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VOL. 44 NO. 1 SERVING 2000 ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS MARCH, 2008 (continued on page 3) 25th ANNUAL HAWAII OAHU CHAPTER MATHCOUNTS COMPETITION The 25th annual MATHCOUNTS Oahu Chapter Competition was held February 9, 2008 in the Kamehameha Schools (KS) Kalama Dining Hall with 30 schools competing. Mayor Mufi Hannemann was there to personally read his proclamation marking the 25th Anniversary of MATHCOUNTS in Honolulu. MATHCOUNTS Steering Committee members Jean Okumura and Doug Kamiya were honored for 25 years of service. At end of the competition, the first place team was Punahou School with team members William Chen, Travis Le, Joanne Lee, Sean Rodan, and coach Todd Chow-Hoy. The other six teams moving on to compete in the March 8, 2008 Hawaii State MATHCOUNTS Competition in order of finishing after Punahou are Iolani School, Washington Middle School, Highland Intermediate School, Stevenson Middle School, Maryknoll School, and Mililani Middle school. The “Best New School” award went to Kalakaua Middle School for the highest scoring school that did not compete last year and has not placed in the top ten. The “Most Improved School” award went to Stevenson Middle School for having the greatest increase in their team score from last year’s competition. Individual honor for scoring the highest in the written Sprint and Target Rounds went to Naoki Shigeta of Washington. He competed and placed high last year as a seventh grader. Travis Le of Punahou, Zhengyuan Ma of Punahou, William Chen of Punahou, Daron Lee of Highlands, Ben Shiroma of Stevenson, Geoff Kusaka of Punahou, Logan Davis of Iolani, Cordelia Xie of Iolani, and Joanne Lee of Punahou followed Shigeta in this order. The Winner of the Countdown Round was William Chen of Punahou, followed by Zhengyuan Ma of Punahou. MATHCOUNTS is a national math competition for 6th, 7th and 8th graders. Students compete individually in the Sprint Round solving 30 math problems in 40 minutes. Next comes the Target Round where students try to solve eight prob- lems within approximately 30 minutes. The Team Round finishes the written portion of the compe- tition. In this round students work together solv- ing 10 problems in 20 minutes. The first Hawaii MATHCOUNTS Competition was held in 1984 at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Engineering Department facilities. That’s a quarter of a century ago. From this beginning, there are only two Hawaii MATHCOUNTS Steering Committee Members still actively partic- ipating. They are Jean Okumura and Doug Kamiya. Okumura is an educator with Windward Community College and Kamiya is an engineer with Community Planning, Inc. Yes, after 25 years, they continue to be a part of the Steering Committee. Kamiya was the Hawaii Society of Professional Engineers (HSPE) President during this inaugural period for MATHCOUNTS. He and his wife, Mary, recalled some of the history of this early period. Wallace Hirai of W. A. Hirai & Associates, Inc., Hilo, was the HSPE President the year before who was involved with the initial MATHCOUNTS fundraising. Mechanical Engineering Professor Dean Kihara and Mary Kamiya were the coordinators for the competition doing just about everything to ensure that the competition ran smoothly. The first competition drew 15 schools. Evelyn Cheong, former MATHCOUNTS coach for Punahou School is the only coach still around. After retiring from coaching two years ago she continues to be involved by helping score the events. After three years at UHM, the competition moved to different locations, such as Kalakaua Intermediate School, Farrington High School, and a year at Iolani School before finding its cur- rent home at Kamehameha Schools. When HSPE member Dr. Michael Chun, President & Headmaster, Kamehameha Schools, assumed the Hawaii MATHCOUNTS chairmanship the competition found a home at KS Kalama Dining Hall. Along with providing the competition site, he recruited KS volunteers to help coordinate the competitions with educators and engineers on the Steering Committee. There were many Steering Committee members, coaches, proc- tors and scorers, and participating students who have come and gone. It is believed they went away with lasting knowledge of the many good things coming out of MATHCOUNTS. The cur- rent MATHCOUNTS Steering Committee Coordinators are Rowena Blaisdell and Pauline Marcello, both of Kamehameha Schools. They manage the Oahu Chapter and State competi- tions for HSPE with the help of the educator and engineer Steering Committee volunteers. HSPE continues to be the sponsor of MATH- COUNTS, assisting Dr. Chun, Blaisdell and Marcello, financially and participating on the Steering Committee. HSPE conducts fundraiser to help provide the funds to successfully run the competition. Other major sponsors are Aloha Airlines and Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. First place Punahou Team, L-R: Travis Le, William Chen, Joanne Lee, Sean Rodan, and coach Todd Chow-Hoy. MATHCOUNTS Proclamation, L-R: Scott Seu, Dr. Michael Chun, and Mayor Mufi Hannemann. EDITOR’S NOTE The Filipino American League of Engineers and Architects (FALEA) selected Paulette Ujimori as the 2008 Young Engineer of the Year on behalf of the Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies.
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25th ANNUAL HAWAII OAHU CHAPTER MATHCOUNTS COMPETITIONThe 25th annual MATHCOUNTS Oahu

