February 6, 2002

Design Detailings: Renton hires Rice Fergus

Rice Fergus Architects of Bremerton has been selected by the city of Renton to design Fire Station No. 12, a new fire station and emergency operations center for the city. The 15,000-square-foot station is located in the Renton Highlands at 1209 Kirkland Ave. It will include four double-deep apparatus bays, house the SCUBA team and have office areas for on-duty personnel. The overall project budget, including property acquisition, is $5 million.

Rice Fergus Architects’ expertise includes designing emergency service facilities for Bremerton Fire Department, Bainbridge Island Fire Department, Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue, Pierce and Kitsap Counties.

Lighting projects up for awards

The Puget Sound section of the Illuminating Engineering Society is accepting submissions to the 2002 International Illumination Design Awards. Each project is reviewed on its individual merit.

Submissions are due March 4. Contact Gloria Koch of ERW at (206) 767-7722 or Susan Rhodes of Lightwire at (206) 292-8177 for entry forms and program guidelines.

Swenson Say boosts Web visibility

Swenson Say Fagét, a Seattle structural engineering and consulting firm, is launching a new corporate image this month, marking its sixth year of business in the Seattle area. The firm’s new Web site features a new corporate logo and provides information on projects, news and employment opportunities.

Future plans for the site include interactive capabilities with a password-protected section, allowing clients to download and upload structural drawings and other documents. The site can be accessed at swensonsayfaget.com. The four-color logo and Web site were designed by Seattle-based Gage Design.

How to win projects at WSU

Find out about future Washington State University projects and what it takes to win them at the Feb. 14 program and luncheon meeting of Marketing Associates of Spokane. Jerry Schlatter, executive director, WSU Capital Planning and Development, will talk about upcoming capital projects and discuss the process WSU uses to select architects, engineers and contractors.

The meeting will be held at noon at Luigi’s Italian Restaurant, 245 W. Main, in Spokane. The cost is $15 for MAS members and $25 for non-members. Reservation deadline is Feb. 11. For membership information or to make a reservation, contact MAS vice president Richard Myracle at (509) 459-9220.

Library seeks artists for projects

The Seattle Arts Commission and the Seattle Public Library invite artists to apply for two different artist rosters for upcoming library public art projects. Applications for the Small Art Project roster and the Public Art Roster must be at the Seattle Arts Commission office by 5 p.m., March 1. (This is not a postmark deadline.)

There is particular interest in artists who want to explore, through their work, the meaning of a library as a democratic repository of information and an icon of community identity.

Small Art Projects is open to artists residing in Washington. Over the next three years, up to seven smaller art projects will offer emerging Seattle artists an opportunity to work in a public setting. The library is seeking artists working in one of the following ways: architecturally integrated work in permanent materials such as metal or glass; non-visual media including literary arts and sound, in collaboration with a visual artist or fabricator; new media such as video, digital work, light, or web-based work; artist-made building parts; and surface treatments including etching, murals or mosaic.

The library and Seattle Arts Commission seek additional artists in all media for their roster for five branch library public art projects. Those selected will be added to the existing roster of artists pre-qualified for library projects. Artists already on the library roster will remain part of the roster and should not reapply.

Applications are available online at cityofseattle.net/arts/funding/calls.htm or at the Seattle Arts Commission offices or branches of the Seattle Public Library. For more information, contact Lisa Richmond at 206-684-0998 or lisa.richmond@ci.seattle.wa.us.

Seattle Public Library is improving library facilities as part of a $196.4 million "Libraries for All" bond measure Seattle voters passed in 1998. The plan calls for expanding or replacing all 22 existing branch libraries, building five new branches and building a new central library.