Jun 01, 1998

Washington State Quality Award

On June 11 at the fourth annual Washington State Quality Awards Banquet, Physio-Control of Redmond and Solectron,Inc. of Everett will receive the certificate of merit for quality management. The award was designed in 1994 to raise awareness about quality management in organizations throughout the state. The banquet will begin at 6 p.m. at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle. Reservations can be made through the program office at 1-800-517-8264.

May 28, 1998

Mackie Designs Inc.

Mackie Designs Inc. of Woodinville has recently hired Jeff Mac to fill the newly created position of eastern regional sales manager. Mac recently worked for Yamaha Digital Products, providing clinics and training. Bobb Haskitt was recently hired to fill the newly created position of product manager recording products. Haskitt recently worked for Digidesign, manufacturer of Pro Tools, hard disk recording platforms.

May 27, 1998

HDR

John J. Terpstra has been promoted to vice president by HDR Engineering, Inc. As HDR's national director of ports, Terpstra oversees the company's planning and design activities for the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf Coast ports. Terpstra is located in the company's Bellevue office. His experience includes maritime and intermodal transportation. Prior to joining HDR in 1997, he was the Chief Executive Officer of the Port of Tacoma. HDR employs more than 1,900 engineers, architects, scientists, planners and other support staff in more than 40 offices worldwide. New senior vice presidents include Arvid L. Thomsen of Omaha, Dorri Giles Raposa of Boston, and Herbert W. Grubb of Austin. In addition to Terpstra, the company has also promoted Jeff L. Curren of Dallas, John Woelfl of Omaha, William F. Tornrose of Chicago, Larry D. Low of Tampa, Mark J. Hammer, Jr. of Omaha and Paul A. Bowdoin of Tampa to vice presidents.

DEA

Brian K. Callagan has joined David Evans and Associates, Inc. as a project manager responsible for road and utility systems, commercial developments and residential projects. His experience ranges from small civil and structural design to broad-based military base planning. He is currently developing construction plans for the Willow's Run Golf Course in Redmond and the design of two office buildings in Federal Way. John N. Smith has joined the firm as a civil engineering designer. He is currently working on the Western Washington University South Campus infrastructure pre-design study and serves as a project designer for on-call engineering services provided to the City of Edgewood on an "as needed" basis. Robert R. Burton has been promoted to survey manager. He joined the firm in 1989, and last year he managed survey services for the mapping of 12 miles of HOV lanes on Interstate 5 in north Pierce County.

C3MG

Rick Denhart has joined the Portland office of C3MG Management Group, Inc. as a construction manager and project controls engineer. He has experience in virtually every building type and project delivery system.

ALSC

Robert Schmidt has joined ALSC as an intern architect with a bachelors degree form the University of Idaho. He was recently involved in the production of contract documents for the new Quincy Elementary School. Stephen D. Harris has joined the staff of Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) as chief structural engineer. He has more than 20 years of shipboard and engineering marine experience, including extensive involvement in structural design for the offshore industry in the Gulf Coast area and the North Sea.

Elliott Bay Design Group

Stephen D. Harris has joined the staff of Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) as chief structural engineer. He has more than 20 years of shipboard and engineering marine experience, including extensive involvement in structural design for the offshore industry in the Gulf coast area and the North Sea.

Meng

Catherine Kim has joined Meng as manager of marketing and client services. She has worked in business development for engineering, design and high-tech firms. Patrick Mahoney has joined the firm as an intern architect. Elizabeth Whiteford has joined Meng as a project assistant and will work on value analysis projects as well as marketing an other projects. As new office manager, Julie Beck is responsible for administrative support and human resource duties. Kim Trimiew will provide general office and marketing support as a new administrative assistant.

GeoEngineers

Bob Metcalfe has been hired as a project geotechnical engineer in the Redmond office of GeoEngineers. He has worked with private and municipal clients on roads and bridges, all building types, retaining structures, pipelines and landfills. He is currently at work on three dams for the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Pinnacle

Byron Mark has joined The Pinnacle Consulting Group as a project manager. He will manage industrial engineering projects for Emery Worldwide Airlines, Matsushita Avionics Systems and amazon.com. His work involves operations, startup and overall project management. Jim Woodcock has joined the firm as senior project engineer. He is at work on industrial engineering projects for James Hardie Gypsum, Optiva Corp., Skyway Luggage, and Tenneco Packaging. Gene Schoenecker has joined Pinnacle as a CAD operator.

PIPE Inc.

Timothy R. Knight has been named corporate engineer at Pacific International Pipe Enterprises Inc. in Portland. Knight is a licensed professional engineer registered in Washington and Oregon. He holds a civil engineering degree from Portland State University.