VOL. 48 NO. 11 SERVING 2000 ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS JANUARY, 2013

2013 ENGINEERS WEEK BANQUETSaturday, February 23, 2013Grand Ballroom at the Koolau Ballrooms & Confrence Center

The Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies and its member organiza-tions are proud to present the 2013 Engineers Week Banquet. The guestspeaker at this year’s banquet will be Dr. Alfred Yee,P.E., President of YeePrecast Design Group Ltd., in Honolulu. He will speak on “An AnecdotalAccount of a Pacific Island Engineer.” His presentation will discuss somehistory of modern structural engineering development in Hawaii beginningin the 1950’s with anecdotal accounts of various travel, people relations,cultural experiences, and lessons learned.

In addition to his Honolulu company, Dr. Yee is also Director of PrecastDesign Consultants Pte. Ltd. in Singapore. He obtained his Bachelor ofScience degree (Civil Engineering) from Rose-Hulman Institute ofTechnology and his Master of Engineering degree (Structural Engineering)from Yale University. The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology conferred upon him an HonoraryDoctor of Engineering degree in 1976 in recognition of his work in concrete technology and proven unique concepts for land and sea structures, particularly in the field of precast design andconstruction.

Dr. Yee started his own engineering practice out of his Honolulu home in 1954. In his practice hehas developed innovative structural concepts, devices and construction techniques widely used inprestressed/precast concrete construction of mid- and high-rise building structures, bridges andmarine concrete vessels. He has designed and administered the construction of thousands ofstructures in North America, South America, the Pacific Islands, Asia, Australia, and the Middle Eastover more than 50 years.

Dr. Yee was made a member of the prestigious National Academy of Engineering in 1976. TheHawaii State Legislature honored Dr. Yee with an Official Proclamation honoring him for the inventionof the NMB Splice Sleeve. He was awarded the PCI Medal of Honor in 1997 for his extraordinarycontributions to the precast/prestresseed concrete construction industry. Dr. Yee was named a Titanof the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Industry in 2004 in recognition of his outstanding contributionsto the Industry and for advancing and accelerating the growth of the industry in North America.

The banquet program will also include presentation of the Engineers Week Exhibit Awards, andintroductions of the Engineer of the Year, Young Engineer of the Year, Student Engineer of the Year,and the HCES Lifetime Achievement awardee. The 2013 officers of the Hawaii Council ofEngineering Societies will also be installed. The reservation form for this year’s banquet can befound on page 3.

2013 ENGINEERS WEEK KICK-OFF LUNCHEONTuesday, February 19, 2013Banyan Tree Showroom, Hale Koa Hotel

The guest speaker at the 2013 Engineers Week Kick-off Luncheon will beMr. Frederic G. Berg. He started his career in project management on largeconstruction infraxtructure projects such as the ramp ways connecting theAirport to the Nimitz Viaduct and the commuter terminal hardstands. Laterhe moved to Bruxelles, Begium, as a marketing engineer for Orbot, an auto-mated inspection systems company serving the integrated circuit boardindustry. In 1990 he returned to Hawaii to focus on real estate developmentprojects including aloha Tower, self storage, assisted living, office, 221 unitresidential project Maluo’hai at the Villages of Kapolei, manufactured hous-ing and setting up a joint venture between Kamehameha Schools andBrookfield Homes Hawaii for the completion of Keahou. Currently Mr. Bergis assisting Honolulu Seawater Air Condtioning in coordinating its develop-ment efforts. He is a graduate of UH in both Mechanical Engineering and Economics and laterreceived an MBA from Boston University.

The reservation form for this year’s Kick-off Luncheon can be found on page 5.

http://www.hawaiispe.org/2012-2013 Officers and DirectorsPresident: Manny Lanuevo, P.E. mannylanuevo@rocketmail.comPres. Elect: Joelle Dubois, P.E. jdubois@bowersandkubota.comVice Pres.: Darren Okimoto, P.E. dokimoto@wsue.comSecretary: Soo Choi, P.E. Choi@coffman.comTreasurer: Nathan Yuen, P.E. Nathan.yuen@heco.comPast Pres.: Kurt Kunimune, P.E. kkunimune@bowersandkubota.com

Hawaii Society ofProfessional Engineers

A state society of the National Society of Professional Engineers

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HONOLULU POSTSOCIETY OF AMERICANMILITARY ENGINEERSEstablished 1920 --Dedicated to the National Defense

