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VOL. 41 NO. 10 SERVING 2000 ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS DECEMBER, 2005

May I Have the Envelope Please…

ACECH Engineering Excellence Honors Hawaii’s BestInnovative design was the buzz at the

Engineering Excellence Awards Gala held onNovember 19, 2005 at the Kahala MandarinOriental Hotel. Almost 200 people attendedthis event of the American Council ofEngineering Companies of Hawaii (ACECH)celebrating the outstanding accomplishmentsof seven firms whose award-winning projectsincluded not only work in every county of thestate, but also stretched 2,300 miles away toWake Island.

And the Winner is…Lincolne Scott Takes Top Honor

ACECH’s Grand Conceptor Award, wasawarded to Lincolne Scott, Inc. for its NELHAGateway Distributed & Renewable EnergyCenter (HGEC) project on the Big Island ofHawaii. The Kona research and developmentcampus focuses on demonstration, deploy-ment, education, outreach, techno-tourism,ocean sciences, marine bio-products andworkforce development.

In accordance with the NELHA mission “Todevelop and diversify the Hawaii economy byproviding resources and facilities for energyand ocean related research, educational, andcommercial activities in an environmentallysound and culturally sensitive manner”, thefacility attempts to showcase its vision, tech-

nologies and unique asset, namely cold deepseawater.

By incorporating the diverse uses of colddeep seawater and sustainable design ele-ments into the building itself, the center servesto raise community awareness about our envi-

ronment. The project is an example of howmuch more we can do as an industry to mini-mize our impact on the environment withoutcompromising our current needs.

By utilizing the elements that are abundant atthe site (cold deep seawater and solar energy),Lincolne Scott developed a design that inte-grates mechanical and electrical systems with-in the building architecture. As a result of thedesign elements, the HGEC is projected to per-form as follows:• 81% reduction in energy consumption• 74% reduction in potable water consumption• 333% improvement in outside air ventilation

Other design team members included:Architect: Ferraro Choi & Associates;, CivilEngineer: R.M. Towill Corp.;, LandscapeArchitect: LP & D Hawaii;, Structural Engineer:Libbey Heywood, Inc.

Rockfall Mitigation atn MP11, Route 360Hana Highway Results in Excellence Awardfor Geolabs, Inc.

The challenge for Geolabs, Inc., was to pro-tect the road and commuters from rockfalls atthis location of the Hana Highway while main-taining the beauty of the site. The narrow roadwidth precluded the creation of suitable catch-

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NELHA Gateway Distributed & Renewable Energy Center by Lincoln Scott, Inc.

Rockfall Mitiagation on Hana Highway by Geolabs, Inc.

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONSIn 1997, the Hawaii Council Of Engineering

Societies instituted the “HCES LifetimeAchievement Award” which is designed to rec-ognize the lifetime achievements of retiredengineers. This annual recognition is given toan individual who has contributed significantlyto the development of engineering in the Stateof Hawaii and who has made a noteworthyimpact on the local engineering community.The award is presented annually during theHawaii Engineers’ Week Banquet. The firstHCES Lifetime Achievement Award was madeon February 27, 1998.

ELIGIBILITYThe following criteria shall be applied when

nominating a candidate for the award:• The nominee shall be affiliated with an HCES

member society as an active member.• The nominee shall have lived and worked in

Hawaii as an engineer or engineer-managerfor at least 15 years.

• The nominee shall be 62 years or older at thetime of nomination.

• The nominee shall have taken retirementfrom public or private sector employment.The nominee could, however, be continuingemployment or consultancy or other workafter effective retirement.

• In the case of a nominee who was an entre-preneur who started his/her own company,the nominee shall have actively handed overcontrol of the company to a successor. Thenominee may continue to be involved withthe company.

• Posthumous awards may be made providedthe nominee was an active member of anHCES member society at the time of his/herpassing away and fulfilled all the requiredcriteria listed above.

NOMINATIONThe following criteria shall apply to the

method for nomination:• Any person belonging to any HCES member

organization may nominate a candidate.• The nomination shall be accompanied by a

citation that must effectively highlight, in nar-rative form, the engineering contributions ofthe candidate. Special emphasis shall bemade on the nominee’s contributions toHawaii.

• The nomination shall include a detailedresume of the nominee.

• The nomination package shall be submittedwith a cover letter addressed to the HCESChair.

• Multiple nominators may nominate a singlenominee. The nominations submitted maybe a joint or separate nomination. To be con-sidered valid, each nomination packageshall be complete.

• A single nominator may nominate multiplecandidates. The nomination for each candi-date shall be distinct and complete with allnecessary documents.

• If the nominee has not been selected in aprevious nomination, he or she may be nom-inated in subsequent years.The HCES Selection Committee will select

the recipient. Five copies of the nomination

shall be mailed to: 2006 HCES LifetimeAchievement Award, P.O. Box 2873, Honolulu,Hawaii 96802. Award nominations must bepostmarked on or before December 17,2005.

2006 ENGINEER OF THE YEARAND YOUNG ENGINEER OF THEYEAR AWARDS

In conjunction with the activities ofEngineers’ Week 2006, the Hawaii Societyof Professional Engineers (HSPE) is solicit-ing nominations for the Hawaii Engineer ofthe Year and the Hawaii Young Engineer ofthe Year Awards. HSPE will evaluate can-didates for both awards. The selectedengineer(s) will be announced at the 2006Engineers Week Banquet. Completednomination forms and letters of supportmust be received no later than Friday,December 17, 2005 at the following address(electronic submittals only):

Hawaii Society of ProfessionalEngineersc/o Kenneth Rappolt, [email protected]: (808) 536 6621

Each candidate shall be nominated on thefollowing basis:Candidate for Engineer of the Year(Nomination Form not to Exceed 8Pages)1. Shall be current practicing Licensed

Professional Engineer in the State ofHawaii;

2. Shall be current State of Hawaii resi-dent;

3. Need not be a member of HSPE or anyother society; and

4. Shall not be a State Officer or Directorfor HSPE.

Candidate for Young Engineer of theYear (Nomination Form not to Exceed 6Pages) 1. Shall be 35 years of age or less as of

Jan. 1, 2006;2. Shall be a current practicing Licensed

Professional Engineer in the State ofHawaii;

3. Shall be a current State of Hawaii resi-dent;

4. Need not be a member of HSPE orother society; and

5. Shall not be a State Officer or Directorof HSPE.

Electronic files of the respective nominationforms are available for your use – contactKen Rappolt at Lyon Associates, Inc or byEmail: [email protected] for Selection of Young Engineer& Engineer of the Year Awards1. 30% Technical Accomplishment

(Major Projects, Technical Awards,Papers & Presentations, etc.)

2. 35% Professional History &Contributions (Positions Held,Professional Affiliations, SpecialContributions to Profession & SpecialRecognition, etc.)

3. 20% Civic & Community Contributions(Affiliations, Position Held, SpecialRecognition, etc.)

4. 15% Recommendation(s)(Why the individual is nominated) No more than 3 letters of support percandidate with maximum 2 page limitper letter.

2006 HCESLIFETIMEACHIEVEMENTAWARD

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December SAME MeetingDecember’s SAME Meeting will beheld on 13

December 2005 at the Hale Ikena on FortShafter. Steve Philben, US Army EngineerDivision, Pacific Ocean, EmergencyManagement, will iscuss the Corps of Engineerparticipation with FEMA and Disaster ReliefEfforts in the Pacific. For more information, orto reserve your seat, please e-mail Major MattJefson, [email protected].

