May 21, 2003

Design Detailings: June seminar: risk-based estimating

On June 20, the Washington Society of Professional Engineers will sponsor a seminar on risk-based estimating. Public agencies are trying to find alternatives to conventional estimating. Among the new methods is the "cost estimate validation process" that has been used by the Washington State Department of Transportation. This seminar will address the principles of risk-based estimating as well as how to produce a conceptual estimate.

Speakers will include Jennifer Brown of WSDOT, Dwight Sangrey of Golder Associates and Dennis Teschlog of KJM Associates. The seminar will be for engineers, architects, public officials, cost estimators, project managers and construction managers.

The seminar will be held at the Ramada Inn, Governors House, 621 S. Capitol Way, Olympia, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Registration is due by Friday, June 13. Contact Bill Breneman, 1103 S. Skyline Drive, Moses Lake, WA 98837-2350; call (888) 829.2852; or write to wspe@washingtonengineer.org.

Cost is $75 for WSPE members and $125 for non-members. For firms with three or more individuals attending, there will be a $15 discount per person.

EES celebrates 25 years

Economic and Engineering Services of Bellevue recently introduced a new logo, as the firm celebrates its 25th anniversary.

EES has been serving the Northwest since 1978 as a multi-disciplinary engineering firm, providing everything from financial expertise to infrastructure design and construction for utility clients. EES began with one office and now has five offices throughout the Northwest: Bellevue, Mount Vernon, Olympia, Portland and Tri-Cities. For more information, view the Web site at www.ees-1.com.

Brumbaugh honored for Redmond work

Seattle landscape architecture firm Brumbaugh & Associates recently won three awards from the city of Redmond's Design Review Board. The awards were two Superior Design Awards for the Safeco Redmond Campus, and an Honor Design Award for the Microsoft St. Andrews Campus.

Festival to show Louis Kahn film

"My Architect," a film about Louis Kahn, will be part of the Seattle International Film Festival. Kahn left a legacy of brilliantly designed and engineered buildings. Kahn's personal life was even more mysterious, and his death, alone and unidentified in Penn Station in 1974, revealed that he led not a double but a triple life. His son, Nathaniel, takes audiences on a personal journey to consider the contradictions of a complicated genius and eccentric parent.

"My Architect" shows May 24 at 6:30 pm, at the Harvard Exit and May 26 at 4 p.m. at Pacific Place Cinemas. Buy tickets online from www.seattlefile.com or from the box office.

New digs for Koppe Wagoner

Koppe Wagoner Architects recently moved from Western Avenue to 811 First Ave., Suite 615, Seattle, WA 98104. The phone and fax remain the same: (206) 344-5788, and fax (206) 344-5789.

Who pays for green engineering?

American Public Works Association's Management and Public Administration Committee will host a discussion of green engineering May 28.

The third annual Engineering for the Environment panel discussion will focus on incorporating LEED certification, green engineering and sustainable design concepts in past and future public works projects. From project costs to true costs -- who pays and who gains? As green engineering projects have become common, case studies are now available to examine of project, societal and environmental issues.

Featured speakers will be Paul H. Berry, senior capital project coordinator of the city of Seattle's Architecture, Engineering and Space Planning Division; Clarissa Easton, project manager of the city's Facilities Management Division; and Deanna Seaman, senior planner with Solid Waste Management at Snohomish County Public Works.

Cost is $25, and the event will be held at Rock Salt Steak House at Latitude 47, 1232 Westlake Ave. N. For more information, call or e-mail reservations to Robb Ashton, MRSC, (206) 625-1300, rashton@mrsc.org.