Feb 22, 1996

TRIsource

TRIsource, a Seattle-based provider of Windows development services to independent software vendors, has promoted Heidi McAllister to executive vice president and Gerald Weltner to vice president/marketing. McAllister has worked as a senior software engineer and a human-factors expert since joining the company in 1993. Prior to that, she worked for two years as a software engineer at Bellevue-based Adonis Corporation. She also was a software engineer at Bright Star Technology in Bellevue and a programmer intern at the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center in San Jose, Calif. Weltner, who joined TRIsource soon after its founding, in 1993, heads the company's efforts to attract new clients and new employees. Prior to that, he was product manager and program manager at Microsoft Corporation and director of marketing for contract services at Connectsoft in Bellevue.

Feb 21, 1996

Halvorson Beach & Bower

Vernon R. Enns has joined Donald Beach and Harry Bower as principal of Halvorson, Beach & Bower, Inc., Mechanical Engineers. Enns graduated from Seattle University in 1983 and joined HBB in 1985. He has been a stockholder and associate in the firm since 1989. Enns is currently managing projects for Anacortes, Burlington-Edison, Conway, Lake Stevens, Mount Vernon and Mukilteo school districts.

Golder

Kent M. Angelos is the new office manager and Western regional manager for Golder Associates Inc. of Redmond. Angelos is an environmental scientist with over 17 years of experience in environmental consulting in seven western states, and his clients have included the Air Force, Department of Energy, Coast Guard, Army Corps of Engineers, Bechtel Hanford, Westinghouse Hanford, Ford, Monsanto and Texaco.

AVL/E

Michael Iovin and Sid Scott have each been promoted to principal of Architects Van Lom/Edwards (AVL/E) of Portland. Iovin, who was educated in Romania and began his career in Chicago, leads the firm in hospitality and elderly housing design. He recently completed a five-story expansion for Hallmark Inns and Resorts in Newport, Ore. and is currently designing the Rogue Regency Convention Center in Medford, Ore. Scott, who joined the firm in 1990, was responsible for the recently completed Washington County offices for the Community Action Organization and the Maginnis Foundation's Housing for the Developmentally Disabled. He is currently project architect for Harkins House, a juvenile shelter in Washington County.

Yanick

Devin Johnson, project manager at Miles Yanick and Company/Architects and Planners, has been awarded a Construction Documents Technologist certificate from the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI). Johnson was the project manager for the recently completed Central Market in Poulsbo.

Merit

Austin Huang, owner of Merit Engineering, Inc. of Bellingham, was invited to give a presentation at the American Geophysical Union Conference in San Francisco last December and has presented his research on Rock Mechanics.

Construction Associates

Stuart M. Allen has joined Construction Associates Inc. as senior estimator. Allen is a 20-year veteran of the local construction industry, with experience as project manager, project engineer and estimator of commercial, military and public projects. He is a member of the American Society of Professional Estimators and holds a bachelor of arts degree from Whitman College.

Organik Technologies

TACOMA -- Organik Technologies Inc., a designer, manufacturer and seller of all natural, cotton knit products, has announced that William L. Bryson has been appointed its president and chief executive officer and that William F. Gould has been appointed its chief financial officer. Bryson replaces Jeff Harden as chief executive officer and John Lindsey as president and Gould replaces Greg McWade as chief financial officer. And, Finn E. Walstad, Organik's founder and developer of the Organik fabric process, has been named executive vice president of technology. Previously, Walstad served as chairman. Bryson has been a consultant to the apparel industry for many years and has served in executive positions with Britannia and McGregor (Botany 500), among others. Gould has served as chief financial officer to CMS Casuals and Synpac Corporation after having practiced public accounting with a Seattle accounting firm.

RCA

Richard Carothers Associates, Ltd. (RCA) is now preparing an industrial development plan for 325 acres of public and private land which abuts the William R. Fairchild Industrial Airport in Port Angeles. The client jurisdictions, Port Angeles and Clallam County have been heavily impacted by the restructuring of the timber industry as well as more recent salmon fishing closures (see "Port Angeles," below). The plan area consists of 79 acres lying north of the airport and 246 lying to the south. The two properties are strategically located because they are adjacent to the airport and a short distance from the harbor and downtown Port Angeles. The properties have very good access. According to RCA principal Richard Carothers, the two sites can yield up to 4,500,000 square feet of light manufacturing, assembly, distribution, high technology and office development space for the employment of over 6,000 people. Since the available land will hold more development than Port Angeles can reasonably expect to attract, other land uses -- such as a municipal golf course -- are being considered. RCA is using stormwater5omwater detention ponds in the firm of naturalistic water amenities, thus satisfying both the stormwater drainage requirements of the development and the aesthetic senses of the employees and visitors. This was done by RCA at Dawson Creek Corporate Park, an award-winning project in Hillsboro, Oregon. Ballantrae International, a subconsultant to RCA, has created an Economic Development Plan for Fairchild Industrial Park addressing the user types who are most likely to be attracted to the site. The entire industrial development plan is now nearing completion.

Port Angeles tries to build back economy

The Port Angeles office of the Washington State Employment Security Department estimates that over 2,000 direct jobs have been lost in Clallam and Jefferson Counties as a result of the reduction in timber supply. It is further estimated that for every direct job lost, an additional one and one half indirect jobs are lost. According to local sources, business and job losses are still occurring. Salmon fishing closures have created an additional blow to the country. Last year's closure resulted in high unemployment, reduced retail sales, soft and deflating housing markets and reduced government income. The City of Port Angeles estimates that the salmon closure has already result din over $2 million in reduced sales within the community, in addition to a direct reduction in tax revenues. There are many other signs of serve economic distress. The per capita income of the county was $16,957 in 1991, compared to the state average of $19,521. Unemployment for the 25,000 person labor force averaged over 9.5 percent between 1990 and 1993. In the first five months of 1994, unemployment averaged 9.74 percent. In June of 1994, the jobless rate improved to 7.2 percent before settling at 7.5 percent in August. A deeper look at the unemployment figures show that this significant reduction in unemployment is the result of a reduction in the actual fork force of between 1,200 and 1,400 persons. The reductions due to the loss of seasonal job opportunities and expiration of unemployment benefits. If an adjustment is made for this work force reduction, unemployment is nearly 12 percent.