Oct 14, 1997

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Lease Crutcher Lewis has added four project managers to its staff. Richard Teddy is managing the eight-story Wright Runstad/King County King Street Center office project, which will break ground in December near the Kingdome. He holds a degree in building construction from the University of Washington. Jim Frisby is in the Special Projects Division, where he is managing construction of a new synagogue for Temple B nai Torah in Bellevue. He has a degree in architecture and 20 years of industry experience. Chuck Fenno, a former LCL staff member, is working at the Matsushita Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication Plant project in Puyallup. He is a graduate of the University of Washington. Jay Sorensen is in charge of tenant improvements for retailers at Pacific Place in Seattle. He holds a degree in construction management from Washington State University.

Port of Portland awards EIS/ESA contract

PORTLAND -- As part of the initial phase of developing its property on the western half of Hayden Island, the Port of Portland has awarded a contract to David Barrows/Woodward Clyde Consultants for preparation of an environmental impact statement and an Endangered Species Act biological assessment. The environmental work is required before permits can be sought to begin construction on the Port's 750-acre Hayden Island property. Total construction costs are expected to reach $657 million, Port spokesman Aaron Ellis said. "The earliest we would see construction begin is 2000 or 2001," Ellis said. "It will take that long to get permits and to find a private investor." The Port of Portland Commission approved the West Hayden Island Development Program in April 1997. The Port has come up with a phased construction plan to be carried out on Hayden Island over a 20- to 30-year time frame. Depending on market demand, Phase 1 is expected to be a bulk or mineral grain terminal, Phase 2 is expected to be a container terminal, and Phase 3 would either be a second container terminal or a new bulk or mineral grain terminal. Once the Port finds a private investor, (such as a grain company), the Port will work to secure additional money, "such as a revenue bond issuance, or general obligation bonds," Ellis said. Federal and state funding and direct infrastructure investment by the Port of Portland also are possibilities, Ellis said. The Portland offices of David Barrows & Associates and Woodward Clyde Consultants teamed up to win the EIS/ESA contract, which is not to exceed $830,000. The EIS will assess a broad range of environmental issues associated with the island development project. The ESA analysis will be carried out at the same time and will include a review of possible endangered species issues by the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In a separate but related action, the Port of Portland awarded a design contract to David Evans & Associates Inc. of Portland for preliminary engineering work on a proposed highway bridge. The bridge would be 2,500 feet in length and would link Hayden Island with North Marine Drive in the Port's Rivergate Industrial District. David Evans' design contract is not to exceed $470,000. Preparation of the EIS/ESA and the preliminary bridge design are expected to take about two years to complete, Ellis said.

Groznik joins Jones & Stokes

BELLEVUE -- Frank Groznik has joined the Bellevue office of Jones & Stokes Associates as a senior environmental planner. Groznik will be responsible for project management and business development in the areas of landscape architecture, recreation, NEPA/SEPA services and FERC relicensing. He has a master's degree in urban and regional planning from the University of Florida and a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture from Rutgers College. Before joining Jones & Stokes, Groznik owned his own firm which specialized in resource management planning. He provided strategic guidance on hydropower issues for Long View Associates, was principal-in-charge of EDAW's Seattle office for eight years, and was planning department manager for CH2M Hill. Groznik was the lead landscape architect on the design of the Mount St. Helens Visitors Center. He also served as an advisor to Seattle City Light for FERC compliance issues on the Skagit hydroelectric project. Jones & Stokes is an environmental planning and natural resource sciences firm with offices in Bellevue, Phoenix, and Sacramento and Irvine, Calif.

Jerome joins Laucks Testing Laboratories

SEATTLE -- Laucks Testing Laboratories Inc. of Seattle has appointed Tamara Jerome as its Northwest regional sales manager. Jerome has 10 years experience in the environmental laboratory industry as both a chemist and a project manager. A full-service analytical laboratory, Laucks has been in business in the Northwest since 1908. Its Seattle office employs 55 people. Laucks is accredited by the state departments of Ecology and Health and provides analytical testing services for the U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers and Environmental Protection Agency. Laucks also is certified for the microbiological, elemental and chemical analysis of food and meat products.

Oct 09, 1997

TCI Media Services

TCI Media Services of Puget Sound has promoted Nicole Palko to national sales assistant, named James Goodge engineer, and hired Chuck Curulla as sales account executive for the real estate show, "Puget Sound Home Buyers' Guide." Curulla will work with various advertisers on TVMart.

