Mar 05, 1997

Glumac

The Portland office of Glumac International has added six members to the staff. Tony Sunken is a plumbing system project manager, and is currently overseeing the design process for plumbing and fire protection systems for the Nike World Campus-North Expansion project in Beaverton. Matt Kelley comes to the firm as a mechanical design engineer from Unocal where he served as a drilling engineer in Jakarta. Ken Golovko has been hired as mechanical/electrical designer, and his current projects include the Washington County Justice Center and the Richland Federal Office Building. Other new staff members include CAD drafter Todd Kolibaba, administrative assistant Amy McIntyre and staff accountant Sylvia Archuleta.

Brumbaugh

Christopher Overdorf has joined the landscape architecture firm Brumbaugh & Associates. He will serve as CAD manager and assist in the office's expansion into golf-related consulting.

KPFF

KPFF Consulting Engineers is at work on several projects for the University of Washington. With Mahlum & Nordfors McKinley Gordon, Simon-Martin Vegue Wikelstein and Cardwell Thomas Associates, KPFF has the design contract for the University of Washington Bothell Cascadia Community College Collocation project. Phase one of the $71 million college campus will consist of approximately 253,000 square feet of classroom, library and student services space. The first phase in scheduled to be completed in 1999. KPFF is also working with Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Architects to design the Fisheries and Oceanography Buildings on the Southwest Campus of the University of Washington. The 106,000-square-foot oceanography building will give faculty and students access to five stories of physical labs, chemical labs and office space. The center of the building houses a high-bay staging area used by the physical oceanographers and has a 10-ton crane supported by a separate structure. The new 126,000-square-foot Fisheries Building is comprised of three stories of lab and classroom space. KPFF conducted a vibration study of various floor systems to determine the appropriate system to support microscopes. Both buildings are slated for completion in 1999. KPFF is also providing civil and structural engineering services for new soccer fields and one baseball field, each with separate grandstands. Structural designs are underway for the renovation of the old Physics Hall along with the construction of the addition that will comprise the new Mary Gates Hall. KPFF has joined Bassetti Architects of Seattle and Hartman-Cox Architects of Washington D.C. for this project, which is scheduled for completion this year. The complex will house the Center for Undergraduate Education and Student Services. Mary Gates Hall will contain 50 classrooms with seating for 10 to 125 students, a drop-in computer lab for 200 students, undergraduate advising, and administrative offices. A grand room, the Commons, will be the heart of the building. Classrooms are served by a multimedia distribution center, equipped with computers connected to the campus network as well as a special subnetwork allowing information to be shared quickly within the undergraduate community.

Mar 04, 1997

$209,000 water quality grant awarded

YAKIMA -- The Kittitas County Conservation District has received a $209,000 grant from the Department of Ecology to improve water quality and promote water conservation in the Kittitas Valley. The Kittitas Water Quality/Conservation Project is designed to study current irrigation management practices and implement best management practices (BMPs) to conserve water and soil. Using both field observations and a computerized mapping system, the Conservation District will be able to evaluate the effects of BMPs for different cropping patterns, soil characteristics and irrigation methods. The grant money comes from the Centennial Clean Water Fund, which is used for improving and protecting water quality in Washington. For more information on the grant, call Jani Gilbert at (509) 456-4464 or Chris Hall at (509) 454-7844.

Mar 03, 1997

Electronic Arts Seattle

Electronic Arts (EA), a San Mateo, Calif.-based entertainment software company, is opening a Seattle-area game-design facility called Electronic Arts Seattle (EAS). EAS will operate under the direction of Anthony Garcia, founder of Microsoft's entertainment business unit.

Feb 28, 1997

Intermec

Intermec, an Everett subsidiary of Western Atlas, Inc., this week announced that its parent company would acquire the common stock of Norand Corporation for $33.50 per share. Intermec is in the automated data collection business, producing bar-code printers and scanners, hand-held computers and wireless radio transmission devices. Norand's products are complementary to Intermec's. Norand will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Atlas.

Feb 26, 1997

AKB

Newton

Lisa J. Newton has been named marketing director at AKB Engineers, Inc. Previously with a New England architectural and engineering firm, she also has a background in service marketing in New York and Asia.

Chin

Choomeng Chin has joined AKB as a civil engineer specializing in site design and development, including streets and roadways, stormwater management systems and sanitary sewer systems. His background includes the Microsoft World Headquarters Campus. Tom Underwood has joined the staff as a CAD draftsperson.

Underwood

W&H Pacific

Michele L. Kophs has joined the Business Development Group of W&H Pacific as a marketing assistant, with experience at Microsoft, PACCAR and Boeing Computer Services.

GTW Corporation

GTW Corporation, a project management consulting firm based in Federal Way, has opened a Northeast Service Center in Philadelphia. Frank Walker, president, has relocated to oversee the operation of the new office and expand international operations from an East Coast base. Bruce Taylor, vice president, will be responsible for software development services, west coast and international marketing and product development. Patricia Palmer, vice president and CFO, will act as managing partner for West Coast operations, management consulting and corporate services.

University of Washington

Sherrilynne Fuller, director of the University of Washington's Health Sciences Libraries and Information Center, has been selected by President Clinton to serve on a new committee to advise on the future of electronic information and communications. The advisory committee will provide advice on all areas of high-performance computing, communications and information technologies, as well as guide the Clinton Administration's efforts to accelerate development and adoptions on information technologies into the next century.