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VOL. 49 NO. 10 SERVING 2000 ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS DECEMBER, 2013

Canstruction 2013 CompetitionBy Mark TawaraCanstruction Co-ChairChief Operating Officer, SSFM International, Inc.

On the morning of October 12, 2013, 13teams of local engineers, architects and con-tractors spent several hours “canstructing”giant structures made entirely out of thousandsof cans of food as a benefit for the HawaiiFoodbank. The event, held at PearlridgeCenter, marked the eighth annual Canstructioncompetition, sponsored by the AmericanInstitute of Architects (AIA) Honolulu Chapter.For the following two weeks, the completedstructures were on display at the mall, with thepublic voting for their favorite structure using aone-can-equals-one-vote system to determinethe People’s Choice Award.

The winners of this year’s competition includ-ed:Jurorsʼ Favorite: Richard Matsunaga &Associates ArchitectsStructural Ingenuity: Ferraro Choi &Associates + WSP HawaiiBest Meal: SSFM InternationalBest Use of Labels: WATGHonorable Mention: ADM Retail Planning &ArchitectureHonorable Mention: HDR EngineeringPeopleʼs Choice Award: Richard Matsunaga& Associates Architects

Other distinguished entrants included

Bowers + Kubota Consulting, CoffmanEngineers, Group 70 International/SwinertonBuilders, Hawaiian Dredging ConstructionCompany, Johnson Controls, Nordic PCL/INKArchitects and RIM Architects.

Over the past eight years, this friendlydesign competition has raised 286,404 poundsof food – enough for over 200,000 meals for thehungry in our community.

Originally started by the Society of DesignAdministration (SDA), Canstruction is a regis-tered nonprofit organization that holds annualcompetitions to construct fantastic, giant sized,structures made entirely out of canned food.Since its humble beginning in 1992,Canstruction has grown to become one of thelargest contributors to food banks in the world.Canstruction has held design/build competi-tions in over 140 cities world-wide donatingover 15 million pounds of canned food to alle-viate the plague of hunger and malnutrition.According to the Hawaii Foodbank, about 15percent of islanders do not know where theirnext meal will come from. That figure includes11,000 kupuna and 55,000 keiki. Several timeseach year, the Foodbank will run completely

out of canned goods. A big mahalo goes out to the design and

construction teams that participated in thisyear’s event. We hope to see even more engi-neers participate in next year’s competition. Formore information and additional photos fromthis year’s competition, please visit the AIAHonolulu website at www.aiahonolulu.org, orcontact co-chairs Mark Tawara [email protected] or Reid Mizue [email protected].

Coffman Engineers built a replica of the TajMahal at the Canstruction Competition.

Hundreds of kids participated in buildingan Egyptian pyramid at the “Kids CANCorner” at the Canstruction Competition.

The SSFM team in front of their award-winning replica of the Golden Gate Bridge. Thesculpture consisted of thousands of cans of sardines, ravioli, green beans, tuna, Viennasausage, black beans, and Spam, just to name a few.

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As a reminder, HSPE is seeking nominees forthe 2014 Engineer of the Year andFALEA/HSPE are seeking nominees for the2014 Young Engineer of the Year. Please sendin your nominations for your candidates!Nomination forms are available on the HCESand HSPE websites (http://www.hces.us/eweek.html and http://hawaiispe.org, respec-tively).

The deadline is Monday, December 16,2013.

Please submit your nominations to JoelleDuBois at [email protected].

Mahalo!

CALL FOR EWEEK DISPLAYS AT PEARL-RIDGE CENTER

Are you interested in STEM outreach inHawaii? We have a GREAT, low effort, highreturn, opportunity for you and your companyor engineering society.

Each year, the Hawaii Council of EngineeringSocieties (HCES) hosts Engineering Weekevents across the state. We invite you to dis-playing your recruiting or other engineeringrelated material at Pearlridge Center forNational Engineering Week, 2014. In this spiritof awareness, outreach and education, pleaseencourage your company or group to committo a static display at Pearlridge Center fromFebruary 15 through February 17, 2014. Also,on Sunday, February 16, HCES will sponsor aVEX Robotics tournament in the middle ofCenter Court.

Please share this request with the Outreachor Marketing Coordinator for your company, orany other interested party.

COST: No chargeACTION: Please email Lauren at

[email protected] or Paul [email protected] with questions or to partici-pate in this awesome outreach event. You don’tneed to send me all of the details right

now...just your intent to participate! We had 16companies/groups participate last year...let’sbeat our record!

