Jan 29, 2020

FFA Architecture and Interiors

Brown

Grummon-Beale

Storr

Rumi

Running

Portland-based FFA Architecture and Interiors promoted Edward Running and Christine Rumi to associate partner and Joseph Storr, Juliette Grummon-Beale and Tejara Brown to associate.

Running is the lead for the firm's higher education market, and is project manager and lead designer for the new Chemeketa Community College Agriculture Complex and the Tillamook Bay Community College facilities master plan. His team recently completed the renovation of Western Oregon University's Natural Sciences Building. Rumi has 24 years in the industry. She is a project manager at FFA and is working on Eugene Town Square and the 10th and Yamhill SmartPark Garage and retail renovation. Storr is a project architect and is working on the TriMet Safety and Security Facility, the Sylvan Aerie Residence, and a new Lloyd District office and call center. Grummon-Beale has practiced architecture for 11 years. She is a project architect and FFA's sustainability lead. She is working on the Chemeketa Community College complex and Eugene Town Square. Brown leads the interior design team. Her projects include Oregon City's Robert Libke Public Safety Building, the Chemeketa Community College complex and Eugene Town Square.

Allana Buick & Bers

Beelendorf

Lundie

In Seattle, Allana Buick & Bers hired Jillian Lundie and Michael Beelendorf as building technologists. Lundie does field investigation and quality assurance and has worked on air barrier and water testing services projects. She has a bachelor's from Texas Woman's University. She most recently was an Inside Wireman Apprentice with IBEW46, and has worked in lighting and scenic construction. Beelendorf will provide design and construction services. He was a designer for Pacific Engineering Technologies and has over 10 years of experience in the building science industry. Allana Buick & Bers is an architectural engineering firm specializing in building envelope systems, roofing, waterproofing, building forensics, mechanical systems and testing.

Jan 27, 2020

Caron Architecture

Jara

Wang

Kramer

Kim

Williams

Seattle-based Caron Architecture hired Brock Williams as a senior project manager, Sun Kim as a project architect and Hannah Kramer, Vivianna Wang and Natalia Jara as project designers. Williams has over 20 years of architectural and project management experience. He specializes in multifamily, hospitality, retail and high-rise developments, and is working on a local transit-oriented development. Kim has over 15 years of experience on residential, mixed-use multifamily, education, office and commercial projects in Seattle and South Korea. He is designing a mid-rise mixed-use project in Seattle.

Kramer has over four years of experience on multifamily residential and commercial projects. She is working on Trad Apartments, a seven-story, 180,000 square-foot mixed-use project in Shoreline. Wang has over four years of architecture and interior design experience and is working on multifamily and mixed-use projects in Seattle. Jara has six years of residential and commercial design experience. She will work on a multifamily development in Seattle. Caron provides pre-development/master planning, architecture, interior design and space planning.

Jan 22, 2020

Degenkolb Engineers

Bergquist

La

Terry

In Seattle, Degenkolb Engineers hired Lisette Terry as a project engineer and Tiffany La and Sarah Bergquist as designers. Terry has over a decade of experience specializing in structural forensics engineering and leads forensics efforts in the Northwest. She focuses on structural damage assessments and damage investigations for property losses including fire, vehicle strike, water intrusion and foundation settlement, and is an expert witness. La holds a master's in structural engineering from the University of California, San Diego, and is assisting with the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe's tsunami evacuation tower and the University of Washington's URM seismic improvements program. Bergquist holds a master's in civil engineering from the UW and is assisting with a renovation and seismic retrofit of the Old Main Building and the historic Fine Arts Building at Mount Vernon High School. Degenkolb provides structural and seismic engineering.

HNTB Corp.

El-Aarag

Moein El-Aarag joined HNTB Corp. as transportation structures department manager in the Bellevue office. El-Aarag was an associate project director for another consulting firm. He has over 20 years of experience in bridge design, management and construction in the Northwest. He has done project work for the Washington and Seattle departments of transportation, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and King and Snohomish counties. His work includes the Ballard Bridge planning study. In addition to his new role, he will continue to provide design oversight for the Lander Street Bridge project. HNTB is an infrastructure firm.

HKP Architects

Blazek

Julie Blazek, an architect and partner at Mount Vernon-based HKP Architects, earned Passive House Certification and will lead the passive house studio HKP introduced in 2016. The studio focuses on promoting and developing private and public projects that are looking at Passive House design, including office buildings, educational facilities and residential developments. HKP works on civic buildings and spaces, educational facility planning, nonprofit and community-oriented projects and houses.

Rice Fergus Miller

Webber

Gladics

Rice Fergus Miller hired Gunnar Gladics as an architect in the fire and emergency services studio and O. Blake Webber IV as an architect in the health care studio. Gladics has experience as a firefighter and EMT and as a research scientist. Webber has 10 years of experience in health care projects ranging from in-house renovations to multimillion-dollar expansions. The 48-person architecture, interior design, planning and visualization firm is based in Bremerton.

Architects West

Toews

Architects West hired Joey Toews as a project architect in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Toews has over six years of architectural experience, most recently working at ZBA Architecture in Spokane. He has a background in design, project management and construction administration, and in Revit, AutoCAD and SketchUp. He has experience in multifamily, civic and commercial projects, and is working on Hermiston City Hall and Hermiston Library.