Sep 06, 1999

Washington State Historical Society

The Washington State Historical Society announced Jean Gardner was awarded the Roll of Honor designation in recognition of her efforts in facilitating completion of the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma. Gardner is the first woman to receive the award created to recognize individual leadership, strength and vision.

Sep 03, 1999

Rotary Club

Local chapters of the Rotary Clubs plan to send a group of young professionals to northeastern Brazil in April 2000. The clubs are currently seeking applicants for this exchange. The exchange is designed to develop professional and leadership skills that will better address the needs of an increasingly global workplace. Persons interested may contact Warren Crain, 324-0303.

Sep 01, 1999

HDR Engineering

HDR Engineering has transferred project engineer Becky Hart from the company's Salt Lake City office to Seattle. Hart joined HDR in 1997 after serving as a civil engineering intern for the Utah Department of Transportation. Since joining HDR, Hart has been involved in the design of freeway bridges for the Interstate 15 North Interim Project, the Tooele Bypass and the Legacy Parkway in Utah. Three HDR employees have earned Professional Engineer status by passing the required examination. They are Kevin Collins, Allison MacEwan and James Nilson. Collins is a civil engineer with experience in transportation design and engineering. His primary area of concentration is in light rail transit and freight railroad design. MacEwan has more than 15 years of experience in environmental engineering, focusing on designing and modeling water resources projects. She has been involved with hydrologic and hydraulic analysis for railway systems and with modeling river basins for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Nilson's experience is in water chemistry and treatment technologies. His background is in investigating membrane nanofiltration and dissolved air flotation. He is currently involved with a pilot project on biological iron, manganese and ammonia removal. The firm has hired Carlos Wilcox as a draftsman and graphic designer. Wilcox has experience in creating orthographic projections and dimensional layouts as well as in isometric, descriptive and geometric drawing and three-dimensional visual basics. Founded in 1917, HDR Inc. is an employee-owned firm providing architecture, engineering and project development services for water, transportation, environmental and resource management, health care, justice and science and technology. HDR employs more than 2,300 engineers, architects, scientists, planners and other staff in more than 50 offices worldwide.

Elcon

James Smith, Brendon Inman and Rick Pitcher have joined Elcon Associates in Seattle. Inman and Smith join Elcon Associates as entry-level engineers. Smith is providing support on the King County wastewater projects and Elcon's computer network. Inman is working on the third runway and an airfield signs update at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Pitcher joins Elcon as a CAD operator. William Spurgat has been promoted to project manager. Spurgat, an electrical engineer, joined Elcon in 1992. He is currently the project manager and engineer for Central Washington University's Electrical Utilities Upgrade. His experience includes secondary and medium voltage power distribution systems, interior and exterior illumination systems, emergency and standby power generation systems, detection and alarm systems, communication and broadcast systems for a variety of government, commercial and institutional clients. Founded in 1975, Elcon Associates is a consulting firm of 36 employees. The firm is headquartered in Portland, with offices in Seattle, Los Angeles and Oakland, Calif. Elcon specializes in electrical engineering including power distribution, lighting, telecommunications, controls, fire alarm, security, emergency/standby power, medium voltage systems and other systems related to both campus style underground distribution and interior building design.

Sean Ragain, associate, joins the Portland office

Ragain is a registered geologist with 10 years of experience in environmental consulting. He has worked in the Portland area for the past three years, providing consulting services related to hazardous waste issues, contaminated soil and groundwater and property redevelopment. His responsibilities will include project and account management and business development activities. GeoEngineers is a 174-person firm offering geotechnical, environmental, geologic, groundwater and Endangered Species Act consulting services. Based in Redmond, the firm also has offices in Anchorage, Bellingham, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma and Portland.

Freiheit & Ho

Arthur Chang has become a principal at Freiheit & Ho Architects in Bellevue. After receiving his master's degree in architecture from Columbia University, Chang joined the firm in 1991 as a project architect for commercial, institutional and corporate projects. He is currently the project architect for LDS Meeting Houses in Snohomish and in Bellevue, the Northwest Asian Building in Seattle's International District and other office buildings in the region. Brandon Skinner has joined Freiheit & Ho as an architectural designer. Skinner is assisting architects Kevin Chow and Jules Landis on various hotel projects in Washington and California and on the Quinault Beach Resort in Ocean Shores. Noe Pegarido has begun working at the firm as an architectural designer. Noe is currently working on the design of residential projects. Michael Bartolome also joined the firm as an architectural designer. Previously, Bartolome worked for ADI Design Group in Honolulu, doing residential projects. He is now assisting project architect Rick Grimes on corporate projects. Established in 1985, Freiheit & Ho Architects designs commercial buildings and provides planning and interior design services.

Reid Middleton

Robert Scherzinger joins the Oregon office of Reid Middleton as a structural project engineer. Scherzinger has 25 years of experience specializing in structural engineering for commercial and industrial projects. His design experience includes equipment supports, hydraulic and containment structures, bridge crane runways and monorails, retaining walls, specialty foundation systems, and underground structures, such as utility tunnels and vaults. Scherzinger comes to Reid Middleton from Afghan Associates in Portland where he served as a senior structural engineer. Robert Galteland has been promoted to director of Reid Middleton's civil projects group. Galteland has been with the Everett-based firm for eight years, most recently serving as a project manager and a senior civil engineer. He has 16 years of engineering design, project management and construction management experience with expertise in commercial and industrial building construction, utility distribution systems and roadway design and construction. In addition to general site and building development, Galteland has worked in marine and airport construction zones. He served overseas and in the Puget Sound region as an officer in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineers Corps and is also a member of the Society of American Military Engineers. Founded in 1953, Reid Middleton is a structural and civil engineering firm headquartered in Everett, with branch offices in Anchorage and Portland.

Moore Engineering Consultants

Seif Mansour, a civil engineer, has joined Moore Engineering Consultants in Seattle as a trackwork design engineer working on Sound Transit's Light Rail project. Mansour was formerly working on transit projects in Vancouver, B.C. Leonard DiFrancesco, a sanitary engineer, has also joined the firm. DiFrancesco is leading the water and sewer system study on Seattle City Light's Boundary Hydroelectric Rehabilitation Project.

Pacific Land Design

Michael Crowson has become a principal in Pacific Land Design. Crowson joined Pacific Land Design in 1998 as a vice president. He has more than 13 years of experience leading site development projects throughout the Northwest. He is currently managing the land use entitlements and sitework design for over one million square feet of new retail buildings throughout the western United States. Pacific Land Design, located in Seattle, provides comprehensive planning, project management, and civil engineering services to real estate developers in the western United States.

Hornall Anderson Design Works

Chris Sallquist was named the newest partner at Hornall Anderson Design Works, Inc., a Seattle-based graphic design firm. Sallquist joined Hornall Anderson in 1996 as director of online media, a position he still holds in addition to his new title. Hornall Anderson has added several other members to its design and online departments. Included in its new hires are Emily Chaney, online producer; Hallie Bowker, associate producer; David Robeson, senior online producer and Tobi Brown, designer.