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

2012-2013 OFFICERSPresident COL Gregory J. Gunter, USAVP/Programs Bryan Zachmeier, USAF (Ret)VP/Sustain. Members Will Boudra, PE, F.SAME, USN (Ret)VP/Membership Jerry M. Matsuda, PE, Col, USAF (Ret)Secretary 1LT Andrew K. Hill, USATreasurer LT Aaron T. Allison, USNRegional VP, Pacific Region Bill Grip, F.SAMEDir at Lge/Army LTC Doug Guttormsen, USADir at Lge/Navy TBDDir at Lge /Air Force Col Karl Bosworth, USAFDir at Lge /Coast Guard LCDR Andrew Wright, PE, USCGDir at Lge /Civilian Todd Barnes, PE, F.SAME, USA (Ret)

The NSPE ‘Race for Relevance” initiative toinvestigate effective means of improving orga-nizational performance continues apace.Members can link to the latest informationabout this initiative at http://www.nspe.org/HOD/survey-results.html. One of the waysNSPE can improve performance is by develop-ing partnerships with key organizations to pur-sue common goals jointly with the sharedresources of the partnering organizations. A

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

2012-2013 YMF Officers President -Kurt Nagamine knagamine@ascehawaiiymf.orgVice President- Jason Sugibayashijsugibayashi@ascehawaiiymf.orgSecretary- Puna Kaneakuapkaneakua@ascehawaiiymf.orgTreasurer -Amanda Tanakaatanaka@ascehawaiiymf.orgPast President- Lara Karamatsulkaramatsu@ascehawaiiymf.org

2011-2012 OFFICERSOffice Name PhonePresident Ian Arakaki 596-7790 email: ian@tlcghawaii.comPres Elect Brian Enomoto 388-5559 email: benomoto@ascehawaii.orgVice President Glenn Miyasato 488-7579 email: glenn@mkellc.comSecretary Benjamin Rasa 497-6209 email: ben@tapestrypartners.netTreasurer Tim Goshi 533-2210 Tgoshi@kaihawaii.comPast President Dawn Barsana-Szewczyk 943-1133 email: dawn.b.szewczyk@gmail.com

JANUARY DINNER MEETINGTopic: A presentation on Smart Power

Infrastructure Demonstration for EnergyReliability and Security (SPIDERS). A jointCapability and Technology Demonstration(JCTD) jointly sponsored by the U.S.Departments of Defense, Energy andHomeland Security. Speaker: Douglas A EllmanDate: Thursday, January 17th, 2012Location: Da Kitchen, 925 Isenberg St.

(Moiliili)Time: 5:30 p.m. - Social Time

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

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

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

Please make checks payable to ASCE-Hawaii Section and mail to Tim Goshi, ASCEHawaii Section Treasurer, KAI Hawaii, Inc., 31N. Pauahi Street, 2nd Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii96817, postmarked by Friday, November 9,2012. Reservations for the dinner meeting toTim Goshi by Monday, January 14, 2012, byphone at 533-2210 or email at Tgoshi@kai-hawaii.com.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGLast held: December 13, 2012Next meeting: January 17, 2013

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/tele-conference seminars,online courses and cours-es on CD, videotape, and audiotape.Please visit http://asce-hawaii.org for completedetails.

ASCE HAWAII SECTIONSTUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

Please help us increaseour scholarship endow-

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YMF General MeetingThe next YMF General meeting is scheduled

for Wednesday, January 2, 6:00 p.m. at HomeBar & Grill. If you are interested in attending tofind out what the YMF is all about, contact YMFat ymf.hawaii@gmail.com.

Kapolei Adopt-A-BlockBy David Lin and Tiffany Hamada,Community Service Chairs

On Saturday, December 1, 2012, 10 ASCEYMF members split into two groups for KapoleiAdopt-A-Block. One group gladly took on thetasks of cleaning roads, bus stop areas, andedges of parcels while another group placedplacards with the “E Malama I Ka Wai Ola”message on Uluohia Street, KamokilaBoulevard, and Kapolei Parkway. After havingthe placard group place about 50 storm drainplacards and the other group removing weedsand cleaning up debris, the day was calledwith a victory of beautifying Kapolei and a paton the back for a good job well done. Thankyou to all the volunteers for coming out to helpwith this event and to Ponciana Quindica forcoordinating this event with the YMF.

