Parsons Brinkerhoff Appoints 2 Regional Managers

SACRAMENTO-Vice President Glenn Suitor and Area Manager Douglas Sawyer have been named regional managers at Parsons Brinckerhoff Construction Services Inc., the construction management arm of Parsons Brinckerhoff.

Suitor will head PBCS operations in Northern California and the Pacific Northwest. He will be based in Sacramento.

Sawyer will be responsible for operations in Southern California, Nevada and Hawaii. He will be based in Orange.

Suitor has 20 years of experience in the design and construction of major transportation projects. Prior to joining PBCS in 1994, he served as a senior bridge engineer with Caltrans.

Sawyer has 26 years of experience in project management, research/development and business development for major transportation, infrastructure and facilities projects.

Hook Promoted to VP/Chief Estimator at Rudolph & Sletten

FOSTER CITY-General contractor Rudolph and Sletten has promoted chief estimator Joseph Hook to vice president/chief estimator for Southern California.

In his new capacity, Hook will be responsible for preparing and tracking cost estimates and budgets for major projects, from the conceptual stage through the finalization of the guaranteed maximum price.

A 27-year construction veteran, Hook has played a significant role in the growth of the estimating department and preconstruction services in the company's Irvine and San Diego offices. He has worked in the Irvine office for 10 years.

TCA Hires 2 Project Managers

IRVINE-Thomas P. Cox Architects Inc. has added Shaneen Tuley and John Brooks as project managers.

Tuley will be oversee a 120-unit, affordable senior housing project (in conjunction with The Irvine Co.) located in the Back Bay area of Newport Beach.

She previously worked in Northern California as a project manager/director at MBH Architects and TWM Architects & Planners.

Brooks will be working on Legacy Partner's Sunset Lofts project in Los Angeles-five stories of residential above one level of retail and four levels of subterranean parking. The project has 185 units with 14,000 sq. ft. of retail and restaurants fronting Sunset Boulevard.

He was previously employed at Scheurer Architects and JBZ Architects + Planning, both based in Newport Beach, as a project architect and senior project manager.

RBF Appoints 3 New VPs

IRVINE-RBF Consulting has promoted three of its top managers.

Brad Mielke, S.E., structural engineering; John Andrew, landscape architecture and urban design services; and John McCarthy, P.E., stormwater management all received the appointment to vice president.

Snyder Langston Promotes 3

IRVINE-Snyder Langston, one of Southern California's largest builders/developers of commercial and industrial real estate, has promoted three staff members.

Jason Rich was promoted to project manager, Jane Roslansky was appointed business development associate and Marivic Ha was promoted to senior project engineer.

Rich is working in Huntington Beach at Pacific City, where Snyder Langston is building the Discovery Center, a combination sales/leasing/information facility for developer Makar Properties. Rich is also the project manager for Tyrol Plaza, a senior housing facility in Anaheim.

Roslansky is based in the Manhattan Beach office. She was elevated to a newly-created position to develop business in the automotive and retail markets.

Ha is at the LNR/Warner Centerjob site, where Snyder Langston has built three Class A office buildings and is now constructing a fourth.

Carrier Johnson Promotes Causey, Luxom

IRVINE-San Diego-based Carrier Johnson, one of California's largest architectural firms, promoted Jeff Causey to director of its Irvine office and Mark Loxsom, who was previously running the Irvine office, to principal in charge of operations. Both Causey and Loxsom are based in the firm's Irvine office.

Prior to being named director, Causey was senior associate and director of public works at Carrier Johnson. He has 25 years of diverse architectural experience. Causey's experience includes educational facilities, courts and detention facilities, office buildings, recreational and mixed-use centers, hotels and residential developments. He has also designed public and private facilities nationally and internationally in China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Loxsom now serves as the principal in charge of operations for Carrier Johnson's San Diego and Irvine offices. As a founding member and associate principal in charge of the Irvine office, he has overseen growth at that office from four to 17 employees, with annual sales increasing from $1 million in 1997 to more than $3 million in 2003.

He has 20 years of experience in includes work for clients such as R.W. Johnson Pharmaceuticals, Scripps Research Institute, UC Irvine and Rockwell International.

Ware Malcomb Promotes Lazatin

IRVINE-Architectural and interior design firm Ware Malcomb has promoted Rudy Lazatin to director/auto dealerships.

In his new role, Lazatin will be responsible for business development and overseeing all auto dealership projects in the Irvine office. Ware Malcomb is currently working on several auto dealership projects throughout California, including Lexus of Glendale.

Lazatin previously worked as project manager and director/corporate services for Ware Malcomb's Irvine officce. He has been with the firm for 20 years and possesses 40 years of design experience on commercial, office, industrial, institutional and automotive facilities.

McCarthy Promotes 3 Project Managers in Orange County Office

NEWPORT BEACH-McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. has promoted three project managers: Bonnie J. Martin to director, education services; Craig A. Swenson to director, education services; and Max A. Burcham from senior project manager to on-site project director.

Martin is the on-site director for the $173.3 million Newport-Mesa Unified School District Measure A School Modernization Program, responsible for program/construction management of 28 projects throughout the district. Martin's 12 years in the construction industry includes extensive experience in K-12 construction management.

In his new role as director, education services, Swenson is in charge of multiple education projects for McCarthy's Education Services Group in the Newport Beach office. Swenson has been involved with McCarthy projects such as the $312 million Hollywood & Highland retail-entertainment center, the $42 million School of Medicine and the $26 million Salk Institute East Building, both at UC San Diego.

A McCarthy employee for 17 years, with 22 years of construction industry experience, Burcham has been influential in the success of numerous projects such as the $44 million Little Company of Mary Hospital Hannon Tower Addition, $25 million Loma Linda University Medical Center Proton Beam Therapy Facility, and $24 million Hollywood Galaxy retail center.

WATG Promotes Prince-Lezaja

NEWPORT BEACH-Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo, Architects, Designers, Planners and Consultants, has promoted Stacy Prince-Lezaja to director of human resources.

Since joining WATG in 1999, Lezaja has been associated with the development and implementation of human resources programs for the firm.

Sessa Appointed VP at Sudberry

SAN DIEGO-Marco A. Sessa has been appointed to serve as vice president of development at Sudberry Properties Inc., a San Diego-based real estate development and asset management firm.

Sessa is responsible for managing the entitlement process and development of Quarry Falls, a 230-acre, mixed-use development located in the Mission Valley area of San Diego.

Prior to joining Sudberry, Sessa served for more than four years as project engineer for San Diego-based Reno Contracting Inc., where he oversaw more than 670,000 sq. ft. of build-to-suit office developments. Sessa also served as a staff engineer with Aguirre Engineers in Englewood, Colo., and as a construction supervisor for Hampleman Architects in Denver, Colo.

He received a Master of Real Estate Development degree from USC.

Tucker Sadler Hires Perraullt

SAN DIEGO-Marc Perrault has joined San Diego-based Tucker Sadler Noble Castro Architects as a job captain.

Perrault is responsible for coordination of in-house technical documentation.

He previously spent two years as project architect in the Del mar office of HCG Architects. He also has worked for HMC Architects, PDG Architects, Design Plus and CWA Architects.

Perrault's 26 years of design experience includes extensive planning and design work for primary, secondary and collegiate facilities in San Diego County.