Jan 15, 2020

FSi Engineers

Roush

Jarvegren

Seattle-based FSi Engineers promoted associates Ola Jarvegren and Ben Roush to principal. Jarvegren was hired in 2012 and works in the Seattle office. He has done projects for hospitals, universities, schools and public works, and has advocated for making FSi's standard specs as green as possible. His work includes Colman Dock, which integrates the use of natural air and light into its systems. Roush was hired in 2008. He runs the Baltimore office, which he opened using his business development skills to create a new market for FSi. He also provides training to the firm's engineers. FSi provides mechanical and fire protection engineering services.

Kleinfelder

Christie

In Seattle, Kleinfelder hired Sam Christie as principal professional/senior project manager. Christie provides geotechnical project management and technical leadership for infrastructure projects. He has over 15 years of experience, including overseas, and specializes in geotechnical and earthquake engineering. He has contributed to projects involving ground improvement design for port and marine structures, shoring design for high-rise excavations, foundation design for cable-stayed and suspension bridges, seismic analysis and foundation design for immersed tunnels, and wind turbine foundation design and remediation. Kleinfelder is an engineering, construction management, design and environmental professional services firm.

Lund Opsahl

Peterson

Seattle-based structural and seismic engineering firm Lund Opsahl hired engineer-in-training Garrett Peterson. Peterson interned with the firm and has a bachelor's in architectural engineering from California Polytechnic State University. His work covers a variety of markets and includes memory-care facilities, the 190-unit Alexan Central Park apartments in Redmond, and a maintenance and operations facility renovation for Olympia-based Intercity Transit.

HNTB Corp.

Proia

Kimberly Proia joined HNTB Corp. as a project director and vice president based in Bellevue. She will be deputy project manager for the West Seattle and Ballard Link light rail extensions. Proia has nearly 25 years of experience in rail transit, with a background in program management, preliminary engineering, final design and environmental impact statements. Previously, she was project manager for design services of the $1.86 billion Green Line Extension program in Minnesota. HNTB is an infrastructure firm.

David Evans and Associates

Laird

In Bellevue, Greg Laird joined David Evans and Associates to lead its Puget Sound region water resources group. Laird has over 30 years of experience as a project manager and water resources engineer specializing in publicly funded projects, traditional design-bid-build construction, value engineering, constructability review and risk assessment. He has worked on projects for Sound Transit, WSDOT, ports and local and federal agencies. DEA provides design services for transportation, water, environmental, land, energy and marine infrastructure systems.

KBA

Arnold

In Bellevue, Cathy Arnold joined engineering firm KBA as a project manager after 40 years with the Washington State Department of Transportation, where she managed construction, design and contracting teams for infrastructure projects. Arnold was WSDOT's engineering manager for Snohomish and King counties and has experience in paving, highway, road, bridge, culvert and fish barrier removal projects, including the MLK-to-Ravenna pavement replacement, the state Route 530 incident debris removal, and SR 530 access road maintenance and traffic control projects. KBA specializes in construction management, project/program management and value-added specialty services.

Architects West

Marcusen

Architects West hired Nathan Marcusen as a landscape designer in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Marcusen has a bachelor's in horticulture from Brigham Young University-Idaho. He has a background in the identification and care of landscape plants for most zones in the U.S. and in computer-aided design and drafting. He is doing projects for Northwest Farm Credit Services in Salem, Oregon, and East Valley School District in Spokane Valley. He was with Environment West Landscape Services. Architects West provides architectural and landscape architectural/land planning services.

Jan 08, 2020

Mithun

Keene

MacPherson

Faris

In Seattle, Mithun promoted Dorothy Faris and Elizabeth MacPherson to partner, Dakota Keene to principal, Christian Runge, David Ichikawa, Naoe White, Tammy Cross and Tina Gega to associate principal, Amanda Bryan, Cassie Hillman Picard and Rosalie Daggett to senior associate and Dawid Pol, Doni Daneshfarnia, Emily Vester, Ethan Davis, Jennifer Papuga, Kasia Keeley, Katie Stege, Lisa Hartanov, Maggie Ciaccio and Reed Kelly to associate. Faris is a landscape architect who works with integrated design teams and project stakeholders to blend site, structure and community. Projects she has worked on include Heartline and Pepsi Blocks mixed-use developments in Portland; University of California San Diego Nuevo West and Nuevo East graduate student housing communities; and Keahuolu land planning in Kona, Hawaii.

MacPherson is an interior designer with a background in health and biophilia — the innate, sensory connection people have with the natural world. In her 24 years at Mithun, she has led the design of workplace and residential interiors for diverse projects including the Weyerhaeuser headquarters in Seattle, Heartline in Portland, and two student housing developments for UC Irvine, Mesa Court Towers and Middle Earth Towers. Keene is a landscape architect who has led site design for many of Mithun's signature projects including cultural landscapes for the National Nordic Museum in Seattle and the Wanapum Heritage Center in Mattawa, and campus workplaces. Among them are the Perot Family offices and Tulalip Administration Building.

Weisman Design Group

Weisman Design Group, a Seattle-based landscape architecture firm, promoted Peter Nelson to associate principal after four years of leadership as a senior associate, and it promoted Todd Yingling and Andrea Leuschke to senior associate. Also, Weisman appointed Dorte Martinez to director of operations, with responsibility for all financial and human resources operations. Martinez is the firm's former business manager.