VOL. 47 NO. 3 SERVING 2000 ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS MAY, 2011

2011 OfficersPresident Jason H. Lau, P.E. 596-7790

jason@tlcghawaii.comVice-Pres JoAnne Hiramatsu 954-4262

jhiramatsu@oceanit.comTreasurer Jeoffrey S. Cudiamat, P.E. 488-5000

engineer@structuralhawaii.comSecretary Ken C. Kawahara, P.E. 836-1900

kck@akinaka.comPast Pres John Lamer, P.E. 768-8808

jlamer@honolulu.gov

DirectorsMembership Robert Primiano 768-3500

rprimiano@honolulu.govEducation Rodney Haraga, S.E. 543-7431

rodney.haraga@heco.comPublicity Trevin Chang, P.E. 356-1251

tchang@ssfm.comAwards Jimmy Kurata, P.E. 586-0732

james.k.kurata@hawaii.govAwards Clyde Kumabe 586-0414

clyde.k.kumabe@hawaii.govChap Del Rouen Liu, P.E. 543-7245

rouen.liu@heco.comAlt ChapDel Ken Morikami 543-7819

ken.morikami@heco.comChap Hist Lester Fukuda, P.E. 697-6200

les.fukuda@hdrinc.com

APWA President Jason Lau, Rouen Liuand Rod Haraga spent the morning ofMonday, March 28th judging the 54thHawaii State Science and EngineeringFair. This year’s event was held at theHawaii Convention Center. APWA has beenparticipating in judging the science andengineering fair for over 10 years. Thisyear’s winners from the Senior category are:Bryan Fewell and Scott Fujiwara fromHanalani Schools, Erica Sampaga from HiloHigh and Awapuni Lee from KamehamehaSchool. Winners from the Junior divisionwere: Micah Mun-Takata from CathedralCatholic Academy, Hidemi Ishii from St.Andrew’s Priory, Daniel Cohen from HualalaiAcademy and Kylie Schatz from KailuaIntermediate. President Jason Lau distrib-uted $50 to each of the winners during theawards ceremony held on Tuesday, March29th.

AMERICAN SOCIETYOF CIVIL ENGINEERS SCIENCE FAIR AWARDS

The 54th Annual Hawaii State Science andEngineering Fair was held from March 28-30at the Hawaii Convention Center, and by allaccounts was a resounding success. Eachyear, more than 7,000 students from publicand private schools from throughout theislands participate, and about 500 make it theHawaii State Science and Engineering Fair,held here in Honolulu. Projects and presenta-tions were organized into three categories:Senior Research; Junior Research; and JuniorDisplay.

ASCE Hawaii Section once again participat-ed in the State Science Fair by judging pro-jects and presenting three awards: Two (2)$200 student project awards and one (1) $100teacher/mentor award.

This year, one of the $200 student projectawards was presented to ShawnalynSunagawa and Sara Middendorf from St.Andrews Priory, with their senior research pro-ject entitled: “PAWT the Greener Future: AnInnovative Approach to Engineering aBladeless wind Turbine”.

The second winner was Matthew J. Barrettfrom Hanalani Schools with his project enti-tled: “How Can You Beat the Heat In YourHome?”

The teacher award went to Michael Grechof St. Andrews Priory for his outstandingencouragement and guidance.

The ASCE 2011 Hawaii State Science and Engineering Fair award winners at the HawaiiConvention Center; from left, teacher Michael Grech, Shawnalyn Sunagawa, SaraMiddendorf, Matthew Barrett and Hawaii Section ASCE President Roger Babcock.

Proud Junior Division recipients.

Proud Senior Division recipients.

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OFFICERS President – Kurt BendlerVice President – Paul BrussowDirector – Amarjit SinghDirector – Maelyn UyeharaPast President – Stephen JacobsonTreasurer – Guia Lasquete

The HSPE Maui Chapter has awarded theHSPE Maui Chapter Project of the Year to theKamehameha Avenue RoadwayImprovements, Puunene Avenue to HanaHighway, Project No. 08-18.

The project owner and designer is theCounty of Maui, the contractor was MauiMaster Builders, and the construction manag-er was Bowers + Kubota Consulting.

The Kamehameha Avenue RoadwayImprovements project was a $1.4 millionpavement reconstruction project in the busi-ness district of Kahului. Improvements includ-ed the removal of the existing degradedasphalt pavement, removal and recycling ofthe existing base following the addition ofcement treatment, replacement of traffic loopdetectors, and installation of new pavementmarkings and roadway signage.

The project was difficult design-wise in that itwas reconstructed in the main access point fora busy business district. To minimize the dis-ruption to merchants, the project was designedto reconstruct each traffic lane individually,thereby maintaining traffic in both directions atall times. The reconstructed pavement sectionused a technology new to the County of Mauiinvolving a recycled cement treated base andan ultra-thin concrete pavement driving sur-face. The concrete was designed to allow forvehicular/traffic loading within 24 hours, withstrength being determined through the use of amaturity curve and implanted temperature sen-sors.

