Feb 23, 1999

She's my little deuce TPV generator

BELLINGHAM -- The Vehicle Research Institute has done it again. Western Washington University's always-cutting-edge engineering group has built another car that advances the state of propulsion technology. Called the Viking 29, the sports car uses an eight-cylinder Midnight Sun thermophotovoltaic generator to convert methane to electricity for its electric motor. The car will be on display this week, Feb. 26 and 27, at the Puget Sound Engineering Council's annual Science and Technology Fair. It will be accompanied by an animated TPV simulator that demonstrates how it works. The show will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days at Seattle Center House. For more information, contact WWU's Public Information Office at (360) 650-3350.

Corps sets hearings on Cascade pipeline

SEATTLE -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct public hearings March 30 and 31 to gather public comments about the Olympic Pipe Line Co.'s plan to build a fuel pipeline from Snohomish County to eastern Washington. The March 30 meeting will be held in the Galaxy Room of the Seattle Federal Center South, 4735 E. Marginal Way S. The second meeting, on March 31, will be at the Hal Holmes Center, 201 N. Ruby St. in Ellensburg. Both meetings are 7 to 11 p.m. Olympic has applied to the Corps for a permit under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act to cross 78 wetlands and 199 streams and rivers with its pipe. The hearings will provide information to the Corps as it considers those permit requests. Written comments will be accepted through April 12. Send them to the Corps at: Regulatory Branch, U.S. Corps of Engineers, P.O. Box 3755, Seattle, WA 98124-3755.

Lunching and branding with PEMA

SEATTLE -- The Professional Environmental Marketing Association will present a luncheon program on marketing and branding of professional services on March 3. The event is to be held at Latitude 47 restaurant on Lake Union. Ann Bradford, director of strategic branding at Tim Girvin Design, will speak on assessing your firm's strengths and establishing a distinguishing brand. Her talk begins at 12:30 p.m., following a social gathering at 11:30 a.m. and lunch at noon. Members of PEMA and the Northwest Environmental Business Council will pay $20 for the luncheon; others pay $30. For more information, or to make reservations, call (425) 455-3680.

Hart Crowser expanding California office

SEATTLE -- The Long Beach, Calif. office of Hart Crowser has added two civil engineers, Gene Lacey, Jr. and Hari Gupta. Lacey is a senior associate engineer and manager of industrial services, and Gupta is a project engineer. Prior to joining Hart Crowser, Lacey was a principal remediation engineer for Dukek & Associates in Encinitas, Calif. In his new position he is responsible for municipal and industrial projects involving environmental remediation, wastewater treatment and reuse, and civil engineering/infrastructure work. Gupta comes from the waste management group at Woodward-Clyde, where he was a senior project engineer working on soil and groundwater investigations, remediation system design and site assessments. At Hart Crowser he is responsible for site investigations and cleanup of commercial and industrial properties in Southern California.

Feb 16, 1999

Yaletown Technology Group Inc.

Yaletown Technology Group Inc., a Kirkland-based information technology consulting firm specializing in decision support systems and electronic document management, has hired Brian Austin as general manager. Austin formerly served as business manager at Carlson Architects in Seattle.

Feb 11, 1999

Network Nine

Five former employees from Paul Allen's online media company, Starwave, have launched a new full-service Web production company, Network Nine, Inc. Network Nine specializes in designing and developing Internet, Intranet and e-commerce Web sites for clients such as Vulcan Ventures, Microsoft and Pura Vida Coffee. Network Nine is located in Pioneer Square. Erling Aspelund, Eneida Guzman, Michael Holden, Ron Morris and Laura Blanchard are co-founders.

Tech-Fast Metal Systems

Kurt W. Hoppen was recently hired as senior project manager at Tacoma-based Tech-Fast Metal Systems. Valorie J. Tresner has been hired as operations administrator and David Comfort has been hired as staff accountant. Tech-Fast Metal Systems provides a range of services related to the planning, engineering, material supply and construction of mini-storage facilities.

Feb 10, 1999

W&H Pacific

Dwight E. Utz has joined the Boise office of W&H Pacific. He is a structural engineer specializing in bridge and retaining wall design. He previously worked for the Arizona Department of Transportation, the California Department of Transportation, and Imbsen & Associates of Sacramento. Todd Meyer recently joined the Metro-Seattle office as a planner and landscape architect. Meyer recently spent two years with the firm's Portland office. His current projects include Arrowleaf Resort near Mazama; Redmond Ridge, a master-planned community near Redmond; and Cougar Mountain, a multi-family, attached residential project in Issaquah.

Perteet

Perteet Engineering has announced the addition of three new partners in the firm. Joel Birchman, municipal services manager, joined the firm two years ago with over 22 years of public and private sector civil engineering experience. Crystal Donner, transportation design manager, has been with the firm for three years. Rhami Kutsal, senior project manager, has been a project engineer with Perteet for five years. He is a 1986 graduate of Yildiz University in Istanbul, Turkey, and is currently completing his master's degree in construction management at the University of Washington.

Otak

Rob Calderaro has joined the landscape architecture department at the Seattle office of Otak. He has over nine years of experience in the industry and was most recently with Hewitt Isley. Judy Gilmore has joined the administrative staff of the Seattle office as receptionist.

Berger/Abam

Chris Barnes has joined Berger/ABAM Engineers as a construction technician. He was previously a construction inspector with the Washington State Department of Transportation. Lana Do joined the firm as an accounting clerk.