Feb 27, 1996

NWCB

Mark Fowler has been appointed architectural consultant by the Northwest Wall and Ceiling Bureau. Fowler will provide information to architects, contractors and building officials on various industry issues. He was previously Northwest sales manager for Imasco Minerals Inc.

Construction Assoc.

Michael E. Rehfeld has joined Construction Associates Inc. as project manager. Rehfeld has 35 years of experience in the industry and has studied engineering at Seattle University and the University of Washington.

Seattle Water

Raj Manhas has been named deputy superintendent of the Seattle Water Department. He will be in charge of the department's $700 million capital improvement program -- which includes treatment facilities on both the Cedar and Tolt drinking water sources, in-town reservoirs, seismic rehabilitation of water towers, replacing aging watermains and general system maintenance. He holds an engineering degree from Punjab University in India and a master's degree in industrial engineering from the University of Washington.

Hydraulic engineer joins WEST Consultants

Benjamin Cook has joined the staff of WEST Consultants as a hydraulic engineer. Cook recently received a master's degree in civil engineering from the University of Washington. While at UW, he developed a web site that serves as an on-line source of tsunami-related educational and research information. Cook's professional interests include the field study and numerical modeling of fluvial and coastal processes.

Thompson promoted at Summit

Jeff Thompson has been promoted from project manager to field services department manager at Summit Envirosolutions, a full-service environmental consulting firm in Bellevue. Thompson's new responsibilities include managing Summit's field services group and expanding the use of Summit's Geoprobe, an on-site sampling and analytical unit which provides real-time data used in site characterization and remediation.

Feb 26, 1996

Camp Fire Boys and Girls

The board of the Camp Fire Boys and Girls, a Seattle-based not for profit youth agency, has been joined by the following people as members-at-large. Karen Aoyama, manager of library/information services at Battelle Seattle Research Center; Jada Berteaux-Pettigrew, executive director of Solo Parenting Alliance; Judith Bigelow, partner at Preston Gates & Ellis; Sandy Kohout Bourbonnais, controller at Horizon House; Sue Byers, regional coordinator of Seattle Public Schools; Julie Cosser, vice president of catalog sales at Eddie Bauer Inc., Gary Grimstad, partner at Coopers and Lybrand LLP; Ann Hooper, vice president of private banking at US Bank; Benita Horn, of Achievement Architects; Rich Lauckhart, vice president of Power Planning at Puget Sound Power & Light; Laurie Miller, director at Deloitte and Touche LLP; Lesa Sroufe senior vice president and director of research at Ragen MacKenzie Inc.; and Jessica Axelsen, Rachel Tackenberg, and Anna Tramountanas, students.

Graphic Associates

Bellevue-based Graphic Associates, a graphic design firm, has won a silver medal in Neenah Paper's Paperworks Text and Cover Design Contest, a national contest recognizing quality imagery in the print communications process. Company senior designer and art director Diana Loback and designer Hovie Hawk won the medal for Microsoft's Digital Pencil Seminar.

Feb 23, 1996

Dally Homes receives Grand Award

Oxford Park, a townhouse neighborhood in Issaquah built by Seattle-based Dally Homes, received the "Grand Award" in the Best in American Living Awards (BALA) at the National Association of Home Builders' annual convention. Located in Issaquah's Klahanie community, Oxford Park was chosen the top single family, attached home development of between eight and 15 units per acre. Bill Kreager of Mithun Partners, Inc., architects/land planners, and Markie Nelson of Markie Nelson Interiors, also worked on Oxford. Dally Homes is currently building three condominium projects in the area including Fairweather Point in Lake Stevens, Windsong Arbor in Kent and Pacific Palisades on North Lake Union.