Following design and bid, but prior to con-struction, the designer and contractor con-ducted field observations of construction dur-ing the Haleakala Highway concrete white-top-ping project. Based upon the observations, itwas determined that reconstructingKamehameha Avenue one lane at a time wouldnot be feasible from a safety consideration asconcrete finishers would be placed too closeto the active traffic. Additionally, spanning thefull width of the roadway would allow for asmoother finish grade as the concrete place-ment operation would be tied into existing curbgrades. The project team phased the projectby each street block, with traffic control planstailored to each segment. Close communica-tion with the adjacent property owners and the

State Department of Transportation allowed theteam to implement full roadway closures, withno resulting complaints. To reduce the possi-bility of PCC cracks, the concrete pavementwas installed at night, requiring extensive coor-dination with traffic control and concrete sup-pliers to ensure a smooth work flow.

During the base course reclamation portionof construction, it was discovered that existingwater lines had been installed with an averagecover of 24-36 inches. The weight of the con-struction equipment subsequently caused tworuptures at water line lateral connections anddelayed construction due to sub-grade satura-tion. Once exposed, the connections werefound to be severely corroded, and werereplaced. In response to this unforeseen con-dition, the project team’s compaction effortswere modified to reduce the adverse impact onthe utilities, while still achieving the requiredcompaction.

All of the problems encountered were solvedin a timely and cost-effective manner throughthe cooperation and coordination of the projectteam which included the owner, contractor andconstruction management consultant. Withoutthis team approach, the project could haveextended far beyond the reported substantialcompletion date.

In terms of environmental considerations, theuse of recycled, cement treated base, resultedin a dramatic reduction of new resources. Nonew aggregates were required, fuel costs forhauling unsuitable materials were eliminated,and the overall project duration was minimized.

With respect to the public benefit, this sec-tion of Kamehameha Avenue is the mainaccess route for the Maui Mall, Safeway, andnumerous other commercial activities. Therestoration of the roadway frontage with con-crete will ensure an extended life cycle for theroad, minimizing future construction require-ments and enhancing the public driving expe-rience. The longer life span achieved with con-crete pavement reduces the dependence onoil imports, while fostering competitionbetween pavement material suppliers. Moreoptions in pavement materials will allow MauiCounty a better return on the tax dollars invest-ed, ultimately benefitting all Maui residents.

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Our new state-of-the-art plant maintains Tileco’s position as the State’s leading concrete block manufacturer.

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Mayor Peter Carlisle met with representatives of the Hawaii council of EngineeringSocieties to proclaim Engineering Week in the City andCounty of Honolulu.

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2011 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS &DIRECTORSPosition Officer PhonePresident Brian Ide 536-2108

brianide@allisonide.comVice President Wesley Segawa 935-4677

hilo@wrsa.bizSecretary Grant Okunaga 488-7579

grant@mkellc.comTreasurer Danny Fujioka 536-2626

dannyf@nagamineokawa.comDirector Les Kempers 682-6000

lkempers@gprmp.comDirector Kimo Scott 671-2886

okhardwr@hawaiiantel.netDirector Aaron Erickson 591-2728

aerickson@wje.comDirector Linda Moran 676-1963

lmoran@hawaii.rr.comPast President Ron Iwamoto 486-5202

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P.O. Box 31218, Honolulu, HI 96817Web page: www.samehonolulu.org

2010-2011 Honolulu Post OfficersPresident Col Mark Bednar, USAFVP, Programs Bryan Zachmeier, USAF (Ret)VP, Sust.Member Will Boudra, PE, USN (Ret)VP, Membership Jerry Matsuda, PE, USAF (Ret)Secretary Capt David Stringer, USAFTreasurer LCDR Jorge Cuadros, PE, USNDir at Lrge, Army COL Ed Kertis, USADir at Lrge, Navy CAPT Paul Fuligni, USNDir at Lrge,

Air Force Col Karl Bosworth, USAFDir at Lrge,

Coast Guard LCDR Andrew Wright, PE, USCGDir at Lrge, Civilian Todd Barnes, PE, USA (Ret)

HIGHLIGHTS OF BOD MEETINGApril 6, 2011

Committee Reports:General Membership Meetings/Technical

Seminars/Events: Macsteel Field Trip has beenrescheduled for May 4, 2011 at 10:00am attheir Kapolei plant. The event will feature a tourof the hot dip galvanizing facility and metal roofroll forming operations. Please contact AaronErickson at aerickson@wje.com or 983-1949by April 30, 2011 if you would like to attend.

The following seminars are anticipated to bepresented in 2011:– Pre-Engineered Metal Buildings – Pre-Engineered Wood Trusses– Structural Steel Corrosion Coatings– Structural Steel Design of Low-Rise Office

Building2011 SEAOH Convention Update: The

year’s Annual Convention is tentatively sched-uled at Koolau Golf Course on Thursday andFriday, August 4-5, 2011. A full day technicalseminar and an evening banquet dinner isscheduled for August 4. A morning technical

seminar, afternoon golf tournament with asimultaneous non-golfing event is scheduledfor August 5. Topics for the seminars will focuson the 2009 IBC Wind and Seismic Provisions.More information will be announced in theupcoming months.

New Member Applications: Applicationsfor SEAOH membership for the grade of AlliedMember from Alex Okamura at Tanimura andAssociates, Inc. and Kimberly Hoo at EnglekirkPartners were unanimously approved.

