The Club Headquarters Building Advisory Committee was appointed by President Ron Eng at The Mountaineers Board of Trustees meeting on May 6, 2004. The charge given to the committee by President Eng was:

The committee met many times both formally and informally in the course of the last several months. Inventories were made, data was gathered, and the elements of analysis began to take shape. Once our needs assessment was completed the committee asked the Board of Trustees to authorize the hiring of GVA Kidder Mathews to prepare an appraisal and to develop financial and market data necessary to make a thorough analysis.

In December of 2004, Kidder Mathews presented the committee with their detailed report. During the month of December all of the data was pulled together to produce this written report. Hundreds of hours of volunteer and staff time went into research, compilation of the data and development of this project. It reflects the highest professional standards performed by Mountaineers with expertise in this and related fields.


The committee is comprised of:

Rick Anderson, Chair - A self employed architect he has been registered in the State of Washington since 1993. He has practiced architecture in the Seattle area since 1980. His practice is focused on multifamily and mixed use development within the Seattle City limits. He is a member of the Board of Trustees and serves on several committees within the club.

Steve Costie - The Executive Director of The Mountaineers. Prior to joining The Mountaineers he was Vice President of Operations, Early Winters, Ltd. the Director of Operations, Sporting Edge Companies and the Vice President of Operations for TSI.

Brian Horstman - A CPA with 20 years experience. Controller for The Mountaineers for the last 7 years. Prior to joining Mountaineers he worked in the Marine and Commercial construction industries.

Ken Madden - A licensed Civil Engineer working as a project manager for King County Metro. Ken received his bachelors degree in Civil Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1980. In 1985, he moved to Seattle and in 1987 gained his Professional Engineering license for Washington State. In 1996 he earned a Masters Degree in Public Administration from UW. He has engineering and project management experience in both the public and private sectors. He has managed capital improvements for King County Metro since 1989.

Bill Maxwell - A graduate of U of W with a BS in Civil Engineering. He had a 32 year career with Washington Natural Gas Company retiring as VP Customer Service. In the 1970's was the VP Properties for Totem Girls Scout Council. He currently owns and operates a home remodeling business. Bill has been President of the club twice. He chaired the committee which developed the plans and oversaw construction for the current administrative offices.

Julian Sayers - A graduate of Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Architecture degree. After receiving a Master of Urban Planning degree from the University of Washington, Mr. Sayers joined the planning staff of the City of Redmond, where he served nine years as its Director of Planning and Community Development. In 1980, Mr. Sayers joined Swanson-Dean Corporation, a large Bellevue, Washington based home-builder. There, his work as Project Planner concentrated on the planning and development of residential neighborhoods. He established The Sayers Associates, Inc. in 1983 to provide project planning and management services to the building and construction industry and policy planning and community development assistance to public agency clients. Within The Mountaineers, he completed five terms as the Photography Committee Chair, served on two Seattle Building Committees, the Seattle Branch Organizing Committee and the Seattle Branch Council.


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