Apr 13, 1999

Hart Crowser names 4 new principals

The environmental consulting firm of Hart Crowser has announced four senior appointments in the Seattle office. Julie Wukelic, senior environmental manager; Rob Frazier, federal market manager; Jeff Wagner, geotechnical division manager; and David Chawes, corporate health and safety manager; have been named principals of the firm. Wukelic has 16 years experience managing and coordinating multidisciplinary projects and manages the firm's Property Assessment Programs. Frazier, with more than 21 years of experience, specializes in directing emergency response and remedial actions in hazardous substance spills. Wagner has 16 years experience applying geotechnical engineering to planning, design and construction, and currently manages the firm's Geotechnical Division. Chawes is responsible for the firm's hazardous building materials discipline and has 20 years of experience.

Potato grower gets water-saving tips

OLYMPIA -- A team of pollution-prevention engineers from the Department of Ecology will work this year to help Basin Frozen Foods, a potato processor in Warden, reduce its pollutant discharge and save water -- even as the company triples its processing capacity. Basin Frozen Foods was picked to be the fourth facility in the state to receive pollution-prevention help from Ecology's Toxic Reduction Engineer Exchange program. The company's discharge permit limits it to discharging about 350,000 gallons of water per day. However, a draft engineering report indicated that once the facility expands, it will need to discharge about 1 million gallons per day -- an amount that the city of Warden can't accommodate. Ecology engineers plan to adopt new technology that will help keep discharge within manageable quantities. The engineers will then use the Basin Frozen Foods plant as a model for similar companies which need to reduce water waste. "It's easy to see why we're so excited about this," said George Schlender, a water-resource manager for Ecology. "If the facility needed to triple its water use to correspond to its expansion, we'd be talking about a huge quantity of water that we just don't have in Washington."

MediaMosaic

MediaMosaic Inc., a Renton-based technology training and communications company, has appointed Wayne Worthen vice president of design services. The move is the result of a company reorganization and the formation of two service divisions, design services and technology.

Tully's

Valerie Roberts has joined Tully's Coffee Corp. as construction manager for its California expansion program. Roberts will oversee general contractors, architects and vendors for the company's upcoming roll-out plan. She previously served as construction manager for Starbucks in San Francisco.

Apr 09, 1999

Quadrant

Commercial real estate veteran Douglas Bonner has joined Quadrant as senior development manager. He will be responsible for managing the development company's 72-acre Snoqualmie Ridge Business Park. He worked in the Bellevue office of the Vyzis Co., for 10 years. Kristin Jensen has joined Quadrant as a project manager. She will focus on construction of the processing center for Capital One at Quadrant's East Campus Corporate Park in Federal Way and construction of initial tenant improvements at the Quadrant Lake Union Center in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. Quadrant sold the Lake Union Center to Bedford Properties but still handles some management duties at the project. Before joining Quadrant, Jensen worked as a project manager for Kurt Jensen Architects.

Keller Williams Realty

Four top-producing agents have been named to the Agent Leadership Council of Keller Williams Realty, Bellevue. They are Karen McKnight, Herb Holcombe, Phil Jones and Doug Long. Councils are made up of agents who finish sales in the top 20 percent of their offices. Keller Williams also is offering classes. One is 30-clock hours and is designed for new agents. The class begins April 21 and continues with two sessions of four hours each for the next four weeks in May. Cost is $195. The second is 60-hour clock approved course to certify agents to sell homes in Washington. It is a self-learning course taught through interactive computer training. Cost is $295 plus $75 for textbooks. And Althea Osborn, Austin, Texas' top real estate agent and a former member of the British Secret Service, will speak at Keller Williams' free monthly symposium at the Bellefield Office Conference Center on 114th Avenue Southeast off Southeast Eighth in Bellevue from 4 to 6 p.m. April 21. For more information or to register for a class or the symposium, telephone (425) 454-0911.

Apr 08, 1999

Jesse Engineering Co.

Tacoma's Jesse Engineering Co. recently agreed to be the sales agent and manufacturer of the Odense Shipyard Automatic Profile Cutting System for Odense Steel Shipyard.

