Sacramento General Contractor Adds 4 Full-Time Employees

SACRAMENTO — Walsh & Forster Inc., a Sacramento-based general contractor, has added four full-time employees.

Tom Mitchell has been hired as a project superintendent, Alan Kniffin as a project manager, Meagan Conklin as a project administrator and Salena Chow as risk administrator.

Mitchell is Walsh & Forster's superintendent on the R Street Market project in downtown Sacramento. He previously was a project superintendent for Swinerton Builders in San Diego and has 24 years of construction experience.

Kniffin, responsible for providing pre-construction and construction services, spent the last 23 years as an operations manager, project manager and superintendent at Howard S. Wright Construction offices in Sacramento, Seattle and San Francisco. He has 25 years of industry experience.

Chow, responsible for insurance coordination, risk administration duties and administrative support, previously worked as an executive assistant for Oakland-based Aztec Consultants. She has five years of experience in the insurance industry.

Conklin provides administrative support to projects and works as a human resources and marketing assistant. She previously was with Gateway Pacific in Sacramento.

Perry Peterson Joins HDR

OAKLAND—Perry Petersen has joined the Oakland office of HDR, a Minneapolis-based architectural, engineering and consulting firm, as a senior construction project manager.

Petersen was previously a senior construction project manager with Pasadena-based Jacobs. He has 30 years' experience serving public agencies and private companies as a construction manager and contractor in water and wastewater programs and projects.

Peterson has an MBA from Santa Clara University and is a long-time member and chair of the San Bruno Planning Commission.

Richard Pollack & Associates Hires 5 Employees

SAN FRANCISCO—Richard Pollack & Associates, a San Francisco-based interior architecture firm, has added David Link, Scott Clement, Jason Wertz, Sharron Harper and Amy Jackson.

David Link is a senior associate and a senior project manager. He previously held a senior-level position in the real estate design and construction in the facilities department at Pleasanton-based PeopleSoft Inc. Link's 20 years of design and management experience includes projects for Fireman's Fund Insurance Co., Hewlett-Packard, Apple Computer Inc., Pacific Gas & Electric and Sybase.

Clement and Wertz are designers. Clement recently relocated to the Bay Area from Poland, where he taught English for nearly two years. Wertz is also new to the Bay Area, and most recently worked for DMJM + Harris in its New Orleans office.

Harper is finance/human resources manager. She worked for 16 years in the finance department at Kubala Washatko Architects in Wisconsin.

Jackson is a marketing coordinator. She previously held marketing positions at the Providence, R.I., and San Francisco offices of Gilbane Building Co. and at MBT Architecture in San Francisco. Jackson earned a Master's Degree in English from the University of Kentucky.

Steinberg Group Adds Business Development Director

SAN JOSE—Kirn R. Dovel, has joined Steinberg Group Architects, a San Jose-based architectural, planning and design firm, as director of business development. She is based in the firm's Silicon Valley office.

Prior to joining Steinberg Group, Dovel led the international marketing efforts for Perkins & Will, a Chicago-based architect, and served as the public relations coordinator for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.

Dovel serves as a housing commissioner for the city of Cupertino.

She received a master's degree in architecture from the University of Kansas.

Wadhwa Promoted at A&P

SAN FRANCISCO—Ajmani & Pamidi Inc., a San Francisco-based mechanical and electrical engineering firm, has promoted Amit Wadhwa to vice president.

He has been with the company for 10 years and has completed a large number of prominent projects, including Moscone West Convention Center and UCSF Mission Bay in San Francisco, and the Federal Inspection Services building at San Jose International Airport.

Nibbi's Lisa Roberts Is Certified

SAN FRANCISCO—Lisa Roberts, safety manager of San Francisco-based Nibbi Bros. since 1999, is now a certified construction health and safety technician. Roberts will continue to provide important jobsite safety support and aid field management with worker protection.

The certification is awarded to individuals who meet the experience and/or education requirements. The certification includes passing a four-hour examination.

The program is operated jointly by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene and the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, nationally recognized in the safety and health field.

