Feb 01, 1996

Department of Housing & Human Services

Martha Dilts, longtime housing advocate, has been appointed to head up the Housing and Community Services Division, which administers programs in areas such as services for individuals and families who are homeless, weatherization, energy assistance, for the Department of Housing and Human Services. For 17 years, Dilts was executive director of Seattle Emergency Housing Service (SEHS), a nonprofit agency responsible for providing emergency shelter, transitional housing, care management, and specialized support services for homeless families. She co-chaired the Governor's Housing Task Force and served on several state task forces on homelessness as well as Mayor Rice's Partnership for Homeless People.

McCann-Erickson

McCann-Erickson Seattle's Media Department has promoted three members of its staff. Carolyn Yasui has been promoted to associate media director. She has been with McCann for 13 years, most recently as media supervisor. Sloane Stegen has been promoted to media planner. She joined the company in 1994 as media coordinator, and was promoted to assistant planner last year. And, Greg Tamura has been promoted to assistant media planner. He joined McCann as media coordinator last year.

Wizards of the Coast Inc.

Renton-based Wizards of the Coast Inc., a company that created Magic: The Gathering, a trading card game released in August 1993 which has been translated into six languages, has opened its third European office in Paris, France. France is the only country in Europe or North America where the product will be shipped directly to retailers. The Paris office, made up of ten individuals, will be managed by Yves Cognard, a game industry professional. Wizards of the Coast opened its first European office in April 1994 in Glasgow, Scotland. The second European office was opened in September 1994 in Antwerp, Belgium.

Active Graphics

Active Graphics, a Bellevue-based advertising design and marketing solutions company, has appointed Michael Stevens to the position of project manager. Stevens has most recently worked as an independent designer doing commercial projects for such companies as Hormel Foods, Johnson Controls, and Symbol Technologies.

WICI

The Seattle Professional Chapter and the University of Washington Student Chapter of Women In Communications Inc. (WICI), dedicated to promoting the advancement of women in all fields of communications, will host a President's Day Celebration at the University of Washington Waterfront Activities Center on Monday, February 12, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Attendees will hear professional, retired, and student members discuss the benefits of WICI. The celebration will also honor current and past WICI presidents. For more information, call Women in Communications Inc. at (206) 298-4966, extension 3.

Jan 31, 1996

Seattle Engineering Department

Daryl Grigsby will officially take over Feb. 5 as director of the City of Seattle's Transportation Division. The division is in charge of the city's roads, bridges, traffic signals and other parts of its transportation system. Grigsby has been manager of the Water Pollution Control Division of King County since 1993.

SDA

Terry Bolender, office manager for Sellen Construction Company, has been installed as national president of the Society of Design Administration. She began her career as a design administrator in 1980 with a Seattle architectural firm before joining Sellen. Her association with SDA also began in 1980, and she has since held numerous local and national positions.

Trends in construction contracts

The Northwest Wall and Ceiling Bureau is hosting a Feb. 8 seminar in Bellevue on current trends in construction contracts. The half-day seminar is designed to deal with issues such as contract documents, timing and changes to the contract between the contractor and the subcontractor. The program will be presented by Geoffrey Chism, Daniel Jacobson and Arnold Hedeen, all of the Seattle law firm Chism Jacobson & Johnson. The event will run from 8:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Cost is $25 for NWCB members and $40 for non-members. It will be held at the Bellevue Hilton Hotel (100 112th Ave. N.E.). For further information, contact NWCB at (206) 524-4243.

Construction quality management

The Associated General Contractors of Washington Education Foundation is offering a Feb. 9 class on construction quality management for contractors who want to be approved as quality control managers for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Topics of the course include what construction quality management is, quality management planning, contractor and government responsibilities, control versus inspection, and quality management during construction. Course instructors are Dick Baker, chief of the Construction Division of the Seattle District Corps of Engineers, and Jim Ulrich, a civil engineer with the Seattle District Corps. The program will run from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will be held at the Seattle AGC Building, 1200 Westlake Ave. N. Cost is $75 per person. For further information, contact Dawn Townsend at the Corps of Engineers in Seattle, (206) 764-3470.

Culvert inspection class

Transportation Partnership in Engineering Education Development, an ongoing program of short courses for public agencies and the private sector in traffic and transportation engineering, is offering "Inspection of Existing Culverts" at two locations in February. The course covers the inspection of cross drains, storm drains and culvert/small bridge type facilities ranging in size from 6 inches to multiple arch or box structures. National Bridge Inspection Standards as well as good state and local agency inspection practices, including formats for follow-up programming and budgeting, are covered. Class will be held Feb. 1-2 in Richland and Feb. 8-9 in Vancouver. Cost of the class is $180 for public agency staff and $330 for others. For further information, contact Engineering Professional Programs at (206) 543-5539 or Jim McManus, TRANSPEED program manager, at (206) 543-3747.

