Feb 05, 2025

Cochran

Cirrotti-Caruso

Cochran, an electrical and technology services provider in the Pacific Northwest, has promoted Seth Cirrotti-Caruso to director of preconstruction. In this role, Cirrotti-Caruso will lead the preconstruction process for electrical and technology projects, ensuring seamless coordination from initial design through construction.

His responsibilities include supervising and integrating key functions such as strategic project pursuits, building information modeling, procurement, budgeting, and pre-fab operations. With a focus on early-stage project development, he will collaborate closely with clients, architects, and internal teams to align project goals, optimize designs, and deliver value-driven solutions.

He brings extensive experience in the electrical industry, having joined Cochran in 2007. Over the years, he has advanced through several roles, including electrical estimator, project assistant, project engineer, project manager, and project executive. He has played a key role in delivering some of Cochran's most high-profile and technically demanding projects, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation headquarters, Microsoft and Amazon campuses, and mixed-use towers in Seattle and Bellevue.

Hargis

Barranick

Kavulla

Brush

Eldredge

Slatton

Koch

Ide

Kunimoto

Helms

VanderKley

Peery

Pentz

Koch

Hargis Engineers has promoted seven employees to the senior leadership team. Brad Slatton, Kevin Eldredge, and Shannon Brush have been promoted to principal and are joined by new associate principals Josh Kavulla, Michael Baranick, and Taylor VanderKley, and new senior associate Ben Helms.

Since joining Hargis in 2007, Slatton has leveraged his background as a financial business analyst to strengthen the firm's business operations team. His leadership has supported the firm in navigating domestic and global growth, identifying advantageous benefit options for staff, and aligning with the distinct financial reporting requirements of public, private, and Fortune 100 clients.

Eldredge brings nearly three decades of telecommunications and audio-visual experience. Accustomed to working with Fortune 100 and 500 enterprise clients, he applies his technical expertise and leadership to guide teams in delivering solutions that align with innovative priorities and highly sophisticated specialty program applications for visionaries across the Americas.

With over 22 years of service, Brush has been a cornerstone of Hargis' marketing and business development efforts. Her active involvement as the team lead and mentor, as well as serving on boards and committees across the industry, fuels the firm's brand recognition and position across multiple markets, while her focus on cultivating market sector expansion through new discipline introductions contributes to the firm's broader reach.

Kavulla brings 25 years of experience as a consultant and owner representative specializing in multiple facets of technology. His leadership is instrumental in serving Fortune 100 and 500 clients, driving high-profile corporate office regional growth, and delivering hyperscale data center applications on accelerated timelines to meet the demands of dynamic client expansion.

Baranick leads Hargis' energy services team, helping clients achieve conservation benchmarks and align capital planning with sustainability goals. His advocacy on technical committees and leadership in code development ensure that Hargis remains a voice for productive change in the industry.

VanderKley's investment in the delivery of educational projects has contributed to several firsts for clients throughout the Puget Sound region. His adaptive approach has enabled him to be responsive to changes in the industry, build new relationships, and provide internal leadership to our digital applications team in the spirit of delivering on clients' needs.

Helms joins the team as a senior associate. He is a key member of the security and telecommunications team that serves public clients' interests. He is actively serving the enterprise needs of Washington state's departments of corrections, social and health services, and children/youth/family services. His efforts have also served colleges and universities statewide, demonstrating his commitment to higher education enterprise needs.

Hargis also announced six new associates. They are Brian Kunimoto (telecommunications), Devin Ide (mechanical), Haley Koch (electrical), Jake Reny (mechanical), James Pentz (mechanical), Travis Peery (telecommunications).

Jan 29, 2025

AHBL

Pflueger

Sauter

Duncan

Dodos

Stickney

AHBL announced the promotions of key individuals on the team. The following team members have been promoted to associate principal: Nicole Stickney, a senior planning project manager in the Tri-Cities office, Christopher Dodos, a survey project manager in the Tacoma office, and Tyler Duncan, a survey project manager in the Tri-Cities office.

Two senior structural engineers have been promoted to senior associates: Andrea Sauter, a senior structural project manager in the Seattle office and Andy Pflueger, a senior structural project manager in the Tacoma office.

Stickney has been promoted to associate principal within the Planning Department. With 16 years of experience in land use planning, Stickney is a skilled and versatile planner, adept in all aspects of the field. She has contributed to a wide variety of planning and economic development projects for both public and private-sector clients across Washington state. Stickney brings specialized expertise in policy development, municipal code writing, environmental analysis, and development review.