Please also let me know (if you are able, butNLT January 15, 2014) general informationabout your display including the following:– # Tables needed?– # Chairs needed?– Electricity needed?– General size (required to place your display

in the properly sized area in Uptown CenterCourt or near vicinity)

– Contact Name and Phone Number of theindividual responsible for display set-up andtear down

RSVP:NLT WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2014Thank you for your time and consideration,Lauren Thompson & Paul ScottHCES Exhibits Co-Chairs

Robotics Judge Volunteers Needed:12/07 FIRST Tech Challenge Regional

Championship - Aaron Dengler ([email protected])

12/07 FIRST Lego League RegionalChampionship - Sara Tamayose ([email protected])

12/20-21 VEX Robotics High SchoolState Championship - Trung Lam ([email protected])

There are many other STEM relatedcompetition throughout the State fromJanuary 2014 through June 2014. Pleasecheck O’Wiliki newsletter for upcomingopportunities! Please contact the volun-teer coordinators directly. If you otherquestions regarding robotics in Hawaii,please do not hesitate to contact me.Thank you.

Monthly Section MeetingOn Wednesday, October 30, 2013, the sec-

tion meeting was held at the University ofHawaii at Manoa. With the offer of free pizzafor students, there was a great turn out of folksinterested in listening to speaker StevenYoshida from the State of Hawaii Department ofTransportation Services. Steven gave an atten-tion grabbing presentation about crash barri-ers with test crash videos. We hope more stu-dents will be encouraged to join ITE. If anyonehas any questions or inquiries please email usat [email protected] or visit ourwebsite at ite-hawaii.org.

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

Officers for 2013-2014President Beverly Ishii-Nakayama 942-9100Pres-Elect William Bow 941-8853Treasurer Robin Lim 841-5064Secretary Corey Matsuoka 531-1308Nat Director Sheryl Nojima 521-0306Past Pres Terrance Arashiro 533-3646Director Jeff Kalani 942-0001Director Sachin Shah 450-2984Director Paul Morimoto 486-0787, ext. 105

CMAA Hawaii Chapter Officers for 2013-14http://hawchapter.cmaanet.orgPresident Tim Bramsen 836-7787 [email protected] Pres Neil Kaneshiro 562-308-8734 [email protected] Darla Guerrero 593-1116 [email protected] Dustin Timm 256-2020 [email protected] Pres Mike Young 836-7787 [email protected]

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

Officers/BoDirectors for 2012-2014President: Jeoffrey S. Cudiamat, PEVP/Pres-Elect: Francisco T. Cruzata, AIASecretary: Krizelle Jane C. MabutiTreasurer: Riza Marie R. GatdulaAss’t Treas.: Maritez A. MarquezAuditor: Nicolo Orense, PEBus. Manager: Lei Racel P. JaramillaPress Rel. Off: John C. Ramos, PEPast President: Elvira SutherlandHCES Rep: Suzie S. AgraanAlternate: Gene Albano

2013 OfficersPresident Jeoffrey Cudiamat, 488-5000 [email protected] Ken Kawahara, 836-1900 [email protected] Tyler Sugihara, 768-3600 [email protected] Pres JoAnne Hiramatsu, 521-5361 [email protected]

SWE – Hawaiian Island SectionP.O. box 61728Honolulu, HI [email protected]

Executive Committee:President: Alyssa “Sunshine” Smith CH2M HILLVice Pres.: Chancy Hopper ArdentMCSecretary: Amy Weintraub Women in TechnologyTreasurer: Kristen Au Belt CollinsCharter Sec. Rep.: Rena Chock HECO

UPCOMING ACECH MEMBERSHIP MEETINGSGeneral Membership MeetingsDate: December 5, 2013 (Thursday)Time: 11:45 amLocation: Honolulu Country Club Topics: Department of Education’s New

Performance Evaluation Form and Updates from State Department ofAccounting and General Services

Speakers: Duane Kashiwai and EricNishimoto, State DOT

Date: January 9, 2014Time: 11:45 amLocation: Honolulu Country Club

The CMAA Hawaii Chapter was awardedNational Chapter of the Year in Las Vegas atthe CMAA National Conference this pastOctober. Being recognized as Chapter of theYear is a distinguished validation of our HawaiiChapter’s efforts to become an organizationthat is making a positive difference in ourindustry. Both President Tim Bramsen and PastPresident Mike Young were in attendance toaccept the award. Our first student chapter,Honolulu Community College was also men-tioned at the National Conference awards cer-emony. Read more at http://hawchapter.cmaanet.org/chapter-year.

