Oct 15, 1996

Vander Houwen Public Relations

Vander Houwen Public Relations won the top award for Internal Communications in the 1996 Northwest Classics sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). VHPR of Bellevue developed a program called "A New Way to Communicate at Kinko's" which allowed 23,000 Kinko's co-workers at over 850 stores worldwide to communicate with one another. The program was designed to encourage two-way communication and speed the flow of information to all company locations.

Ledcor

Don Lloyd has joined Ledcor Industries Inc. as business development manager of the Western United States. He will market the company's general contractor, construction management and design-build services.

Free workshop on new ISO 14000 project

BELLEVUE -- John Kinsella, vice president of Bellevue-based SCS Engineers, will give an overview of the new ISO 14000 Leadership Project Friday morning in Bellevue. The project's goal is to identify regulatory flexibility that may be available for companies that get certified to the ISO 14001 environmental management standard. Three businesses have volunteered to participate in the pilot project: Elf Atochem North America Inc. in Tacoma; Matsushita Semiconductor in Puyallup; and Murray Pacific Corp. in Tacoma. Over the next six months, the businesses will undergo an analysis of their environmental management systems in order to determine whether or not it would be beneficial to register for ISO 14001. The ISO 14000 Leadership Project is being administered by International Standards Initiative in Issaquah and sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Ecology. The free workshop is scheduled for 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Friday at AirTouch Cellular, 15800 S.E. Eastgate Way, Bellevue. For information on the event, call (206) 392-7610.

State wetlands delineation manual

OLYMPIA -- The state Department of Ecology is entering into the final round of public review on a proposed wetlands delineation manual rule. Delineation manuals are used to determine the "edge" of a wetland based on hydrology, vegetation and soils. For years, there has been a great deal of confusion because different editions of federal delineation manuals have been used. To help reduce the confusion, the 1995 state Legislature ordered Ecology adopt as a state rule a wetlands delineation manual that is consistent with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1987 manual. Ecology will have workshops and public hearings on the issue from 6 to 10 p.m. at the following days and locations: Oct. 23, Port of Tacoma, 3600 Port of Tacoma Road, Room 104, Tacoma; Oct. 28, Public Health Building, 1101 W. College, Room 140, Spokane. Written comments on the draft manual rule must be submitted by Nov. 7. To receive a copy of the draft rule, call Ecology's Publications Office at (360) 407-7472 or send e-mail to MA HREF="mailto:ecypub@461.ecy.wa.gov">ecypub@461.ecy.wa.gov and request Publication Number 96-118. To receive a copy of the entire state manual, order Publication Number 96-93. For more information, call Andy McMillan at (360) 407-7272 or send e-mail to: anmc@ecy.wa.gov.

Oct 09, 1996

Berger

Marv Byington recently joined Berger/ABAM as the company's Portland, Oregon, branch manager. He served for 22 years as project manager, construction manager, and project engineer for the Port of Portland, Oregon, during which time he worked with Berger/ABAM staff on various waterfront and marine projects. Just prior to joining the company, Byington returned from a year-long assignment as construction supervision consultant for the new Seoul International Airport in Inchon, Korea. Berger has recently promoted several employees. Jim Zusy was promoted to Grade VIII senior project manager; Bill Allen to Grade VII project manager; Sue Johnson, Chuck Spry, and Joe Stockwell to Grade VII project engineers; Kare Hjorteset and Lee Marsh to Grade V project engineers; Janice Zahn to Grade VI senior engineer, and Michelle Tragesser to Grade III engineer.

HDR

Gerald Leathley has joined HDR Engineering, Inc. as a project controller in the company's Seattle office. Leathley will be working on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Stampede Pass project. Prior to joining HDR he held a full-time position with the Washington State Department of Transportation.

