vol. 46 no. 11 serving 2000 engineers & land ...vol. 46 no. 11 serving 2000 engineers & land...
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VOL. 46 NO. 11 SERVING 2000 ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS JANUARY, 2011
ENGINEERS WEEK -2011 DISPLAY EXHIBITSINVITATION FOR ENGINEERING COMPA-NIES & SOCIETIES’ STUDENT GROUPS TO PARTICIPATE
Each year during Engineers Week, the HawaiiCouncil of Engineering Societies (HCES) orga-nizes display exhibits that help to increase publicawareness and appreciation of the engineeringprofession. For the past years, several societies’consulting engineering firms & manufacturingcompanies, the student groups from theUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM), and therobotics clubs from local high schools have gath-ered at Kahala Mall and displayed projects thatthey had been working on and entering in com-petitions. It turned out to be a great success. Notonly did we achieve the goal of public outreach,but students or engineers were also able to prac-tice their presentation skills and receive positivefeedback from a range of people.
This upcoming event in 2011, we will be focus-ing on “the future of engineering” once again.HCES is inviting the societies’ consulting engi-neering firms & manufacturing companies, theUHM student groups and the high school’srobotic clubs to participate in this event that willshowcase their respective projects as well as toallow interaction with the public and to exciteothers about the engineering profession. The sta-tic portion of their exhibits will be on display atPearlridge Shopping Center from February 20through February 23, 2011. Then on Saturday,February 26th, HCES is inviting the partici-pating students at the high school’s roboticclubs to perform demonstrations from 10AM to 2 PM (times are tentative).
Student outreach activities are conductedthroughout the year by most HCES memberorganizations. The purpose of the displays andinteractive exhibits sponsored by HCES duringEngineers Week is to improve the public image ofthe engineering profession and to stimulate qual-ified students in public and private schools tochoose careers in engineering and in related sci-ence fields. The week of exhibits culminates in aninteractive exhibition at Pearlridge ShoppingCenter on Saturday, February 26, 2010, pre-sented by the Space Grant Program of theUniversity of Hawaii, for which the HCES is pro-viding an honorarium. The interactive exhibition
2011 ENGINEERS WEEKBANQUETSaturday, February 26, 2011DeRussy Hall at Hale Koa Hotel
The guest speaker at the 2011 EngineersWeek Banquet will be Wayne Y. Yoshioka, theDirector of Transportation Services for the Cityand County of Honolulu. He will provide a pre-sentation on Honolulu Rail Transit covering pro-ject time line, budget/funding, preliminary engi-neering, transit-oriented development, and itsrelationship to other transportation capitalimprovement projects.
As the Director of Trtansportation Services, hemanages a department that consists of five divi-sions that have tasks ranging from traffic signaloperation to bus operations to the planning andimplementation of the proposed rail transit sys-tem for Honolulu. Mr. Yoshioka serves on thePolicy Committee of the Oahu MetropolitanPlanning Organization, the primary organizationresponsible for the prioritization of federal trans-portation funds. He regularly coordinates theCity’s transportation efforts with other govern-mental agencies at the federal, state, and countylevels. He represents the City administration ontransportation issues in the community on Oahu.
He has over 30 years of experience in projectmanagement and technical analysis of majortransportation engineering projects. Prior to join-ing the City, he worked for transportation con-sulting firms in Hawaii, Colorado, and California.He has been involved in projects requiring broad,multidisciplinary knowledge of engineering, plan-ning, finance, and public relations. Mr.Yoshioka’s experience allows him to takes a bigpicture view of transportation while being awareof the operational and design details that arerequired to implement practical transportationsolutions.
The reservation form for this year’s banquetcan be found on page 3.
2011 ENGINEERS’ WEEKKICK-OFF LUNCHEONTuesday, February 22, 2011, 11:30 amHale Koa Hotel, Banyan Tree Showroom
The guest speaker at this year’s Kick-offLuncheon will be Mr. Jeff Chang, EngineeringProgram Manager of the Airports Division,Department of Transportation, State of Hawaii.
Mr. Chang was appointed EngineeringProgram Manager in March 2008. Previously, Mr.Chang served as Construction Engineer for theAirports Division for 14 years. Prior to 1994, Mr.Chang held managerial positions with privateGeneral Contractors in Hawaii and San Franciscofor 12 years.
will include a competition between top highschool robotics teams. The robotics competitionwill alternate with interactive science demonstra-tions. Similar events have previously attractedenthusiastic crowds of young people and theirfamilies.
To the student engineering group, consultingengineering firm or company, we encourage youto participate at this event and complete theattached “Equipment Request & Agreement”form. Kindly contact our HCES ExhibitsChairman, Albert Hahn at [email protected] in order to obtain more informationor have further questions.
Hawaii Society ofProfessional Engineers
A state society of the National Society of Professional Engineers
P.O. BOX 3774 HONOLULU, HAWAII 96812
WEB SITE www.eng.hawaii.edu/~hspe2010-2011 Officers and DirectorsPresident: Majella Stevenson, P.E.
[email protected]. Elect: Kurt Kunimune, P.E.
[email protected] Pres.: VacantSecretary: Marc Botticelli, P.E.
[email protected]: Nathan Yuen, P.E.
[email protected] Pres.: Florence Ching, P.E.
Chapter Directors:Oahu: Enrique Che, P.E.
[email protected]: Darren Okimoto, P.E.
[email protected] Island: Galen Kuba, P.E.
[email protected]: Dave Ross, P.E.
HSPE will soon be gearing up for the 2011Mathcounts competition. The Big Island, Mauiand Oahu will have their respective competitionsin February of 2011. The Oahu competition willbe held on Saturday, February 19, 2011 at theCase Middle School at Punahou School.