The 2013-2014 Board held a retreat in mid-October at Kualoa Beach Park to set goals forthe upcoming year and develop the 2014Chapter Calendar and Budget.

Thank you to our November LuncheonSpeaker, Ernest Lau whoprovided an exciting updatefrom the Board of WaterSupply.

Please come out and joinus for our Quarterly HappyHour Gathering onDecember 5th from 4:30-7:30 PM at Bar 35. FreePupus will be provided.

Happy Holidays All!

HIGHLIGHTS: D’HOLIDAZE – Timeflies...or so it seems, as we near the end ofanother year. At the previous Board MeetingPresident Jeoffrey Cudiamat discussed and

laid down the rest of our activities for the rest ofthe year. Thanks to our volunteers who camethis past November 2nd to help out along withthe other volunteers from several other organi-zations to prepare the FilCom Center for theNovember 9th special event honoring theaccomplishments of Emme Tomimbang. Thiswas also a fund raiser for the FilCom Center. AsJeoffrey, who is a member of FilCom’s Board ofDirectors, once said, “Historically,FALEA hasbeen instrumental in the design & constructionof the FilCom Center.” So we continue to con-tribute benevolently to this non-profit culturalcenter. Also coming up just about the sametime as the Thanksgiving weekend is ourChristmas Caroling to spread the good tidingsof the holidays, and spearheaded by SuzieAgraan. Incidentally, she says she will be retir-ing from her government job at the end of theyear. Hopefully she will continue to be active inFALEA as she has done over the years! Andfinally, the much-awaited end-of-year grandfinale is our Christmas Banquet and presenta-tion of 5 scholarship awards to our deservingscholars. Tickets are still available for this eventwhich will be held at the Grand Ballroom of thePacific beach Hotel! Have a greatThanksgiving, and Holiday Season!!

Topic: BWS Initiatives, Solicitations andContracts

Speaker: Ernest Lau, Honolulu Board ofWater Supply

2014 ACEC SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCEMENTThe American Council of Engineering

Companies (ACEC) is offering 6 national schol-arships to worthy students enrolled at accredit-ed engineering programs. ACEC of Hawaii(ACECH) is accepting applications from stu-dents who are entering their junior, senior, fifth,or master’s degree year (in the Fall of 2014).Applicants must be a U.S. citizen pursuing aBachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering orin an accredited land-surveying program. Upto 3 Hawaii applicants will be selected to moveon to the national competition. Scholarshipapplications must be received by ACECH byJanuary 11, 2014. Please contact Joe Kwan ofthe Limtiaco Consulting Group at 596-7790 toobtain more information.

2014 ENGINEERING EXCELLENCEAWARDS COMPETITION & BANQUET

Please mark your calendar and make plansto attend the 2014 Engineering ExcellenceAwards Competition Banquet, which will beheld on January 19, 2014 at the Koolau GolfClub. Competition intent to enter forms weredue on September 13, and the deadline forsubmitting Project Notebooks and Panels isNovember 8, 2013. Please visit our website(www.acechawaii.org) or contact Ginny Wrightat [email protected] or TerranceArashiro at [email protected] for moreinformation.

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2013 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS &DIRECTORSPosition Officer PhonePresident Brian Kung 488-7579 [email protected] President Ethan Okuna 945-0198 [email protected] Annette Wong 543-5603 [email protected] Renee Ishisaka 531-1308 [email protected] Alison Agapay 735-3211 [email protected] Tim Goshi 533-2210 [email protected] Rodney Haraga 782-8661 [email protected] Michael Kasamoto 589-1170 [email protected] President Wesley Segawa 935-4677 [email protected]

2012-2013 HAWAII CHAPTER – OFFICERS,BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND COMMITTEECHAIRPERSONSChapter OfficersPresident: Kevin Saito, P.E. LEED APPresident-Elect: Barry Jim On, P.E., LEED AP, CxAVice President: William “Bill” Lee, P.E., LEED APSecretary: Donna KishiTreasurer: Dean Borges, P.E., LEED AP, CxA

