Apr 30, 1998

Private Valuations

Ken Osborne has joined Private Valuations, Inc., as a senior associate specializing in cost segregation services. Jeffers W. Lewison has joined the firm as a valuation analyst. Private Valuations is a Seattle-based firm specializing in business appraisal and valuation consulting.

Egghead.com

Egghead.com has entered into agreements with TheGlobe.com and Infobeat.com to expand their marketing efforts. The websites will integrate sales of Egghead's computer products merchandise.

Foster Pepper & Shefelman

Greg Powell has become a partner at Foster Pepper & Shefelman's Portland office. Powell concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate development, limited liability companies and general business transactions.

Holland America Line-Westours

Seattle-based tour company Holland America Line-Westours Inc. has appointed Brian J. Clement as director of Air/Sea Programs and Leon Gessula as director of Ship Inventory and Revenue Management.

Apr 29, 1998

HOK

Adrian Lam has joined the Redmond office of Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum (HOK) as an architectural designer. He has a variety of project experience, including tenant improvements, space planning and complete interior design services. Anastasia Allison has joined the office with interior design and space planning experience. She is currently on the project team that provides space planning, interior design and tenant improvement services to Microsoft. Ray Limonadi has joined HOK as a project architect. He is currently part of the design teams for Marriot Brighton Gardens Assisted Living in Bellevue and the Twin Rivers Correctional Institution in Umatilla, Ore. Mia Marshal has joined the firm as an interior designer. She has experience as a space planner and also as a furniture designer, lighting designer and model maker. She is currently providing interior design services for Microsoft, and has recently completed the new offices for HOK in the historic Justice White House in Redmond.

AGI

Dean White has been promoted to principal engineer at AGI Technologies (AGI) in Bellevue. He has been with the firm for three years, and is in charge of AGI's geotechnical engineering services. He is currently providing overall geotechnical project management for the proposed Third Runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. Curtis Cross has joined the firm as a staff engineer. He is working on closure plans for a landfill in Texas. Melanie Swanson has also joined the firm as a staff engineer, and comes to AGI from Fluor Daniel GTI. She is working on industrial wastewater treatment and stormwater drainage systems for sites in California and Oregon. Michael Hutchinson has joined the firm as a geologist and will work on hydrocarbon remediation projects throughout Washington. Chase Barton, also a geologist, has joined the firm to manage AGI's in-house soils physical properties testing laboratory. Wayne Rice has joined AGI as a laboratory technician, developing treatment processes and testing chemical monitoring devices.

Northwest

The Spokane office of Northwest Architectural Co. has advanced Keith M. Comes and William W. Rash to associate principals and Dana L. Harbaugh and Barnet G. Harding to the level of associate. Comes joined the firm in 1992 and has specialized in higher education, technology facilities and health care facilities. He is currently lead architect for the Animal Disease Technology Facility at Washington State University. Rash has been in the Spokane office since 1991. His experience includes health care, advanced technology buildings, higher education and military traffic control towers. He is currently leading design for multi-phased renovations at Eastern State Hospital. Harbaugh joined the firm in 1994 and has specialized in education and justice facilities. Recent projects include the Washington State Court of Appeals Building and the AAA Administrative Building. Harding, who joined the firm in 1992, has worked on elementary schools, banking facilities and health care facilities. Recent projects include a high school in Spokane and Deaconess Hospital Health and Education Center.

Otak

Jerry O'Connell has joined Otak Inc. of Kirkland as a project manager. He was most recently a project manager with Weber Engineering in Eugene, Ore. Kevin Kraxberger has joined the firm as an engineer in training. He recently worked with the City of Longview as a junior civil engineer. Jennifer Lutes has also joined the firm as an engineer-in-training. After receiving a degree in hydrology and water resources from the University of Arizona, she was a project engineer with Van Cleef Engineering Associates in Whippany, N.J.

Interface

Guy Mackenzie has joined Interface Engineering as a mechanical designer. A recent graduate of Montana State University, he is now working on John Muir and Helen Keller elementary schools and Whatcom County Fire District No. 7. Joe Cadden has joined the firm as a senior electrical designer and is now at work on the Tacoma Pre-release Facility, a Tacoma Fire Station, Gig Harbor Retail Center and Riverside Assisted Living Facility. Mark Gemeinhardt, a senior mechanical engineer and project manager, specializes in primary and secondary education facilities. Now that he has joined Interface, he is at work on two elementary schools, Sunrise Health Care, Cineplex Odeon Theater and Staples Office Supplies.

Architekton

Manuel Najarro has joined the staff of Architekton as lead HTML programmer. He will be managing the development and maintenance of Architekton's web-based design and construction document distribution systems. Manuel's previous position was with Northwest College. Ben Liston has joined Architekton as an intern CAD specialist for the PCS Design Group. He is a recent graduate of the ITT Technical Institute in Seattle. Aaron Hermanutz has joined the firm as an Intern CAD Specialist for Architekton's Food Service Design Group. Aaron is a recent graduate of the ITT Technical Institute in Seattle. Jacob Carroll has joined Architekton as an Intern CAD Specialist for Architekton's Retail Petroleum Design Group. Jacob is a recent graduate of the ITT Technical Institute in Seattle.