Oct 08, 1997

W&H Pacific

Charles Wilson has joined W&H Pacific as vice president and operations manager for the firm's Bellevue office. Over the past 20 years, Wilson has held senior level positions with Port Blakely Co., The Irvine Co. and served as a consultant to Trillium Corp. At W&H Pacific, Wilson is expected to "uniquely position our firm to excel in (a real estate development) industry surrounded with growth management challenges," according to W&H Pacific CEO Jeff Daggett. Wilson has presided over major high-rise hotel developments, the development of residential villages and Irvine Spectrum, the largest mixed-use development in the United States. Karina Gilman has joined W&H Pacific as a civil engineering technician. She was previously with Lawson Surveying and Engineering, Inc., in Vancouver, Washington.

DEA

Andrew Laski has joined the transportation group of David Evans and Associates, Inc. (DEA). His highway design experience includes the Sammamish Access Plateau Road in Issaquah and the First Avenue South Bridge in Seattle. Diori Kreske has been hired as a senior environmental planner. Her recent project experience had included environmental impact statement preparation for the Auburn Thoroughbred Horse Racing Facility and she is the author of a guide to environmental impact statements published by John Wiley & Sons. Other new additions to the DEA staff include Scott Swarts, who specializes in fish and wildlife biology and Karen Allen, who specializes in wetland and other natural resource projects.

FWL

Raymond Yancey, and associate with FWL Architects of Portland, has become licensed in Alaska. Yancey has acted as architect or project manager for several projects in Alaska, including a Lutheran church in Petersburg, Alaska, and the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Clinic in Juneau.

Degenkolb

Brandon W. Erickson has joined the staff of Degenkolb Engineers in Portland as a designer. He holds a master's degree in structural engineering from Stanford University, and is currently at work on the St. John Medical Office Building in Longview and the Multnomah Athletic Club Shoring in Portland.

Mulvanny

Ron Maddox has been promoted at Mulvanny Partnership Architects to the position of vice president and principal. He has over 24 years of experience in construction management and joined the firm in 1993. Mulvanny Partnership, based in Bellevue, has a total staff of 140 in five locations.

Traver

Christopher Downs of Widmeyer Design has joined The Traver Co. as a graphic designer.

Weber Marketing Group

Weber Marketing Group, a Seattle-based integrated marketing communications agency, announces the hiring of Doug Kamiakis as project manager and the promotion of Jessie Chan-McCann to senior graphic designer. Kamiakis brings to the firm an extensive background in project management and in development of Web and interactive media using some of the latest digital technologies. Chan-McCann has been with Weber Marketing Group for almost two years, and has extensive experience in both digital and traditional print design.

Earth Tech

LONG BEACH -- Earth Tech has become the first general engineering consulting firm to be re-selected by the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board (MTDB) as the transit agency's general engineering consultant. The two year contract includes an option for three additional one-year extensions. Since September 1992, Earth Tech's San Diego office has provided engineering, project management staffing and environmental services for the expansion and operation of the city's light rail transit and bus system facilities. Earth Tech employs 2,000 people in more than 40 locations, and has an office in Bellevue.

County art program wins national award

Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS), a national project to preserve our nation's public sculpture, has awarded the King County Public Art Program an honorable mention SOS! Achievement Award for restoration of the Robert Morris Earthwork in SeaTac. The earthwork was created in 1979 by internationally renowned artist Robert Morris on the site of an abandoned gravel pit. The Morris work was part of a larger project which enlisted artists to explore ways of reusing environmentally degraded land. It consists of a series of concentric terraces and is widely regarded by art historians as one of the most significant publicly owned earthworks in the United States.

Manufacturing engineering course

A seminar on "Principles & Practices of Manufacturing Engineering" will be held October 23-24, 197, at the Seattle Marriott. Participants will learn how to evaluate and eliminate waste and non-value added activities within the manufacturing environment and associated support operations. The program is of greatest benefit to executives, directors, manufacturing engineers, design engineers and engineering managers in manufacturing organizations. The per person program fee is $725. Discounts are available for teams for three or more. For more information, please call Pacific Lutheran University at (253) 535-7330 or e-mail execdevel@PLU.edu.

Engineers Club

Michael Palmer, president of Business Leasing Northwest, will present the benefits to businesses of leasing rather than buying equipment at a luncheon meeting of the Engineers Club on Thursday, October 16, at Latitude 47 Restaurant, 11:45 a.m. Palmer has a board range of experience in the lease financing of tangibles, and has customers throughout the country. The cost of the luncheon is $12 per person. For more information, call 623-3250.