Design Detailings: Sparling's Duncan on executive committee

Duncan

The group enterpriseSeattle recently named Sparling Chief Executive Officer Jim Duncan to its executive committee. Duncan was an active board member for five years.

The group aims to work with businesses and individuals to attract new companies to King County. Its board of directors and executive committee offer free services to companies relocating or expanding in the area.

Elcon Associates buys Power System

Portland electrical engineering firm Elcon Associates has acquired Tigard, Ore.-based consulting company Power System Engineers.

Michael Unger, former president of Power System Engineers, will be one of Elcon's principal electrical engineers and manage the firm's transmission and distribution group. Amit Sinha, who has been a principal electrical engineer with Elcon for 12 years, will keep overseeing its electric utility division.

Power System Engineers does transmission and distribution planning and design work, and Elcon offers planning, design and construction management services.

Elcon's clients include utility, transit, marine and wastewater treatment plants throughout the West Coast.

Design Detailings: New R.W. Beck president/CEO

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R.W. Beck picked Russell J. Stepp of Seattle to be president and chief executive officer. He will replace Nicholas P. Guarriello, who will remain a senior consultant role before retiring in late 2006.

Stepp was the national director of the water and waste resources practice, and has 30 years of experience in water-related contract negotiations, and resolving disputes.

R.W. Beck is a management consulting and engineering firm.

Planning award winners announced

Two planning associations recently announced the winners of their joint awards.

Seven projects submitted were picked for top awards in the competition, which was sponsored by the Washington chapter of the American Planning Association and the Planning Association of Washington.

Awards went to OTAK for a plan to manage Whidbey Island Scenic Isle Way, the city of Lynnwood for its city center plan, the city of Gig Harbor for a design manual it produced, the city of Bellingham for looking at adaptable space, Thurston Regional Planning Council for its visioning task force, the city of Enumclaw for its downtown streetscape plan, and AHBL for a sustainability plan it created.

Also recognized with honor awards were EDAW, Seattle Parks and Recreation and King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks.

Rusten new CEO at Berger/Abam

Rusten

Berger/Abam Engineers board of directors picked Arnfinn (Arnie) Rusten as president and chief executive officer. He will succeed Robert L. Wallace, who recently retired.

Rusten joined Berger/Abam Engineers in 1977. The Norway native started as a junior design engineer, and has worked on facilities for the U.S. Navy Carrier Battle Group in Everett, the U.S. Coast Guard in Seattle, and Washington State Ferries. He headed the company's domestic waterfront department for six years.

Elmer Ozolin was promoted to vice president and will lead the waterfront department. David Brown was promoted to vice president and will remain Portland branch manager.

Berger/Abam has offices in Federal Way, Seattle, Portland and Las Vegas, and is an affiliate of the global company Berger Group Holdings.

Landmarks commission openings in Tacoma

Applications are being accepted to fill five positions on the Pierce County Landmarks Commission.

The commission makes recommendations on historic preservation matters such as nominations to historic registers, and applications for historic road names.

History, architecture, and archaeology professionals or residents with interests in architectural history are encouraged to apply. Positions are unpaid.

For more information, contact the Department of Planning and Land Services at (253) 798-2783.

Art Anderson hires Titan for Navy study

Bremerton naval architecture and engineering company Art Anderson Associates has hired San Diego-based Titan Corp. to help with a new study for the U.S. Navy. Titan has simulation software Art Anderson can use to design and engineer a Navy vessel. Navy officials will set parameters.

This project is a new phase of work Art Anderson is doing through a series of Small Business Innovative Research contracts with the U.S. Navy. The federal government set up this research program in 1982 to help small businesses get involved with federal government research and development.

Art Anderson Associates focuses on naval architecture and engineering and has local offices in Bremerton and Seattle.

Design Detailings: Freiheit & Ho designs retail center

Rendering courtesy of Freiheit & Ho Architects

Freiheit & Ho Architects is designing Maple Valley Commons, a 31,000-square-foot retail center on a 2.8-acre site at state Route 169 and 276th Street Southeast. The center will have four single-story buildings.

Freiheit & Ho faced several challenges, including a long, narrow site and the city of Maple Valley's design guidelines. The colorful center was designed to fit in with newer developments in the area, according to the firm.

