Aug 13, 1996

Ferguson

Ferguson Construction has announced a number of recent hires. Rick DeAlba and Michael Kelly have joined as project engineers, Craig LaBrie as estimator, and Mark Fairhart, Barney Melnrick and Darrell Johnson as project managers.

Proposals sought for TPH project

SEATTLE -- Environmental consulting firms have until Sept. 9 to submit their proposals for a project that involves writing new state regulations for cleanups at brownfield sites contaminated with total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH). The firm or team of firms that wins the contract also would be responsible for overseeing tests of the recommended methodological and regulatory changes at different sites around the state. The consulting firm would assist an intergovernmental management team made up of representatives from the city of Seattle's Office of Economic Development, the Department of Ecology, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Duwamish Coalition. Other states around the country will be examining Washington's efforts to New, more efficient TPH regulations are needed to handle the hundreds of sites impacted by petroleum contamination around the state. Of the 203 contaminated properties in the Duwamish area, 85 percent suffer from TPH problems.

Marine extremozymes and bioremediation

SEATTLE -- A workshop called "Marine Extremozymes and Bioremediation" is scheduled for Sept. 24 and 25 at the University of Washington's Husky Union Building. Designed for researchers, industry representatives and agency managers, the workshop will explain scientists' efforts to study microorganisms and explore new products that may derive from them. Current research in marine extremozymes (enzymes from environments with extreme temperatures) and marine bioremediation may hold the keys to new industrial products and new techniques for environmental cleanup. The workshop has been coordinated by the university's Washington Sea Grant Program and Marine Bioremediation Program. Speakers will include researchers from the University of Washington and other universities around the country, along with Albert Venosa of the EPA's National Risk Management Research Lab in Cincinnati. U.S. Rep. Jennifer Dunn (R-Wash.) has been invited to speak at a luncheon on Sept. 24. The registration fee is $60 for those who register by Thursday and $75 after Thursday. The fees cover the workshop, all coffee and refreshment breaks and the luncheon on Sept. 24. For more information, call the Washington Sea Grant Program at (206) 543-6600.

Stretch of Wallowa named wild and scenic

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A 10-mile stretch of the Wallowa River in northeast Oregon has been added to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt said. The Wallowa becomes Oregon's 16th waterway to receive that designation, which protects the fish, wildlife and scenery in that portion of the river. The stretch, running from the Wallowa's confluence with the Minam River to the Grande Ronde River, contains bald eagles and peregrine falcons, and habitat for sockeye, fall chinook and coho salmon. The U.S. Forest Service first studied the Wallowa for possible designation in 1988 after voters added the river to the Oregon State Scenic Waterways System. In 1994, former Gov. Barbara Roberts asked Babbitt to add the Wallowa to the national system. A river must contain resources important to the nation and be under state protection to become part of the national system.

Aug 12, 1996

Metawave Communications

Dino Vendetti has joined Metawave Communications Corporation as vice president of product management. Formerly Vendetti served as director of Qualcomm Inc.'s CDMA Product and Business Management group. Headquartered in Redmond, Metawave Communications Corporation designs, manufactures and markets multibeam antenna systems and engineering services that allow wireless communications service providers to optimize call quality, coverage and capacity.

Aug 07, 1996

SWMB

Skilling Ward Magnusson Barkshire (SWMB) has promoted engineer Terry L. Palmer to the level of vice president and engineers Donald W. Davies, Rita M. Greene and Larry G. Karlson to the level of associate. Palmer specializes in long span structural design, and has designed space frames, trusses, shells and domes up to six acres in size. His projects include the Royal Pavilion 747 Hangar in Bandar, Brunei; the Minneapolis Convention Center; the Boeing 777 Paint Hangar; and the Washington State Convention & Trade Center expansion. While at SWMB, Davies has worked in seven countries with five building codes, logging a million frequent flyer miles. His projects include the Metropolitan in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, the Sri Lanka Hilton, the Securities Commission Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the Everett Mutual Tower. Greene has been responsible for 75 site improvement and development projects, including the Navy Family Support Complex in Marysville, the Stafford Creek Corrections Center, the Navy Homeport Small Boat Marina and the Providence Seaside Hospital expansion in Oregon. Karlson represents the firm in construction administration, and has collaborated with ten structural steel fabricators in five countries. His projects include Society Tower in Cleveland, the World Trade Center Metro in Manila, Valley Medical Office Building in Kent and Bellevue Schools seismic investigations and retrofits.

