Mar 11, 1997

ABC

New officers have been elected for the Associated Builders & Contractors of Western Washington. The new president is Pat Oda of Shinstine/Associates Inc. Oda says the main priority for the organization is to preserve the ability of all contractors to bid on public works projects. Other new officers include: Wally Clayton of Pivetta Brothers Construction, president-elect; Nick Cooper of Rafn Company, vice president; Steve Galash of S.D. Deacon Corp. of Washington, vice president; Jerry McMullen of McMullen Electric, vice president; Steve Schmitz of Schmitz & Associates, secretary/treasurer; and Steve Leverett of Modular Electric, immediate past president. Members of the ABC board of directors include: Joan Baldwin of TEC Mechanical/Electrical Service, Wayne Ballinger of Grinnell Fire Protection, Doug Crawford of Air Systems Engineering, Gary Darling of Mastercraft Electric, John Hennessy of Nuprecon Inc., Bob Jayne of Frontier Construction, De Leigh of DeBolte Plumbing, Don Mar of Marpac Construction and Bob Mickel of In Store Services. Kathleen Garrity will serve her 15th year as executive director of the organization.

Holaday-Parks

Bijit "BJ" Giri has been appointed project manager for Holaday-Parks Inc.'s special projects tenant improvements department of its design/build division. He began construction management for the mechanical contractor in 1995 after working five years in the engineering department.

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Nine new staff members have been added at Lease Crutcher Lewis. Michael Martin is a project engineer; Carol Beard, project manager in the Special Projects Division; Roy Brown, project superintendent; Mike Alton, safety supervisor; Eric Peterson, a project engineer, and Howard Johnson, project engineer. Sharlet Driggs is new in estimating, Matt Hays in marketing and Terrie Larson in accounting.

Sampling and evaluating asbestos dust

KENT -- Med-Tox Northwest is offering a four-day course called "Sampling and Evaluating Asbestos Dust" March 17-20 in Kent. Classes will meet from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day at the Med-Tox Northwest Training Center, West Valley Executive Park, 19032 66th Ave. S., Suite C105. The course will provide National Institute of Safety and Health (NIOSH) 582 equivalency. Cost is $650. The course is designed for abatement contractors and industrial hygiene technicians who work on asbestos abatement projects. It will focus on sampling protocols, calculations and reporting requirements for asbestos monitoring during abatement activities. To register for the course, call Judy Lurvey at (206) 656-2920 by March 12.

Mar 10, 1997

Metawave

Redmond-based Metawave Communications Corporation, a provider of products and services to the wireless communications industry, on March 3 announced the formation of Metawave Network Services. The new group will offer engineering and project management services for wireless system implementation. It expands on the work done by Metawave's existing engineering division.

Mar 07, 1997

REI store "insider's" tour

The March 19 membership breakfast and program of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) will include a tour of the new REI flagship store in Seattle. Speakers from REI, GLY Construction and Mithun Partners architects will discuss the project. Registration for the 7:30 a.m. program costs $18 for NAIOP members and employees of members; $23 for members without reservations; and $28 for non-members. Contact NAIOP for further information: 382-9121.

Mar 05, 1997

Hewitt Isley

James Sanders FAIA has joined Hewitt Isley Architecture. He leaves TRA, where he spent 20 years as a designer and design principal, and led design for several major projects including the Washington State Convention and Trade Center and the Denver International Airport Concourses. "Hewitt Isley is an ever-increasing leader in developing important civic spaces and architecture in Seattle," said Sanders, who will be a senior associate with the firm. "I want to be a part of that design future." Sanders and Hewitt Isley partner David Hewitt attended the University of Washington together. Recent projects for the 22-year-old, 30-person Hewitt Isley include the Port of Seattle headquarters building at Pier 69 and Bell Street Pier, the University of Washington Meany Performance Hall and Harbor Steps East. Current projects include Waterfront South and a feasibility study for the Smith Tower.

HDR

John Terpstra has joined HDR Engineering, Inc. as national director of ports in the company's Seattle office. Terpstra was previously the director of the Port of Tacoma, the sixth largest container port in the U.S. He has also worked for the Capital Development Company in Lacey, the Washington Public Power Supply System and the Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District. HDR has completed a number of major ports projects, including design work and studies for ports in Seattle, Tacoma, Long Beach and Anchorage. Two senior managers have joined HDR's Boise office. David Clark, water section manager, is involved in ongoing wastewater facilities planning work for the City of Missoula, Mont., water quality study for the Clark Fork River and engineering services for the Idaho Division of Environmental Quality. Jack Harrison has joined HDR's Boise office as a senior project manager and is currently developing a total maximum daily load standard for the lower Boise River in southwest Idaho.

Swenson Say Faget

Kevin Eckert has joined Swenson Say Faget as a staff engineer, with degrees in architectural engineering and architecture. His current projects include North Mason County Library, Rainier Beach High School Auditorium and a number of private residences. Prior to joining the firm, he was a teaching assistant in structural analysis at the University of Kansas. Eckert also studied architecture and urban design at the Danish Royal Academy. Senior principal Gary Swenson, long known for his work in historic preservation in Western Washington, has been appointed to the Pioneer Square Preservation Board. Office manager Stacy Rowland now runs the jobline for the Seattle chapter of the Society of Design Administrators.