Engineering Week Kickoff LuncheonThe SAME Engineering Week Kickoff

Luncheon will be held 21 February 2006 at theHale Koa Hotel. More information can befound on the post website, www.same.org/hon-olulu.

SAME Joint Northwest and Pacific RegionalConference

The Society ofAmerican MilitaryEngineers held a suc-cessful joint NW andPacific regional confer-ence in Portland Oregonfrom October 4 – 7, 2005.The conference was wellattended by approximate-ly 165 attendees from allsectors of the FederalGovernment – primarilythe Department ofDefense, State and localGovernment Agencies inthe NW, and the commer-cial/industrial sector.

A large contingent fromHawaii attended repre-senting the Honolulu Post.Rear Admiral Gary Engle,Pacific Regional VicePresident andCommander, NavalFacilities Command,Pacific, Colonel (P) JohnPeabody, Commander,US Army EngineersDivision, Pacific Ocean,Colonel Bill Corson, TheDeputy Civil Engineer,Headquarters, Pacific AirForces, and Todd Barnes,1st VP for Programs,Honolulu Post, lead the

2540 Dole Street, Holmes HallHonolulu, Hawaii 96822

COLLEGE DEANS AND CHAIRSDean Wai-Fah ChenAssociate Dean Vassilis SyrmosAssistant Dean Song K. ChoiCEE Chair H. Ronald RiggsEE Interim Chair Galan SasakiME Chair Bruce LiebertHCAC Director Magdy Iskander

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIICollege of Engineering

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SOCIETY OF AMERICANMILITARY ENGINEERSEstablished 1920 --Dedicated to the National Defense

P.O. Box 31218; Honolulu, HI 96817 http://posts.same.org/honolulu/

Honolulu Post OfficersPRESIDENT

Col Steven Hoarn, (PACAF) USAF1st VP (Programs)

Todd Barnes, Weston Corp2nd VP (Sustaining Members)

Will Boudra MWH Corp3rd VP (Membership)

Jim Bersson (HED) USASECRETARY

Maj Matt Jefson (PACAF) USAFTREASURER

LT Pedro Gonzalez (NAVFACPAC) USN

contingent of representatives from all militaryservices and the engineering commercialindustry from Hawaii.

The theme of “The Future of the Pacific Rim”included key topics of interest: EnvironmentalIssues in a Globalized Economy,Transportation Development in a GlobalizedEconomy, Energy Development in a GlobalizedEconomy, and Current issues in MilitaryConstruction. The challenges facing thePacific Rim were briefed and examples pre-sented on potential solutions and lessonslearned from successful implementations inboth the private and public sectors. A specificexample of tackling some contentious environ-mental issues with a holistic approach and alifetime cost analysis was presented by the Cityof Portland. They performed a “root cause”analysis and developed plans to provide solu-tions at the true source of some of their prob-lems, rather than an immediate fix, repair, orcleanup without preventive measures. Whilemore expensive in the short run, their approachreduces their costs and has a payback periodof usually less than 10 years.

The military construction program in Hawaii,as well as Guam, mainland Japan, Okinawa,and the Republic of Korea are tremendouslyrobust and a substantial challenge. Moredetail is provided in their presentations andcould provide some opportunities for Hawaiicontractors.

Plans are being drawn up for the next region-al conference, most likely in the Spring of 2007in Anchorage, Alaska.

The presentations are available until Feb 1,2006 for viewing at the SAME, Portland Postweb site: http://posts.same.org/portland/confer-ence.htm.

ENGINEERS WEEK2006 DISPLAYS

INVITATION FOR STUDENT GROUPSTO PARTICIPATE

Each year during National EngineersWeek, the Hawaii Council of EngineeringSocieties (HCES) organizes exhibits thathelp to increase public awareness andappreciation of the engineering profes-sion. In 2005, several engineering androbotics clubs from local high schoolsand UH displayed projects that they hadbeen working on and entering in compe-titions. It turned out to be a great suc-cess. Not only did we achieve the goal ofpublic outreach, but students were ableto practice their presentation skills andreceive positive feedback from a range ofpeople.

This year we are focusing on “the futureof engineering”. HCES is inviting studentgroups to participate in this event that willshowcase their projects, allow interactionwith the public and excite others aboutthe engineering profession. The staticportion of their display will be on displayat Kahala Mall from February 18 to 25,2006. Then on Saturday, February 25, thestudents will be able to talk to the publicabout their projects and perform demon-strations from 10 am to 2 pm (times aretentative).

If you are aware of any such studentgroup, please encourage them to partici-pate in this event. Please have then con-tact Cheryl Yoshida at FAX 945-7213 [email protected] to obtain furtherinformation.

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Website: www.sections.asme.org/hawaii

ASME-HI 2005-2006 OfficersChairperson Raymond Liu 521-3773

[email protected] Rodney Krienke 306-5759

[email protected] Kevin Dang 737-1708

[email protected] Derick Kam 848-6966

[email protected] 1 yr Chester Kaitoku 527-6063

[email protected] 2 yr James Grogan 254-2547

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FIREPROTECTIONENGINEERS

www.sfpehawaii.org

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

[email protected] Robert T. Bigtas, P.E. 526-9019

[email protected] Derick Kam 848-6966

[email protected] Samuel S. Dannaway, P.E. 526-9019

[email protected] Pres Robert Lohaus, P.E. 833-4095

[email protected] Michael J. Orlowski 474-3819

[email protected] M. Miller, P.E. [email protected]

Webmaster Derick [email protected]

HAWAII SECTION CHRISTMAS PARTYDate: Saturday December 10, 2005 Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.Place: Golden Palace Restaurant, 111 N. King

Street, near Maunakea StreetPlease contact Ray Liu or Kevin Dang for

directions and for more information.

HIGHLIGHTS OF NOVEMBER 8,2005 GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Section members and guests attending lastmonth’s general membership meeting weretreated to a special presentation provided byAlan Lloyd, P.E., ASME member, and a retiredHECO engineer. Special guests in attendanceincluded: Joseph Ting, P.E. and Henry Panalal,P.E., members of the Hawaii Chapter ofASHRAE; Curtis Omuro, P.E., a mechanicalengineer from HECO; and the UH Departmentof Mechanical Engineering (UH-DME) ASMEStudent section officers, David Narahara,No’eau Camarillo and Sara Fong.

Lloyd’s talk, entitled “Taking a Dual TrainCombined-Cycle Power Plant to Sea”, broughtto life the intricacies of the dynamic propulsionsystems utilized in the Royal Caribbean cruiseship “Serenade of the Seas.” A facts sheet ofthe engineering specifications of the vesselwas provided and a very lively and entertainingdescription of the propulsion system wasgiven. The highlight of the presentation waswhen Lloyd described the system as “the ulti-mate in co-generation”, the utilization of two (2)25-MW diesel fueled GE LM2500 combustionturbines feeding two (2) heat-recovery steamgenerators to provide all the electrical powerneeded on the ship. Other systems discussedinclude the “azipod” drives of the propulsionsystem and a very entertaining description ofthe amount of food typically consumed on aone-week cruise and a vivid and humorousexplanation of the ship’s environmental wastesystem. In short, Lloyd provided a very inter-esting and entertaining presentation by sharinghis experience and stories with the members.