OSHA competency training

The AGC of Washington is offering a 10-hour OSHA competency training course to help contractors meet jobsite "competent person" standards. The standard is a requirement of OSHA in order to qualify for its Focused Inspection program. Topics will include fall protection, excavation and trenching, personal protective equipment, electrical safety, fire protection and prevention, and hazard communication. The course will be held in Seattle Feb. 12, 14 and 19. On the first night, class will run from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. On the second and third sessions, class will run from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Cost per person is $150. Attendance is limited to AGC members only. For further information, contact the safety assistant at the AGC by calling (206) 284-0061 or (800) 562-2868.

Flagger training

Bellevue Community College is offering a class on flagger training at its campus at 3000 Landerholm Circle S.E. Class is scheduled from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Feb. 7 and from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Feb. 10. Registration is $35. To register, call BCC Continuing Education at (206) 641-2263.

Hydrology, roadway drainage design

TRANSPEED is offering a three-day course on hydrology and basic roadway drainage design in Vancouver. The Feb. 5-7 class offers hands-on experience using hydrologic methods with discussions and demonstrations of unit hydrographs, flood hydrographs and hydrograph applications. Cost of the class is $210 for public agency staff and $380 for others. For further information, contact Engineering Professional Programs at (206) 543-5539 or Jim McManus, TRANSPEED program manager, at (206) 543-3747.

Merritt+Pardini

Merritt+Pardini has hired architect Gary Schaefer and planner Richard Ramsey, who will join the staff of the Seattle office, now located to Lenora Square. Previously director of architecture at TRA, Schaefer will be principal-in-charge of the Seattle office. Since joining the firm, he has been working on the Lacey Transit Center for Intercity Transit, The Downtown Bellingham Transit Center Expansion for Whatcom Transportation Authority, and a review of design guidelines for Mercer Island. Ramsey is principal-in-charge of planning services. His most recent position was director of planning at TRA. Ramsey is a registered landscape architect and a certified planner. Since joining Merritt+Pardini, Ramsey has been responsible for the development of a master plan for Asarco smelter property in Tacoma and in Ruston, Washington, and for the development of design guidelines for the Port of Olympia's Budd Inlet. Both Ramsey and Schaefer first worked with Merritt+Pardini in 1987 for the planning and design of the Federal Courthouse at Tacoma Union Station.

KPFF

Ari Steinberg has joined the civil engineering team of KPFF's Seattle office as program manager for a major terminal expansion project at the Port of Long Beach in California. Steinberg's experience includes economic analysis, master planning and design of projects in marine environments, and he has been responsible for marine facilities throughout the world.

SRG

SRG Partnership of Portland has named four associates in the firm. G. Jane Jarrett has joined the firm as business development director. With 20 years of experience in Portland's arts community, she has recently returned to the Northwest after four years managing Stage One, a professional theater for young people in Louisville, Kentucky. Before leaving Portland, Jarrett worked for ten years as public relations and development director for the Portland Center for the Performing Arts. Kathryn Krygier has joined the firm's project management group and is currently active on a project for Oregon State University's Valley Library. Prior to joining the firm, she was an architect and project manager at Zimmer Gunsul Frasca. James Cox joins SRG as a project architect, and is at work on the Veteran Administration Medical Center's new Cancer Research Building. His background includes four years as job captain and project architect with Zimmer Gunsul Frasca and five years with GBD Architects. Taking responsibility as SRG's construction administration manage is David C. McCarthy, who is now working on Oregon Episcopal School's new Middle School and The Evergreen School in Seattle. He was formerly with Soderstrom and BOORA Architects.

ASID

Donna Koziol of Peter Swindley Architecture & Interiors has been elected the new president of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Washington State Chapter for 1995-1996. She has been principal if Inside Dimensions of Bellevue and taught in the Bellevue Community College Interior Design Program. She has also been corporate interior designer for Safeco Insurance, Co. Judy Gowdy, of J.C. Gowdy Interiors has been named president-elect for the chapter. Prior to starting her own firm, Gowdy was a senior designer and manager at David Weatherford Antiques & Interiors.

Walker

Craig Berry has joined Walker & Associates, a photogrammetry firm, as project manager. Berry, a graduate of Evergreen State College, is past president of te American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Puget Sound Chapter. He is also the past chair of the Washington State Section of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. His current projects include the Seattle Water Department's main line mapping, the City of Seattle's digital orthophoto project and several assignments for federal agencies such as the Corps of Engineers and the Department of Energy.