Missing Members: Please contactMembership Chairperson, Jiabao Chen (Ph:791-3945 or email jchen@kaihawaii.com), orany of the SEAOH officers if you have a newmailing and/or email address.

The next SEAOH Board of Directors andOfficers meeting will be held on Wednesday,May 4, 2011 at CCPI at 4:30pm. Contact

SEAOH President Brian Ide (536-2108, brian-ide@allisonide.com) for more information.

2010-2011 BOARDExecutive Committee (Officers)President: Michael ChangPres-elect: Paul ScottVice Pres: Kevin Saito, P.E.Secretary: Barry Jim On, P.E.Treasurer: Paul Fukunaga, P.E.

ASHRAEAmerican Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-ConditioningEngineers, Inc. Hawaii Chapter

P.O. Box 3916, Honolulu, HI 96812-3916

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2010-2011 OFFICERSOffice Name PhonePresident Roger Babcock 956-7298

email: rbabcock@hawaii.eduPres-Elect Dawn Barsana-Szewczyk 943-1133

email: dawn.barsana@ch2m.comVice-President Ian Arakaki 596-7790

email: ian@tlcghawaii.comSecretary Brian Enomoto 388-5559

email: benomoto@ascehawaii.orgTreasurer Glenn MiyasatoPast President Jeff Kalani 596-2928

email: jeff@yogikwong.com

MAY DINNER MEETINGProgram: Transportation Technical CommitteeTopic: Honolulu Rail Transit (Tentative)visit http://www.ascehawaii.org/asce_meet-ings.htm for updated informationDate: Thursday, May 19, 2011Location: Treetops at Paradise Park,

Manoa ValleyTime: 5:30 p.m. - Social Time

6:30 p.m. - Dinner7:00 p.m. - Program8:45 p.m. - Adjourn

Menu: Multi-entree buffetCost: $25.00 for ASCE Hawaii Section

members$28.00 for Non-ASCE HawaiiSection members and Guests$11.00 for UH Manoa StudentChapter members

Please make checks payable to ASCE-Hawaii Section and mail to Glenn Miyasato,ASCE Secretary, MKE Associates, LLC, 99-205 Moanalua Road, Suite 205, Aiea,Hawaii 96701 postmarked by Friday, May 13,2011. Reservations for the dinner meeting to Glenn Miyasato by Monday, May 16, 2011,by phone at 488-7579 ext 3 or email atglenn@mkellc.com.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGLast held: April 7, 2011Next meeting: May 11, 2011

ASCE HAWAII SECTION PROJECT AWARDSAND OUTSTANDING CIVIL ENGINEERINGACHIEVEMENT AWARDS (OCEA) NOMINA-TIONS DUE JUNE 24th!

ASCE Hawaii Section will be having ourannual awards banquet on Saturday,September 10th, at the Kapiolani CC CulinaryInstitute. In addition to honoring the traditionalOCEA Award Winning project, the ASCEHawaii Section would like to honor and provideaccolades to numerous other projects that willbe selected for the following categories:

• Large Project (>$10M) • Medium Project (<$10 M but >$2 M)• Small Project (<$2 M) • International Project • Green Building Project• Transportation Project• Water/Wastewater/Environmental Project • Building/Structural Systems Project• Studies and Research Project• Humanitarian Project• Special Projects Please visit our website www.ascehawaii.org

for further details and to download the form tonominate a project. Nominations are due June24th.

2011 ASCE WALTER LUM SCHOLARSHIPRECIPIENT

The ASCE Hawaii Section has awarded thisyear’s $3,000 Walter Lum Scholarship to adeserving College of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering student at the University of Hawaiiat Manoa. The winner is Regan Kobayashi,who is currently a Junior.

Mr. Kobayashi maintains a 3.55 GPA, and isa member of the UH Student Chapter of ASCEand UH Student Chapter of Chi Epsilon.

ASCE congratulates Mr. Kobayashi for hisacademic accomplishments and for his contri-butions to the UH Student Chapter. His awardwas presented at the April 21 ASCE DinnerMeeting at Treetops Restaurant.

CONTINUING EDUCATION SEMINARS INJUNE

The Hawaii Section will host two ASCENational workshops at the University of HawaiiImin Conference Center on the UH Manoacampus at end of June. The speaker for both2-day workshops is Douglas Gransberg, anationally recognized expert from Iowa StateUniversity. The first seminar, “Design BuildContracting” will occur on June 27-28, 2011.The second seminar, “ConstructionAdministration for Engineers” will occur onJune 30-July 1, 2011. Additional informationand registration forms are available on ourwebsite: www.ascehawaii.org

STUDENT CHAPTER NEWSThe University of Hawaii Student Chapter

participated in the Pacific SouthwestConference (PSWC) in Los Angeles on March24-25-26. The Steel Bridge Team placed sec-ond against 17 other teams in Los Angeles andearned a spot at the National Student SteelBridge Competition (NSSBC) at Texas A&M onMay 20-21. They need your donations to helpthem get to NSSBC and represent Hawaii likethey did in 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2010. Theyhave projected costs of approximately $5,000for registration, airfare, transportation, andaccommodations; and any donations will begreatly appreciated. (make checks to: ASCEStudent Chapter, and send to: ASCE StudentChapter, Civil Engineering Department, 2540Dole Street, Holmes Hall 383, Honolulu, HI96822).

