Aug 12, 1997

Northwest Waste Information Expo '97

SEATTLE -- The Puget Sound Waste Information Network (WIN) is sponsoring Northwest Waste Information Expo '97 Sept. 17-18 at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall. The event will feature a trade show of environmental products and services and educational seminars on a wide range of subjects, including basic hazardous waste management, updates on environmental regulations and considerations in choosing a vendor. Seminars also will focus on specific waste streams and the latest recycling and waste-reduction technologies. Training seminars will be available on environmental careers. The information offered at the Expo is designed for a broad range of industrial and commercial businesses, including construction, marinas, photoprocessing, metal fabrication, dentistry, property management, printing and automotive services. Trade show exhibitors will display information on environmental products and services, as well as government-assistance programs. This year's Expo also will feature networking roundtables so businesspeople can exchange their experiences in dealing with waste and environmental-compliance issues. The Waste Information Expo will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 17 and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 18. Cost is $25 in advance and $35 at the door. To pre-register or receive more information, call the WIN Expo office at (206) 767-3271. You may request complimentary tickets to the WIN Environmental Achievement Awards Ceremony, which is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Sept. 17.

Aug 06, 1997

Ellerbe Becket

Gregory DiPaolo has joined the San Francisco office of Ellerbe Becket as senior vice president and design principal. His award-winning designs have been widely published, and his projects include 388 Market Street in San Francisco, Xin Min Newspaper Headquarters Building in Shanghai, and the China Resources headquarters building in Beijing. DiPaolo will have responsibility for developing and managing Ellerbe Becket work in the Pacific Rim.

Teledesic Corporation

Teledesic Corporation of Kirkland, the first licensed satellite communication network that will enable affordable, worldwide access to "fiber-like" telecommunications, announced the addition of John J. Nokleberg as chief financial officer. Nokleberg will be responsible for refining and executing financial strategy, communicating Teledesic's vision to the global investment community, and leading the financial team within the company.

Aug 05, 1997

Tricipe V Trade Show & Conference

PASCO -- The fifth annual Tricipe Trade Show & Conference is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday at the Trade, Recreation and Agricultural Center (TRAC) in Pasco, in the backyard of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The event will showcase some of the latest products and services in environmentally-related fields, including nuclear and hazardous waste management and cleanup, pollution monitoring, control and remediation, recycling, and workplace health and safety. Speakers at the conference will describe various technologies needed at Hanford to deal with mixed waste, tanks and spent fuels. Norm Olson of Fluor Daniel will speak on the subject, "How to Do Technology Business with Project Hanford Management Company Contractors." Over the past four years, the Tricipe Trade Show has attracted leading firms from around the world in the fields of environmental engineering, waste management, workplace safety, pollution monitoring, control and remediation. To receive more information on Tricipe, call (541) 385-8964 or visit their web site.

'Climate Wise' partnership kicks off

SEATTLE -- The city of Seattle and Seattle City Light are trying to entice industrial facilities within city limits to participate in "Climate Wise," a program that kicks off today and is designed to reduce the city's greenhouse gas emissions. So far, The Boeing Co., Holnam Cement and Preservative Paint Co. have signed up for the Climate Wise program. In exchange, those companies will get free energy and waste assessments, as well as the opportunity to share money-saving ideas with other businesses around the country. The city and Seattle City Light received a $43,000 grant from the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives to administer the program. Climate Wise is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. The city itself is participating by upgrading HVAC systems and switching to more energy-efficient lighting in more than 15 city buildings, said Seattle City Light spokeswoman Sharon Bennett. "We're also planning to replace 8,000 red lights in traffic signals with more efficient technologies," Bennett said. She said the city is expecting to save 3 million kilowatt hours a year by replacing the red lights. "The technology to change out green and yellow lights has not been perfected yet," she added. The contracts to do the electrical work in city buildings are being handled by two energy service companies: Abacus and Noresco. Those companies will subcontract out a certain percentage of the work, Bennett said. Some work already has been completed in the Arctic Building downtown and in the Seattle Center's Mercer Arena. Industrial plant managers who want more information on the Climate Wise program should call (206) 684-3954.

Jones & Stokes announces new leadership

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Sacramento, Calif.-based Jones & Stokes Associates has announced several changes in its top leadership. Curtis Spencer, president of Jones & Stokes since 1989, has been named chairman of the board. Spencer plans to retire from the firm in January 1998. Albert I. Herson is the company's new president. A 17-year employee of Jones & Stokes, Herson has been a senior vice president since 1989 and had been managing principal for the past year. His background is in environmental law and planning. "My goals are to grow the firm to make Jones & Stokes Associates the environmental consultants of first choice throughout the Western U.S., and to seek opportunities for new services, technologies and branch offices our clients need," Herson said in a release.

Aug 04, 1997

Intermec

Intermec of Everett has chosen the name UNOVAC Inc. for its new public company compromising the industrial technologies businesses of Western Atlas Inc. UNOVA, which will start from a business base of approximately $1.5 billion, will concentrate on information and manufacturing technology systems and services. It's activities will comprise the automated data collection (ADC)/mobile computing operations of Intermec, Norand and UBI, which recently combined into one entity. On the manufacturing side, UNOVA is represented by such well-known names as Lamb, Landis, Gardner, Landis Lund (UK), and Honsberg Lamb (Germany). Intermec, a Western Atlas company, designs, manufactures and markets a complete line of data collection hardware, software, services and label supplies for the manufacturing, distribution and government markets.

Aug 01, 1997

Horton Lantz Marocco

Horton Lantz Marocco, a Seattle-based advertising and creative services agency, was chosen by AEI Music to create a new identity package including logo design, trade advertising, sales support materials, collateral, CD-Rom, and website development.

Windermere Real Estate

John Bridger, a Windermere sales agent in the firm's Queen Anne branch, will host a free seminar on how to use the Internet and an agent for buying or selling a house. The seminar will be held Aug. 21 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Queen Anne Public Library, 400 W. Garfield St. RSVP to Sarah Thompson, (206) 628-5621, or email Bridger at john@bridger.net In other news, Windermere has added sales staff in two offices. Greg Robbins and Stephen Hall have joined the Capitol Hill office in Seattle; Mary Richards is new in the Enumclaw branch. Windermere has 154 offices and more than 4,000 agents in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. In Canada the company has another 36 offices and 550 agents.

Verifacts Online

Verifacts Online, Inc., a Tacoma screening service that can provide criminal background checks on anyone for any reason, has graduated from a dial-up system to the Internet. Now users like employers, public agencies, landlords, managers and individuals may go to the Verifacts Web page (http://www.verifacts.com) and tap into a database of criminal convictions in the northwestern states. The service is available by subscription only, but the Web site offers a sample report.