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

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

The AmericanSociety of

Mechanical Engineers

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

ASME-HI 2013-2014 OfficersChairperson Kory Ikeda 628-1231 [email protected] Derick Kam 848-6966 [email protected] Derek Sato 543-4108 [email protected] Kevin Dang 737-1708 [email protected] Derek Sato 543-4108 [email protected] Rep: Derick KamAlternate: John Ahern

engineers andarchitects ofhawaii

founded 1902

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

EAH 2012- 2013 OfficersPresident Howard Wiig 587-38112nd VP Bill Brizee 523-96361st VP Joseph Feind 543-4781Treasurer Aaron Erickson 591-2728Secretary Gary Yamamoto 485-2777Past Pres Geoffrey Paterson 261-6597

EAH’s new meeting location is at the MangoGrill in the Topa Tower (Ewa tower on FortStreet ) in the Topa Financial Center (OldAMFAC Bldg). Parking is available (enterfrom Nimitz). The WEB site has been updatedto provide directions and a Map. If you havequestions please call Sam Gillie (543-4739).

Meetings are held every Friday (exceptHolidays).

Meetings start at NOON and have endedPROMPTLY at 1:00 pm for 70 Years.

Program schedule may be adjusted, callSam Gillie to confirm speaker 543-4739 Fax203-1335.

$10.00 Members, $12.00 Guest (AllWelcome), Students Free, Bring Your OwnLunches Welcome, Drink Refreshments arecompliamentary. A $2.00 donation is verygratefully appreciated!!

HIGHLIGHTS OF BOD MEETINGNovember 6, 2013Committee Reports:2014 SEAOH Board of Directors andInstallation Banquet:

Elections for the 2014 BODs are currently on-going. Ballots are due by December 1, 2013.The Installation Banquet for the new directors isscheduled for January 31, 2014 at HonoluluClub. Please save the date and more informa-tion to follow. Please contact Rod Haraga [email protected] if you would like toassist in organizing the installation banquet.

New SEAOH Webmaster:SEAOH has a new webmaster, so the web-

site will be updated in the near future to providemore current information.

Prefabricated Roof Trusses for Big IslandProjects:

It has come to the attention of the Board thatseveral of our member firms are having difficul-ty closing out their projects on the Big Islandwhere prefabricated truss roof framing designshave been used. The issue stems from aDepartment of Public Works (DPW) memodated February 25, 2010, that states “To keepthings simple, in all cases it is the structuralengineer/architect(s) responsibility to certifyinstallation of trusses per plan and specs.” Theoptions required of the Designer of Record(DOR) in order to specify prefabricated rooftrusses may not be insurable under the DOR’sprofessional liability policy. A copy of the DPWmemo will be posted on the SEAOH website inthe near future, or can be obtained from theHawaii County DPW. If you have any concernsregarding this issue, please feel free to contactany member of the Board.

Missing Members:Please contact Membership Chairperson,

Jiabao Chen (Ph: 791-3945 or email [email protected]), or any of the SEAOH Officers ifyou have a new mailing and/or email address.

The next SEAOH Board of Directors andOfficers meeting will be held on Wednesday,December 11 2013. Contact 2013 SEAOHPresident Brian Kung (488-7579,[email protected]) for more information.

NEXT ASME-HAWAII SECTION GENERALMEETINGDate: December 10, 2013Time: 5:30 pm to 7:00 pmPlace: Hawaiian Electric Ward Avenue cafe-

teria, 820 Ward Avenue.Agenda: Planned: Speaker from Hawaiian

Dredging Company to speak on BIMmodeling, PE candidates to sharetheir exam preparation and examina-tion experiences.

Members and guests are invited. There willbe free pizza and soft drinks, as usual. Pleasecontact Chairman Kory Ikeda or SecretaryDerek Sato for directions and for more informa-tion, such as parking.

KAILUA HIGH SCHOOL CAREER FAIRThe annual Kailua High School career fair

was held November 8, 2013 in the school gym.Participants included representatives from sev-eral colleges of the University of Hawaii atManoa, the branches of the military, theHonolulu Police and Fire Departments, andseveral trade unions. HCES was representedby Engineers and Architects of Hawaii, TheSociety of Fire Protection Engineers, andASME. Mechanical Engineers were represent-ed by Ed Chang, Raymond Liu and DerekSato.

