March 22, 2000

Design Detailings: Dodds Engineers changes name

Dodds Engineers of Bellevue has changed its name to Core Design.The new name "really suits our company," said Craig Krueger, principal. "We are responsible for the foundation -- the core services of a development, and our success is built not by just one individual, but by a core group of professionals."The firm was founded in the 1950s, and provides land planning, site engineering and surveying for commercial, residential and public projects. The company's projects include the Snoqualmie Ridge, Lincoln Square in Bellevue and The Lakes at Kent. Core Design employs more than 40 people.

SMPS looks at Internet marketing

The Seattle chapter of the Society of Marketing Professional Services is holding a series of marketing seminars the next few Wednesdays.Today, the topic, "How to Get Value from E-Relationships," will be discussed by Tony Aguirre of Microsoft's Business Solutions Group. He will talk about the Internet's effects on business and marketing efforts.The March 29 seminar will discuss how to encourage technical professionals to market their work. On April 5, SMPS tackles the topic of the law and marketing.All seminars will be held from 4 to 6:30 p.m. in the Rainier Square Conference Center, 1310 Fourth Ave. in Seattle. The cost is $50 per session or $180 for all four seminars (member rate). For more information or to register, visit the SMPS Seattle Web site or call Tosha Vandegrift of GeoEngineers at (425) 861-6000.

PSU looking for urban planning instructors

The Urban and Regional Planning program at Portland State University would like to identify a pool of professionals who are qualified to teach in the graduate program. Applicants should send a resume, a list of courses that the applicant is qualified to teach and a description of teaching approaches to: Sy Adler, Director, School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207. For more information, e-mail adlers@pdx.edu.

Shannon & Wilson cited for work on 'Big Dig'

Alexander Feldman, Gerard Buechel, Michael Kucker and Hollie Ellis of Shannon &Wilson with John McRae of Geokon Inc. have been awarded Best Paper at the 1999 Fifth International Symposium on Field Measurements in Geomechanics, held in Singapore.The paper, "Instrumentation Program for Boston Red Line Subway Tunnel," discusses Shannon & Wilson's design and installation of a unique instrumentation program to monitor the structural integrity of the existing Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Red Line Subway Tunnels. The project involves constructing six concrete immersed tube tunnel sections across Boston's Fort Point Channel. It is one component of the Massachusetts Highway Department's "Big Dig" -- an $11 billion project that will include 11 underground highway lanes, making it the nation's largest freeway project. Shannon & Wilson is a subconsultant to Gannett Fleming on the project.

Facilities management contest seeks entries

Entries are being accepted for the 2000 Facilities Management Excellence (FAME) Awards competition, a 16-year-old program sponsored by the Association for Facilities Engineering Foundation.Eligible participants are plant and facilities engineers and managers representing large and small industrial plants, hospitals, commercial office buildings, governmental installations and education facilities.Entries should reflect staff involvement on a facilities project completed within the last three years. Judges base their decisions on the project's originality, efficiency of problem-solving method used, measurability of results achieved, contribution to corporate objectives and applicability of the solution to comparable facilities.The nonrefundable entry fee is $65 per entry for AFE members and $80 per entry for nonmembers. Entries and fees must be postmarked by July 28 and received at AFE headquarters no later than July 31.For more information, go to the Web site or contact Gabriella Jacobs.

Chicago group seeks design for park

The Chicago Architecture Club is sponsoring its Burnham Prize Competition to solicit designs for Millennium Park, a park along Michigan Avenue that is being rebuilt by the city.Entrants are asked to articulate what a current and future vision for the public space could be.The contest is open to architects and architectural degree graduates under 40 years old who are residents of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Michigan, Ohio or Wisconsin. The registration deadline is March 28, and the submission deadline is April 11. The winner will receive a three-month scholarship to the American Academy in Rome.For more information or to register, contact: The Chicago Architecture Club, I-Space Gallery, 230 W. Superior St., Chicago, IL 60610, or go to the Web site.

AIA awards 2000 Institute Honors

Five individuals and two organizations were honored by The American Institute of Architects as recipients of the 2000 Institute Honors for Collaborative Achievement for exceptional contributions to the design and architecture community.The awards will be conferred in May at the 2000 AIA National Convention and Expo in Philadelphia. The recipients are: lighting designer William Lam, Cambridge, Mass.; acoustical designer Christopher Jaffe, Norwalk, Conn.; architecture professor and artist Douglas Cooper, Pittsburgh; researcher, planner, and consulting architect of judicial facilities projects F. Michael Wong, Beverly Hills, Calif.; pioneers in the field of color and architectural paints Donald Kaufman and Taffy Dahl, New York; the San Antonio Conservation Society, San Antonio; and the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Geneva.For more information about the 2000 AIA Awards program, call Robin Lee at (202) 626-7390.

Ellerbe Becket moves office in Seoul

Ellerbe Becket, a Minneapolis-based international architecture and engineering firm, has relocated its office in Seoul, Korea and added new staff.Company chairman Bob Degenhardt said the Seoul office will be used as a base to pursue projects in China, Hong Kong and Shanghai. The firm is providing architectural and design services for the 80,000-seat Guangdong Olympic Stadium in Guangzhou, China, a project currently under construction.The new office in Seoul will be staffed by principal Kyun Kim and staff from other Ellerbe Becket offices worldwide. Company representatives said the office will be fully operational within a few years. Locally, Ellerbe Becket is designing the new $430 million professional football and soccer stadium that will replace the Kingdome.