March 13, 2002

Interface Engineering

Interface Engineering has added a senior electrical engineer, senior plumbing designer and electrical designer to its Milwaukie, Ore., headquarters, bringing the local staff total to 100.

F. Joseph Sweeney, joins Interface as a senior electrical engineer. With 33 years of experience, Sweeney’s design experience includes lighting, power and energy management systems. In addition to retail, Sweeney has experience with higher education and hospitality projects.

His past projects include the Marriott Hotel in downtown Portland, the Valley Football Center at Reeser Stadium at Oregon State University, and the Washington State University campus in Vancouver.

Dennis M. Kangas, joins Interface as a senior plumbing designer. Kangas has 25 years of experience designing plumbing and hydronic systems for commercial, institutional, medical, educational and governmental projects. His specialty areas include medical gas systems, process water systems, research and university laboratories, and clean rooms. He is currently working on plumbing systems for a new elementary school and junior high in Estacada and a minimum-security prison in Lakeview.

Bill Homuth returns to Interface as an electrical designer after seven years in the Marshall Islands. As an employee of Johnson Controls and then Raytheon Range Systems Engineering, Homuth provided onsite design-build electrical services for government-owned mission testing facilities at the U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll. His areas of expertise include motor control circuits, airfield runway lighting systems, electrical distribution systems, lightning protection/grounding systems. Homuth is a certified electrical inspector through the International Conference of Building Officials and is a member of the International Association of Electrical Inspectors.

Payman Montakhebi has earned his professional engineering registration. Montakhebi joined Interface in 2000 as an electrical project engineer. With his registration, Interface boosts its number of professional registered engineers to 19 in Milwaukie and 26 company-wide.

Interface has 143 employees in offices in Milwaukie, Salem and Eugene, Ore.; Kirkland; and Sacramento, Calif. Interface also operates specialty practices in sustainable design, energy conservation, lighting design, building commissioning, testing and balancing, fire/life safety systems, code consulting and data/telecommunications systems