May 21, 1997

Reid Middleton

Jim Bridges has joined Reid Middleton as a senior civil engineering designer in the airport division. He is currently working on the apron and taxiway upgrades at Bellingham International Airport, and a runway reconstruction project at Pangborn Field in Wenatchee. Bridges was most recently on the City of Richland's engineering staff. Norman N. Storme has joined the firm as a senior engineer in the surface transportation division. Storme, who specializes in highway engineering, has spent 30 years with the Washington Department of Transportation. He is currently working on the 196th Street Interchange Improvements in Lynnwood and the March Point/SR20 Improvements for the Swinomish Tribal Community in Skagit County.

W&H Pacific

Steve Calhoon has joined W&H Pacific, Inc.'s Bellevue office as a senior planner with 18 years of experience in community planning, design and development. In addition to site planning and design, his responsibilities include jurisdictional approvals for residential and commercial land development ventures.

ESM

John Chadwell has been promoted to partner at ESM, Inc., where he has been an associate managing commercial, industrial and residential development projects. He is currently project manager for Intel Corporation's new industrial facility ar Northwest Landing and a Port Ludlow project for Pope Resources. Prior to joining ESM in 1992, he was a civil engineer at John Graham Associates. Susan Swanson has also been promoted to associate at ESM. A civil engineer, she is now working on internal roadways and utilities within Northwest Landing and has prepared a master drainage plan for a portion of the development. Andrew Martin has been promoted to associate with the firm. As a project engineer, he has been responsible for land development and transportation projects at Northwest Landing and DuPont and for Snoqualmie Ridge Parkway in the City of Snoqualmie. Steve Kitterman has also been promoted to the level of associate. He has been a senior project manager for a variety of civil engineering projects in the public works division of ESM involving the cities of Federal Way, Duvall, Bainbridge Island, Clyde Hill, Tukwilla, Redmond, Enumclaw, Pacific and DuPont. Chan Chou has joined ESM, Inc. as a land planner. He was previously vice president and project planner for Stepan & Associates, Inc. of Federal Way, where he was responsible for such projects as West Campus in Federal Way, Sunrise in Puyallup, Providence Pointe in East King County, Canterwood in Gig Harbor and Lakeland in Auburn. Michael Bowen has joined the firm as a professional land surveyor. Prior to joining ESM, he was with Triad Associates of Tacoma, Parametrix of Sumner and David Evans & Associates of Silverdale.

May 20, 1997

Wilder Construction

Wilder Construction Co. recently announced two promotions. Tom Dikeman has been named branch manager for the company's Olympia office and David Dickhaus has been named manager of the Alaska Division. Dikeman has been with Wilder for two years, most recently as a project superintendent. Before that, he ran his own construction company in Eastern Washington. In his new capacity, he will supervise construction in Thurston, Mason, Lewis, Pacific and Grays Harbor counties. Dickhaus has worked for Wilder for 18 years, serving as project engineer/manager and chief estimator. He will manage the company's heavy civil work in Alaska.

PTI announces new staff members

BELLEVUE -- PTI Environmental Services has announced the addition of three new staff members at PTI's Bellevue office: Dr. D. Frederick Bodishbaugh has joined PTI as an ecotoxicologist. Bodishbaugh is a biochemical and aquatic toxicologist with eight years experience in aquatic toxicology research, chemical and site assessment and ecological risk assessment. Jenee Colton has joined PTI as an ecologist. Colton has six years experience analyzing water-pollution effects, investigating mitigation techniques and conducting water-quality assessments. She has conducted terrestrial ecological studies of termites in Belize and juvenile ostriches in Kenya. Coreen Johnson-Dean has joined PTI as publications manager. She will be responsible for coordinating publication activities and providing quality control on technical documents, proposals, internal reports and correspondence. PTI also has announced the establishment of a new Atlanta office and the addition of J. David Dean as principal. Dean will work in the Atlanta office. In other news, The Failure Group Inc. of Menlo Park, Calif. yesterday announced the completion of its acquisition of PTI Environmental Services. PTI generated net revenues of $11.5 million in 1996. The Failure Group purchased PTI for $7.5 million in cash plus 480,000 shares of common stock. Failure Analysis Associates, a subsidiary of The Failure Group, analyzes the engineering and scientific failures behind high-profile disasters. PTI specializes in ecological and human health risk assessment, water quality assessment, sediment transport and toxicology. The environmental science and engineering firm has offices in Bellevue, Boulder, Portland, Metro-Washington, D.C., Boston, Milwaukee and now Atlanta.

