Jan 12, 1999

Erosion shrinks capacity of Oregon lake

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) -- Erosion caused by the 1997 New Year's Day flood has slightly reduced the flood-prevention capacity of Applegate Lake in southern Oregon. Based on an acoustical survey of water depths last summer, the Army Corps of Engineers figures the lake behind Applegate Dam holds about 10 percent less than it did before. "When we toured the empty lake, we saw some large erosion cutbanks there in the lake," said Russ Davidson, who manages the dam from the corps' Portland office. The corps has to wait for more funding to calculate the impact on the dam's ability to control flooding downstream in the Applegate Valley, but expects the reduced capacity will only amount to a few inches of extra water downstream.

NWCCC

The Northwest Construction Consumer Council recently installed its 1999 officers. They include: Burt Newbury of Equilon as council chair; Michael Davenny of Boeing Commercial Airplane Group as vice chair; Jan Keiser of Sound Transit as secretary; Jim Howell of Mitsubishi Silicon America as treasurer; Carlton Howe of Tesoro Northwest Co. as immediate past chair; Dan Lewis of VECO Engineering as affiliate director, design; and Dan Wood of Baugh Industrial Contractors as affiliate director, construction. The council is a regional forum focusing on owners' issues in capital construction and maintenance.

Jan 08, 1999

design>HOVIE

Hovie Francisco Hawk recently opened design>HOVIE, an international creative studio specializing in communications graphics for the Web, print and display, in Ballard. Hovie formerly served as creative director at Bensussen Deutsch & Associates.

Cornerstone Communications

Seattle's Cornerstone Communications, a video design and production company, recently received one gold award and two silver awards in the motivation and information categories at the 16th annual International Television Association's Emerald City Awards, recognizing excellence in video communications.

Harbor Properties

Harbor Properties has promoted Denny Onslow to executive vice president and Doug Hixson to director of operations. Onslow is active in all major aspects of development projects including Harbor Steps North, Carpenters Tower and a new day lodge at Stevens Pass. In addition, he will concentrate on new development initiatives; expanding business, such as fee development; and providing development services to Harbor Resorts, the recreation side of Harbor. He joined Harbor in 1984. Hixson manages and oversees the commercial and residential property management functions for Harbor's 10 downtown Seattle buildings. He is also involved in developing Harbor's meeting facility business and assisting the development team in the design and startup of Harbor Steps North. He began his career with Harbor 13 years ago as a project engineer and has grown with the company in the property management division from operations manager to property manager and now director of operations.

Jan 06, 1999

Johnpaul Jones recognized

Johnpaul Jones has been awarded the 1998 Ellis F. Lawrence Medal from the School of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon. Jones, a senior principal of Jones & Jones, Architects and Landscape Architects of Seattle, is a 1967 graduate of the University of Oregon. He is also a Fellow with the American Institute of Architects. He has made a career of integrating architecture with regional parks, zoological and botanical gardens, aquaria, urban waterfronts, streets, and restoration projects.

AIA Spokane recognizes craftsman

The 1998 Master Craftsman Award was presented by AIA Spokane, a chapter of the American Institute of Architects) to Les Albert, longtime masonry contractor in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho. Albert became a bricklayer's apprentice in 1953, and the next year joined his brother's Spokane company, Albert & Leffler Masonry, where he worked for the next decade. He worked for another local company before forming his own partnership and then his own firm, Les Albert Masonry, Inc. Since his semi-retirement in 1993, his wife has been president of the firm. Albert, a three-time winner of the John Cunningham Memorial Award for Excellence in masonry construction, served as president of the Spokane Masonry Contractors Association and as secretary the Washington State Conference of Masonry Contractors.

WPC

The Society of American Military Engineers has given its annual Design Excellence Award to WPC, a Gig Harbor general contractor specializing in design/build construction. The winning project is the David L. Stone Education Center at Fort Lewis, a 70,000-square-foot facility on an eight-acre site.

Fulgham to speak to historical groups

Writer Robert Fulgham will present "You Couldn't Pay Me Enough to Do This" at the annual meeting of the Association of King County Historical Organizations on Tuesday, Jan. 26. The meeting is from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Nordic Heritage Museum, 3014 NW 67th, and the cost is $20 per person, including speaker, refreshments and luncheon. Reservations must be made by Jan. 15 by sending name(s), name of organization and check to AKCHO, Box 3257, Seattle 98144.

GeoEngineers

Bo McFadden has been promoted to associate at GeoEngineers' Seattle office. He has been with the firm for 10 years, working primarily with architects and civil/structural engineering firms. Clients include the Department of Corrections, the Corps of Engineers and the city of Seattle. Other recent promotions at GeoEngineers include Lisa Bona to senior geologist, Dave Cook to senior geologist, Steve Woodward to project geologist, Paul Craig to staff geologist and Scot Overdick to lead environmental technician.

McGranahan

Marc C. Gleason has been named principal and stockholder at the McGranahan Partnership in Tacoma. He is director of design for the firm, and has worked on several award-winning projects, including the Department of Ecology headquarters, Fourth and Fawcett low income housing in Tacoma, and the Tacoma Housing Authority Family Investment Center. His experience also includes the Denney Juvenile Justice Center and the new Pierce County Jail.

ABKJ

Andersen Bjornstad Kane Jacobs has promoted Michael Bramhall, James Morris, and C. Stephen Yu to the level of associate and has appointed Pong Jongitirat, Ricky Langford and Amar Nagpal to the board of directors. Bramhall has been with the firm since 1989, and has worked as a structural engineer on a variety of major Microsoft projects, including the Augusta Campus. He is now working in the Enlisted Dining Facility at the Naval Station in Bremerton. Morris, who joined the firm in 1991, specializes in the design of retaining walls and sheet pile or soldier pile bulkheads, marine structures and industrial buildings. He is currently in charge of construction support services for bridges on the Alderwood Mall Boulevard connector project and marine structures for the U.S. Coast Guard in Bellingham. Yu is now working on the structural design of Lincoln Square in Bellevue, Harrison Memorial Hospital in Silverdale and Pioneer Grand Central in Manila. Jongitirat has 25 years of experience in engineering and is currently overseeing the seismic retrofit of several bridges, including the I-5 Ship Canal Bridge. Langford is the head of ABKJ's program management department. Her experience includes a broad range of project types. Nagpal is the controller of ABKJ. He has been with the firm since 1991.

Merritt + Pardini

Seong Shin has joined Merritt + Pardini as director of interior design for the company's Tacoma and Seattle offices. She has spent the last eight years as owner and operator of Seong Shin Interior Design. She has worked with Merritt + Pardini on several projects, including a new city hall for Lake Forest Park, the city of Edmonds Public Safety Complex, and the Lakewood Water District addition.