Salunkhe joins Shapiro Didway as landscape designer
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Shapiro Didway has hired Meetal Salunkhe as a landscape designer. She has more than 10 years of design and client management experience. Salunkhe has completed projects in Portland, […]
Code Unlimited hires Devarakonda
ENGINEERING Sivanand Devarakonda has joined Code Unlimited’s Portland office as an analyst specializing in modeling and finite element analysis. He has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Amrita University […]
Godt promoted by Walsh Construction
CONSTRUCTION Walsh Construction has promoted Matt Godt to business development manager in its Oregon office. He works closely with the firm’s leadership team, project teams and marketing group to enhance […]
Ramirez promoted by Essex General Construction
CONSTRUCTION Essex General Construction has promoted David Ramirez to general superintendent. He joined the firm in 2016 as a project superintendent. Ramirez, now with 19 years of experience, is responsible […]
Bernard promoted by Essex General Construction
CONSTRUCTION Essex General Construction has promoted Josh Bernard to project superintendent. He joined the company in 2015 as a carpenter and moved quickly into a foreman position six months later. […]
Mattheisen promoted by Essex General Construction
CONSTRUCTION Essex General Construction has promoted Jon Mattheisen to field operations manager. He joined the company in 2007, and has since served as a project manager, project superintendent and concrete […]
Hammond promoted to principal by GRI
ENGINEERING GRI has promoted Lindsi Hammond to principal. She has 12 years of experience in pavement engineering. She is responsible for projects related to pavement evaluation and design for a […]
Bock promoted to principal by GRI
ENGINEERING GRI has promoted Jason Bock to principal. He has more than 14 years of geotechnical experience in Oregon, Washington and California, with a wide range of projects involving landslides, […]
Runkles-Pearson appointed to state task force
LAW P.K. Runkles-Pearson, a Miller Nash Graham & Dunn partner, has been appointed by Gov. Kate Brown to serve on the newly formed Public Safety Training and Standards Task Force. […]
Lahti named BPA’s vice president of transmission field services
NONPROFIT The Bonneville Power Administration has selected John Lahti as its vice president of transmission field services. He will lead roughly one-third of BPA’s workforce responsible for field operations, emergency […]
Coffman Engineers adds Cunningham to Portland office
ENGINEERING Katherine Cunningham has joined Coffman Engineers’ Portland office. She is an electrical engineer and LEED accredited professional with over 15 years of experience involving education, housing, hospitality, civic, commercial, […]
Islas promoted by Convergence Architecture
ARCHITECTURE Convergence Architecture has promoted David Islas to project manager. In six years with the firm, he has provided expertise and agility in BIM modeling, virtual reality, and renderings for a […]
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