CNA

Steven Reed has joined CNA Architecture Group of Kirkland as senior design architect. He was previously employed at Callison Architecture of Seattle. Reed specializes in the design of retail and commercial mixed-use facilities. His current projects at CNA include a 120,000 square-foot class A office facility for Proctor & Associates in Redmond, and various West Coast projects for Security Capital Industrial Trust. Reed's past clients include Nordstrom, Minami Aoyama of Tokyo, Japan, and Washington Mutual Bank.

Olympic

Chris Edwards has joined Olympic Associates' construction management services division. Some project experience includes: San Francisco International Airport, Ala Moana Shopping Center and Anaheim Sports Stadium. Areas of expertise include: construction management, scheduling, cost estimating, partnering and value engineering. Maile Furshpan joins Olympic as an administrative coordinator. She has over 25 years experience in office management and accounting procedures. Keith Omori brings over 15 years experience as project engineer, superintendent and special projects coordinator. He is particularly experienced with design/build construction of trophy properties exclusively appointed to fit and individual owner's personal tastes and requirements. Saleem Raza joins the staff as project engineer with 9 years experience in civil and structural design. Raza has excellent experience working with transportation-related projects and provides scheduling, cost estimating and quality control services. John Rumsey brings to Olympic over 25 years experience as contractor quality control and field operations manager. Rumsey started his construction career with his father's construction company more than 30 years ago. He was president and owner when the company built the Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel. Recent projects include a $60 million Medical Facility Improvement and a $130 million Mall Redevelopment. Areas of expertise include: connstruction management, scheduling, cost estimating, partnering and value engineering. James Thompson joins Olympic with over 10 years construction experience. He has 4 years experience with the Corps of Engineers and 6 years experience in private industry as project engineer, project manager, operations manager and superintendent. Jim provides construction planning, design and cost estimating.

Entranco

Brad Stein has joined Entranco as a senior transportation engineer and manager of the firm's structural engineering unit. Stein's experience includes serving as a project manager for Union Hill Bridge replacement project in Redmond. Stein also worked as project manager for roadway and structural design, right-of-way acquisition, signalizing, and environmental issues for an interchange along I-82 in Yakima. Four bridges were designed for this project, which provided a gateway to downtown Yakima from I-82. Prior to joining Entranco, Stein was with CH2M Hill's Bellevue office, where he was employed for the past 17 years. At Entranco he is at work on the Allen Street Bridge replacement project for the City of Kelso, and King County's Cedar Mountain bridge and ramp bridge replacement project.

EDAW

Jill Brown Sterrett has been named director of Seattle operations for EDAW, Inc. and has been promoted to principal of the firm. She has over fifteen years of experience specializing in environmental analysis, urban design, historic preservation, site-specific master planning, and comprehensive planning. Current project under Jill's direction include the preparation of design guidelines for Seattle's Sand Point/Magnuson Park development; historical and archaeological resource protection plans for Navy facilities at Keyport, Manchester, and Whidbey Island; the Cultural Resource Study component for relicensing of the Pelton Round Butte hydroelectric project in Oregon; and the comprehensive plan for the City of Woodinville.

Bush, Roed & Hitchings

Bill Hickey has joined Bush, Roed & Hitchings, Inc. as project engineer. Hickey, a 1990 civil engineering graduate of Washington State University has transportation, site development and drainage design experience. He is a registered civil engineer in the state of Washington. Current assignments include Boston Market in Puyallup, Walgreens Drug Store in Kirkland, Red Robin in Des Moines and Taco Bell in Federal Way.

W & H Pacific

Veniece Lindemulder has joined W & H Pacific's Bellevue office as production technician. Her responsibilities include graphic design, technical editing, word processing, and database management.

Yanick

Miles Yanick, principal of the Bainbridge Island architecture and planning firm Miles Yanick and Company, has been appointed to the Boundary Review Board for Kitsap County. Yanick brings a lifelong study of ecology and nearly 30 years experience in land planning and zoning matters to the Board. His term extends through January, 1999. The Boundary Review Board meets monthly to review applications for revision of the boundaries of incorporated cities and Special Districts, such as those administering fire, water and sewer for the public.