The respective winners from each island willthen meet for the State Mathcounts champi-onship on Oahu at Iolani School on Saturday,March 5, 2011. The State winners will then go onand represent Hawaii on the mainland for theNational Mathcounts competition, in the lateSpring, 2011.
If you are interested in volunteering, or if youshould have any questions, please contact yourlocal HSPE chapters. Thank you very much.
Mr. Chang graduated from the University ofColorado in 1978 with B.S. degree inArchitectural Engineering and graduated fromStanford University in 1979 with a M.S. degree inCivil Engineering.
The reservation form for thelunchoen is foundon page 2.
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The Society of American Military Engineers,Honolulu Post
& theHawaii Council of Engineering Societies
Cordially invites you to join us for the
2011 ENGINEER’S WEEK KICK-OFF LUNCHEON
Presentation and Speaker:Mr. Jeff Chang, Engineering Program Manager
Airports Division, Department of Tranportation, State of Hawaii
Hale Koa Hotel, Banyan Tree ShowroomTuesday, February 22, 2011 at 11:30 AM
Luncheon Cost: $35.00**$18.75 for Students
PLEASE RSVP BY: Wednesday, 15 FEBRUARY 2011
SEND THIS FORM AND PAYMENT TO:Society of American Military Engineers, Honolulu Post
c/o Eamonn P. KinsellaJ. M. Waller Associates, Inc.155 Kapalulu Place, Unit 104
Honolulu, HI 96819Please make checks payable to: Society of American Military Engineers
Name: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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LUNCH: Warrior Buffet*Students please indicate school and program
December Lunch MeetingOn December 14, 2010, SAME members
heard from CAPT Paul Fujigni, ViceCommander, NAVFAC Pacific. His presentationfocused on the latest update on the Guam build-up for the relocation of Marines. The FinalEnvironmental Impact Statement (EIS) for therelocation has been completed and the Recordof Decision (ROD) was signed in September
CAPT Paul Fuligni addresses the audienceat the December 14 SAME Honolulu Postlunch program.
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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER BOD HIGHLIGHTSDecember 2, 2010
The year’s activities were reviewed, and alsodiscussed the upcoming year’s planned activities. Committee Reports: CHRISTMASCAROLING – warm-up practice was held atFrank’s house to get “tuned up” for a worthyfundraising effort by the FALEA Singers who hadbeen very successful year after year in spreadingthe Christmas spirit while getting donations fromnew and repeat customers to augment the orga-nization’s scholarship and professional develop-ment fund. This activity has become popularthrough word of mouth that the group sometimeshas difficulty responding to all the invitations. Thetarget areas this season were Salt lake, Pearl Cityand Waipahu.
CHRISTMAS PARTY – This was held onDecember 4, at the KCCOH Multi-PurposeRoom in Pearl City. It was a potluck dinner withlots of raffle prizes and gifts for the kids. Jeoffreywas the emcee and Eugene was Santa Claus.COMMUNITY AFFAIRS – For the second yearin a row, FALEA was invited and has participatedin the Pasko Sa FilCom (Christmas at FilCom), anannual Christmas celebration open to the publicat the Filipino Community center in Waipahu.FALEA’s contribution was a “Bahay Kubo” a repli-ca of a traditional Filipino hut decorated to reflectthe Christmas Season. It was displayed as afocal point in the courtyard of the FilCom Centerwhere many of the day’s activities were beingheld. FALEA members attired in traditional outfithanded out one of its best home-made delica-cies to date, the “sinambong” sweet rice cakewrapped in coconut palm leaves. FUNDAMEN-TALS OF ENGINEERING REFRESHERCOURSE – Starts January 15, 2011 and everySaturday thereafter until April 2, 2011, from 1 PMto 5 PM, in time for the FE Exams on April 9.Jeoffrey, FALEA President-Elect is the coordina-tor of this program. To register, call him at 358-7111 or Elvi at 226-0311. ANNUAL GOLFTOURNAMENT – Our 4th Annual ScholarshipGolf Tournament will be at the Kapolei GolfCourse on April 15, 2011. Pass the word on.Several companies have already committed theirparticipation. SUMMER FLING: It’s in the works.Stay tuned.
Next Meeting: 5:30 PM Thursday, January6th at APB’s.
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. PinedaDirectors: Napoleon Q. Agraan
Ramon B. Bonoan, Jr.Frank CruzataVergel G. Del RosarioMarcelino C. LabasanAngelie L. Legaspi
2011 Engineers Week BanquetSaturday, February 26, 2011DeRussy Hall at the Hale Koa Hotel
5:30 p.m. Cocktails6:30 p.m. Dinner7:15 p.m. Program:
• Presentation of Engineers Week Exhibit Awards.• Presentation of Engineer of the Year, Young Engineer of the Year, HCES
Lifetime Achievement, and Student Engineer of the Year Awards.• Guest Speaker – Wayne Y. Yoshioka, Director of the City and County of
Honolulu Department of Transportation Services will provide a presentationon Honolulu Rail Transit covering project time line, budget/funding, prelimi-nary engineering, transit-oriented development, and its relationship to othertransportation capital improvement projects.
• Installation of 2011 HCES officers.
Contact Person and Organization ________________________________________________
Address ______________________________________________________________________
Telephone___________________________ E-mail __________________________________
Rates are $40.00 per person for registration(s) postmarked on or before February 11, 2011,$50.00 per person for registration(s) postmarked after February 11, 2011, and $30.00 forstudents. Tables will seat 10 people.
HCES has invited special guests to attend the banquet. These guests may include theGovernor, Mayors, State Legislators, Governmental Department Directors, and/or their rep-resentatives.
