Dec 10, 1996

Alliance Communications

Alliance Communications has relocated its offices back to the eastside. The new office is located in Continental Office Park at 13333 Bel-Red Rd., Suite 105, Bellevue, WA 98005-2332. The new phone number is (206) 957-0654, fax (206) 957-0818, or e-mail at: Cheri4PR@sprynet.com.

Cohesion

Cohesion, a new Seattle-based marketing communications company, has been formed to focus on the marketing needs of companies which sell their products through channels such as dealers, retailers and distributors. Paul Wham, David Hughes, Shari Marion-Hoff and Dave Hafermann have all come together as partners of the firm and will serve as the company's executive committee.

Northwest Hospital

Northwest Hospital, a not-for-profit hospital located in North Seattle, has hired James Bowers as an internal medicine physician. Bowers' practice includes preventive medicine as well as a full range of specialty office procedures.

Saga/Port of Vancouver

Saga Forest Carriers has recently signed an unprecedented 3-year commitment naming the Port of Vancouver, WA as their port of call on the Columbia River starting in January 1997 for the export of forest products and other breakbulk cargo. Saga, a breakbulk carrier headquartered in Norcross, Georgia, provides market access to Japan, Korea & North Europe for cargo including lumber, paper, pulp, aluminum, and other non-containerized products. Saga will begin calling Vancouver twice a month at Terminal 3, which is operated by Marine Terminals Corporation (MTC).

TMG/Ciber, Inc.

Technology Management Group, Inc. (TMG) has merged with Ciber, Inc. Based in Bellevue, TMG is a regional Information Technology (IT) consulting services firm providing IT consulting services throughout the Puget Sound. Ciber is a nationwide provider of IT consulting services headquartered in Englewood, Colorado. The TMG headquarters in Bellevue will now serve as Ciber's Seattle branch office.

Seattle Public Library

The Seattle Public Library is once again serving as a collection site for donated toys for the U.S. Marine Corps' annual Toys for Tots drive. All branches of the library will be collecting new, unwrapped toys through Friday, December 20. For more information about Toys for Tots, call 764-7209, or visit the Toys for Tots Web page at http://www.toys4tots.org. For information about Seattle Public Library locations and hours, call 386-4636.

GLY

Barney Melnrick is a new project manager and Charles Blum an estimator at GLY Construction. Melnrick is a graduate of Montana State University and Blum has 22 years of construction experience.

Holaday-Parks

Holaday-Parks Inc. has made several additions to its staff. Connie Adams, Kevin Anway and Tim Garoutte have become members of the engineering department, supporting the mechanical contractor's design/build division. Terry Defoor was added to the plan/spec division as a project manager/estimator.

W.G. Clark

Three new superintendents have joined W.G. Clark. The trio includes Tom Lawson, Dan Strinden and Bill Tucker. Lawson has over 15 years of construction experience, Strinden 16 years and Tucker 24 years.

Army Corps

A change of command ceremony recently took place where Brig. Gen. Robert H. Griffin assumed command of the North Pacific Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Griffin will direct all Corps activities in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. He was previously chief of staff at Corps headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Arrow Construction

Arrow Construction is moving to Eatonville after Jan. 1. The contractor's new address is: 9920 330th St. E., Eatonville, WA 98328.

Report on MTCA reforms finalized today

OLYMPIA -- The legislative recommendations of the Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) Policy Advisory Committee will be finalized today at the committee's last meeting from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Tacoma Wastewater Treatment Facility, 2201 Portland Ave. The public is encouraged to attend and offer comments at any point throughout the day. The policy advisory committee's final report will be submitted to the governor on Monday, Dec. 16. Copies of the draft report will be available at the meeting. Dan Ballbach, presiding officer of the committee and chief operating officer of Landau Associates, said the final report will address a number of issues that could make the implementation of the state's cleanup law more effective. These include: expanding the use of site-specific risk assessments; developing cleanup levels for total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH); and adopting an area-wide approach to cleaning up sites in broad geographic areas that suffer from the same overall kinds of contamination. The report also will address the selection of cleanup remedies, liability protection for people who purchase formerly contaminated properties and the consideration of ecological risk when cleaning up sites in environmentally-sensitive areas. For information on how to receive copies of the final report, call Maxine Willis at the Department of Ecology at (360) 407-7172 or send e-mail to: mawi461@ecy.wa.gov.