The general contractor is GLY Construction. The structural engineer is Richard Hudson & Associates and the civil engineer is Barghausen Consulting Engineers. Construction will begin later this summer and will be complete early next year.

SAME gives out design awards

The Society of American Military Engineers held its 9th Annual Design Excellence Awards Banquet in Seattle this spring.

In the large business category, The Gold Award went to The Austin Co. for the Fort Lewis Deployment Center. The First Silver Award went to Tetra Tech ECI for the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Confined Aquatic Disposal Site. The Second Silver Award went to the design/build team of Tetra Tech/KCM and the joint venture construction contractors of JKT & PCL for the Submarine Base Bangor Small Arms Training Center.

In the small business category, The Gold Award went to the design/build team of FSi Consulting Engineers and Anthony Construction Contractors for the Shore Intermediate Maintenance Facility at Naval Station Everett.

The First Silver Award went to the design/build team of Notkin mechanical engineers and Soltek Pacific General contractors for the Bachelor Officers Quarters at Naval Station Bremerton. The Silver Award went to WJA Design Collaborative for the Child Development Center at Malmstrom Air Force Base.

NEBC rooftop mixer Thursday

The 12th Annual Olympic Chapter rooftop mixer, sponsored by the Northwest Environmental Business Council, will be held 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday. It will be at Hart Crowser, 1910 Fairview Ave. E.

Overlooking Lake Union, the event will feature a semi-hosted bar and hors d'oeuvres buffet. Cost is $35 for NEBC members and guests, and $45 for non-members. For information, e-mail Nebc.Admin@state.or.us.

Design Detailings: CDi Engineers adds principals

CDi Engineers added three new principals — Norm Brown, Richard Gerber and Jim Grimm — and will be moving to new offices in Lynnwood this fall.

Brown manages the company's technical expertise and is working on projects at Sea-Tac Airport and the Seattle Center. Business development manager Gerber is doing projects at Providence Portland Medical Center and St. Anthony's hospital in Gig Harbor.

Grimm oversees business management and quality control. He directs CDi's long-term relationships with hospitals in Washington and Oregon.

Dick Moeller is the new president of the company's board of directors and will oversee the firm's direction and management. CDi's founder Paul Dias will remain on the board and continue to be involved in firm management.

CDi is a mechanical consulting engineering firm.

Kreager joins advisory board

Kreager

Mithun principal Bill Kreager was recently named to chair an editorial advisory board for a magazine that gives information on marketing trends for people who build and sell homes.

Sales + Marketing Ideas magazine is produced by a section of The National Association of Home Builders, which also appointed Kreager to its National Sales and Marketing Council's board of trustees.

UO gives award to Johnpaul Jones

Jones

Architect Johnpaul Jones was recently recognized with a distinguished service award at the University of Oregon's commencement ceremony.

The award goes to individuals who contribute to Oregon's cultural development. Jones is a 1967 graduate of the University of Oregon's School of Architecture and Allied Arts, and a principal with Seattle-based Jones & Jones Architects and Landscape Architects.

His recent projects include the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., and the Many Nations Longhouse on the University of Oregon's campus.

Design Detailings: Haag shortlisted for $353M park

Richard Haag and Associates of Seattle is one of seven international architecture firms shortlisted in a competition to design the $353 million Orange County Great Park in Irvine, Calif.

Twenty-four firms submitted proposals.

Others finalists are firms from Madrid, Barcelona, Mexico City, San Francisco, Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles and Mill Valley, Calif.

They will submit conceptual master designs for the Great Park to be displayed for public comments and critiques. The park's board of directors is expected to choose the Great Park master designer in October.

The Great Park will be developed on the site of the decommissioned El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, seven square miles of land in the geographic center of Orange County.

Design groups agree on green

Officials from 16 architectural institutions have agreed to support sustainable building and make reducing climate change a priority at a yearly gathering AIA holds for presidents of architectural associations.

George Ferguson, president of the Royal Institute of British Architects, took the lead in drafting the statement called the Las Vegas Declaration. Among their shared concerns was a desire to promote responsible stewardship of resources in the architecture and construction industries.

The declaration states they will make climate change a priority and work with governments to influence legislation and funding to reduce pollution.

