Jardon Jaramillo elected to Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber’s board
BUSINESS Jardon Jaramillo recently was elected to the Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber’s board of directors. He is the principal capital markets analyst for Portland General Electric. SENDING PACESETTERS ITEMS: Please send […]
Peterson Structural Engineers adds Knoles, Collins, Kahn and Lewis
ENGINEERING Peterson Structural Engineers Inc. recently added Sarah Knoles, Jay Collins, Peter Kahn and Greg Lewis to its design staff. SENDING PACESETTERS ITEMS: Please send your announcements to [email protected].
Hoffman, Stewart & Schmidt elects Jason Hall shareholder
ACCOUNTING Jason Hall recently was elected a shareholder in Hoffman, Stewart & Schmidt PC. He has been with the firm since 2000. He provides a variety of accounting, auditing, tax […]
Hart Crowser adds Julie Wilson
CONSULTING Hart Crowser recently added Julie Wilson to its Portland office as a senior associate environmental project manager. She will focus on environmental cleanup, water quality and stormwater permitting/ management […]
Myhre Group adds Aman, Palmer
ARCHITECTURE Myhre Group Architects recently added Kavahn Aman and Nathan Palmer to its architectural team. Aman, a Portland native, has 10 years of experience. He will serve as a job […]
HDJ Design group adds Paul Tomkins and Greg Flowers
SURVEYING HDJ Design Group, an engineering, planning, land survey and landscape architecture firm headquartered in Vancouver, Wash., recently opened an office in Walla Walla, Wash., to strengthen its expanding Tri-Cities […]
Cliff Barnhart named managing partner of Stuntzner Engineering
ENGINEERING Cliff Barnhart recently was named managing partner at Stuntzner Engineering & Forestry, after a unanimous vote by the company’s five partners. The former managing partner, Eric Urstadt, resigned to […]
Multnomah Bar Association names new officers
LAW Multnomah Bar Association officers Richard J. Vangelisti, Dana L. Sullivan, Helen M. Hierschbiel and Gregory T. Moawad began one-year terms on July 1. Vangelisti, of Vangelisti Law Firm LLC, […]
Miller Nash’s Eckert elected to Literary Arts’ board of directors
LAW Miller Nash partner Marie Eckert recently was elected to the board of directors for Literary Arts. She will help manage the nonprofit organization and advance its goals to support […]
Parametrix hires Derik Vowels
ENGINEERING Parametrix recently hired Derik Vowels as water solutions division manager in the firm’s Portland office. He has 15 years of technical experience, with a focus on new business development, […]
Westlake hires Chris Heliotes
ENGINEERING Westlake Consultants, a Tigard-based firm, recently hired Chris Heliotes as a project manager. He previously spent nine years in Nevada developing and managing 3-D scanning for a large, multidiscipline […]
Fabik joins WHPacific
ENGINEERING Ian Fabik recently joined WHPacific Inc.’s Portland office as a project manager. He is a Portland native, and is working toward earning a master of science in civil engineering […]
News
- $960,000 office renovation in Portland building permits | Aug. 10, 2026
- Two projects in historic districts in Portland land use review intakes | Aug. 10, 2026
- Multnomah County commits up to $101.6M for Moda Center
- Portland code changes to take effect in November
- Los Colibris project approved for Portland’s OMSI District
- Pacific Northwest projects totaling $9.9 million in top bidders | Aug. 7, 2026
- Oregon opens infrastructure grant program
- Ex-TV host claps back at Detroit officials in blight case
- 31-unit multifamily project in Portland land use review intakes | Aug. 3, 2026
- $2.4 million office renovation in Portland building permits | Aug. 3, 2026
- Transportation commission weighs ODOT budget cuts
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