Moanalua Elementary School PopsicleStick Bridge/Jr. Engineering NightBy David Lin, Outreach Chair

On Wednesday, December 5, 2012, 10ASCE YMF members volunteered in conjunc-tion with the ASCE UH Student Chapter at theMoanalua Elementary School Popsicle StickBridge/Jr. Engineering Night. This eventinvolved 3rd-5th grade students fromMoanalua Elementary who were put through aseries of engineering challenges. The analyti-cal skills of these students were put to the testas they were challenged to do a lego towerchallenge and a lever experiment. YMF mem-bers helped by scoring the lego tower chal-lenge and by also teaching the students leverconcepts. Thank you to all the volunteers for

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ENGINEERING SOCIETIES

P.O. Box 2873HONOLULU, HAWAII 96802

HOME PAGE: http://hces.us

2012-2013 OFFICERSChair: Bryan ZachmierChair-elect: Dawn SzewczykSecretary: Dean Borges Treasurer: Les Kempers

SOC Representative AlternateAACE ACECH K. HayashidaAPWA J. Lau ASCE D. Barsana R. BabcockASHRAE M. ChangASME D. Kam J. AhernEAH G. PatersonEWBH W. Wong N. WatersFALEA S. Agraan G. AlbanoHSPE J. Dubois K. KunimineIEEE G. Torigoe ITE W. YamamotoSAME B. ZachmeierSEAOH A. AgapaySFPE S. DannawaySWE L. ThompsonUH(assoc) S.K. Choi

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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, CxAChapter Board of GovernorsPaul “Scotty” Scott, (Immediate Past President)Blake Araki, P.E.Dean OakleyKevin Luoma, P.E.Scott La BeauChapter ChairpersonAttendance and Reception: Melissa WhiteTechnology Transfer: Barry Jim On, P.E., LEED AP,

CxAPrograms: Kevin Luoma, P.E.Governmental Affairs: Michael ChangRefrigeration: Dean OakleyTechnology: Kevin KuEnergy Awards: Mofazzal Mir, P.E.

Historian: Paul “Scotty” ScottMemberships Promotion: Joseph Ting, P.E., CxANewsletter Editor: Bill Lee, P.E., LEED APResearch Promotion: Marites CaladStudent Activities: Scott Le BeauTechnical Seminar: Herman SiuYoung Engineers of ASHRAE: Tony RasaboutWebmaster: 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 2012-2013 OfficersChairperson Kory Ikeda 628-1231

kory.isamu@gmail.comVice-Chair Derick Kam 848-6966

kam@thermaleng.comSecretary Raymond Liu 497-1395

liur020@hawaii.rr.comTreasurer Kevin Dang 737-1708

dangk001@hawaii.rr.comPast-Chair Derek Sato 543-4108

derek.sato@heco.comHCES Rep: Derick KamAlternate: John Ahern

NEXT ASME-HAWAII SECTION GENERAL/EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGDate: February 12, 2013 TentativeTime: 5:30 pm to 7:00 pmPlace: Hawaiian Electric Ward Avenue

CafeteriaAgenda: TBA

Members and guests are invited. There willbe free pizza and soft drinks, as usual. Pleasecontact Chairman Kory Ikeda or SecretaryRaymond Liu for directions and for more infor-mation, such as parking. The ASME-HI websitewill have the latest meeting information.

FE, PE APPLICATION DEADLINEREMINDER FOR APRIL EXAMS

Deadline for new applicants for both examsis January 10, 2013. Applications must be

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2013 Engineers Week BanquetSaturday, February 23, 2013Grand Ballroom at the Koolau Ballrooms & Conference Center

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 – Dr. Alfred Yee, P.E., President of Yee Precast Design

Group Ltd. will provide a presentation, “An Anecdotal Account of a PacificIsland Engineer” discussing some history of modern structural engineer-ing development in Hawaii beginning in the 1950’s with anecdotalaccounts of various travel, people relations, cultural experiences, andlessons learned.

• Installation of 2013 HCES officers.

Contact Person and Organization ________________________________________________

Address ______________________________________________________________________

Telephone___________________________ E-mail __________________________________

Rates are $60.00 per person for registration(s) postmarked on or before February 1,2013, $70.00 per person for registration(s) postmarked after February 1, 2013, and$40.00 for students. Tables will seat 8 people. Registration deadline is February 15,2013.

HCES has invited special guests to attend the banquet. These guests may include theGovernor, Mayors, State Legislators, Governmental Department Directors, and/or theirrepresentatives.

If you would like to sponsor an invited special guest and their spouse/companion to sitat your table, please fill in “HCES Special Guest” for two seats in the list below andHCES will assign a special guest and their spouse/companion to your table.Alternatively, if you would like to arrange for your own special guest(s), please includetheir name(s) in the list below.

