Jun 26, 2001

Tiki Bob's Cantina

General manager Dan Reinharz announced that Tiki Bob's Cantina, a Polynesian-luau-themed bar and restaurant, is opening at 166 S. King St. in Pioneer Square. It features dance music and a "volcanic" dance floor as well as a menu described as "surf-Mex." Reinharz said the general activity in Seattle, as well as the new stadium now under construction, make the area attractive for new business. "The potential for growth in Pioneer Square is one we felt we had to take advantage of."

Seattle Parks and Recreation

Seattle Parks and Recreation is looking for ideas on a new name for North Seattle Park at 10556 Meridian Ave. N. The four-acre park has never officially been named since it was acquired by the city in 1969. Naming criteria includes location, historic or cultural significance and natural features. Parks may be named after a person who has been deceased for a minimum of two years. Parks Superintendent Ken Bounds will make the final decision. Suggestions must be submitted in writing by Aug. 31 and include an explanation. Send them to Michele Finnegan, Parks Naming Committee, 100 Dexter Ave. N., Seattle 98109. For information call (206) 386-1273.

Mayes Testing Engineers

Mayes Testing Engineers opened a new office and testing laboratory in Portland. The Portland facility features a fully accredited laboratory and a team of certified inspectors. It is headed up by James Standen, a 25-year veteran inspector and registered professional engineer.

NEEC

Three local engineers have been awarded "Building Operator Certification Level 1" by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Council. Included are: Vince Kirlin, a building operating engineer with the city of Seattle; Vinicius Singh, lead engineer with Group Health Cooperative in Seattle; and Shawn Stewart, Engineer I with Bentall US in Seattle. To achieve the certification, the trio received a year of training and project work in building operations. The certification is recognized by many Northwest employers, the state Department of Labor & Industries, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Affairs, and technical and community colleges in Washington and Oregon.

Jun 21, 2001

Getty Images

Getty Images, a Seattle-based provider of imagery and related products and services, announced the promotion of Lewis Blackwell to senior vice president, creative direction. Blackwell will drive trend research, art direction and editing of the company's visual content. Blackwell is the author and editor of several works, including "The End Of Print: the graphic design of David Carson," "G1: New Dimensions In Graphic Design" and "Remix: 20th Century Type."

Jun 20, 2001

Parametrix

Sydney Munger recently joined Parametrix, Inc. as a senior environmental scientist in the toxicology and risk sciences group in Parametrix’s Kirkland office. Munger comes to Parametrix from King County’s Department of Natural Resources, where she was senior water quality planner, instrumental in introducing the use of risk assessment as a decision-making tool in wastewater facilities planning. Most recently, she has worked to apply the risk assessment process to watershed water quality planning, as project manager for the Green River Watershed and Duwamish Estuary Water Quality Assessments.

GeoEngineers

GeoEngineers recently added Kimball Olsen as geotechnical engineer in its Redmond office. Olsen’s geotechnical experience includes pin piles, soldier piles and drilling. He also has experience in construction observation and soils laboratory work.

Mirai Associates

Mirai Associates announced the addition of four employees. Associate Bob Sicko will focus on travel demand modeling, transportation planning, demographic analysis and geographic information systems. Associate Lise Northey brings an extensive background in regional transportation policy and planning as well as capital programming and management. Intern Nicole Conrad will use her training in community and environmental planning to support Mirai’s transportation planning projects. Administrative coordinator Celeste Allen brings a background in library management and business administration.

FSi

FSi consulting engineers announced that Martha Rowland has become LEED certified through the U.S. Green Building Council. Rowland has 15 years experience in HVAC and design for health care, industrial, institutional and commercial facilities. FSi consulting engineers is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council.

Freiheit

Freiheit & Ho Architects announced the promotion of Mae dela Cruz and Lisa Stivers to associate positions. During the past five years, she has worked on various projects including Kirkland Gateway Building, 140th Plaza in Bellevue and the 405 Millennium Center in Renton. Cruz is managing the Northwest Asian Building project. Dela Cruz is also working on the Silver Lake Medical Building in Everett, the 20th and Yesler mixed-use building and the South Washington Street apartments in Seattle. While at Freiheit, Stivers has worked on various projects including 520 Kirkland Way office building, Infinity of Kirkland, Safeway Plaza at Maple Valley and Four Newport office building. She is managing the BF Goodrich expansion project at Paine Field.

