Dec 17, 2025

Moffatt & Nichol

Darnell

Moffatt & Nichol has hired Joel Darnell as senior water resources engineer in its Seattle office. Darnell brings more than 20 years of experience delivering port, coastal, water resources and transportation projects. His background includes five years as capital project manager for the city of Seattle, giving him direct experience with delivery of complex municipal programs. He holds a master's degree in ocean engineering from Oregon State University and a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Texas A&M University.

Parametrix

Harmon

Von Stroh

Parametrix has recently hired David Von Stroh as a senior consultant with the firm's mobility and data technologies practice. He has over 15 years of experience in transportation planning and data analytics. His areas of expertise include curb and parking data management, transit data applications, active transportation and climate resiliency. He has worked with public agencies across the western United States. His project experience includes work with King County Metro, Sound Transit, the Seattle Department of Transportation, Portland TriMet, Caltrans, Bay Area Rapid Transit, the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County Transportation Authority, and Southern California Association of Governments.

Scott Harmon recently joined Parametrix as a senior transportation engineer and project manager with the firm's transportation practice where he'll support transit, mobility and transportation projects throughout the Northwest. He brings nearly three decades of experience. His expertise includes traffic impact analysis, detailed transportation operations modeling, transportation needs assessments, signal operations, traffic management plans, corridor planning and concept design, active transportation management plans, and transportation system management and operations plans. He has worked with the Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California, and Utah Departments of Transportation as well as Oregon Metro, TriMet, Sound Transit, Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council, and counties and cities throughout the Northwest.

Perkins&Will

Buchanan

Perkins&Will has hired Todd Buchanan as managing director of its Seattle studio. Buchanan has over 25 years of experience managing civic, healthcare and aviation projects throughout the Pacific Northwest. His recent local work includes the $1 billion, 350-bed Western State Hospital behavioral health campus in Lakewood, which is currently under construction, aiming for LEED Gold and Net Zero certification. He also worked with the Port of Seattle for over 10 years, including participating in the largest capital program in the port's history. Buchanan served as principal-in-charge for Kaiser Permanente's ambulatory surgery and specialty center expansion in Seattle.

Dec 10, 2025

PCS Structural Solutions

Greissl

Rumann

Dragovich

Bowen

PCS announced the promotions of four structural engineers: McKell Bowen to associate principal, Jared Dragovich to senior associate, Rebecca Rumann to associate, and Jaycob Greissl to project manager.

Bowen has 10 years of experience in structural engineering and is currently working on the Swedish First Hill Medical Center North Tower, the Vancouver Washington Temple, and the North Thurston Public Schools Young Child Family Center projects.

Dragovich has eight years of experience and brings expertise in educational environments serving as a K-12 market lead. Dragovich is currently working on the Issaquah School District's Issaquah High School, Bremerton School District's View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy, and the Lower Columbia College Center for Vocational and Transitional Studies projects.

Rumann has 13 years of experience focusing on best-fit designs for new construction and solutions for existing buildings. Rumann is currently working on the Seattle Public Schools' View Ridge Elementary seismic upgrade.

Greissl brings seven years of experience to the role of project manager and as a dedicated ACE Mentor. Currently, Greissl is working on the Sumner-Bonney Lake School District's Bonney Lake High School Addition, the Vancouver Washington Temple, and the Mason General Hospital Master Planning projects.