Chapter Competition was held February 9, 2008in the Kamehameha Schools (KS) Kalama DiningHall with 30 schools competing. Mayor MufiHannemann was there to personally read hisproclamation marking the 25th Anniversary ofMATHCOUNTS in Honolulu. MATHCOUNTSSteering Committee members Jean Okumuraand Doug Kamiya were honored for 25 years ofservice.

At end of the competition, the first place teamwas Punahou School with team membersWilliam Chen, Travis Le, Joanne Lee, SeanRodan, and coach Todd Chow-Hoy. The othersix teams moving on to compete in the March 8,2008 Hawaii State MATHCOUNTS Competitionin order of finishing after Punahou are IolaniSchool, Washington Middle School, HighlandIntermediate School, Stevenson Middle School,Maryknoll School, and Mililani Middle school. The“Best New School” award went to KalakauaMiddle School for the highest scoring school thatdid not compete last year and has not placed inthe top ten. The “Most Improved School” awardwent to Stevenson Middle School for having thegreatest increase in their team score from lastyear’s competition.

Individual honor for scoring the highest in thewritten Sprint and Target Rounds went to NaokiShigeta of Washington. He competed andplaced high last year as a seventh grader. TravisLe of Punahou, Zhengyuan Ma of Punahou,William Chen of Punahou, Daron Lee ofHighlands, Ben Shiroma of Stevenson, GeoffKusaka of Punahou, Logan Davis of Iolani,Cordelia Xie of Iolani, and Joanne Lee ofPunahou followed Shigeta in this order. TheWinner of the Countdown Round was WilliamChen of Punahou, followed by Zhengyuan Ma ofPunahou.

MATHCOUNTS is a national math competitionfor 6th, 7th and 8th graders. Students competeindividually in the Sprint Round solving 30 mathproblems in 40 minutes. Next comes the TargetRound where students try to solve eight prob-lems within approximately 30 minutes. The TeamRound finishes the written portion of the compe-tition. In this round students work together solv-ing 10 problems in 20 minutes.

The first Hawaii MATHCOUNTS Competitionwas held in 1984 at the University of Hawaii atManoa Engineering Department facilities. That’s aquarter of a century ago. From this beginning,there are only two Hawaii MATHCOUNTSSteering Committee Members still actively partic-ipating. They are Jean Okumura and DougKamiya. Okumura is an educator with WindwardCommunity College and Kamiya is an engineerwith Community Planning, Inc. Yes, after 25years, they continue to be a part of the SteeringCommittee. Kamiya was the Hawaii Society ofProfessional Engineers (HSPE) President duringthis inaugural period for MATHCOUNTS. He andhis wife, Mary, recalled some of the history of thisearly period. Wallace Hirai of W. A. Hirai &Associates, Inc., Hilo, was the HSPE Presidentthe year before who was involved with the initialMATHCOUNTS fundraising. MechanicalEngineering Professor Dean Kihara and MaryKamiya were the coordinators for the competitiondoing just about everything to ensure that thecompetition ran smoothly. The first competitiondrew 15 schools.

Evelyn Cheong, former MATHCOUNTS coachfor Punahou School is the only coach still around.After retiring from coaching two years ago shecontinues to be involved by helping score theevents.

After three years at UHM, the competitionmoved to different locations, such as Kalakaua

Intermediate School, Farrington High School,and a year at Iolani School before finding its cur-rent home at Kamehameha Schools. WhenHSPE member Dr. Michael Chun, President &Headmaster, Kamehameha Schools, assumedthe Hawaii MATHCOUNTS chairmanship thecompetition found a home at KS Kalama DiningHall. Along with providing the competition site, herecruited KS volunteers to help coordinate thecompetitions with educators and engineers onthe Steering Committee. There were manySteering Committee members, coaches, proc-tors and scorers, and participating students whohave come and gone. It is believed they wentaway with lasting knowledge of the many goodthings coming out of MATHCOUNTS. The cur-rent MATHCOUNTS Steering CommitteeCoordinators are Rowena Blaisdell and PaulineMarcello, both of Kamehameha Schools. Theymanage the Oahu Chapter and State competi-tions for HSPE with the help of the educator andengineer Steering Committee volunteers.

