Oct 01, 1997

DLR/Graham

Architect J. Scott Haas has joined the staff of DLR/John Graham Associates, and is now at work on Boeing 7-341 Tenant Improvements in Bellevue. He was previously with Ruhl-Parr & Associates in Bellevue. Joel Goetz has joined the firm as computer systems manager. He was previously with Zurn-Nepco.

Kopczynski

Paul Crocker and Scott Wong have joined the staff of Cary Kopczynski and Co. (CKC) as engineers. Both are recent University of Washington graduates. Rodin Punsalan has joined the firm as a CAD designer and drafter. Crocker and Punsalan are currently working on The Guam Micronesia Mall parking structure, and Wong and Punsalan have been involved in designing a Marriott Hotel project in Covington, Ky.

Exeltech

Yakov Polyakov has joined Exeltech as a project engineer specializing in bridge design. He is currently responsible for the design check of the Crooked River Gorge Bridge in Jefferson County. Edward W. Thomas Jr. has also joined the firm as a project engineer with experience in various types of bridge design and also in civil engineering. Bobbie L. Burkholder has joined the firm as a CAD systems manager.

Esterline

Robert Cremin has been elected president of Esterline Technologies in Bellevue. He continues as chief operating officer. Cremin has serviced the firm for more than 20 years -- both with Esterline and the former Criton Technologies and its predecessor Heath Techna. The firm makes engineered products for aerospace and high technology businesses.

Interactive Objects

Interactive Objects, Redmond, has completed its merger with Asia Pacific Chemical Engineering Corp. The publicly traded company is now known as Interactive Objects and continues to develop and market software development tools.

Sep 30, 1997

Parallel Communications

Parallel Communications, Redmond, has hired three new employees in the creative and technology departments. The advertising and marketing agency needed new staff to keep up with growth in Internet services. Eric Totherow is a software engineer who was formerly webmaster for West Coast Online. Carrie Adams is a new media designer who will help design Web sites and David Nieker is a senior copywriter.

Sep 26, 1997

CREW raises $31,000 for schools

Commercial Real Estate Women Northwest raised $31,000 at its recent Technology for Kids fundraiser to provide Internet access to four Seattle public schools that serve large homeless populations -- Washington Middle School, Bailey Gatzert Elementary, B.F. Day Elementary and Whittier Elementary. Proceeds came from ticket sales and a silent auction.

Merrill Gardens

Merrill Gardens and Careage Corp., both of Seattle, will break ground next week on a 126,000-square-foot retirement center for the Arizona School Employees Retirement Community at Apache Junction, Ariz. The center will have 125 private living units on nearly four acres of land. Each unit will be wired for the Internet and e-mail access. Residents can take classes at a nearby community college. Careage will oversee construction and Merrill Gardens will manage the community when it is completed in 1998. Merrill Gardens is a subsidiary of the R.D. Merrill Co. which owns nine senior living communities in five states. It has eight additional communities under development and construction. Careage has built more than 300 health care projects in 22 states.