Constructed wetlands and stormwater quality

SEATTLE -- On June 10 and 11, the University of Washington will offer a course on the use of constructed wetlands for improving stormwater quality. Studies conducted over the past 20 years reveal that natural wetlands are capable of removing pollutants from contaminated waste streams. However, because they are such valuable resources, natural wetlands cannot be used to treat waste. This has led to an interest in constructing new wetlands for the purpose of managing wastewater. Such constructed wetlands are designed to serve as a type of detention pond and as a type of biofilter. The two-day course will focus on the planning and operating of constructed wetland projects in a watershed context. The course will conclude with a half-day field trip to wetlands recently constructed for stormwater treatment. The instructor will be Dr. Richard R. Horner, an environmental engineering and science researcher and consultant with 31 years of experience. The course fee is $315 before May 27 and $345 after May 27. To register by phone or receive more information, call (206) 543-5539.

May 14, 1997

KCM

Robert T. Reitmajer has been named the new transportation program manager for KCM, Inc. He comes from the Oregon Department of Transportation, where for the last three yeats he was region manager for Eastern Oregon, managing a budget of $45 million. He sponsored the Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. Reitmajer will coordinate the transportation marketing and production efforts of the firm's planners and engineers from the KCM Portland office.

ABKJ

Yan Liu has joined the Seattle office of Anderson Bjornstad Kane Jacobs, Inc. with eight years of experience in structural engineering. Kenneth Wilson, previously with Lin & Associates, has also joined the firm. He is currently working on a pedestrian undercrossing that is part of the Elliot Bay Bridge and 149th Avenue Southeast roadway improvements. He is also at work on the statewide bridge load rating project for the Oregon State Department of Transportation. Kim Long, who was most recently with Black & Veatch, has come to ABKJ as an engineer-in-trraining. She holds degrees from Beijing University and the University of Washington, and is currently working on the Two Rivers Correctional Institution project in Oregon.

Cierra

Jay G. Jack has formed Cierra Associates, formerly JGJ Engineering. Located in Seattle, Cierra is providing electrical planning and design services to Sisters of Providence Health Services, Sea Mar, Starbucks Coffee Co. and Nitze Stagen. Marcos Rodrigues has joined the firm as a senior electrical designer specializing in technology and medical facilities. His recent experience includes additions at the University of Washington Medical Center and Boeing research laboratories. Edward Austin, senior CAD designer, has also joined Cierra.

Parametrix

Jerry Bartlett has been appointed director of waste recovery and compliance services at Parametrix, Inc. He was most recently with Technical Resource Management and was previously vice president of Phillip Environmental and Northwest Enviroservice. He will lead the hazardous waste management division of Parametrix, providing services in environmental audits, environmental management seminars, ISO 14001 planning and implementation and hazardous waste litigation support.

Ridolfi

Patrick Plumb has joined Ridolfi Engineers and Associates, Inc. as an environmental engineer. Plumb specializes in identifying appropriate technologies and design of chemical treatment for mining wastes and hazardous substances. He has researched and developed processes for treatment of acid rock drainage and managed numerous environmental projects. Current projects involve assessing water quality impacts to fisheries resources at Annette Island, Alaska and developing remedial alternatives for the Coeur d'Alene River Basin restoration project in Idaho. Susan Alvarez has been promoted to senior project manager with Rodolfi. She is a civil engineer with experience in restoration of fish habitats in river ecosystems and in watershed analysis. She is currently working on the Moon Creek restoration project, involving mine remediation and rehabilitation.

Lewis

Amy J. Pearson has been promoted to associate at The Lewis Architects. Since joining the Bellevue firm in 1993, she has served as project manager or designer for the Bainbridge Island Library, Marysville Library, Marysville City Hall and Oregon City Library.

Bristol

Ted Mulcahey has become a partner in The Bristol Design Group. He has been in the interior design industry for 17 years. At Bristol, he will be responsible for the firm's marketing efforts and spearhead procurement services.

Merit

Austin Huang has published a research paper about a new theoretical model for in-situ stress measurement, and it is now part of the permanent literature of the Society for Mining Engineering. Huang is the owner of Merit Engineering, Inc. of Bellevue.

ASID

The American Society of Interior Designers has announced winners in the annual Award of Excellence program. Michelle David of Mesher Shing & Associates was recognized with a Gold Award for Andaluca Restaurant at the Mayflower Park Hotel, and Jim Seeks of CNA Architecture Group received a Gold Award for the Birth Center at Stevens Hospital. In the "Residential-Partial" category, Betty Torrell received a Gold Award for a kitchen remodel and Judy Gowdy was recognized with a silver award for a kitchen and home office remodel. For complete residential projects, Elizabeth Beers of Norman B. Sandler Architects received a Gold Award, Kathleen Williams received a Silver Award and Sandra Lindsay received a Bronze Award. Nancy Satterberg was recognized with a Gold Award for a special project: The Lofts.

Showplace

Delores Hyden of Showplace Design & Remodeling of Redmond was awarded a first place award for kitchen design in the 1997 National Kitchen and Bath Design Contest. Marie Thompson received a first place award in the small bath category and Diana Valentine was recognized with a third place award in the small bath category.