The ASME Hawaii Section is grateful to AlanLloyd for providing a wonderful presentation toour section members. Although retired, Lloydis very active and sought out program speakerwith other professional societies such as theEngineers & Architects of Hawaii, ASHRAEHawaii, The Navy League of Hawaii, USSMissouri Memorial Association and the RotaryClub of Windward Oahu. For pictures of themeeting more information on contacting Mr.Lloyd for speaking engagements, please visitwww.sections.asme.org/hawaii.

PURPETUATING THE PROFESSION OFMECHANICAL ENGINEERING - CAREERFAIR AT KAILUA HIGH SCHOOL

As part of the ASME Hawaii section’s pur-pose of perpetuating the profession ofmechanical engineering, ASME Section mem-bers Edmund Chang, Chester Kaitoku, JimGrogan and Raymond Liu and others partici-pated in the Kailua High School’s Career Fairheld on November 22, 2005 at the school’sgymnasium from 9:00am to 12:00pm.

This event provided the section members anopportunity to explain and promote to the stu-dents the mechanical engineering professionas one that is prestigious, challenging, reward-ing and high in demand. Sitting at one of manyvolunteer tables, students also had an oppor-tunity to ask difficult questions of the volunteersin trying to decide which career field to pursue.

Utilizing promotional material from ASMEInternational as a guide, the members focusedthe interests of the students on the rewards andbenefits of joining the profession. But mostimportantly, the students benefited from theone-on-one interaction with practicingmechanical engineers in our profession.

With the recent declining trend in U.S.engineering college graduates, these ASMEsection members are doing their part inensuring the continuity and prosperity of ourfuture generation of mechanical engineers. Forpictures of the event, please visit www.sec-

tions.asme.org/hawaii.

ALA MOANA PUMPING STATIONThe Hawaii Community Development

Authority held a workshop on the future of theAla Moana Pumping Station on Saturday,November 5, 2005 with about thirty people inattendance including Jim Grogan from theASME. As reported in the Sunday issue of TheStar Bulletin paper Jim proposed utilizing thefacility as a Hawaii Engineering andTechnology Museum. This was a follow up tothe same proposal he made in 2003 to theagency. There was basic agreement betweenthe participants on the need to preserve thebuilding and proposed usages ranged from theengineering and technology museum, to com-bined arts and history museum, to restoring itto depict it as an old pumping station. Therewas also general agreement on making thearea around the pumping station “a green andinviting gateway to Kakaako makai”. Howeverthe three and a half acres site is zoned forhigh-rise and is on ceded lands creating someimpetus for it to be income producing. Therecent release of Kakaako land for high-riseconstruction was only briefly mentioned.

As an aside it was also mentioned that thesite has an underground reservoir/tank approx-imately 150 feet square and 18 feet deep ofarched brick construction. The tank is sealedoff with concrete and no one in recent memory

The SFPE Board of Directors has approvedthe revised position statement entitled TheEngineer and the Technician: Designing FireProtection Systems.

The purpose of this document is to “describereasonable and prudent roles and responsibili-ties of engineers and technicians when design-ing fire protection systems for installation in theUnited States.”

The distinction of these roles has been verycontroversial in the fire protection systemdesign industry for many years. At oneextreme there are certain engineers who feelthat preparation of layout or shops drawings forfire protection systems constitutes the practiceof engineering and as such those documentsmust be prepared by or under the direct super-vision of a licensed engineer.

At the other extreme of the controversy is asmall group of fire protection contractors whoargue that the layout of fire protection systems

can be handled by their technicians withoutinterference from an engineer.

As is usually the case in life, the truth liessomewhere in between. The SFPE positionstatement seeks to find this truth, which Ibelieve it does, and manages to describe theproper balance between the engineer and thetechnician. Furthermore, the document is con-sistent with the NCEES position statementwhich includes the following recommendationto its member state boards:

NCEES recommends that Member Boardsactively pursue enforcement of state statutesand rules with local permitting authorities hav-ing jurisdiction (AHJ) regarding engineeringsupervision over the specification, design, andcalculation of fire protection systems. To imple-ment the above, the following are recommend-ed:• #9830; Contract drawings should include a

set of fire protection drawings that are sealedby a licensed professional engineer.

• #9830; Supervision by a licensed profes-sional engineer is required in the review offire protection installation shop drawings forcompliance with the engineer’s design andspecifications.

• #9830; Oversight by a licensed professionalengineer is required in the installation of anoriginal permitted design.The delicate balance between the engineer

and technician can only work if we as engi-neering professionals endeavor to practice inour area of competence in accordance with ourlicense and insist that other engineers do thesame. We must also appreciate the valuablerole played by the technician in the process.Technicians must understand their roles andresponsibilities within the framework of theposition statement and understand the value acompetent engineer brings to the project.

For a full text of the article go to:http://www.sfpe.org/upload/sfpe_position_statement_october_2005_001.pdf


HIGHLIGHTS OF BOD MEETINGNovember 09, 2005

Corrections to Prior Highlights of BODMeeting:

Correction to October 12, 2005 Highlights ofBOD Meeting: Under New Business, TechnicalSeminars/Upcoming SEAOH Events, the title ofthe November 22, 2005 Seminar by speakerMr. S. K. Ghosh was corrected to read “Seismicand Wind Design Considerations for ConcreteBuildings”.

Committee Reports:Membership Committee: New membership

applications were received from Karynn Niimi,Sato & Associates, Inc., Allied Member, andJiaping Yang, Sato & Associates, Inc., AlliedMember. Comments on the two (2) applicationsare being solicited from the general member-ship and shall be submitted to the Board ofDirectors before January 01, 2006.

The Board voted to accept Andy Boyd,Rocky Mountain Prestress, as an AffiliateMember, Jason Emoto, Shigemura LauSakanashi Higuchi & Associates Inc., as aMember, and Donald Gresko, Sato &Associates, Inc., as an Allied Member.

SEAOH Nominating Committee: SEAOHwould like to congratulate the officers-elect tothe 2006 SEAOH Board of Directors.

President - Bennett FungVice-President - Gary ChockSecretary - Brandi Jim OnTreasurer - Kevin NakamotoDirector - Clifford LauDirector - Akira Usami

2006 SEAOH Board ofDirectors InstallationBanquet: The 2006 SEAOHBoard of DirectorsInstallation Banquet will beheld on January 21, 2006 atthe Hale Koa Hotel, Waikiki.

Building CodesCommittee: Mr. GaryChock reported that theUniform Building CodeTaskforce will be meeting todiscuss the final draft of therecommendations that theTaskforce will be making tothe State Legislature. A fewof the recommendationsnoteworthy to SEAOH andits members include:• Establishment of

Statewide Model BuildingCodes.

• The Statewide ModelBuilding Codes shallencompass all pertinentcodes (i.e.: Building,Housing, Residential,Fire, Elevator, Electrical,Plumbing, Mechanical,Energy, Private SewageDisposal).

• Statewide Model BuildingCodes shall be adoptedwithin three (3) years.

