Aug 21, 2024

Associated Earth Sciences

Johnson

Associated Earth Sciences Inc. has hired Jim Johnson as principal engineering geologist. Most recently with WSP (formerly Golder), Johnson brings more than 37 years of local and national experience covering a diverse range of public and private projects.

His work includes geotechnical site exploration, design and construction, geologic hazards assessment and mitigation design, geophysical investigations, and environmental support.

AESI is a multi-disciplinary, professional consulting firm specializing in providing geotechnical engineering, hydrogeologic, geophysical, and geologic services with offices in Kirkland, Tacoma, Mount Vernon, and Winthrop.

BCRA

Rydman

BCRA has promoted Joseph Rydman to managing principal. With a 19-year career at BCRA, preceded by five years at Lawhead Architects, Rydman has demonstrated exceptional dedication and expertise in the architectural field.

Throughout his tenure at BCRA, he has significantly influenced the multifamily market, leading numerous projects. Additionally, Rydman has successfully managed an array of project types, including fire stations, restaurants, retail spaces, self-storage facilities, and hospitality venues. Notable completed projects include Stadium Apartments, Madison 25, The Luke, and Traxx at Terrace Station.

Otak

Yamashita

Otak has elevated Jon Yamashita to regional director of Oregon and Southwest Washington.

Yamashita has more than 30 years of experience in the industry and has led the Otak survey and mapping team for the better part of the past decade. His expertise covers a comprehensive range of surveying while his knowledge and commitment to precision has made him an invaluable asset on the way to completing countless projects.

Yamashita has served as board chair for the Leadership Clark County program for the last three years after completing the program himself and participating on the board over the last decade.

In his new role Yamashita looks to build on the firm's ability to bring a truly integrated team to each project that caters directly to client goals. This includes providing a unified set of strategies around how work is selected, pursued, won, managed and executed.

Studio Meng Strazzara

Purtha

Parsons

Greenheck

Watkins

Jamieson

Weyrick

Thomas

Studio Meng Strazzara has promoted several employees to leadership positions.

Peter Jamieson and Nick Watkins have been promoted to senior associate; Riley Greenheck and Rebecca “Becca” Parsons have been promoted to LEED green associate; and Daniel Purtha, Shirley Thomas and Ethan Weyrick are now associates

Jamieson has national experience designing and managing commercial projects ranging from adaptive reuse to multifamily residences.

Watkins has a diverse background for both education and commercial projects.

Greenheck started as an intern at SMS when he was in high school. Upon graduating college, he was immediately hired full-time to run projects for the firm's commercial practice.

Parsons is a dedicated and detail-oriented designer with a passion for Revit modeling.

Purtha produces deliverables from schematic design to construction documents with accompanying high-quality renderings. He prioritizes sustainability.

Thomas brings international experience to SMS. Her attention to detail and ability to refine designs leads to highly polished buildings.

Weyrick is a proven project manager. He is an eager student of his craft and is constantly developing new skills and applying them to each project.

Rock Project Management Services

Cauilan

Pickard

Renton-based Rock Project Management Services hired Katelyn Pickard and Joseph Cauilan as assistant project managers. RPM provides owner's representative services to public and private clients throughout Washington that have education, technology, health care, transportation and municipal projects. Pickard has 10 years of experience providing technical support to project teams on a variety of project types, especially with environmental-related projects. Most of Pickard's project experience has been developed through her involvement with underwater dive operations at various industrial sites, including plants, bridges, water treatment facilities, retaining walls, fuel docks, and tunnel boring machines. Cauilan is a recent electrical/electronic engineering graduate from the University of Washington, Bothell. He has an interest in circuit design, and power system design and analysis.

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson announced that Aaron Schwartz, Emily Husa and Faye Washburn have joined the firm. Schwartz joins the firm as counsel, with nearly 20 years of litigation practice spanning a wide range of matters from simple wage disputes to complex class actions involving hundreds of millions of dollars. He represents individuals and companies on matters including employment litigation and discrimination, commercial disputes, insurance coverage, sexual abuse, and complex mass torts. Husa joins Lasher as a litigation attorney after two years of summer internships through the LEAD-WA program. She recently graduated from Seattle University's School of Law, during which time she also was a Judicial Extern for the Hon. Janet Chung, Court of Appeals of Washington Division 1. Washburn also spent a year as a summer intern with Lasher, and recently graduated from Seattle University's School of Law. She joins the Family Law Practice Group and will continue to work on complex financial dissolutions, post-dissolution matters, prenuptial agreements and parenting plan litigation. Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson was founded over 50 years ago in Seattle, and provides comprehensive legal services for businesses, their owners and families.

Aug 20, 2024

Rush Commercial Construction

Gallington

The Rush Companies announced that Aaron Gallington, chief estimator at Rush Commercial Construction, has achieved the Associate Design-Build Professional certification from the Design-Build Institute of America. The certification reflects Gallington's completion of training and testing to demonstrate his proficiency in the Design-Build Done Right principles essential for successful design-build project delivery. He is among a select group of design-build professionals nationwide to achieve this designation. Founded by Gordon Rush in 1987, The Rush Companies is made up of five integrated real estate focused businesses — Capital, Commercial, Development, Residential and Property Management. Rush is headquartered in Gig Harbor.

Liberty Bank

Hadlock

Liberty Bank promoted Matt Hadlock to the position of VP & information security officer. Since joining the Liberty Bank in 2021, Hadlock has demonstrated a commitment to the company's information security protocols, working to protect sensitive data and maintain compliance with industry standards, and has been instrumental in strengthening the company's cybersecurity measures. He recently became a Certified Information Systems Security Professional. Liberty Bank is headquartered in Poulsbo, and has an office in Bellevue.

Perkins Coie

David Delafield will be joining Perkins Coie on Sept. 16 as its new chief financial officer. Delafield will lead the strategic financial planning for Perkins Coie's international operations. Delafield will join Perkins Coie from Davis Wright Tremaine, where he has served as CFO since 2018. He previously served as CFO at Providence Health & Services, where he led financial oversight for a medical group with over 2,500 providers. He also worked at Deloitte and Microsoft earlier in his career in consulting and corporate accounting roles. Delafield will work closely with Perkins Coie's leadership team on driving the firm's financial vision and objectives. As CFO, he will manage and optimize the firm's financial planning with respect to investments in its lawyers and business professionals, pricing and rates, cutting-edge technologies, and client-centric real estate. Delafield holds both an MBA and BA in business administration from Washington State University. Perkins Coie recently opened a London office with a technology-focused corporate practice.