CDi named a new president and principals

CDi named a new president and principals CDi Engineers announced several promotions at its Lynnwood, Wash. office. Richard D. Moeller, P.E., is the new president of CDi Engineers. Moeller has been a principal at CDi since joining the firm in 1996, and has been instrumental in developing the firm's healthcare engineering services group. He is active in local, regional, and national professional healthcare organizations and is a LEED Accredited Professional. Moeller takes over the position from Paul M. Dias, P.E., founder of CDi Engineers, who remains a principal of the firm.

Promoted to principals of the firm are: Norman J. Brown, P.E., Richard C. Gerber, P.E., and James R. Grimm, P.E. Brown has been with CDi Engineers since 1998 and was promoted to associate in 2000. Gerber joined CDi in 2003 as an associate, and provides business development services for many of the firm's key market sectors, as well as project management oversight for healthcare projects, most recently for several projects for Providence Health System in Portland, Ore. Grimm, an associate of the firm since 2002, joined CDi in 1997, and has been active in CDi's healthcare services group. The firm also named Melissa Neuharth, P.E., Mathew Wies, P.E. and Brigette Arnold, P.E. in the structural division and Carrie Keating, P.E. in the civil division to the project manager position.

Neuharth joined CDi Engineers in 1999 as a project engineer. In her new role as project manager, Neuharth is working on a variety of projects including Kirkland Park, a multi-family mixed use project in Kirkland, Wash. and Villas at Kahoma, a condo project in Lahaina, Hawaii. Wies, who has more than eight years of engineering experience, began as a project engineer at Cdi Engineers in 2000. He is currently the project manager on projects that include the Meridian Medical Center in Seattle and the hotel expansion for the Tulalip Casino Hotel in Marysville. Keating has more than 12 years of civil engineering experience and started as a project Engineer at CDi Engineers in early 2002.

Arnold started as a project engineer for DCI Engineers in 2004. She has eight years of engineering experience to draw upon as a recent project manager.

Sparling hired the following people to work in its Lynnwood office. Spencer Bahner is an associate and Information Technology/RF Consultant with 23 years of professional experience in radio communications system design, construction, and operation in various commercial and governmental settings. He is leading an effort to increase the range of enhanced wireless technology services to Sparling clients.

David Concepcion has a strong administrative background with an emphasis on project management and production assistance. Electrical designer Scott Gore brings eight years experience as an electrical engineer and designer to Sparling.

Christopher L. Peterson, LEED® Acc-redited Professional, joined Cierra as a senior project manager. Petersen has ten years of experience emphasizing large-scale retail developments and other commercial projects. At Cierra, he will manage the electrical design for the $70 million expansion of the Tulalip Casino in Marysville. The project includes convention facilities, retail, restaurants and a 400-room hotel tower.

Parker, Smith and Feek announced the appointments of Chuck Szopa to the position of chairman of the Board and Gregory Collins as the chief executive officer. Szopa joined the firm when he opened the Anchorage office. He will continue to manage Alaska operations. Collins has held various senior management positions.

Lease Crutcher Lewis (Lewis) announced the promotion of Janice Westcott to marketing manager for the firm's Portland office. Having served as marketing coordinator since 2001, Westcott has been instrumental in the successful pursuit of several new contract awards and new market initiatives, and has increased the firm's visibility with her public relations and community outreach efforts. In addition, she has served two consecutive terms on the board of directors for the SMPS Oregon chapter overseeing membership recruitment and retention.

The Graham Group of companies hired James B. Lampe as preconstruction services manager in its growing Puget Sound office. Lampe has over thirty-five years of local experience in the construction industry having held senior positions with Baugh Construction, Waterfront Construction and Northlake Associates. Lampe's experience covers a wide range of significant projects in the Pacific Northwest including Bellevue Place and Bellevue Square.

Tom Boysen has joined University Mechanical Contractors, Inc. as a project executive. Boysen brings over 13 years of mechanical project management, operations and design experience. His experience includes hospitals, data centers, mixed-use and high-rise buildings. David Johanson has joined the firm as the manager of client services, industrial division. Warren Rose has come aboard with University Mechanical Contractors, Inc. as a project engineer, with 14 years background including machinist, machine shop supervisor and mechanic. He will graduate from the University of Washington Construction Management program this year. C.V Nguyen has joined University Mechanical Contractors, Inc. in the capacity of estimator. University Mechanical Lise Van Deusen is now the marketing coordinator.

Core Design, a planning/civil engineering/surveying firm located in Bellevue, announced the addition of Earl Morriss, to their Survey staff. Morriss' work for private sector clients includes single and multi-family housing developments in several local cities and counties, including the Verona, Capri and Sienna condominiums and the Verona Division 2 single-family subdivision at Lakeland. Morriss is currently working on projects at Redmond Ridge in King County and Tambark Creek in Snohomish County. In addition, Phil Sarandos and Shawn McDonald have joined Core Design's engineering staff.