March 8, 2000

Design Detailings: New Name for RCA/Huitt-Zollars

RCA/Huitt-Zollars has changed its name to Huitt-Zollars. Former principal Richard Carothers recently retired from the firm after a 40-year career in landscape architecture.

RCA/Richard Carothers Associates merged with Dallas-based Huitt-Zollars in February 1998. Locally, the firm has 37 staff and offices in Seattle and Tacoma practicing planning, civil engineering, landscape architecture and land surveying.

Also, the firm's Tacoma office has moved to 302 S. Ninth St. in downtown Tacoma. The phone number, (253) 627-9131, remains the same.

ASEM & ASCE talk about liability and marketing

The American Society for Engineering Management and the American Society of Civil Engineers is holding a dinner meeting to discuss the liability pitfalls of marketing materials.

The event will be held Wednesday, March 15 at the Rock Salt Steakhouse in Seattle. Keynote speaker Duncan Findlay, president and CEO of Shannon & Wilson, will discuss federal and state statutes relating to unfair business practices with an emphasis on the design professionals' marketing materials. Findlay has been the company's legal counsel for over 20 years. Internet advertising will also be covered during the discussion.

Reservations are requested by March 14; call (206) 695-6670 for more information. The cost of the dinner talk is $23 in advance and $25 at the door.

SMPS sponsors study sessions for CPSM

The Seattle chapter of the Society of Marketing Professional Services is sponsoring a series of roundtables to help marketers prepare for the Certified Professional Services Marketer examination.

The exam will be held Aug. 9 in conjunction with the SMPS National Convention in Austin, Texas.

Each roundtable will focus on a different area of knowledge needed to pass the exam. The study roundtables are scheduled for the following dates, all at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesdays: March 14, April 11, May 9, June 6, July 11 and Aug.1.

The upcoming study session will be held at Shannon & Wilson, 400 N. 34th St., suite 100, Seattle. For more information about the roundtables, call Joanmarie Gorans-Eggert at (206) 633-6811.

City of Seattle seeks Design Review Board applicants

Applications for membership on Seattle's Design Review Board are now being accepted through April 3. Eight Design Review boards represent 47 members, which include community representatives, individuals involved in property development and design professionals. Board members convene in five-person panels, to hold public meetings and assist in the evaluation of projects subject to design review.

Local representative members are jointly appointed by Mayor Paul Schell and the Seattle City Council; these members represent community business interests and neighborhood residential interests from each of seven geographic areas within the city. Local representative members must be nominated by a community, residential or business organization.

At-large members, to be appointed by Schell and City Councilmember Judy Nicastro, are confirmed by the whole Council and represent each of these fields: development, residential, general community interests and design professionals.

To find out about current openings for these positions, contact DCLU's senior urban designer Patrick Doherty at (206) 233-3852.