Mar 26, 2002

Climate Engineers

Walter

Doug Walter of Climate Engineers is one of five nationally-selected experts that co-authored the recently released "Kitchen Ventilation Systems and Food Service Equipment Fabrication and Installation Guidelines" by the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association. The publication provides information in a non-technical format for inter-related professionals such as architects, contractors, building and fire code officials, building owners and facility managers. It also includes guidelines of industry accepted practice for making custom food service equipment used in commercial kitchens. Walter is Climate's specialty metals manager.

Mar 22, 2002

Kibble & Prentice

Tonya Stone has joined the Personal Insurance Division of Seattle-based Kibble & Prentice as an account executive.  Stone has experience designing personal insurance programs for individuals and families. Kibble & Prentice is a financial services firm.

South Bay Copy & Blueprint

South Bay Copy & Blueprint, a copying, display and presentation company, is relocating from 402 N. Washington to the corner of Fourth and Chestnut Street, Olympia, effective April 1. South Bay will continue to cater to architects and engineers, while at the same time upgrading services and equipment for large volume copying and large format, color printing. Dan Hayes is the owner.

University of Washington

The Nasdaq Stock Market Educational Foundation has given its first-ever grant to help create a virtual trading room at the University of Washington Business School. The $250,000 grant will help support a trading room designed to give students first-hand experience with financial markets. Similar labs have been set up at a handful of other business schools in recent years. The trading room is slated to open in the fall and will be located close to the school’s new e-business lab.

Mar 20, 2002

KPFF

Frank S. Petrie has been named associate at KPFF Consulting Engineers. He has 25 years experience designing, managing and constructing industrial, commercial, transportation and utility projects.

Petrie is managing KPFF’s on-call contracts with Washington State Ferries, under which KPFF provides engineering for ferry terminal maintenance and construction. He is also serving as the project manager and owner’s representative for design and construction of four general aviation hangars at King County International Airport. Petrie provided construction-monitoring services to WSDOT for emergency earthquake repairs to the Alaskan Way Viaduct.

Northwest Architectural

Northwest Architectural Co. in Spokane has named Bruce B. Turner as principal. Turner is a licensed electrical engineer who joined the firm in 1996 to lead the electrical engineering subsidiary of the firm, NAC Engineering. Turner has designed electrical and communication systems for several of NAC’s education projects including Central Valley High School, University High School in Spokane and Emerald Ridge High School in Puyallup. Health care experience includes projects for Holy Family Hospital, Sacred Heart Medical Center and Eastern State Hospital.

Recently named associates are: James Choate-Deeds, John Brineman and RoxAnne Wachholz.

Choate-Deeds joined the firm in 2001 and is a 1988 graduate of the University of Idaho. In the past year with the firm, he has served as project manager for the Valley Hospital Medical Center addition and remodel in Spokane, and modernizations of the Windsor and Betz Elementary Schools in Cheney. Choate-Deeds is an expert on sustainable architecture and daylighting design.

Brineman is a 1989 graduate of the University of the State of New York and the firm's information systems manager.He was formerly an AutoCad instructor at ITT Technical Institute in Spokane.

Wachholz is the firm’s computer systems specialist and the network administrator in both the Spokane and Seattle offices. Wachholz joined the firm in 1997 and holds a degree in landscape architecture from Washington State University.

Northwest Architectural Co. is a 90-person architectural and interior design, planning and electrical engineering firm with offices in Seattle, Spokane and Coeur d'Alene

Brown and Caldwell

Nancy Walker has joined Brown and Caldwell as the Seattle office manager. In this role, Walker provides direction and guidance to the Seattle staff for project oversight, client satisfaction, business development and cost management. In addition, she looks for opportunities for BC to provide environmental and engineering consulting services to private, municipal and federal agencies. These services include water and wastewater engineering, infrastructure upgrades, asset management, regulatory compliance and permitting, storm water plans and permits, habitat restoration and mitigation, contamination investigation and restoration, and environmental management plans.

Michael O’Neal has recently rejoined the Seattle BC office. He has 30 years experience managing water, wastewater and storm water treatment and conveyance projects in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska. He has worked as a civil engineer in both the public and private sectors, and has managed the planning, design, and construction of projects ranging from thousands of dollars to over $10 million. O'Neal will continue to provide project planning and design services to utility clients. From a broad base of knowledge of utility infrastructure design, operation and management, he will also assist clients with the increasing demand for efficiency and new regulations

Mar 13, 2002

SSA Acoustics

Anita Perkins with SSA Acoustics was recently awarded her Professional Engineering certification. She was promoted to become the newest consultant at SSA Acoustics.

SSA Acoustics provides consulting services in architectural, mechanical and environmental acoustics, sound and audio/video system design. The firm specializes in multi-family/mixed-use projects, education facilities, HVAC, and mechanical noise control and vibration analysis.

Interface Engineering

Interface Engineering has added a senior electrical engineer, senior plumbing designer and electrical designer to its Milwaukie, Ore., headquarters, bringing the local staff total to 100.

F. Joseph Sweeney, joins Interface as a senior electrical engineer. With 33 years of experience, Sweeney’s design experience includes lighting, power and energy management systems. In addition to retail, Sweeney has experience with higher education and hospitality projects.

His past projects include the Marriott Hotel in downtown Portland, the Valley Football Center at Reeser Stadium at Oregon State University, and the Washington State University campus in Vancouver.

Dennis M. Kangas, joins Interface as a senior plumbing designer. Kangas has 25 years of experience designing plumbing and hydronic systems for commercial, institutional, medical, educational and governmental projects. His specialty areas include medical gas systems, process water systems, research and university laboratories, and clean rooms. He is currently working on plumbing systems for a new elementary school and junior high in Estacada and a minimum-security prison in Lakeview.

Bill Homuth returns to Interface as an electrical designer after seven years in the Marshall Islands. As an employee of Johnson Controls and then Raytheon Range Systems Engineering, Homuth provided onsite design-build electrical services for government-owned mission testing facilities at the U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll. His areas of expertise include motor control circuits, airfield runway lighting systems, electrical distribution systems, lightning protection/grounding systems. Homuth is a certified electrical inspector through the International Conference of Building Officials and is a member of the International Association of Electrical Inspectors.

Payman Montakhebi has earned his professional engineering registration. Montakhebi joined Interface in 2000 as an electrical project engineer. With his registration, Interface boosts its number of professional registered engineers to 19 in Milwaukie and 26 company-wide.

Interface has 143 employees in offices in Milwaukie, Salem and Eugene, Ore.; Kirkland; and Sacramento, Calif. Interface also operates specialty practices in sustainable design, energy conservation, lighting design, building commissioning, testing and balancing, fire/life safety systems, code consulting and data/telecommunications systems