Please type or print the name and company/organization affiliation for each attendee,as they would like it to appear on their name tag.

Name Company or Organization

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3. ________________________________ ______________________________________

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Number of people attending: ______ x $60.00 (registration on or before Feb 1) = ________

Number of people attending: ______ x $70.00 (registration after Feb 1) = ________

Number of students attending: ______ x $40.00 = ________

Sponsored Guests (2 x $60.00 = $120.00) = ________

TOTAL AMOUNT REMITTED ......................................................................... ________

Please make checks payable to “HCES” and mail with completed registration form to:2013 Engineers Week Banquetc/o Derick KamThermal Engineering Corporation512 Kalihi StreetHonolulu, Hawaii 96819

Banquet attire will be aloha wear. There is no charge for parking. For further informationregarding cancellations and refunds, or if you have any questions, please contactRegistration Committee Chair Derick Kam at dkam@thermaleng.com, telephone 356-2461.

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

Officers for 2012-2013President: Terrance Arashiro,PE 533-3646Pres. Elect: Beverly Ishii-Nakayama,PE 942-9100Treasurer: William Bow,PE 941-8853Secretary: Robin Lim,PE 841-5064Past Pres.: Douglas Lee,PE 523-8499Nat. Dir.: John Katahira,PE 596-7790Directors: Joel Yuen,PE 521-3773 Jeff Kalani,PE 942-0001 Corey Matsuoka,PE 531-1308Exec. Dir.: Ginny Wright 741-4772 Email gwright@acechawaii.org

HIGHLIGHTS OF BOD MEETINGDecember 5, 2012

Committee Reports:General Membership Meetings/Technical

Seminars/Events:– 2013 Annual SEAOH Installation Banquet is

scheduled for Friday January 18, 2013 atNico’s Pier 38

– ATC-20-1 Field Manual and RapidObservation of Vulnerability and Estimationof Risk (ROVER) seminar is scheduled forJanuary 24, 2013 at the Japanese CulturalCenter

– S.K. Gosh will be presenting a seminar on“Misunderstood IBC/ASCE 7 StructuralProvisions” on February 22, 2013

– Cold-Formed Steel seminar on ProgressiveCollapse with speaker Nabil Rahman isscheduled for March 14, 2013

2013 SEAOH Officers and DirectorsCongratulations and welcome to the mem-

bers listed above who will serve on the 2013Board of Directors. Mahalo to outgoing 2012Officers and Directors for their valued servicethis past year: Past President Brian Ide,Secretary John Uno, Treasurer MarvinMestanza, and Directors Linda Moran andAaron Erickson.

New Member Applications:A membership application from Riza Marie

Gatdula of Structural Hawaii for the grade ofAllied Member was received and is open forcomments from the membership.

Missing Members:Please contact Membership Chairperson,

Jiabao Chen (Ph: 791-3945 or emailjchen@kaihawaii.com), or any of the SEAOHOfficers if you have a new mailing and/or emailaddress.

The next SEAOH Board of Directors andOfficers meeting will be held on Wednesday,January 9, 2013. Contact 2013 SEAOHPresident Brian Kung (488-7579,brian@mkellc.com) for more information.

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

2013 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS &DIRECTORSPosition Officer PhonePresident Brian Kung 488-7579 brian@mkellc.comVice President Ethan Okuna 945-0198 eokuna@cshengineers.comSecretary Annette Wong 543-5603 annette.wong@heco.comTreasurer Renee Ishisaka 531-1308 rishisaka@ssfm.comDirector Alison Agapay 735-3211 aagapay@hdcc.comDirector Tim Goshi 533-2210 tgoshi@kaihawaii.comDirector Rodney Haraga 782-8661 rharaga-mih@gmail.comDirector Michael Kasamoto 589-1170 mkse@hawaiiantel.netPast President Wesley Segawa 935-4677 hilo@wrsa.biz

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGANNOUNCEMENTJanuary 3, 2013 (Thursday)Time: 11:45amLocation: Honolulu Country ClubSpeaker: David HeenanTopic: T Leaving on Top, Graceful Exits for

LeadersFebruary 7, 2013 (Thursday)Time: 11:45amLocation: Honolulu Country ClubSpeaker: Deepak Neupane from HCDATopic: Kakaako Redevelopment

Please email gwright@acechawaii.org to register or obtain more information.

