May 24, 2002

Seattle Design Center

Seattle Design Center's recent spring public preview raised $1,500 for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Seattle Design Center showcases furniture, fabric, accessories, architectural products and designer offices by 1,500 manufacturers from around the world.

May 23, 2002

Lake Washington Technical College

Lake Washington Technical College has been awarded a $40,000 grant from Boeing to upgrade software in its engineering graphics program. The Kirkland college will purchase work stations and install new three-dimensional design software for the fall quarter.

May 22, 2002

David Evans

Anderson

Service

David Evans and Associates, Inc., a professional services consulting firm providing multidisciplinary engineering and environmental services, recently named new officers in the Puget Sound region.

New senior vice presidents are Ron Anderson and Tom Service. Anderson, Bellevue transportation manager, has been in charge of delivering some of the Puget Sound region’s largest and most complex transportation projects, such as the completion of I-90 in Seattle and extensive expansion of the region’s HOV system. He is currently managing the I-405 corridor program, a $7 billion transportation improvements program.

Service, Bellevue survey manager, leads the Bellevue survey team on projects in the Puget Sound region. He has more than 25 years of experience and has worked on projects for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, WSDOT and Port Blakely Communities.

New senior associates are Linda Stroud, Rick Dickman and Randy Anderson. Stroud, Washington regional marketing director, leads David Evans' five Puget Sound offices in strategic planning, pubic relations and business development. Stroud has 20 years of experience in marketing for A/E firms in the Puget Sound area.

As the senior survey project manager for the Bellevue office, Dickman has 23 years of experience in land surveying and has managed large-scale transportation mapping projects, right-of-way establishment and preparation of legal descriptions for city annexations, right-of-way, land parcels and easements.

Anderson has been involved with the design and construction of public works projects since 1967. As the Tacoma office engineering manager, Anderson performs engineering design, permitting and construction management for site, utility, stormwater and roadway projects for a variety of clients. Prior to joining DEA, Anderson served as the engineering manager for Pierce County.

David Evans has also named new associates in the Puget Sound region. Bellevue office: Katherine Casseday, senior transportation engineer; Dennis Siplia, senior transportation engineer; and Sean Douthett, land surveyor. Tacoma office: Michael Davolio, senior planner; Daniel Scamporlina, landscape architecture manager; Matthew West, survey manager; Denise Storaasli, marketing manager; and Renee Kohler, office administrator.

Murase

Murase Associates has expanded its Seattle office. Lewis Stackpole has joined Murase as principal and manager of the Seattle office. He provides direction to the Seattle office for project oversight, client and business development. Stackpole brings 35 years of experience in urban/civic design, museums, cultural and performing arts centers, marine research laboratories and education centers.

Mark Tilbe has recently been promoted to senior associate. He has 13 years experience in the production and management of significant public spaces for urban, park, university and corporate landscapes in the United States and British Columbia. Current projects include the Immunex campus in Seattle, the South Terminal at Sea-Tac International Airport, Interlocken office and commercial development near Broomfield, Colo., Swedish Hospital in Seattle and Providence Hospital in Everett.

Dean Gregory has been named associate. He has nine years design, technical and management experience in landscape and urban design projects. His current work includes Beacon Hill Transit Station and Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Jordan Valley Park in Springfield, Mo., and San Jose International Airport.

Colette Middleton has been named landscape designer. Middleton has worked on a broad range of public and private projects in the Pacific Northwest. Her current projects include Immunex Corporate Headquarters and Westcrest Community Park.

American Institute of Architects

Merrit

Smith

A jury of the American Institute of Architects has named James R. Merritt and Michael E. Smith to its College of Fellows, an honor awarded members who have made contributions of national significance.

Merritt, of the Tacoma firm Merrittarch, is the current president of the Southwest Washington Chapter of AIA. He is credited with formulating many ideas and significant restoration of Tacoma's historic central business district. He rallied the local AIA for a freeway design that prevented compromising Tacoma's historic downtown district and waterfront.

Smith, of Bellingham's Zervas Group Architects, was responsible for regional and urban design assistance teams for downtown Bellingham. He has focused on public awareness for the Northwest Washington AIA chapter, which has seen growth increase 400 percent under his leadership. He has helped defeat several bills in the state Legislature that would have eliminated qualifications-based selections for contracting architectural work in Washington. He also helped establish AIA Washington Council's Annual Assembly, where attendees can earn continuing education units.

Association of Washington Business

The Association of Washington Business honored 17 companies throughout Washington for contributions to their communities. Winners include: Hendrikus Schraven Landscape Construction & Design, Bellevue; Ferguson Construction, Bellevue; Clark Nuber, Bellevue; MacroSearch, Seattle; CenturyTel, Seattle; The Bon Marche; and Safeway. The association also honored also honored Patrick Quigg, president of Grays Harbor Paper, with the Bruce Briggs Award. Quigg was honored for chairing a $10 million effort to build a new Grays Harbor YMCA.

May 15, 2002

McGowan Broz Engineers

Patrick A. Tilley has been named a principal at McGowan Broz Engineers. He has 20 years of electrical and specialty lighting design experience and has served as the commercial department manager for the past five years. His current projects include electrical and lighting design for the new Capitol Hill Library; electrical design for Seattle’s International District Village Square, Phase 2 project; and work at the new football stadium in Seattle. He also recently completed work for the Maple Valley Library, recipient of local and national AIA awards.

Engineers Northwest

Leslie Dempsey has been promoted to financial administrator. She joined Engineers Northwest in 1998. Engineers Northwest is a Seattle-based structural engineering consulting firm that provides service in 41 states, Canada and Mexico.

Sparling

Edward I. Snow II joined Sparling as a project manager in the technology studio. Snow has 35 years experience in telecommunications and technology system design for major commercial, educational, military and government facilities in the Puget Sound area. Snow’s current projects include the Bellingham Municipal Court remodel, South Seattle Community College Technology Center and the Idaho Water Center. Snow has been a registered communication distribution designer since 1987 and is a member of Building Industry Consulting Service International.

GeoEngineers

Eric Ginney joined GeoEngineers as a hydrologist in its Bellingham office. Ginney brings six years of experience in watershed assessments, river-reach planning efforts and geomorphic research. He has also worked on aquatic habitat rehabilitation projects, particularly for threatened and endangered species of salmonids. His interest in floodplain and river corridor analysis, restoration planning, channel reconstruction and hill slope processes will enhance the firm’s ability to provide these services.

Parametrix

Parametrix recently hired senior structural engineer Steve Wagner, who will be responsible for both project execution and business development in the Pacific Northwest. The addition of Wagner increases the firm’s structural engineering capabilities. Wagner brings 27 years of experience in the structural design of public works, industrial, and commercial projects. He has been responsible for structural inspection and assessment, structural scope development, design, construction observation and construction inspection.

CH2M Hill

Chemical industrialist David B. Price was recently elected to the CH2M Hill board of directors, at the firm's annual shareholders meeting in Denver. Price is former president of Noveon, Inc., which was previously the performance materials segment of the B.F. Goodrich Co. He was president and chief operating officer of B.F. Goodrich performance materials and executive vice president of the B.F. Goodrich. In addition to his position on the CH2M Hill board of directors, Price has served on the boards of Tenneco Automotive, Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis and Lukens, Inc.