Dec 26, 2019

PCS Structural Solutions

In Tacoma, PCS Structural Solutions promoted Jack Pinkard to senior principal and Hai Lin to project engineer. In Seattle, it promoted Sunny Sidhu to project engineer. Pinkard has been with the firm for over 33 years. He is working on five replacement elementary schools for the Franklin Pierce School District, the Grays Harbor College Student Services building, and renovations and additions to the Highline College Health and Life Sciences Building.

Lin is working on the Muckleshoot Casino Hotel in Auburn and DaVita Headquarters expansion in Federal Way and is on PCS's steel design team. Sidhu has worked on high-end residential projects. He is working on the Seal Rock Residence and the Secret Beach Residence, and contributing on PCS's code team.

PCS is a structural engineering firm.

Scott | Edwards Architecture

Portland-based Scott | Edwards Architecture hired Margaret Wilson as a project architect, Brandon Dole as a project manager, Megan Schmitz as an interior designer, Gillian Stoneback, Philip Viana and Robert Wilson as project designers and Malyia Pladziewicz as human resources manager. Margaret Wilson is on the design team for projects with Salem Health Hospital & Clinics. She has over 19 years of design and team leadership experience specializing in health care projects. Previous to joining S|EA, she spent 13 years at a Portland health care design firm. Dole has over 12 years of management experience from public sector projects including for federal and local agencies and universities. He is working on the Oregon City Operations complex and Audubon Society of Portland Wildlife Care Center renovation. Schmitz has four years of interiors and space planning experience. Her previous interior design experience includes work with a local architecture firm and industry vendor. She is on the teams for Rose Villa Senior Living Portland and Northbank Ambulatory Surgical Center in Salem, Oregon.

Stoneback has over eight years of design experience, most recently with senior housing. She will work on housing projects including the Hillside Manor Multifamily Tower renovation in Milwaukie, Oregon. Viana has over seven years of experience with a portfolio of multifamily, commercial, recreation and high-end residential. He is on the team for Tigard Triangle Apartments in Tigard, Oregon, and Mary Ann Apartments in Beaverton, Oregon. Robert Wilson holds a bachelor's in psychology from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a master of architecture from Portland State University. He is a team member on projects for Salem Health Hospital & Clinics. Pladziewicz has over 16 years of HR experience with architectural and interior design firms. Her responsibilities will include employee hiring and retention, and being a link between S|EA principals and their staff of over 85. She is certified as a Professional in Human Resources.

S|EA is a regional architecture, planning and interior design firm.

Dec 18, 2019

SRG Partnership

In Seattle, SRG Partnership hired Pierce McVey as a design principal and Kenny Grist as a senior associate. In Portland, SRG hired Sohee Ryan, Eric Reynaert and Rachel Lozeau as architectural designers.

McVey has three decades of experience focusing on health care, higher education, planning and public projects, with a background in high-performance building systems and sustainable innovation. Grist is an architect with over 20 years of experience who has worked in project architect and project manager roles for education, technical and health care clients in the West. Current projects include the University of Washington IMA Pool Validation Study and the city of Seattle Municipal Courts lobby renovation.

Ryan has five years of experience in the architecture industry and has graphics and visualization skills. She is working on the Oregon State Capitol accessibility, maintenance and safety seismic upgrade and the Oregon Health & Science University aerial tram recladding. Reynaert has five years of design experience. He is working on the Marine and Environmental Research and Training Station at Clatsop Community College and the Western State Hospital master plan. Lozeau has four years of industry experience and technical and graphics skills, with current work on the Oregon State Capitol upgrade. SRG provides programming, planning, architecture and interior design.

Freiheit Architecture

In Bellevue, Freiheit Architecture hired Corey Higbee, Sydney Bodman and Michael Ashinay as architectural designers and Jackie Kong as accounting manager, and promoted Dustin Thorlakson to senior project architect and Adrian Ho to project manager. Higbee has four years of experience in residential and mixed-use projects and is working on high-rise and office projects. Bodman has three years of experience and is working on office tenant improvements. Ashinay has five years of experience with a focus on mixed-use projects including podium-style and walk-up apartments, and is working on condo and mixed-use apartment projects. Kong has over nine years of experience focusing on financial statement analysis.

Thorlakson has over nine years of experience focusing on the office, restaurant, retail and mixed-use markets, and a background in project feasibility and early stage design studies. His project experience includes the 13 Coins restaurant and Avalara Hawk Tower in Seattle. He is working on four new office buildings in Kirkland. Ho has over eight years of experience in architecture, specifically in the multifamily and tribal/cultural/civic markets. He also has a background in masterplanning, project feasibility studies and land use code review. His projects include Basel Newport Townhomes and the Tulalip Bay Comprehensive Plan. Freiheit is a commercial architecture and interior design firm.