2013 ACEC SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCE-MENT

The American Council of EngineeringCompanies (ACEC) is offering 6 national schol-arships to worthy students enrolled at accred-ited 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 2013).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, 2013. Please contact Joe Kwan ofthe Limtiaco Consulting Group at 596-7790 toobtain more information.

2013 ENGINEERING EXCELLENCEAWARDS COMPETITION & BANQUET

Please mark your calendar and make plansto attend the 2013 Engineering ExcellenceAwards Competition Banquet, which will beheld on January 20, 2013 at the KoolauGolf Club. Please visit our website(www.acechawaii.org) or contact Ginny Wrightat gwright@acechawaii.org for more informa-tion.

Deadline forWiliki

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Hawaii Section 2012-2013 Officerswww.ite-hawaii.org

President: Michael Packard mpackard@ssfm.comVice President: Juanita Wolfgramm jwolfgramm@ssfm.comSecretary: Brian Gibson Brian.Gibson@OahuMPO.orgTreasurer: Sara Toyama stoyama1@honolulu.govDirector: Honglong Li lih@pbworld.com

The Society of American Military Engineers,Honolulu Post

&The Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies

Cordially invites you to join us for the

2013 ENGINEER’S WEEK ‘KICK-OFF’ LUNCHEON

Presentation:"Seawater Air Conditioning: Meeting Today's Clean Energy Expectations"

Guest Speaker:Mr. Frederic Berg

Project Director, Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning, LLC

Hale Koa Hotel, Banyan Tree ShowroomTuesday, February 19, 2013 at 11:30 AM (sharp)

Luncheon Cost: $38.00 per person

PLEASE RSVP NLT: Tuesday 12 FEBRUARY 2013 SEND THIS FORM AND YOUR PAYMENT TO: [Sorry no credit cards]

S.A.M.E. HONOLULU POSTc/o Eamonn P. Kinsella

2110 Kakela PlaceHonolulu, HI 96822

Please make your check payable to: S.A.M.E. HONOLULU POST

Firm, Individual or Organization:List of Attendees:

Address:Phone:

Number in Party:____ = Total $

Receipt required: No___ Yes____ Email: __________________________________

LUNCH: Warrior Buffet

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: Krizlle 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

HIGHLIGHTS FOR DECEMBER MEET-INGS/ACTIVITIES: FALEA X’MAS GET-TOGETHER - @ Keiki Care Center onDecember 22nd, luncheon potluck. Individualswill handle assigned responsibilities and whatneeds to be brought to our last function for theyear! We’ll need the banner and some coolers.Bring gifts for children (if any) – we’ll have a“Santa” – and grab bag gift worth ~$20 (anyadult can participate.) Also, a gift worth about$10 from all the officers will be used for doorprizes. Wear your FALEA T-Shirts. A $100 fundwill be allocated for children’s gift in casesomeone forgets to bring any, and miscella-neous paper goods and other items. Let’smake this event a very Merrry Christmas!WHAT – FALEA FE Review ClassWHERE – Structural Hawaii Conference Room,Pearl CityDAYS/TIME – Saturdays, 1PM to 4:30PMSCHEDULE – DATE TOPIC1/19/13 Kick off/Math1/26/13 Math/Advanced Engineering Math2/02/13 Strength of Mat’ls/Mat’l Prop & Engr

of Mat’ls2/09/13 Engineering Mechanics/App of

Engineering Mech2/16/13 Fluid Mechanics & Fluids2/23/13 Thermodynamics & Heat Transfer3/02/13 Electricity & Magnetism3/09/13 Engineering Economics3/16/13 Engineering Probability & Statistics3/23/13 Chemistry & Biology3/30/13 Computers/Ethics & Business

Practices4/06/13 Mock FE Exam4/13/13 FE Exam

Some of the proposed instructors still need to be confirmed. At least one, preferablytwo, member volunteers need to be at each ofthe sessions to handle the logistics – i.e., sign-in, drinks & snacks. Sign up for day(s) ofavailability.

HAVE A GREAT & SAFE HOLIDAY SEASON,AND SEE YOU ALL NEXT YEAR!!!

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Section Meeting Highlights November 27, 2012

President Mike Packard called the meetingto order and Vice-President Juanita Wolfgrammintroduced the speaker, Chris Sayers from theCity and County of Honolulu’s Department ofTransportation Services.

Mr. Sayers presented information on the finaldraft of the Oahu Bike Plan, including currentprojects such as the Lei of Parks concepts inAla Moana and Waikiki, the Civic Campus bikepath widening project, Waialae Avenue,Diamond Head Road, and Hamakua Drive. Healso summarized the different types of bicyclefacilities (i.e., bike lanes, bike paths, sharrows,etc.), discussed bike boxes, innovative treat-ments, and bike-transit connections.

