Apr 06, 1999

Anchor Environmental adds staff

SEATTLE -- Anchor Environmental, L.L.C. has hired Ami Karnosh as a project assistant and office administrator in its Seattle headquarters. Anchor is an environmental, coastal and geotechnical engineering consulting firm, with an emphasis on aquatic remediation and waterfront redevelopment. The firm currently is working on projects around the U.S. and Canada. More information about the company is available at http://www.anchorenv.com.

Mackie Designs

Mackie Designs, a Woodinville-based manufacturer and marketer of professional audio systems, recently appointed Peter Watts to vice president of engineering. Watts formerly served as director of engineering.

Apr 05, 1999

Public Relations Society of America

Linda A. Crocker, senior public relations specialist for Frank Russell Investment Management Co., Anne E. Devine, editor for Drugstore.com and Patricia Graesser, public affairs specialist for the Seattle District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, have been awarded accreditation by the Public Relations Society of America.

Apr 02, 1999

Tim Girvin Design

Seattle-based strategic branding and design firm Tim Girvin Design Inc. has been renamed and will now be called Girvin. For more company information, visit the web site at http://www.girvin.com.

Mar 31, 1999

KPFF

Bill Cichanski has been promoted to associate at KPFF Consulting Engineers. With 27 years of experience, he is responsible for the structural evaluation group at KPFF. Cichanski provides design evaluation and repair for a wide range of structures and clients. He has specialized in waterfront and marine concrete structures, and has led in the development of high strength, high durability lightweight concretes for structure applications. He is currently serving as project manager for design of a $6.5 million floating ferry terminal in Bremerton. He recently evaluated the condition of state Route 520 Floating Bridge and two post-tensioned parking garages. Cichanski is currently assisting the Port of Seattle in planning for rehabilitation of Terminal 37 structures. Toki Taiwo recently joined the structural evaluation group as a structural engineer and investigator. Taiwo's experience spans 20 years and includes design and evaluation for commercial, institutional, residential and civil structures. His services also includes condition assessment, evaluation, repair and rehabilitation of concrete, soils, steel, masonry, aluminum, epoxy coating and timber components.

Sparling

Seven new associates have been named at Sparling. David V. Balyeat is a registered communications distribution designer who joined the firm in 1994. He has worked with TCI Cablevision of Washington, Compaq and Microsoft. Steven C. English, who joined the firm in 1993, has been designing electrical systems for commercial and health care clients for 29 years. He has provided construction administration services for several million square feet of buildings at Microsoft World Headquarters in Redmond. Thomas B. Mullins is manger of Sparling's audio/video consulting group. Mullins, who has been with the firm since 1995, is currently working on presentations systems for the Experience Music Project and Key Arena's Courtside Club. Michael B. Newberry, who has also been with the firm since 1995, designs power, lighting and security systems for hotels, commercial and educational facilities. As a project manager, he currently leads design teams for Seattle's Millennium Tower, Nordstrom's 700 Olive Way office tower, the Bellevue Technology Tower and W. Hotel in Seattle. John J. Parry specializes in design and construction support for power distribution systems for multiple building campuses. His recent projects include Microsoft's Troon office building, Sammamish Park Place in Issaquah and tenant improvements and renovations to the Boeing Customer Services Training Center in Renton. He joined the firm in 1995. Kari J. Schmidt manages Sparling's office support staff, and the firm's in-house employee education program. Joseph D. Virnig, who joined Sparling in 1991, has been designing electrical systems for educational, manufacturing and commercial buildings. His projects include Edmonds-Woodway and Meadowdale High Schools, Eddie Bauer headquarters expansion, and the State of Washington Natural Resources Building.

Hart Crowser

Wayne Adams has joined the Seattle office of Hart Crowser as an associate geotechnical engineer. He comes from Golder Associates, where he spent 10 years. His project management experience includes the 42-foot-deep KOMO Broadcasting temporary shoring next to the monorail; project manager for landslide remediation near Golden Gardens Park in Seattle, and the Microsoft Campus Troon permanent soil nail basement walls. At Hart Crowser, he is manager for construction of Three Bellevue Center in downtown Bellevue. In Hart Crowser's Portland office, Leon Lahiere has been promoted to senior project geologist and Michael Fitzgerald has been hired as environmental scientist. Lahiere has been with the firm for eight years, and has recently managed environmental projects for Shell Oil, US West, the Port of Portland and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality's Orphan Site program. Fitzgerald has five years of experience in soil science, agronomy, waste management, hydrology and construction. He will be responsible for field task coordination in land and water use surveys, ecological risk assessments, wetland delineation and mitigation and environmental construction site management. Andrew Raichle has joined the staff of Hart Crowser's Jersey City, N.J., office. Sediment management in port and coastal environments will be Raichle's primary focus. His research in the areas of wave modeling, erosion prediction and the performance of coastal structures has been featured in peer review journals. Raichle will be responsible for expanding the market for sediment services to undeveloped and residential waterfronts.

Callison

Architect Martin Anderson has joined Callison Architecture as a senior designer in the firm's retail team. Prior to joining Callison, Anderson served as creative director of Florida-based Pavlik Design Team. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, he has worked with clients such as Universal Studios, Walt Disney Imagineering, Bloomingdale's and Hyundai Department Stores.

Degenkolb

Christopher L. Thompson, principal with Degenkolb Engineers, has been appointed by Governor John Kitzhaber to the Oregon Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Commission. The 25-member commission is charged with developing policies that reduce exposure to seismic hazards in the state of Oregon.

Tim Girvin Design Inc.

Tim Girvin Design Inc. recently opened a studio dedicated to broadcast and film design. Film and television designer Terri Bassett recently joined Girvin's new studio and technical director T.J. Holleran was transferred to the studio. Tim Girvin Design Inc. is a Seattle-based brand and image management firm.