August 25, 2004

Design Detailings: Public Art 4Culture

Public Art 4Culture is calling for artists for portable works and a project at Burien Transit Center. Artists are sought for site-specific work, master plans, facility art plans and collaborations.

For more information, call Greg Bell at (206) 296-8674 or visit www.4culture.org/publicart/calls/index.htm. Deadline is Sept. 24.

ASCE seeks input on design revisions

The Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers will take public comment this fall on revisions to three design standards: minimum design loads for buildings and other structures (ASCE-7), flood-resistant design and construction (ASCE-24) and calculation methods for structural fire protection (ASCE-29). ASCE-29 is a joint effort between the SEI and the Society of Fire Protection Engineers.

The public comment period is one of the final stages of the consensus standards development process.

To participate in the Web-based balloting, contact Eileen Boeing, ASCE standards coordinator, at eboeing@asce.org. Founded in 1996, the Structural Engineering Institute represents more than 20,000 structural engineers. ASCE, which celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2002, represents more than 133,000 civil engineers worldwide.

AIA Seattle Honor Awards entries due

Washington architects can submit recent work to the AIA Seattle Honor Awards competition. This year's theme is "Reflections," and entries should consider how designs reflect evolving forms of community.

A review of entries and awards presentation is set for Nov. 8 at McCaw Hall, Seattle Center.

The jury is: architect Ming Fung, of Hodgetts + Fung in Los Angeles, Mehrdad Yazdani of Cannon Design in Los Angeles, and Carlos Jimenez of Houston-based Jimenez Studio and a professor of architecture at Rice University School of Architecture. Architectural journalist John Morris Dixon will moderate.

Submittal specifications will be available Sept. 9. Submissions are due Oct. 22. For more information, visit www.aiaseattle.org/news_040601_honorawards04preview.htm.

Corps thanks OAC for saving money

The U.S. Department of Defense recently recognized Olympic Associates Co. for value engineering work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District last year.

Olympic's Peter Jobs has worked on more than 1,000 value engineering studies. Jobs has helped develop and manage projects with construction value over $15 billion.

Seattle-based Olympic has done studies for the Corps for more than three decades and helped develop a design charrette used by many of its districts. The company says that as a result, the Alaska district has saved more than $65 million in the last four years. Olympic works with U.S. military, education, transportation, wastewater and manufacturing clients.

Reid Middleton gets LEED

Julian Dodge, a senior civil engineer at Reid Middleton in Everett, was recently named a LEED accredited professional. Dodge is working on project management and project engineering for public and private sector clients. Reid Middleton's clients include cities, counties and agencies. The company has offices in Anchorage and Portland.