Apr 07, 1999

W&H Pacific

Clell H. Gibson has been named vice president of the energy and communications group at W&H Pacific. He has more than 20 years experience in the telecommunications industry, and joined W&H Pacific four years ago. Since then the firm has expanded its telecommunications business throughout the U.S. Prior to joining W&H Pacific, Gibson served as US WEST Communications' regional manager for central and eastern Oregon, responsible for lobbying efforts and marketing as well as design of communication systems and network architecture. He is a member of the Oregon Telecommunications Association, the American Planning Association, the Westside Economic Alliance of Portland and the Oregon Public Ports Association. Michael L. Marleau has joined the firm as project manager in the energy and communications group. Prior to joining W&H Pacific, Marleau worked as project manager at PacifiCorp in Portland, were he developed and managed electrical substation automation and power quality projects. He has also served as senior project engineer and supervisor for General Physics Corp. At W&H Pacific, Marleau will manage the new ISO 9000 project for the Portland office. Janet Prichard has joined the Seattle office as regional marketing specialist. She has owned and managed her own consulting communications company and served as public relations and media relations director at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma. She is currently a member of the Pierce County Advisory Board for U.S. Senator Slade Gorton and Pierce County Executive Doug Sutherland. She has served as a member of the Pierce County Economic Development planning council and was on the board of directors of the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce. Katherine A. Keegan has been promoted to director of administration and accounting at the Bend, Ore., office of W&H Pacific. She has been with the firm for two years.

JPC

Ann Derr and Dennis Dieni have been named partners of JPC, Inc. They have both been with the planning, interior design and facilities management firm since 1991. JPC has also hired five new employees. David Ellis is an architect with extensive experience in renovation of high-tech office facilities. Colleen Hazelrigs, also an architect, is now at work on tenant improvements at Carillon Point and at Microsoft sales offices in Tampa, Kansas City and Chicago. Larry Coleman has 22 years of experience in residential, restoration and commercial architecture, and is now at work on a new Des Moines Ace Hardware and ONYX Software headquarters. CJ DeLeon, a graduate of the University of Hawaii, is currently working on the Host Marriott concessions at Sea-Tac International Airport. Jim Holtz, John Gibbons, Matt Lundh, Matt Rodda, Lucy McCullough, Tracy Lorelli, Kate Gaudet and Kim Wilson have recently joined JPC's Redmond office, and Jason Fowers, and Rachoat Wannakanok have joined the Seattle office.

Parametrix

Diane Lenius has been promoted from senior project manager to assistant office manager in the Bremerton office of Parametrix. She joined the firm in 1989 as a design engineer in the Bremerton office. Katherine Smith of Parametrix received the Campaign Coordinator of the Year award from United Way in the engineering category.

Reid Middleton

Tony Dollar has joined Reid Middleton of Everett as marketing writer. He comes to the firm from San Francisco, where he worked as a corporate staff writer for United Behavioral Health. Alyson Knappe Davis has joined the firm as marketing coordinator. She comes to the firm from Lakewood School District, where she taught high school English. She also worked as a freelance writer and editor in Spokane.

CNA

Tamae Satsu has joined CNA Architecture as an interior designer. She recently worked in Japan as a designer for Takanaka Corp., receiving several design awards. Christa Clark Jansen has also joined the firm as an interior designer. She was most recently with Signature Environments, where she designed several dental clinics.

Bush, Roed & Hitchings

John Weed has been promoted to engineering department manager at Bush, Roed & Hitchings. He joined the firm in 1984, and has overseen the ongoing development of Canyon Park Business Center in Bothell. Brent Cummings has been promoted to assistant engineering department manager. He joined the firm in 1991, and is now at work on several commercial development projects in western Washington. Pedro DeGuzman has passed the Washington state professional engineer's examination, and has been promoted to project manager. He joined the firm in 1998, and his current projects include Safeway Plaza in Duvall and Crystal Creek Center in Bothell. John Lierman, who has been with the firm since 1974, has been promoted to senior engineering designer. Current projects include East Lake Sammamish Retail Center and Tambank Estates. Patt Gydesen has been promoted to senior engineering designer. He joined the firm in 1985, and is now technical lead on several retail development projects.

Dull Olson Weekes

Architect/designer Jeff Schnabel and architect/project manager Keith Johnson have been named associates at Dull Olson Weekes in Portland. Schnabel's recent projects include Alpha Alternative High School in Gresham, Ore., and Johnson's include Tigard High School Gym Expansion and Pleasant Hill Elementary School.