BEE Consulting
BEE Consulting, LLC (BEE) has been providing Building Envelope Consulting for over 20 years all over the Puget Sound region, and beyond.
Principals
JAMES C. FREELING, P.E.
Principal Engineer
Mr. Freeling formed BEE Consulting, LLC (BEE) in 1999, as a consultancy that specializes in building envelope designs and inspections. In the last 20 years through BEE, Mr. Freeling has provided building envelope design and inspections using...
CATHERINE LONGACRE
Co-Owner
Ms. Longacre currently serves as the Co-Owner of BEE Consulting, LLC working primarily in Business Development. Ms. Longacre also currently serves as the artist for Longacre Fine Art in Mukilteo where her paintings and sculptures have won national awards...
CHAD SMITH, P.E.
Principal Engineer & General Manager
Mr. Smith joined BEE Consulting, LLC in November of 2007 and currently serves as a Principal Engineer and Operations Manager. As a Principal Engineer, Mr. Smith's responsibilities include consulting on multiple projects...
TELMAN GASANOV
Principal & Energy Department Manager
Mr. Gasanov joined BEE Consulting, LLC as an AutoCAD Drafter in 2012. In 2016, Mr. Gasanov moved into the role of Energy Department Manager and since then has grown the department into a staff of six to meet the growing demand...
NATE VAN VOORST
Principal & Testing Department Manager
Mr. Van Voorst joined BEE Consulting, LLC in July 2015 and currently serves as the Testing Department Manager. In his role, Mr. Van Voorst's responsibilities include overseeing all Air Barrier and Window Testing projects...
Team Members
EKATERINA BAUTISTA
Consultant & Supervisor, Energy
Ms. Bautista joined BEE Consulting, LLC in June of 2018 as an Energy Consulting Associate which consisted of building energy envelope analysis, and compliance of the building energy envelope with the Energy Code.
GUNNAR BRENT
Consultant, Sustainability
Mr. Brent joined BEE Consulting, LLC in January of 2022 as a Consultant, Sustainability. In this role, he provides guidance and coordination for teams to meet their green design goals.
CHAD BRICKNER, RRC, RWC, CDT
Senior Project Manager/Building Materials Specialist
Mr. Brickner joined BEE Consulting, LLC in January of 2016 as a Project Manager and Business Development Manager. In June 2019, Mr. Brickner was promoted to Senior Project Manager and currently serves in that role and as Building Materials Specialist.
DAVID CHAPMAN, RRO, REWO
Senior Project Inspector
Mr. Chapman joined the team at BEE Consulting, LLC in August of 2016. Mr. Chapman was promoted to a Project Inspector in January 2017 and then to Senior Project Inspector in September 2018. In March of 2022, he earned his Registered Roof Observer designation.
DENIN DAZEY
Project Manager/Design Drafting Manager
Mr. Dazey joined BEE Consulting, LLC in November of 2014 and served as the Design Drafting Manager for several years. In August of 2019, he was moved into a Project Manager position handling a portfolio of Building Envelope projects...
Jansen Degenstein
Drafter
As part of our Design Drafting team, Mr. Degenstein manages multiple projects, creating detail drawings and designs of building envelope details for many different types of projects.
JOSE DIAZ
Accounting Manager
Mr. Diaz joined the team at BEE Consulting, LLC in April of 2021 as an Accountant. As the company accountant, Mr. Diaz processes payroll, vendor invoices for payment, and deposits client payments.
TORIN GARNER
Testing Technician
Mr. Garner joined BEE Consulting, LLC in May 2017 and currently serves as a Testing Technician. In his role, Mr. Garner's responsibilities include completing Air Barrier and Window Testing projects, field project coordination, and project plan review.
KIP JOHNSON
Senior Project Inspector
Mr. Johnson joined the team at BEE Consulting, LLC in April of 2016 as a Project Inspector. He serves as a project field inspector in regards to building envelope waterproofing.
