May 05, 1998

Ferguson

Ferguson Construction has brought on board several new employees. Raymond Burdick and Greg Williams have joined as project engineers, and Mary Warthin has rejoined the company to provide on-site project management. Burdick is working on a Home Depot store in Bellingham, Williams is doing an addition for Costco Wholesale and Warthin is assisting with a Home Depot store in Silverdale. Williams is a graduate of California Polytechnic Institute and Burdick is a graduate of the University of Minnesota. Both have over five years of experience in construction. Warthin has over 25 years of industry experience.

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Three new accounting staff members were recently hired at Lease Crutcher Lewis. Tom Dilts is the company's new controller, Sue Bernardo is its accounting supervisor and Phil Ogdee is its accounting manager. Dilts has 16 years of accounting and finance experience, and holds a masters' degree in finance and bachelor's degree in economics, both from the University of Illinois. Bernardo holds a degree in finance from the University of Hawaii, and Ogdee holds a bachelor's degree from Pan American University. Both hold CPA designations.

CGC

Judy McDonald, chapter coordinator for the Council of Growing Companies and administrative assistant for Ferguson Construction, was presented recently with the Outstanding Chapter Coordinator Award at the council's 1997 Annual National Conference in San Francisco. The not-for-profit membership organization is geared exclusively for CEOs who run successful, fast-growing companies.

Norman B. Sandler Architects

Elisabeth Beers, interior design principal at Norman B. Sandler Architects, received the 1998 Gold Award of Excellence for Residential Design from the Washington State Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers. Beers earned the award based on the interior design of a residence in Phoenix.

Showplace Design and Remodeling

Bruce and Becky Kelleran, owners of Showplace Design and Remodeling in Redmond, are celebrating the 20-year anniversary of their business. Showplace specializes in kitchen and bath remodeling.

Palomino Euro Bistro

Palomino Euro Bistro, a Seattle restaurant, has named Mike Bryan executive chef. Bryan is responsible for menu and recipe development as well as food quality and preparation.

Fantasticker

A new pressure-sensitive sticker is being test marketed in Seattle, promoting the logo of the Seattle Supersonics during their playoff bid, as well as University of Washington Husky trademarks. About 20,000 stickers are being handed out free to ticket holders at Sonics games. The waterproof stickers bond to any flat surface, including skin, and can last up to a week. Kelvin Shinn, president of Kelvin K Corp., is importing Fantasticker into the U.S. The Seattle-based company is the exclusive U.S. patent applicant and distributor of the sticker. Shinn said it took 18 months to develop the sticker which was also tested in South Korea during the playoffs of a sports team. Shinn hopes one day to broaden his line of stickers from sports logos to cartoon characters.

Are you feeling the heat?

SEATAC -- "Environmental Management and Compliance in the Real World -- Life in the 'Hot Seat"' is the theme of an upcoming conference sponsored by the Association of Washington Business (AWB). AWB's 7th annual environmental conference is set for 8 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. June 2 at the Sea-Tac Marriott Hotel at 3201 S. 176th in SeaTac. The conference will provide information on how to prevent costly lawsuits, plan and implement environmental management systems, work effectively with outside consultants and attorneys, and respond effectively to inspections, citizen complaints and agency enforcement. The special guest speaker at the conference will be former Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison "Jack" Schmitt. The last man to walk on the moon, Schmitt became NASA's chief scientist in 1973. After leaving NASA, Schmitt entered politics and was elected to the U.S. Senate. In 1993, Schmitt helped establish The Annapolis Center in Maryland. The Center's main mission is to promote the proper use of risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis when assessing environmental, health and human safety issues. Cost of the conference is $125 for AWB members and $150 for non-members. To register by phone, call (800) 521-9325.

Ace Tank to pay for cleanup work

TACOMA -- Ace Tank & Equipment Co., a Seattle company that distributes petroleum equipment and sells and manufactures steel tanks, is about to wade into the world of Commencement Bay cleanup activities. Ace Tank is one of 62 businesses being relocated off Harbor Island by the Port of Seattle to make way for the Port's expansion of Terminal 18. Ace Tank plans to move to the Tacoma Boat property on the Hylebos Waterway, which is part of the Commencement Bay Nearshore/Tideflats Superfund site. The 61-year-old business also will maintain another location on Elliott Avenue in Seattle. The Tacoma Boat site is a 19-acre property with 800 feet of shoreline. Tacoma Boat did shipbuilding at the property from 1970 to the late 1980s and went on to file for bankruptcy in 1992. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is now seeking public comment on a proposed prospective purchaser agreement for the site. Without the agreement, Ace Tank would be faced with potential liability for the Commencement Bay sediment cleanup. Under the agreement, Ace Tank has committed to spend a total of $805,000 on the following activities:

• $295,000 for upland cleanup under a consent decree with the Department of Ecology; and
• $510,000 to excavate sandblast grit in the open intertidal area. The sediments are contaminated with arsenic, zinc and copper.