HSPE continues to be the sponsor of MATH-COUNTS, assisting Dr. Chun, Blaisdell andMarcello, financially and participating on theSteering Committee. HSPE conducts fundraiserto help provide the funds to successfully run thecompetition. Other major sponsors are AlohaAirlines and Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc.

First place Punahou Team, L-R: Travis Le, William Chen, JoanneLee, Sean Rodan, and coach Todd Chow-Hoy.

MATHCOUNTS Proclamation, L-R: Scott Seu, Dr. Michael Chun, andMayor Mufi Hannemann.

EDITOR’S NOTE

The Filipino American League of Engineers and

Architects (FALEA) selected Paulette Ujimori as

the 2008 Young Engineer of the Year on behalf of

the Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies.

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Hawaii Trig Star begins injust a couple of weeks.Nearly 150 high schoolstudents have signed upto participate in thisnational competition representing 4 islands fromour great state. By the month of May we willknow who will be our representative for our stateat the national level. Their experience through thisprogram will give them a first hand look at theproblems land surveyors face and how trigonom-etry applies.

Thank you to all the math departments andtheir teachers for stepping up and accepting thechallenge for this competition, it shows the con-fidence and pride they have in their students andtheir teaching abilities. I’d like to also thank all thesponsors for stepping up and being a part of thisgreat program to support our students andteachers at the high school level by recognizingtheir accomplishments in the studies of mathe-matics. Below is a list of participating schools,their teachers, and sponsors for each school.

OAHUASSETS School: Mike Travis (teacher), Belt

Collins Hawaii Ltd. (sponsor)Iolani School: Michael Park, Kathleen Goto,

Amy Yonashiro, Joe Guillou (teachers), EngineersSurveyors Hawaii, Inc. (sponsor)

La Pietra-Hawaii School for Girls: BerniceDuckrow (Teacher), Hawaii Land Consultants(sponsor)

Leilehua High School: Kerry Kawamura(teacher), Walter P. Thompson, Inc. (sponsor)

Maryknoll School: James Wong, LanceSuzuki (teachers), Lyon Associates, Inc. (sponsor)

Punahou School: Christine David (teacher),Sam O. Hirota, Inc. (sponsor)

Sacred Hearts Academy: Deborah Kula,Elizabeth Alencastre (teachers), Title Guaranty ofHawaii (sponsor)

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Reader (teacher), Austin Tsutsumi & Associates,Inc. (sponsor)

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Officers for 2008President: Dan HirotaVice Pres: Arthur SevignySecretary: Gavin HiranoTreasurer: Ron WagnerDirector: Ryan SuzukiDirector: Chris GuerinNSPS Gov: Kevin Kea

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The Hawaii Society of ProfessionalEngineers and MATHCOUNTS

The Hawaii Society of Professional Engineers(HSPE) and the Hawaii Society of ProfessionalEngineers Educational Foundation (HSPEEF) arepleased to have once again proudly supportedthe Oahu Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competitionheld on February 9 at the Kamehameha SchoolsKapalama Campus. Many members of HSPEvolunteer each year to contribute their time andenergy to make this eventa success. The MATH-COUNTS Chairman forHawaii is our own Dr.Michael Chun, Ph.D., P.E.who has been a long timeHSPE member and sup-porter. This year marksthe 25th Anniversary ofMATHCOUNTS. Inrecognition of this historicevent, HSPE is proud tohonor Ms. Jean Okumuraand Mr. Doug Kamiya,P.E. as 25 year membersof the MATHCOUNTSSteering Committee.What an accomplish-ment! Both Jean andDoug were presented

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Steering Commitee members being recognized for 25 years of service,L-R: Dr. Michael Chun, Jean Okumura, Doug Kamiya, and Mayor MufiHannemann.

MATHCOUNTS is grateful to organizationssuch as Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., The USArmy Corps of Engineers, SSFM International,and engineering societies ASCE, ASME, andSAME for providing the proctors and scorers,without their help on competition day, therewould be no competition.