President Packard noted that there would beno meeting in December, but meetings wouldresume in January 2013.

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ment so that we can recognize deserving stu-dents. We continue to accept tax-deductibledonations with the goal of increasing the annu-al scholarships. Make your check payable to‘ASCE Hawaii Section’ and mail to: ASCEScholarship Committee, P.O. Box 917,Honolulu, HI 96808. If you have any questions,please contact Roger Babcock at 956-7298, orrbabcock@hawaii.edu.

ASCE JOB LISTINGSThe following job listings are currently post-

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

Honolulu

KNOW YOUR ASCE HISTORYby C.S. Papacostas

CITY HALL AT THE KAPI`OLANIWhen the County of O`ahu transitioned to the

City & County of Honolulu in 1909, theKapi`olani Building at the mauka-ewa corner ofKing and Alakea Streets in downtown Honoluluwas rejected as the government’s locus osten-sibly because of streetcar noise, as I explainedin last month’s (December 2012) article.

Six years later, in the 1915 Aloha Guide weread that “The City and County of Honolulu hasno city hall, the second floor of the McIntyrebuilding, corner of Fort and King streets serv-ing as such. Here the Board of Supervisorsmeets, and the mayor, clerk, auditor, attorneyand his deputies, auditor, building and plumb-ing inspectors have their offices.”

Nevertheless “the city treasurer and thewater and sewer departments are in theKapiolani Building at the corner of King andAlakea Streets. The engineering department ison the second floor of this building.” Next, the1921 Hawaiian Annual avers that the “KapiolaniBuilding, corner King and Alakea Streets, hasbecome exclusively Honolulu’s City Hall, fur-nishing quarters for all offices and departmentsof the municipality.”

In 1920, the legendary John Henry(“Johnny”) Wilson succeeded Joseph “Joe”James Fern as mayor. In his 1921 “Report ofthe Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu”to the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii heargued that “less than 10 years ago the city hallrental was $350 a month. This year we are pay-ing $900 a month for the Kapiolani building.Next year the rental will be $1000 a month.What the cost will be when a new lease isasked by a new Board of Supervisors there isno way of determining. Honolulu must own itscity hall. Certainly the most logical and practi-cal plan is for the city to build a municipalbuilding. This will take time, but in the mean-time we should acquire the present structureused for the various departments. TheKapiolani Building can be bought by the citytoday for $150,000. At 6 per cent the annualcost of the expenditure would be $9000 or$750 a month. Under the present lease we arepaying $10,800 this year for the rental of thebuilding and next year the cost will be$12,000.”

Having been rebuffed by the Legislature, hepersisted in his 1923 biennial report:

“In my report to the Legislature of 1921... Icalled attention at the time to the fact that wewere in 1921 paying a rental of $900 a monthfor the Kapiolani Building and that in 1923 wewould pay $1000 a month or $12,000 a year.We are paying that sum this year.” He againurged acquiring the Kapi`olani Building but atmore than $150,000 that time as “the leaseexpires with the close of the year.”

Newspaperman Bob Kraus, Wilson’s 1994biographer, completes the picture saying “thesupervisors turned down his proposal to buythe Kapiolani Building and then sell it for a prof-it when it came time to build city hall. Themayor had to swallow his pride and accept thePunchbowl site.” This is where the current cityhall opened in 1929. Wilson preferred the Allensite bordered by King, Alakea and Richardstreets, across Alakea from the Kapi`olaniBuilding.

As far as I was able to ascertain at this time,after that date, only routine attention was paidto the Kapi`olani. Forty years later, on July 14,1970 an article by writer Carl Wright appearedin the Star Bulletin (SB) announcing “27-Story

Towers to Rise onAlexander YoungBlock.” In part itsaid:

“ D o w n t o w nHonolulu, once anaging collection ofold buildings,received anotherinfusion of twin tow-ered modernizationtoday with unveilingof plans for thebiggest office com-plex in the state. Thesite for the majordevelopment isbounded by King,Bishop, Hotel andAlakea streets - theblock whose BishopStreet half is occu-pied by the Alexander Young Building. Projectdevelopers will be The Hawaii Corp. andRichard Hadley of Seattle... Dominating theblock when the project is completed will be two27-story office towers, tallest in the downtownarea... The first tower will rise at the corner ofAlakea and King with construction to begin thisfall. Completion is set for 1972. A second towerwill follow at the corner of Hotel and Alakea.The Alexander Young Building, a downtownlandmark since 1903 will be spared...”

