Design Detailings: CECW Engineering Excellence Awards tonight

The Consulting Engineers Council of Washington is holding its annual Engineering Excellence Awards banquet tonight at 7:30 in the W Hotel in downtown Seattle. An awards preview will be held at 6:30 p.m. on the second floor. Firms submitted projects in one of five categories, including studies and research; structural systems; environmental; wastewater and water resources; and transportation.

One firm will be nominated to compete in the awards program for the national Consulting Engineers Council. Local comedian and television personality Ross Shafer will be the master of ceremonies for the event.

The Consulting Engineers Council of Washington is a professional trade association representing 185 consulting engineering, land surveying and planning firms statewide.

Business psychologist speaker at CECW winter meeting

Judith Kennedy, a business psychologist with more than 15 years of experience working with organizations, will be the keynote speaker at the Consulting Engineers Council of Washington winter meeting today.

The meeting will be held at noon in the W Hotel Seattle on Fourth Avenue and Seneca Street in downtown Seattle. Kennedy will talk about the qualities of successful leadership and the traits that impede effective leadership. Following her presentation, she will hold a workshop.

New architectural firm sets up shop

John DeForest and Scott Ogden have formed DeForest Ogden design office, a new architectural firm in Seattle.

DeForest, a Seattle native, was previously a project manager with Stephen Sullivan Architects and has also been associated with firms in San Francisco and Connecticut. He is a graduate of Harvard's Graduate School of Design and Yale University.

Ogden was most recently a project manager with Wanzer Munizza Design Studio. He has worked for other local firms including Integrus and WaterLeaf. Originally from Ohio, he is also a graduate of Harvard's GSD.

Both principals are licensed architects with more than 18 years of combined experience in residential, commercial and institutional projects.

DeForest Ogden design office is located at 80 Yesler Way, suite 310. The phone number is (206) 262-0820. The firm’s Web site is www.do-2.com.

Arcade Magazine announces design competition

Arcade Magazine, a nonprofit quarterly journal about architecture and design in the Pacific Northwest, is sponsoring a design competition in which, it might be said, less is more.

On one sheet of 8.5-inch by 10.25-inch paper, each entrant should submit one plan, one section and one sentence describing a complete, designed or speculative building. The contest is open to any architect in the Northwest United States or western Canada. No pre-registration is required and there are no entry fees. Students are not permitted to participate, but unregistered architects are eligible. The complete prospectus is available on the Web site http://www.arcadejournal.com. The entries are due on March 2.

The jurors are Crystal Coleman, an architect working in Seattle for Zimmer Gunsul Frasca, Jerry Garcia, the principal designer at U.n.d., and Glenn Weiss, a writer on architecture at Seattle Magazine and Arcade.

The prize is publication in Arcade magazine. All legitimate entries will be published electronically for six months on the Web site.

Callison takes to the slopes with Calif. resort projects

Seattle-based Callison Architecture has been selected by Intrawest, the owner, developer and manager of resort properties, to provide architectural and interior design services for its newest project, The Village at Mammoth.

Located in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., the complex includes three multiple-story lodges with 265 residential units that surrounding pedestrian plazas and a gondola ski lift. More than 60,000 square feet of retail will front on the new plazas and existing arterial.

Construction is expected to begin in May of 2000 with completion scheduled for November 2001.

In addition to The Village at Mammoth, Callison, Intrawest and Mammoth Mountain are working together to build Juniper Springs Lodge, Eagle Lodge Base Camp and Sunstone Lodge in Mammoth Lakes. Juniper Springs Lodge is a 174-unit resort/condominium that includes a pool, sports facilities and meeting rooms. Eagle Lodge Base Camp is a skier day lodge consisting of retail and meeting space, restaurants and skier services. Sunstone Lodge is an all-season resort with 77-condominium units, pool and fitness center.

ASCE and Paul Dorpat highlight public works projects

The Seattle Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers is hosting on Wednesday, Feb. 9 a dinner discussion and slide show with local historian Paul Dorpat about interesting engineering works around Washington state.

The dinner will be held at the Ballard Yankee Diner, on 5300 24th Ave. N.W. The cost is $16.

The event begins at 5:30 p.m. with a social hour, followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. and a business meeting at 7:30 p.m. The program starts at 8 p.m. Call (206) 632-2667 for reservations.

