Jul 01, 1997

Electric utilities and the environment

SEATTLE -- Lynn Best, environmental and safety director for Seattle City Light, will speak on "Electric Utilities and the Environment: Future Challenges and Opportunities" at the next Professional Environmental Marketing Association luncheon. Because electric utilities are grappling with increased competition, they have strong incentives to cut costs. At the same time, Best says hydro-dependent utilities such as Seattle City Light are relicensing most of their dams, usually with high expectations from agencies, tribes and environmental groups that environmental problems will be addressed. At next week's luncheon, Best will describe Seattle City Light's dam-relicensing and mitigation activities and discuss future work opportunities for environmental consultants. The luncheon is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 9 at the Latitude 47 restaurant, 1232 Westlake, Seattle. The cost is $20 for PEMA members and $30 for non-members. To make reservations, call (206) 455-3680.

Havelock is certified environmental trainer

KENT -- Jon A. Havelock has been named a certified environmental trainer by the National Environmental Training Association. His area of specialization is management and transportation of hazardous materials and waste. Havelock also is a certified hazardous materials manager. To receive both certifications, Havelock had to undergo rigorous testing and demonstrate extensive experience in the field. Havelock is vice president of the Professional Environmental Marketing Association. He heads up Havelock Environmental Inc., a Kent environmental consulting and training firm. He also is the environmental program manager for Med-Tox Northwest in Kent.

Johnson returns to SJO Consulting

PORTLAND -- After spending 10 years in the landfill business, Bryan M. Johnson has returned to Portland-based SJO Consulting Engineers Inc. as a senior environmental and wastewater engineer. Johnson is one of the original founders of the 26-year-old consulting engineering firm. He has more than 30 years experience in civil, sanitary, environmental, hydraulic and water-resources engineering. In his new position, Johnson will pursue business development for SJO. He left consulting engineering in 1987 to help start Finley Buttes Landfill Co. and Columbia Resource Co. in Oregon and Vancouver, Wash. While with those companies, Johnson was involved in permitting, design and construction of transfer stations and a landfill in Oregon. A multi-disciplined consulting engineering firm, SJO has one office in Portland with about 25 employees.

Experimental hatchery on Yakima River

CLE ELUM -- After years of study and debate, an experimental hatchery designed to improve wild salmon runs on the Yakima River is open. When it reaches full operation next year, the 15-acre hatchery will produce 800,000 baby salmon that will be planted in three locations. The plan is for these fish to home in on those locations, rather than the hatchery, when they return to lay the eggs that will be the next generation. The Yakama Indian Nation operates the hatchery, along with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. The Northwest Power Planning Council is funding the $20 million experimental hatchery as part of a $70 million project to restore Yakima River salmon runs. The Yakima project is an alternative to the meat factories that hatcheries have been traditionally, council spokesman John Harrison said. It will be a decade before the experiment can be fairly evaluated. Information in Environment Watch comes from DJC staff and wire services.

Jun 30, 1997

Systems Interface

Terry Huss has joined Systems Interface Inc. of Bothell as a sales engineer. He will be responsible for the sale and marketing of industrial control and variable speed drive systems to Boeing. He was formerly with Lockheed-Martin's Astronautics Division.

Hornall Anderson

Margaret Atwater has been added to the marketing team at Hornall Anderson Design Works. She is in charge of new client development and maintaining client relationships. She was formerly with GNA Corporation.

TCI Media

TCI Media Services (Puget Sound) has added to its accounting staff in the Seattle office. Accountant Pam Wilson has moved from the Bellevue office. Heidi Ryan has joined the firm as advertising administrator and Shane Minden is an accounts payable coordinator. Engineer Jim Goodge has moved to the Seattle office to install and maintain digital computer equipment.