If you would like to sponsor an invited special guest and their spouse/companion to sit atyour table, please fill in “HCES Special Guest” for two seats in the list below and HCES willassign a special guest and their spouse/companion to your table. Alternatively, if you wouldlike to arrange for your own special guest(s), please include their name(s) in the list below.
Please type or print the name and company/organization affiliation for each attendee, asthey would like it to appear on their name tag.
Name Company or Organization
1. ________________________________ ______________________________________
2. ________________________________ ______________________________________
3. ________________________________ ______________________________________
4. ________________________________ ______________________________________
5. ________________________________ ______________________________________
6. ________________________________ ______________________________________
7. ________________________________ ______________________________________
8. ________________________________ ______________________________________
9. ________________________________ ______________________________________
10. ________________________________ ______________________________________
Number of people attending: ______ x $40.00 (registration on or before Feb 11) = ________
Number of people attending: ______ x $50.00 (registration after Feb 11) = ________
Number of students attending: ______ x $30.00 = ________
Sponsored Guests (2 x $40.00 = $80.00) = ________
TOTAL AMOUNT REMITTEDPlease make checks payable to “HCES” and mail with completed registration form to:
2011 Engineers Week Banquetc/o Derick KamThermal Engineering Corporation512 Kalihi StreetHonolulu, Hawaii 96819
Banquet attire will be aloha wear; military uniforms are not required. Parking will be validat-ed. For further information regarding cancellations and refunds, or if you have any ques-tions, please contact Registration Committee Chair Derick Kam at [email protected],telephone 356-2461.
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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
2011 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS &DIRECTORSPosition Officer PhonePresident Brian Ide 536-2108
[email protected] President Wesley Segawa 935-4677
[email protected] Grant Okunaga 488-7579
[email protected] Danny Fujioka 536-2626
[email protected] Les Kempers 682-6000
[email protected] Kimo Scott 671-2886
[email protected] Aaron Erickson 591-2728
[email protected] Linda Moran 676-1963
[email protected] President Ron Iwamoto 486-5202
Our new state-of-the-art plant maintains Tileco’s position as the State’s leading concrete block manufacturer.
www.tilecoinc.com ph. 682-5737 TILECO INC.
State-of-the-Art ManufacturingState-of-the-Art Manufacturing
HIGHLIGHTS OF BOD MEETINGDecember 2, 2010
Committee Reports:General Membership Meetings/Technical
Seminars/Events:• ATC Disaster Seminar will be held on Jan. 11,
2011 at the Pagoda Hotel. This event will besponsored by NAVFAC Hawaii.
• The following seminars are anticipated to bepresented in 2011:– Pre-Engineered Metal Buildings (1/2 day
seminar) – Pre-Engineered Wood Trusses (lunch-time
seminar)– Structural Steel Corrosion Coatings (lunch-
time seminar)Building Code Committee: Hawaii County
Code Update: The County Department of PublicWorks has held public meetings in October onthe proposed changes to the County’s BuildingCode (Bill 270). Ron Iwamoto will find out thedate of the next public meeting.
Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies(HCES): Nominees are being requested for theupcoming 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award,Engineer of the Year Award, Young Engineer ofthe Year Award, and Student Engineer of the YearAward.
2011 SEAOH Officers and Directors:Congratulations and welcome to the followingmembers who will be on the 2011 SEAOH Boardof Directors:President Brian Ide
(Allison Ide, LLC)Vice President Wesley Segawa
(Wesley R. Segawa Assoc)Secretary Grant Okunaga
(Miyasato Kuniyoshi)Treasurer Danny Fujioka
(Nagamine Okawa)Director (Yr 1) Aaron Erikson
(Wiss Janney Elstner)Director (Yr 1) Linda Moran
(Corrosion COPS)Director (Yr 2) Les Kempers
(GPRMP)Director (Yr 2) Kimo Scott
(OK Hardware & Supply)
Past President Ron Iwamoto(Iwamoto & Assoc, LLC)
Mahalo to the outgoing 2010 Officers andDirectors for their valued service this past year:Past President Myles Shimokawa, TreasurerPatrick Calizar, Secretary Karl Umemoto, andDirectors John Cheung and Stephanie Doan. Thehandover of duties and responsibilities were dis-cussed at the December 2, 2010 Board meeting.
2011 Annual SEAOH Installation Banquet: Theannual SEAOH Installation Banquet will be heldon Fri Jan. 14, 2011 at Koolau Golf Clubhouse.The event will include a great dinner buffet, andvocalist, pianist and songwriter Ms. RoslynCatracchia will be there for your musical enjoy-ment. A round of golf will also be available priorto the banquet. Please make your plans to joinus in welcoming the 2011 Officers and Directors,and to say farewell to the outgoing 2010 Officersand Directors. Registration information will besent out soon.
Other Business:• SEAOH President Ron Iwamoto gave a pre-
sentation to the Chi Epsilon UH ManoaChapter on Nov 9, 2010. The Chapter’s pres-ident Michael Motoki and the other studentswere impressed with Ron’s speech about hisconsulting business, the structural engineeringprofession, and the SEAOH organization.
• A CASE Quality Control Document forStructural Engineers was purchased forSEAOH by KSF., Inc. The document is avail-able for use by the membership.
• 2010 SEAOH/CCPI Joint Convention Wrap-Up: The final numbers were tallied and withthe gracious financial support from Wayne
Kawano and the CCPI, this enabled SEAOH tobreak-even. Thank you Wayne! O YoungerMember Group for SEAOH: The ASCEYounger Member Forum will partner withSEAOH to reestablish a Younger MemberGroup, and the goal will be for youngerSEAOH members to be invited to tag along atsome of the ASCE YMF activities. For moreinformation, please contact SEAOH PresidentRon Iwamoto at 486-5202 or [email protected].
