Apr 29, 1997

S.G. Taylor

S.G. Taylor Construction Inc. of Seattle recently hired Nancy Kitano and Mark Ossello as project managers and Randy Brown and Michael Davidson as superintendents. Kitano has 16 years of construction experience and holds a civil engineering degree from the University of Washington. Ossello holds a construction management degree from Washington State University and has worked as a field engineer in the past. Brown has supervised construction of more than 60 health care facilities nationwide and Davidson has 29 years of construction experience, with an emphasis on interior work in occupied buildings.

Recycling conference and trade show set

WENATCHEE -- The Washington State Recycling Association will have its 17th annual conference and trade show May 4-7 at the Wenatchee Convention Center. The theme for this year's conference is "Recycling Roundup: Tying It All Together." The conference is designed for recycling professionals, consultants, solid waste and public works officials and representatives from waste-hauling and transportation companies. Topics to be addressed in conference sessions include:

• Glass & Plastics -- Is It Worth It?
• True Confessions of Rural Recyclers
• Compost Facility Survival Tactics, and
• Residential Waste Prevention -- Let's Cut the Crap.

The event also will include a trade show with more than 300 exhibitors, a black tie banquet and awards ceremony, and optional activities such as a rafting trip, a golf scramble, a Western barbecue and a cruise on Lake Chelan. To register or receive more information, call the WSRA office at (206) 244-0311.

Landau Associates has nine new owners

EDMONDS -- Landau Associates Inc. has announced the addition of nine new owners: Dan Ballbach, Brian Butler, Leslee Conner, Paul Ford, Carla Goroski, Kristy Hendrickson, John Leder, Jerry Ninteman and Eric Weber. Ballbach and Larry Beard also have joined Hank Landau, William Enkeboll and Dennis Stettler on the firm's newly-elected board of directors. Landau Associates is an environmental and geotechnical engineering consulting firm headquartered in Edmonds with offices in Tacoma and Spokane. Hank Landau, the founder of the company, is president and chief executive officer. Ballbach left his position as a partner at the law firm of Perkins Coie last summer to become Landau's chief operating officer.

Apr 28, 1997

Seattle Sips

Seattle Sips has opened in KeyArena. The wine, micro-brew and espresso bar offers free hors d'oeuvres and live music along with local wines, beer and coffees. It is designed to give fans a place to gather before or during KeyArena events. Seattle sips was conceived by Full House Sports & Entertainment and designed by the Retail Group and Daly & Associates Architects. It is one of four corners at KeyArena, each with a theme, designed as gathering spaces for spectators. The three other corners offer interactive sports and video games, live music and other performances and a third area featuring Sonics player photos and mural of the Sonics wheelchair team.

Bad Animals

Bad Animals/Seattle sound designers Dave Howe, Mike McAuliffe and Tom McGurk were nominated for two national Emmy Awards by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for their work on Disney Presents Bill Nye The Science Guy. They were recognized in two categories. The Bill Nye show has been nominated for eight Emmy awards.

Mediterrania Northwest

A new restaurant has opened in the former Aegean Restaurant space at First and Union in downtown Seattle. Marlene Wilson, formerly of the Painted Table and Ray's Boathouse, is the chef. The restaurant will feature Mediterranean cuisine with Northwest ingredients, serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and a late-night menu. Calvin Kilmer is the general manager. Local architect Marianne Stewart is the main owner of the new restaurant.

Ummelina International

Ummelina International Day Spa has moved into a new downtown Seattle location at 1525 Fourth Avenue. The spa and retail space will overlook Westlake Park and now includes the services of a nutritionist, naturopathic physician and a licensed acupuncturist as well as teachers on topics such as wellness and herbal remedies. The spa is divided into two zones: the Equator and the Pacific Rim. The Equator features massage space, a seven-foot waterfall, underwater massage and a desert zone. The Pacific Rim area has a Japanese style soaking tub and a herbarium for facials. The design team for the new space includes Meg Secratario, Trina Prawat, Nina Ummel and GGLO Architecture. Rafn Construction was the contractor.

Apr 23, 1997

Cornerstone Communications

Cornerstone Communications, a Seattle-based video design and production company, has added Matt Billings to its creative team and a writer, producer and director.

Sparling

Arne R. Berger has been named principal and business manager at Sparling. He has served as a managing member of the firm's medical design team during his six years with the firm. Melody A. Browne, accounting manager at Sparling, has been promoted to associate. William G. Gullstad has also been promoted to associate. During his 11 years with the firm, he has overseen electrical redesigns for the King County Courthouse and the renovation of the Temple of Justice in Olympia. He is now at work on the University of Washington's Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Building and the Marine Environmental Research station in Astoria, Ore. James E. Redding has been promoted to associate. Redding, who specializes in educational projects, is developing designs for the African American Academy and for the Experience Music Project.

Candela

Mary Claire Frazier has joined the staff of Candela as a senior lighting designer. Her past projects include the Mt. St. Helens visitors Center, the downtown Seattle underground transit stations and the Washington State Trade and Convention Center. She recently completed work on the Westin Hotel meeting room renovation project and is currently designing lighting system for Seattle University Law School, Starwood Hotel and the University of Washington Mary Gates Hall. Jeff Losnegard has also joined the Candela staff as a senior lighting designer. He has spent the last 10 years as electrical consultant for Candela's parent company, Sparling. He has received design awards for the Port Angeles Senior Center and the Harrison Memorial Hospital Surgery Expansion.

Henry Klein

Seattle City Light, the North Cascades National Park and the North Cascades Institute (NCI) have selected Henry Klein Partnership of Mount Vernon as architects for the North Cascades Environmental Education Center on Diablo Lake. The center will be built on National Park land in Ross Lake National Recreation Area. Funding is being provided by Seattle City Light as part of the mitigation package negotiated for the utility's 30-year federal license renewal to operate hydroelectric facilities on the Skagit River. David Hall, partner-in-charge, will work in collaboration with Richard Haag & Associates, landscape architect. Construction is planned to start in the summer of 1998, with completion and program commencement targeted for the summer of 1999. Seattle City Light will spend nearly $100 million over 30 years on environmental improvements at the Skagit.

DLR/Graham

The Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) recently completed an extensive survey of local properties in preparation for a grant application. With the help of architects and engineers DLR/John Graham Associates, 440 units throughout Seattle were inspected and documented. The team inspected 346 scattered sites, 28 high-rises, two "villages" and one garden community -- in only three weeks. Inspectors used an evaluation system developed by DLR/Graham called the Observable Systems Method. The resulting records provide the basis for a detailed five-year action plan for maintenance, improvement, replacement and expansion of SHA properties.

Wilson

Bellingham-based Wilson Engineering was recently awarded a contract to design a surface water treatment plant for Wrangell, Alaska. The estimated $5.4 million plant will include pre-ozonation and slow sand filtration to treat water from two small lakes above the city.

Berger

Among the projects-in-progress in the office of The Berger Partnership are: Adobe Lake and Union Center for Quadrant, the Laurelhurst Elementary School Peace Garden, the REI "flagship-class" store in Bloomington, Minn.; Samsung Global Gateway Center, Changwon, Korea; Overlake Community, Utah; the Kennewick Library; Samsung Kangbuk Hospital, Seoul; Sequim Middle School; 1100 Minor Apartments; Experience Music Project; Medina Beach Park; Nordstrom stores in Atlanta and Overland Park, Kansas; Foster Golf Course tee renovations, Tukwila; and master site planning for Sea Ranch North Recreation Center.