The reservation deadline is noon on Monday, Feb. 7.

Light installation in Tacoma by celebrated local artist

“Winter, Season of Light,” by Iole Alessandrini will be on display until Jan. 31 in Tacoma on Pacific Avenue between 13th and 15th streets. For more information, call Jan Bussey at Tacoma’s Chamber of Commerce at (253) 627-2175.

Jenny Sue Brown Award goes to McGranahan CEO

The Jenny Sue Brown Award, the highest award the American Institute of Architects Washington Council can bestow on an architect, was given to Gary Chandler, president and chief executive officer of McGranahan Architects.

The award was established in 1992 by the AIA Washington Council to acknowledge architects in the state who have given extraordinary service to the professions and selfless effort in promoting and advancing a favorable climate in which to practice architecture. Chandler was a member of the Oversight Committee on Alternative Public Works Delivery Methods under Govs. Lowry and Locke and has served as officer, task force member, committee chair and board member on more than 30 AIA local, state, regional and national boards and committees. He also has been active in a number of public policy initiatives related to the construction industry in Washington.

Chandler has been with McGranahan architects for 19 years. His projects include the Pierce County Jail, the state Department of Ecology Headquarters in Lacey, Phase II of the University of Washington Tacoma Campus Expansion and the Denney Juvenile Justice Center in Everett.

King County art program seeks collection coordinator

The King County public art program is looking for a full-time collection coordinator to provide curatorial oversight and staff coordination for on-going maintenance and conservation, public information and database records for the county’s 1000-plus public art collection. The applicant must have at least 3 years of visual art administration experience. Excellent writing and communication skills are essential, as well as a comprehensive knowledge of contemporary art and an understanding of public art issues. The deadline to apply is Feb. 14. Questions may be directed to Cath Brunner, executive director, King County Public Art Program, at (206) 296-8680 or e-mail cath.brunner@metrokc.gov. The King County job line can be found on their Web site.

Asphalt Paving Association donates $57.6 K

The Asphalt Paving Association of Washington, which says it is the single largest source of scholarship funds offered to the University of Washington Civil and Environmental Engineering College, has selected 32 students to receive $1,800 in scholarship assistance. The award also includes summer job opportunities within the paving industry. Recipients attend the University of Washington, Washington State University, Gonzaga University and the University of Alaska. More than 100 students applied for this year’s scholarship program.

The Asphalt Paving Association of Washington is a nonprofit trade association of producers of Hot-Mix asphalt pavement materials.

Idaho D.O.T. declares CivilTech Corp. a DBE

Bellevue-based CivilTech Corp., a structural, geotechnical, and software engineering firm, has been certified as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) by the State of Idaho Transportation Department

Design Detailings: Mayor to discuss design issues

A "design dialogue" with several panelists including Seattle Mayor Paul Schell will be held Thursday, Jan. 20. in the auditorium of the Seattle Public Library on 1000 Fourth Ave. Others panelists include Peter Miller, Gordon Walker and John Rahaim. Space.City, an arts and architecture group, is sponsoring the meeting.

Draft EIS of master plan for Civic Center available

The draft Environmental Impact Statement for the city of Seattle's Civic Center master plan is complete and available for review and comment. A public hearing on the draft EIS will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 31 in the third floor auditorium of the Central Library at 1000 Fourth Ave.

The comment period will end Feb.7. Comments can be made at the public hearing or can be submitted in writing to the Department of Design, Construction and Land Use. For more information, call (206) 233-3905.

Copies of the draft EIS can be obtained from the DCLU on 710 Second Ave., suite 200. The document is also available at Seattle Public Library branches.

Historic Seattle holds publication party

Historic Seattle, a nonprofit architectural preservation organization, will celebrate the recent publication of "Made to Last, Historic Preservation in Seattle and King County," by Lawrence Kreisman. The event is free and will be held from 7-9 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 25 in Town Hall on 1119 Eighth Ave.

Global business trends to be discussed

The Society for Marketing Professional Services is sponsoring "Focus on the Future," a luncheon program, on Thursday, Jan. 27. The event will be held from 11:30-1:30 p.m. at the Washington Athletic Club in downtown Seattle.

