Feb 05, 1996

Sedgwick James of Washington Inc.

The Seattle office of Sedgwick James of Washington Inc. has achieved Iso 9000 certification, a quality control system whose standards, published in 1987 by the International Organization for Standardization in Switzerland, have been adopted by more than 100 countries, including the United States. Sedgwick is the first insurance broker and benefits/risk management organization in the United States to receive the certification. The property/casualty and employee benefits consulting units were certified to Iso 9001, providing a model for quality assurance in design, development, implementation, and servicing; and the personal insurance division received iso 9002 certification covering development, implementation, and servicing. The Iso certificates were awarded by SGS International Certification Services Inc., a worldwide organization in the field of inspection and verification.

Feb 02, 1996

Flightcraft Inc.

Flightcraft Inc. announced that sales of new Piper aircraft will now be headquartered in Eugene, Ore., due to the fact that the company had been named the exclusive dealer for all new Piper aircraft in the states of Washington, Oregon and Alaska. Flightcraft in Eugene will support the sales of all Piper products by warehousing a full inventory of parts and will have full service capability for all aircraft sold. Flightcraft's service centers in Seattle and Portland will also support the maintenance of Piper products. Flightcraft's new Piper designated service administrator is John Pleskovitch.

USConnect Seattle

USConnect Seattle, an educational center for technical training based in Seattle, has added several people and promoted members of its staff. Penni Malutin and James M. Robertson have joined the education department as network instructors. Malutin is a Certified Netware Engineer(CNE), Enterprise Certified Netware Engineer(ECNE), and a Certified Netware Instructor(CNI). Prior to joining USConnect Seattle, she was an information systems specialist for the Port of Tacoma. Robertson is a CNE, Master CNE, ECNE and CNI. Before joining USConnect Seattle, he was a senior systems analyst at St. Peters Hospital in Olympia. William del Valle moves into the position of director of Education. His background includes marketing and sales of the USConnect Education Services. Prior to USConnect Seattle, he was with McCaw Communications/Cellular One as an area marketing representative. Lisa Redburg has been promoted to sales representative for the education department. She has been with the company for a year and held an administrative support position. Previously she was the national accounts assistant at The Chas. H. Lilly Co. in Seattle.

Northwest Landing receives a Grand Award

Northwest Landing has earned a Grand Award for "best community design" in the 12th annual Best in American Living (BALA) national design contest sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders and Professional Builders magazine. In the category "communities with more than 150 units" judges singled out Northwest Landing for its elements of small town living, continuity between the site plan and architecture, environmental sensitivity and varied housing densities. There were more than 330 BALA entries overall.

Feb 01, 1996

Active Graphics

Active Graphics, a Bellevue-based advertising design and marketing solutions company, has appointed Michael Stevens to the position of project manager. Stevens has most recently worked as an independent designer doing commercial projects for such companies as Hormel Foods, Johnson Controls, and Symbol Technologies.

Jan 31, 1996

Seattle Engineering Department

Daryl Grigsby will officially take over Feb. 5 as director of the City of Seattle's Transportation Division. The division is in charge of the city's roads, bridges, traffic signals and other parts of its transportation system. Grigsby has been manager of the Water Pollution Control Division of King County since 1993.

SDA

Terry Bolender, office manager for Sellen Construction Company, has been installed as national president of the Society of Design Administration. She began her career as a design administrator in 1980 with a Seattle architectural firm before joining Sellen. Her association with SDA also began in 1980, and she has since held numerous local and national positions.

Trends in construction contracts

The Northwest Wall and Ceiling Bureau is hosting a Feb. 8 seminar in Bellevue on current trends in construction contracts. The half-day seminar is designed to deal with issues such as contract documents, timing and changes to the contract between the contractor and the subcontractor. The program will be presented by Geoffrey Chism, Daniel Jacobson and Arnold Hedeen, all of the Seattle law firm Chism Jacobson & Johnson. The event will run from 8:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Cost is $25 for NWCB members and $40 for non-members. It will be held at the Bellevue Hilton Hotel (100 112th Ave. N.E.). For further information, contact NWCB at (206) 524-4243.

Construction quality management

The Associated General Contractors of Washington Education Foundation is offering a Feb. 9 class on construction quality management for contractors who want to be approved as quality control managers for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Topics of the course include what construction quality management is, quality management planning, contractor and government responsibilities, control versus inspection, and quality management during construction. Course instructors are Dick Baker, chief of the Construction Division of the Seattle District Corps of Engineers, and Jim Ulrich, a civil engineer with the Seattle District Corps. The program will run from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will be held at the Seattle AGC Building, 1200 Westlake Ave. N. Cost is $75 per person. For further information, contact Dawn Townsend at the Corps of Engineers in Seattle, (206) 764-3470.