Hart Crowser wins for WaMu

The Seattle section of the American Society of Civil Engineers gave Hart Crowser awards for its approach to difficult site conditions on two projects: a stream channel restoration at The Brookside Creek and the Washington Mutual-Seattle Art Museum building.

At Brookside Creek, Hart Crowser designed a fish passage that allows salmonids to swim past an eight-foot-high dam on private property. Crews breached the dam, placed a cedar log weir, and added a 100-foot stream channel with cobbles, gravel, and boulders. The Lake Forest Park Stewardship Foundation also worked on this project.

The 42-story Washington Mutual-Seattle Art Museum tower being built in downtown Seattle required excavation to 90 feet below street grade, one of the deepest excavations ever done in Seattle. The site had limited right of way for tieback installation, and required underpinning of the adjacent Seattle Art Museum.

Design Detailings: Morss Medical wins 2 projects

Two medical facilities recently picked Bainbridge Island firm Morss Medical Architecture to design and update facilities.

The company will design and build a 10,000-square-foot, free-standing building for Bellingham OB/GYN on Squalicum Way. This set to open in the fourth quarter of 2006 and will house five physicians.

Morss will also work on three Kitsap County projects for Bremerton-based Olympic Peninsula Kidney Centers: a new 5,000-square-foot facility planned for Poulsbo, new interiors for a facility in Bremerton, and updates to a Port Orchard facility. They will be designed to bring in as much natural light as possible.

Morss Medical has 30 years of medical architecture experience.

Parametrix planner national APA head

Siegel

David M. Siegel of Parametrix's Portland office was recently named national president of the American Planning Association, which runs research and education programs to encourage better community design.

Siegel oversees long-range planning and growth management projects for Parametrix as a planning and communications manager. He has been in planning and public works agencies for 28 years.

Models sought for SAF exhibit

Seattle Architecture Foundation is calling for entries for its yearly architectural model exhibition. Physical models, 3D computer images or digital animations will be accepted.

The "Ideas in Form 8" exhibit will take place Aug. 4-21 and is sponsored by Swensen Say Faget and Unico. Entry fee for the first project is $50 for firms, $25 for sole practitioners or free for students. Deadline for entries is July 1. For more information call (206) 667-9184.

Grace Garland wins SDA awards

Grace Garland of Huckell/Weinman Associates recently won three national awards for her work on the Society for Design Administration's newsletter and local Web site, http://www.sda-seattle.com.

Garland is the office manager for Huckell/Weinman Associates, a Kirkland-based environmental and economics planning firm.

Kundig finalist for Cooper-Hewitt award

Tom Kundig, a partner in Seattle-based architecture firm Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects, was recently named a finalist in a design competition sponsored by the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.

Other finaliststs in the architecture design category were New York's Diller, Scofidio + Renfro, and Albuquerque-based Antoine Predock. Nominations came from a committee of 800 designers, educators, journalists and corporate representatives from every state.

For more information see www.nationaldesignawards.org.

New officers at Hammond Collier

Hammond Collier Wade Livingstone, a civil engineering firm, has elected new officers and members to its board of directors. The newly elected officers are: Robin Nelson as president, Jorge Garcia asvVice president and treasurer, Bill Reynolds as vice president and secretary, Larry Cordes as vice president, Peter Weber as chairman of the board, Larry Riegert and John Tilley as board members and Bruce Livingstone as honorary board member. Hammond Collier has offices in Seattle, Lakewood, Wenatchee, Omak and Winthrop.

Fong speaks today on sustainability

Denise Fong, a principal at Candela, will speak about sustainability in Denmark, Sweden, Germany and China at the Lighting Design Lab at 4 p.m. Wednesday.

The presentation will include attitudes toward lighting and also touch on electrical generation, waste management, water issues and other green strategies.

Fong writes a regular column on sustainability issues for LD+A Magazine and has been honored with design awards for her creative lighting applications for projects such as the ACT Theatre and Pacific Science Center's IMAX Theater addition. She is a former Lighting Specialist at the Lighting Design Lab. For information, call (206) 325-9711, Ext. 0.

Design Detailings: Design Center lighting lessons

The Seattle Design Center's next Third Thursday seminar will be tomorrow from noon to 2 p.m.

