Dec 22, 1999

Chameleon Visual Arts

Chameleon Visual Arts, a Seattle-based design firm, announced that it won a silver award in the 1999 Awards for Design Excellence, sponsored by Design Journal. The award is for Chameleon's creation of a six-foot diameter, rotating glass and steel globe of planet Earth for the Fossil Co.'s flagship store in New York City.

Baylis Architects

Johan Luchsinger and Robert Reed have been named principals at Baylis Architects. Luchsinger, who has been with the firm 16 years, designed the recently completed King County District Courthouse in Issaquah.

Reed, who has been with the firm nine years, specializes in custom residential and urban mixed-use projects.

Berger/ABAM

Frank Yang of Berger/ABAM Engineers has been promoted to Grade V project engineer. Yang analyses and designs waterfront and public works facilities. He is a project engineer for the temporary modifications of facilities for the new passenger-only ferryboats for Washington State Ferries.

Yanqiang Gao was promoted to Grade IV senior engineer. He received his bachelor's degree in structural engineering from Tongji University and his master's degree in structural engineering from the University of California. He is currently a design engineer for the dolphin replacement project for the Edmonds Ferry Terminal.

Kayoko Arima-Price was promoted to Grade III engineer. Arima-Price analyses and designs transportation facilities, including bridges, roadways and transit systems. She is currently designing the fourth-level exit ramp at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and the State Route 5 undercrossing for the Port of Tacoma.

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.

Fletcher Farr Ayotte

Mike Miller has joined Fletcher Farr Ayotte as marketing coordinator. He will focus on promoting sustainable design, libraries, transit-oriented development and historic preservation projects.

Fletcher Farr Ayotte is a Portland architecture, planning and interior design firm.

Mahlum Architects

Mahlum Architects has appointed three new associates. Working from the Seattle office are Robert Lober and Daniel Jardine. Gregg Stewart is in the Portland office.

Lober has designed healthcare, technology and educational facilities. Among his projects are the campus master plan for Evergreen Hospital Medical Center in Kirkland, a master plan for the Cornish College of Arts in Seattle and the design for the 777 engineering test facility for Boeing in Everett.

Jardine has worked in education and healthcare projects, including more than 50 projects for Valley Medical Center in Renton, and the Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle. His educational projects include the new 200,000-square-foot law school and law library at the University of Washington.

Stewart has been a project manager for commercial and institutional buildings, including schools, offices and government facilities. He was most recently project manager for two new elementary schools in Hillsboro.

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

Dull Olson Weekes

Renee Kroupa, educational facility planner for Dull Olson Weekes Architects, has been named an associate at the firm. Kroupa, who has 14 years of professional experience, has been with DOWA for three years. Her recent projects include programming and design of the New Bend High School and Middle School.

INCA Engineers

David Stensby has been promoted to associate at INCA Engineers. Stensby, who has been with the firm for two years, has more than 25 years of structural and civil engineering experience. He has managed commercial, industrial and fisheries-related facilities.

KJM & Associates

Kurt Brust has joined KJM & Associates as vice president of operations. Brust has more than 30 years of design, construction and construction management experience.

KJM & Associates is a Bellevue-based project and construction management firm with offices in Portland, Phoenix, Spokane, Irvine, Denver and Dallas.

Olson Sundberg

Three new architects have joined Olson Sundberg.

Brad Conway, a former intern architect at the firm, is working on residential projects.

Kathryn Nelson, who most recently worked on Microsoft's Encarta program, is the firm's new archivist and librarian.

Todd Waffner, who returns to the firm after participating in an educational exchange program in Germany, is working on residential projects.

Hewitt Architects

Daniel Moon has joined Hewitt Architects in Seattle. Moon specializes in retail and interior architecture and in commercial and health care facilities. He is currently working on the Overlake Park-and-Ride Transit Oriented Development project, which combines residential use with an existing transit center and park-and-ride lot.

Tina Song is another new employee. Song, who worked in New York and Singapore, specializes in commercial, residential and health care facilities. She is currently working on the King County Regional Communications and Emergency Coordination Center.

Charles Tantasavasdi is a recent architecture graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tantasavasdi has three years of experience in architecture in Thailand and has extensive knowledge of 2-D and 3-D modeling in computer applications for architecture.

Evan Brinkman is a recent graduate of Tulane University, graduating with a bachelor of architecture. Brinkman has also studied in Spain at the University of Madrid. He is currently working on Carpenters Tower, a mixed-use residential project in Belltown.

Olympic Associates

Daniel Clancy, architect with Olympic Associates Co., has passed the exam to become a Certified Value Specialist.

Clancy has conducted design charrettes for the Alaska Corp of Engineers and value engineering studies for the Port of Seattle, Seattle Tacoma International Airport expansion and multiple Alaska and Washington state school districts.

Prior to joining Olympic, Clancy spent more than 15 years with Bassetti Norton Metler Rekevics and NBBJ Architects.

Olympic Associates Co. is a Seattle-based firm that provides value engineering, project and construction management, estimating, scheduling and architectural services

Tetra Tech/KCM

The Seattle office of Tetra Tech/KCM recently hired Sherman Klaus as a civil engineer. Klaus has experience in roadway design and stormwater analysis.

Jason Harrell has joined the firm as a design engineer in the water resources group. Harrell's experience includes the design of process piping, drainage facilities, water lines and site grading.

The firm recently hired Tom Spangenberg as a civil engineer. Spangenberg has worked on a two-dimensional computer model of the Columbia River and a physical hydraulic model of sedimentation tanks for the city of San Francisco.

Michael Washington has joined the firm as a mechanical engineer. Previously, Washington worked at King County Metro Transit in the design and construction section.

The firm has hired Donald Larsen, who has experience in the heavy construction field in national and international markets.

Cindy Callan has joined the firm as a civil engineer. Callan recently graduated from the master's program of environmental engineering at the University of Washington.

Tetra Tech/KCM is a consulting firm of civil, structural, hydraulic and transportation engineers and architects. The firm has offices in Seattle, Kennewick, Spokane and Portland.