Ratcliff Promotes 4

EMERYVILLE—Ratcliff, an Emeryville-based architecture, planning and interiors firm, has promoted Roger Hay to principal and Cheryl Lentini, Steve McCollom and Tom Patterson to associate principal.

Hay is currently developing design concepts for the headquarters building of the American Cancer Society's California Division in Oakland. He received master's degrees in architecture and urban design from the University of Wisconsin.

Lentini's current projects include the master plans for Golden Gate University in San Francisco and a student center project for De La Salle High School in Concord. She also is working on the design of Filippi Academic Hall at Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga.

McCollom's current clients include Hartnell Community College in Salinas, St. Mary's College and the American Cancer Society. He leads Ratcliff's interiors practice in addition to serving as the firm's director of marketing

Patterson is serving as project manager for the new Vista Community College campus in Berkeley and the remodel and expansion of John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek.

He has a master's degree in architecture from the University of California, Berkeley.

Ware Malcomb Hires 4 Employees

IRVINE—Ware Malcomb, an architectural and interior design firm, has added Rick Hallenbeck, Elisa Sohn and Jimmy Nhieu to its corporate office in Irvine and James Terry to its San Ramon office.

Hallenbeck is a project manager in the commercial department. Prior to joining Ware Malcomb, Hallenbeck worked for BSW International. He has about 25 years of experience in a wide variety of commercial and residential projects.

Sohn is senior job captain in the commercial department. Her eight years of experience includes work in the commercial office, industrial and technology related markets. She received a Master's in Architecture from the University of Michigan.

Nhieu is a job captain in the interiors department. His background includes experience in commercial office, retail and residential projects.

As a senior project architect, Terry is responsible for managing operations and the largest clients for Ware Malcomb's Northern California office.

He transferred from the firm's Denver office, where he worked with such prominent clients as Catellus Development Corp. and Trammell Crow Co.

Terry has about 22 years of architectural, design, management, structural engineering and civil engineering experience. He has managed a wide assortment of industrial, commercial office, retail, multi-family, hotel, historic remodel and tenant improvement projects.

CT Realty Promotes 2 Executives

NEWPORT BEACH—CT Realty Corp., a Newport Beach-based real estate investment and development firm, has promoted David L. Ball and Raymond A. Polverini to senior vice president.

Ball becomes senior vice president of development, while Polverini is senior vice president of multifamily properties.

Ball joined CT Realty as vice president of development in 1998. During his tenure at CT, he has directed the design, development and construction of approximately 25 commercial and industrial properties in California.

Prior to joining CT, Ball was president of IDM Corp. in Long Beach, where he was responsible for the acquisition, design and construction of $1.2 billion of real estate. Ball has 30 years of industry experience and is a licensed general contractor and registered architect in California and Nevada.

Polverini joined CT Realty in 1998 as vice president of multi-family properties. He has played a central role in guiding the firm's multifamily investment activities through numerous transactions that currently total more than 4,900 units valued in excess of $500 million.

Prior to CT Realty, Polverini served as vice president of sales and development for RSM Management Co., the developer of the master-planned community of Rancho Santa Margarita, which encompasses 600 acres of commercial use and 14,000 dwelling units. Polverini has 25 years of experience in real estate management and development in California.

Barnhart Hires 2 Vice Presidents

SAN DIEGO—Barnhart Inc., a San Diego-based general contracting and construction management firm. has added Dave Roach and Dennis Walters. Both are vice presidents.

Roach IS principal-in-charge of the La Mesa Spring Valley Unified School District and Fallbrook Elementary School District modernization programs. He also is overseeing construction for the Barnhart/Harris Inc. management of the Downey Unified School District construction program. Other clients include the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command.

Walters previously worked for the San Diego office of Nielsen Dillingham Builders, where he managed labor relations and enforced labor compliance procedures prior to AB 1506.

His current projects include Squires Belt headquarters, renovations and additions for Ramona Unified School District, the Southwestern College Student Center and University of California, San Diego, Cal I2 Building.

He has 25 years of construction management experience and has a quality control certification from the United States Army Corps of Engineers.