Terry van der Werff, a certified management consultant, is the guest speaker. He will be discussing the effects of population changes and emerging technologies on the workplace. The cost of the event is $30 for SMPS members, $35 for member firms and $40 for nonmembers. For more information, call Kim Hinckley at (206) 431-2300

Design Detailings: County execs lead ESA dinner talk

King County Executive Ron Sims, Snohomish County Executive Bob Drewel and Pierce County Executive Doug Sutherland will discuss efforts by their counties to respond to the proposed listing of Puget Sound chinook salmon as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act.

The panel discussion will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 12 at the Rock Salt Restaurant in Seattle. The cost, which includes dinner, is $25 for reservations made before Jan. 7, after which the cost is $27. Space is limited, so early reservations are suggested. The American Society for Engineering Management is sponsoring the event. Call (206) 695-6823 for more information.

Seattle Library seeks citizen input

The Seattle Public library is organizing "work groups" of library users to help fine-tune the design of the new central library.

Internationally renowned architect Rem Koolhaas of the Office of Metropolitan Architecture and LMN Architects are designing the new library. Construction on the building is scheduled to begin in spring 2001 and end in 2003. The library will be constructed on the existing site at 1000 Fourth Ave.

The library has identified users groups, which are the: arts community, business community, children's services, disabled, homeless, ESL/literacy, general/recreational readers, researchers and young adults. Each group will develop a key list of recommendations for the architects. This is the phase, library officials say, where ideas can be explored and incorporated into the design. Work group meetings will take place in January. Participants should contact the facilitator, or library staff member who is leading the work group of their interest.

• For the arts community, the work group facilitator is Jodee Fenton who can be reached 206-386-4610. The meeting will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, at the Central Library's Lee Auditorium.

• The business community facilitator is Betty Tonglao, (206) 386-4655. Meetings are from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, Central Library, Small Business Conference Room, second floor and 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 13, Central Library, 1000 4th Ave., Small Business Conference Room, second floor.

• The children's services facilitator is Chance Hunt, (206) 386-4097. Meeting is from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, Lee Auditorium.

• The facilitator for disabled people is Cleo Brooks, (206) 386-4690 V/TDD. Meeting is from 10 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, Jan. 12, Central Library, LEAP office, third floor.

• ESL/literacy facilitators are Emily Wong, (206) 386-4148, and Peter Cole, (206) 386-4668. Meeting is from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12, Douglass-Truth Library, 2300 E. Yesler Way

• The general/recreational users facilitator is Gwen Scott-Miller, (206) 386-4641. Meeting is from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, Central Library, Business and Technology Conference Room, second floor.

• The homeless facilitator is Patrick Grace, (206) 386-4139. Meetings are from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 5, Central Library, Lee Auditorium and 3 to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 10, Central Library, Lee Auditorium.

• The facilitator for older adults Shelley Adatto, (206) 386-4149. Meeting is from 10 a.m. to noon, Monday, Jan. 10, Central Library, Lee Auditorium.

• For researchers, the facilitators are Lynn Daniel, (206) 386-4622, and Tom Horne, (206) 386-4181. Meetings are from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, Central Library, Lee Auditorium and 7:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 13, Central Library, Board Room, fifth floor.

• For young adults, the facilitator is Jeff Katz, (206) 386-4151. Meeting is from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, Central Library, Lee Auditorium.

Latest projects for RCA/Huitt-Zollars

• The Seattle engineering and planning firm RCA/Huitt Zollars has prepared a master plan for Black Hills in Shelton and is proceeding with infrastructure engineering for the mixed-use project, which will include retail/commercial, office, light industrial, multifamily housing and a mobile home park. Two retail/commercial users have expressed interest in the 30-40 acres nearest the interchange. Black Hills will substantially expand an existing retail/commercial development east of the interchange, which includes Wal-Mart and Fred Meyer stores. Phase I infrastructure construction is expected to begin in the spring of 2000. The firm did not disclose the name of the developer of the property.

• The Port of Chehalis has selected the firm to prepare the conceptual land use master plan for 375 acres currently owned by Weyerhaeuser. The Port has acquired 40 acres for phase I development. RCA/Huitt-Zollars is preparing a detailed plan for the parcel owned by the Port. The plan will address development of a phased industrial park, to be named Curtis Industrial Park, and how future phases can be developed by extending road and utility systems. Phase I is expected to yield 700,000 square feet of industrial development.

