Nov 20, 2013

CG Engineering

Ellis

Edmonds-based CG Engineering hired James Ellis as a civil engineer-in-training. Ellis graduated from Washington State University's civil engineering program and holds EIT certification in Washington. He worked as a field engineer intern for Mason Construction Co. CG is a civil and structural engineering firm.

Farallon Consulting

Damron

Farallon Consulting hired Ellen D. Damron as a project environmental scientist. She has 18 years in the industry, including due diligence and stormwater management services for residential, commercial and industrial properties in the Northwest, California, Colorado and the East Coast. Farallon is an Issaquah-based environmental consulting firm with offices in Seattle, Bellingham, Portland and Sacramento, Calif.

KBA, Inc.

Schuyler

KBA, Inc. hired Sam Schuyler as a project manager in Bellevue. Schuyler has 36 years of transportation experience. He retired from the Washington State Department of Transportation after 30 years there, most recently as assistant local programs engineer in the Northwest region. Bellevue-based KBA provides construction management. It also has an office in Olympia.

USKH

Karas

Smythe

USKH named Dale Smythe a principal and Daniel Karas an associate. Smythe has spent his career with USKH, which he joined in 2001. He is the Anchorage regional architecture manager and has worked on school projects for Lower Kuskokwim School District. Karas joined USKH in 2007 after working for nine years for architectural firms in Seattle and Chicago. He is based in USKH's Walla Walla office. His projects include the Power House Theater in Walla Walla. USKH provides architectural, landscape architecture, engineering, environmental, planning and land surveying services, with offices in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.

WHPacific

Burns

Kack

Kramm

Jones

WHPacific promoted Tom Jones to vice president of development and facilities, and Morgan Kramm II to vice president of construction/project management. It hired Jason Kack as vice president of survey and L. Michael Burns as vice president of energy. Jones has 20-plus years with the firm, most recently as operations manager for the Portland office. He has more than 30 years of industry experience, with Cascade Station in Portland, Ore. among his projects. Kramm has more than 32 years of experience as principal-in-charge and project manager for suppliers and owners. His projects include Wingate Elementary School replacement in Grand Junction, Colo. Kack has more than 31 years of experience in surveying operations, safety, technology, leadership and client relationship development. His projects include the Denver Broncos Stadium laser scanning of structural steel installation. Burns has 40-plus years of experience in energy engineering and consulting, with projects that include a natural gas transmission line from Wyoming to Southern California. WHPacific provides architecture, building engineering, energy, environmental, land development, surveying, transportation and water resources services.

Nov 13, 2013

NAC|Architecture

In Seattle, NAC|Architecture hired Lisa Peterson, Felicia Nitu and Jinwoo Lee as architectural interns, Corinne Markle as an interior designer and Kelly Waks as an administrative staff member. Peterson is working on Mat-Su Knik Middle/High School in Palmer, Alaska. She holds a bachelor's in biology from New Mexico State University and a masters in architecture from the University of Texas at Austin. Nitu is working on Jane Addams K-8 at Pinehurst for Seattle Public Schools. She holds a masters of architecture from Parsons The New School for Design in New York. Lee is working on a new facility for The Hamlin Robinson School in Seattle. He has a bachelor of architecture degree from the Institute of Technology in Chicago. Markle holds a bachelor's in interior design from Washington State University, and is assisting on Renton Middle School. Waks has a bachelor's in journalism from Seattle Pacific University. NAC provides planning, design, engineering and capital facilities consulting services.

Waks

Markle

Lee

Nitu

Peterson

BHC Consultants

Giese

Kelsey

BHC Consultants hired Christopher Kelsey and Thomas Giese as principal engineers. Kelsey has 23 years of experience in design of water and wastewater systems. He was project manager for the Arlington wastewater treatment plant, and will manage projects and help develop new clients in the Puget Sound region. Giese has 19 years of experience with wastewater, water and reclaimed water projects. He will strengthen and expand the treatment process group. He was lead process engineer for the Arlington project. BHC is a Seattle-based engineering, planning, and code compliance consulting firm.

Golder Associates

Feenstra

Cromptom

Hines

Hanson

Khoja

Fain

Stone

Golder Associates hired David Stone, Annika Fain, Ali Khoja, Drew Hanson, Neal Hines, Becky Crompton and Jessica Feenstra in its Redmond office. Stone holds a Ph.D. and is a senior mining consultant with 30 years of experience. He previously owned an engineering consulting firm. Fain is a senior project coastal scientist with nearly 10 years of experience as an environmental consultant in San Francisco and Seattle. Khoja is a geotechnical engineer who designs foundation systems and retaining structures, evaluates liquefaction potential, and performs seismic response analyses. Hanson is a geographic information systems specialist who provides GIS support for projects. Previously, he was a GIS terrain database analyst. Hines is a senior project geochemist who performs analytical chemistry, chemical deposition and speciation analyses, and karst geohazards assessments using GIS. Crompton is a hydrologist who interned with Golder in 2012. Feenstra is a geologist specializing in geohazard assessments. Golder is a global ground engineering and environmental consulting firm, with Northwest offices also in Portland and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.