• The Counties shall retainall current rights to makeCode amendments and

Light Gauge Steel EngineersAssociation

HAWAII CHAPTERP.O. Box 508, Aiea, Hawaii 96701Phone: (808) 485-1400 Fax: (808) 485-1500Web Page:www.lgsea.com

2005 OFFICERS & DIRECTORSPhone FAX

President Jeff Hanyu 536-2108 521-3000Vice President Tim Waite 479-1216 941-9079Secretary Brian Enomoto 486-5202 486-5206Treasurer Will Wong 945-0198 944-1177Director Howard Lau 942-9100 942-1899Director Glenn Isidro 533-2210 533-2686Director Akira Usami 682-5747 682-2928Director Darin Okuda 689-5400 689-5406Director Brent Uechi 521-6958 533-6701Director Shane Arnold 864-8133Past President Mike Kasamoto 955-6834 955-2483

2005 COMMITTEE CHAIRSProgram: Tim WaiteTechnical: Brent UechiMembership: Darin OkudaSponsorship: Glenn IsidroDirected R&D: Jim WalfishSpecifications: Brent UechiYoung Engineer Education: Jeff HanyuWebsite: Jeff Hanyu

S T R U C T U R A LE N G I N E E R S

A S S O C I AT I O NO F H AWA I I

PO BOX 3348, HONOLULU, HI 96801Web Page URL http://www.seaoh.org

2005 BOARD OF DIRECTORS (BOD)OFFICERS & DIRECTORSPresident Beverly

Ishii-Nakayama [email protected]

Vice Pres Bennett Fung [email protected]

Secretary Dean Kokubun [email protected]

Treasurer Garett Muranaka [email protected]

Director Ibbotson Kellett [email protected]

Director Wayne Kawano [email protected]

Director Dean Doi [email protected]

Director Paul Morimoto [email protected]

Past Pres Randy Chu [email protected]

2004-2005 OFFICERSPresident Wayne YoshiokaVice-president Greg HiyakumotoSecretary Jodi ChewTreasurer Robert Nehmad

General Membership UpdateOn November 17th, Greg Crawford, Vice

President, Operations, of the Steel RecyclingInstitute gave his presentation on current prac-tices of recycling steel and its true environ-mental impact. With integrated steel millsusing greater recycled content than traditionalprocesses, the environmental footprint of steelis smaller than ever. Members and guests inattendance were treated to an informative sem-inar and a great buffet dinner at the WillowsRestaurant. Please join your fellow LGSEAcouncil members and Hawaii Pacific SteelFraming Alliance members as they celebratetheir annual Christmas Party at 6pm onDecember 8th at Dave and Busters. Join us fora fun-filled evening with friends and col-leagues. See you there!

to establish rules and procedures for permit-ting and enforcement of the Statewide ModelBuilding Codes.

• The State of Hawaii shall waive its sovereignimmunity and would be subject to therequirements of the Statewide ModelBuilding Codes, with County amendments.2005 / 2006 Calendar of Events:December 03, 2005 Forum: “Masonry

Construction Practices Forum” POSTPONED(future date to be announced)

First Quarter 2006 Qrtly Meeting: Lightgauge steel plant tour (tentative)

January 10, 2006 Seminar: AISC “SteelDesign After College”

January 21, 2006 Banquet: SEAOH Board ofDirectors Installation Banquet

February 24, 2006 Banquet: Engineer’sWeek Banquet

Third Quarter 2006 Seminar: AISC “2005AISC ASD & LRFD Unified Manual”


Military Construction program on Wake Island by Earth Tech, Inc.

EEA Winners, from page 1

ment zones for falling rocks and soil.Therefore, slope cutting or cantilever road sec-tion was initially planned to widen the road andprovide the needed catchment zone along witha draped wire mesh placed over the hillside.These systems were costly and would requireextended periods of road closure during con-struction. The appearance of the slopes wouldalso be adversely affected.

The solution was to utilize slope a mitigationsystem never before utilized in Hawaii, ananchored wire mesh. Unlike passive systemsused for rock fall mitigation, i.e., draped mesh,rock fall impact barriers, the anchored wiremesh system is an active system that rein-forces the slope and restrains the soil androcks, preventing rockfalls.

The anchored wire mesh system retained thenatural beauty of the site, reduced the con-struction costs by 35%, improved hillside sta-bility from shallow slides, and required lessthan one shift of road closures during con-struction.

Earth Tech, Inc. Receives EngineeringExcellence Award

Earth Tech, Inc.’s work on Wake Islandearned a coveted Excellence Award in thecompetition. The project involved the design torepair critical access facilities on Wake Island,a coral atoll located 2,300 miles west of theHawaiian Islands.

An unincorporated territory of the U.S., thisremote Pacific site is a U.S. Army launch sup-port facility operated under a caretaker permitfrom the U.S. Air Force and administered bythe U.S. Army Strategic and Missile DefenseCommand.

Earth Tech provided civil design and con-struction management service for the restora-tion of the airfield, wharf and marine bulkhead,all of which were built in the late 1940s andbadly deteriorated. The work included recon-struction of a 10,000 foot runway with minimaldisturbance to the surrounding environmentand wildlife, including sea birds that use theisland as a breeding ground.

This challenging project required the firm towork on the remote island with a limited budgetand resources, difficult pavement foundationconditions, and an inadequate supply of

potable water. Earth Tech’s ability to efficientlyplan, schedule, and coordinate this projectwas critical to its timely completion in a cost-effective manner.

In order to minimize disturbance to the birdlife and environment, the project team workedin a narrow corridor and recycled and reusedthe old asphalt concrete to the extent feasiblein order to minimize waste. The project wascompleted within a few months.

Excellence Award for Parsons BrinckerhoffQuade & Douglas, Inc.

The Kalanianaole Highway EmergencyLandslide Repairs Project at Castle Junctionwas a highly visible endeavor engineered byParsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc.To the Kailua community, access toKalanianaole Highway at Castle Junction iscrucial to their daily activities. The site pro-vides a vital link to and from their neighbor-hoods.

In the fall of 2003, following a period of heavyrainfall, several rockfalls and landslidesoccurred in the area, creating safety concernsfor motorists as rocks and soil tumbled downthe hillside and came to rest on the roadway.This particular location was identified as one ofthe most hazard-prone areas on the islandbased on geologic investigations. This

prompted State officials to fast-track a meansto tame the deteriorating hillside.

In consideration of the community’s desire tomaintain its natural surroundings, implement-ing an innovative design that enhanced theexisting features while eliminating the hazardwas essential. In addition, the solution neededto be cost-effective and a long term solution.Removal of approximately 250,000 cubic yardsof soil and rock and the additional landscapingresulted in a stabilized hillside, restored safetyfor motorists, and enhancement of the naturalbeauty of the area.

Brown and Caldwell Project on MauiGarners Honor Award

Maui County’s Wailuku-Kahului WastewaterFacility Improvements Project, designed byBrown and Caldwell, earned an Honor Awardin this year’s competition. The project resultedin major energy and cost savings, treatedwater-quality improvements and reduced vul-nerability to tsunami damage.

The project, the largest wastewater treatmentfacility modification that the County of Maui hasconstructed in the last five years, resulted in anenergy savings of approximately 1.5 millionkilowatt hours per year, for an annual cost sav-ings of $250,000. The plant’s treatment effi-ciency also improved, due in large part to theaddition of anoxic zones in aeration basins.