• The UH College of Engineering has requestedlecturers for their structures courses. This isdue to recent faculty reductions and budgetissues. A letter from Dr. Ian Robertson wasemailed to the membership and is also postedon the website.
• A draft of ACI 318-11 is out for public reviewand will be posted on the SEAOH website.Anyone may comment on this draft by Jan. 17,2011.
• The Board regretfully announced the passingof Life MEMBER Wang Cheong Tang. Mr.Tang was a long-time structural engineer withT.Y. Lin Hawaii, KFC, Kasamoto & Chan, andYuji Kasamoto, Inc. Missing Members: Please contact
Membership Chairperson, Jiabao Chen (Ph: 791-3945 or email [email protected]), or any ofthe SEAOH officers if you have a new mailingand/or email address.
The next SEAOH Board of Directors andOfficers meeting will be held on Wednesday,January 5, 2011. Location and time to be deter-mined. Contact SEAOH President-elect Brian Ide(536-2108, [email protected]) for moreinformation.
STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS, INC. STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS, INC.General Engineering • Foundation Systems • Micro Piles General Engineering • Foundation Systems • Micro Piles
MICRO PILE MICRO PILEMICRO PILES As defined in FHWA-RD-96-016 “Micro-piles are small diameter drilled and grouted reinforced piles used for both structural support and insitu earth reinforcement.” Typically less than 10” in diameter, allowable design capacities frequently exceed 100 kips and our crews have performed test-ing in excess of 225 kips or over 100 tons. Micro-piles are frequently used where a deep foundation system is required in difficult substrata conditions, or where driven piles or large diameter systems are impractical due to subsurface obstructions, or limitations presented by existing buildings at or adjacent to the project site.
MICRO PILES As defined in FHWA-RD-96-016 “Micro-piles are small diameter drilled and grouted reinforced piles used for both structural support and insitu earth reinforcement.” Typically less than 10” in diameter, allowable design capacities frequently exceed 100 kips and our crews have performed test-ing in excess of 225 kips or over 100 tons. Micro-piles are frequently used where a deep foundation system is required in difficult substrata conditions, or where driven piles or large diameter systems are impractical due to subsurface obstructions, or limitations presented by existing buildings at or adjacent to the project site.
Capabilities, Benefits & Advantages• Limited Access and
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• Design/Build Projects
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• High Bearing & Tension Capacities (100 Tons)
• New Construction
• Cased or Un-cased Systems
• Hollow-bar Injection Anchors & Piles
• Atlas & Chance Helical Piers
• Remedial Underpinning
• Foundation Releveling
• Load Transfer
• Soil Nails, Gunite
• Slope Stabilization
• Compaction Grouting
• Uretek, Slab Releveling
Capabilities, Benefits & Advantages• Limited Access and
Low-overhead Equipment
• Design/Build Projects
• FHWA Compliant
• High Bearing & Tension Capacities (100 Tons)
• New Construction
• Cased or Un-cased Systems
• Hollow-bar Injection Anchors & Piles
• Atlas & Chance Helical Piers
• Remedial Underpinning
• Foundation Releveling
• Load Transfer
• Soil Nails, Gunite
• Slope Stabilization
• Compaction Grouting
• Uretek, Slab Releveling
Low-overhead Equipment Low-overhead Equipment
Underpinning System Underpinning System
Since 1985 in Hawaii, Structural Systems and its allied company Kelikai have compiled decades of experience installing deep foundation systems. Our experience includes a range of piling systems for bearing support, and a selection of differing anchor systems for tension applications. Additionally, we are authorized installers of the Atlas and Chance brands of pre-engineered foundation systems for both new construction and remedial/underpinning applications. Hawaii has widely variable and difficult subsurface conditions. With their experience, our staff and field crews are peerless in their ability to address all the differing geotechnical conditions unique to Hawaii.
Since 1985 in Hawaii, Structural Systems and its allied company Kelikai have compiled decades of experience installing deep foundation systems. Our experience includes a range of piling systems for bearing support, and a selection of differing anchor systems for tension applications. Additionally, we are authorized installers of the Atlas and Chance brands of pre-engineered foundation systems for both new construction and remedial/underpinning applications. Hawaii has widely variable and difficult subsurface conditions. With their experience, our staff and field crews are peerless in their ability to address all the differing geotechnical conditions unique to Hawaii.
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General Engineering
P.O. Box 30296Honolulu, HI 96820
Telephone: (808) 845-2474Fax: (808) 847-2966
Email: [email protected]: WWW.SSIHAWAII.COM
STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS, INC.
General Engineering
P.O. Box 30296Honolulu, HI 96820
Telephone: (808) 845-2474Fax: (808) 847-2966
Email: [email protected]: WWW.SSIHAWAII.COM
New Construction, Maui New Construction, Maui
Typical Micropile Detail
TOP OF PILE
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PERMANENTSTEELCASING
PRESSUREGROUTEDBULB
Typical Micropile Detail
TOP OF PILE
#8 - #14EPOXY/GALV.BAR
PERMANENTSTEELCASING
PRESSUREGROUTEDBULB
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2010-2011 OFFICERSOffice Name PhonePresident Roger Babcock 956-7298
email: [email protected] Dawn Barsana-Szewczyk 943-1133
email: [email protected] Ian Arakaki 596-7790
email: [email protected] Brian Enomoto 388-5559
email: [email protected] Glenn MiyasatoPast President Jeff Kalani 596-2928
email: [email protected]
Hawaii Section — Younger Member ForumWeb site: http://www.ascehawaii.org/ymf.html
2010-2011 YMF OfficersPhone
President: Eric Arakawa [email protected]
Vice-President: Javis Carino [email protected]
Secretary: Jason Sugibayashi [email protected]
Treasurer: Lara Karamatsu [email protected]
Past President: Troy Ching [email protected] continued on page 7
KNOW YOUR ASCE HISTORYby C.S. Papacostas
SHADES OF REDMy article last month (Dec. 2010) about
Alexander Liberman’s sculpture “Gate of Hope”on the front lawn of Holmes Hall, the School ofEngineering building at the University of Hawaii atManoa, has generated sufficient interest to war-rant this month’s follow-up.