MATHCOUNTS 2014 The Hawaii MATHCOUNTS Steering

Committee is preparing for the 2014 OahuChapter Competition on February 1, 2014, andthe Hawaii State Competition on March 8,2014. Kamehameha Schools will again hostboth competitions at their middle school cam-pus. The committee is seeking volunteers forthe Oahu Chapter Competition, which will need70-80 scorer volunteers and 12-15 proctor vol-unteers.

ASME-HI WEBSITE REVIVALSeveral months ago ASME discontinued

hosting its sections websites, and thehttp://sections.asme.org/hawaii site disap-peared. Our webmaster is currently evaluatingthe top ten web hosting services. An ASME-HIwebsite is scheduled to be back online by theend of January 2014.

HAWAII CHAPTER OFFICERSPresident: Robert Bigtas S.S. Dannaway Associates [email protected] Vice President: Derick Kam Thermal Engineering CorporationSecretary: Ferdi Guinto Lohaus and AssociatesTreasurer: Sam Dannaway S.S. Dannaway AssociatesDirector: Mel Harano Thermal Engineering CorporationDirector: Bob Lohaus Lohaus and Associates

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2012-2013 YMF Officers President -Kurt Nagamine [email protected] President- Jason [email protected] Puna [email protected] -Amanda [email protected] President- Lara [email protected]

2013-2014 ASCE HAWAII SECTION OFFICERSOffice Name PhonePresident: Brian Enomoto, P.E. 388-5559 email: [email protected]: Glenn Miyasato, P.E. 488-7579 email: [email protected] Pres: Benjamin Rasa, P.E. 521-5361 email: [email protected]: Timothy Goshi, P.E. 791-3966 email: [email protected]: Lara Karamatsu, P.E. 694-3213 email: [email protected] Pres: Ian Arakaki, P.E. 596-7790 email: [email protected] President: Jason Sugibayashi, P.E. 237-3218 email: [email protected]

DECEMBER DINNER MEETINGThere will be no dinner meeting in

December. Please have a Happy Holiday sea-son.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGLast held: November 6, 2013Next meeting: December 5, 2013

APPROVED FY 2014 BUDGET

FY 13 FY 14ACTUAL BUDGET

INCOME CATEGORIES INCOME AMOUNTSection Dues $ 11,920 $ 10,800Society Allotment $ 5,056 $ 5,500Interest $ 3,305 $ 0Scholarship Acct Interest $ 0 $ 0Contributions to Section $ 946 $ 750Grants $ 0 $ 0Advertising Income $ 1,480 $ 500ASCE Conf. in Hawaii $ 0 $ 0Miscellaneous $ 300 $ 0Meetings $ 14,803 $ 10,000OCEA $ 11,520 $ 10,350ASCE Golf Tournament $ 29,845 $ 28,000Walter Lum Fund $ 470 $ 3,000Taxes $ 0 $ 0High School Clubs $ 413 $ 500Total Income $ 80,058 $ 69,400

FY 13 FY 14ACTUAL BUDGET

EXPENSE CATEGORIES EXPENSE AMOUNTGrants $ 0 $ 0 ASCE Conf in Hawaii $ 0 $ 500Miscellaneous $ 617 $ 1300 Donations from Section $ 100 $ 400 Stationery & Supplies $ 217 $ 0 Postage + PO Box Rental $ 455 $ 200 Newsletter $ 0 $ 900 Meetings $ 15,257 $ 10,000 OCEA Banquet $ 10,521 $ 10,000 Website $ 1,050 $ 200 Younger Member Forum $ 3,000 $ 3,000 Student Chapter $ 1,500 $ 1,000 High School Clubs $ 500 $ 1,000Official Travel $ 1,856 $ 2,900 Committee Expenses $ 878 $ 1,500 Scholarship Awards $ 3,000 $ 6,000 ASCE Golf Tournament $ 28,421 $ 25,000 ASCE Region 8 $ 1,243 $ 1,250 Awards & Prizes $ 2,050 $ 2,750 Taxes $ 1,597 $ 1,500 Total Expenses $ 72,262 $ 69,400

Net Income (Expenses) $ 7,796 $ 0

CONTINUING EDUCATIONASCE National holds more than 275 semi-

nars and computer workshops each year on awide variety of technical, management, andregulatory topics. These seminars are held inmore than 45 cities across the U.S. In addition,ASCE offers customized on-site training andmany distance learning programs, includinglive interactive web/teleconference seminars,online courses and courses on CD, videotape,and audiotape. Please visithttp://ascehawaii.org for complete details.