Dodos has been promoted to associate principal within the Survey Department. Dodos began his career as a high school teacher after graduating from the US Military Academy at West Point with a B.S. in Russian and concentration in Environmental Engineering. He has over 11 years experience as a land surveyor and is licensed in Washington and Oregon as a Professional Land Surveyor. His expertise includes preparing topographic, boundary and post-construction as-built surveys and construction staking. Dodos is responsible for project scheduling in the field and office, managing the development of topographic and A.L.T.A. surveys, boundary line adjustments, records of survey, short and long plats, right-of-way surveys, and various formats of boundary surveys.

Duncan has been promoted to associate principal within the Survey Department. Duncan's career began 18 years ago at AHBL after graduating from WSU with his bachelor's degree. His experience has been as a surveyor in various capacities, rising through the ranks. Duncan is currently serving as AHBL's Tri-Cities survey project manager, where he coordinates and calculates survey projects, and supervises office production of staff and field crews. He is responsible for in-house production of survey maps and exhibits, topographic surveys, performing boundary calculations, writing legal descriptions, and leading on-call survey projects.

Sauter has been promoted to senior associate within the Structural Engineering Department. Sauter has 22 years' experience as a structural engineer working on a wide variety of project types, including K-12 schools, higher education facilities, medical office buildings, tribal and veterans administration facilities. This work has included new construction, tenant improvements, and seismic evaluation and retrofit. Sauter is a skilled communicator and is well versed in BIM and computer analysis methods. She is a DBIA certified professional and has considerable experience with pull planning, target value design, and other Lean Design principles. Her role as a senior associate will include providing client-focused structural solutions, utilizing her DBIA certification to evolve our Progressive D/B and D/B portfolios of work, as well as mentoring the structural engineering staff in our Puget Sound offices.

Pflueger has been promoted within the Structural Engineering Department. He has 27 years' experience working on a broad range of project types including military facilities, commercial office and industrial buildings, mixed-use developments, educational facilities, and public buildings. In addition to new construction, Pflueger has developed seismic upgrades for numerous facilities and has extensive experience with steel and post-tensioned concrete construction. He also brings extensive experience with the process and standards of federal government projects. Pflueger is AHBL's expert on structural analysis software and leads AHBL's BIM team and the development of structural CAD/BIM standards. His role as senior associate will include continued support of his clients in the mixed-use, commercial, and industrial markets and our Federal IDIQ and MATOC projects throughout Washington state.

Dark Light Design

Klingfus

Littleton

Dark Light Design announced the promotion of two team members. Oliver Littleton has been promoted to senior lighting designer, and Kerri Klingfus has been promoted to director of operations and marketing, and associate.

Littleton has been promoted in recognition of his consistent delivery of high-quality design solutions, contributions to creative project development, and efforts to improve firm-wide processes.

Klingfus has played a key role in managing the firm's operations and marketing efforts, ensuring efficiency and professionalism. Her contributions have supported the firm's growth and development. In her new role, she will continue managing operations, leading marketing initiatives, and contributing to strategic planning.

Makers architecture and urban design

Roussel

Fenstermacher

Miller

Makers architecture and urban design has three new partners: Rachel Miller, Andy Fenstermacher, and Cecilia Roussel.

Miller is a leader in equitable planning work with over 15 years of experience in urban design and community planning. She uses multidisciplinary urban design thinking and community co-creation to solve multiple challenges simultaneously and develop actionable and community-owned plans. She has organized and presented numerous APA and Walkable Washington conference sessions, mostly centered on urban design and equitable transit-oriented development. She is influenced by her prior work and studies in several West African, Asian, and European countries.

Fenstermacher has been a Seattle-based planner since 2005 and focused exclusively on federal clients for the past decade while at Makers. Since joining the firm in 2012, he has worked closely with the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard to develop specialized facility studies and installation plans throughout the country. As partner, he will help co-manage a team of 20 planners, architects, and designers dedicated to the firm's federal sector.

Roussel has 13 years' experience helping clients envision how their spaces can best support their work. She is a leader of Makers' facility planning studio and is recognized for her ability to synthesize complex functional, operations, and financial considerations into compelling and defensible facilities investment recommendations. She joined Makers in 2015.

The new partners join existing partners Julie Bassuk, Stefani Wildhaber, Bob Bengford, and Brent Huizingh as firm leaders.