VIRGINIA The Greater Richmond Transit Co. selected Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc. to provide planning and operations simulation services for a proposed new bus rapid transit system along Broad St. in Richmond. VHB will create traffic simulation, travel-demand modeling and traffic engineering to assess its potential operational, ridership and street traffic implications of the Broad St. BRT system. The planning and operations simulation will take one year to complete. GRTC then will have a comprehensive understanding of the merits and issues associated with the introduction of the BRT system, and can proceed to project refinement and implementation. Vanasse Hangen Brustin Inc., 101 Walnut St., Watertown, Mass. 02472; Greater Richmond Transit Co., 101 S. Davis Ave., Richmond 23220.

WASHINGTON Vulcan Northwest announced plans to build a seven-story, 330-unit residential development with ground-floor retail space on a site bounded by Harrison and Republican Sts. and Pontius and Yale Ave. in Seattle. Runberg Architectural Group is the architect selected for the project, which also proposes to restore and convert the historic Supply Laundry Building into either office or retail use. Site-plan approvals are under way. Runberg Architectural Group, One Yesler Way, Seattle 98104; Vulcan Northwest Inc., 505 Fifth Ave. S., Seattle 98104. DR #08-838247.