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ACECH Annual MeetingNOTE NEW DATEFriday, March 18, 2008, 8:00 A.M. TO 1:30 P.M.Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio HotelTopic: Conquering the Generational Divide in theWorkplace

Sherri Okinaga of Insight Consulting andTraining will cover the four generations that arerepresented in our workforce today:Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Generation X-ers& Millennials. Understanding and appreciatingthe different values and paradigms of each gen-eration can reduce the stress in your workplaceand allow you to achieve peak performance.During this talk, attendees will learn:• The major characteristics of the four genera-

tions • Each generation’s paradigm and how they

impact personal values • The motto of each generation in today’s work-

place • The impact of generational differences in the

workplaceTo date, Insight Consulting & Training has put

over 8,300 participants through their unique flag-ship curriculum on generational workforce. Intoday’s tight labor market, their clients havesought their expertise on how to maximize theirhuman capital and implement appropriate suc-cession plans to posture their organizations forcontinued success. To that end, ICT has helpedin the development of practical and sensibleplans aimed at identifying, cultivating, growing,and supporting future leaders.

Registration available online atwww.acechawaii.org after February 22, 2008.

with an award for their dedicated service byHSPE Foundation Past-President Scott Seu, P.E.Doug also has the added distinction of being along time member of HSPE.

HSPE and HSPEEF would also like to take thisopportunity to extend a Mahalo to all of you in theengineering community that continue to supportexcellent events like MATHCOUNTS every year.The competition could not be a success withoutyour support.

HSPE congratulates all 200 students repre-senting 30 Oahu schools who participated in thiswonderful event. The State MATHCOUNTSCompetition is scheduled for March 8, 2008 atthe Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Campus.Imua.

MATHCOUNTS, from page 1

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2007-2008 OFFICERSOffice Name PhonePresident Ron Iwamoto 486-5202

email: [email protected] Michael Hunnemann 533-2686

email: [email protected] Jeff Kalani 596-2928

email: [email protected] Roger Babcock 956-7298

email: [email protected] Dawn Barsana 943-1133

email: [email protected] Lori Fong 384-5372

email: [email protected] President Lisa Takushi 531-4252

email: [email protected] 8 Chair Westley Chun 943-1133

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KNOW YOUR ASCE HISTORYby C.S. Papacostas

THE MERCHANTS ARE AROUSEDFollowing the May 1908 approval by the US

Congress of a naval station at Pearl Harbor, civilengineer C. W. Parks and his entourage of abouta dozen were dispatched to Honolulu to conductsurveys and to prepare plans and specificationsfor the planned drydock (see last month, Feb.2008). The Evening Bulletin quoted him on hisfirst day in town saying “the dock will probably besimilar to that in Seattle [EB 6/1/1908].”

At the same time frame, the Army was pro-ceeding with its own fortifications at Pearl Harborand elsewhere under the direction of USEngineer Curtis William Otwell. The bids for oneproject, the enlarging and deepening of theHonolulu Harbor and the removal of a sand spiton which a lighthouse stood for quite a while,were opened by Otwell in early September of theprevious year. With a 97-cents per cubic yardoffer, the Hawaiian Dredging Co. (that was des-tined to play a major role at Pearl Harbor as well)beat those of the North American Dredging Co.at $1.27, the San Francisco Bridge Co. at $1.18,and local competitor Cotton Brothers & Co. at$1.14 [EB 9/9/1907].

According to the Sunday Advertiser, the bidwinner deployed two dredgers for this job, thesuction dredger “Reclamation” and the modifieddeep dredger “Governor.” The material obtainedfrom the drilling and blasting operations wasplaced east of the small Quarantine Island via railcars that were brought to the site by a scow insets of ten [SA 3/1/1908]. When the job was fin-ished “eight or nine months ahead of the allottedtime,” the Pacific Commercial Advertiser informsus, “a new sand island” had been created [PCA12/8/1908], that, aptly, if not imaginatively,became known as... Sand Island!

Major Eben Eveleth Winslow had arrived by theSheridan a month earlier to take over Otwell’sduties and to occupy his office space in the com-mercial McCandless Building on Bethel Street[EB 11/12/1908]. Incidentally, an Army anecdotein a book by Lenore Fine has him reminding“young officers that the difference between‘Engineer Corps’ and ‘Corps of Engineers’ wasthe same as the difference between a ‘beer bot-tle’ and a ‘bottle of beer!’”

In the interim, as soon as he had arrived onJune 1st 1908 on the steamer Siberia, Parks, hisassistant G. S. Burrell and Captain Corwin P.Rees, the new local naval commandant sinceApril, “took the train from here and went over theground where they are to work, and returned inthe Navy launch late in the afternoon.” As a gen-eral impression, “the lonesomeness of the placeat Puuloa rather disappointed the party [PCA6/2/1908].”

