEED Accredited Professional in Building Design and Construction and a recent graduate of Seattle University School of Law. He worked as a construction project manager.

Mutual Materials

Mutual Materials, a manufacturer of masonry and hardscape products, won a 2015 Family Business Award from Seattle Business magazine. Mutual Materials was a Silver winner in the large company category. The award was accepted by President Kendall Anderegg. Mutual Materials was founded in 1900 by Daniel Houlahan following the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, and is owned and operated by the fifth generation of the family. It employs 440 people, with 10 manufacturing facilities and 16 retail branches in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia.