Aug 28, 2019

Gustafson Guthrie Nichol

Walbert

Vondrak

McCay

Li

Weaver

Seattle-based landscape architecture firm Gustafson Guthrie Nichol promoted Kara Weaver to senior associate and Laurel Li, Alex McCay, Hannah Vondrak and Joanie Walbert to associate. Weaver has nearly 15 years of experience designing and documenting public projects ranging from conceptual and interpretive master plans to precise detailing and tight grading over structure. She is project manager for Civic Park at Hemisfair in San Antonio, Texas, the Health Sciences Education Building at the University of Washington in Seattle and the master plan for John Trevino Jr. Metropolitan Park in Austin, Texas.

Li was hired in 2015. She has worked on Umekita 2 in Osaka, Japan, Oceanwide in San Francisco, California, and Cedar Town Center Master Plan in Woodinville. McCay has a background in business. His design work at GGN has included Hazelwood Green Plaza in Pittsburgh, the Civic Park at Hemisfair, and Rainier Square in Seattle. Vondrak joined GGN in 2016 and has worked on the Athens Chancery major rehabilitation at the American Embassy in Athens, Greece, 900 New York in Washington, D.C., and the REI Headquarters in Bellevue. Walbert was hired in 2015 and has worked on public parks to private campuses, including Long Beach Civic Center in California, and Smith Cove Park and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Campus, both in Seattle.

Clark Barnes

Hatcher

Seattle-based architecture and interior design firm Clark Barnes promoted Mike Hatcher to associate. Hatcher has over 15 years of architectural experience, the last four as project manager for multifamily, commercial and civic projects. His recent work includes Elara, a 150-unit apartment project near Pike Place Market, and the 77-unit Adell Apartments near Alaska Junction.

Schnabel Engineering

Samuelson

Steven A. Samuelson joined Schnabel Engineering as a senior associate engineer in the Seattle office. Samuelson is a civil engineer experienced in structural analyses of hydraulic structures. He specializes in computer modeling of concrete dams and has evaluated concrete arch, buttress and gravity dams. He has been a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission-approved independent consultant since 2002 at 21 sites in the West and Midwest. Schnabel participates in planning, study, design and construction of geotechnical, dam and tunnel engineering projects.

SRG Partnership

Iseler

Boll

Lavoie

Gelbrich

Danielson

Chan

Canales

In Portland, architecture firm SRG Partnership promoted Laurel Danielson, Bethany Gelbrich and Trevor Lavoie to senior associate, Leslie Boll to associate and Jordan Iseler to marketing manager there. In Seattle, SRG promoted Mike Canales and Kristopher Chan to associate.

Danielson, a designer, has nearly 30 years of experience and has led interior design and architectural projects. Her key projects include Multnomah County Central Courthouse, the Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Research Building and libraries, labs and academic buildings. Gelbrich has 18 years of architecture experience which includes the University of Oregon Jane Sanders Stadium, Washington State University Bohler Gym programming, and other sports and higher education projects. Lavoie has 18 years of experience including higher education science and research facilities such as the University of California, Davis Equine Performance Center and the Washington State University Veterinary and Biomedical Research Building.

Boll, SRG's brand designer, has over 15 years of experience. She is responsible for the graphic design and branding of SRG's print, web and collateral materials, as well as the art direction of photography. Her environmental graphics work includes Salt Lake City Community College Westpointe Career and Technical Education Center. Iseler is marketing manager in Portland. She has a background in architecture and has managed the project-pursuit process and marketing and business development initiatives. Canales has five years of experience with a background in construction documents and administration. His work includes the Alaska Airlines Lounge at Sea-Tac Airport and the Museum of Flight Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park. Chan has six years of experience on architectural design projects. He is working on Hayward Field at the University of Oregon and the EvergreenHealth aging infrastructure and seismic improvement project in Kirkland. SRG provides programming, planning, architecture and interior design.

Aug 21, 2019

BCRA

t'Sas

Dara t'Sas, director of marketing at BCRA, has transitioned onto the firm's leadership team, joining 15 others as a shareholder. She has been with BCRA for five years and provides strategic guidance for marketing and business development. She also directs corporate communications. BCRA provides architecture, interior design, civil engineering, structural engineering, land use planning and landscape architecture, with offices in Seattle and Tacoma.

CallisonRTKL

Perez

Global architecture, planning and design practice CallisonRTKL hired Anthony Perez as a vice president in the Seattle office. In his two-decade career, Perez has become known for creating places that heighten commercial performance through high-touch technology with a consumer-centric sensibility. He has worked for design practices FITCH (Columbus, Ohio) and Harbor Retail (Seattle), as well as at Starbucks Coffee, where he was instrumental in the design of new store prototypes, the exploration of alternative formats and new concepts, and work with allied brands Evolution Fresh and Teavana. He has been named among Fast Company magazine's 100 Creative People in Business.

RH2 Engineering

Campbell

Pettibone

Mahlum

Bothell-based RH2 Engineering promoted Dan Mahlum, Kyle Pettibone and Michele Campbell to director. Mahlum has been with RH2 for over 20 years, providing leadership and direction within its water treatment group. He has overseen facility projects that include well development and rehabilitation, groundwater and surface water treatment, and wastewater planning and improvements, and will continue to do business development. Pettibone, a design engineer, has over 25 years of experience. He has been involved in complex projects and improved the firm's design tools and services and deliverables to clients. Campbell has been with RH2 for over 18 years, managing the engineering planning group. She has been involved in developing the firm's comprehensive plans, which are integrating new technologies into the analysis and planning process. RH2 provides civil engineering, planning and environmental services.

The Watershed Co.

Burroughs

Mikluscak

The Watershed Co. promoted Amber Mikluscak to principal and hired Nathan Burroughs as a GIS analyst. Mikluscak has experience with landscape architecture, geospatial analysis and graphics in land use planning and natural resource management. She manages the landscape architecture team and coordinates in-house GIS capabilities. Burroughs has a background in geospatial analysis, habitat restoration, fish passage, and stream channel reconstruction. He will assist with development of environmental plans and policies, provide support on stream evaluations and other natural resources assessments, and assist with geospatial analysis for environmental planning and restoration projects. The firm provides natural resource assessments, mitigation and restoration design, environmental planning and permitting, stormwater monitoring, arborist and landscape architecture services.

SCJ Alliance

Hilen

Knight

SCJ Alliance hired Aaron Knight as a project manager and George Hilen as a project engineer in the Gig Harbor office. They work in the transportation design group. SCJ said the two engineers have worked together for years designing municipal roadway, corridor and intersection improvements. They have prepared construction plans, specifications and cost estimates for new and modified traffic signals, Intelligent Transportation Systems, ADA pedestrian facilities and roadway illumination systems. SCJ provides transportation planning and design, civil engineering, landscape architecture, environmental and urban planning and public outreach.

Osborn Consulting

Mansfield

Hoffman-Ballard

Navickis-Brasch

Osborn Consulting hired Aimee Navickis-Brasch, Taylor Hoffman-Ballard and Kaela Mansfield to lead its new Spokane office at 429 W. First Ave. Navickis-Brasch, Ph.D., has over 26 years of stormwater management experience in Washington, which includes design, research and planning projects and development of technical training programs. Hoffman-Ballard has over six years of water resources experience, from field investigation to hydrologic and hydraulic design for stormwater compliance projects. Mansfield has seven years of local experience focused on plans, specifications and estimates development for stormwater drainage and habitat restoration projects. Osborn is a Bellevue-based engineering, landscape architecture and urban design firm.

Stantec

In Seattle, Stantec hired Deepak Kaushal as an electrical project manager, Jon Mackay as an information and communication technology project manager, Gyuwon Lee as a mechanical project designer and Spencer LeDosquet as an acoustical consultant. In Lynnwood, it hired Roman Kukhotskiy as an electrical project designer.

Kaushal has a bachelor's and a master's in electrical engineering and several years of experience both as a designer and as a project manager. Mackay has several years of experience in telecommunications, building inspection and environmental consulting. Lee holds a master of engineering degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology. LeDosquet has three years of industry experience in acoustical design. Kukhotskiy has six years of electrical engineering experience with expertise in commercial systems.