Nov 18, 1997

DBM/CM

Tom A. Armour has been appointed president and CEO of Donald B. Murphy Contractors Inc. and Cooney-McHugh Division. The company also announced Paul B. Groneck has been named executive vice president of operations and engineering. Armour joined the company in 1994 as project development and marketing manager. He has over 17 years of experience in the construction industry. Groneck joined the company in 1994 as chief engineer and projects manager.

Conference on natural resources law

SEATTLE -- The use and preservation of natural resources will be explored this week at "Natural Resources Law," a two-day conference set for Thursday and Friday at Cavanaugh's Inn on Fifth Avenue in downtown Seattle. "This conference will examine new ways to see natural resources and the right to develop them as commodities, and to see environmental constraints as opportunities," said program chairman Joe Mentor Jr. of the law firm Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson. Featured speakers at the conference will include: William R. Gillis, Washington Utilities and Transportation commissioner; James K. Agee, author of Fire Ecology of Pacific Northwest Forests; Lorraine Bodi of American Rivers; Keith Dearborn of Bogle & Gates; Pamela Gunther of Parametrix Inc.; Andrew C. Kindig of Associated Earth Sciences Inc.; Jan Pauw of Weyerhaeuser Co.; Kenneth J. Raedeke of Raedeke Associates Inc.; and Jay J. Manning of the Washington State Attorney General's Office. The conference is sponsored by Law Seminars International. To register or receive more information, call (206) 621-1938 or (800) 854-8009, or send e-mail to: hkate@lawseminars.com.

Ewoldsen, Chen join Agra

KIRKLAND -- Hans M. Ewoldsen has been named Northwest Region Manager for Agra Earth & Environmental Inc. He will be responsible for Agra offices and projects in Washington, Alaska, Idaho and western Montana. Ewoldsen has more than 25 years experience in consulting engineering in the United States and overseas. A registered engineer and geologist, he has worked extensively in the geotechnical, engineering geology and environmental engineering disciplines. Barry S. Chen also has joined Agra as an associate in the company's Geotechnical Engineering Group. Chen has more than 10 years experience as a consulting engineer, instructor and researcher. Before joining Agra's Kirkland office, he practiced geotechnical engineering on transportation, infrastructure, industrial and commercial projects throughout the Southeastern United States, the Caribbean and the Far East. Chen specializes in using in-situ testing techniques for characterizing sites and developing foundation systems. He will serve as a project manager and as a technical resource for Agra's Kirkland office and 17 other offices in the Western United States. In other news, Martin J. Fox, a senior staff engineer with Agra's Kirkland office, is on a three-month assignment in Agra's joint-venture field office in Ethiopia. While in Ethiopia, Fox will be preparing high-end AutoCAD construction drawings. The joint-venture project between Agra and Associated Engineering Ltd. involves design and construction of a water distribution system and two reservoirs for the city of Addis Ababa. The project is being funded in part by the African Development Agency. The component Fox is working on is funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

Fukuda joins Pacific Habitat Services

WILSONVILLE, Ore. -- Pacific Habitat Services Inc. (PHS), an environmental consulting firm and construction company in Wilsonville, Ore., has added Julie Fukuda to its staff of biologists. A wetland scientist, Fukuda will work as a project manager for wetland permit processing and wildlife habitat assessments throughout the Pacific Northwest. She will design mitigation wetlands and conduct inventories of rare, threatened and endangered plants and animals. Fukuda has considerable experience working on environmental projects for both government agencies and private clients. Before joining PHS, she was a project manager at SRI/Shapiro/AGCO Inc. in Portland.

Nov 12, 1997

Environmental management forum planned

SEATTLE -- "Using Environmental Management as a Competitive Advantage," a daylong forum on environmental marketing issues, is set for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday at the University of Washington campus. The forum is designed to highlight companies that are using environmental management practices to enhance product positioning. Representatives from Hewlett Packard, Intel and Monsanto will discuss the use of environmental attributes in product positioning. They say the integration of marketing and environmental management creates opportunities for reduced costs and increased market share. Joel Makower, editor of the Green Business Letter and author of many books on green marketing, will moderate a panel in which Weyerhaueser, Patagonia and Deep E Co. will explore the effect environmental-marketing strategies have had on their products. Students from the UW Masters of Business Administration (MBA) program will participate in a case discussion about the Body Shop, looking at the potential benefits and pitfalls of green marketing. A Body Shop representative will expand on the case, describing the company's marketing strategy and its impact on customer relations. In addition, the LN2000, UW's prototype liquid nitrogen car, will be displayed at the forum. The cost of the full-day session is $100, which includes materials and lunch. The forum will meet in the Seafirst Executive Education Center's Boeing Auditorium. To register or receive more information, call Andrew Crowder at (206) 543-9012, or send e-mail to: mforum@u.washingt.edu.

Raedeke adds two professional staff

SEATTLE -- Raedeke Associates Inc. (RAI), a Seattle environmental consulting firm, has announced the addition of two professional staff members and the promotion of another. Christopher Wright has joined RAI as a soil and wetland scientist. Formerly with Shapiro and Associates of Seattle, Wright has more than eight years experience with wetland projects, including environmental impact statements, restoration plans and Clean Water Act Section 404 and 401 permitting. Wright has also categorized stream habitats, measured stream flows and conducted fisheries surveys. He will serve as project manager on wetland projects. Victoria Luiting has joined RAI as an ecologist. Formerly with the University of Washington's Wetland Ecosystem Team and the King County Parks' Interpretive Program, Luiting has four years experience in wetland systems, including monitoring, restoration and plant identification. She will assist on wetland and environmental assessment projects. Richard Lundquist, an RAI employee for 10 years, has been promoted to the position of associate. He will continue to serve as a senior project manager on wetland and environmental assessment projects. Established more than 18 years ago, RAI consists of a team of biologists with experience in environmental analysis, sensitive areas and wetlands identification, plant and animal communities studies, and mitigation.

Nov 07, 1997

James Clark Design Images

James Clark Design Images, Seattle, an event communications and marketing firm, has promoted Tad Cornwell to senior designer. Candy White joined as a graphic designer, and Jennifer Huggins was also recently hired.

Esterline

Bellevue-based Esterline Technologies has acquired Ohio-based Fluid Regulators Corp. Fluid Regulators is a designer and manufacturer of advanced hydraulic controls and components for the commercial aerospace and defense industires. It will operate as a U.S. division of Esterline's France-based Auxitrol S.A. Fluid Regulators will remain in its Painesville, Ohio, facility.

Seneca Real Estate Group

The Seneca Real Estate Group, Inc., has hired Craig Norsen to help the firm build its project and construction management business. Norsen has 30 years' experience in construction, particularly preconstruction planning, constructability and value engineering.

Norris Beggs & Simpson

Arie Salomon and C. Darrell Okada, of Norris Beggs & Simpson, have been awarded the Certified Commercial Investment Member designation by the Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute. The CCIM designation is based upon a graduate-level curriculum plus experience. Currently some 5,200 individuals nationwide hold the designation, out of 125,000 commercial real estate practitioners. At Norris Beggs & Simpson, Salomon is an associate vice president, focusing on industrial and office sales and leasing in the Southend market. Okada is an investment specialist and sales associate in the Capital Asset Department.