HMC Architects Expands Health-Care Staff

Joan M. Whaley has been named vice president of health care for HMC Architects and will be based in San Diego. Whaley previously was principal/health-care director in the Irvine office of Ewing Cole. Whaley is the author of "Wellness Centers," a book that provides planning and development guidelines and case examples of successful wellness centers around the world. Her work in this field includes the Genesis Institute in Clarkson Valley, Mo.; Center of Health Improvement at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kan.; and Del Norte Community Wellness Center in Crescent City.

John L. Miller also was named vice president of health care for HMC. He will be based in Sacramento. Miller previously owned and operated his own firm, Portland, Ore.-based Miller Technika Architecture + Planning, where he provided consulting and design services for such facilities as Desert Hospital in Palm Springs and White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Michael Roush is HMC's new health care studio leader in San Diego. He previously was a project manager in the Columbus, Ohio, office of Seattle-based NBBJ. Roush's projects include the Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, Mich.; and Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

Corazon Roush has been hired by HMC as a senior health care planner in San Diego. She previously was a project manager/planner with Columbus, Ohio-based Moody/Nolan Inc. Her projects include Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth, Ohio; and Women's Hospital of Indianapolis, Ind.

Natalie Thomas was named an HMC senior project manager in San Jose. She previously was with San Jose-based Cuschieri Horton. Thomas has managed such projects as the Hospital In-Patient Radiology and Angiography Remodel at the UC Davis Medical Center and Kaiser Permanante's medical office building in Mountain View.

Jacqueline Lu is a new senior project manager in San Diego. Lu previously worked as a senior architect, project manager and facilities planner for UC San Diego. Her health care experience includes the UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest and Kaiser Permanente facilities in several cities.

Meis Named President of Nadel Architects

Dan Meis, AIA and an award-winning architect, has joined Los Angeles-based Nadel Architects Inc. as president.

Meis most recently owned his own design studio, where he had collaborated in the past year with Nadel on several projects.

Herb Nadel, FAIA, will continue in his role as chief executive officer and work with Meis on strategic positioning and design leadership of the firm.
While with Seattle-based NBBJ as design partner, Meis created the design for Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. His design of Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati was the first NFL stadium to win an AIA design award. Named to Time magazine's Top 100 Innovators in the World of sports, he also is a two-time winner of the Business Week/Architectural Record Award, which recognizes the value of design to a client's business.

Meis began his career in the Chicago office of Murphy/Jahn. Mentored by Helmut Jahn, Meis worked on several award-winning office towers in Chicago, New York, Germany and South Africa. He continued his career at Ellerbe Becket where, in 1994, he rose to prominence by winning the international design competition for the $750-million Saitama Arena in Japan. In 1995, he joined the Los Angeles office of NBBJ as Design Partner, where he garnered several more awards for his designs of sports, entertainment, and convention facilities.

Decker Joins Carter & Burgess in Oakland Unit

Ralph Decker has joined Carter & Burgess as architectural group leader in its facilities unit in Oakland.

Decker, who served formerly as executive vice president with San Francisco-based Fisher Friedman Associates, has 18 years of experience in planning, programming, design and management of major architectural projects.

Decker has extensive design and planning experience in the higher-education and health-care markets.

HDR Names Berk Vice President

Minneapolis-based HDR, an architectural, engineering and consulting firm, has named Jeffrey Berk vice president. He will be based in the firm's Orange County office.

Berk is an environmental engineer and business development manager with more than 17 years of experience overseeing large municipal projects.

T.Y. Lin Hires Associate VP

San Francisco-based T.Y. Lin International has hired Dr. Mousa Abbasi as associate vice president and will lead its new Santa Rosa office. He has 24 years experience, including expertise in the management and implementation of Intelligent Transportation Systems projects.

For the last two years, Abbasi was responsible for business development and project management for multiple traffic engineering projects in Northern California. He has also completed projects throughout the U.S., including the development of regional ITS architecture in northeastern Illinois and a system engineering manual for Caltrans' District 7 Traffic Operations Center.

Abbasi is a registered traffic engineer and civil engineer. He received a Ph.D. in transportation engineering from Michigan State University.

Tsuchida Promoted to Vice President

Sundt Construction Inc. of San Diego has promoted former business development manager Robin Tsuchida to a company vice president.

Tsuchida joined Sundt in 2000 after 20 years in architecture.

Her career includes roles as company principal, project manager and director of business development. As a registered architect, her project experience includes commercial buildings, research labs, military facilities and senior housing.

Masson & Associates Adds Project Engineer

Dr. Jodi Farrington, P.E., has joined Escondido-based Masson & Associates Inc., a civil engineering, land surveying and land development consulting firm, as project engineer.

Farrington has 14 years experience in civil engineering, including management of federal and municipal projects; coordination and management of large private and commercial projects; organization of contractors, subcontractors and suppliers; and construction management.

Farrington received a doctorate of philosophy, civil engineering, from Clemson University.

Scott Joins PDS as Project Executive

Aliso Viejo-based Project Delivery Services, a real estate consulting firm that provides construction planning, oversight and risk management expertise to owners and developers of residential and commercial projects, has named John F. Scott project executive.

Scott is currently overseeing all aspects of development and construction for Dos Lagos, a 468-acre master-planned community in Corona. He has 18 years of experience in such markets as retail, office, mixed-use, hospitality, community development, entertainment, institutional and medical.

He previously was the lead project manager for Costa Mesa-based Architectural Construction Services. Prior to that, he was a senior consultant with Faithful & Gould Inc. in Long Beach, where he was responsible for directing the company's project management activities, conducting client needs assessments and playing a key role in the start up of all construction management and general contract projects.

He also has worked for Morse Diesel International Inc. in San Francisco, Rancho Cucamonga-based Grand Pacific Building Services Inc., Colorado-based R.A.S. Builders Inc., and Denver-based Porter-McLeod Construction Inc.