Jul 29, 1998

OPAS Express

OPAS Express, a new business providing mail and package delivery to and from Japan, China and other Asian nations, recently opened in Seattle's International District on the corner of 6th Ave. S. and Lane St. The president and owner is Toshiyasu Abe who claims his firm is the only Asian postal service of its type on the West Coast. The office manager is Kaori Hashizaki.

City of Seattle

Mayor Paul Schell named Susan E. Crowley the City of Seattle's chief lobbyist. Crowley will represent the city in its interactions with the State Legislature and agencies in Olympia. Crowley formerly served as a state legislative liaison for the city.

National Association of Counties

Metropolitan King County Councilmember Jane Hague was elected first vice president of the National Association of Counties. Hague's activities include co-chair of the Millennium Committee and member of the Steering Committee of the Large Urban County Caucus. Hague is in line to become president in July 2000.

American Judicature Society

Former Washington Chief Justice Robert Utter will receive the American Judicature Society's Justice Award, its highest honor, for his career-long efforts to improve the courts. The award will be presented by Senior Judge Jerome Farris of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals at the Society's annual dinner July 31 in Toronto. Utter served on the state Supreme Court from 1971 to his retirement in 1995, and as chief justice from 1977 to 1980.

Fatigue Technology

Burke Gibson, president of Seattle-based Fatigue Technology, Inc., has been named the 1998 Region X Subcontractor of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Fatigue Technology provides solutions to fatigue problems associated with holes in metal structures in the aerospace industry. Gibson acquired control in 1973 of a small, eight-employee wire bending business in Tukwila. In 1980, the company was renamed Fatigue Technology and now has 105 employees.

Jul 28, 1998

Betts, Patterson & Mines

Robert F. Lopez has been made a director at the Seattle law firm of Betts, Patterson & Mines and Kathleen A.T. Dassel has been promoted to senior attorney. Lopez is with the firm's commercial litigation practice group and Dassel is with the defense litigation practice group.

Chandler & Brooks

Carol Zahorsky Butler has been named public relations account supervisor for Olympia-based Chandler & Brooks. Butler's responsibilities include designing and implementing public relations programs for the Long Beach Peninsula and other communities participating in the Washington State Tourism Division's Community Assistance Program.

Business Interiors Northwest

Business Interiors Northwest, a Seattle-based office furniture dealer, has promoted Richard Moore to human resources assistant, Cindi Jacober to marketing supervisor, Craig Wadsworth to project manager, and Brian Hoff to information systems specialist.

Eddie Bauer

Eddie Bauer appointed Michael Alexin to vice president of product design and development. Alexin formerly served as Nike's global director of apparel merchandising.

Washington State University

Samuel L. Kindred, recently retired as brigadier general and deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Recruiting Command, has been named vice president of business affairs at Washington State University. Kindred will succeed Sallie Giffen, retiring after serving seven years as vice president.

Shurgard Storage

Seattle-based Shurgard Storage To Go has launched a new service for businesses in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Atlanta and Chicago that will pick up document files from company offices and store them off-site. Businesses can load up to 100 file boxes into each weather-proof container provided by Shurgard. Shurgard takes the containers until the company needs access to the files. For more information call (206) 624-8100 or visit the website at http://www.Shurgard.com.

LCL

Four new employees have been brought on at Lease Crutcher Lewis. Guy Baryo has been added to the Information Technology Department, Marlys Henderson and Jesse Thompson have joined the Accounting Department, and Stephen Griep is a new executive assistant. Baryo will put his 12 years of experience to work to improve and maintain LCL's computer and communications systems. Henderson attended Seattle Central Community College, Thompson holds a degree from Quinnipiac College in Connecticut and Griep has experience in administration and property management.

Sound Floor

Seattle-based Sound Floor Coverings Inc. has hired Lee Winterowd as installation and technical training manager for its professional endorsed installer program it launched earlier this year. Winterowd will be responsible for managing the program's installation and training facility, conducting installation classes weekly and helping implement new ideas for the school. He has 25 years of experience in the retail and wholesale floor covering industry.

Truss Co.

The Truss Co. Inc. of Sumner has acquired all the assets of Laminated Truss Inc. and The Truss Company-Eugene Inc., both affiliated companies. The company says the merger creates a consolidated operating structure that allows it to better serve its customers and pursue its ongoing expansion strategy. The company also has opened a new sales and customer support office in Woodinville.

Berger/Abam

Lucito Gatlabayan has joined Berger/Abam Engineers, Inc. of Federal Way as project engineer. He is currently at work on the Terminal 18 project, a large marine and waterfront expansion for the Port of Seattle. Jan Niclas joined the firm as a project engineer. He recently served as civil engineer for Infrastructure Consulting Corporation.

Coffman

Gary Lauritsen has been promoted to the level of regional manager for construction management in the Seattle office of Coffman Engineers. He has been with the firm since 1981, and recently provided on-site construction management services for Benaroya Hall. Missi Cole has joined the electrical department of Coffman. She is now working on Eagle Hardware and Garden Store projects in three states.

R.W. Beck

David Jochim has joined R.W. Beck and will work on water and wastewater infrastructure systems. Willy Moneda, also a civil engineer, has joined the firm. He specializes in hydraulic and hydrologic analysis. Theresa Lawson has joined the technical energy services staff. She is a civil engineer and specializes in electrical power substations and transmission lines.

