Jul 06, 2016

Lund Opsahl

Bower

Roberge

Slivers

Associates Adam Slivers, Shawn Roberge and Owen Bower have become owners in Seattle-based Lund Opsahl structural engineering firm. Slivers has 16 years of experience designing commercial and institutional facilities. He is working on a Progressive Care Unit tenant improvement at Evergreen Hospital in Kirkland. Roberge has a background in zoo facilities and commercial structures. He is managing design of an office building for Vulcan Real Estate in Seattle. Bower has over 10 years of experience that includes medical, educational, parking structure and design build projects. He is working on the Washington State Convention Center expansion.

Helix Design Group

Holloway

Elswick

Menzies

Tacoma-based Helix Design Group hired Mamie Menzies as an architect, Beth Elswick as an interior designer and Liz Holloway as marketing manager. Menzies has over 20 years of experience. In addition to her design background, she was a union ironworker apprentice. Elswick has four years of experience that includes K-12, higher education, library, industrial facility, corporate and small renovation projects. Holloway coordinates statements of qualifications and proposals and assists with business development. She has been an architectural designer since 2002 and has done marketing and business development for eight years. Helix provides architecture, interior design and graphic design.

Aspect Consulting

Dennison

Schellenger

Austreng

In Seattle, Aspect Consulting hired Andrew Austreng as a project hydrogeologist, Eric Schellenger as a senior staff geotechnical engineer and Ali Dennison as a senior project geologist. Austreng has five years of water resources experience with a focus on water rights and aquifer characterization. He has worked with municipalities, irrigation districts, water system operators and government and tribal agencies. Schellenger has a master's in geotechnical engineering from the University of Washington. He will do infrastructure, foundation and seismic projects. Dennison has 14 years of geotechnical and environmental experience on commercial, residential, transportation and pipeline projects. Aspect provides earth and water engineering and science consulting.

Stantec

Morrone

Granryd

Woodward

In Bellevue, Stantec hired Darold Woodward as an electrical senior project manager. It also hired Linnea Granryd as a lighting designer in Lynnwood and David Morrone as an electrical project manager in Portland. Woodward has over 20 years of experience as an electrical and controls engineer, with an emphasis on municipal facilities. He worked on the I-90 tunnel project on Mercer Island. Granryd has experience in lighting design, graphics design, illustrative user interface design and drafting, and is an artist. Her projects include the Lincoln Square expansion in Bellevue. Morrone has over 25 years of experience and is responsible for engineering, project management and client relationships on health care and higher education projects. He is working on projects for Clackamas Community College. Stantec does consulting in planning, engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental sciences, project management and project economics.

Mackenzie

Mack

Bauer

Ford

Mackenzie promoted Kim Ford, Alexis Bauer and Christine Mack to assistant department head of interiors. Ford works in Portland, Bauer in Vancouver and Mack in Seattle. Ford's projects include the First Tech Federal Credit Union headquarters in Beaverton. Bauer has done workplace design, building repositioning and tenant improvement projects, including Mackenzie's tenant space in The Hudson Building. She will focus on expanding the firm's interiors practice in Vancouver and Southwest Washington. Mack will continue to work on client development. She has done projects for Urban Renaissance Group, PacTrust and others. Mackenzie provides architecture and interior design; structural, civil and traffic engineering; land use and transportation planning; and landscape architecture.

The Walsh Group

Bailey

Prout

Pierce

New hires at The Walsh Group's Seattle office are Liz Pierce as project engineer in the Estimating Department, Doug Prout as project engineer and Nicholas Bailey as assistant superintendent. Pierce was an intern last summer at Walsh's Chicago office. Prout worked as an intern the past three summers with Walsh on the Bellevue Marriott project. He just graduated from Purdue University with a bachelor's degree in construction engineering and management. Bailey was an intern for two summers with Walsh. He is working at a Naval Base Kitsap project.

AGC Education Foundation

Mosby

Mettler

Garlock

Colin

Ervin

Workman

Rick Workman, senior project manager at Lease Crutcher Lewis, is the new board president of the AGC Education Foundation. Former president Elaine Ervin, partner at Moss Adams LLP, is now past president/treasurer on the executive committee. The foundation also added four new board members: Gene Colin of Ferguson Construction, Paul Garlock of Lydig Construction, Gregory Mettler of CalPortland and Thomas Mosby of Puget Sound Skills Center.

Mortenson Construction

Mortenson Construction is keeping six interns busy this summer in the Seattle area. Scott Staples, a senior at BYU-Idaho working on a construction management degree, is a field engineer intern on the University of Washington Medical Center Phase II project. Claudia East, working on a civil engineering degree from Arizona State University, is an integration construction coordinator. Tom Bristow, on his second internship and studying civil engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is a field engineer intern on the Chambers Creek Regional WWTP project. Julie Brubacher, who is studying civil and environmental engineering at Washington State University, is a field engineer intern. Shane Bingham, who is studying construction management at BYU, is a field engineer intern on the Western Washington University Carver Academic renovation project. Kyle Nield, on his second internship and working on a construction management degree at BYU, is a field engineer intern on the AMLI Arc residential tower project.

CITC of Washington

Eighty-two students recently graduated from the Construction Industry Training Council of Washington in the following state-approved trades: carpentry, commercial electrical, residential electrical, heavy equipment operator, HVAC, painting, sheet metal and plumbing. CITC President and CEO Halene Sigmund says the program has doubled its number of students in the last two years.