Klipp Principal Earns National Honor/Swinerton Builders Adds Staff/Aardex Nabs Internationally Renowned Architect

Citing his efforts to help his fellow architects further their education and careers, the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards recognized Denver architect Cornelius "Kip" DuBois, a principal at klipp, with its President's Medal for Distinguished Service at the association's annual conference in Florida.

Cornelius "Kin" DuBois, AIA, a principal of klipp in Denver, was honored this summer with the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards' President's Medal for Distinguished Service during the organization's 86th annual conference in Miami Beach, Fla.

DuBois has worked to assist broadly experienced architects who lack accredited degrees but desire to become NCARB-certified. Over the last two years, he has chaired the Broadly Experienced Architects Committee and the BEA Interview Committee, leading NCARB's effort in developing parallel processes that help these architects achieve their goals.

Five other klipp professionals have been promoted to associate - Jason Finnegan, David Jones, Timothy McKay, Christopher Skulley and Laura Yanoviak.

Swinerton Builders added several new staff members to its team -Newt Klusmire, senior estimator; Lew McCarthy, senior preconstruction engineer; Sandy Rotunda, preconstruction manager; and Rebecca Terrazas, project manager in the interiors department.

Andrew Flynn, PE, was appointed the new Denver area manager of Kleinfelder Inc.

Flynn joined the firm as an environmental group leader last September. Under his leadership, the Denver environmental department has grown from two to seven professionals.

Sarah Ladenburger and Jamie Eichenberger joined Richard P. Arber Associates in Lakewood.

Ladenburger is working on the Joint Water Purification Project for the Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater Authority and the Cottonwood Water and Sanitation District - Colorado's first indirect potable reuse project.

Eichenberger is working on the expansion of the Lone Tree Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant for the Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater Authority.

R. W. Beck Inc. named new directors in its Denver office - Jay Lindgren, PhD.; Mike O'Dell, PE; and Jeff Schulz, PCE.

Lindgren serves as the firm's head quantitative specialist for the Energy Markets Consulting practice. O'Dell has experience in operations and maintenance services, generation design and independent engineering reviews for clients in the power industry. Schulz heads the water and waste resources practice in Colorado.

Craig Burger, PE, joined CTL/Thompson as project engineer, coordinating field investigations, overseeing laboratory testing, analyzing results and preparing reports while Thomas Finley joined the firm as a senior geologist in the Fort Collins office.

Also, Tim Mitchell, PE, joined the consulting firm's Colorado Springs regional office as a project engineer, coordinating field investigations, overseeing laboratory testing, analyzing results and preparing reports.

Senior architect Joseph Ginther was named as an associate at DTJ Design Inc. in Boulder.

Ginther, who joined the firm in 2000, has more than 20 years of experience in the architectural profession and expertise in a wide range of project types.

Mark Alexander joined M.A. Mortenson Co.'s development group, Mortenson Development Inc., as a senior project manager, assisting corporate clients as they pursue real estate and facility requirements and facilitating design-build, build-to-suit, lease back and turnkey development projects.

Sharon Williams joined Carter & Burgess as a senior project manager for the Denver public works office.

Williams, who served as drinking water engineer with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, has seven years of experience in drinking water treatment, water resources and regulations.

Ron Gibson, PE, Chris Fries and >Zdenko Novkovic joined >Kirkham Michael's Colorado operations.

Gibson is based in the firm's Colorado Springs office, leading its transportation initiatives throughout the state. Fries is a project manager and lead CAD designer with the land development department. Novkovic also joined the land development department, where he is working on the Banning Lewis Ranch project.

M+O+A Architectural Partnership Principal Gregory Markling, FCSI, AIA, CCA, CCCS, LEED-AP, will co-lead the national Construction Specification Institute's training program on Oct. 12-14 in San Francisco.

Also, Dawnyel Martinez-Hawk joined the firm as an office administrator, responsible for administrative support to staff in all aspects of operations.

Terry Killingsworth, PE, was promoted to facility division manager for URS Corp.'s Denver office, overseeing the operations of the aviation, architecture/facilities, energy management, community development/infrastructure, information technology and construction management service areas.

Ginny Schnell joined Shaffer-Baucom Engineering & Consulting as a designer with the company's CAD department. Her experience includes the design of HVAC and other mechanical systems.

Michael Clark, CSP, ARM, joined the Olson & Olson Division of Compass Insurance Agency Inc. as a senior loss control consultant, responsible for safety and environmental issues for clients, as well as training and assisting with auditing specific projects and jobsites.

RNL Design made the following new hires and promotions - Arley Rinehart, senior designer; Chris Meier, project architect; Annie Hopper, interior designer; Lewis Stackpole and Robert Strom, senior project managers; and Lance Vigil, senior urban design planner.

Jim Leggitt, FAIA - instrumental in developing the firm's international work - was promoted to associate principal.

And Jennifer Ranville and Aaron Kelly both obtained their Colorado architecture licenses and were promoted to project architects..

Greg Carender joined Quality Electric in Thornton as the director of business development while Jason McAnarney joined the company as a project manager.

Robert Moore, PE, and Mark Anderson, PE, joined the Boulder office of Drexel, Barrell & Co. - Moore as a senior project manager with the transportation engineering team, and Anderson as a project manager assigned to the land development department.

Tim Hubka was named repair division manager for Englewood-based roofing and waterproofing contractor WeatherSure Systems Inc.

Sunnie Fanelli joined the Denver office of Kumar & Associates Inc. as business development coordinator.

The civil department at S.A. Miro Inc. added two new associates - Donald Smith, PE, and Robert Palmer, PE. Also, Jay Orfield received his professional engineers license.

Lisa Schwien, a design engineer with Meurer & Associates Inc. in Lakewood, recently became a Colorado professional engineer.

Schwien is a graduate of the Colorado School of Mines in Golden and has been with the firm since September 1999.

Ken Tisdale joined Rocky Mountain Telecom & Data Inc. as sales manager.

Brian Robertson II joined the Fort Collins office of Beaudin Ganze Consulting Engineers Inc. as an electrical project manager.

Michael Reed, an electrical project manager in the firm's Denver office, passed the Colorado professional engineers exam.

Jeff Mapp, AIA, joined J.E. Dunn Construction Co. as quality assurance manager.

His responsibilities include participation in design reviews and onsite quality assurance inspections to help mitigate risk for owners, developers and designers.

Internationally known architect Binh Vinh, AIA, NCARB, was named as principal and vice president of design for Aardex Corp. in Denver.

As principal designer for Aardex - a full-service developer, construction manager and property services firm - Vinh's first project will be a highly efficient and environmentally compatible office building to be built in the Denver West Office Park.

Also, Steven Grund joined the company as chief marketing officer.