A map (see below) showed the originallyplanned location of the first building where theKapi`olani Building stood and the second atthe place where the first YMCA building hadbeen and where the Honolulu EngineeringAssociation had its first quarters in 1904.

By September 1970, the joint developmentventure had been dissolved (HonoluluAdvertiser, 9/11/1970). The HonoluluCorporation (THC), previously Von Hamm-Young, Inc., was a firm with a long and interest-ing history of its own. Its subsidiary, the PacificConstruction Co., completed the redesignedtower in 1972. The new design incorporatedHawaiian motifs with cast-in-place concreteexterior. The 30-story, 350-foot tall buildingwhere the old Kapi`olani building once stoodwas originally named the Pacific Trade Center,and is now known as the Pacific Tower.

Between 1974 and 1976, the NorthwesternMutual Life Insurance Co. of Milwaukeeacquired the entire city block (SB, 9/8/1983)and, when all was said and done, the NationalRegister of Historic Places listed AlexanderYoung building was also razed in 1981 amidcontroversy to make room for the 28-storyglass exterior Pauahi Tower at the corner ofBishop and Hotel.

The complex is now known as BishopSquare and it includes Tamarind Park, namedafter an Indian tamarind tree planted there,according to various accounts, to celebrate thebirth of Bernice PauahiBishop on December 19,1831, by her father, AbnerPaki. A section of the treewhich was cut down in1902 is kept at the BishopMuseum (see HawaiianAnnual for 1904).

Back in 1970 when thedevelopment was firstannounced, RandolphCrossley, president of THC(also Hawaii senator from1959 to 1964 and unsuc-cessful gubernatorial can-

didate in 1966 and 1974), was described tohave said that “the Alakea-King section of thearea now housing campaign headquarters forseveral political candidates was recently pur-chased.” Not even a mention of the purchasedbuilding’s name: Kapi`olani!

Do you know of a civil engineering accom-plishment or event that your fellow ASCE mem-bers might find interesting? Please send abrief description to C.S. Papacostas (fax 956-5014, email csp@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu).Previous articles in the series may be found atthe Section’s web site. Just point your browserto http://www.ascehawaii.org.

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coming out to help with this event, ASCE UHChapter, and DeAnna Hayashi for coordinatingthis event with the YMF.

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task force was formed to look into the key part-nerships currently existing within NSPE as wellas making recommendations on new partner-ships. One of the initial findings is that many ofthe most effective partnerships already exist atthe state and chapter levels. If a sufficient num-ber of NSPE chapters partner with, say, theirlocal chapters of ASCE, the collective resultsnationally are greater than the “sum of theparts”. HSPE Big Island Chapter member CurtBeck, P.E., F.NSPE, is serving on the NSPEStrategic Partnerships Task Force. If you as anHSPE member are partnering with other orga-nizations, whether within your chapter or inde-pendently, Curt would like to hear from you.Please contact him for more information, atcurt.beck@helcohi.com.”

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Monthly Chapter meeting – Jan. 17th at DaKitchen ( St. Louis Alumni Clubhouse), 925Isenberg St.Time: 5:30 pm registration, 6:00 pm Do’s andDon’ts Session• Main Program – Sustainable Strategies for

Four Different Bldgs by Daniel Nall of WSPFlack & Kurtz

• Do’s and Don’ts Session – Heat Exchangersby Matthew Coplan of Alfa Laval

Cost: $35 per ASHRAE member; $40 perguest; $55 at the door registration. Paymentcan be made via PayPal at http://ashraehawai-ichapter.info. Otherwise, make check payableto “ASHRAE Hawaii”.

RSVP with Melissa White atmelissawhite@lumensolar.net.

Other JanuaryActivities:1. Family Hike – January 19th2. Technical Tour – Cancer Research Center -

TBDFor more Chapter information and activities

go to website: http://ashraehawaiichapter.info/index.php.

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approved by the State of Hawaii Board ofProfessional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors,and Landscape Architects before registering forthe exams. The FE exam is on April 13, 2013,and the PE exams for Chemical, Civil, Electrical,and Mechanical are on April 12, 2013.

For information on the exam, visitwww.ncees.org. ASME-HI will not hold arefresher class for the April PE exam.

