Dec 17, 1998

Avista Energy Canada

Washington Water Power's natural gas marketing affiliate, Avista Energy Canada, Ltd., acquired Coast Pacific Management Inc., a natural gas marketing company based in Vancouver, B.C. Coast Pacific Management was incorporated in 1986. It acts as gas manager for more than 40 percent of the large industrial market in the interior of British Columbia.

Lane Powell Spears Lubersky

Brian J. Meenaghan has joined the Seattle law offices of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky as an associate and will concentrate his practice in the areas of commercial litigation, hospital law and professional malpractice law.

nvst.com Inc.

Scott Dennehy was named account executive at nvst.com Inc., a Bellevue company that provides an Internet hub site for the mergers and acquisitions and venture capital industries. Dennehy formerly worked with Cabletron Systems in Rochester, N.H.

UW Educational Outreach

Four certificate programs will be offered through distance learning by University of Washington Educational Outreach in January: Facilities Management, Data Communications, Data Resource Management and Nonfiction Writing. These new web-based programs do not require classroom meetings and anyone with Internet access can apply for the programs. For more information, visit the web site.

Dec 16, 1998

DLR

Jon Petit is one of five DLR Group principals nationwide to be selected as senior principal. He has over 22 years of professional experience in architecture and specializes in working with communities and client groups. Tom Corcoran is the DLR Group's newest associate. A structural engineer, he is now on site overseeing construction at the Ala Moana Shopping Center expansion in Honolulu. Kim Paulson, Julie Stalzer, Lisa Johnson, Jim Petrich and Scott Haas have been promoted to the level of associate. Paulson, a mechanical engineer, is now working on the Forks High School addition and a study for the King County Courthouse. Stalzer manages the Seattle office of the DLR Group. Johnson is an architectural designer and model builder, and is the project architect for Forks High School addition. Petrich, a project manager, is currently at work on the Mount Vernon Police Facility. Haas, a project architect, is currently construction administrator for four projects with Steilacoom Historical School District.

JPC

Architect Michael L. Jones is managing the new Pioneer Square office of JPC Architecture, Planning and Interior Design. Jones and his four staff members are working on projects for Host Marriott, the Port of Seattle and Kilroy Realty. Eric VanAtta is a project manager with JPC's Seattle office. His experience includes architectural design, construction management, civil engineering and facilities management. Roger Merritt, has joined the firm as manager of JPC Facilities Management Services. His current clients include the Port of Seattle Airport Division, Safeco and Humongous Entertainment. Kevin Sarkady will lead facilities technology at JPC, having developed a program that links CAD drawings to a database. Dean Harris has rejoined the firm as a design architect and currently counts Microsoft, FAA, Onyx and Microvision as clients. New architectural designers at JPC include Lee Labbauf, Shannon Seefeldt, Steve Shilman and Christine Wu. Laura Gygi has joined the firm as an interior designer and Grant Harris will work in facilities management.

Entranco

Mike Bertram has joined Entranco as a project manager for the transportation services group. He has extensive experience in the design of highways, roadways and interchanges. He is now at work on the widening of 35th Avenue Southeast in Snohomish County and on roadway improvements in Woodinville and SeaTac.

Hart Crowser

Shannon McFarlin has joined Hart Crowser, Inc. as a marketing communications specialist in the marketing and proposals services group. Her background includes marketing management and communications at AT&T and network training in the Bay Area.

Wood/Harbinger

David Cherny has joined Wood/Harbinger as an electrical engineer. Prior to joining the firm, he was senior electrical engineer for a 3,500-person firm in Kiev, Ukraine.

Elliott Bay

Will Nickum has joined the Elliott Bay Design Group as a senior naval architect. Nickum was president of EBDG's predecessor firm, Nickum & Spaulding, and has been practicing independently for 10 years. Nickum, a third-generation naval architect, has worked on passenger vessels, commercial fishing and processing, towing, firefighting and rescue craft, and has authored numerous studies on vessel requirements and design. William Moran has also joined the firm with more than 25 years of marine engineering experience, including previous contract work on a recent SWATH ferry design. He was previously employed at Lockheed Shipbuilding, and has applied specialties in mechanical engineering and comprehensive systems to tankers, military ships and work boats.

Degenkolb

Degenkolb Engineers of Portland has hired Jake Stept as a design engineer. He is currently working on a seismic inventory for the Department of Veterans Affairs and for Hewlett-Packard Co. in Corvallis, Ore. Randall Weir has joined the Portland office as a designer, with two years of experience in Degenkolb's Los Angeles office. His experience includes structural analysis, seismic evaluation and structural design, and retrofit design of existing structures. He is currently working on a seismic inventory for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Interface

Charles B. Whiddon has joined Interface Engineering as a senior electrical designer. His specialties include hospital, commercial, industrial, airport and power generator facilities. Sean Eickoff, a senior mechanical designer, has relocated from Denver to join the firm. He is experienced in the design of mechanical systems for large commercial, assembly and entertainment facilities.

CDi

Samuel Kim has joined Lynnwood's CDi Mechanical Engineers as a project engineer. He was previously with Coffman Engineers. Kim is now at work on the University of Washington Medical Center Pacific Tower and upgrades to the Children's Hospital Medical Center in Seattle.

Berger/ABAM

Kelly Robinson has joined Berger/ABAM Engineers as a senior word processor. She was previously with KPMG Peat Marwick. Leanne Norseth has joined the firm as a project coordinator. She comes to the firm from Davidson Enterprises, and has over four years of transportation-related project coordination experience.

FWL

Shawn Donihue and Scott Moreland have joined FWL Architects of Portland as intern architects. Donihue has worked on projects for Bekins, InFocus Systems and Red Lion Hotels. Moreland previously interned at Cornerstone Design in Springfield, Ore.

PSI

Jeffrey S. Thomson has been promoted to department manager at PSI, and will be responsible for environmental services and analytical chemistry operations there.

HDR

Joyce M. Lem has joined HDR Engineering as senior project manager in the Seattle office. She was previously with Andersen Bjornstad Kane Jacobs. Lem has 16 years of experience in the design of transportation structures, including bridges, retaining walls and transit stations.

Cary Kopczynski

Panos Trochalakis has been promoted to the level of design engineer at Cary Kopczynski & Co. His previous projects include Microsoft St. Andrews Campus, parking garages for AT&T and the Bellevue Galleria. He is currently at work on the Avalon Hotel in Portland and Metropolitan Park North in Seattle. Rolando Mario has joined the firm as a CAD designer/drafter. He is currently working on Westlake Tower, a 31-story residential building in downtown Seattle.

Esser

Katherine Esser has recently opened Esser Architecture + Design. The firm specializes in residential and community-oriented architecture, and also provides contract service to architects and related professionals.