Responding to my observation that the pieceattracts children “like a magnet,” a reader in theknow who wishes to remain anonymous wrote:“My kids were similarly attracted in the late 80’s,so much in fact, that I took a notice of the cor-roding connections. Every year at an Engineeringevent, I would take close-up photos of the jointswith a telephoto lens and send them to the Deanwith the admonition to have the joints inspectedfor safety. One can only imagine the certaindeath that would result if one of those cylindersfell on someone. Finally, either he got the OK tohave it repaired or was tired of me pestering him:A crew appeared, disassembled the structure,re-welded the joints, and gave it a fresh coat oforange paint, which faded rather quickly. And,yes, it was orange because of engineering’s col-ors, along with the rails.”
Good friend Eric Crispin, Assistant Vice-Chancellor for Financial and PhysicalManagement, with whom I shared the story, tookthe time to respond in part: “FYI, the ‘Gate ofHope’ cylinder sculpture used to be bright(‘Ferrari’) red - a primary color, which was actual-ly typical of the 1970’s. The railings atEngineering were also painted bright red, tomatch the sculpture. Over time the red has fadedto the dull orange that it is today, and the railingswere re-painted by someone who might havethought to ‘tone down’ the building.”
Eric continued with: “I have a copy of an out-of-print book in my office called ‘Sculpture in theSun’ by Georgia and Warren Radford, C1978University of Hawaii Press that documents thesculpture - unfortunately the book is in black andwhite.”
Great lead!Two copies of the book are on the open
shelves of Hamilton Library. The authors recognized large sculptural pieces
to be part of the native Hawaiian culture and“highly developed within religious and utilitariantraditions.” These included “temple images withheights up to fifteen feet or more.” In moderntimes, however, and with the possible exceptionof the statues of Kamehameha `Ekahi by ThomasRidgeway Gould, “the rich variety of works of artthat now enhance many of the parks, play-grounds and urban open spaces of Honolulu andthe neighbor islands is a phenomenon almostentirely of the last decade.”
Subtitled “Hawaii’s Art for Open Spaces,” thevolume contains photographs of such art by RickGolt, accompanied by brief descriptions of eachpiece. About our “Gate of Hope” it says:“Alexander Liberman’s monumental sculpturerelates well in scale and character to the preciseforms and primary color accents of the engineer-ing building and its dark background of theKoolaus. Thirty feet high, painted red with anindustrial epoxy finish frequently used byLiberman, this piece was fabricated of three-eighths-inch steel plates, cut, rolled and weldedby the Hawaiian Welding Company, Ltd. Givingan impression of extraordinary lightness for itssize and weight, the formal aspect of the dynam-ic work varies rapidly with the observer’s view-
JANUARY DINNER MEETINGProgram:
Construction Committee Presentation andRecognition of New ASCE Hawaii SectionLife Members
Presentation:Punahou Omidyar K-1 School Project – LEEDPerspectives: Contractor, Design Team andOwner
In late 2010 Punahou opened a new five-build-ing indoor/outdoor section on campus for theschool’s K-1 students. The new campus wasconstructed with sustainable living as a principalgoal, and the curriculum has a focus on sustain-ability. With solar energy, efficient landscaping,rain catchment and eco-friendly materials, thecomplex has received a platinum rating from theU.S. Green Building Council. This brief presenta-tion touches on LEED fundamentals, advantagesof building green, assigning LEED points for theContractor, Design Team and Owner. The authorwill also share his perspective on the teamworkrequired when working towards a successfulLEED project.Presenter: Charles L. Isaacs Jr., Project
Engineer, LEED AccreditedProfessional BD+C Certified GreenBuilder, Hawaiian DredgingConstruction Company
Date: Thursday, January 20, 2011 Location: Treetops at Paradise Park,
Manoa ValleyTime: 5:30 p.m. - Social Time
6:30 p.m. - Dinner7:15 p.m. - Program8:45 p.m. - Adjourn
Menu: Multi-entree buffetCost: $25.00 for Hawaii Section members
$28.00 for non-section membersand guests$11.00 for UH Student Chaptermembers
Please make checks payable to ASCE-HawaiiSection and mail to Glenn Miyasato, ASCETreasurer, MKE Associates LLC, 99-205Moanalua Road, Suite 205, Aiea, Hawaii 96701postmarked by Friday, January 14, 2011.Reservations for the dinner meeting to GlennMiyasato by Monday, January 17, 2011, byphone at 488-7579 ext. 3 or email [email protected].
NEW LIFE MEMBERSThis year the Hawaii Section has ten members
who have achieved Life Member status:Richard Abe, M.ASCERandall Ching, M.ASCERoscoe Ford, P.E., M.ASCE
Glenn Matsumoto, P.E., M.ASCEFredrik Minato, P.E., M.ASCEHenry Miyamoto, P.E., M.ASCEThomas Nelson, P.E., M.ASCEArnold Okubo, P.E., M.ASCEPaul Weidig, P.E., M.ASCERoy Yamashiro, P.E., M.ASCELife member status is an honor awarded to
members who have made a lifetime commitmentto ASCE and the Civil Engineering profession byremaining a member of ASCE for the full length oftheir career. To obtain Life Member status, ASCEMembers, Associate Members and AffiliateMembers must have: 1) reached the age of 65, 2)paid dues in any membership grade except stu-dent member for 30 years, and 3) had 10 yearscontinuous membership immediately precedingthe attainment of Life Member. What is so greatabout attaining Life Member status? Well, whenyou reach your Life year, you become exemptfrom paying membership dues; something tolook forward to! Congratulations to these newestHawaii Section Life Members who will be hon-ored with a certificate at the January 20, 2011dinner meeting.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGLast held: December 2, 2010Next Meeting: January 12, 2011
CONTINUING EDUCATIONASCE National holds more than 275 seminars
and computer workshops each year on a widevariety of technical, management, and regulatorytopics. These seminars are held in more than 45cities across the U.S. In addition, ASCE offerscustomized on-site training and many distancelearning programs, including live interactiveweb/teleconference seminars, online coursesand courses on CD, videotape, and audiotape.Please visit www.asce.org/conted/ for completedetails.
