Oct 21, 1997

Delegation from Philippines visits Seattle

SEATTLE -- Six business and government leaders from the Cebu City and Mandaue City areas of the Philippines are visiting Seattle this week to learn about environmentally-sound watershed management techniques. Known as the Butuanon River Watershed Management Project Team, the delegation is here to receive technical advice that might prove helpful in the Philippines, where the Butuanon River is severely polluted from industrial discharges, wastewater and raw sewage. The delegation will meet this week with representatives from local environmental firms, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Ecology. They also will be given site tours of the Issaquah Highlands (Grand Ridge) development, the Tacoma Landfill and King County's West Point wastewater treatment plant. Some of the local environmental firms involved in supporting the delegation's visit include: Pentec Environmental, GeoEngineers, Entrix Inc., Parametrix Inc., CH2M Hill, Foss Environmental, Schlosser Geographic Systems and the Sembara Corp. The visit has been coordinated by the state Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development (CTED) and the Northwest Environmental Business Council (NEBC). The state agency and the trade association are both working to help Washington environmental firms find work in overseas markets. "Any firms that care about doing environmental work in Southeast Asia should make themselves known to me or to the NEBC," said Alison Krupnick, CTED's program director for emerging markets. For more information on overseas opportunities, call Alison Krupnick at CTED at (206) 464-6285 or Alice DeVault at NEBC at (206) 528-3410.

Oct 20, 1997

Base-Line

Base-Line Inc., an Auburn-based supplier of graphic arts consumable products, has acquired 3 Sigma, a $15 million manufacturer of pressure sensitive materials and double-coated tapes, from Anchor Continental. 3 Sigma, is located near Dayton, Ohio, and sells to flexographic printers throughout the United States.

Mayflower Park Hotel

The Mayflower Park Hotel has been selected to become one of over 100 Historic Hotels of America. Recognized for local historic significance, architecture and ambiance, The Mayflower Park Hotel was built in Seattle in 1927.

Oct 17, 1997

Norris Beggs & Simpson

Jerilyn R. Lunde, of Norris, Beggs & Simpson, has been awarded the designation of certified property manager by the Institute of Real Estate Management. The designation signifies that the recipient has met IREM's requirements in the areas of education, experience and commitment to a code of ethics. Lunde has over 14 years of experience and is responsible for roughly 540,000 square feet of industrial, office and retail properties.

Oct 15, 1997

ABKJ

Engineers Yogi P. Beri and Lamar E. Scott have been promoted to the board of directors at Andersen Bjornstad Kane Jacobs (ABKJ). Beri, now a vice president of the firm, joined ABKJ in 1980. His most recent projects include the Harborview Medical Center and the Harborview Research and Training Center, the seismic upgrade of the Camlin Hotel and Cathedral Heights Towers in the Philippines. Scott is chief civil engineer and has been with ABKJ since 1989. He most recently served as project manager for the Terminal 5 approach ramp for the Port for Seattle and the Smith Parker Bridge replacement for King County.

Reid Middleton

Ron Dailey, principal of Reid Middleton's Anchorage office, has been elected to the board of directors of Reid Middleton, a structural and civil engineering firm in Lynnwood. Dailey joined the firm in 1994. George Sauer has joined Reid Middleton as resident construction engineer. He is currently at work on an interchange project in Lynnwood and on the Carlyle Road landslide stabilization and reopening project in Shoreline. Robert Collins recently joined Reid Middleton of Lynnwood as a survey technician. Collins is currently involved in a GPS survey for a new waterline across Anacortes Slough and the topographic survey of Perrinville Creek in Lynnwood.

Hanson

Phil Borrowman will manage the new Bellevue office of Rockford, Ill.-based Hanson Engineers. The firm provides engineering and architecture services to railroad companies, state and municipal agencies, educational and healthcare clients.

Bassetti

Bassetti Architects and M.A. Mortenson Construction have formed a design/build team to rebuild WaHeLut School at Franks Landing on the Nisqually River. The school, which was damaged in heavy flooding last year, will serve pre-kindergartners through ninth graders from five tribes. The $4.2 million project will be completed this December. Bassetti is providing full architectural services for the new Snohomish Parks offices and Childrens Museum in Everett's McCollum Park. The King County Library system has hired Bassetti Architects to design the new Redmond Regional Library. The project will replace an existing structure with a 30,000-square-foot building, now in design development. The firm is also at work with the Historic Seattle Preservation and Development Authority to preserve and retrofit the Fourth Church of Christ on 1119 Eighth Ave.

Hacker

Thomas Hacker & Associates of Portland has been selected as the architect for downtown Portland's First Unitarian Church. The project includes planning for a full block of possible new church facilities, which include a new sanctuary, a multi-use parish hall, classrooms, offices, library, space for social justice programs and below-grade parking.

Karreman

The staff of G. Franklin Karreman & Associates, Bainbridge Island, is now at work on the Kindred Spirits Animal Sanctuary in Suquamish. It will house domestic animals in need of sanctuary that is unavailable from other animal welfare organizations, and serve birds, small mammals, reptiles and other pets with special needs. The firm recently completed design for Seattle Espresso in Seoul, South Korea.

Yanick

Miles Yanick & Co. of Bainbridge Island is now at work on the Hildebrand Retail Building in Bainbridge, the Mullenix Business Park in Port Orchard, the Erickson Avenue Building in Bainbridge, a four-unit condominium project on Bainbridge, the Wing Point Residence on Bainbridge Island, the Bond Road Business Park in Kingston, the Liberty Bay Home in Poulsbo, and the remodel of a community hall in Bainbridge.