Tsunami safety was an important driver forthe $11.9 million project. A new aeration blow-er building was constructed above the predict-ed 100-year tsunami elevation. This buildingalso houses a new standby electrical generatorthat can support plant operations if electricalpower is lost during emergencies.

The operators also wanted a reliable systemthat would allow them to perform requiredmaintenance without altering or interrupting thetreatment process. By providing one new aer-ation basin and retrofitting two existing basins,the upgrade enables operators to remove abasin from operation for maintenance withoutimpacting treatment.

Construction of the upgrade was challengingbecause the new aeration basins and aerationblower system needed to be integrated withthe existing system, which was being taken

Kalanianaole Highway Emergency Landslide Repairs Project at Castle Junction by Parsons,Brinckerhoff Queade & Douglas, Inc.



Long-Range Comprehensive Roadway Corridor Plan for Kuhio Highway by Belt CollinsHawaii.

Wailuku-Kahalui Wastewater Facility Improvements Project for Maui County by Brown andCaldwell.

Facilities Project Management Tracking Database System (FACTRAK) forState of Hawaii Department of Education by SSFM International, Inc.

offline and decommissioned one piece at atime. Backup power sources were provided atall times and, thanks to careful planning andcoordination with the owner and contractor, thetransition from the old system to the new sys-tem was successful.

The Phase IIA Modifications were completedunder budget and within two months of thescheduled completion date, a significantachievement considering the project size andscope. The completed facilities better balancerisks, costs, and economics and are perform-ing as or better than expected with respect toenergy savings, reliability and performance.

Kuhio Highway Plan Proves to be an HonorAward Winner for Belt Collins Hawaii

Belt Collins Hawaii was contracted by theState Department of Transportation, HighwaysDivision, to prepare a long-range comprehen-sive roadway corridor plan for Kuhio Highway(Route 560) - the first project of its kind in thestate to recognize the historic value of a road-way corridor and its status as a site listed onthe National and State Registry of HistoricPlaces. Belt Collins performed civil engineeringstudies and analyses, as well as environmentaland cultural evaluations to identify existingconditions and resources.

During the study process, Belt Collinsreviewed the roadway corridor and assessedits conditions and deficiencies, and reviewedimprovement needs to meet standard require-ments. Solutions to those needs, however,called for design elements that must be con-sistent with current roadway standards, if fed-eral or state monies are to be used. Thosestandards would require the replacement of theexisting one-lane bridges with two-lanebridges, installation of new sidewalks, widen-ing of existing shoulders, and replacement ofhistoric timber and masonry walls with modernsteel guardrails. Such changes were unac-ceptable to the community and would havesevere negative consequences to the historiccharacter of the road.

Belt Collins was able to bring together publicofficials, agency representatives, communityleaders, and interested stakeholders to arriveat a resolution to help move forward a historicroad concept for Route 560, and, moreover, toestablish a clear framework for decision-mak-ing and long-term agency actions on the Stateright-of-way. The effort resulted in strong com-munity support in Hanalei for the plan and apolicy document that is a product of contextsensitive design and representative of the com-munity’s long-term aspirations for the highway.

SSFM Receives Honor Award for DOEProject

SSFM International, Inc. was contracted bythe State of Hawaii Department of Education(DOE) to plan, design and develop the pro-gramming and successful deployment ofDOE’s Facilities Project Management TrackingDatabase System (FACTRAK). The recentlycompleted system is completely web-based,permits effective management of facilities, andproduces information for both capital improve-ment projects and repair and maintenance pro-jects for over 250 schools statewide. Data pro-


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2004-2005 YMF OfficersPresident Florence ChingVice President Scott JenningsSecretary Lisa TakushiTreasurer Morgan BranchPast President Paulette Ujimori

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

2005-2006 YMF OFFICERSPhone

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Vice-Pres Scott Jennings [email protected]

Secretary Lisa Takushi 531-2462 ext. 231Treasurer Morgan Branch 545-2462 ext. 108Past Pres Paulette Ujimori 257-6920 ext. 231

JANUARY DINNER MEETINGThe next ASCE Hawaii Section dinner meet-

ing is tentatively scheduled for January 19,2006. Details, including program information,will be announced in the January Wiliki. (Therewill be no dinner meeting in December.)

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGDecember 1, 2005

ASCE HAWAII SECTION STUDENTSCHOLARSHIPS

Please help us increase our scholarshipendowment so that we can recognize thosedeserving students. We continue to accept taxdeductible donations with the goal of increas-ing the annual scholarships. Make your checkpayable to ‘ASCE Hawaii Section’ and mail toASCE Scholarship Committee, P.O. Box 917,Honolulu, HI 96808. If you have any questions,please contact Keith Niiya at 533-3646, [email protected].

ASCE JOB LISTINGSThe following employers have openings they

would like to fill:• Austin Tsutsumi & Associates, Inc. (Civil

Engineer - Honolulu and Wailuku, LandSurveyor - Honolulu)

• Bills Engineering Inc. (CADD Technician)• Brown and Caldwell (Civil or Mechanical

Engineer - Honolulu, Project Manager –Maui)

• Community Planning & Engineering, Inc.(Civil Design Project Engineers/Managers)

• Fewell Geotechnical Engineering(Geotechnical Engineer - Honolulu)

• Fukunaga & Associates (Civil andCivil/Environmental Engineers - Honolulu)

• GeoEngineers, Inc. (Senior Engineer)• Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Civil

Engineers and more)• Towill, Shigeoka & Associates, Inc.

(Licensed Professional Land Surveyor,Computer/Draftsperson (CAD), experiencedParty Chiefs and Rodpersons for Oahu andKona)

• Warren S. Unemori Engineering (ProjectEngineer and Civil Engineer - Wailuku)

• Zapata Engineering (Geotechnical Engineer)For more information on these job listings,

please visit the ASCE Hawaii Section website

at http://www.ascehawaii.org/jobs/jobs.html.

ASCE WORKSHOPSThe following workshops will be coming to

Honolulu in early 2006:• HEC-HMS Computer Workshop, January 12-

13, 2006, Radisson Hotel Waikiki. Topics tobe covered include: Hydrologic ModelingOverview, HEC-HMS Capabilities, BasinDelineation, Precipitation Methodology,Rainfall Abstractions (Losses), RunoffTransformations, Stream Routing, ReservoirRouting, Model Execution, Analysis ofResults, Dam Break and Special Topics, andIntroduction to HEC-GeoHMS.

• Financial Management for the ProfessionalEngineer, February 9-10, 2006, RadissonHotel Waikiki: Topics to be covered include:How to Understand Financial Statements,Key Performance Measures, CompanyBudgeting, Project Management, FindingYour Firm’s Value, and Cash Flow – YourFirm’s Lifeblood.For more information and registration, go to

http://www.asce.org/conted/seminars/.

MEMBERSHIP DRIVEASCE counts on our members to help us

grow every year by actively participating in theMember-Get-A-Member Drive. All you have todo to be eligible to win is refer a colleague, andyou will be entered into quarterly drawings.Prizes range from iPods, to gift cards, to cash.This is a great time to help out your colleagueswhile also helping ASCE find new members.Take a minute to think about the people in yourprofessional life who could benefit from mem-bership. Visit www.ASCEDrive.org to refer themand you could be a winner in the next drawing!Please contact our membership chair, LoriNishida, at 533-3646 or [email protected] further information.

