Frasca honored Robert (Bob) Frasca, FAIA, has been selected by the Architecture Foundation of Oregon (AFO) as its 2004 Honored Citizen.

Frasca joins a distinguished group of past AFO Honored Citizen recipients including Senator Mark O. Hatfield, AIA Gold Medallist, Pietro Belluschi, FAIA, and Oregon Health and Science University President, Dr. Peter Kohler. He is being honored by the foundation for transforming the face of Oregon's built environment, exporting a Northwest aesthetic nationally and internationally, and advancing the profession of architecture.

Frasca has been partner-in-charge of design for Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership (ZGF) since 1966 and has produced a diverse portfolio of award winning projects. In the Northwest his projects include: the Oregon Convention Center, Portland International Airport, Doernbecher Children's Hospital and the Vollum Institute among others at Oregon Health and Science University, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Bellevue Regional Library. Nationally, he has designed buildings at the National Institutes of Health, Cornell University, John Hopkins and University of California. His international projects include U.S. Consulates and Embassies in Istanbul, Turkey; Sofia, Bulgaria and Capetown, South Africa. Based on his body of work, ZGF was awarded the 1991 Architecture Firm Award by the American Institute of Architects.

Committed to educating future generations of designers, Frasca has been a visiting professor and critic-in-design at universities in Oregon, Washington, California, Michigan and Utah and has lectured at academic institutions, AIA chapters, and design and civic organizations. He was a long-standing member of the University of Washington Architectural Commission of the Board of Regents, and served on design review boards for the University of California San Diego and Davis campuses.

Core Design, Inc. announced the addition of Jim Morin, P.E. as project engineer. Morin is a 1984 graduate of the University of Washington in Seattle, and has been licensed by Washington State as a professional engineer since 1994. Public projects include the Mercer Island portion of Interstate 90 for WSDOT and facility retrofit for Sub Base Bangor for the U.S. Navy. Private projects include the initial four phases of the City of Mill Creek, Issaquah Highlands and Ashley Park in Fife.

Group Mackenzie, Portland, a regional architecture, engineering and planning firm, recently hired Todd R. Johnson and Catie A. Fernandez to the planning department. Johnson is a planner/project manager with nearly a decade of experience. His skills include coordinating projects that integrate transportation, utility and site infrastructure, environmental challenges, and land use regulations.

Fernandez has joined the planning department as a planner/project manager. She formerly worked as an Associate Planner with the City of Gresham for eight years. Fernandez is currently working on the master plan for a 600-acre industrial park in Tracy, California; development planning for large industrial parks in Wilsonville, Fairview, Portland and Gresham; and open space acquisitions for the Trust for Public Land. She also oversees the firm's permit services.

Express Construction, Seattle, hired Jerry Surdyk as senior project manager. Surdyk will focus his extensive expertise on new commercial projects, and on providing preconstruction and value engineering services for clients. Prior to joining the company, he was project executive at Howard S. Wright Construction in Seattle, and spent 15 years at McCarthy Construction in Bellevue in a variety of managing and directorial positions.

DLR Group announces the following promotions: Lawrence P. Ahern has been promoted to principal. Ahem has over 29 years of experience in architecture, with expertise in higher education facility planning and design. Additionally, Ahem has been appointed a member of DLR Group's national higher education forum. Daniel A. Munn, PE has been promoted to principal. He is a structural engineer with over 12 years of experience on various building types, including justice, retail and education facilities. Additionally, he has been appointed a member of DLR Group's national quality assurance forum. Scott M. Rose has been promoted to principal. With a background in architecture, Rose has over 18 years of experience in project and construction management, primarily for public projects. Todd P. Ferking has been promoted to senior associate. Ferking has been working on architecture and project management on various projects, with particular focus in retail design. The following people have been promoted to associate: Carrie M. Baldwin, architect; James A. Beck, electrical engineer; Andrea L. Bilbrey, interior designer; Robert G. Hayden, architect; Joseph W. Hines, architect; Jack E. Matteoti, mechanical engineer; Hoa T. Vu, architectural intern; and Michael S. Weirich, architectural intern.