ASCE JOB LISTINGSFor information on how to advertise job

openings in your company on the ASCE HawaiiSection website, please visit http://www.asce-hawaii.org/jobs.htm.

ASCE HAWAII SECTION’S WEBMAIL LIST –SIGN-UP AND/OR UPDATE

If you would like to receive e-mail notices ofupcoming meetings or activities, please sign-up for the ASCE Hawaii Section’s webmail listat http://www.ascehawaii.org/emailform.html.You may also update your email address onthat same webpage. Please consider helpingthe Hawaii Section reduce operating costs byreceiving your monthly issue of Wiliki via email.

KNOW YOUR ASCE HISTORYby C.S. Papacostas

SCALING THE ART PIECEI thought I had finally completed my discus-

sion of the “Gate of Hope,” the sculptural piecethat is erected on the lawn of Holmes Hall at theUniversity of Hawai`i, when I received an emailmessage from a reader who wishes to remainanonymous. It began:

“I just now had a chance to read your

January, February and March ‘Know YourASCE History’ articles. Great stuff!

Not to take anything away from your well-written articles, but what I was most impressedwith is how a 5th student in the photo withProfessor Ghorbani climbed so high up the‘Gate of Hope.’ Your article mentioned thatProf. Ghorbani was in the photo with ‘…four ofhis students: Two of them had climbed on thestructure and two posed in front of it.’ Was thata typo, or did you miss the 5th student on theupper right? The photo cropped the top of thesculpture – I wonder if there was a 6th!”

Indeed there was a fifth student in the photowho had ascended so far that I completelymissed him, focusing repeatedly as I did on themain group of sculpture worshippers. Theclimber’s dark clothing may have contributedto my oversight, but I apologize, nevertheless,for the now patently obvious omission. Prof.Ghorbani assures me that nobody else wasperched on the sculpture’s pinnacle. In fact,“the rest of us tried to climb as far as the fifthstudent but failed. For him, though, it was avery easy task. He just walked up the steeplyinclined cylinder on all fours. He is very athletic!”

The challenge of the task was independentlyverified by my unnamed reader: “Nearly 15years ago (on May 11, 1996, the eveningbefore I graduated with my B.S.) I attempted toclimb the ‘Gate of Hope’ with a few others whowere graduating with me. It was our first andlast attempt. Only then did we realize how well-designed it was… at preventing would-bescalers from getting very high. And only thendid we realize how big and tall the sculpture is.We only made it to where the two students inthe upper left of the photo are perched. The5th student must have had Spiderman-liketraction and been very brave! I’ve had a muchdeeper appreciation for the sculpture eversince failing to climb it. Your articles made thatappreciation even greater – thanks!”

This evoked in my mind the description ofthe 30-foot high assemblage that I quoted fourmonths ago (in January 2011): “Giving animpression of extraordinary lightness for itssize and weight, the formal aspect of thedynamic work varies rapidly with the observer’sviewpoint.”

On a follow-up message, my reader inde-pendently developed almost the same idea:“From far away - and after doing what collegekids often do - the sculpture can give the illu-sion of being a jungle gym or playgroundequipment. As I noted earlier, I suspect thatthe sculpture was carefully and purposelydesigned to deter would-be climbers from get-ting very high (for safety). The diameter andarrangement/angle of the cylinders make itextremely difficult to climb. If the diameter wassmaller (or larger) it would be much easier. Iwonder if there is any literature on that. Seemsfitting; it would be sadly ironic if the college ofengineering’s sculpture was designed withoutregard for public safety!”

I now wonder as well if Alexander Liberman,the multi-talented artist who dreamt the piece,had explicitly considered safety as a guide tohis work. The more I read about this Russian-born genius, the more I am astounded by thescope of his accomplishments. They includedpainting, photography, sculpture, magazine artdirectorships (including that of “VogueMagazine”), and other publishing.

And talking about publishing, it so happensthat the first professional engineering society inHawai`i, established in 1902 and now known as“Engineers and Architects of Hawai`i,” had

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Hawaii Section — Younger Member ForumWeb site: http://www.ascehawaii.org/ymf.html

2010-2011 YMF OfficersPhone

President: Eric Arakawa 478-6540earakawa@ascehawaiiymf.org

Vice-President: Javis Carino 256-8554jcarino@ascehawaiiymf.org

Secretary: Jason Sugibayashi 721-3117jsugibayashi@ascehawaiiymf.org

Treasurer: Lara Karamatsu 694-3213lkaramatsu@ascehawaiiymf.org

Past President: Troy Ching 697-6233tching@ascehawaiiymf.org

The Society of

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OFFICERSPresident Melvin K. Harano, P.E. 848-6966

harano@thermaleng.comVice-Pres Robert T. Bigtas, P.E. 526-9019

Rbigtas-ssda@hawaii.rr.comSecretary Derick Kam 848-6966

kam@thermaleng.comTreasurer Samuel S. Dannaway, P.E. 526-9019

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MATHCOUNTS Oahu Chapter CompetitionBy Lara Karamatsu, Community Service Chair

On Saturday, February 19, 2011, YMF mem-bers volunteered at the MATHCOUNTS Oahucompetition at Punahou School. This competi-tion involved 6th – 8th grade students fromschool all over Oahu. The math skills of thesestudents were put to the test as they were chal-lenged to solve a series of math problems with-in a given time limit. YMF members helped byscoring the completed math problems and tal-lying the results for three different rounds:Sprint, Target & Team. These math geniusesscored well on problems of varying difficulty,problems some adults couldn’t figure out.Thank you to all the volunteers for coming outto help with this event and to Ed Chang forcoordinating this event with the YMF.