AKB

Bill Armour has been promoted to principal at AKB Engineers, Inc. Armour, who has been with the firm for seven years, now oversees the structural department. His projects currently include the Pacific Highway Port of Entry at Blaine, International District Village Square, and the Washington State Liquor Control Board distribution center. Brian Unsderfer has been promoted to the level of associate with the firm. As project and systems manager, he specializes in seismic retrofit modeling, analysis and construction. His most recent projects include DSHS Green Hill School Rehabilitation, Maple Lane School, and the seismic retrofit of over 24 fire stations in Seattle and Kirkland.

BCRA

Paul Akiyama has joined BCRA Architects of Tacoma as a partner. With over 21 years of combined experience in architecture and construction, Akiyama specializes in negotiated processes for design and construction teams, and was recently involved with a project for the Department of Corrections. The firm has changed its name to Architects Brown Connally Rowan Akiyama.

GeoEngineers

Sharon Olson has been hired as Redmond marketing manager and Leah Martin as corporate marketing coordinator at GeoEngineers. Olson has five years of experience in the design industry with a background in technical writing and editing. Martin will assist in the corporate marketing and business development efforts for all six GeoEngineers office. She has a degree in public relations.

Glumac

The Portland office of Glumac International has added six members to the staff. Tony Sunken is a plumbing system project manager, and is currently overseeing the design process for plumbing and fire protection systems for the Nike World Campus-North Expansion project in Beaverton. Matt Kelley comes to the firm as a mechanical design engineer from Unocal where he served as a drilling engineer in Jakarta. Ken Golovko has been hired as mechanical/electrical designer, and his current projects include the Washington County Justice Center and the Richland Federal Office Building. Other new staff members include CAD drafter Todd Kolibaba, administrative assistant Amy McIntyre and staff accountant Sylvia Archuleta.

Johnson Coastline

Frank Jarnot, a British-trained engineer, has joined Johnson Coastline in Everett, a civil, structural and hydrographic surveying firm. He will bring civil, structural, and geotechnical engineering experience to repair and remediation projects for 1996-97 winter storm damage.

BOE

Kathy Kerney has joined BOE Architects in Tacoma as project associate. She will provide preliminary landscape designs and produce construction drawings. Her current projects include the Inn at Gig Harbor and the U.S. Post Office in Spanaway.

Brumbaugh

Christopher Overdorf has joined the landscape architecture firm Brumbaugh & Associates. He will serve as CAD manager and assist in the office's expansion into golf-related consulting.

KJM

Through a joint venture, KJM & Associates, Ltd. and Day & Zimmerman won the project controls and systems integration contract for the new Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) build-out project. The joint venture team will assist DART in scheduling, cost estimating, cost control, quality assurance, testing, safety plans and overall project management. The seven year contract covers the build-out of the existing DART line from Park Lane, north to Plano and from Park Lane east to Garland.

KPFF

KPFF Consulting Engineers is at work on several projects for the University of Washington. With Mahlum & Nordfors McKinley Gordon, Simon-Martin Vegue Wikelstein and Cardwell Thomas Associates, KPFF has the design contract for the University of Washington Bothell Cascadia Community College Collocation project. Phase one of the $71 million college campus will consist of approximately 253,000 square feet of classroom, library and student services space. The first phase in scheduled to be completed in 1999. KPFF is also working with Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Architects to design the Fisheries and Oceanography Buildings on the Southwest Campus of the University of Washington. The 106,000-square-foot oceanography building will give faculty and students access to five stories of physical labs, chemical labs and office space. The center of the building houses a high-bay staging area used by the physical oceanographers and has a 10-ton crane supported by a separate structure. The new 126,000-square-foot Fisheries Building is comprised of three stories of lab and classroom space. KPFF conducted a vibration study of various floor systems to determine the appropriate system to support microscopes. Both buildings are slated for completion in 1999. KPFF is also providing civil and structural engineering services for new soccer fields and one baseball field, each with separate grandstands. Structural designs are underway for the renovation of the old Physics Hall along with the construction of the addition that will comprise the new Mary Gates Hall. KPFF has joined Bassetti Architects of Seattle and Hartman-Cox Architects of Washington D.C. for this project, which is scheduled for completion this year. The complex will house the Center for Undergraduate Education and Student Services. Mary Gates Hall will contain 50 classrooms with seating for 10 to 125 students, a drop-in computer lab for 200 students, undergraduate advising, and administrative offices. A grand room, the Commons, will be the heart of the building. Classrooms are served by a multimedia distribution center, equipped with computers connected to the campus network as well as a special subnetwork allowing information to be shared quickly within the undergraduate community.

YGH

Yost Grube Hall of Portland is at work on several large projects in the higher education and international market. The $24.5 million University of Oregon William W. Knight Law Center will be under construction in June. For the Seattle University School of Law, a $33 million home for the new law school, YGH is teamed with Olson Sundberg. The firm is also at work on the University of Idaho Commons. New international work includes an Exxon community master plan for Sakhalin Island in Russia and a Chevron compound in Escarvos, Nigeria. In conjunction with Washington State University, YGH is developing the design of a 35,000 square-foot mini campus at Northern Marianas College in the Marianas Islands.

Sienna

Sienna Architecture Company of Portland is now at work on a wide variety of projects including CARR Chevrolet in Beaverton, Albertina Kerr Residential Treatment Center in Portland, Ashland Middle School in Ashland, Hollywood Video, Lake Oswego Visitors Center & Trolley Station, and Palisades Market Renovation in lake Oswego and the Regent Assisted living Center, an Alzheimer's prototype project.