Feb 15, 2000

Tetra Tech

Dr. Eugene B. Welch joined the Seattle office of Tetra Tech as a senior aquatic scientist. Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington, Welch brings over 40 years of experience in water quality and fisheries investigations. He is past president of the North American Lake Management Society as well as the Washington State Lake Protection Association and has authored two college textbooks on aquatic restoration and lake and reservoir management. Merri Martz joins the group full-time as a senior biologist. Martz has a masters of Marine Affairs/Wetland Ecology and over nine years of biology, environmental coordinator and planning experience. Martz is the senior biologist for contracts involving environmental services.

Tetra Tech ISG a division of Tetra Tech, Inc., is a full service civil and environmental engineering firm focusing on surface water quantity and quality management.

EDAW

EDAW has announced several new promotions and new hires. Mark Brands has been promoted to senior associate. He is a landscape architect specializing in urban design and land planning with an emphasis on sustainable development practices. He recently returned from the firm's Sydney, Australia, office. Kevin Butterbaugh is also being promoted to senior associate. He is an environmental planner and senior project manager specializing in resource management, land use and recreation planning. Liza MacKinnon has been promoted to associate. She is office manager and works in document and graphic production. New hires are Jim Keller, a landscape architect with a focus on campus design, master planning and municipal facilities. He is project manager for EDAW's work on the East Capitol Campus plaza. Jason Diedrick has joined the firm as a recreation planning specialist, currently working on the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Washington, the Priest Rapids Hydroelectric Project on the Columbia River and the Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project in Oregon. Alvin Tang is a new landscape designer with the firm and Jo Bellflower has rejoined the firm as financial manager.

ABC

The Associated Builders & Contractors of Western Washington has named De Leigh, president of DeBolte Plumbing & Heating, the 1999 Volunteer of the Year. The award is given annually to association members who make a significant contribution to merit construction. Leigh serves on the association's board of directors as vice president and is a member of the Diversity Committee. She also has developed a mentor-protege relationship with a minority contractor. Recently, Leigh has been key to expanding the association's educational offerings, including more computer training and more classes for executives and mid-management.

The Reijnen Co.

Cliff Buckwalter has joined The Reijnen Co. of Bainbridge Island as project manager of construction services. Buckwalter spent the past 10 years in Soweto, South Africa, where he became the founder and managing director of Keystone Timber Homes, one of the only black-owned construction firms during the Apartheid Era.

Vanir Construction

Vanir Construction has promoted Troy K. Pyles to vice president. Pyles heads up the company's Bellevue office and is manager of its expanding operations in the Northwest. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and served in the Navy's Civil Engineering Corps for 20 years prior to joining Vanir seven years ago.

Universal Mechanical

Redmond-based Universal Mechanical Service Co. has been honored by Gensco Inc., the Pacific Northwest distributor of Trane heating and air-conditioning equipment, for its commercial equipment sales. Universal beat competition from seven Northwest states to grab the honor, called the 1999 Gold Pacesetter Award.

DBM/CM

Donald B. Murphy Contractors Inc. and its Cooney McHugh division have won the 1999 Outstanding Safety Program Award from the International Association of Foundation Drilling. DBM/CM won in Category A, which is for over 100,000 labor hours. The award was based on three criteria: the accident/injury lost-time incidence ratio; demonstrated use of safety program; and existence and extent of a formal safety program and management's commitment to the program. DBM/CM is based in Federal Way.

Sur La Table

Kitchenware company Sur La Table of Seattle announced the promotion of Jaren Balzer to vice president of information technology and John Salvatore to vice president of operations. Both started with the company in 1995, Balzer as manager of information systems and Salvatore as director of operations. Sur La Table provides both domestic and professional kitchen equipment at 13 retail locations and on-line.

Seattle Symphony

Gerard Schwarz, music director of the Seattle Symphony, Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra and the New York Chamber Symphony, announced he will assume the position of music director of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Schwarz has guest-conducted the RLPO several times, and as music director will conduct the orchestra for 12 weeks each season. To devote time to his new post, Schwarz will become Conductor Emeritus of the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra at the conclusion of his contract in 2001. He and his family will continue to live in Seattle.

Information Architects

Information Architects of Poulsbo announced the installation of the new WaterWare utility billing system at King County Water District No. 20. The new system will manage the financial and historical meter consumption transactions for more than 8,000 customers. Information Architects develops and supports software for businesses.

VoteHere.net

VoteHere.net, developer of on-line voting technology based in Bellevue, announced the hiring of Deborah Brunton as vice president of government affairs, Susan Webber, Ph.D., as vice president of human resources, and Eric A. Peterson as director of product development. Brunton recently worked for Microsoft as director of state government affairs in the law and corporate affairs department. Webber was vice president of human resources, customer service and support, and quality at Data I/O. Peterson has 10 years experience in software architecture and development, recently as director of research and development for Chili!Soft