Cannon Design, San Francisco, has appointed Carl Hampson, AIA, as VP. Hampson’s portfolio emphasizes healthcare and research buildings. In addition, the firm has promoted Ruofei Sun, PE, SE, to VP in the St. Louis office. Sun’s expertise includes structural analysis and design, seismic engineering, and structural vibration design. New York-based Cannon specializes in the design of healthcare, science and technology, education, government, sports and recreation, and civic/justice projects.
Signer Harris Architects, Boston, has relocated to accommodate growth. The new location is at 46 Farnsworth St., Boston, MA 02210; 617-426-6200; fax 617-426-6256. The firm’s recent laboratory work includes a series of renovations at Brown Univ., Providence, R.I., and new facility design for the Whitehead Institute, Cambridge.
Equipment Collaborative, Houston, has opened an office in Dallas. Kelly Spivey will be VP/managing director for the location, with Dan Killebrew, AIA, as managing principal. The office is at 3535 Travis, Suite 270, Dallas, TX 75204; 204-765-7050; fax: 214-765-7051. Sister firms FKP Architects, FKP Solution Management, and O’Neill Hill and Associates are also located in the building. Equipment Collaborative offers planning, procurement, and installation services to clients in the healthcare and
science/research sectors.
SmithGroup, Chicago, has merged with AREA Design, Chicago. AREA is a seven-person commercial interiors firm headed by Angie Lee, FAIA, IIDA, and was founded in 2005. Lee will be a VP at SmithGroup, The firm provides architecture, engineering, interiors, and planning services, with a major emphasis in the science/research market sector. In addition, SmithGroup has announced that principal Noel Bryan, AIA, has been promoted as leader of the Chicago studio. Bryan was previously director of operations for the firm’s Phoenix office.
PerkinElmer Inc., Waltham, Mass., has expanded its multi-vendor qualification and validation services for customers in heavily regulated environments. Customers can now have a single point of contact to help ensure that a lab’s entire LC/MS system is running optimally regardless of manufacturer, rather than sub-system qualification. OneSource consolidates all lab requirements under a single provider to improve equipment up time and reduce costs.
Ellerbe Becket has launched a new practice area that focuses on technology and the life sciences sector. Robert A. Bracamonte, AIA, principal and design director for the San Francisco office, will lead the practice, along Roland Lazzarotto, AIA. Bracamonte and Lazzarotto will expand the Ellerbe Becket’s presence in the life sciences and technology industry sectors with a team of planners and designers experienced in designing complex buildings for science and technology clients. The practice will be run from the firm’s San Francisco office.
Cubellis, Boston, has merged with Seyffer + Koch Architectural Group, Glen Rock, N.J. S+K is an architecture, planning, and interiors firm concentrating on academic and science clients. The S+K staff will be joined with the existing Cubellis office in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., and will continue to be led by Kent Seyffer, NCARB, and Charles Koch, AIA. Cubellis is engaged in a national expansion effort; other recent mergers include Vinick Associates, Rocky Hill, Conn., and JLT Architecture & Consulting LLC, Naples, Fla. Recent lab projects for Cubellis, which offers architectural, engineering, and interiors services, include the Rowan Univ. College of Education, Glassboro, N.J. S+K’s recent lab work includes new buildings for Stryker, Mahwah, N.J., and Thomas J. Lipton, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
DLR Group, Phoenix, has acquired two design firms: Becker Winston, Philadelphia, and Newman Cavender & Doane, Denver. Becker Winston improves DLR’s reach in the Northeast and adds historical preservation capabilities. The Newman Cavender acquisition, now known as DLR Group Newman Cavender, broadens DLR’s geographic reach in the West and beefs up its corporate and interiors practice, as well as justice design. DLR, which offers comprehensive architecture, engineering, planning, and interiors services, has announced its intention to seek further acquisition candidates in multiple markets, including Florida, California, and Texas. Major science projects include the Peter Kiewit Institute at the Univ. of Nebraska, Omaha, and the Embry Riddle Aeronautical Univ. Academic Complex, Prescott, Ariz.
Esco Biotech, Singapore, has changed its name to ESCO Technologies Inc. The firm’s U.S. operations have moved to a larger facility in Hatboro, Pa., near Philadelphia, and product offer ings have been increased to encompass a larger selection of BSCs, laminar flow cabinets, animal containment workstations, ductless fume hoods, standard fume hoods, and related products.
RKTL Associates Inc., Baltimore, has promoted 13 staff members to VP. The new VPs in Baltimore and Miami, Fla., are William N. McCarthy III, AIA, BSCP, CSI, CCCA, LEED AP; and Gregory B. Walton, AIA, NCARB, respectively. In the Washington, D.C., office, new VPs are: Kathryn R. Barnard; Robert B. Berry Jr., AIA, AICP, LEED AP; Raymond E. Brower, AIA, NCARB; William C. Caldwell, AIA, AICP, LEED AP; and Darren L. Vican, RCDD/OSP. New VPs in Dallas are Eurico R. Francisco, Associate AIA, LEED AP; Stephen L. Galbreath, AIA, ISHC, LEED AP; Keith P. Guidry, AIA, NCARB; and Beau Herr, AIA, RIBA. In London, U.K., new VPs are Paul D. Dunn, RIBA, and Mahmood Faruqi. Recently acquired by Dutch firm ARCADIS, RKTL provides architecture, engineering, and planning services for multiple sectors, with a significant presence in the science, technology, and engineering facility markets.
Shen Milsom & Wilke, a security, acoustics, vibration control, and IT infrastructure design consultant based in New York City, has acquired Equipment Planners Inc., formerly of Summit, N.J. The move is expected to bolster Shen Milsom & Wilke’s offerings to the healthcare design market.
BOC Edwards, Wilmington, Mass., has been rebranded as Edwards, following its sale by The Linde Group in May. The firm, now owned by CCMP Capital, intends to grow as an independent, privately owned company. The change harks back to the company’s roots in the 1920s as Edwards High Vacuum International. Edwards supplies vacuum, abatement, and chemical management equipment and services.
