Jan 01, 1997

PN&D

Gary Watters has joined the staff of Peratrovich, Nottingham & Drage, Inc. (PN&D). He is working in the Seattle office as leader of general civil design and environmental permitting for the Port of Edmonds South Marina Improvement project. Watters has developed professional specialties water quality studies, storm water conveyance and treatment systems, pipe outfall dispersion zones, and hydraulic computer modeling.

BOORA

BOORA Architects of Portland has added four new staff members. Stephen Gerber is a design assistant, and is currently a part of a team designing facility upgrades and improvements to more than 15 schools in the Portland School District. Gerber is a graduate of Oklahoma State University. James Harold is working on a new high school for North Clackamas School District and a feasibility study for a combination elementary school and a student housing facility on the Portland School District. Harold worked for 15 years in the construction industry before earning a degree in architecture from Montana State University. Kevin Nyhoff has joined BOORA's Nike Town Las Vegas after working for three years with Graham Edmonds Architects in Calgary, Alberta. John Sanford has joined the firm as director of information services. Sanford, a graduate of the University of Memphis, is responsible for automation management in the 80-workstation office.

Graphic Associates.

Patti Fujii has joined Graphic Associates of Bellevue. A graduate of Art Center College of Pasadena, Calif., she recently held a position with Adobe Systems Inc.

Dec 31, 1996

Howard/Frost

Seattle based Howard/Frost Advertising & Communications has added Amy Vaughn as an e-pro specialist and Ellen Isley as a production manager. Vaughn previously was a designer at Quality Food Centers and has a broad range of skills in design and overall project production management. Isley experience includes agency organization and project management.

E. Kent Halvorson

Timothy Teteak and Christopher Henderson have joined E. Kent Halvorson Inc. Teteak is a senior project manager and brings over 12 years of experience in retail project management. Henderson is a project manager and has 12 years of experience in project management and estimating. Teteak holds a degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Architecture and Urban Planning and Henderson holds an economics degree from the University of Washington.

NWCCC

Officers for the Northwest Construction Consumer Council were recently elected for 1997. The list includes: Chris Steinbrecher of the Portland Development Commission, council chair; J. Donald Unruh of James River Corp., vice chair; Steven Hertner of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, secretary; Gary E. Ervin of PacifiCorp, treasurer; Phyllis K. Kramer of Arco Products Co., immediate past chair; Mark Garland of Lease Crutcher Lewis, affiliate director of construction; and Erik Bodholt of R.W. Beck, affiliate director of design. NWCCC operates in five Northwestern states and includes representatives from public and private owner organizations, design professionals and contractors.

Endangered Species Act conference set

BELLEVUE -- A regional conference on the Endangered Species Act is scheduled for Jan. 30 and 31 at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue. The conference will focus on habitat conservation plans, one of ESA's most far-reaching and controversial features. Other major topics include the potential impacts of salmon and steelhead listings and the scope of the "take" prohibition after the Sweet Home legal decision. The conference is designed for lawyers, government and agency officials, real estate and industry professionals, consultants, engineers and others who work with the ESA. Top practitioners and key regulators will explain how to deal with ESA challenges that lie ahead. Speakers will include: Chuck Clarke, regional administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; Bern Shanks, director of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife; William Stelle Jr., regional director of the National Marine Fisheries Service; Kristen Boyles and Suellen Lowry of the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund; Bruce Davies of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission; and James Kraft, vice president, general counsel and secretary of Plum Creek Timber Co. Law Seminars International is sponsoring the conference. For information or registration, call (206) 621-1938 or (800) 854-8009, or send E-mail to: hkate@lawseminars.com.

Environmental education center to be built

SEDRO-WOOLLEY -- Seattle City Light, North Cascades Institute and North Cascades National Park are teaming up to build the North Cascades Environmental Education Center. The residential education center will be built on the site of the former Diablo Lake Resort in the Ross Lake National Recreation Area. The center will include classrooms, laboratories, accommodations for 50 students, a lodge and cafeteria building, an outdoor amphitheater and learning centers, staff residences, exhibit areas, a recreation area and trails. The center will take advantage of the site's Cascade mountain views and range of natural habitats for outdoor learning. People of all ages will be able to participate in educational programs on the natural and cultural history of the Pacific Northwest. The education center is an environmental mitigation requirement imposed on the city of Seattle in 1995 when Seattle City Light was issued its new federal license to continue operating its three dams on the Skagit River. Seattle City Light must fund the design, construction and partial operation of the education center. The city is currently soliciting qualified firms for the center's design.