AHSC McLellan Copenhagen

AHSC McLellan Copenhagen, a Seattle laboratory design firm, announced the addition of Zak Ovadia as a general manager. His experience in managing his consulting office in Edmonton, Alberta, is augmented by 12 years managing a capital projects portfolio for the Alberta government. His exposure to the state budgeting system as well as his introduction to higher institution capital budgeting requirements helped him develop a strong relationship with the University of Washington where he was a senior project manager for the last two years.

KPFF

Andrew Taylor has been named associate at KPFF Consulting Engineers. Taylor is working on four base-isolated laboratory buildings and the hydraulically damped Central Utility Plant at Immunex’s Research and Technology Center at Terminal 88. The buildings are part of the $500 million Helix Project -- the first phase of the new center -- which totals 1.1 million gross square feet and is expected to be complete in late 2003. He has also recently completed work on the base-isolated Data Center at Safeco’s Redmond campus.

Baylis

Baylis Architects announced the addition of an interior design manager, Barbara I. Browning. Browning’s background spans a 25-year career in German and U.S. architecture and interior design. Browning directed the interior design team for Palazzo I and is currently working on Palazzo II for Su Development’s mixed-use projects. Palazzo I, completed in October 2000, includes 94 condominium and penthouse suites. Palazzo II will provide 33 condominium and townhouse units scheduled for completion in December 2002. Additionally, she is working on the interiors for Waterford at Des Moines, a 44,000-square-foot steel and concrete multifamily project, which includes 10 condominiums and four townhouse units, scheduled for completion this month.

Harris Group

Seattle-based Harris Group Inc. has named Ronnie Knight vice president, forest industries, Southeast region. Working out of Atlanta, Knight leads Harris Group’s growth into the Southeast market. The consulting engineering firm has opened offices in Atlanta and Jacksonville, Fla., this year, partly to serve its national forest industries customers. A nationally recognized consultant, Knight has helped plan, build, and improve recycle plants, pulp and paper mills, and co-generation facilities. The company’s forest industries customer list includes Boise Cascade, Georgia-Pacific, Longview Fibre, Rayonier, Weyerhaeuser Co. and Willamette Industries.

Abacus

Abacus Engineered Systems has named Craig Williamson as new president and CEO. Former president of Abacus, Art Vertner, will take over as vice president of business development and will remain chairman of the board. Williamson is the former president of AEI Music Network, North America. Prior to that, he spent almost 20 years with Johnson Controls as the Pacific Northwest general manager, where he was instrumental in implementing one of the largest performance contracts in U.S. history, worth $150 million.

KPG

KPG has added several new staff. Lisa Theriault joins KPG as a project civil engineer for municipal roadways and site civil associated with solid waste projects. Theriault has experience on stormwater quality, hydrologic analyses, stream restoration and design of water and sewer and roadways. Benjamin Dorris joins KPG as a project architect/manager for the Cedar Hills Administration and Crew Facility for King County Solid Waste. Dorris has experience with mixed-use projects, maintenance and operation facilities. Jundel Castro joins KPG full-time after graduating from Seattle University Civil Engineering Department this month. Castro has been working as an intern with KPG for the past two years providing support for several roadway projects plan production.

Aimee Rush joins KPG as an entry level architect. Rush will be mentored by Greg Harry in municipal industrial architecture through the construction document development phase of the Klamath County Transfer Station in Oregon. John Samuelson, a recent graduate from the University of Washington Civil Engineering Department, joins KPG as an engineer in training. He will be mentored in roadway design and plan development by one of KPG’s senior engineers.

Sessyle Asato joins KPG as an entry level civil engineer from Gonzaga University. Sessyle will be mentored by Rhonda Young, who is now also earning her Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Washington