ASCE HAWAII SECTION STUDENT SCHOL-ARSHIPS
Please help us increase our scholarshipendowment so that we can recognize thosedeserving students. We continue to accept tax-deductible donations with the goal of increasingthe 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 Jeff Kalani at 754-5501, [email protected].
ASCE JOB LISTINGSFor information on how to advertise job open-
ings in your company on the ASCE HawaiiSection website, please visit http://www.asce-hawaii.org/jobs.htm.
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point.”I do recall that the railings of Holmes Hall orig-
inally matched the sculpture’s red color.At Hamilton Library anyway, I decided to
search again the micro-filmed newspaperarchives for any coverage I may have missed ear-lier. What emerged this time was a black-and-white photograph by Warren R. Roll in theHonolulu Star-Bulletin of Friday Sept. 8, 1972.Using an alternate name for the sculptural piece,the caption read: “$50,000 SCULPTURE -Alexander Liberman’s red creation, ‘Gateway toHope,’ was dedicated yesterday in front of thenew engineering building at the University ofHawaii. The New York sculptor’s work was com-missioned by the State Foundation of Cultureand Arts.”
The next email message I got in response tomy December story was from Robotics Professorof Mechanical Engineering Reza Ghorbani:“Interesting article. And a picture of my lab mem-bers!” he said. Attached was a photograph ofhimself perched on one of the cylinders and fourof his students: Two of them had climbed on thestructure and two posed in front of it.
Hmm! The structure obviously attracts morethan just children! And, immediately, I recalledthat I had gone down to the site myself, 37 yearsearlier, to experience the three-dimensionalimpact that the piece dispenses on its observers!
I should have expected that GoroSulijoadikusumo of the Hawaii Department ofTransportation would also chime in: “Good articleagain Costas...it definitely takes the high roadabout this work. ‘Ka Leo’ had an article this yearthat said the sculpture was painted ‘Chinesered’, but it was cheap paint and faded to thecolor it is now.”
The URL he provided led me to something Ihad missed in the University’s newspaper, datedApril 29, 2010. The story brought out reactionsfrom students ranging from “I thought it was kindof ugly... a waste of money” to “it’s really interest-ing to me. I like it.” Journalism student DavisKane also wondered “aloud whether it’s hollowinside and if people play in it.” It would not sur-prise me if he went to investigate his hypothesis!
Art instructor Laura Ruby was said to havesuggested “although such an abstract structureis open to interpretation, given its name,Liberman had an idea of optimism in mind whendesigning it.” She also “stated how expenses tore-weld and repaint the ‘Gate of Hope’ andanother sculpture on campus totaled around$100,000. Moreover, many people wouldn’t haveguessed that the original color of the sculpturewas a sort of ‘Chinese red,’ as Ruby calls it. Itsorange color is a result of the last painters notusing UV-proof paint, causing the color to fadedramatically, along with it not having beenrepainted for at least 5 years.”
In this respect, a comment from ManoaChancellor Virginia Hinshaw in an electronic mes-sage to me may bring a ray of hope to the Gateof Hope: “I have been striving to get the State torepair and paint the sculpture!”
The question in my mind is: “What shade ofred?”
Do you know of a civil engineering accom-plishment or event that your fellow ASCE mem-bers might find interesting? Please send a briefdescription to C.S. Papacostas (fax 956-5014,email [email protected]). Previous arti-cles in the series may be found at the Section’sweb site. Just point your browser tohttp://www.ascehawaii.org.
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Mechanical Engineers
Website: http://sections.asme.org/hawaii
ASME-HI 2010-2011 OfficersChairperson Derek Sato 543-4108
[email protected] Derick Kam 848-6966
[email protected] Kory Ikeda
[email protected] Kevin Dang 737-1708
[email protected] Edmund Chang 543-4227
[email protected] Rep: Derick KamAlternate: John Ahern
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.
Board of Governors (Members)Albert Hahn, P.E. (Immediate Past Pres)Blake Araki, P.E.Donna KishiMelek Yalcintas, PhD, P.E.Scott La BeauWilliam Lee, P.E.
Standing Committee (Chairpersons)Attendance & Reception: John LauChapter Technology Transfer: Paul ScottChapter Programs: Blake Araki, P.E.Governmental Affairs: Barry Jim On, P.E.Refrigeration: Scott La BeauTechnology: Herman SiuEnergy Awards: William Lee, P.E.Historical: Joseph K. Ting, P.E.Membership Promotions: Roland SuzukiNewsletter Editor: Kevin Saito, P.E.Research Promotions: Archibald MakatiniProduct Show: Donna KishiTechnical Seminar: Melek Yalcintas, PhD, P.E.Student Activities: Alayna ShimaYoung Engineers of ASHRAE (YEA): Brandon MaedaWebmaster: Mark Yamamoto, P.E.