• RCA/Huitt-Zollars has prepared a master plan and will provide infrastructure engineering for the Oakland Bay Planned Community in Shelton. The developer, LANN, has acquired approximately 280 acres in Shelton overlooking Oakland Bay. The wooded site will yield 1000-1200 dwelling units including 100-200 multifamily units and a church. Infrastructure construction on phase I (150-200 lots) is expected to begin in 2000.

• The firm has prepared a master plan and is proceeding with the preliminary plat for a large development in Ellensburg. Triple L is the owner and developer of the 92-acre property, which abuts Ellensburg's west interchange. The site is zoned tourist/commercial and light industrial.

The property, divided by State Route 97, is visible from Interstate 90.

Mayer/Reed starts transportation project

Mayer/Reed, a Portland engineering firm, has begun design work on a multimodal transportation center in the Everett. The firm is providing environmental graphics for the new facility's design. Mayer/Reed is working with Zimmer Gunsul Frasca, which has offices in Portland and Seattle, on the project. Amtrak, Sound Transit, Greyhound and commuter rail services will use the center, which also will house academic facilities for higher education and career development.

State puts architect info. online

Washington's Department of Licensing has made the Architect Registration Board Annual Report available online. The Internet format replaces the paper version of the report. The Web site contains the laws and rules of the board as well as information about the status of individual architects. The Web site can be found at www.wa.gov/dol/bpd/arcfront.htm.

Annual DOT traffic report available

The latest Annual Traffic Report issued by the Washington Department of Transportation -- which contains four years of annual average daily traffic volumes for more than 3,500 locations on the state highway system -- is now available. The report is $10 per copy and can be obtained by calling the state DOT's data office at (360) 753-6234.

The report also contains the percentage of truck traffic at various locations throughout the state, traffic volumes at automatic data collection stations, seasonal traffic, state ferry system data and maps showing traffic flow.

Book group looks at commerce, architecture

The Henry Art Gallery is hosting a winter book group, held on Thursdays, January 27 and March 2. The featured books are "Systems of Survival, A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics," by Jane Jacobs and "The Geography of Nowhere, The Rise of Decline of America's Manmade Landscape," by James Howard Kunstler.

Both groups meet from 7 p.m. -8:30 p.m. in the Henry Gallery conference room. General registration is $28, $20 for students and Henry members. Call (206) 543-2281 for more information.

Portland interior design firm changes name

Hills & Associates, a Portland-based interior design and space planning firm, has a new name. The new name is the Hills Design Group. The nine-member firm, which specializes in corporate office space planning, has planned more than 2 million square feet of office space, lobbies and public spaces.

McGowan moves

McGowan Broz Engineers has moved to 15405 S.E. 37th St., suite 201 in Bellevue, along the Interstate 90 corridor. The telephone number is (425) 564-8400.

Florida conference to look at new urbanism

A conference in Seaside, Fla., from Friday, Jan. 14 to Sunday, Jan. 16 will address the topic of new urbanism. There is no registration fee. Conference sponsors will provide a continental breakfast each day and a reception on Friday evening. Housing is available in Seaside. The conference rate for a bedroom and bath in a cottage, sharing living/dining rooms and kitchen is $110/night plus tax. For reservations, call Courtney Hurst at 1 (800) 591-8696.

Design Detailings: Sneak a peek at new Seattle library

Internationally renowned architect Rem Koolhaas, of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture in the Netherlands, will unveil his first images of the new $159 million, 355,000-square-foot downtown library at noon today.

The event will be held at Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., in the Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall and is free and open to the public. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

The new library will be built on the existing site at 1000 Fourth Ave. Construction is tentatively scheduled to begin in April 2001.

Koolhaas and his design team will also host an open house for the public with city Librarian Deborah Jacobs and other library officials from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 18, at the Central Library in the Lee Auditorium. The purpose of the open house is to kick off the public process for the design phase of the central library. The public will be invited to sign up to participate in any of 10 library user "work groups" that will recommend ways the new library can provide better service. The work groups will meet between Jan. 2 and Jan. 16. People are also invited to provide suggestions by filling out a questionnaire, which will be available at all Seattle Public Library locations and on the Web site.