Ace Tank also will pay an additional $130,000 which will be split evenly between the EPA and the following Natural Resource Trustees: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Puyallup and Muckleshoot tribes. Written comments on the prospective purchaser agreement should refer to Tacoma Boat and should be sent by May 22 to: Elizabeth McKenna, EPA, Office of Regional Counsel MS/ORC-158, 1200 Sixth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101.

Hart Crowser promotes Doug Hillman

SEATTLE -- Doug Hillman has been promoted to the position of manager of industrial and remediation services at Hart Crowser Inc., a Seattle environmental consulting and remediation design firm. Hillman is a senior associate hydrogeologist and a technical project manager at Hart Crowser. He is now responsible for managing the scientific staff of Hart Crowser's industrial and remediation services group. That staff includes chemists, geochemists, hydrogeologists and civil, chemical and environmental engineers. Hillman says his group will work with clients to blend cleanup activities at contaminated sites with redevelopment plans.

DOE pollution prevention conference

SEATAC -- "Return on Innovation: Investing in Our Future" is the theme of this year's U.S. Department of Energy Pollution Prevention Conference XIV, which is set for June 1-4 at the Doubletree Hotel in SeaTac. Keynote speakers include: Joe Lucas, president of Inland Technology Inc.; Ted Strong, executive director of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission; Earl Beaver, director of waste elimination at Monsanto; Tachi Kiuchi, founder of Future 500; and Joel Makower, journalist and publisher of the Green Business Letter. The conference will include sessions on source reduction and recycling, pollution prevention incentives, activity-based costing, environmental management systems and innovative technologies. More than 50 exhibitors will showcase new technologies, products and services in front of DOE decision-makers. Conference attendees also may tour the following sites: Weyerhaeuser; Boeing; Rainier Ballistics; Tim's Cascade Style Potato Chips; and Trident Refit Facility Bangor, a Department of Defense shipyard. To register by phone, call Mary Betsch at (509) 372-1627 or Mandy Kenfield at (509) 376-7457. To register on-line or receive more information about the conference, visit the following Web site: http://www.hanford.gov/polprev/conference/index.htm

Anchor Environmental hires new staff

SEATTLE -- Tina Fahy and Lee Barras have joined the staff of Anchor Environmental LLC, a Seattle environmental and geotechnical consulting firm that specializes in aquatic-based remediation and waterfront redevelopment projects. Fahy is a fisheries biologist with experience in assessing contaminated sediments and associated impacts on fish. Barras is a senior designer who specializes in dredging, coastal and waterfront design. Anchor Environmental is working on projects throughout the Puget Sound area and in Kodiak, Alaska, Lavaca Bay, Texas, Duluth Harbor in Minnesota and on the Missouri River in Nebraska.

North Lake Union interim cleanup

SEATTLE -- The state Department of Ecology is seeking public comments on interim cleanup actions proposed for the Facilities North site, a former Metro Transit fueling station on the north shore of Lake Union. The interim actions include: demolishing aboveground petroleum storage tanks and associated structures and piping; and excavating the top six inches of shallow soils, which are contaminated with metals from sandblasting and painting operations. Aboveground tanks, structures and piping will be removed and disposed off site or recycled where practical. The metal-contaminated soils will be removed and disposed of at an approved landfill. The site will then be regraded, and erosion-control measures will be installed. The site consists of two parcels: the south yard, which borders Gas Works Park and the Seattle Harbor Patrol on the east and Northlake Shipyard (formerly Unimar) on the west; and the north yard, which is located west of Nortar Inc. (formerly American Tar Co.). AGI Technologies completed the remedial investigation and feasibility study for the site, which revealed metal contamination in the shallow soils at the storage tanks and total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in the soils and groundwater. Information from the interim actions will be used to develop an overall cleanup plan which will address cleanup of the TPH and PAH in the deeper soils and groundwater. The cleanup will be paid for by the King County Metro Transit Division and Chevron Products Co., formerly Standard Oil of California, which first started using the site as a bulk fueling and storage facility in 1925. Written comments on the interim actions must be submitted by May 27 to: Maura S. O'Brien, Site Manager, Department of Ecology, 3190 160th Ave. S.E., Bellevue, WA 98008-5452, (425) 649-7249.