Business Briefs: Hollis + Miller

Words: Bronzella Cleveland

NovemberDecember 2008
Industry News

Business Briefs: Hollis + Miller

Hollis + Miller Architects, Overland Park, Kan., added several new staff members recently and promoted two others. Chris Heinz was promoted to senior associate/design resource leader, and Greg Schiller was promoted to associate/project architect. The new includes Megan Barnes (architecture intern), Scott Harding (draftsman), Philip Korthanke (architecture intern), Dom Noravong (project designer), Joshua Thorpe (structural engineering intern), and Megan Warner (architecture intern). MD

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