BRET JOINER
Simulator in Responsible Charge (SIRC)
Mr. Joiner joined BEE Consulting, LLC in July of 2021 as an NFRC Simulation Technician. In May of 2022, Mr. Joiner was promoted to Simulator in Responsible charge and currently oversees our NFRC testing projects.
ERIC JONES
Assistant Drafting Manager
Mr. Jones joined BEE Consulting, LLC in June of 2015 as a Drafter. In this role, Mr. Jones' responsibilities included creating detail drawings and preliminary designs of building envelope details for multiple projects that include residential, municipal and commercial projects.
Shamil Khayrutdinov
Drafter
Mr. Khayrutdinov joined BEE Consulting, LLC in June of 2022 as a Drafter in our Design Drafting Department. As part of our Design Drafting team, Mr. Khayrutdinov provides detail drawings and preliminary designs of building envelope details on many differently types of projects.
LEANNE LETTICE
Office Manager
Ms. Lettice joined the BEE Consulting team in March of 2006. Among her duties as the Office Manager of BEE, Ms. Lettice is responsible for payroll and benefits administration, AR/AP, human resources...
PATRICK MCMAHON, EIT
Senior Project Manager & Operations Manager
Mr. McMahon joined BEE Consulting, LLC in May 2015. Mr. McMahon was promoted to full-time Senior Project Inspector in September 2015, and then again in June, 2018 to Project Manager.
SHERRY MENZ
Administrative Coordinator
Ms. Menz joined BEE Consulting in June of 2018. Among her duties as the Administrative Coordinator, Ms. Menz works with our project managers and clients to put together our proposals and then follows up on them...
STEPHEN POLLEDRI
Project Coordinator
Mr. Polledri joined BEE Consulting, LLC in June of 2015 after relocating from New Jersey to Washington. He is involved in numerous projects that include waterproofing design concepts and architectural detail analysis...
CHRIS SHAFER
Testing Supervisor
Mr. Shafer joined BEE Consulting, LLC in March 2018 as a Testing Specialists. In this role, Mr. Shafer worked as part of the testing team conducting Air Barrier and Window Testing. Mr. Shafer is well versed in BEE's testing procedures and the hands-on happenings of an on-site field test and is an integral part of BEE's Testing Team.
BRIAN SMITH, CDT
Drafter
Mr. Smith joined the team at BEE Consulting, LLC in July of 2018 as a Project Inspector. He serves as a field inspector in regards to the details of building envelope waterproofing...
ROBERT (ROBBIE) SMITH
Testing Technician
Mr. Smith joined BEE Consulting, LLC in September, 2018 as a Testing Technician in our Testing Department. In his role, Mr. Smith conducts Air Barrier and Window Testing projects and provides a follow up report...
TYLER SMITH, P.E.
Senior Project Manager
Mr. Smith joined BEE Consulting, LLC in June 2017 and currently serves as the Senior Project Manager for BEE's Portland, Oregon Office.
SUVAD TANJO
Project Manager
Mr. Tanjo joined the team at BEE Consulting, LLC in May 2014. As a project manager, he adds to his position by having extensive experience in engineering, drafting and building layouts...
YEAR THAO
Senior Project Inspector
Mr. Thao joined the team at BEE Consulting, LLC in January of 2012 as a field services consultant. His field experience, attention to detail and product knowledge is a strong asset to the envelope inspection role. He now serves as the Field Services Manager.
JULIA VELMAN
Junior Associate, Energy
Ms. Velman joined BEE Consulting in June of 2020 as a Junior Associate, Energy. In this role, she provided building envelope energy analysis, as well as compliance of the building envelope energy with the pertinent energy code...
JACK WELCH
Project Inspector
Mr. Welch joined BEE Consulting in February of 2022 as a Project Inspector. In his duties as a Project Inspector, Mr. Welch inspects buildings for compliance to codes in regard to building envelope waterproofing and provides the client with an inspection report of findings and recommendations.
