People/firms

Structural engineer Walter P. Moore Engineers and Consultants, Houston, has opened an office in Los Angeles. Jeff Guh, S.E., has been named managing director of the new office.

Rolf Jensen & Associates, Chicago, has opened an office in Shanghai, China. RJA's current director of China operations, Fang Li, will head the new office, which will be located in the 88-story Jin Mao Building — currently the tallest building in China.

Omaha, Neb.-based HDR Inc. has purchased certain assets of Store, Matakovich & Wolfberg, a South El Monte, Calif.-based mechanical/electrical engineering firm. SMW staff members will co-locate with HDR's staff in a new Pasadena, Calif., office.

The Staubach Co., Atlanta, has promoted Brian Terrell to executive vice president. Terrell leads Staubach's Design & Construction Consulting Services Practice Group.

St. Louis-based Guarantee Electrical Co. has acquired Kimsey Electrical Contracting, a division of Fischbach & Moore Electric Inc., forming Kimsey-Guarantee Electrical Contracting, headquartered in Denver.

John Adams Dix has been named project director/architect for A. Epstein and Sons International, Chicago. He will lead the design efforts of Mc4West LLC, the design-build team for the McCormick Place West Expansion in Chicago.