ASCE HAWAII SECTION STUDENT SCHOL-ARSHIPS

Please help us increase our scholarshipendowment so that we can recognize deserv-ing students. We continue to accept tax-deductible donations with the goal of increas-ing the annual scholarships. Make your checkpayable to ‘ASCE Hawaii Section’ and mail to:ASCE Scholarship Committee, P.O. Box 917,Honolulu, HI 96808. If you have any questions,please contact Ian Arakaki at 596-17790, [email protected].

ASCE JOB LISTINGSThe following job listings are currently post-

ed on the ASCE Hawaii Section website:• Civil Engineer VI – City and County of

Honolulu• Civil Engineer V (Geotechnical) City and

County of Honolulu• Civil Engineer IV – City and County of

Honolulu• Civil Engineer V – City and County of

Honolulu• Mechanical Engineer IV – City and County of

Honolulu• Project Engineer – Hawaii Public Housing

Authority• Building Engineer IV – Hawaii Public

Housing Authority• Senior Geotechnical Engineer/Manager –

Parsons Brinckerhoff• Senior Civil Engineer – Oceanit Laboratories,

Inc. • Professional Engineer – Sam O. Hirota, Inc• Civil Engineer – Coffman

For further information on these job listings orto find out how you can post job openings inyour company on this website, please visithttp://www.ascehawaii.org/jobs.htm.

KNOW YOUR ASCE HISTORYby C.S. Papacostas

A Regular Little BijouIn tracking the wanderings of Hawaii’s oldest

engineering society, now known as Engineersand Architects of Hawaii (EAH), I singled outsome notable structures that had a specialconnection to either the engineering professionor Hawai`i’s history but which had previouslyreceived less than the coverage theydeserved.

This month (December 2013), I will discussyet another of these buildings (or “blocks,” asthey were also called) that, even though notdirectly related with the EngineeringAssociation, has had a role in the developmentof Honolulu. When completed in 1898, it wasdescribed as “the best finished and up-to-datebuilding ever seen in Honolulu [TheIndependent 4/25/1898].” The Progress build-ing, or at least its shell, has survived thevagaries of time to this day.

To begin this journey, we must vicariously betransported back in time to Friday, July 25,1897 to consult the front page of the HawaiianStar (HS): “Ground will be broken on the old

Annual Pau Hana Happy Hour at GordonBierschby Emily Dong and Austin Wong, Social Activities co-chairs

On October 30, 2013, YMF hosted an annualPau Haha “Big” Happy Hour at Gordon BierschBrewery at Aloha Tower in Downtown Honolulu.There was a great turn out with 30+ memberscoming to the event. Many active and newmembers came to socialize and enjoy eachother’s company. The social committee wasable to provide the food thanks to the generos-ity of ASCE. The sunset on the outdoor patiolooking at Honolulu Harbor was a pleasantbackdrop for sharing drinks and laughs.Although the event only lasted till 6:30 PM,many stayed around to finish the generousamount of food as well as their signature drinksand conversations. Thank you to all who cameout!

Bowling Night at Fort Shafter Bowling Alleyby Emily Dong and Austin Wong, Social Activities co-chairs

On November 7th, 2013, YMF hosted a bowl-ing night at the Fort Shafter Bowling Alley,

YMF General MeetingThe next YMF general meeting is scheduled

for Thursday, December 4th, 6:00 p.m. atKaka‘ako Kitchen. If you are interested inattending to find out what the YMF is all about,contact YMF at [email protected] Bay Hikeby Emily Dong and Austin Wong, Social Activities co-chairs

On September 21, 2013, YMF hosted asocial hike to Hanauma Ridge above thefamous snorkeling bay, Hanauma Bay, inHawaii Kai. About 10 hikers commenced alongthe ridge by the entrance to the bay. The hikestarted with a gradual incline then steepdecent into a portion of the crater’s ridge.Although a point of interest, the land bridge,was missed, the hike was a good workout fromelevation changes and rocky terrain. The morn-ing was clear and sunny so the views of HawaiiKai, Kahala, and Diamond Head as well as theHanauma Bay itself. F o r t u n a t e l y ,everyone made it back safely to the parkingarea at the foot of Koko Head Trail! Thank youto all who came out!

