Sep 04, 1996

ABKJ

Pong Jongjitirat has joined Anderson Bjornstad Kane Jacobs Inc., (ABKJ) as chief bridge engineer for international projects and project manager responsible for management and design of transportation projects. Previously, he was the structural engineering manager for Entranco. In 23 years of engineering experience, Jongjitirat has been responsible for the design and management of multi-million dollar transportation projects in various states. His recent project experience includes the Allen Street Bridge replacement in Kelso; the I-405 Interurban Avenue interchange in Tukwila; I-90 Sprague Avenue Interchange in Spokane; I-90 First Hill lid on Mercer Island, and the seismic retrofits of a number of bridges on I-5 in Everett.

Reid Middleton

Marty Eckart has joined Reid Middleton's engineering staff and will be working in the waterfront division. Eckart is a recent graduate of Purdue University with a master's degree in structural engineering, and had spent two previous summers at Reid Middleton through an engineering intern program. He was involved in waterfront projects at the Port of Everett and the Trident Seafood wharf as well as projects with Alaska for the Alyeska Pipeline Company and Municipality of Anchorage. Currently, Eckart is involved with the design of the heavy haul out pier for the Port of Port Townsend and providing structural engineering support to the firm's anchorage office.

Coughlin Porter Lundeen

Keith Wm. Moore has joined the staff of Coughlin Porter Lundeen. For the past 17 years, he has managed structural design staffs as a member of WJA and of HNTB. In this role he has been involved in a number of industrial projects in the pulp and paper industry, hazardous waste processing, cement manufacturing, airplane manufacturing and materials handling. He also has a strong background in the management of multi-disciplined federal projects, including $135 million in Corps of Engineers projects at North Fort Lewis and $56 million in projects at the Naval Station in Everett.

Parsons Brinckerhoff

Andrew F. Gorski is the new environmental planning manager at the Seattle office of Parsons Brinckerhoff, where he will manage the office's staff of environmental scientists and planners. A biologist, Gorski has been responsible for developing environmental departments in two other local firms, and has specialized in environmental regulations and permitting for bridges, roads and airports.

Parametrix

Jeffrey Osborn has joined Parametrix, Inc. as senior fisheries biologist with specialized expertise in fish passage studies and hydroelectric project operation issues. He will be responsible for managing fisheries projects in the Kirkland office. Osborn's most recent experience has been managing the development of the mid-Columbia Habitat Conservation Plan for Chelan, Douglas and Grant counties in Washington State. The objectives of this project are to benefit salmon and steelhead runs and to enable regional hydroelectric facilities to continue operation. Prior to joining Parametrix, Osborn worked at the Bonneville Power Administration as the operations biologist, responsible for the operation of the Federal Columbia River Power System to improve upstream and downstream salmon and steelhead passage.

Glumac

Glumac has expanded its mechanical engineering division by adding John Duffy to its staff. As mechanical designer, and engineer-in-training, Duffy is responsible for HVAC and plumbing system design and for construction management. His projects include Tokyo Electron in Hillsboro and the Nike Day Care Center in Beaverton. Duffy was a project engineer with Baugh Construction before moving to Glumac. Allen Arnold has been added to Glumac's mechanical engineering division as mechanical designer. A graduate of Portland State University, Arnold is currently designing mechanical systems for the Washington County Community Detention Center. Before joining Glumac, Arnold worked on west side light rail for Siemens Transportation. Arnold is an engineer-in-training. Louis Starr has also joined Glumac as a mechanical designer. He designs mechanical systems and selects system equipment for office building projects and high tech facilities. Starr worked as a mechanical designer at BSW in Tulsa, Oklahoma before coming to Glumac. Since February of this year, Leonard Kline has been splitting his time between Glumac's Portland and San Francisco offices. This month, he will become a permanent addition to the Portland office's mechanical engineering division, and is currently leading mechanical design on the Nike World Campus expansion in Beaverton. He was employed at Gayner Engineers in San Francisco before joining Glumac.

Skillings-Connolly

Ron Cardwell, of the Lacey civil engineering firm Skillings-Connolly, has achieved the level of registered professional engineer. Cardwell, who holds a degree in civil engineering from Washington State University, has been a Skillings-Connolly employee for the last four years and specializes in general civil engineering, stormwater drainage and septic system design.

Thompson Vaivoda

Thompson Vaivoda & Associates (TVA) of Portland has named James Bocci an associate. He will be responsible for the firm's marketing and public relations programs. Prior to joining TVA, he was an advertising consultant. TVA has also hired project managers Leslie Cliffe and Craig Witte and intern architect John Pulaski Thomas IV. Cliffe has worked in higher education, retail and medical facilities. Witte specializes in libraries and public service facilities and has worked in Czechoslovakia. Thomas has worked in residential and commercial design.

Yanick

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Washington Assembly has invited award-winning Bainbridge Island architect and planner Miles Yanick to be a panelist in its November 215th Eco-Design Seminar. He will address specifics of conserving environmental resources in building design through the use of recycled content materials. Yanick's firm recently received international attention for the extensive use of recycled content building materials in The Central Market project in Poulsbo. Mary T. Eaton has joined the professional staff at Yanick & Company and will be responsible for day-to-day office management and project accounting as well as coordinating publication of projects. She was formerly executive director of the Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council and spent years managing the Flying Shuttle crafts gallery in Seattle.

H&AI

Ahmed M. Asili has been made a shareholder and principal with Harmsen & Associates, Inc., of Monroe. Since joining the firm two years ago as structural engineering project manager, Asili has established structural engineering as an important port of the company's practice. His ten years prior experience in New York, California and Washington includes work on private and municipal projects with field engineering and construction experience.