SIGN-UP FOR THE ASCE HAWAII SEC-TION’S WEBMAIL LIST

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 help the ASCE Hawaii Sectionreduce operating costs by receiving yourmonthly issue of the Wiliki via e-mail, pleasecontact Joanna Seto at 586-4329 [email protected].

Next YMF General MeetingsThe next two YMF general meetings are

scheduled for Tuesday, December 6, 6:00p.m., at Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant atAloha Tower Marketplace, 599-4877, andTuesday, January 3, 6:00 p.m., at Brew MoonRestaurant and Microbrewery at Ward Centre,593-0088. If you are interested in attending tofind out what the YMF is all about and howmuch fun we have, please call Florence Ching227-4704.

A & E MIXED SOFTBALL LEAGUEIf you are interested in SLOW PITCH SOFT-

BALL, the ASCE Younger Member Forum willbe participating in the Architects & EngineersSoftball Mixed League (Spring). This coedleague will run from March to May 2006.Games are once a week, Monday, Tuesday,

Thursday or Friday (7:00 or 8:00 p.m.).Games are usually held at Aiea, Kamamalu orCartwright. Please contact Stuart Ujimori(#220-4913 or [email protected]) if you areinterested in playing.

Spring 2006 PE Refresher CourseDates: Saturdays, January 28th to April 1st,

2006, 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.Location: To be announced.Cost: $300 Early Registration Fee for ASCE

Hawaii Section Members$375 Early Registration Fee for Non-ASCE Hawaii Section Members

Early Registration Deadline is December 31,2005. Add $50 late fee to registration fee ifpayment is postmarked after December 31,2005. Class size is limited and registration isdone on a first-come first-served basis. Pricesare subject to change after class begins.

Topics covered include Transportation,Environmental, Geotechnical, Water Resourcesand Structural. Class attendees will receive acopy of Michael R. Lindeburg’s CivilEngineering Reference Manual for the PEExam (10th Edition), copies of lecture notes,and study supplies. Attendees will also havethe option of ordering additional referencematerial at discounted prices.

To sign up for the Spring 2006 ASCE HawaiiSection YMF P.E. Refresher Course or for moreinformation please visit http://www.asce-hawaii.org/ymf/PErefresher.html or contact LoriNishida at 533-3646 or [email protected].

KNOW YOUR ASCE HISTORYby C.S. Papacostas

“LEAKS LIKE A SIEVE”“That thing leaks like a sieve,” Prof. Peter G.

Nicholson, past-president of the HawaiiSection of the American Society of CivilEngineers (ASCE), said to reporter KarenBlakeman according to the October 23, 2005issue of “The Honolulu Advertiser” (HA). “Thatthing” is the Nuùanu Dam No. 4 which is cur-rently owned by the Honolulu Board of WaterSupply, a City and County entity established bythe 1929 Territorial Legislature.

As chair of national ASCE Geo-InstituteCommittee on Embankments, Dams andSlopes, Peter was the team leader for theassessment of the performance of NewOrleans levees after Hurricane Katrina hitLouisiana on August 29, 2005. It was judicious,I think, for the newspaper reporter to also askabout the state of earth dams in Hawaiì.

Peter was the right person to ask because hehad been involved in many dam safety inspec-tions over the years, including one of NuùanuDam No. 4 which he undertook with Ernest K.Hirata and Mehran Esmaili in 1992. Their find-ings are documented in a 1993 report issued tothe Hawaiì Department of Land and Natural


Resources by the Soils and Foundation firm ofErnest K. Hirata & Associates, Inc.

By happenstance, while compiling informa-tion for an article about the Kohala Ditch on theBig Island that appeared in this column inMarch 2004, I had uncovered a fascinating ref-erence to the Nuùanu Dam next to a June 13,1906 front-page story in “The PacificCommercial Advertiser” (PCA) announcing theopening of the ditch. It was a story entitled“Concealing Bad Work - Serious Charge AboutNuuanu Dam Methods,” the opening sentenceof which went like this: “Assistant InspectorPatterson claims that an attempt is being madeto cover up part of the work at the Nuuanureservoir No. 4 before examination can bemade by Engineer H. Clay Kellogg, who hasbeen summoned from California...”

Thinking of this discovery as possibly theloose end of an unraveling yarn, I checked tosee what “The Hawaiian Star” (HS) of the timehad to say about it. And this is what I foundunder the title “Fears of Flood From the BigDam,” on page 1 of the June 5, 1906 issue:

“A revival of misgivings about the safety ofthe big reservoir dam in Nuuanu Valley hasbeen the cause of protests to the governor, anda commission will probably be appointed toexamine the report upon the dam.”

A related HS story on the next day asserted,“Bringing an engineer here from the mainlandto make a thorough investigation of the Nuuanudam and give an authoritative opinion as to itssafety, is the latest suggestion...”

Fear of dam failures was truly real in 1906Hawaiì. For instance, a Hawaiian Star storyfrom Wailuku dated April 23, 1906 started thus:“About 2:30 a.m. on Thursday, the newEmmesly reservoid [sic] above Waikapu, brokeits embankment and rushed madly down thesteep hill to the vegetable and taro lands belowwhere a number of Japanese were peacefullysleeping, five of whom were to awaken only fora moment before beginning the great sleepthat must come to all.”

In a mental flush flood I realized that the damcontroversy had a longer chronology than I ini-tially thought, but I had to set it aside for sometime, pursuing instead the subject of theKohala Ditch, but, all along, intending to getback to it at some future date.

When I saw Peter Nicholson giving an inter-view on a TV news program about levees anddams and after reading the HA story where healso said “this dam is leaking badly, and hasbeen for nearly 100 years,” I knew the futurewas now!

So I walked the 70 or so feet from my officeto his to find him absorbed in finalizing the tes-timony he was about to give on November 2,2005 to the U. S. Senate Committee onHomeland Security and Governmental Affairson behalf of ASCE. He did take the time to talkto me excitedly about the 1992 inspection ofthe Nuùanu Dam and particularly about alayer of permeable scoria that ran diagonallyfor a distance on one end of the dam. He alsopointed me to the 1993 Hirata report that, for-tunately, I located at the University of HawaiiHamilton Library.

The report includes a short history of thedam, appropriately emphasizing its designaspects that were relevant to the safety inspec-tion from an engineering perspective. The gen-eral history began with the following sentence:“Construction of a dam at the present locationof the Nuuanu Dam No. 4 was first proposedduring 1882-1884, by Major A. S. Bender, in apreliminary report regarding the water supply

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of the City of Honolulu.”This meant that, to unravel the rest of the

story, I’d have to engage in the tedious task ofsearching old documents that have not as yetbeen systematically indexed!

I am on my way, I promise...Do you know of a civil engineering

accomplishment or event that your fellow ASCEmembers might find interesting? Please senda brief description to C.S. Papacostas (fax956-5014, email [email protected]).Previous articles in the series may be found atthe Section’s web site. Just point your browserto http://www.ascehawaii.org.

