News Articles

JBLM medical/dental clinic wins gold SAME Design Excellence award
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, November 9, 2011

The Winder Family Medical Clinic/Fulton Dental Clinic Addition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord earned a gold award at the 15th Annual Society of American Military Engineers Design Excellence Awards hosted by the Seattle and Mount Tacoma posts. The solar hot water system installed in the addition represents the first of its kind at JBLM, contributing almost 40 percent of the clinic’s total domestic hot water need. Notkin's design/build partner was Vet Industrial In association with The Korte Company.

Marcie Lohr named marketer of the year
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, June 22, 2011

The Seattle Chapter of the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) recently announced winners of the 2011 Reign Awards. Marcie was honored for her participation, mentoring and leadership in SMPS, for other design and construction industry organizations, and at Notkin.

John Rowland named engineer of the year
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
, January 25, 2011

The American Consulting Engineers Council of Washington honored John Rowland with the prestigious Engineer of the Year Award at the Engineering Excellence Awards celebration on January 21 at The Westin Bellevue.

Seattle Staff Growing
, January 14,2011

Notkin is pleased to welcome additional staff members in their Seattle office. Mai-Britt Hardy, a recent University of Washington graduate, was hired as receptionist and operations support professional. Peregrin Jones, LEED AP and CGD, was hired as a mechanical designer. He has more than fourteen years of experience in design and project management for HVAC, controls, plumbing and piping systems. Project types include healthcare, education and government. Darren Pinney was added as a mechanical designer. He obtained his BSME from John Hopkins University and his Masters from the University of Washington.


Additions to Notkin Staff, August 23, 2010

Notkin Mechanical Engineers is pleased to welcome additional design staff members. April Asbury has more than ten years of experience as a word processor and production support specialist for engineering and business consulting firms. Pam Babitsky has thirty years of experience in mechanical drafting for engineering and contracting firms. Her experience includes healthcare, education and industrial facilities. Matt Long has more than four years of HVAC and plumbing design experience for a range of building types, from medical and educational to commercial and state park facilities. He is a graduate of Gonzaga University.

Carl Bellows earns ASHRAE Healthcare Facility Design Certification, November 17, 2009

Carl Bellows, P.E., a senior mechanical engineer at Notkin, is a certified Healthcare Facility Design Professional. The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers' certification program identifies individuals who have mastered a body of knowledge covering successful design and operation of healthcare facilities. The technical content for the exam was developed in cooperation with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) of the American Hospital Association (AHA).

Everett Community College Gray Wolf Hall is LEED Silver Certified, September 23, 2009

Everett Community College's undergraduate education center received a LEED Silver rating from the USGBC. The 77,000 sq ft facility, which also serves at the University Center of North Puget Sound, features operable windows in administrative areas and increased building envelope.

ASHRAE Awards Scott Ellis Certification for Healthcare Facility Design, September 21, 2009

Scott Ellis, P.E., LEED AP, an associate at Notkin, earned a Healthcare Facility Design Professional certification from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. ASHRAE’s certification program identifies individuals who have mastered a body of knowledge covering successful design and operation of healthcare facilities. The technical content for the exam was developed in cooperation with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) of the American Hospital Association (AHA).

Notkin Promotes Ellis and Schwend to Associate, September 1, 2009

Scott Ellis, P.E., LEED AP and Darren Schwend, P.E., LEED AP were promoted from project managers to associates. Ellis joined the firm in 1999 and Schwend joined in 1997. Both have significant healthcare and higher education design and project management experience.

Additions to Staff and New LEED APs, June 26, 2009

Notkin is pleased to welcome Ahmed Salih, Jordan Fisk, Valery Potakh and Rais Sheikh as designers, along with Peter Sloane, who joined the staff as an intern in 2006. Linda Coppa, P.E., returns to Notkin as a project engineer. Notkin also added five to their administrative and CAD staff: Diane Galford as Controller, Suzanne Hailey as Receptionist, Erin Stallings as Word Processor/Operations Support; and Chris Officer and Jeff Cassidy as CAD Technicians.


Sandy Bonderman, a partner, Scott Ellis and Darren Schwend, project managers; Sean Riley, Scott Schorn and Mike Thomson, project engineers; and designers Jordan Fisk, Brad Lentz and Peter Sloane recently earned their LEED Accredited Professional designation.