ASCE History, continued from page 4

made it its practice to publish, in the form of“press bulletins,” papers read at its regularmeetings during the first part of the 20th centu-ry. They even had commissioned the develop-ment of Honolulu’s first book-plate in 1908.According to the Sunday Advertiser of May 24of that year, “The design was drawn by ViggoJacobsen, the finished plate being 2-3/4 inch-es in width. The difficulty in embodying in thecomposition the many various branches ofengineering is obvious. The Egyptian beetle, orscarab, is used in symbolic art to represent fer-tility, in this instance, fertility of brain.”

More to come...Do you know of a civil engineering accom-

plishment or event that your fellow ASCE members might find interesting? Please senda brief description to C.S. Papacostas (fax 956-5014, email csp@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu).Previous articles in the series may be found atthe Section’s web site. Just point your browserto http://www.ascehawaii.org.

PCEA CONFERENCE DATES ANNOUNCEDMark your calendars for the Pacific Coast

Electrical Association (PCEA) 2011 HawaiiConference & Expo, sponsored by HawaiianElectric Company, Maui Electric Company andHawaii Electric Light Company:• What: Themed “Pupukahi i Holomua” or Unite in

Order to Progress, the 2011 PCEA Conferencewill feature more than 40 exhibits and 20 work-shops addressing renewable technology and ini-tiatives, energy sustainability, energy policy,clean technology development, power quality,energy efficiency and more.

• Who: PCEA brings together leaders from thestate’s electric utilities, government, facility/oper-

ations managers, professional design consul-tants, commercial and residential real estatedevelopers and others in related industries toshare and address industry concerns andexplore technical and economic trends.

• When: August 31 – September 2, 2011 • Where: Hilton Waikoloa Village, Waikoloa, Hawaii

Island• Cost:

$395 - early bird registration (ends July 6, 2011)$475 - general registration$900 - exhibitor (includes one 8’x10’ booth andone conference registration)

Register at: http://pcea.heco.com.More info: hecorsvp@heco.com

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Hawaii SectionThe AmericanSociety of

Mechanical Engineers

Website: http://sections.asme.org/hawaii

ASME-HI 2010-2011 OfficersChairperson Derek Sato 543-4108

derek.sato@heco.comVice-Chair Derick Kam 848-6966

kam@thermaleng.comSecretary Kory Ikeda

kory.isamu@gmail.comTreasurer Kevin Dang 737-1708

dangk001@hawaii.rr.comPast-Chair Edmund Chang 543-4227

change025@hawaii.rr.comHCES Rep: Derick KamAlternate: John Ahern

engineers andarchitects ofhawaii

founded 1902

po box 4353, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813An association for Hawaii’s Engineers and ArchitectsWEB address: http://eahawaii.googlepages.com/home

EAH 2010- 2011 OfficersPresident Aaron Erickson 591-27282nd VP Howard Wiig 587-38111st VP Geoffrey Paterson 261-6597Treasurer Tit Mun ChunSecretary Gary Yamamoto 485-2777Director Dave Martin 543-4504Director Travis HyltonDirector Andy Keane 531-3017Past Pres. C. S. Papacostas 956-6538

NEXT ASME-HAWAII SECTION GENERALMEETINGDate: May 17, 2011Time: 5:30 pm to 7:00 pmPlace: Hawaiian Electric Ward Avenue

CafeteriaAgenda: Speaker: Dr. Joseph Van Ryzin of

Makai Ocean Engineering on OceanThermal Energy.

Dr. Van Ryzin is founder and Vice Presidentof Makai Ocean Engineering and has been aSenior Ocean Engineer in every major programat Makai. He received his Ph.D. in OceanEngineering from University of Rhode Island, in1977, his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering fromUniversity of Rhode Island, in 1968, and hisB.S. in Mechanical Engineering from CarnegieInstitute of Technology, in 1966.

Members and guests are invited. There willbe free pizza and soft drinks as usual. Pleasecontact Derek Sato or Kory Ikeda for directionsand for more information, such as parking.

HI-LITES OF THE MARCH 15 MEETINGTwelve members attended the General

Membership Meeting at HECO’s Ward Avenuecafeteria.• Engineers Week Lessons-Learned: Schedule

for display set-up must be adhered to.• Student Section Report: New officers have

been elected and are listed on their website.Fundraising is ongoing for the H2GO com-petition to cover hotel and transportation.

• Department of Mechanical EngineeringReport: Candidates for new faculty are beinginterviewed. Besides the MontgomeryCompetition, the Industry Advisory Boardmeeting is being planned.