There will be two sessions. The first is on lighting basics for new and remodeled projects. Also Joseph Jeup, owner of Jeup Furniture, will give a talk on furnishings. Seattle Design Center is at 5701 Sixth Ave S., for information call (206) 762-1200.

NBBJ assistant wins SDA award

The Society of Design Administration gave recently a $1,000 scholarship to Cathy Comstock of NBBJ.

Comstock is an administrative assistant and has been a member of the society's Seattle chapter for six years.

ESM moves to Federal Way

The engineering, surveying and planning firm ESM Consulting Engineers has expanded and moved its Federal Way offices. The new address is 33915 First Way S., Suite 200, Federal Way, WA 98003. Phone is (253) 838-6113 and fax is (253) 838-7104. The Web site address is http://www.esmcivil.com.

The company is based in Federal Way, and has offices in Bothell and Cle Elum.

Carson to lead ACEC Corps committee

The American Council of Engineering Companies recently appointed Joel G. Carson to lead the Seattle district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Liaison Committee. Carson is a civil engineer in Seattle and is the Northwest region manager for the San Diego-based consulting firm Kleinfelder.

The liaison committee tries to connect the district with the local engineering community.

Fundraiser at SAM tomorrow

Architects Without Borders will sponsor a fundraiser tomorrow for tsunami relief and civil war orphans in Sri Lanka.

The fundraiser will be at the Seattle Art Museum's board room from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

There will be a slideshow and presentation of the project, music by Elliott Bay Wind Ensemble, food and a cash bar.

Minimum suggested donation is $25.

For more information, see http://www.asianaeducationdevelopment.org.

Design Detailings: Alaskan Way Viaduct gets award for DEIS

Groups that worked on the draft environmental impact statement for the Alaskan Way Viaduct and Seawall Replacement Project were recognized by the National Association of Environmental Professionals for clear writing and graphics.

They are Parametrix, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Federal Highway Administration, the city of Seattle and the Washington State Department of Transportation.

The viaduct DEIS was the first to use a new WSDOT approach that emphasizes clear writing and high-quality graphics to invite the public into the decision-making process.

Schacht Aslani in Smith Tower

Schacht Aslani Architects recently moved to Smith Tower, 506 Second Ave., Suite 700.

Principal Cima Malek-Aslani said, "I'm looking forward to working in one of Seattle's great structures. Our new office gives us the space and resources we need to deal with our growing workload."

The firm's work includes museums, libraries, academic buildings and religious facilities.

Two local firms win AIA awards

The American Institute of Architects and its Committee on the Environment recently recognized Seattle firms Mahlum Architects and Mithun with awards for green design.

Mahlum won for its work on the 168,000-square-foot Seminar II building at The Evergreen State College in Olympia.

Mithun won for its urban design plan for a 35-block neighborhood in Portland. Use of energy, water and habitat are part of the sustainable design plan for the commercial area.

Positions open on Burke-Gilman Place PDA

Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels is seeking applicants for the Burke-Gilman Place Public Development Authority, a board that manages the former Coast Guard property near Children's Hospital in northeast Seattle.

The facilities include Ronald McDonald House, Provail housing, Burke-Gilman Apartments, a child care center and low-income housing.

Board positions are open to Seattle residents with an interest in Burke-Gilman Place. Call Shirley Bishop at (206) 367-8704.

Design Detailings: Danish urbanist here on June 8

Jan Gehl, a Danish architect and professor of urban design, will speak in Seattle on Wednesday, June 8.

Gehl is a senior lecturer of urban design and director of the Center for Public Space Research at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture in Copenhagen.

He has been an advocate of turning car-oriented cities into pedestrian and people-friendly cities. In Copenhagen, 18 public squares that had been parking lots have been turned back to public squares.

The 6 to 9:30 p.m. event, sponsored by International Sustainable Solutions, will be a dinner party on Occidental Street in Pioneer Square, with Gehl as the guest speaker. The cost is $85. For more information, go to http://www.i-sustain.com/events/janGehl.htm

June 11 tour of Columbia City

Seattle Architecture Foundation sponsors "Valley on the Rise -- Columbia City," a tour of Columbia City, from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 11.

The foundation calls Columbia City one of Seattle's most dynamic, diverse and desirable neighborhoods. It was once a thriving mill town along the electric rail line to Renton before falling into disrepair. Now buildings have been restored and retail has returned, including restaurants, galleries and the Farmer's Market.

