Feb 03, 1997

WSU Vancouver

Washington State University at Vancouver has named Jack Swearengen as program coordinator for a developing manufacturing engineering program. Swearengen will launch the university's proposed bachelor of science degree program in manufacturing engineering, which would be the first such program in the state once it is approved by WSU's faculty and the state's Higher Education Coordinating Board. He will see that the program is accredited, staffed and funded, and work closely with state and regional industry in developing the program. The proposed program is expected to be in place in the next academic year.

WWU

Fluke Corporation of Everett, has given over $277,000 in sophisticated electronic design and testing instruments to the Campaign for Western to equip a new instrumentation laboratory at Western Washington University. When the lab is complete in February, there will be twelve Fluke electronics design and testing workstations. Headquartered in Everett, Fluke's products are distributed in more than 100 countries and are used by technicians and engineers in installation, maintenance, service, manufacturing test and quality functions in a variety of industries.

Jan 31, 1997

The Rockey Company

Anne Foster has joined The Rockey Company as vice president. Based in Seattle, with offices located in Spokane and Portland, The Rockey Company offers consulting services in public relations, public affairs, investor relations, marketing communications and graphic design.

Realtor Affiliate Council

Marie Barth, owner of Designated Escrow in Lakewood, was installed as 1997 Chairperson of the Affiliate Council of the Tacoma-Pierce County Association of Realtors. She will represent the interests of affiliate members on the Board of Directors of the Realtor group.

Jan 29, 1997

LMN

Chris Eseman has been named a partner with Loschky Marquardt & Nesholm (LMN). He joined the firm in 1990 and has been a principal since 1993. He has led several award-winning public assembly and urban design projects, and recently has served as project manager and designer for the Washington State Convention and Trade Center expansion, the Baltimore Convention Center expansion and the Hec Edmundson Pavilion restoration and upgrades at the University of Washington. Bruce Donnally, Robben Mayer and Bob Tiscareno have been named principals at LMN. Donnally joined the firm in 1995 as an associate. His experience includes Benaroya Hall for the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, the Henry Art Gallery expansion/renovation at the University of Washington, Werner Otto Hall at harvard University, the Bechtler residence in Zurich, Switzerland and the Wildwood Convention and Civic Center in New Jersey. Mayer came to LMN in 1995 from California as an associate, and has since led design for the Grand Forks Events Center in North Dakota and the Washington State Convention and Trade Center expansion. Tiscareno, who joined the firm in 1991, was made an associate in 1995. His experience includes Redmond Town Center Mill Creek Town Center and Washington Square Shopping Center projects. Olga Bastiaannet Fisher, Arthur Haug, Dave Matthews, David Reddish, and Byron Rice have been promoted to the level of associate at LMN. Fisher, who joined the firm in 1994, serves as client services manage and office manager. she is involved in many of the firm's day-to-day activities, including oversight of the marketing and administrative departments, business development and office administration. Haug, who joined the firm in 1994, specializes in building system details, construction drawing and project management. His recent experience includes construction administration for the Henry Art Gallery Expansion. Matthews came to LMN in 1995, and has provided construction administration leadership for Redmond Town Center, a complex, multi-phased 25-building urban center. Reddish, who also joined the firm in 1995, has been a key member of the design teams for Redmond Town Center, the Cougar Mountain -- East Village Development in Issaquah, and the IBEW mid-rise residential tower in downtown Seattle.

Golder

Ralph H. Stoll has joined the Redmond office of Golder Associates Inc. as vice president for nuclear projects. He is responsible for business development, project management and strategic planning to increase the nuclear market sector on an international basis. He recently completed a 27 year career in the U.S. Navy as commanding officer of the USS Georgia, a Trident nuclear submarine, and served at NATO Headquarters in Brussels were he developed policy for NATO's military cooperation program with countries of the former Soviet Union. He holds graduate degrees in business administration, international security and nuclear engineering.

Parsons/PB Farradyne

Brian Patton has been named Seattle area manager for PB Farradyne, Inc., the Intelligent Transportation systems (ITS) subsidiary of Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB). In this position, he will be responsible for managing PB Farradyne's operations in the Seattle area. Prior to joining PB, he served as the director of traffic management for the City of Seattle. He also served a one year stint as Seattle's director of street maintenance.

CNA

Philip Giuntoli has joined CNA Architecture of Bellevue as director of healthcare operations. He served as director of capital project development for Group Health from 1984 to 1994, and has provided consulting services to the healthcare industry since that time. Guintoli was Group Health's representative when the firm designed Group health's Tacoma Specialty Center in 1989. Guintoli has a master's degree in architecture and serves on the board of the University of Washington's Facility Management program.

Perteet

Joel Birchman has joined Perteet Engineering Inc. of Everett as project manager. He is currently project manager for a flood mitigation program for the City of Snoqualmie and a sanitary sewer plan for the City of Snohomish. Birchman was previously public service director for the City of Woodinville and public works director for the City of Mountlake Terrace.

SSOE

Nunsia Orr has joined SSOE as an electrical designer. Formerly with PSF Mechanical in Seattle, Orr provided electrical design for Metro's West Point sewage treatment project. Molly Magistad has joined the firm as a project manager's assistant, and will provide support to the marketing and human resources departments also. She was previously with Benesphere.

Landscape architects honored

J. Douglas Macy of Walker & Macy and Carol Mayer-Reed of Mayer/Reed in Portland have been inducted as Fellows of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Macy, a founding partner in Walker & Macy, was recognized for his work on Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square, the Vietnam Veterans of Region Memorial and the revitalization of the South and North Park Blocks. Mayer-Reed is known for multi disciplinary teams and for her design work on the Portland Place Memorial, the Museum at Warm Sprigs, the Tropical Africa Exhibit and the Hewlett-Packard Vancouver executive courtyard.

CNA

CNA Architecture is now at work on the design of 25,000 square feet of remodeled space for the Prolinx research and development laboratories in Bothell, and construction will begin this spring. Construction will begin next month on an 89,000-square-foot expansion of the Sea-Tac sort facility of Federal Express. Site work begins in May for a 273,000-square-foot expansion for Security Capital Industrial Trust for Carr Gottstein. For the Port of Seattle, CNA is designing a 52,600-square-foot maintenance and repair facility at Terminal 5, with construction scheduled this spring. The firm is finishing design for a 47,700-square-foot service center in Bremerton for Puget Power Kitsap Service Center in Bremerton. An in May, construction will begin on a 120,000-square-foot high-tech/biotech friendly class "A" office facility in Redmond.