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church property at Fort and Beretania streetsnext Monday for a three-story stone store andoffice building that is to contain the finestamusement hall west of San Francisco... to beknown as the Progress Block.” Two days later,the front page of The Hawaiian Gazette (HG)carried a story under the heading“‘PROGRESS’ BLOCK: New Building on Cornerof Fort and Beretania Streets” that began:“Plans have been completed at the offices ofRipley & Dickey, architects, for the Progressbuilding to be erected at the corner of Fort andBeretania streets, according to the orders of C.S. Desky, proprietor.”

The location was at the makai-ewa cornerabove and across the street from the Cathedralof Our Lady of Peace or “Malia o ka Malu HalePule Nui.” The “old church” mentioned in theHS was the historic Fort Street Church that, asI mentioned in March 2013, had merged in1891 with the Bethel Union Church to form theCentral Union Church. At the time of its pur-chase by Desky, the Progress land track wasknown as the Irwin homestead; it had frontageson Beretania Street, Fort Street and ChaplainLane. The sale was closed on the last year ofthe Republic of Hawaii and almost one yearprior to the establishment of the Territory ofHawaii on July 7 of the following year.

Charles S. Desky, by the way, arrived inHawai`i in 1895, two years after the overthrowof the Kingdom and, as an illustrious real estateman in the employ of Bruce Waring & Co.,immediately engaged in land transactions anddevelopments. With a partner, he built a bicy-cle racing track called The Cyclomere Parkaround an artificial lake at Kewalo that openedon October 23, 1897 [Evening Bulletin

Strikes, after the YMF meeting. We had a spe-cial guest, Tony Lau. He is based out of theHonolulu HDR office but is the ASCE Region 8Governor. After the monthly November meet-ing, the 16 attending members split into 4reserved lanes. Many laughs, friendly banter,food and beer were shared. Bowling ended upbeing a fun and different way to socialize, net-work, and end a busy day at the office. Theevent only lasted about 2 hours but everyonewas able to squeeze three games out of thenight. Food was generously provided by ASCE.Thank you to all who came out!

10/25/1897]. He even organized, in 1900, theshort-lived for lack of patronage Desky ElectricRailway that operated from the end of a mule-drawn omnibus on upper Nu`uanu Avenuealong Pauoa Road to Pacific Heights.

Contractor Tom Lucas was hired to excavatethe site of the estimated $50,000 Progressbuilding [HS 6/25/1897] and C.H. Patzik’s$32,600 was the low bid for the construction ofthe structure [The Independent 8/13/1897].According to several newspaper accounts [HS6/25/1897; HG 2/1/1898; Indep. 4/25/1898], theroughly hewn lava rock building had frontagesof 83 feet on Fort Street, 80 feet on Beretania,and rose to 53 feet in height, featuring threestories and a roof garden.

The first floor contained three stores 25’x 80’and two entrances accessing the upper floors,one on Beretania at the ewa end of the buildingand the other on Fort at the makai end lightedby a shaft that extended to the roof and leadingto an electric elevator that was supplied by theHawaiian Electric Company. The second floorwas reserved for “ten suites of offices, welllighted and ventilated, with splendid lavatories,conveniently arranged.”

On the third floor was an octagonal halldescribed by the HG as “a regular little bijou ofa music hall” and by the Independent as“unequalled in Honolulu,” about 60 feet widewith a domed ceiling capped by stained glass23 feet in diameter and 23 feet above the floorat the apex which was reported as being 100feet above sea level. Two loggias 8 x 26 feetalong Beretania and Fort Streets respectivelyserved as promenades and were separatedfrom the hall by French windows that admittedlight and air into it. A dining room, kitchen,pantry, parlor, dressing and toilet rooms and astage completed the amenities provided on thethird floor. The hall was lit by 160 incandescentand several arc lights and had a double floorwith felt in between and a hard pine top thatwas “suitable for dancing.”

Finally, as the HG graphically outlined, “onthe roof at the corner of Fort and Beretania willbe an observatory with a floor 32 x 32 or per-haps larger... From the foothills along can theview be rivaled. The panorama spread out fromthis point includes matchless pictures ofPunchbowl, Tantalus, Round-top, all the valleyswith their bands of rainbows, Diamond Head,with the ships coming ‘round, the harbor and itsvessels, Kamehameha grounds and even Pearllochs.”

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]). Previousarticles in the series may be found at theSection’s web site. Just point your browser tohttp://www.ascehawaii.org.

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