ASHRAEAmerican Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-ConditioningEngineers, Inc. Hawaii Chapter
P.O. Box 3916, Honolulu, HI 96812-3916
ASHRAE Hawaii Chapter MeetingJanuary 13, 2011 (Thursday) The Plaza Club (Lunch starting at 11:45 am) LIMITED TO 45 ATTENDEES
Status and Direction of the Hawaii CleanEnergy Initiative
As you can guess by now, energy, energy effi-ciency, and energy self-sufficiency has been anon-going theme for our Society and Chapterthrough the years with a special emphasis givento recent years.
It’s our pleasure to host Mr. Theodore “Ted”Peck as our main speaker for the January 2011Chapter meeting. Ted, a former naval engineer,consultant, and energy management specialist,is the Hawaii State Energy Office’s Administratorat the Department of Business, EconomicDevelopment & Tourism (DBEDT). In this role Mr.Peck leads numerous initiatives including theHawai‘i Clean Energy Initiative partnershipbetween the state and U.S. Department ofEnergy, energy planning, the shaping of thestate’s approach to renewable energy permittingand facilitation, the state hydrogen program, thegreenhouse gas emission reduction task force,energy assurance planning, among other strate-gic initiatives.
Mr. Peck has an extensive background instrategic planning. Prior to working for the State,he was a Principal with Booz Allen Hamilton andled the Honolulu office for its first five years.Within the firm, he led the development of anunderstanding of the positioning of Hawai‘i as aprime location for energy technology, innovation,investment, and transformation. Under his lead-ership, the firm grew from a small presence toover 200 consultants supporting clients acrossthe Pacific.
He graduated Cum Laude from the U.S. NavalAcademy with a bachelor’s of science degree inphysics; graduated in the top 5 percent from theNaval Nuclear Power School; and received
NEXT ASME-HAWAII SECTION GENERALMEETINGDate: January 18, 2011Time: 5:30 pm to 7:00 pmPlace: Hawaiian Electric Ward Avenue
CafeteriaAgenda: To Be Announced on ASME-HI’s
website.Members and guests are invited. There will be
free pizza and soft drinks as usual. Please con-tact Derek Sato or Kory Ikeda for directions andfor more information, such as parking.
NOVEMBER 23 GENERAL MEETINGHILITES• Chairman Derek Sato recognized Hawaii
Section members who achieved 25, 35, and50 years of membership, and also memberswho achieved Life Membership status. A Lifemember has paid dues for 35 years and has
reached the age of 65 or has retired.• Mehrdad N. Ghasemi Nejhad, Mechanical
Engineering Department Chairman, reportedon the status of his department and alsoreported on student activities. The ME 482Senior Design projects include several that willcompete in national competitions. Funding forthese events on the mainland will be at a veryhigh level.
• Kailua High School Career Fair: On November5, John Ahern, Ed Chang, and James Groganparticipated in the career fair in the school’sgym displaying ASME-HI’s exhibit, handing outpamphlets and pencils, and answering stu-dents’ questions about mechanical engineer-ing. This has been an annual event that ASME-HI looks forward to attending.
• Nomination of 2011-2012 Officers: It wasdecided to carry over the same officers andadd Ronald Flegal and Raymond Liu as theadditional directors.
• 2011 PE Refresher Course: Raymond Liureported that Drs. Charly Kinoshita and StevenMasutani are agreeable to conduct the fallclasses. Liu also reported that former studentLCDR Aaron Kottas had passed away.
• MATHCOUNTS 2011: Ed Chang/ASME-HI isresponsible for recruiting proctors and scorersfor the Oahu Chapter and State competitions.The Oahu Chapter Competition will be onFebruary 19, 2011 and will be held at PunahouSchool because of Middle School constructionat Kamehameha School. Competition testingwill not be in one room; and therefore, manymore proctors will be required. Up to 100 proc-tor and scorer volunteers will be necessary. Dr.Nejhad would like to help by recruiting studentsection volunteers. Member Roman Reyessaid he would volunteer.
• Campbell High School Career Speaker:ASME-HI will provide a speaker and arrangefor tours of HECO Waiau Power Plant.
• Suggestions for tours and speakers: ChairmanSato suggested a presentation and demon-stration of a FLIR Thermal Imaging InfraRedCamera and a tour of HECO’s simple cyclepower plant in Campbell Industrial Park.
• Program for the evening: Chairman Derek Satogave a PowerPoint presentation, “2010 APISafe Tank Entry Conference and Safe TankEntry Workshop,” held October 18-21, 2010 inSan Francisco, CA.
ASME SPEAKERS BUREAUASME-HI had started its own Speakers Bureau
program for its members several months ago.Now ASME has started their own programrecruiting speakers, especially those that alignwith ASME strategic priorities in Energy,Globalization and Workforce Development.
Being an ASME Speaker provides visibility foryou and your work in the ASME community andHawaii. It provides you satisfaction of providingothers a valuable and useful experience, greatercapacity for listening to, training, and motivatingothers, interpersonal communication skills build-ing, and practice getting and keeping the atten-tion of an audience. Planning and delivering awell-researched, well-organized presentation tomeet the specific needs of your audience affectsother areas of your life. You begin to plan andorganize your thoughts more effectively; this isespecially helpful in your career or business.
Anyone can participate. You do not have tohave a PhD. or other similar credentials. Hawaiimembers can be on the list and are encouraged.Participation is quick, easy and voluntary.Complete the online Speaker RegistrationProcess on the ASME website.
recognition as the top graduate from the S1CNuclear Power Training Unit. He qualified as aNaval Nuclear Engineer with the second highestrating possible. He served in various positions onthe USS Flasher (SSN 613) and the USS Omaha(SSN 692) before affiliating with the US NavyReserve.
In 2004, he was selected as one of PacificBusiness News “40 under Forty,” in 2006 was aPacific Century Fellow, and in 2010 he wasselected as one of Hawaii’s 20 Leaders for theNext 20 Years by Hawaii Business Magazine.