Jon Magnusson looks at future trends

Jon Magnusson, principal of Skilling Ward Magnusson Barkshire, at a dinner talk sponsored by the American Society for Engineering Management will share some insights on how his firm reached prominence and what lies ahead in the next millennium. The event will be held today at 6:30 p.m. at the Rock Salt Steakhouse on 1232 Westlake Ave. N. in Seattle. The cost is $23. Call (206) 695-6670 for more information.

Input sought on City Hall design

The design team for the city of Seattle's new City Hall and public plaza will be presenting initial design approaches and take comments and suggestions from citizens in a public design discussion on Thursday, Dec. 16. The event will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church on Fifth Avenue and Marion Street in downtown Seattle.

Presenters include Peter Bohlin, lead architect for the new City Hall; Kathryn Gustafson, lead landscape designer for the adjacent open space plaza; and Beliz Brother, lead artist for City Hall and the plaza.

Joining them will be NBBJ's Rick Zieve, lead architect, and Pam Beyette, lead artist, for the new Justice Center, which will be constructed on Fifth Avenue, across from City Hall.

David Hewitt of Hewitt/Isley Architects, the firm which designed the Civic Center master plan, will moderate the discussion.

Mayor Paul Schell will be on hand to offer introductory remarks and to participate in the discussion.

Following presentations from each member of the design team, the audience will have an opportunity to question the team as well as to leave their comments and questions on response cards.

Bellevue firm certified DBE

CivilTech Corp., a structural, geotechnical and software engineering firm headquartered in Bellevue has been certified as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) by the Alaska's Department of Transportation and Public Facilities.

Dykeman honored for volunteerism

The Human Services Council of Snohomish County awarded The Dykeman Architects the Business Partnership Award for 1999. This award is for volunteer design services to build homes for low-income families in Snohomish County. Dykeman received the award with Habitat for Humanity, its partner on the project.

Mahlum marketer named SMPS fellow

William Strong, director of marketing for Mahlum Architects, has received certification as a Society of Marketing Professional Services Fellow. With 11 of his 21 years in marketing spent at Mahlum, Strong was recognized for his consistent dedication to education in the organization.

Gensler wins AIA firm award for 2000

The national board of directors of the American Institute of Architects has named Gensler Architecture recipient of the 2000 AIA Architecture Firm Award.

The annual award, the highest honor the AIA confers on an architecture firm, will be presented at the 2000 Accent on Architecture awards ceremony Jan. 28 in Washington, D.C.

The award recognizes a practice that has produced distinguished architecture consistently for at least 10 years. Previous recipients include I.M. Pei & Partners, Cesar Pelli & Associates, Skidmore Owings and Merrill, and Perkins & Will, the 1999 winner.

From its early roots in corporate office design, San Francisco-based Gensler has grown from a three-person office in 1965 to the world's largest architecture firm, boasting 16 offices and 1,700 employees. Its 1,200 active clients are as diverse as its projects -- including airport and transit terminals, educational buildings, entertainment and retail centers, hotels, office buildings and campuses, studios and theme parks.

AIA Gold Medal goes to Mexican firm

Ricardo Legorreta was selected by the national Board of Directors of the American Institute of Architects to receive the 2000 AIA Gold Medal award. The highest honor the AIA confers on an individual, the Gold Medal recognizes an architect whose significant body of work has had a lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture.

Legorreta is the 57th AIA Gold Medalist, joining the ranks of such visionaries as Thomas Jefferson, Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan, Le Corbusier, Louis Kahn, I.M. Pei, Cesar Pelli and 1999 AIA Gold Medal recipient Frank Gehry. In recognition of their legacy to architecture, the name of each Gold Medal recipient is chiseled into a granite wall of honor in the lobby of the AIA headquarters in Washington.

During the span of his 45-year career, Legorreta has integrated interior design, landscape architecture, and architecture into a single discipline. He chose to establish a design style rooted in Mexico's indigenous architectural traditions.

Born in 1931 in Mexico City, Legorreta studied architecture at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and established his firm Legoretta Arquitectos in 1959. His early important buildings were the Camino Real Hotel in Cancun, offices for IBM and the Kodak laboratories. His first important commission outside of Mexico was the residence of actor Ricardo Montalban. His current design commissions include The Mexican Museum in San Francisco, the Hispanic Cultural Arts Center in Dallas and the Bank of Finance in Managua, Nicaragua.