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2005 HALS BOARDPresident - Kevin KeaVice Pres. - Ross TanakaSecretary - Dan HirotaTreasurer - Eric HeeDirector - Joanne WilliamsonDirector - Alva NomuraNSPS Gov. - Pat CumminsMembership: 192 regular, 21 sustaining, 2 honorary,5 life, 41 governors

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2005-2006 OFFICERSPresident Gary Yamamoto 485-27771st VP Travis Hylton 531-30172nd VP VacantTreasurer Ralph Dobson 227-2746Secretary Sam Gillie 543-4739Director Michael Albright 536-1737Director Mary Ellen Nordyke-Grace 543-4885Director Eric Kashiwamura 543-4705Director August AhlfPast Pres Bob Morrissey 521-4711

Schedule of meetings:Thursday December 8, 2005 (General)Thursday January 12, 2006Thursday-Friday February 2-3, 2006, AnnualSurveying Conference

Future Workshops & Conferences:A “nuts to soup” GPS to finish product

Autocad workshop by Felicia Provencal isbeing planned for this spring. One will be heldon Maui, where Felicia resides and another tobe held on the big island.

The Annual Surveying Conference will be onFebruary 2-3, 2006 at the RADISSON WAIKIKIPRINCE KUHIO (formerly the Outrigger PrinceKuhio Hotel), 2500 Kuhio Ave. In conjunctionwith our Surveying Conference, “Vendors Day”will be on February 1, 2006. Information on ourConference and Vendors Day will be constant-ly updated on our 2006 Surveying ConferenceUpdate Page.

NSPS FALL MEETING REPORTThe NSPS Fall business meetings were held

in Arlington, Virginia from October 21st throughthe 25th, 2005. The following are some of theitems worked on:ALTA STANDARDS: The new 2005 ALTAStandards for Land Title Surveys wereapproved by the NSPS Board of Governorsand the NSPS Board of Direction. They will takeeffect on January 1, 2006 at which time all pre-vious versions will be superceded.CST PROGRAM: The Certified SurveyTechnician program is taking off. Several stateDOTs as well as many business are now usingthe CST Certification to qualify employees foradvanced positions. The certification exam isnow administered online in addition to the stan-dard “paper” test.SPEAKERS’ KIT: NCEES has appropriated anadditional $25,000 for the NSPS Speakers’ Kitthat NCEES developed with NSPS last year.Additional CDs and brochure are availablefrom ACSM. Anyone planning to give a talk onsurveying and mapping can contact HALS formaterials and PowerPoint presentations.EMERGENCY FUND: The NSPS Foundationhas collected $40,000 for hurricane relief andis currently working to get aid to those survey-ors in need of help in areas recently devastat-ed by Katrina and Rita.LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MAP EXHIBIT: Thenational map exhibit opened in September andis a great success. It is in the basement of the

Madison Building in the corridor fronting theLOC Map Library. Curt Sumner, NSPSExecutive Director is working with the LOC tocreate a permanent surveying and mappingexhibit to be placed with other permanentexhibits at the Jefferson Building. The newexhibit will be set up after the present one endsin January of 2007.SHORELINE WORKING GROUP: The 2005Legislature passed Senate ConcurrentResolution 51 creating a working group to con-sider and make recommendations concerningthe shoreline certification process. HALS wasan active participant in the working groupwhich has completed its meeting schedule andits final report is being completed by the DLNRfor submittal to the Legislature in time for thenext session.INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SUR-VEYORS (FIG): Three of the ACSM memberorganizations (MOs) that have interests in FIGcreated the ACSM FIG Forum at the recent Fallmeetings. The forum is made up of two repre-sentatives from each of the participating MOsand will be designating new delegates to the10 FIG Commissions as well as a Head ofDelegation. The new delegates will begin theirduties in Munich, Germany in October 2006 atthe FIG XXIII Congress.

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December Meetings December Program Chair: Travis HyltonDecember 2nd, Speaker: TBA See EAH WEBpageDecember 9th, Speaker: Frank Hays, PacificDirector of the National Parks Service. Topic:“The Manzanar Japanese Internment CampMemorial in California”December 16th, Speaker: TBA See EAH WEBpageDecember 23th, No Meeting Christmas EveDecember 30th, No Meeting New Years Eve

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Meeting Notes for October 21st, 2005:Windell Wen, a Geologist with Earthtech and

Dave Martin, a Senior Environmental Engineer(also a Geologist) with Hawaiian ElectricCompany were both voted in as new EAHmembers with all rights and privileges. Speaker: Maria Tome. Energy Engineer,Hawaii State Energy DivisionSubject: “Ethanol in Your Gas Tank” DuringMaria’s introduction Kai noted that she hasbeen recognized for being the DBEDT“Employee of the Year” for her work on ruleadoption for the 10% ethanol in gasolineLegislative mandate, Wind Energy WorkingGroup, biomass program, and the solar energyproject with UH, among other projects. Mariastarted by saying that starting in April 2006 allgasoline in Hawaii will be mixed with 10%Ethanol. Ethanol is the same stuff that is beer,Wine, Vodka without the water and flavor. Ithas been used in vehicles since they wereinvented. Recently it was first used as a volumeextender, then used as an octane booster andis now used also as an oxygenate in areas thathave air quality problems. 41 States have hadethanol in their gasoline for over 10 years.Initially ethanol will likely be shipping intoHawaii; however, there several companies inthe design phases for local ethanol productionplants.

The sound recording of this meeting will beposted to EAH’s WEB site.

Meeting Notes for October 28th, 2005: Speaker: Dr. Alfred A. Yee, President, AppliedTechnology Corp.Subject: “Kwik Slab Pre-Cast ConcretePaving System” Dr. Yee explained his earlyexperiences with pre-cast/ pre-stressed con-crete mass production facilities and how hedeveloped innovative structural concepts andconstruction techniques utilizing pre-stressed/pre-cast concrete units for the construction ofbuilding structures and marine concrete ves-sels. The Kwik Slab was developed to allowthe quick repair of heavily used roadways.Multiple pre-cast concrete slabs can be joinedtogether with quick setting grout that developsover 5,000 psi of strength in 5 hours. Dr. Yee isexpecting DOT to start specifying these slabsfor repair work next year. Dr. Yee worked withGrace-Pacific to develop the system. Dr. Yeealso mentioned that he is working with pastpresident Hans Krock on developing a con-crete floating Ocean Thermal Energy Project.The meeting was well attended by over thirtymembers and guests.

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has ever seen the tank. It may be the more his-torical/interesting structure, although this wasnot discussed at the workshop.

Jim Grogan will continue to propose usingthe site as an engineering and technologymuseum but it may be necessary to share itwith some other activity.

ENGINEERING GRADS TODAY MOREQUALIFIED THAN THOSE 10 YEARS AGO

A three-year study commissioned by ABETand conducted by the Pennsylvania StateUniversity’s Center for the Student of HigherEducation found that engineering studentsgraduating in 2004 were better qualified toenter the profession than were their counter-parts who graduated in 1994. The study attrib-utes much of the improvement in changes toABET’s accrediting standards.

“In all nine engineering knowledge and skillareas emphasized by the new standards, the2004 graduates in the aggregate have signifi-cantly, and often substantially, higher skill lev-els than did their counterparts from a decadeearlier,” according to Dr. Lisa R. Lattuca, studydirector and assistant professor and researchassociate in the Center. The skills examinedinclude basic math and science, design andproblem solving, experimental skills, engineer-ing science applications, technical and inter-personal communications, as well as workingin teams and life-long learning. The 2004 grad-uates also have greater knowledge of societaland global issues, as well as ethics and pro-fessional standards.

