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Costa Rican Post-Disaster Safety Evaluations of Buildings Training
Reid Middleton Principal, David Swanson, travelled to Costa Rica to provide training on Post-Disaster Safety Evaluations of Buildings (ATC-20/45) for the Costa Rica Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The ASCE-sponsored training program is intended to train…
Green Shores: LEED-Style Rating System
By Mark Daniel, Reid Middleton; Nicole Faghin, Reid Middleton; Katrina Hoffman, Washington Sea Grant The Washington Planner - APA Washington Chapter Read the Entire Article
Planners Say Healthy Urban Shorelines Are Possible
By Christopher Dunagan Kitsap Sun The 2008 Urban Waterfront Revitalization conference met last week in Bremerton. Conference themes included the revitalization of urban shorelines through increased public access to the water. Reid Middleton shoreline experts Nicole Faghin and Shannon Kinsella,…
Group Efforts Make for Better Shorelines
Nicole Faghin and Shannon Kinsella, PE Special to the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce What makes a great public waterfront space? How do organizations and individuals make their ideas for enjoyable waterfronts happen? The answers are as diverse as we…
County First in State to Successfully Use Wetland Banking
By Bill Sheets Everett Herald EVERETT -- For 10 years, people have enjoyed walks through shady woods, across bridges over ponds, because of what seems like a vague bureaucratic notion called "wetland banking." The Narbeck Wetlands Sanctuary at 6921 Seaway…
Airport Taxiway Rehab a Success
By Joyce Edie, Editor Mattawa Area News Things just got a bit sweeter for Desert Aire residents who use the airport. A $296,000 rehabilitation of the south taxiway is almost complete and when it is, hopefully this week, 3,665 feet…
TDR: Balancing the Goals of Conservation and Growth
By Nicole Faghin and Reid Schockey Special to the Seattle Times At the Cascade Land Conservancy's fifth Snohomish County Conservation Awards Breakfast last November, the Conservancy's most-honored award — the Phil and Laura Zalesky Lifetime Achievement Award — was presented…
Hudson Point Marina Facelift Begins
By Janet Huck, Lead Staff Writer Port Townsend Leader The Port of Port Townsend had just one final permit to begin its $3.5 million renovation of Hudson Point Marina. After waiting months, port officials got word Monday, Oct. 30, that…
Pinpointing devastation if Seattle fault Ruptures
The most damaging earthquake in state history strikes on a weekday, shortly before noon. In downtown Seattle, the violent lurching knocks pedestrians off their feet. Drivers struggle to hold their cars on the road. A 14-mile rupture splits the ground…