Gretchen Renz

Matt Mercer, BIM/CAD technician; Tonya Wollschleger, project accounting coordinator; and Tara Anderson, materials resource librarian, have joined the firm.  Matt is currently providing drafting, design and construction support for the BCT Complex, Unaccompanied Enlisted Personnel Housing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington and a multi-tenant retail center on Appleway Avenue in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.  Serving as the financial liaison between project managers and the office manager, Tonya sets up projects in the accounting/project management system; ensures that processes and procedures for contracts are followed; and prepares invoices, budget updates and project management reports.  Tara’s responsibilities include organizing the interior design department’s materials resource library, assisting with assembly of color boards and project submittals, and helping maintain and populate portions of the firm’s marketing database.

BWA has hired BIM/CAD technicians Autumn Hewitt and Anthony Finley.  Autumn’s initial projects include several new credit-union branches in eastern Washington and the remodel of Newport Hospital & Health Services in Newport, Wash.  Anthony’s first assignments include Eagle River Luxury Living, a senior living community in Eagle, Idaho.

BWA – with general contractor Garco Construction – secured two significant design-build projects: the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) North Central Region Administration Facility in Wenatchee and the BCT Complex, Unaccompanied Enlisted Personnel Housing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) near Tacoma.  BWA also will provide interior design services for both projects, for which LEED Silver certification will be sought.  Occupancy of the $8.9 million, 30,000-square-foot WSDOT Administration Facility is slated for January 2018.  Construction of the $42.5 million, 120,000-square-foot JBLM apartment-style housing complex is scheduled to be completed in June 2018.

Lauren Welsh, Associate IIDA, and Dillon M. Reese, AIAS, have joined BWA as an interior designer and a BIM/CAD technician, respectively.  Initial commissions for which Lauren is providing interior design services include several new bank branches in eastern Washington and interior upgrades for corporate offices in Spokane.  Dillon is currently supplying drafting, design and construction support for the North Spokane Library remodel and several commercial projects in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and Spokane.

Timothy J. White, AIA, and Erik Nelson have joined BWA as an architect and a project manager, respectively. On behalf of the firm, Tim is currently on loan to Fairchild Air Force Base’s 92^nd Civil Engineering Squadron, providing project management services for renovation and remodel work on the base.  He is presently managing the renovation of the Survival School’s gymnasium.  Initial commissions for which Erik is providing project management services include a tenant improvement at Spokane International Airport and a medical office building shell at Kendall Yards in Spokane.