February 5, 2003

Design Detailings: SWMB up for ACEC award for stadium

Skilling Ward Magnusson Barkshire is a finalist in the American Council of Engineering Companies’ 37th annual Engineering Excellence Awards competition for its role in design of the Seahawks Stadium and Exhibition Center in downtown Seattle.

The project is among 162 engineering projects in the U.S. being recognized by ACEC as preeminent engineering achievements for 2003. Judging is being conducted by a panel of engineers and architects, along with representatives from government, media and academia. Criteria include uniqueness and originality; technical, social and economic value; complexity; and success in meeting goals.

The 5,200-ton roof floats atop the Seahawks Stadium, dramatically reducing forces on the supporting pylons and foundations. Ends of the arched roof rest on pendulum damper bearings, designed to withstand the seismic characteristics of the Puget Sound region.

David Evans and Associates, Inc., of Bellevue, is a also a finalist in the competition, for leading the I-405 Corridor Program for the Washington State Department of Transportation.

The I-405 Corridor Program successfully mobilized a broad and varied collection of communities and interests to reach agreement on a long-term strategy to address travel needs within the fast-growing 30-mile corridor. Combining a transportation study with an environmental impact statement, the program identified 150 separate projects and actions, most of which involve transit and roadway improvements, as well as the option to add managed lanes in the future.

Headquartered in Portland, David Evans and Associates provides transportation planning/engineering, civil engineering, surveying, planning, landscape architecture and natural resources services.

Founded in 1910 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., ACEC is a national federation of 51 state and regional organizations.

Announcement of the 24 category winners, including selection of the Grand Conceptor Award for the 2003 top engineering achievement, will be on March 18 in Washington, D.C.

Local architects form new firm

The newly formed M/G Architecture designed renovations for Saint Paul Church and School in south Seattle. The project called for replacing the entire non-masonry portion of the building’s cladding system with translucent wall panels, aluminum storefront glazing and concealed-fastener metal siding.

M/G Architecture is a new partnership between Daniel L. Miles and Richard Glasman. Both began practicing architecture in the mid 1980s and met while working at Bumgardner, a 50-year-old architecture, planning and interior design firm in Seattle.

As project architects and project managers, the two have worked together on religious institutions, private schools, golf course club houses, office buildings and exhibition space. Both have experience working with historic buildings and new projects.

M/G Architecture is located at 2212 18th Ave. S., and can be reached at (206) 323-2173 or by e-mail at richardglasman@attbi.com.

Feb. 13 luncheon on business plans

The Feb. 13 program and luncheon meeting of Marketing Associates of Spokane will be presented by Harvey Meier of Harvey A. Meier Co. Meier will discuss creating business plans in today’s market conditions. He is a certified management consultant with over 30 years of senior management and business consulting experience.

The meeting will be at noon at the WestCoast River Inn, 700 N. Division St. in Spokane. The cost is $15 for MAS members and $25 for non-members. Reservation deadline is Monday. For membership information or to make a reservation, contact MAS vice president David Dowers at (509) 536-3853 or see the MAS Web site at www.maspokane.org.

Affiliated wins contract for Snohomish project

Affiliated Engineers NW was recently awarded a $376,000 contract by the Snohomish County Council to safeguard construction components within the County’s Campus Redevelopment Initiative jail project.

AEI will perform engineering services for commissioning the new jail building. Commissioning is testing of various construction components (such as fans, electrical and security systems, mechanical systems or elevators) built by separate sub-contractors, to ensure they work correctly without failure, are built to specifications, and meet the owners’ requirements.

The project includes construction of a Snohomish County jail, an administration building and an underground parking garage on the current county campus, 3000 Rockefeller Ave., in Everett.