Design Detailings: New president of Oregon ASCE named

Mel Sears, Portland regional manager for Parametrix, was recently elected to the position of president of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Oregon section. In this role, he represents more than 1,700 civil engineers in Oregon and southwestern Washington. He is also on ASCE's Pacific Northwest council board of directors, which manages ASCE business in Alaska, Montana, Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

Sears has been a member of ASCE for more than 10 years.

McGowan Broz engineers set to move

McGowan Broz Engineers is moving from its north Bellevue location to new offices along the Interstate 90 corridor. Effective Dec. 6 the new address will be 15405 SE 37th St., suite 201, Bellevue, WA 98006. The new phone number is (425) 564-8400.

Located in the PCL building along I-90, McGowan Broz's new 5,500-square-foot office space features a number of design elements that, representatives of the firm say, reflect the firm's unique corporate identity. Specialized lighting was designed to take advantage of the latest lighting technologies. The new facility also has reserve space for planned future expansion.

Space planning and interior design was provided by GGLO, and McGowan Broz designed the lighting, electrical and mechanical systems. PCL is the general contractor.

Headed by Ken McGowan and Bill Broz, the firm provides mechanical and electrical engineering services to commercial, industrial and municipal clients throughout the Northwest and Asia.

Portland firm picked to design casinos

Scardina Design Studio, a Portland-based interior design firm, has been selected to provide space planning and interior design services for two casinos in La Center, Wash. The New Phoenix and Next Horizon casinos, owned by George Teeny, will undergo a renovation and expansion over the next few months. The new space will be open to the public in March 2000.

The architect for both projects is LSW Architects in Vancouver, Wash. Cisneros Construction in Portland is the contractor.

New book on landscape architecture

The American Society of Landscape Architects and Spacemaker Press have published "100 Years of Landscape Architecture: Some Patterns of a Century." Written by Melanie Simo, the book traces the evolution of landscape architecture from 1899 to 1999. The book can be purchased through the ASLA for $49.95. To order, call 1 (800) 787-2665 or go to the Web site http://www.asla.org.

National AIA winners named this week

The American Institute of Architects on Thursday, Dec. 2 will select this year's winner of the Gold Medal, its highest honor, the Architecture Firm Award and the Topaz Medallion, which recognizes excellence in architectural education. The winners will be announced shortly after a closed-session voting by the AIA board of directors at the organization's headquarters in Washington, D.C.

WALP winners announced

The Washington Association of Landscape Professionals has named Steve Pagel of Pagel's Landscape Maintenance in Vancouver, Wash., as member of the year. Country Green Turf Farms in Olympia was recognized as the associate member of the year.

WALP also awarded several environmental awards. In the category of design-build, the highest award went to Hendrikus Schraven Landscape Construction & Design in Issaquah and to the Highridge Corp., also in Issaquah. Two distinction awards went to Puget Sound Landscaping in Olympia.

In the category of public works, a distinction award went to Teufel Nursery in Woodinville for the Everett Memorial Stadium.

A series of other awards were also distributed. A full list of award winners will be posted in January on WALP's Web site.

SMPS hosts "Getting What You're Worth"

The Society of Marketing Professional Services is sponsoring a program to teach negotiation skills in the workplace. The program, "Getting What You're Worth" will be held from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7 at the Rainier Square conference room.

The program will address compensation and fee issues, and participants will observe and critique an actual negotiation. Presenter Bob Ness provides negotiation training to executives and managers in major corporations. He works extensively in the architecture, engineering and construction industries.

The cost of the event is $30 for SMPS members, $35 for member firms and $40 for nonmembers. For more information about the education program, call Karen Johnston at the Johnston Training Group at (206) 256-0206.

Hackworth begins Issaquah project

Seattle-based Hackworth Architecture has broken ground on Huckleberry Circle, a 60-unit multifamily development in the Issaquah highlands being developed by Lozier Homes. Each home fronts on a street or a common green, with parking provided in garages, some of which can be accessed from interior streets. Most of the homes located on the "main street" have ground floor spaces that were conceived as home offices. The exterior elevations combine two-and three-story elements with a variety of roof forms.