His topic will be The Hawai‘i Clean EnergyInitiative that charts a new path toward an ener-gy-independent future for Hawai‘i. Today, import-ed oil supplies 90% of Hawai‘i’s energy. Hawai’i’sdependence on oil threatens our most preciousresources—the land, air, and water that sustainus. And it places our economic security at risk.Simply stated, our current way of meeting ourenergy needs is not sustainable. We must alterour course.
A partnership between the state of Hawai‘i andthe U.S. Department of Energy launched in 2008,the Hawai‘i Clean Energy Initiative is bringingtogether business leaders, policy makers, andconcerned citizens committed to leading Hawai‘ito energy independence.
Please join us for this informative meeting tohear directly from the person who is laying thepath for our energy future. Reservations are lim-ited so please reserve early.
To RSVP, please contact John Lau at [email protected]. For program details, pleasevisit the ASHRAE Hawaii Chapter site athttp://hawaii.ashraechapters.org/index.html.
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Engineers Week Kick-Off LuncheonTogether with HCES, SAME Honolulu is help-
ing to coordinate the 2011 Engineers Week Kick-Off Luncheon on February 22, 2011 at the HaleKoa Hotel. More information on the luncheoncan be found in this issue of Wiliki.
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Programs for January 2011
Program Chair: William Warren - EAHEmeritus Member
Jan 7, 2011: Speaker: Jeffrey M. KisselPresident & CEO – The Gas Company, Topic:“Hydrogen for Hawaii’s Fuel Cell Cars” Mr.Kissel will be discussing The Gas Company’sability to support Hydrogen fuel for use in fuel cellsto extend the current supply of petroleum andthen incorporate renewables to lessen our depen-dence on petroleum based fuels.Jan 14, 2011: No Meeting
Martin Luther King Jr. HolidayJan 21, 2011: TBAJan 28, 2011: TBA
Meeting Notes for November 19th, 2010 Speaker: Shepherd Meyers, Entomology
Collections Manager Bishop Museum,Topic: “Entomology at the BishopMuseum”. Shepherd started by giving EAHmember the definition of an insect, i.e. six jointedlegs, three body parts, compound eyes, and twoantennae. From there he explained part of hisresponsibilities at Bishop Museum. A large partof his job is to create detailed illustrations ofinsects. He does this by taking very detailed andhigh definition pictures of an insect. Each picturefocuses on different parts of the subject insectand then he combines all the photos to make asingle composite picture. He compared hiswork to a manual drawing which took him over40 hours to complete. The computer combines
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the multiple images in minutes. He also preparesphysical displays of insects, which are kept indrawers. Unfortunately, most visitors never seethese displays because they must be kept safelyaway from the general public.
The insects he presented to EAH were large,that is 1 to 4 inches in size. He explained thatgravity prevent insects from get larger, becausetheir joint have to be much large to support theweight. Most insect he works on can be a mil-limeter and smaller.
He also explained, they do not know why therehas been an increase in bed bugs, but if return-ing from the mainland from place like New YorkCity, he recommended washing your clothes andtreating your luggage, because bed bugs can bevery hard took kill once in your home.
Meeting Notes for October 22nd, 2010 President Aaron Erickson presented Past
President C.S. Papacostas a Certificate ofAppreciation from the Board and Members of theEngineers and Architects of Hawaii for his termas President 2009-2010.
Speaker: David A. Burney: Director ofConservation, National Tropical BotanicalGarden, Topic: “Back to the Future — in theCaves of Kauai”
David Burney has been working and studyingthe limestone cave systems on Kauai with hiswife for over 15 years. The main cave they havebeen studying is accessible because the roof ofthe cave collapsed thousands of years ago. Thecollapse allowed a lake to form in the cave. Overthousands of years animals and plants have beendeposited at the bottom of the cave. In morerecent times a Hawaiian Village was near by andmay have been used a dump, because hundredsof Hawaiian Fish hooks have been found. Overthe thousands of years a thick layer of peat wascreated which created a natural preservationenvironment for insects, animals, plants andplant seeds. Since starting work in the caves,David Burney has developed outreach programsfor volunteers for ordinary people, school childrenand college student that visit, learn and work inthe caves. Currently they are creating an area inand around the caves for planting and growing allNative Hawaiian plants. Visitors are welcome atthe caves. Mr. Burney’s complete talk will beavailable at the EAH WEB.
Meeting Notes for October 15th, 2010 President Aaron Erickson announced that on
January 6th, he has organized a field trip to one
of the Board of Water supply tunnels on theWindward side for the Civil Engineers and EAHmembers are invited to join. More details later.Contact Aaron if you are interested in attending.
Joseph Fiend a mechanical engineer sub-mitted his application for membership and wasvoted and approved as a new member. Joe is aSenior Technical Engineer working at HawaiianElectric Company, Inc. currently working on tech-nologies for the integration of more RenewableEnergy on to HECO’s grid.
Speaker: Fabio Bresolin, PhD HawaiiInstitute for Astronomy Topic: “AnalyzingGalaxies” Dr. Bresolin started by explaining thathe works on the Near galaxies in astronomicalterms and not the Far galaxies, which usually getmost of the news. But he explained by under-standing the near galaxies they can then betterunderstand the far galaxies. They are primarilyinterested in the brightest objects that can beseen in a galaxy. These are the red nebula,where very hot stars ionize the hydrogen. Hiswork involves determining the chemical make upwithin a galaxy. Oxygen is the most common ele-ments in the universe after hydrogen and helium.Iron and Oxygen allow the determination of howgalaxies have evolve over time. At the start therewas no oxygen or iron, but the first super novaproduced the first metals or any element aboveHelium. Spiral galaxies are the only galaxies thatare producing new stars.
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