ABKJ

Y. Luke Su has joined Andersen Bjornstad Kane Jacobs, Inc. (ABKJ) in the transportation division with 15 years of engineering design experience. Su is currently working on the Chihuly Bridge of Glass in Tacoma. Thomas C.K. Lee brings nine years of engineering experience to ABKJ's structural engineering department. Lee was previously with International Housing Limited where he was a senior structural engineer. Carol L. Buckingham, engineer-in-training, has joined ABKJ in the structures/building department. Buckingham was most recently with the Walla Walla Corps of Engineers. Thomas A. Spear has joined ABKJ's bridge division after completing his Masters at Washington State University.

AKB

Brian Unsderfer has been named systems manager at AKB Engineers, Inc. He was published in the 1994 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute's conference proceedings and has served to advance the technology of passive and active damping to new and existing buildings. His seismic retrofit designs achieved notable results during the Northridge earthquake of 1994, and his current projects include the $38 million Green Hill School rehabilitation; the City of Seattle fire station retrofit program; and three new Washington Mutual Banks. Larry Harris of AKB has been accepted into a graduate program in structural engineering at the University of Washington, where he will complete his master's degree while continuing to work for AKB as a design engineer in the structural department. He is currently at work on the Olympic College Poulsbo Satellite Campus, the Washington Elementary School addition and St. Andrew's Townhomes. Ken Renner has joined the CAD department at AKB with over 30 years of experience in multidisciplinary drafting and in construction.

Hacker

Brett Crawford has joined Thomas Hacker & Associates of Portland with 15 years' experience in libraries, museums, historic preservation/restoration and educational projects. He has recently had his own practice in Philadelphia for four years following five years with Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates. He is currently project manager for the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center and the Wasco County Historical Museum in The Dalles and project architect for the Beaverton City Library.

Perteet

Kevin Weed has been promoted to the position of principal with Perteet Engineering, Inc. and has the new title of vice president. He is responsible for leading many of the firm's roadway and non-motorized facility projects and currently is in charge of projects for Bellevue, Kirkland, Tukwila, Woodinville and Washington State Parks. Hal Jensen has also been promoted to principal with the firm and has the new title of senior Associates. He will be leading the firm's efforts in storm drainage, water systems, sewer systems and site development and is currently in charge of a waterline improvement project in the City of Everett; site development for Frontier Bank in Snohomish; an elementary school in Everett and the Kaneris Commercial Development in Everett.

Hedges & Roth

Summer interns at Hedges & Roth Engineering, Inc. include Kevin Goss, Hong Khauv, Stacey Knaggs, and Touta Phengsavath. All are University of Washington Engineering students, and have diverse assignments with the survey crew, field inspectors and engineers. In addition the firm has junior and senior high school student assistants Dan Lorenze, Matt Maxwell and Becky Williams working on various administrative projects.

Meng

Amy Mooty has been promoted to project management coordinator at Meng. Her responsibilities include developing and monitoring project budgets and schedules, and providing contract administration and team coordination. Currently, she is capital projects coordinator on the $32 million modernization of Mercer Island High School. In addition, she is providing project coorination for the new $16 million Central Kitsap School District's Klahowya Secondary School, now in construction. Duane Jonlin joins as new architect. Jonlin specializes in facilities planning, accessibility design, and systems intergration with extensive experience in code compliance and agency procedures. Currently, he is the architect on the new Lake Washington School District's Prototypical Elementary School #24, which is under construction. Gene Haba joines as new construction administrator. He has extensive experience in value analysis, field operations, and design administration. Haba is the construction administrator for Central Kitsap School District's $16 million Klahowya Secondary School. James Harris, who joins Meng as a new CAD designer, brings over eight years of experience with multidisciplinary engineering projects. He specilizes in civil, mechanical and electrical engineering design. harris has participated in the design and drafting for the US Navy, Air Force and Army facilities. He has served as an AutoCAD instructor at Olympic College in Bremerton since 1989.

Holaday-Parks, Inc.

Steve Hanson and Joe Gehr have joined the staff of Holaday-Parks, Inc. Hanson joins the design/build division as project manager, and Gehr the plan/spec division as project manager/estimator. With facilities located in Seattle and Fairbanks, Holaday-Parks, Inc. ranks as one of the largest mechanical contractors in the region , specializing in commercial and industrial heating, ventilation and air conditioning, sheet metal, piping and plumbing systems, electronic control systems and engineering.