The tour will be from 9 a.m. to noon and begin at Rainier Valley Cultural Center, 3515 S. Alaska St. Tickets cost $20. Call (206) 667-9184 or go to http://www.seattlearchitecture.org for more information and to register online.

AIA convention draws 24,000

A record number of architects, exhibitors and design industry professionals attended the American Institute of Architects National Convention and Design Exposition recently in Las Vegas.

More than 24,000 attended, a 10 percent increase over the prior year. There were 860 exhibitors.

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ty," and a conversation with Las Vegas developer Steve Wynn and architect Tony Marnell. AIA's 2005 Gold Medal Winner, Santiago Calatrava, spoke about how his work is inspired by the human form.

Architecture group honors Jacobs

The Seattle Architecture Foundation gave City Librarian Deborah Jacobs its 2005 Shaping Community: The A. O. Bumgardner Award. The award recognizes people who make "lasting contributions to the creation, appreciation and advocacy of excellent community design," according to the foundation.

Jacobs has helped oversee The Libraries for All program, a $256 million program to renovate or replace 28 libraries. She also was an advocate for enlisting Rem Koolhaas to design the Central Library, in association with LMN Architects.

She came to Seattle in 1997 and spent the first four months developing a plan to increase space in neighborhood branches and replace the downtown library. When it was passed, the Libraries for All campaign was the largest bond measure ever approved for libraries in the country.

Workshops look at design, aging

Health care and environmental design professionals will discuss ways they can develop supportive communities for active older Americans at a series of summer workshops led by Bob Scarfo, associate professor of landscape architecture at Washington State University Spokane.

Scarfo will conduct five national workshops on successful aging, bringing together gerontological and health care professionals, landscape architects and urban designers. He will lead a discussion, "Health and the Built Environment: Bridging Professional Outlooks and Practices."

The San Francisco workshop will be held on Friday, June 10, at the American Institute of Architects, 130 Sutter St., Suite 600. The cost is $150. For information on other locations and dates, go to http://www.spokane.wsu.edu/scarfo.

Bader moves to Capitol Hill

Bader Architecture has moved from 603 Stewart St. to 752 Harvard Ave. E., Seattle 98102. Its telephone is (206) 344-3878, and fax is (206) 344-5242.

The e-mail address is bader@barderarch.com, and Web site is http://www.baderarch.com.

Design Detailings: AIA Seattle holds annual meeting

AIA Seattle will have its annual meeting today from 4 to 6 p.m. at the International District/Chinatown Community Center, 719 Eighth Ave. S.

Attendees can participate in the election of AIA Seattle officers and directors, for terms beginning in September.

The agenda will include the AIA Seattle annual report and AIA national convention report. The event is free for AIA Seattle members. For information, call (206) 448-4938, e-mail aia@aiaseattle.org.

Library seeks help with design tours

The Central Library is recruiting volunteers to serve as tour guides to help visitors learn about the library's unique architecture, facilities and public art. Docents must have strong public speaking skills and professional training in architecture or construction management. One-hour architectural tours are scheduled throughout the week. Docents typically conduct two tours per month.

The next training session for new docents will take place at the Central Library on Saturday, June 11. To request application materials, contact Anne Vedella, the library's volunteer services coordinator, at anne.vedella@spl.org by Tuesday.

MWH Global buys Bellevue firm IPS

A Broomfield, Colo.-based engineering and construction company, MWH Global, has acquired a Bellevue firm, Integrated Project Solutions, which will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of MWH Global.

MWH is a consulting firm with 6,000 employees worldwide. It does engineering design and remediation, and other work in Europe, Middle East, India, Asia and the Pacific Rim. Integrated has offered project management software and services in the Pacific Northwest for 10 years.

DKA makes Inc. Inner City 100 list

Seattle architectural firm DKA was recently named to a list of the fastest growing inner city companies in the country.

DKA ranked 79 on Inc. Magazine's Inner City 100 list. More than 4,500 nominations for the competition came from 150 cities.

The list ranks fast-growing businesses in inner city areas around the country. DKA more than doubled from 1999 to 2003.

Donald King started DKA in Seattle in 1985. The company does affordable and multi-family housing, libraries, schools, offices and commercial facilities.