PSI

Stephen L. McDuffee will serve as new branch manager at PSI in Bothell, an engineering testing firm. Paul Elliot has been named geotechnical services manager for PSI. Prior to joining the firm, he served as project manager for several school systems.

BOORA

BOORA of Portland has added four new members to the staff. Tonia Hein is an interior designer for a multimillion dollar renovation and restoration of Seattle's Cinerama Theatre, a project for Vulcan Northwest Inc., the management company of Paul G. Allen. She is also providing interior design services for renovations at the Arlington Club in downtown Portland and various tenant improvements to Kaiser Permanente facilities in the Portland area. Dianne Kraus is interior designer for several projects, including a retail project in Canada, a new fitness center at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and renovation of Portland Public Schools' Blanchard Educational Service Center. Erik Matthews is working on two projects at the University of California, Santa Cruz: a 41,200-square-foot addition and renovation to the arts facilities and a new 12,500 square-foot fitness center. Michael Montagne joins BOORA's information services team as CAD manager for the 82-workstation firm. A registered architect in Oregon, Montagne practiced architecture for nine years before starting his own business a computer consultant.

Perteet

Jennifer Birdseye has joined Perteet Engineering as marketing coordinator in the Everett office. Sid Arnevik has joined the firm as graphic designer. Civil engineers Bil Bovey, Norman Cabiao and Mark Holmes have also joined the office. Bovey will be working in the municipal services department. Cabiao and Holmes will work on transportation design projects.

How healthy is Puget Sound?

OLYMPIA -- On August 11, 13, 18 and 19, the Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team will host community discussions on the health of Puget Sound and ask for comments on the proposed strategy to improve water quality, restore habitat and protect resources in the Sound during the next biennium. The comment period on the proposed 1999-2001 Puget Sound Water Quality Work Plan runs from July 27 to August 28, 1998. Community discussions and comment opportunities are scheduled in Olympia, Seattle, Blyn, Tacoma, Poulsbo and Mt. Vernon. According to the Action Team's just-released report, "Puget Sound's Health 1998," continuing problems include dwindling numbers of many fish species and some types of marine birds, modification of nearshore habitats, toxic contamination of urban bays and harbors throughout the Sound, and contamination of shellfish growing areas. The Action Team developed the proposed work plan and budget in consultation with state, tribal and local agencies and organizations. In September, the Puget Sound Council will consider public comments and recommend revisions to the Action Team. The budget for state actions in the work plan will be presented to Gov. Locke and the state Legislature. The 1999 Legislature will consider the budget needed to implement the work plan. To request a copy of the proposed work plan, contact the Action Team at 1-800-54-SOUND or visit Puget Sound On-Line at (the work plan will be available on the web site on July 29).

State fines Hanford for poor monitoring

OLYMPIA -- The state Department of Ecology has fined the U.S. Department of Energy, Fluor Daniel Hanford Inc. and Lockheed Martin Hanford Corp. a total of $75,600 for having an inadequate leak-detection system on a group of underground storage tanks at Hanford that contain nuclear waste. The system is supposed to detect any leak of radioactive waste that might occur at 28 double-shelled tanks in the SY tank farm. But an April inspection by Ecology found five violations of federal and state hazardous-waste regulations for managing the tanks, the agency said in a news release. The Department of Energy and the contractors, who manage the waste, have 30 days to appeal the penalty to the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board.

'Green' construction projects to be profiled

SEATTLE -- The King County Commission for Marketing Recyclable Materials is highlighting built projects in the Puget Sound region that have used recycled construction materials. The projects will be profiled in a public Web site, called enCompass. To be included in the profiles, a project must meet the following criteria:

• Document the use of one or more recycled-content construction materials, preferably materials that have post-consumer content. Larger projects that are included will typically have several recycled materials plus sustainable construction features like superior energy or water efficiency, lower toxicity, sustainably harvested materials, or jobsite construction recycling.
• Have available five to 10 photographs of the project, including detail pictures that show the recycled materials. The images should be publishable on the Web site.
• Provide contact information for the owner, developer, designer, contractor and other participants. Include telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and Web site addresses.
• Provide project background information about the project, including size, date built, purpose, street address and other relevant data.
• Explain the motivation for the project and describe public access to the site.

Submit project descriptions to Ann Thorpe, King County Commission for Marketing Recyclable Materials, 400 Yesler Way, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98104. Telephone (206) 296-4439.

Lee, Einberger join Hart Crowser

Jean Lee has joined the Seattle office of Hart Crowser, Inc. as a project remediation engineer. A chemical and environmental engineer with seven years of experience in site assessments, treatability studies and site remediation, Lee also has experience with pollution prevention and other compliance issues for military and industrial processes. Hart Crowser also has hired hydrogeologist Carl Einberger, formerly of Golder Associates, who is managing a brownfield redevelopment.

Parametrix adds four employees

Thanks to work with Sound Transit, the Port of Seattle and the state Department of Transportation, Parametrix, a Sumner environmental consulting and engineering firm, has added four new staff members in its Sumner and Bremerton offices. Greg Hannan is a transportation engineer who has joined the transportation group in the Bremerton office. Stephanie Lund, a communications specialist with a background in biology and environmental studies, is the new public involvement coordinator. Jeff Nason has joined the water/wastewater engineering group where he will focus on treatment projects. And Dave Roberts, who formerly worked with the city of Tacoma, has also joined the water/wastewater group. Jon Savelle is the Journal's environment editor. He can be contacted at (206) 622-8272 or jon@djc.com.