January 26, 2000

Design Detailings: CECW Engineering Excellence Awards tonight

The Consulting Engineers Council of Washington is holding its annual Engineering Excellence Awards banquet tonight at 7:30 in the W Hotel in downtown Seattle. An awards preview will be held at 6:30 p.m. on the second floor. Firms submitted projects in one of five categories, including studies and research; structural systems; environmental; wastewater and water resources; and transportation.

One firm will be nominated to compete in the awards program for the national Consulting Engineers Council. Local comedian and television personality Ross Shafer will be the master of ceremonies for the event.

The Consulting Engineers Council of Washington is a professional trade association representing 185 consulting engineering, land surveying and planning firms statewide.

Business psychologist speaker at CECW winter meeting

Judith Kennedy, a business psychologist with more than 15 years of experience working with organizations, will be the keynote speaker at the Consulting Engineers Council of Washington winter meeting today.

The meeting will be held at noon in the W Hotel Seattle on Fourth Avenue and Seneca Street in downtown Seattle. Kennedy will talk about the qualities of successful leadership and the traits that impede effective leadership. Following her presentation, she will hold a workshop.

New architectural firm sets up shop

John DeForest and Scott Ogden have formed DeForest Ogden design office, a new architectural firm in Seattle.

DeForest, a Seattle native, was previously a project manager with Stephen Sullivan Architects and has also been associated with firms in San Francisco and Connecticut. He is a graduate of Harvard's Graduate School of Design and Yale University.

Ogden was most recently a project manager with Wanzer Munizza Design Studio. He has worked for other local firms including Integrus and WaterLeaf. Originally from Ohio, he is also a graduate of Harvard's GSD.

Both principals are licensed architects with more than 18 years of combined experience in residential, commercial and institutional projects.

DeForest Ogden design office is located at 80 Yesler Way, suite 310. The phone number is (206) 262-0820. The firm’s Web site is www.do-2.com.

Arcade Magazine announces design competition

Arcade Magazine, a nonprofit quarterly journal about architecture and design in the Pacific Northwest, is sponsoring a design competition in which, it might be said, less is more.

On one sheet of 8.5-inch by 10.25-inch paper, each entrant should submit one plan, one section and one sentence describing a complete, designed or speculative building. The contest is open to any architect in the Northwest United States or western Canada. No pre-registration is required and there are no entry fees. Students are not permitted to participate, but unregistered architects are eligible. The complete prospectus is available on the Web site http://www.arcadejournal.com. The entries are due on March 2.

The jurors are Crystal Coleman, an architect working in Seattle for Zimmer Gunsul Frasca, Jerry Garcia, the principal designer at U.n.d., and Glenn Weiss, a writer on architecture at Seattle Magazine and Arcade.

The prize is publication in Arcade magazine. All legitimate entries will be published electronically for six months on the Web site.

Callison takes to the slopes with Calif. resort projects

Seattle-based Callison Architecture has been selected by Intrawest, the owner, developer and manager of resort properties, to provide architectural and interior design services for its newest project, The Village at Mammoth.

Located in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., the complex includes three multiple-story lodges with 265 residential units that surrounding pedestrian plazas and a gondola ski lift. More than 60,000 square feet of retail will front on the new plazas and existing arterial.

Construction is expected to begin in May of 2000 with completion scheduled for November 2001.

In addition to The Village at Mammoth, Callison, Intrawest and Mammoth Mountain are working together to build Juniper Springs Lodge, Eagle Lodge Base Camp and Sunstone Lodge in Mammoth Lakes. Juniper Springs Lodge is a 174-unit resort/condominium that includes a pool, sports facilities and meeting rooms. Eagle Lodge Base Camp is a skier day lodge consisting of retail and meeting space, restaurants and skier services. Sunstone Lodge is an all-season resort with 77-condominium units, pool and fitness center.

ASCE and Paul Dorpat highlight public works projects

The Seattle Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers is hosting on Wednesday, Feb. 9 a dinner discussion and slide show with local historian Paul Dorpat about interesting engineering works around Washington state.

The dinner will be held at the Ballard Yankee Diner, on 5300 24th Ave. N.W. The cost is $16.

The event begins at 5:30 p.m. with a social hour, followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. and a business meeting at 7:30 p.m. The program starts at 8 p.m. Call (206) 632-2667 for reservations.

The reservation deadline is noon on Monday, Feb. 7.

Light installation in Tacoma by celebrated local artist

“Winter, Season of Light,” by Iole Alessandrini will be on display until Jan. 31 in Tacoma on Pacific Avenue between 13th and 15th streets. For more information, call Jan Bussey at Tacoma’s Chamber of Commerce at (253) 627-2175.

Jenny Sue Brown Award goes to McGranahan CEO

The Jenny Sue Brown Award, the highest award the American Institute of Architects Washington Council can bestow on an architect, was given to Gary Chandler, president and chief executive officer of McGranahan Architects.

The award was established in 1992 by the AIA Washington Council to acknowledge architects in the state who have given extraordinary service to the professions and selfless effort in promoting and advancing a favorable climate in which to practice architecture. Chandler was a member of the Oversight Committee on Alternative Public Works Delivery Methods under Govs. Lowry and Locke and has served as officer, task force member, committee chair and board member on more than 30 AIA local, state, regional and national boards and committees. He also has been active in a number of public policy initiatives related to the construction industry in Washington.

Chandler has been with McGranahan architects for 19 years. His projects include the Pierce County Jail, the state Department of Ecology Headquarters in Lacey, Phase II of the University of Washington Tacoma Campus Expansion and the Denney Juvenile Justice Center in Everett.

King County art program seeks collection coordinator

The King County public art program is looking for a full-time collection coordinator to provide curatorial oversight and staff coordination for on-going maintenance and conservation, public information and database records for the county’s 1000-plus public art collection. The applicant must have at least 3 years of visual art administration experience. Excellent writing and communication skills are essential, as well as a comprehensive knowledge of contemporary art and an understanding of public art issues. The deadline to apply is Feb. 14. Questions may be directed to Cath Brunner, executive director, King County Public Art Program, at (206) 296-8680 or e-mail cath.brunner@metrokc.gov. The King County job line can be found on their Web site.

Asphalt Paving Association donates $57.6 K

The Asphalt Paving Association of Washington, which says it is the single largest source of scholarship funds offered to the University of Washington Civil and Environmental Engineering College, has selected 32 students to receive $1,800 in scholarship assistance. The award also includes summer job opportunities within the paving industry. Recipients attend the University of Washington, Washington State University, Gonzaga University and the University of Alaska. More than 100 students applied for this year’s scholarship program.

The Asphalt Paving Association of Washington is a nonprofit trade association of producers of Hot-Mix asphalt pavement materials.

Idaho D.O.T. declares CivilTech Corp. a DBE

Bellevue-based CivilTech Corp., a structural, geotechnical, and software engineering firm, has been certified as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) by the State of Idaho Transportation Department