• Featured Speaker: Charles Isaacs, HawaiianDredging Construction Company ProjectEngineer on LEED Implementation –Punahou K-1 project.

FRANCIS MONTGOMERY DESIGN COMPETITION

The annual Montgomery Design Competitionis scheduled for May 6, 2011 on the Universityof Hawaii, Manoa campus. Students of theDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringCapstone ME 482 Senior Design Projectcourse will be competing for four monetaryawards. Design teams will make PowerPointpresentations followed by a poster session andhardware demonstration. Three ASME Hawaiijudges will score the presentations on the basisof content, organization, prototype, andresponse to questions. Spectators are wel-come. For more information visit the ASME-HIwebsite.

Engineers Without Borders - Honoluluhttp://www.ewbaloha.org

2010-2011 OfficersPresident Steve Ftaclas

seftaclas@gmail.comVice Pres Megan Meachum

meganmeachum@gmail.comSecretary Heath Prow

hprow@kauaiwater.orgTreasurer Brannon Pang

brannon.pang@gmail.com

EWB-Aloha has been re-energized with anew executive board that has experience bothat the student level and professional level. Ourorganization’s goal this year is to apply for aproject through EWB-USA. We are currentlyevaluating a project in the Mae Wan district ofThailand, which involves the supply and distri-bution of water for agricultural use.  The com-munity has requested a dam and there is thepotential for a future micro-hydroelectric ener-gy generation project.  We are doing somesupplementary research on the project todetermine if we have enough interest from ourengineering community and the necessaryexpertise to perform the work. We are lookingfor a structural engineer with dam design expe-rience and a civil/mechanical engineer experi-enced with hydroelectric turbines. If you wouldlike any additional information on the project oron EWB-Aloha please feel free to the newChapter President, Steve Ftaclas atewb.aloha.info@gmail.com.

Hawaii Section 2010-2011 OfficersPresident: Honglong LiVice Pres: Michael PackardSecretary: Juanita WolfgrammTreasurer: Sara ToyamaDirector: Steven Yoshidawww.ite-hawaii.org

ITE Hawaii’s monthly meetings have provid-ed members and guests the opportunity to

learn about various transportation related top-ics. For January, C.S. Papacostas, the currentChair of UH Manoa’s Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering Department and director ofHawaii’s Local Technical Assistance Programpresented about the LTAP program andFHWA’s new efficiency initiative Every DayCounts. Our February meeting featured WesFrysztacki, president of Weslin ConsultingServices Inc. He presented the transportationrecommendations in the Aiea-Pearl CityNeighborhood TOD Plan and provided exam-ples of the types of international best practicesthat were included in the study. The featuredspeakers for our March meeting were TomDinell, Emeritus Professor of Urban andRegional Planning at UH Manoa, and JackieBoland of AARP Hawaii. Their presentation wason Complete Streets, a nation-wide movementdesigned to assure that our streets are safe forall users. In April, Earl Matsukawa, PlanningDirector of Wilson Okamoto Corporation, pre-sented on the Kona Community DevelopmentPlan which was developed to guide the futuredevelopment in the north and south Kona dis-tricts of Hawaii County. If you are interested inbecoming an ITE member or attending ourmonthly meetings, please contact JuanitaWolfgramm at jwolfgramm@ssfm.com.

EAH’s new meeting location is at the FortStreet Grill in the Topa Tower (Ewa tower onFort Street ) in the Topa Financial Center (OldAMFAC Bldg). Fort Street Grill closed in Mayso Lunch sandwiches will be provided by theCarrot Patch until other arrangements can bemade for lunch. Parking is available (enterfrom Nimitz). The WEB site has been updatedto provide directions and a Map. If you havequestions please call Sam Gillie (543-4739).

Meetings are held every Friday (exceptHolidays).

May 6 - to be determined.May 13 - Wayne Yoshioka, Director,

Department of Transportation Services, C&C ofHonolulu, ‘Latest on the Honolulu’s RailSystem’.

May 20 - to be determined.May 27 - no meeting, Memorial Day holiday.Meetings start at NOON and have ended

PROMPTLY at 1:00 pm for 70 Years. Program schedule may be adjusted, call

Sam Gillie to confirm speaker 543-4739 Fax203-1335.

$10.00 Members, $12.00 Guest (AllWelcome), Students Free, Bring Your OwnLunches Welcome, Drink Refreshments arecompliamentary. A $3.00 donation is verygratefully appreciated!!

REMINDER-ASME P.E. REFRESHERCOURSE FOR OCTOBER 2011 EXAM

The ASME Hawaii Section is accepting qual-ified applicants for the ASME sponsored P.E.refresher course for the Principles & Practicesof Engineering Exam - Mechanical Discipline,scheduled for October 2011.

We continue to compile a list of qualifiedcandidates for the October 2011 exam, since aminimum of 10 candidates is needed to finalizecoordination with course logistics such asinstructional facilities, availability of instructors,instruction schedules and parking.

Interested candidates should contactRaymond Liu at email: liur020@hawaii.rr.comfor more information.

FUTURE MEETINGS/TOURSAugust 2011: Tour of the PVT Landfill (tentative).

