Mar 29, 2023

Public47 Architects

Laurencelle

Kwon

Jackson

Cox

Buckbee

Public47 Architects has announced a new associate group which will include Hayley Buckbee, Martha Cox, Steven Jackson, Jon Kwon, and Mike Laurencelle. This associate group will provide additional leadership as the firm moves forward into its second decade.

Raised and educated in the Pacific Northwest, Buckbee is a graduate of Portland State University and received her Master of Architecture degree from University of Washington. She has worked on various project sizes and types ranging from residential remodels to urban mixed-use. In addition to her work with Public, she co-runs a site-specific art installation collaborative and has taught architectural studio at UW.

Cox is a licensed architect with ten years of experience on a wide range of projects with a growing expertise in mass timber. She is deeply involved in ULI Northwest, serving on the local multi-family product council as well as co-chairing the ULI Northwest Young Leaders Group Board. She was recently awarded the ULI Prologis Achievement Award. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Rice University.

Jackson, a graduate of the University of Colorado and University of Washington's Master of Architecture program, is a licensed architect with a background in furniture design and fabrication. Many of his projects have dealt with challenging sites and complex zoning issues.

Kwon is a licensed architect with over 30 years of experience on a wide range of projects from police precincts to downtown towers to single-family homes. He is detail-oriented and brings technical expertise to the team while serving as a mentor to the younger staff.

An east-coast transplant and University of Washington graduate, Laurencelle has worked on a variety of project types including urban mixed-use, adaptive reuse, and multifamily housing exploring high-performance building technologies and mass timber construction. He is also a certified Construction Document Technologist.

RMC

Williard

Cuthrell

RMC Architects has hired Ellie Cuthrell as a design professional. Cuthrell received a Bachelor of Architecture in 2022 from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She also minored in Computer Science.

She is currently working on State Street Creamery in Bellingham. The project is a multifamily/commercial site capacity study for 98 units of housing with ground floor commercial space. She is also working on the Skagit Valley College Learning Commons project in Mount Vernon, WA. Using her considerable graphic and CAD rendering skills, Cuthrell will assist RMC with visualizing design concepts for a variety of building types.

RMC has also promoted Jason Williard AIA, LEED AP to principal. As part of the firm's strategic plan to ensure a successful future, this promotion recognizes the importance of ushering in a new generation of leadership.

Williard joined RMC in 2006. He has worked on some of RMC's most notable projects, including Peoples Bank in the Barkley Financial District, the Rocket Building in the Fairhaven Historic District, Spring Street Landing on the Friday Harbor Waterfront, and Bellingham Public Schools District Office Building, currently in progress.

Cushing Terrell

Stewart

Kevin Stewart has joined Cushing Terrell as food and beverage design studio director. Stewart will lead new business pursuits, strategic partnership development, and client relationship management for the firm's food and beverage work.

Stewart brings more than 20 years of experience to the Cushing Terrell team, ranging from hospitality, food and beverage, and cultural projects to commercial office, mixed-use, multi-family, and single-family residential projects.

Stewart will support Cushing Terrell's strategic goal to expand its food and beverage work for clients across the United States. This will involve increasing awareness of the firm's project experience and multidisciplinary capabilities, continuing to grow the food and beverage team, and identifying opportunities to support current and new clients with their project needs.

Prior to joining Cushing Terrell, Stewart was the principal and founder of his own architecture firm, Design Hound, based in Austin, Texas. Earlier, he worked for several architecture firms in Texas and Arizona, serving in the roles of project manager and project architect, as well as leading marketing, client relations, and staff management and development. He has experience in all aspects of the design process, from conceptual design and production to construction documents and contractor team management. He is a registered architect in the states of Arizona, Idaho, and Texas.

ZGF Architects

Griffes

Grey

Rabe

Brennan

Strong

ZGF has promoted the following team members to pricipal; Kendall Strong, Marty Brennan, Justin Rabe, Flavia Grey and Chris Griffes.

Strong is an architect with nearly 20 years of experience working on complex healthcare projects, from outpatient facilities to a major children's hospital expansion. She advocates for the integration of sustainable design features whenever possible.

As a project manager, Strong is actively involved in all aspects of day-to-day project operations from programming through construction.

Brennan, AIA, WELL APA, is an architect, sustainability leader, and light health researcher with 15 years of experience. In addition to supporting project teams, he has helped developed multiple open-source tools for carbon reduction and daylighting analysis, co-authored applied research papers, and spoken on international stages about various sustainability and public health topics. He was also a light concept advisor for the WELL Building Institute.

Rabe, PE, is an architect and technical designer with extensive background in healthcare and higher education projects. His two decades of combined architecture and engineering expertise allows him to engage in all project phases, from developing design and phasing strategies, to ensuring the chosen building systems are compatible with the project goals, to leading construction documentation and administration efforts.

Grey, PhD, leads ZGF's firm-wide data strategy and research development efforts, championing the use of data-driven solutions to aid in design development, decision making, and performance evaluation across all project typologies and phases. As a Stanford University researcher, Grey has authored a variety of peer-reviewed studies examining the connections between building design, sustainability, occupant wellbeing and productivity. She regularly speaks and guest-lectures on these topics.

Griffes, RA, CDT, LEED AP, brings over four decades of experience as an architect and project manager, specializing in the technical components of projects and refinement of the documentation process. Today he spends most of his time staffing and hiring, ensuring that project teams have the right talent and staff are working on projects aligned with their goals and skillsets.