PEARL CITY HIGH SCHOOL (PCHS) COLLEGE AND CAREER DAY

Ed Chang and Martin McDonough partici-pated in the November 30, 2012 PCHS Collegeand Career Day. Their mechanical engineeringpresentation was in a classroom before twogroups of students. McDonough mainly spokeabout a career as a mechanical engineer atHawaiian Electric Company, while Changtalked about the courses a prospective engi-neering student should be taking in highschool to be better prepared for the first twoyears of college.

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2012 OfficersPresident Joanne Hiramatsu 954-4262 jhiramatsu@oceanit.comVice-Pres Jeoffrey S. Cudiamat, P.E. 488-5000 engineer@structuralhawaii.comTreasurer Ken C. Kawahara, P.E. 836-1900 kck@akinaka.comSecretary Tyler Sugihara, P.E. 768-3600 tsugihara@honolulu.govPast Pres Jason H. Lau, P.E. 596-7790 jason@tlcghawaii.com

A Meet and Greet event was held onNovember 15 at Seven Palms Bar and Grille.Members were able to network and socializewith dignitaries and representatives from theState and City governments (including variousutility agencies). In addition, David Shiraishiand Joanne Hiramatsu were honored. Mr.Shiraishi of the City Department ofEnvironmental Services and APWA member forover 20 years was recognized by APWANational as a lifetime member. Ms. Hiramatsuof Oceanit and current chapter president wasrecognized for her dedication and severalyears of service on the Hawaii Chapter board.

APWA Hawaii Chapter would like toannounce its officers for 2013: JeoffreyCudiamat – President, Ken Kawahara – VicePresident, Tyler Sugihara – Treasurer.

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!!

engineers andarchitects ofhawaii

founded 1902

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

EAH 2010- 2011 OfficersPresident Aaron Erickson 591-27282nd VP Howard Wiig 587-38111st VP Geoffrey Paterson 261-6597Treasurer Tit Mun ChunSecretary Gary Yamamoto 485-2777Past Pres. C. S. Papacostas 956-6538

• Structural Engineer II – City and County ofHonolulu

• Civil Engineer IV – City and County ofHonolulu

• Civil Engineer V – City and County ofHonolulu

• Mechanical Engineer IV – City and County ofHonolulu

• Project Engineer – Hawaii Public HousingAuthority

• Building Engineer IV – Hawaii PublicHousing AuthorityFor further information on these job listings or

to find out how you can post job openings inyour company on this website, please visithttp://www.ascehawaii.org/jobs.htm.

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be held on February 9, 2013 at the FilipinoCommunity Center (Filcom) in Waipahu. TheState competition will be held on March 9, 2013also at Filcom.

NAGAMINE OKAWA ENGINEERS INC.CONSULTING STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS

1003 Bishop Street • Suite 2025Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

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

NAKAMURA, OYAMAand ASSOCIATES, INC.

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1314 South King Street, Suite 401, Honolulu, HI 96814Telephone (808) 591-8887 Fax (808) 596-2383

www.noa-engineers.com

Pacific GeotechnicalEngineers, Inc.

Soils & Foundation Engineering Consultants94-417 Akoki Street

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

ISLAND GEOTECHNICAL

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

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

Email: ige@igehawaii.com

INABA ENGINEERING, INC.273 WAIANUENUE AVENUEHILO, HAWAII 96720

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

Email: inabaeng@hawaii.rr.com

SAM O. HIROTA, INC.Engineers & Surveyors

864 S. Beretania StreetHonolulu, Hawaii 96813

Telephone: 537-9971

Hirata & Associates, Inc.Geotechnical Engineering

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HIDA, OKAMOTO & ASSOCIATES, INC.CONSULTING CIVIL ENGINEERSPACIFIC GUARDIAN TOWER 1440 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1120Honolulu, Hawaii 96814Phone: (808) 942-0066Fax: (808) 947-7546

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

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

GEOLABS, INC.Geotechnical Engineering and Drilling Services

2006 Kalihi StreetHonolulu, Hawaii 96819

Phone: 841-5064 Fax: 847-1749

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

ENVIRONMENTAL • GEOTECHNICAL • HYDROGEOLOGICALCONSULTANTS

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1320 N SCHOOL ST., STE 1HONOLULU, HAWAII 96817

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Engineering Concepts, Inc. Civil /Environmental /Sanitary Engineers

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

Email: eci@ecihawaii.com

Y. Ebisu & AssociatesAcoustical and Electronic Engineers

1126 12th Avenue, Room 305Honolulu, Hawaii 96816

(808) 735-1634

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

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