DBM/Parsons/Anacortes/AGC

DBM Board Chairman Dies in Hawaii

Seattle —George H. Fleming, chairman of the board of directors for DBM Contractors, Inc. passed away recently at his home in Kula, Haw., at the age of 76. He had served on the DBM board since 1990 and as chairman since 1992.

George H. Fleming

Upon retiring Fleming was elected to the Board of Directors of longtime insurance client DBM Contractors, Inc., head-quartered in Federal Way, Wash. In 1992, he was elected Chairman of the Board, a position he held until the time of his death. He remained active in the operation of the company, steering it through periods of economic trial as well as of more recent rapid growth and escalating success. He was also instrumental in DBM’s community involvement.

In lieu of a service or flowers Mr. Fleming wished donations to be sent to the DBM memorial fund for The Boys and Girls Club.

Parsons Named National Engineering Award Finalist

Seattle - Parsons Brinckerhoff of Seattle, is a finalist in the American Council of Engineering Companies’ 43rd annual Engineering Excellence Awards competition for leading the development of the Sound Transit 2 – Regional Transit System Plan (ST2) for Sound Transit of Seattle.

Facing significant population growth in the central Puget Sound area, Parsons Brinckerhoff led a multi-disciplinary team to develop ST2, a high-capacity transit sys-tem plan that includes 36 miles of expanded light rail and enhancements to bus and commuter rail service.

The 15-year, $17.8-billion program was approved by voters in the November 2008election. The project is among 168 engineering projects from across the nation that are being recognized by ACEC as pre-eminent engineering achievements for2008.

Anacortes Cleanup Expected To Spur Economic Growth

Olympia – Comments are being sought on a possible cleanup plan for an old mill site on Fidalgo Bay that could remake the Anacortes waterfront’s environmental and economic future.

At 41-acres, the proposed cleanup of the former Scott Paper mill site is the largest single cleanup effort to date planned under the Puget Sound Initiative.

“The work we’re doing to clean up the Scott site is a model for restoring and protecting Puget Sound,” said Tim Nord of Ecology’s Toxics Cleanup Program.

Students Win Construction Competition, head to Nationals

Bellingham – A five-student team from the Whatcom County Construction Academy, which is supported in part by AGC and sever-al of its Northern District members, recently won the regional Construction Challenge competition and will compete in the national competition in Tennessee this spring.

The winning team consisted of Sehome High junior Trevor Mauro, Meridian High senior Marshall McBride, Lynden High senior Troy Buist and Mount Baker High seniors Chris Whitson and Bill Managan.

Each team was presented with three challenges to be solved within a predetermined amount of time (an Infrastructure Presentation, Manufacturing Design, and a Service Tech Simulation). Students put their engineering, design, and building skills experience to the ultimate test developing workable solutions to infrastructure and on-the-job issues. The Whatcom team was the only one out of 13 to place in the top three in each challenge.

Sponsors are Andgar Corporation, IMCO General Construction, Granite Northwest, AGC's Northern District, CITC Apprenticeship & Training Trust and the Building Industry Association.

King County will invest $500 million in clean-water infrastructure

Seattle – Over the coming year, the Wastewater Treatment Division will carryout dozens of vital sewer improvement projects to ensure the system continues to operate reliably while keeping pace with continued population growth.

Projects under way include expanding, upgrading and replacing aging pipelines and pump stations and building new facilities such as the Brightwater treatment system to meet growing service demands over the next several decades.

Other planned projects include control-ling combined sewer overflows, cleaning up contaminated sediment in the Duwamish Waterway, and investing in technologies to take the “waste” out of waste-water by creating valuable resources such as energy, reclaimed water and biosolids from treatment process byproducts.

Work on the Brightwater Treatment Plant will make up the bulk of the expenditure, with over $400 million allocated to the project in 2009.