Itron

Itron announced that it signed a contract with Abbanoa S.p.A., the main water distributor in Sardinia, Italy, to supply Itron Intelis wSource smart water meters to the utility to decrease water waste and support more responsible and sustainable water use. Itron's smart metering technology gives Abbanoa access to detailed and precise data on a frequent basis. The Itron Intelis wSource is an ultrasonic water meter featuring advanced functionality to improve water network visibility, reduce water losses and enhance billing accuracy. Itron enables utilities and cities to deliver critical infrastructure solutions to communities in more than 100 countries with its portfolio of smart networks, software, services, meters and sensors to help its customers better manage electricity, gas and water resources. Itron is based in Liberty Lake.

Car Connectivity Consortium

The Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC), headquartered in Beaverton, announced the appointment of mobility supplier DENSO as its newest charter member. The CCC also announced that Eric Smith, chief architect, digital key, at DENSO will be joining the board of directors. DENSO is a global supplier of advanced technology and components for nearly every vehicle make and model on the road today. DENSO invests in nearly 200 facilities worldwide to produce electrification systems, powertrain systems, thermal systems, mobility electronics and other advanced solutions such as end-to-end Digital Key technology. DENSO joins charter members Apple, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Google, Honda, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, NXP, Panasonic, Samsung, Thales, Volkswagen and Xiaomi with representatives on the board. The Car Connectivity Consortium is a cross-industry organization advancing technologies for smartphone-to-car connectivity solutions.

Mar 28, 2023

Ste. Michelle Wine Estates

Sabold Lettiere

Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, the largest winery in the Pacific Northwest and among the largest premium wineries in the U.S., announced the appointment of Ashleigh Sabold Lettiere as the new vice president, Independent Region. In this role, Sabold Lettiere will lead the Ste. Michelle sales team across 13 states that make up the Independent Region including: New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Michigan, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. These states account for almost a quarter of Ste. Michelle's national volume. Sabold Lettiere joins Ste. Michelle after a decade-long career with Treasury Wine Estates, most recently as division vice president for the Northeast. Prior to that she served in a leadership role for J. Lohr Vineyards and Wines, as well as in sales at the Breakthru Beverage Group (formerly Reliable Churchill). Sabold Lettiere graduated from Radford University in Virginia and holds an MBA from Johns Hopkins University.

Lattice Semiconductor

Lattice Semiconductor won two Artificial Intelligence Excellence Awards from The Business Intelligence Group. The Lattice Avant FPGA platform and Lattice sensAI solution stack were recognized in the Vehicle Infrastructure Integration and Computer Vision categories, respectively, for solving key customer challenges around adding intelligence to Edge systems and applications. The Artificial Intelligence Excellence Awards recognize organizations, products and people who bring AI to life and apply it to solve real problems. Winners are chosen by a group of business leaders and executives. The Business Intelligence Group was founded with the mission of recognizing talent and superior performance in the business world. Lattice Semiconductor is based in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Propeller

Propeller, a management consultancy for organizations in technology, retail, energy and utilities, healthcare, and the public sector, announced it achieved national certification as a Women's Business Enterprise by the Women's Business Enterprise Council – Pacific, a regional certifying partner of the Women's Business Enterprise National Council. With certification, Propeller joins a nationwide network of support, including targeted business opportunities, growth-enabling education and development programs, and networking and mentorship with thousands of other women entrepreneurs. WBENC also brings increased visibility in corporate and government supply chains, as organizations frequently turn to WBENC-certified businesses for suppliers and contractors as part of their commitments to fostering diversity. Propeller was co-founded by Amy Weeden in 2012, and has offices in Portland, San Francisco, San Jose, Denver, Minneapolis and Dallas. Founded in 1997, WBENC is a leader in women's business development and a leading third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women.

UMC

Olmsted

Design-build mechanical and energy contractor UMC named Chris Olmsted as life sciences market lead. Olmsted has spent his career in various roles that have spanned many aspects of a facility's lifecycle, including building automation and controls, building optimization, critical environments, major construction support, tenant improvements, small repairs and facilitating emergency maintenance. He previously was sales manager for UMC's facility services sales team, and has been at the firm since 2019. He holds a degree in electrical engineering, and has training in whole-building optimization. Recently, he completed a professional certificate from MIT in biotechnology and life science.

Deacon Construction

Foster

Fish

Two industry veterans have joined the Seattle office of Deacon Construction: Alan Fish as senior estimator and Bill Foster as senior project manager. Fish comes from Venture General Contracting but prior to that worked at Deacon. He has nearly 30 years of experience in the AEC industry, and Deacon says he is well-versed in preparing estimates during all phases of design on a variety of project types ranging from below $1 million to over $100 million. Foster comes from Schuchart with nearly 35 years of construction industry experience in the Seattle area. He has extensive experience in tilt-up construction, large site development and stand-alone retail buildings, according to the company. Over the last decade, he was heavily involved in commercial tenant improvements and Boeing projects.

EagleView Technologies

Bellevue-based EagleView Technologies is collaborating with Mike Holmes Inspections to provide its aerial imagery services to a network of roof inspectors across Canada. The inspectors, trained and equipped with EagleView Assess drone technology, are using the technology to inspect properties for insurance claims without having to spend time on a roof. EagleView Assess has been in the U.S. market for the past year and has seen growing adoption among roof inspectors, independent adjusters, roofing contractors and insurance companies. Mike Holmes Inspections was founded by Mike Holmes, host and creator of a popular home improvement show. The company provides certified and trained professionals to conduct thorough home inspections.

Harbor Freight Tools

California-based Harbor Freight Tools is offering $1.5 million this year in its Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence contest. Harbor Freight plans to honor 25 outstanding public high school skilled trades teachers and their programs. Five grand prize winners will each get $100,000 and 20 others will get $50,000 each. Teachers can submit applications until May 5 to hftforschoolsprize.org. Finalists will be announced on June 13 and winners in October.