Nov 07, 1997

Esterline

Bellevue-based Esterline Technologies has acquired Ohio-based Fluid Regulators Corp. Fluid Regulators is a designer and manufacturer of advanced hydraulic controls and components for the commercial aerospace and defense industires. It will operate as a U.S. division of Esterline's France-based Auxitrol S.A. Fluid Regulators will remain in its Painesville, Ohio, facility.

Nov 06, 1997

Microserv

Microserv Inc. has named John P. Bender director of service delivery. Bender, former service delivery planning manager at Digital Equipment, will be responsible for overseeing all service delivery activites at Microserv including field service, call center, technical support and the depot repair center. Microserv is a Kirkland-based provider of information technology hardware support services.

Owen Media

Owen Media, a Seattle-based high-technology public relations agency, hired Scott Porter as account coordinator. Clients of Owen Media include Intel Corp., the Electronic Messaging Association and the Consumer Support Consortium.

Nov 03, 1997

Whitman College

Keiko M. Pitter, author of numerous computer technology books, has been named the new chief technology officer at Whitman College. Pitter held a similar position at Willamette University in Salem, Ore. She will replace Paul Setze and will serve as a member of Whitman president Tom Cronin's senior administrative council.

Oct 31, 1997

Windermere Real Estate

If you could go to a nearby kiosk and get free real estate information from an Internet terminal, would you do it? Windermere Real Estate and US West are going to find out. Windermere is participating in US West's pilot program in which 58 kiosk terminals have been installed in the region. Access to the Windermere Web site is free, but users must pay to reach other sites on the World Wide Web. US West plans eventually to have more than 200 kiosks operating in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. In other Windermere news, the company has hired two new sales agents. Vicki Leland has joined the Bellevue South office after 10 years with John L. Scott. And Penny Ford is new in the Renton office.

Cushman & Wakefield, BOMA

International real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield has teamed up with the Building Owners and Managers Association to produce a quarterly market report. Cushman & Wakefield was selected as partner by BOMA after the association spent three months evaluating proposals from other industry players. To be titled the "BOMA/Cushman & Wakefield Market Intelligence Report," the publication will track vacancy rates, absorption rates, new construction statistics and rental rates, and will incorporate that data in trend analysis. The first issue is due in January, 1998. In other news from Cushman & Wakefield, John Coppedge, senior managing director of Cushman & Wakefield Worldwide, said American investors have returned in droves to European real estate. They fall into two groups: those seeking conservative investments with proven cash flow, mainly in the United Kingdom; and those looking for opportunistic investments in France, Germany and Eastern Europe. Some prominent U.S. investors are the Blackstone Group, Goldman Sachs and Teachers Insurance.

Oct 29, 1997

Lauchlin R. Bethune

Justin Nguyen has joined Kent-based Lauchlin R. Bethune Associates Landscape Architects & Environmental Planners as landscape designer and CAD technician. He is currently working on the Grant County Air Terminal Building, Extended Stay America Hotels in Kent and Tacoma, The Roosevelt mixed-use complex in Seattle and the 5.4-acre Lind Corporate Park in Renton.

Oct 28, 1997

DPR Construction

DPR Construction has relocated and expanded its Seattle Offices. The New address is 157 Yesler Way, Second Avenue, Seattle, 98104. The phone number remains 206-292-4800 and the fax number is 206-292-8050. DPR is a national building contractor specializing in technically demanding projects in the microelectronic, biopharmaceutical, health care and corporate areas. DPR has 11 offices across the U.S., including another Northwest office in Portland.

Watershed money available to communities

OLYMPIA -- The state Department of Ecology announced yesterday that it will issue $2.5 million in grants to help local communities start or continue the watershed-planning process. Earlier this year, the state Legislature set aside a total of $5 million for watershed planning at the local level. The watershed-planning grants are designed to help local governments collect and evaluate watershed information, then use that information to make decisions on how to manage water resources and water quality in the future. Washington state is divided into 62 separate "water resource inventory areas" that are eligible for grant money. Each area may apply for a grant of up to $50,000 to develop a budget and timetable for the watershed-planning process. Once that is accomplished, each area may apply for an additional grant of up to $200,000. Ecology and legislative leaders are now establishing the eligibility criteria for the $200,000 grants. To receive a grant application, contact: Ann Shipley, Department of Ecology, P.O. Box 47600, Olympia, WA 98504-7600, (360) 407-6624. Additional information and grant application forms also may be accessed on Ecology's Internet home page.

Applying geophysics to engineering problems

CHICAGO -- The Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Environmental and Engineering Problems (SAGEEP) is scheduled for March 22-26, 1998 at the Palmer House Hilton Hotel in Chicago. SAGEEP is the national meeting of the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society. SAGEEP '98 will present three days of technical sessions and poster presentations on infrastructure, transportation, engineering hazards, environmental assessments, groundwater, remedial monitoring, surface waters, expedited site characterization and borehole geophysics. New technologies and methods of imaging also will be explored. A keynote address will be given by Steve Colentino, brownfields development lead for the EPA in Illinois. To register or receive more information, visit the SAGEEP Web site or contact Jayne Sturges at (303) 771-2000, e-mail: jsturges@compuserve.com.