Patrick T. Terenzini, distinguished professorof higher education at Penn State and co-prin-cipal investigator on the project, said “All of thechanges we observed can be statisticallylinked in a temporal sequence from ABET’sintroduction of its new outcomes-basedaccreditation criteria, to changes in what andhow programs and faculty educate their stu-dents, to the kinds of experiences engineeringstudents have, and finally to what studentsreport they are, in fact, learning. All thesechanges and increased learning outcomes areconsistent with what one would expect ifEC2000 was having an impact.” Terenzininoted that the 2004 graduates also score high-er than the 1994 graduates in foundationalmath and science, a finding that appears to beespecially good news for America’s colleges ofengineering.

The above article is from the November 2005issue of “ASME Capitol Update.”

vided includes project status, costs andschedules, as well as location and site infor-mation through a Geographic InformationSystem (GIS).

The biggest challenge of the project was thevery short time frame in which the DOE need-ed the first phase of the project up and runningin order to generate school facilities reportsmandated by the legislature. SSFM’s designand programming team initiated the planningphase with a series of facilitated workshopswith the DOE. From these workshops, userrequirements and goals were established, pro-gramming and development ensued, and theproject was completed within budget and on-time with an accelerated schedule of only a fewmonths.

The project demonstrates that with carefulplanning and design, technological solutionsthat are user friendly are very possible. Mostsignificant is that information which at one timemay have taken days or weeks is now easilyavailable through the web, and accessible 24/7to the schools, community members and thepublic.

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

2005 OFFICERSPhone Fax

President Janice Marsters 484-5366 484-0007Pres.-Elect Barry Jim On 521-3773 521-3993Treasurer Jon Nishimura 944-1821 946-9339Secretary Norman Kawachika 531-1308 521-7348 Past-Pres. Glen Lau 841-8024 848-5102 Natl. Dir. Roy Yamashiro 945-0198 944-1177Directors John Katahira 596-7790 596-7361

Sheryl Nojima 521-0306 531-8018Douglas Lee 523-8499 533-0226

Exec. Dir. Ginny M. Wright 234-0821 234-1721Email: [email protected]

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

2005-2006 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORSPresident: Vergel Del RosarioVice Pres./Pres. Elect: Nap AgraanSecretary: Josie FelicitasTreasurer: Ramon Bonoan, Jr.Asst. Treasurer: Elvi PinedaAuditor: Eugene CalaraBusiness Manager: Suzie AgraanPRO: Angie LegaspiBoard of Directors: Cicero Bernales

Greg GarciaJohn RamosJoey ResurreccionMarites ShojiJudy TabiosJun Suela

The Filipino American League of Engineersand Architects (FALEA) held its 12th anniver-sary and induction of Officers and Directors onSaturday, November 5, 2005 at the HibiscusBallroom, Ala Moana Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii.The 2005-2006 Officers and Directors are asfollows:President: Vergel Del RosarioVice Pres./Pres. Elect: Nap AgraanSecretary: Josie FelicitasTreasurer: Ramon Bonoan, Jr.Asst. Treasurer: Elvi PinedaAuditor: Eugene CalaraBusiness Manager: Suzie AgraanPRO: Angie LegaspiBoard of Directors: Cicero Bernales, GregGarcia, John Ramos, Joey Resurreccion,Marites Shoji, Judy Tabios, Jun Suela.

The event included the awarding of a $1,000each scholarship to Lareina Cajigal and BrentLabasan who are currently enrolled in under-graduate engineering. Ms. Cajigal is taking upCivil Engineering at UNLV and Mr. Labasan istaking up Computer Engineering at theUniversity of Washington, in Seattle.Outstanding members in the field of engineer-ing and architecture were also recognized andthe recipients were Mr. Ernie Bello and ReyQuemado, respectively.

The officers, directors and members ofFALEA would like to thank all the sponsors,donors and guests for all their invaluable andcontinued support of our organization’s activi-ties.


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841 Bishop Street, Suite 500

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Tel: 523-8874 Fax: 523-8950

ENVIRONMENTAL • GEOTECHNICAL • HYDROGEOLOGICALCONSULTANTS

99-1205 Halawa Valley Street, Suite 302Aiea, Hawaii 96701-3281Phone 808 484-5366 • Fax 808 484-0007

MASA FUJIOKA & ASSOC.A PROFESSIONAL PARTNERSHIP

MFA

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CIVIL ENGINEERING AND PLANNING WASTEWATER AND WATER TREATMENTCONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES

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Honolulu, Hawaii 96813-2830Phone: (808) 524-3771 • Fax: (808) 538-0445

E-mail: [email protected]

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864 S. Beretania StreetHonolulu, Hawaii 96813

Telephone: 537-9971

KN CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.Civil Engineers1451 South King Street, Suite 412Honolulu, Hawaii 96814Phone: (808) 941-8882Fax: (808) 941-8828Email: [email protected]

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Fax: 808.528.5379

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Earth & Environmental, Inc.

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HIDA, OKAMOTO & ASSOCIATES, INC.CONSULTING CIVIL ENGINEERS

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ESM

Professional DirectoryAUSTIN, TSUTSUMI & ASSOCIATES, INC.

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Branch Office: Wailuku, MauiCIVIL • TRAFFIC • SANITARY

Y. Ebisu & AssociatesAcoustical and Electronic Engineers

1126 12th Avenue, Room 305Honolulu, Hawaii 96816

(808) 735-1634

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1001 Bishop Street • Pauahi Tower, Suite 725Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

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ENGINEERS-SURVEYORS HAWAII, INC.(FORMERLY WILLIAM HEE & ASSOCIATES, INC.)

900 HALEKAUWILA STREETHONOLULU, HAWAII 96814

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NEWCOMER - LEELAND SURVEYORS, INC.

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

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INABA ENGINEERING, INC.273 WAIANUENUE AVENUEHILO, HAWAII 96720

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

Land Surveying

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FewellGeotechnical

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

Okahara &Associates, Inc.

Engineering Consultants200 Kohola St., Hilo, HI 96720 / Ph. (808) 961-5527 Fax (808) 961-5529

677 Ala Moana Blvd., Suite 703, Honolulu, HI 96813Ph. (808) 524-1224 Fax (808) 521-3151

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Pacific GeotechnicalEngineers, Inc.

Soils & Foundation Engineering Consultants429-B Waiakamilo RoadHonolulu, Hawaii 96817

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Engineers, Surveyors, Planners

HAWAII COUNCIL OFENGINEERING SOCIETIESP.O. Box 2873Honolulu, Hawaii 96802

PresortedStandard

U.S. Postage PaidHonolulu, HawaiiPermit No. 1400

BROWN AND CALDWELLEnvironmental Engineering And Consulting • Analytical Services

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2145 Wells St., Suite 302 • Wailuku, HI 96793(808) 244-7005 Fax (808) 244-9026

S.S. DANNAWAY ASSOCIATES, INC.

Fire Protection EngineersBuilding Code Consultants

720 Iwilei Road, Suite 412, Honolulu, HI 96817Tel: (808) 526-9019/Fax: (808) 537-5385

[email protected]

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

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Engineering, Architectural andConstruction Management RecruitingLee F. Raade, Technical Consultant (808) 220-1682Email: [email protected]: www.mpcandcompany.com

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• Homeland Security

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