Jun 23, 1998

LCL

Joe Michalec has been promoted to project safety coordinator at Lease Crutcher Lewis. He has been assigned to the upcoming Cedar Court office project in Redmond. In addition, the company announced Brian Clark and Jon Cook have been hired as project engineers. Clark is working on the King Street Center office project in downtown Seattle and Cook is working in the company's Special Projects Division on the Stars Restaurant at Pacific Place.

Cleanpak Systems

Renton-based Cleanpak Systems has appointed Charles P. Rowland vice president of business development. Rowland will be responsible for promoting turnkey construction services and remodels of cleanrooms, laboratories and advanced technology facilities. He also will handle all aspects of sales, marketing and business development. He will be based in Portland.

PCL

PCL Construction Services Inc. has added Phyllis Root as project manager to its Seattle District Special Projects Division. Root has extensive tenant improvement experience in the local area and will focus on expanding PCL's presence in the downtown Seattle and Eastside tenant improvement markets.

IGM

Kent Peterson has been asked to assume the senior role in supervising the construction of the International Glass Museum and the Chihuly Bridge of Glass in Tacoma. Peterson will lead the design/construction team and will approve all expenditures within the budget set by the board of directors. He is on loan from the Boeing Co. and was construction manager for the $1.2 billion Everett expansion for the Boeing 777.

McKnight & Co.

McKnight & Co., Inc., a Bellevue-based public relations firm, has appointed Dashiel Wham to account supervisor. She formerly served as public relations director at Westin Hotels & Resorts.

CDi Mechanical Engineers

CDi Mechanical Engineers, a Lynnwood-based mechanical engineering firm, has promoted Joseph L. Llona to associate. Llona currently serves as project manager for mechanical systems planning and design for the University of Washington/Cascadia College co-located campus in Bothell.

Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell

Frank E. Cuthbertson has joined Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim, a Seattle and Tacoma law firm. Cuthbertson will serve as a member of the business group, and his private practice area is health law.

Heathman Management Group

Heathman Management Group of Portland has promoted Kay Casey to vice president of commercial property and Gordon Trapp to vice president of facilities management. Heathman Management Group develops and manages properties throughout the greater Portland area and the Pacific Northwest.

Cornerstone Communications

Cornerstone Communications, a video design and production company, has relocated to 400 Mercer St., Suite 404, in Seattle. Leslie Crist has been promoted to executive producer. Gretchen Kudia and Beth Fletcher have joined the team of writers, producers and directors.

Pacific Rim Resources

Marcia Wagoner has joined Pacific Rim Resources, a Seattle public affairs, research, marketing and information services firm. Wagoner, who most recently served as executive director of the Seattle Design Commission, will serve as a senior associate.

22 communities receive watershed grants

OLYMPIA -- The state Department of Ecology has pledged $3.9 million in grants for river-management and salmon-protection projects in 22 Washington communities. Under a new watershed-planning law outlined in House Bill 2514, state, local and tribal governments will cooperate on plans to address water needs, reduce water pollution and protect fish habitat. Local governments may use the money to assess the quality and use of their water supplies, determine how much water is needed in streams to support fish, and develop plans for improving water quality and protecting fish habitat. The communities receiving grants this year include:

• Skagit Council of Governments (two watersheds) -- $453,956;
• Whatcom County -- $250,000;
• King County -- $147,706;
• City of Everett -- $47,706;
• Island County -- $47,706;
• San Juan County -- $47,706;
• Tri-County Water Resource Council (three watersheds) -- $675,000;
• Foster Creek Conservation District -- $72,706;
• Chelan County Conservation District -- $147,706;
• Okanogan County -- $47,706;
• Clallam County (Elwha-Dungeness watershed) -- $200,000;
• Jefferson County -- $200,000;
• Lewis County (two watersheds) -- $453,956;
• Lower Columbia River Management Board (two watersheds) -- $75,000;
• Lower Columbia River Management Board (two watersheds) -- $72,706;
• Mason County (Skokomish-Dosewallips) -- $47,706;
• Nisqually Indian Tribe -- $222,706;
• Pierce County Public Works -- $47,706;
• Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department -- $47,706;
• Thurston County -- $47,706;
• Pend Oreille -- $47,706;
• Spokane County (two watersheds) -- $460,206.

Missall to speak at PEMA luncheon

SEATTLE -- Environmental and land use attorney Scott M. Missall will discuss recent Washington legislative action on environmental issues at the next Professional Environmental Marketing Association (PEMA) luncheon. The luncheon is set for 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 1 at the Latitude 47 restaurant at 1232 Westlake Ave. N. Missall is administrative chairman of the combined Environmental and Land Use Practice Groups at Short Cressman and Burgess PLLC in Seattle. If you have a particular subject you'd like Missall to address, let him know by June 29 and he'll try to include it in his presentation. His phone number is (206) 682-3333. Cost of the luncheon is $20 for members of PEMA and the Northwest Environmental Business Council (NEBC) and $30 for non-members. To make reservations, call (425) 455-3680.

Parametrix hires five new employees

KIRKLAND -- Engineering and environmental consulting firm Parametrix Inc. has hired five new staff members in its Kirkland office. They are:

• Marti Louther has joined Parametrix as a scientist/biologist. She most recently worked for Adolfson Associates Inc. as a project biologist. Louther has a bachelor's degree in zoology from the University of Wisconsin, a certificate in wetland science and management, a certificate in interagency wetland delineation training, and hazardous-materials training.
• Jenna Leavitt has joined the company as a stormwater engineer. Leavitt has worked as a research assistant at the University of Washington's Center for Urban Water, a volunteer intern for Snohomish County's Surface Water Management Salmon Watch Program, and an intern for Portland Metro.
• Sasha Visconty is the company's new marketing coordinator. She most recently worked as a technical editor for Foster Wheeler Environmental Corp. Visconty has a master's degree in marine affairs and a bachelor's degree in journalism from UW.
• Tina Knight has joined Parametrix as a senior word processor. She formerly worked for Lexis-Nexis Law Publishing.
• Joseph Valvo, an environmental tech trainee, is a student at North Seattle Community College. He plans to transfer to the University of Washington to pursue a bachelor's degree in biology.

Town gets $2.53M for wastewater treatment

MATTAWA, Grant County -- Citing concerns about the health and safety of residents in Mattawa, the state Department of Ecology has awarded $1.72 million in grants and loans to the Central Washington town for new wastewater collection and treatment facilities. In addition to the Ecology funding, the Federal Grants Program for Rural Communities has awarded the town a grant of $810,000 for the project. Construction of the new facilities will begin within the next few weeks. The project will replace failing or nonexistent individual on-site systems and will address the severe public-health hazard declared by the state Department of Health last year. "Not only have people been living in unhealthful conditions, but we had serious concerns that groundwater has been contaminated by raw sewage," said Megan White, manager of Ecology's water quality program.