Jun 30, 1995

Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel

The first Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel in the Pacific Northwest opened in Everett on June 3. The facility, formerly known as the WestCoast Everett Pacific Hotel, is the 41st property to be designated a Howard Johnson Plaza. The hotel, which features 250 guest rooms, will target executives, business and government leaders, and professionals, in addition to conference, meeting and convention attendees. The Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel is operated by Seattle-based hotel management company Northwest Lodging Inc.

Jun 28, 1995

Physio-Control

Physio-Control Corp., a Redmond-based manufacturer and dealer of defibrillator/monitor/pacemakers and other medical instruments, has appointed Michael Willingham vice president of quality and regulatory affairs. He has been with Physio-Control for 11 years, the last two-and-a-half as director of regulatory affairs and standards. Previously, he worked as quality engineer for Advanced Technology Labs in Bothell.

Showplace Kitchens and Baths

The National Kitchens and Baths Association (NKBA) has recognized Delores Hyden, who works for Redmond-based Showplace Kitchens and Baths, for her outstanding design abilities with an honorable mention in its 1995 design contest. Hyden has also had her design work featured in American home style magazine's Kitchen and Bath Custom Planner.

Merritt+Pardini

Randal J. Cook has been promoted to principal at Merritt+Pardini of Tacoma and Seattle. He specializes in the design and project management of operations and maintenance facilities. His current projects include the Alderwood Water Distract maintenance and operations facility and master planning for five Pierce County maintenance and operations facilities. Ron S. Thomas, with 20 years experience in architecture and urban planning, has also been promoted to principal at Merritt+Pardini. He specializes in master planning projects an municipal facilities, including city halls and public safety buildings. Some of his current projects are the Asarco Tacoma Smelter Property Master Plan, the Thea Foss Waterway master plan and public safety facilities for Tukwila, Enumclaw and Clyde Hill.

DEA

The Bellevue office of David Evans & Associates Inc. (DEA) has appointed four new associates with the firm and hired several new staff members Bart Cima, the transportation discipline leader, has been named an associate with DEA. He is active in the development of intelligent vehicle highway systems (IVHS) for state departments of transportation and toll authorities across the country. Andrew Gorski, recently appointed associate, started with the firm five years ago by opening the Bellingham office. Now located in the Bellevue office, Gorski is a leader of in natural resources services and environmental marketing. He specializes in transportation, parks and port facilities. Kirk Hackler, a landscape architect with project management and design experience in both traditional and natural resource based landscape architectural projects, has been named an associate. Hackler is responsible for the design of parks, commercial landscapes, wetlands, streams, native areas restorations and water quality projects. Michael Riggs, a civil engineer who specializes in traffic and transportation, has been named an associate at DEA. He prepares traffic impact analyses for private developers and has had significant experience in the planning and design of urban traffic signal systems and arterial channelization. Roderick Carr has joined DEA as a senior environmental scientist. Carr has 29 years of experience in facility related studies, designs and investigations. He has directed several large projects supporting Department of Defense environmental restoration programs, and was recently the project manager for several environmental assessments for the Coast Guard in the New York Harbor Area. James Benson joined DEA as a multi-modal transportation planner. Benson has a background in growth management, transit systems planning, and pedestrian systems planning. Felipe Primera joined DEA as a senior transportation technician. He has been involved in every aspect of plan preparation for numerous city, county and state agencies. Jennifer Birdseye joined DEA as a senior marketing coordinator. Her responsibilities include vendor coordination, market research, proposal coordination, presentation coaching and team building.

Golder

James M. Schmidt has joined Golder Associates, Inc. Redmond office as senior engineer. Schmidt, as graduate of Michigan State University with over 12 years experience in civil, geotechnical and environmental engineering, will be responsible for managing local and national geotechnical engineering projects. J. Douglas Mather has also joined the Redmond office of Golder, as a senior chemist. Mather holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of New Mexico and has experience in environmental analysis, PCB remediation technology, hazardous waste treatment, industrial materials and manufacturing process development. Mather will be responsible for the chemistry section of the environmental sciences group.

ABAM

BERGER/ABAM has added three members to the engineering staff. Christopher Walcott has joined BERGER/ABAM as a senior engineer. His background includes work with the North Carolina Department of Transportation, where he was involved in numerous bridge design projects. His experience also includes site design and traffic channelization. Diana Flores has joined the firm as a site engineer. Her background includes work with the Washington State Department of Transportation Highway Division, where she was responsible for bridge designs and cost analysis studies. At BERGER/ABAM, she will focus on seismic analysis, remediation design and new design for public works projects. Will Bohlen has become a associate engineer at BERGER/ABAM. He began as an intern with the firm in 1994, and holds and engineering degree form the University of Illinois.

R.W. Beck

The United States Committee on Large Dams, or UNSCOLD, elected Glenn Tarbox as its president last month in San Francisco. Tarbox is R.W. Beck's national director of Water Resources, and will represent the U.S. at the annual meeting of the International Commission on Large Dams, or ICOLD, in Oslo, Norway, next month.

CBGKL

CBGKL, a mechanical and electrical consulting engineering firm in Portland, has hired Ray Herndon as project manager. He recently relocated form Bremerton, where he was involved in the expansion to the Hollister-Stier Pharmaceutical Lab, the Spokane Boeing Fabrication plant and the Northwest Indian Interpretive Center.

Turnkey

Cheryl Owens has been named director of design services at Turnkey Business Interiors, a contract furnishings dealer. Jim Ankrum will handle new business development efforts. He holds a master's degree in economics from Johns Hopkins University.