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WALKER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Precast Concrete Products

Frederick K. Wong, PEP.O. Box 1568 Maui (808) 877-3430Kahului, Maui, Hawaii 96732 Fax (808) 871-7282

R. M. TOWILL CORPORATIONSINCE 1930

720 Iwilei Road

Suite 425

P.O. Box 3351

Honolulu, HI 96801

Phone: (808) 536-2705

Fax: (808) 599-4032

WES THOMAS ASSOCIATESLand Surveyors

75-5749 Kalawa St., Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740-1817Tel: 808 329-2353 Fax: 808-329-5334

Surveying Hawaii Since 1975

501 Sumner Street, Suite 620Honolulu, Hawaii 96817

Ph (808) 531-1308 | Fax (808) 521-7348www.ssfm.com

SHIMABUKURO, ENDO & YOSHIZAKI, INC.Civil, Environmental & Structural Engineers

1126 12th Avenue, #309Honolulu, Hawaii 96816-3715Phone: (808) 737-1875Fax: (808) 734-5516Email: seyeng@lava.net

Tim Waite, P.E.Sales, EngineerMobile: 808-479-1216Email: twaite@strongtie.comSimpson Strong-Tie Co., Inc.

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590 Paiea Street, Suite B, Honolulu, HI 96819-1835Tel: (808) 840-2000 v FAX: (808) 839-0339

Sato & Associates, Inc.HONOLULU MAUI2046 South King Street 2115 Wells StreetHonolulu, HI 96826 Wailuku, HI 96793Tel: (808) 955-4441 Tel: (808) 244-9265Fax: (808) 942-2027 Fax: (808) 244-5303

CONSULTING ENGINEERS • CIVIL & STRUCTURAL

SUITE 1500, PACIFIC PARK PLAZA711 KAPIOLANI BOULEVARDHONOLULU, HAWAII 96813TELEPHONE: (808) 593-1676FAX: (808) 593-1607EMAIL: paren@pareninc.com

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P.O. Box 88840Honolulu, HI 96830Website: www.acechawaii.org

Officers for 2010-11President: Sheryl Nojima, PhD, PE 521-0306Pres. Elect: Douglas Lee, PE 523-8499Treasurer: Terrance Arashiro, PE 536-3646Secretary: Mike Street, PE 836-7787Past Pres.: John Katahira, PE 596-7790Nat. Dir.: Jon Nishimura, PE 944-1821Directors: Beverly Ishii-Nakayama, PE 942-9100

Joel Yuen, PE 521-3773Robin Lim, PE 841-5064

Exec. Dir.: Ginny Wright 741-4772 Email gwright@acechawaii.org

P.O. Box 4135, Honolulu, Hawaii 96812Website: http://www.falea.org

Officers/BoDirectors’ for 2010-2012President: Elvi B. PinedaVP/Pres Elect: Jeoffrey S. CudiamatSecretary: Maritez MarquezTreasurer: Nicolo A. OrenseAss’t Treas: Jojo A. LopezAuditor: Eugene N. CalaraBus. Manager: Suzie S. AgraanPress Rel.Off: Joey G. ResurreccionPast President: John C. RamosHCES Rep: Suzie S. AgraanAlternate: Elvi B. Pineda

APRIL HIGHLIGHTS:FE REVIEW – After thirteen weeks of

Fundamentals of Engineering Review classes,the half-day Saturday afternoon sessions final-ly came to an end during the first week of April.The timing was such that those who signed upfor the Spring Exam would just barely have time

to relax before their knowledge was put to thereal test the following week. There were 12 indi-viduals who originally signed up for the reviewsessions, and 8 took the challenge and sat forthe exam. Now comes the waiting. We hopeeveryone passed.

GOLF TOURNAMENT - The much anticipat-ed FALEA Foundation 4th Annual ScholarshipOpen Golf Tournament was held on the 15th ofApril at Kapolei Golf Course. It was anothersuccessful event to ensure funding the organi-zation’s scholarship awards for another year.Many thanks go to the event’s sponsors anddonors for helping out in supporting FALEA’seducational programs. Nan, Inc. was the TitleSponsor for the second year in a row. The GoldSponsor was Mechanical Trends, and Media5Architecture was the Silver Sponsor. Manycompanies were Tee Sponsors, while othersdonated prizes. Awards were given to the win-ners in various categories during the banquetwhich followed the tournament. There werealso numerous door prizes given out through-out the evening. Our photographer and video-grapher showed highlights of the day’s eventsto the golf participants.

NEXT BOARD MEETING – Friday, 5:30 PM,May 6, 2011 at APB’s.

“LAULIMA” Working Together toBuild a Better HawaiiJoint State-City Symposium

The binennial Joint State-City Symposium fordesign professionals and others interested indoing business with the City and County ofHonolulu and the State of Hawaii will be held onWednesday, May 25, 2011 from 7:30 AM - 1:30PM at the Hale Koa Hotel in Waikiki. Featuredspeakers will include the Honorable GovernorNeil Abercrombie and various departmentheads from City and State agencies.

REGISTRATION FEES: ACECH/AIA MEMBER$110 on or before 5/13/11; $145 after 5/13/11NON-MEMBER$145 by 5/13/11 and $170 after 5/13/11GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE $90 REGISTER Online at http://www.acechawaii.org(downloadable form also available).

