May 25, 1999

Schell to release final Cedar HCP today

SEATTLE -- Mayor Paul Schell today will release his final version of the Cedar River Habitat Conservation Plan. The product of years of study and months of public comment, the plan lays out management preferences for logging in the city's water-supply basin, stream flows in the Cedar River and a host of related issues. Joining Schell will be National Marine Fisheries Service Regional Director William Stelle; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Regional Director Ann Badgley; Col. James Rigsby, of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; state Department of Ecology Director Tom Fitzsimmons; and Seattle City Councilmember Margaret Pageler. Schell's plan must be approved by the City Council. The Council then passes it along for review by the federal government.

Anchor adds an engineer

SEATTLE -- Anchor Environmental, L.L.C. has hired engineer Bruce McDonald to provide management, engineering and construction oversight for a variety of projects. They include sediment remediation, upland environmental, waterway and coastal work. Anchor is an environmental, coastal and geotechnical engineering consulting firm. Its focus is on aquatic remediation and waterfront redevelopment projects. The firm is working on projects around North America, from the Northwest to the Great Lakes, Gulf Coast, Alaska and Canada.

Holaday-Parks

Field engineers Engwin Chang and David Edie have joined the controls department of Seattle-based Holaday-Parks. Chang was previously with Frasier Valley Heating of Canada. Edie moved over from the company's CAD department. In the service department, two service technicians were added --Eric Robinson and Scott Cline. The mechanical contractor is working on several jobs in the area, including the Schnitzer Corporate Campus in Bothell, Nordstrom's former downtown Seattle store, Seattle Children's Theatre Technical Pavilion and the 505 Union Station project.

May 24, 1999

BC Design

David Bates and Mike Calkins recently started BC Design, a Seattle-based design firm. Bates and Calkins formerly worked at Hornall Anderson Design Works. After three months in business, BC Design is hiring two more designers to help handle a growing client list.

Two Downtown

Two Downtown, a Seattle-based design and production company, has diversified its services to include exhibit development. Two Downtown designs and creates trade show exhibits together with interactive kiosks, informational displays and point-of-purchase fixtures for retail and museum applications.

May 21, 1999

Opus promotes Parsons

Opus Northwest has promoted Tom Parsons to vice president. He will provide strategic direction and oversee operations of the company's Seattle and Portland offices. Opus Northwest is an affiliate of the Opus group of companies, a Minneapolis-based design, construction and development firm.

Properties East

Oscar Uceda has joined the staff of Properties East, Inc., and will be active in the sales of residential and commercial real estate. Uceda was a real estate investor prior to becoming a full time real estate agent in 1995. Born in El Salvador, he studied engineering in college and has played on professional soccer teams.

May 20, 1999

IPC Designers Council

A local chapter of the IPC Designers Council, an international organization to promote the exchange of design concepts concerning printed board, printed board assembly and related national and international programming, recently opened in Seattle. For more information about the Seattle chapter, contact Christine Myrick at (847) 790-5322, or visit the website at http://www.ipc.org.