Culvert inspection class

Transportation Partnership in Engineering Education Development, an ongoing program of short courses for public agencies and the private sector in traffic and transportation engineering, is offering "Inspection of Existing Culverts" at two locations in February. The course covers the inspection of cross drains, storm drains and culvert/small bridge type facilities ranging in size from 6 inches to multiple arch or box structures. National Bridge Inspection Standards as well as good state and local agency inspection practices, including formats for follow-up programming and budgeting, are covered. Class will be held Feb. 1-2 in Richland and Feb. 8-9 in Vancouver. Cost of the class is $180 for public agency staff and $330 for others. For further information, contact Engineering Professional Programs at (206) 543-5539 or Jim McManus, TRANSPEED program manager, at (206) 543-3747.

OSHA competency training

The AGC of Washington is offering a 10-hour OSHA competency training course to help contractors meet jobsite "competent person" standards. The standard is a requirement of OSHA in order to qualify for its Focused Inspection program. Topics will include fall protection, excavation and trenching, personal protective equipment, electrical safety, fire protection and prevention, and hazard communication. The course will be held in Seattle Feb. 12, 14 and 19. On the first night, class will run from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. On the second and third sessions, class will run from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Cost per person is $150. Attendance is limited to AGC members only. For further information, contact the safety assistant at the AGC by calling (206) 284-0061 or (800) 562-2868.

Flagger training

Bellevue Community College is offering a class on flagger training at its campus at 3000 Landerholm Circle S.E. Class is scheduled from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Feb. 7 and from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Feb. 10. Registration is $35. To register, call BCC Continuing Education at (206) 641-2263.

Hydrology, roadway drainage design

TRANSPEED is offering a three-day course on hydrology and basic roadway drainage design in Vancouver. The Feb. 5-7 class offers hands-on experience using hydrologic methods with discussions and demonstrations of unit hydrographs, flood hydrographs and hydrograph applications. Cost of the class is $210 for public agency staff and $380 for others. For further information, contact Engineering Professional Programs at (206) 543-5539 or Jim McManus, TRANSPEED program manager, at (206) 543-3747.

Merritt+Pardini

Merritt+Pardini has hired architect Gary Schaefer and planner Richard Ramsey, who will join the staff of the Seattle office, now located to Lenora Square. Previously director of architecture at TRA, Schaefer will be principal-in-charge of the Seattle office. Since joining the firm, he has been working on the Lacey Transit Center for Intercity Transit, The Downtown Bellingham Transit Center Expansion for Whatcom Transportation Authority, and a review of design guidelines for Mercer Island. Ramsey is principal-in-charge of planning services. His most recent position was director of planning at TRA. Ramsey is a registered landscape architect and a certified planner. Since joining Merritt+Pardini, Ramsey has been responsible for the development of a master plan for Asarco smelter property in Tacoma and in Ruston, Washington, and for the development of design guidelines for the Port of Olympia's Budd Inlet. Both Ramsey and Schaefer first worked with Merritt+Pardini in 1987 for the planning and design of the Federal Courthouse at Tacoma Union Station.

KPFF

Ari Steinberg has joined the civil engineering team of KPFF's Seattle office as program manager for a major terminal expansion project at the Port of Long Beach in California. Steinberg's experience includes economic analysis, master planning and design of projects in marine environments, and he has been responsible for marine facilities throughout the world.

SRG

SRG Partnership of Portland has named four associates in the firm. G. Jane Jarrett has joined the firm as business development director. With 20 years of experience in Portland's arts community, she has recently returned to the Northwest after four years managing Stage One, a professional theater for young people in Louisville, Kentucky. Before leaving Portland, Jarrett worked for ten years as public relations and development director for the Portland Center for the Performing Arts. Kathryn Krygier has joined the firm's project management group and is currently active on a project for Oregon State University's Valley Library. Prior to joining the firm, she was an architect and project manager at Zimmer Gunsul Frasca. James Cox joins SRG as a project architect, and is at work on the Veteran Administration Medical Center's new Cancer Research Building. His background includes four years as job captain and project architect with Zimmer Gunsul Frasca and five years with GBD Architects. Taking responsibility as SRG's construction administration manage is David C. McCarthy, who is now working on Oregon Episcopal School's new Middle School and The Evergreen School in Seattle. He was formerly with Soderstrom and BOORA Architects.

ASID

Donna Koziol of Peter Swindley Architecture & Interiors has been elected the new president of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Washington State Chapter for 1995-1996. She has been principal if Inside Dimensions of Bellevue and taught in the Bellevue Community College Interior Design Program. She has also been corporate interior designer for Safeco Insurance, Co. Judy Gowdy, of J.C. Gowdy Interiors has been named president-elect for the chapter. Prior to starting her own firm, Gowdy was a senior designer and manager at David Weatherford Antiques & Interiors.

Walker

Craig Berry has joined Walker & Associates, a photogrammetry firm, as project manager. Berry, a graduate of Evergreen State College, is past president of te American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Puget Sound Chapter. He is also the past chair of the Washington State Section of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. His current projects include the Seattle Water Department's main line mapping, the City of Seattle's digital orthophoto project and several assignments for federal agencies such as the Corps of Engineers and the Department of Energy.