$3M gift will help WSU A/E students

A $3 million donation will go to starting an institute for entrepreneurship at Washington State University's College of Engineering and Architecture.

Donors Harold and Diana Frank gave the funds to support student projects and scholarships for the academic school year.

Twelve students studying engineering and business were expected to join the summer institute to learn about team building, marketing and intellectual property.

Harold Frank said the GI Bill helped him finish college, and was the inspiration for setting up scholarships for others.

Brown and Caldwell expands services

The consulting firm of Brown and Caldwell is expanding its water and wastewater practice to help clients plan, measure and control assets.

Brown and Caldwell, which has an office in Seattle, will focus on asset management solutions for electric, gas and transportation utilities and agencies. Neil Reid and Darin Johnson have backgrounds in electric utility work, and have joined the company as senior consultants.

Time to "Get Real" at Inform Interiors

Inform Interiors of Seattle is hosting "Get Real," an exhibit celebrating authenticity in art and modern furniture that runs through June 13.

The exhibit is intended to show the difference between classic modern furniture when it is made by an authorized manufacturer and when it is not. It will showcase pieces from designers such as Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson and Isamu Noguchi, including the molded plywood chair from Charles and Ray Eames that was named the best furniture design of the century by Time magazine.

The store is at 1220 Western Ave. For information, call (206) 622-1608.

Design Detailings: Thursday forum on roofing systems

Architects interested in the latest roof systems can attend a two-hour presentation from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday at Bell Harbor International Conference Center, 2211 Alaskan Way. The presentation is sponsored by the Puget Sound Chapter of the Construction Specifier's Institute.

It will look at innovative trends in the roofing industry, including garden roofs, cool roofing and sustainable roof system design.

The seminar will cover selecting a roof system that meets code requirements, and the climactic forces and user demands that will impact the roof.

For more information on the topic visit http://www.epdmroofs.org. To register, contact Bill Alma at (206) 669-0978 or e-mail wlalma@aol.com.

Tours offer glimpse into Pearl District

Photo courtesy Red Studio -- Gregg Galbraith Tours of Pearl District housing run through Sunday.

Pearl CitySpaces, a home tour event in Portland's Pearl District, runs through Sunday. The tour, the first of its kind in the trendy former warehouse district, will include stops at seven condos, rentals and live/work spaces. Each has interior designs by Pearl District home furnishing stores.

The spaces are designed to reflect different lilfestyles — empty nesters, a couple with a young child, a woman in her thirties and a 45-year-old bachelor. The designers include Pendleton Home, Lotus Antiquest, J.D. Madison and Design Within Reach.

Cost is $10 through Thursday, and $15 Friday through Sunday. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Order tickets online at http://www.pearlcityspaces.com.

Bader Architecture now on Capitol Hill

Bader Architecture has moved from 603 Stewart St. to 752 Harvard Ave. E., Seattle 98102. Its telephone is (206) 344-3878, and fax is (206) 344-5242. The e-mail address is bader@barderarch.com, and Web site is www.baderarch.com.

Arai Jackson moves to Denny Triangle

Arai Jackson Ellison Murakami has moved from 1601 E. John St. to 2300 Seventh Ave., Seattle 98121. The phone is (206) 323-8800, and fax is (206) 323-8518. The Web site is http://www.araijackson.com.

$3M gift to WSU helps A/E students

To spur innovation, Harold and Diana Frank have donated $3 million for the establishment of the Harold Frank Engineering Entrepreneurship Institute in the College of Engineering and Architecture at Washington State University.

The summer institute will offer programs that help student innovators take ideas to the marketplace, providing support for mentors and resources to help the students create innovative products within multidisciplinary teams.

"Entrepreneurship is increasingly important for students to understand in our globally competitive marketplace,'' said Anjan Bose, dean of the college.

Twelve students from engineering and business will participate in the institute. The program involves six weeks in Pullman, where students will learn a variety of skills ranging from team building, oral communications and marketing, to understanding patents and intellectual property.

Reid Middleton's Ye earns P.E. license

Ding Ye of Reid Middleton recently received his Washington Civil Engineering Professional Engineer's license. He is a design engineer.

He has seven years of experience in civil, environmental and construction engineering. He has worked on site development, environmental restoration and construction management.