Jun 25, 1997

Shannon & Wilson

Andrea Amend and Richard Martin have joined the environmental division of Shannon & Wilson Inc. Amend has over seven years of experience as a quality assurance officer and environmental chemist. She will provide analytical, data analysis and chemistry support on the firm's large environmental and federal programs. With over seven years of experience in hydrogeology and computer simulation of groundwater flow and contaminant transport, Martin will serve as project manager and lead the firm's groundwater modeling efforts. Gerry Heslin and David Ward, Engineer-in-Training, have joined the geotechnical engineering division and civil engineers Bill Nashem and Mary Stiehler have joined the division as geologists. Helsin, Ward, Nashem and Stiehler will each perform slope stability and other subsurface soil evaluations in response to the past year's increased demand for these services. Rick Smith, a seven-year veteran with the company, recently relocated from Shannon & Wilson's Boston office, where he provided several years of geotechnical and instrumentation service to the multi-billion dollar Central Artery Tunnel project. Bob Mitchell has also resumed employment with the geotechnical engineering division. Mitchell is nearing completion of his doctorate in geotechnical earthquake engineering at the University of Washington. Stan Boyle is the firm's latest addition to the railroad division. He will be responsible for geotechnical engineering specialty services including geosynthetic reinforced retaining structure design and landslide and flood repair.

TRC

Dennis Noson has joined Towne, Richards & Chaudiere, Inc. (TRC) as a senior-level acoustical consultant. He was most recently with Michael R. Yantis Associates, and has provided acoustical and noise control design for Key Arena, Harbor Steps, Nordstrom Downtown, Henry Art Gallery and the Seattle Art Museum's auditorium at the Asian Art Museum. He has recently commenced Ph.D. research studies. Vicki Espinosa is TRC's new office manager. She was recently with the non-profit Chabad House in the University District.

Walker Macy

Mike Zilis has been named a partner of Walker Macy of Portland. He has been a member of the staff for 10 years. His projects include a rooftop garden for the Belmont Dairy mixed-use project and the North Clackamas Regional Park.

W&H Pacific

Dave Pefley has joined W&H Pacific, Inc. as an information systems administrator. His experience includes working as a systems manager and senior technical support representative for Peopleware, Inc.

Hutteball & Oremus

Jill Ann Cohn has joined Hutteball & Oremus Architecture, Inc. of Kirkland. She has specialized in historic building preservation and educational facilities, and is now working on the new Monroe High School as well as other capital improvement projects for the Monroe School District.

Onyx Group

Theresa Krug and "Mac" McDowell have joined the Onyx Group as CAD technicians. The firm is presently overseeing projects in Guam and Japan as well as U.S. Navy projects in Jim Creek, Port Hadlock, Tacoma, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and a research center in Bayview.

Mahlum & Nordfors McKinley Gordon

Mahlum & Nordfors McKinley Gordon was selected as the architect on the design team for the City of Seattle's Tolt River Water Treatment Facility. This design/build/operate project is led by CDM Philip, a joint venture of Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. and Philip Utilities Management Corporation. Dillingham Construction will build the facility. The Tolt facility is a $101 million, 120-million gallon-per-day water filtration plant located on a wooded site about eight miles east of Duvall. The facility will start construction in the summer of 1998 and be completed by December of 2000. The design organizes various functions along a linear axis which creates a logical path to inform visitors of the process within. The design will also create a composition of forms that will help reduce the overall impact of the facility on the site. The Puyallup School District has awarded Mahlum & Nordfors McKinley Gordon architects the Rogers High School Renovation project. This project includes both remodeling and a new addition that will be completed by the fall of 2000 at a construction cost of $17 million. The design emphasis will be to make a cohesive campus from the existing buildings on the site. The second goal is to create a new student commons that will become the heart of the school for student interaction. This space will also act as lobby space for performances or events in the auditorium or gymnasium. The Bellingham School District has entered the design development stage of the renovation and addition to the 1938 Art Deco-styled Bellingham High School. Mahlum & Nordfors McKinley Gordon is the programming, planning and design architect for the $26 million project along with the Bellingham firm of Roger Axelson Architects, the lead project architect. The renovated high school will be completed in the fall of 2000 and will hold 1,200 students. The west wing, which is the original Art Deco structure, will be renovated but remain visually the same. The rest of the school will be remodeled and expanded to include a new glassed-in student commons, a larger gymnasium and classrooms clustered around a core area which will include study spaces and laboratories.