Nicholas Rich has been named a vice president in the Seattle buildings sector office of WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, a global engineering and professional services organization. In his new position, Rich will head the office’s electrical department, managing projects in Seattle and throughout the Northwest. Some of the firm’s recent clients in the region include the University of Washington and Amazon.
HDR appointed Burcin Moehring, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C, a new education, science and technology principal at HDR’s Seattle architecture office, to the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories Emerald City Chapter’s board of directors. The chapter will bring awareness in the building sector for creating resource-effective and environmentally responsible research and development of facilities.
Architecture and interior design firm CetraRuddy, based in New York, announced the hiring of Kevin Nasello, LEED AP BD + C, as senior associate. An experienced designer and project manager with a focus on sustainability, Nasello, who had previously worked at CetraRuddy as an associate architect from 2004 to 2011, will help manage many of the firm’s projects.
Jarrod Sterzinger, AIA, LEED AP, has been named principal with O’Connell Robertson, a Texas-based architecture, engineering and interior design firm with offices in San Antonio and Austin. Sterzinger has been a shareholder and senior associate with the firm, and was promoted in recognition of his commitment and contributions to the firm’s success. Sterzinger also serves as the firm’s K-12 education team director.
Karl Kreutziger has been promoted to president of C.W. Driver Companies, a building firm serving the Western United States since 1919. For the past five years, Kreutziger served as president of Driver SPG, a division of C.W. Driver Companies, which focuses on specialized new construction, renovation and tenant improvement projects.
Bond, a 108-year-old construction management and general contracting firm, announced that Project Manager and Historic Restoration Specialist Pamela Bailey, LEED AP, has been inducted as an overseer for Boston Architectural College. Bailey has more than 25 years of experience in the construction industry, much of it focused on the restoration and preservation of landmark buildings.
Dewberry announced the hire of Stuart Rogers, PE, LEED AP, as the new senior project manager in the firm’s Tampa, Fla., office. He will be responsible for enhancing the firm’s site/civil and land planning and development operations across the West Coast of Florida. He has served as principal-in-charge, project manager, design engineer and engineer-of-record for a variety of public and private sector development projects in the region.
New York-based Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP (ZGF) hired Rebecca Dorris Steiger as associate partner at the firm. She has 23 years of experience designing a broad range of interior environments for clients in multiple markets, including technology, professional services, financial services and biomedical research.
The Chicago office of architecture and design firm Perkins+Will announced the addition of a new Director of Higher Education Planning. Jessica Figenholtz will be involved in generating growth and exposure for the Chicago office’s higher education practice by engaging clients and ensuring the creation of innovative 21st century learning environments.
The award-winning international architecture firm Francis Cauffman Healthcare Division announced the appointment of Zlatka Lennihan, AIA, LEED AP, as senior associate/senior project manager in its health care division. Lennihan has more than 20 years of experience representing both the design team and the owner’s interests in the delivery of leading-edge facilities.
