May 15, 1996

ABKJ

Craig Freas has joined Andersen Bjornstad Kane Jacobs (ABKJ), Inc. as vice president in charge if Alaska operations. Freas has bene in charge of design for buildings, marine facilities, sanitary engineering structures and industrial complexes. Ken Andersen joins the firm as senior project manager, responsible for co-managing the Anchorage office and directing marketing. Previously with Tryck Nyman & Hayes, he has been responsible for engineering projects throughout Alaska, the Pacific Northwest and the Pacific Rim. ABKJ has also promoted three staff members. Adam R. Koczarski has been advanced to senior project engineer. With 14 years of structural engineering experience, recent projects include St. Barbara's Church in Black Diamond, Mt Baker Elementary in Mt. Vernon, the Aviation Technology Building in Anchorage, and the Kodiak Credit Union in Kodiak. Alan C. Johnson has also been named senior project engineer. He is currently project engineer for the Federal Detention Center at SeaTac. Other projects include the ARCO Bayview seismic study in Anchorage, the Federal Reserve Bank in Seattle, and the little Mountain Elementary School in Mt. Vernon. Michael A. Bramhall has been promoted to the level of project engineer, with seven years of experience in structural engineering. He has played a role in the design of six office buildings for Microsoft World Headquarters in Redmond and is currently project managers for Microsoft's Augusta Building #28. Gary F. Conner has also been named project engineer. He has been with ABKJ for six years, and his project experience includes the seismic assessment and retrofit design of the I-5 Ship Canal Bridge, the Fountleroy Expressway, the Spokane Viaduct widening, and the stossel Bridge.

Otak

Paul Wilhelm has joined Otak as network administrator, responsible for managing the office's information system. He has over ten years of computer consulting and network management experience in the architecture and engineering industry. Wilhelm was previously employed by W&H Pacific.

RCA

Richard Carothers Associates has made two additions to the staff. William Bernstein, landscape architect and planner, has worked on a wide range of public and private projects in Washington, California and Nevada. He is currently project manger and landscape architect for the Puyallup Tribe gaming facility in Tacoma. Reza Golampor has joined the firm as a project manager and transportation engineer. He has over nine years of experience in traffic and tranportation-related projects as well as stormwater management and public utilities. He is currently at work on Greenhill Technology Park, a 150-acre light industrial park in Eugene Oregon.

Suyama

Tyler Engle has been named an associate with George Suyama Architects. A graduate of Columbia University, Engle has worked with firms in New York Madrid, Seattle and San Diego.

Morris Stafford

Architect Morris Stafford of Tacoma has been elected to his second year as chairman of the City of Tacoma Landmarks Preservation Commission. The Landmarks Commission has been involved in design review of such projects as the Union Station Courthouse, University of Washington Tacoma Branch and the State Historical Museum. It is the only design review body for the city.

Galloway + Barker

Page Crutcher, Jonathan Morley, Debby Valentine, Karen Galt and Eric Bramwell are all members of Galloway + Barker Architecture and Landscape Architecture. The firm was formed this spring with the merger of John F. Barker Landscape Architects ande Galloway Architects. Crutcher recently returned from Chapel Hill, North Carolina after four years with The Conservation Fund, and has experience with large landscape conservation planning and design projects, community -based design, greenway planning and development and ecologically based design strategies and principals. Morley specializes in park and recreational facilities and helps to conduct public involvement processes. Valentine handles office accounting, payroll and billings. Karen Galt and Eric Bramwell are both University of Washington student interns.

WRQ

Patricia Ryan has been named general manager of European operations for WRQ. She is based in WRQ's European headquarters in Den Haag, The Netherlands. In this new position, Ryan will oversee all WRQ sales support, marketing, technical support, and systems engineering activities located in Europe.

Clipper Navigation, Inc.

Victoria Clipper IV will assist the United States and Canadian Coast Guards in a major search and rescue exercise on Tuesday, May 14 from 11:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. off the Victoria waterfront. The exercise is designed to test the ability of search planners and crews from both countries to respond to international maritime distress cases. The Victoria Clipper IV will play the part of a vessel in distress and participate in a mock evacuation involving Clipper life rafts as well as helicopters and other Coast Guard vessels. Volunteers from the Canadian Marine Rescue Association will participate as mock passengers.