ACECH Representation on Capitol HillACECH representatives met with members

of Hawaii’s Congressional delegation inWashington, D.C. on March 30 and 31 in con-junction with the American Council ofEngineering Companies (ACEC) Annual SpringConvention. The purpose of the meetings wasto discuss national issues of significance to our

Left to Right: Lester Fukuda, JonNishimura, Norman Kawachika, JaniceMarsters, Sheryl Nojima, Senator DanielInouye, and Douglas Lee.

Left to Right behind Senator Daniel Akaka(seated): Lester Fukuda, Douglas Lee, Jon Nishimura, Sheryl Nojima, NormanKawachika, and Janice Marsters.

consulting business – repeal of the 3% with-holding on all government (county, state, andfederal) contracts; repeal of the 1099 filingmandate which would require filing of a 1099for purchases of both services and goods val-ued at more than $600 for both corporate and

non-corporate vendors; funding of infrastruc-ture programs that support surface transporta-tion, aviation and water projects; and enact-ment of a new 6-year surface transportationprogram to meet long-term highway and transitprojects.

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Pacific GeotechnicalEngineers, Inc.

Soils & Foundation Engineering Consultants94-417 Akoki Street

Waipahu, Hawaii 96797(808) 678-8024 FAX (808) 678-8722E-mail: pge@pacificgeotechnical.com

NEWCOMER - LEELAND SURVEYORS, INC.

1498 Lower Main Street, Suite “D”Wailuku, HI 96793-1937

Tel: (808) 244-8889Fax: (808) 244-8422

NAKAMURA, OYAMAand ASSOCIATES, INC.

CONSULTING ENGINEERSELECTRICAL/TELECOMMUNICATIONS/FIRE PROTECTION

1314 South King St., Suite 401Honolulu, Hawaii 96814-1939

Telephone (808) 591-8887 Fax (808) 596-2383

NAGAMINE OKAWA ENGINEERS INC.CONSULTING STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS

1003 Bishop Street • Suite 2025Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

Phone: (808) 536-2626 • FAX: (808) 536-3926

ISLAND GEOTECHNICAL

ENGINEERING, INC. Geotechnical Consultants 330 Ohukai Road, Suite 119

Kihei, Hawaii 96753Phone: (808) 875-7355 Fax: (808) 875-7122

Email: ige@igehawaii.com

HIDA, OKAMOTO & ASSOCIATES, INC.CONSULTING CIVIL ENGINEERS

PACIFIC GUARDIAN TOWER 1440 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1120Honolulu, Hawaii 96814Phone: (808) 942-0066Fax: (808) 947-7546

SAM O. HIROTA, INC.Engineers & Surveyors

864 S. Beretania StreetHonolulu, Hawaii 96813

Telephone: 537-9971

INABA ENGINEERING, INC.273 WAIANUENUE AVENUEHILO, HAWAII 96720

Phone: (808) 961-3727 / Fax: (808) 935-8033Civil Engineering • Structural Engineering

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GEOLABS, INC.Geotechnical Engineering and Drilling Services

2006 Kalihi StreetHonolulu, Hawaii 96819

Phone: 841-5064 Fax: 847-1749

1132 Bishop Street • Suite 1003Honolulu, Hawaii 96813-2830

Phone: (808) 524-3771 • Fax: (808) 538-0445Website: www.hdrinc.com

Engineering Concepts, Inc.Civil /Environmental /Sanitary Engineers

1150 South King Street, Suite 700 • Honolulu, Hawaii 96814Phone: (808) 591-8820 • Fax (808) 591-9010

Email: eci@ecihawaii.com

ENVIRONMENTAL • GEOTECHNICAL • HYDROGEOLOGICALCONSULTANTS

98-021 Kamehameha Highway, Suite 337Aiea, Hawaii 96701-4914Phone 808 484-5366 • Fax 808 484-0007

MASA FUJIOKA & ASSOC.A PROFESSIONAL PARTNERSHIP

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Engineering, ltd.OAHU: 96-1416 Waihona Place • Pearl City, Hawaii 96782-1973

(808) 455-6569 • FAX (808) 456-7062MAUI: (808) 873-0110 FAX (808) 873-0906

Esaki Surveying and Mapping, Inc.Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii

Ph. (808) 246-0625 • Fax (808) 246-0229esmap@hawaiian.net

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FUKUNAGA & ASSOCIATES, INC.1357 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 1530Honolulu, HI 96814Ph: 944-1821 • Fax: 946-9339office@fukunagaengineers.comwww.fukunagaengineers.com

Y. Ebisu & AssociatesAcoustical and Electronic Engineers

1126 12th Avenue, Room 305Honolulu, Hawaii 96816

(808) 735-1634

ControlPoint Surveying, Inc.Oahu: 1150 South King Street, Suite 1200

Honolulu, Hawaii 96814Ph:(808)591-2022, Fax:(808)591-8333Email: surveying@cpshawaii.net

Maui: 1129 Lower Main Street, Suite 102Wailuku, Hawaii 96793Ph:(808)242-9641, Fax:(808)244-9220Email: cpsmaui@cpshawaii.net

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