Philip Environmental to acquire two firms

HAMILTON, Ontario -- Philip Environmental Inc. said Monday it agreed to acquire RMF Global Inc. and Intsel Southwest L.P. for an undisclosed sum. RMF, of Toledo, Ohio, provides industrial maintenance and cleanup services. It has annual revenue of about $62 million. Intsel Southwest is a distributor of heavy carbon steel products and generates annual revenue of about $130 million. Instel's primary distribution and processing facility is located in Houston. The acquisitions are expeted to be completed by Jan. 15. Philip, of Hamilton, Ontario, is a resource recovery and industrial services company.

NW Environmental Leadership Initiative

BELLEVUE -- A new project called the Northwest Environmental Leadership Initiative will be announced Friday morning at the International Standards Initiative meeting in Bellevue. The meeting will take place from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at AirTouch Cellular, 15800 S.E. Eastgate Way. The NELI project is an effort to get leaders from industry, regulatory agencies, government facilities and environmental groups to come together and address regional environmental concerns in a cooperative way. Selected "NELI Fellows" will participate in a year-long program in leadership development and awareness activities. "It's become clear that these groups really are not connected," said K.C. Ayers, executive director of ISI, the private, non-profit organization that is sponsoring the NELI project. "The idea is that the fellowship program will be a vehicle by which we identify who these emerging leaders are and then we get them involved in projects together, give them leadership training." NELI Fellows will be trained to lead, manage and support environmental initiatives which aim to align economic prosperity with environmental protection and social responsibility. A major goal of the project is to forge relationships between people from different sectors. "This way if a problem comes up in the future, they could call each other and say, 'What is going on here?"' Ayers said. "They could work collectively together rather than distrust each other." For more information on the NELI project or Friday's meeting, call ISI at (206) 392-7610.

Geologist joins Associated Earth Sciences

KIRKLAND -- William "Chip" Goodhue Jr. has joined Kirkland-based Associated Earth Sciences Inc. (AESI) as a senior project hydrogeologist. Goodhue is a registered professional geologist with 12 years industry experience in geology, hydrogeology and geophysics. His background includes management of hydrogeologic investigations, remedial design, turnkey underground storage tank program management, litigation support, regulatory negotiation and resource development. At AESI, Goodhue will manage environmental investigation, soil and groundwater remediation and groundwater resource assessment projects. Established in 1981, AESI has offices in Kirkland and Bainbridge Island. The company specializes in environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, hydrogeology, geologic consultation and geologic hazards. AESI has a professional staff of 35 people.

Urban environmental grants awarded today

SEATTLE -- Three local government agencies and 10 community groups will receive a total of $96,000 in grants at an awards ceremony at 2 p.m. today at the University of Washington Center for Urban Horticulture, NHS Hall. The grants are being awarded by the King Conservation District and the Puget Sound Urban Resources Partnership. The public is invited to attend the ceremony, view displays on previously funded projects and tour the "Homeless Youth Gardening and Wetland Restoration Project" site, which received grant money in 1996. The grant program is designed to support partnerships and environmental restoration projects in the urban areas of King County. More grants should be given out in the spring of 1997. Some of the projects that will receive funding at today's ceremony include:

• Citywide Sports 1A Advisory Council -- TREC: Teen Recreation and Environmental Challenges, $10,000. The project will get at-risk youths involved in planting trees as memorials to local youths who have died through violence.
• Friends of the Black River and City of Renton -- Black River buffer planting, $2,499. The project will restore and enhance the wildlife habitat in a wetland area along the former Black River.
• The Institute for Washington's Future -- Southpark Organic Cooperatiave Farm, $10,000. The project will establish a 4.5-acre income-generating cooperative farm in south Seattle where low-income immigrant community members are trained and employed in organic farming.
• TREEmendous Seattle -- Tree Steward Field Guide, $2,300. The grant money will be used to revise and publish the field guide used in the Seattle Engineering Department's Tree Steward program to train volunteers to plant and maintain trees in the city.

Ecology awards grants, loans to communities

OLYMPIA -- The state Department of Ecology has awarded grants and loans to local communities to help fund the following waste management, sewage and wastewater treatment projects:

• Grants totaling $1.12 million to Pierce County and the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department for a coordinated program of waste management projects, including educational programs on recycling and household hazardous waste. For information, call Patricia Dice at Ecology at (360) 407-6053.
• $118,781 in grant money to Lincoln County for a comprehensive program of waste management projects. Call Maggie Bell McKinnon, (360) 407-6058.
• A $300,000 loan to Mason County to help fund the repair of failing sewage systems. Call Cam Meriwether, (360) 407-6554.
• A $36,750 loan for the Diamond Lake Water and Sewer District in Pen Oreille County to prepare a wellhead protection plan. Call Nancy Weller, (509) 625-5194.
• A $13,900 grant to Enumclaw to help with waste prevention and recycling programs for businesses and homes. Call Diane Christel, (360) 407-6062.