Dec 07, 1999

Potlatch Corp.

Potlatch Corp., a forest products company with timberland in Idaho, Arkansas and Minnesota, announced the election of Anna M. Haney as vice president of manufacturing in the corporation's Minnesota plant. Haney has been with Potlatch since 1984 and has served in a variety of engineering, planning and senior production positions.

Dec 02, 1999

HarborNet/Click!

HarborNet, local Internet service provider, entered into an agreement with Click! Network of Tacoma to provide high speed Internet access, via new technology using cable modem service. It is now available.

Tacoma Power's Click! Network, offers cable modem network connection for local ISPs to meet the growing demands of their customers for affordable high-speed Internet access.

HarborNet has been in business as an Internet service provider for over five years, under the auspices of Peninsula Computers in Gig Harbor. Peninsula Computers is a 10-year-old business specializing in computer repair and service, web site design and hosting and networking solutions for personal and business clients.

For more information about HarborNet and their cable modem service call (253) 858-8839, send e-mail to clickinfo@harbor-net.com; or visit them on the Internet

Dec 01, 1999

Callison

Callison has promoted several senior employees to associate principal.

Leonard Ruff designs data facilities. Ruff recently designed Starbuck's Data Center.

Caryl Thornton Sherpa is a senior project manager who specializes in managing complex interior design projects for corporate clients.

Brian Ware specializes in the firm's new technology strategies as a programmer and manager in information services.

Callison is an architecture, planning, interior design and graphic design firm based in Seattle.

Hills Design Group

Rebecca Ettlin has joined Hills Design Group as a senior designer. Ettlin was formerly director of interior design for a mid-sized architectural firm. Since joining Hills Design, she has designed an interior remodel of the lobby and other public spaces at Kruse Woods II, owned by Spieker Properties.

Based in Portland, Hills Design Group provides space planning, interior design, cost estimating, construction documentation and project management services to private developers and public agencies.

Mahlum Architects

Anne Schopf and Michael Patterson have joined Mahlum Architects as principals.

Schopf, previously an associate and project designer, has experience in master planning, programming and project design for clients in commerce, education, technology and healthcare. She had planning and design responsibilities for the renovation of a historic building in Portland, a project which won an international design award. She also designed Mahlum's renovated offices in Portland and Seattle. Her Portland renovation won awards from the Portland chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the International Interior Design Association.

Patterson, previously a project manager, has been involved in the design of hospitals, laboratories, medical clinics and medical office buildings. His recent work includes educational projects, such as a 144,000-square-foot classroom building for Evergreen State College.

Mahlum Architects is an architectural, interior design and planning firm with offices in Portland and Seattle.

Parametrix

Darlene Brown was recently promoted to controller at Parametrix. Brown joined the firm four years ago. She is also one of four trustees who have fiduciary responsibility for the company's Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

Diane Lenius has been promoted from assistant office manager to office manager in the firm's Bremerton office. Lenius has been with the firm for 10 years. The Bremerton office provides professional services in water/wastewater engineering, transportation, environmental sciences, waste management, civil engineering and surveying.

Heather Catron has joined the firm as a public involvement/specialist planner. Catron has experience in report development, managing public involvement programs, project coordination, land use permitting and environmental documentation.

Kelson Na has been hired as a structural engineer in the firm's transportation business line. Na has designed several bridges in Utah, rehabilitated historic bridges and designed marine structures.

Based in Sumner, Parametrix is an employee-owned engineering, environmental sciences and architectural firm. The firm has several offices throughout Washington and Oregon.

WaterLeaf

Rocky Sheldon has joined the Seattle office of WaterLeaf Architecture & Interiors. Sheldon has experience designing healthcare, laboratory and complex technical facilities. He is the project manager for the new Tri-Cities Endoscopy Center in Kennewick.

Kimberly Truitt has also joined the firm's Seattle office. Truitt is the new office manager. Previously, she worked in the hospitality industry.

With offices in Portland and Seattle, WaterLeaf Architecture & Interiors provides planning, architectural and interior design and construction administration services. The firm specializes in the design of community centers, medical facilities, transit and industrial complexes.

Berger/ABAM

Lee Marsh was promoted to Grade VII project manager. He has experience in seismic assessment and design engineering, including background in structural dynamics and the seismic performance and retrofit of reinforced concrete structures. He is providing design services for the seismic retrofit of building and bridge structures at the Sea-Tac.

Abdul Chahim was promoted to Grade VII project manager. Chahim's project experience includes commercial, industrial and institutional facilities, as well as parking structures. He specializes in condition surveys, seismic upgrades and failure investigations for a number of public works projects. He is a project engineer for the Sea-Tac ground access and seismic improvements project.

John Bardi was promoted to Grade VI project engineer. Bardi has worked on numerous terminal, wharf and berth design, improvement and construction projects throughout the Northwest and overseas. Bardi is currently providing services for the piling, decking, crane beams and an in-haul system for the Bath Iron Works project in Bath, Maine.

Located in Federal Way, Berger/ABAM is a subsidiary of Louis Berger International, an engineering consulting firm based in East Orange, N.J. Berger/ABAM specializes in building, public works, transportation and waterfront projects.