The train from Honolulu that they rodebelonged to the Oahu Railroad and Land (OR&L)Co. line that had a station outside the naval prop-erty, cut across the Ewa plain, skirted along theWai`anae coast and around Ka’ena Point to itsterminus at Kahuku (for details, see my June andJuly 2000 Wiliki articles). Pu`uloa is the traditionalHawaiian name of the area around the harbor’smouth that could also be reached by sea. TheIroquois (as in “Iroquois Point”) and the Navajowere two often-mentioned Navy tugs used forthis purpose at that time.

Interestingly, above Bishop’s Point (that is stillshown on modern maps on the east side of theentrance channel) was the locality where “theIroquois has grounded several times [PCA2/27/1909],” illustrating, among other things, theneed for improvements if a naval station was tobe feasible in the vicinity.

To conduct the necessary surveys at some ofits Pu`uloa lands, Park reached an “amicableagreement” for free access with the HonoluluPlantation that was at the time licensed to culti-vate sugar cane there [PCA 6/4/1908]. The actu-al surveys started the next day by the navy crewunder the supervision of assistant civil engineerBurrell [EB, 6/6/1908] but, to the newcomers’discomfort, “sharp and stubborn thorns... of sev-eral varieties” seriously hampered their progress[EB 6/15/1908].

Regarding the naval station construction pro-jects, at the time of Park’s arrival “the matter oflabor on the work is still undecided, and whetherthe work will be done by the government or letout to contract was still to be decided upon [PCA6/2/1908].”

Along these lines, the morning newspaperpublished a short editorial encouraging “thestrongest kind of representation ought to bemade to the Navy Department in favor of theemployment of white and Hawaiian labor on thenavy yard at Pearl Harbor,” and that “there wouldbe no injustice to Japanese and Chinese resi-dents in such procedure, as they, having practi-cal control of private construction in this Territory,might well let American citizens have a chance atthe public undertakings [PCA 6/6/1908].”

With a potent exclusionary spirit, the EveningBulletin of the same day added that the MerchantAssociation and the Chamber of Commercewere “strongly in favor of having citizen laborused” but also that the federal governmentshould avoid paying higher rates than thoseoffered by the private sector in Hawai`i “in orderthat the local industry might not be embarrassed[EB 6/6/1908].”

A committee appointed by Captain Rees rec-ommended, at least for the on-going preliminarywork, wage rates that were consistent with thedesires of local businesses. Regarding thesource of workers, however, there was “nounderstanding as to the racial quality of labor tobe employed on the whole job, but [the sevenmen] hired so far are citizens [SA 6/7/1908].”

“Fervor and commotion” would accuratelydescribe events during the next few days: OnJune 9, the PCA clarified its position by sayingthat, although “what Federal contractors do isnone of Honolulu’s business,” citizen workersresiding in Hawaii should be given priority overoutsiders. Except for small farmers, it reasoned,workers from the Coast should be avoidedbecause some were union organizers, while mostwere anti-Chinese and anti-Japanese. Moreover,the editors continued, when brought here in 1899by the construction firm of Lord & Belser,Californians voted for the Home Rulers andagainst “the Republican and Democratic tickets[and] the employing classes;” in other words,“they were against property, stability, conser-vatism, capital.”

On the same day, under a headline that said“the merchants are aroused,” the Hawaiian Starexplained that a group of them were admitted byengineer Parks to discuss the matter only after“being assured that their ideas were different”than the Advertiser’s. The engineer was reportedto have said that, because of its possibly adverseinternational implications, if it “were taken toomuch by the press,” he could not, in his federalcapacity, discuss the issue openly. He neverthe-less offered assurances that “before Pearl Harboris completed everyone will be satisfied [HS6/9/1908].” The EB gave a similar account, andboth papers reported that the Association votedto simply drop the question and to express “con-fidence in engineer Parks [EB 6/12/1908].”

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MARCH DINNER MEETINGProgram: Transportation Committee

PresentationsPresentation I entitled: “The Hawaii Harbors

Modernization Plan” by Michael Formby, DeputyDirector of Harbors, Hawaii Department ofTransportation. This presentation will describehow the Department of Transportation, HarborsDivision, other state departments, and the HawaiiHarbors User Group (HHUG), developed a com-prehensive, system-wide strategy to addresscurrent and future harbor needs within an expe-dited six-year, time-frame. The HarborsModernization Plan calls for major improvementsto six commercial harbors on four islands.

Presentation II entitled: “The Importance of theHonolulu High Capacity Transit Corridor Project”by Wayne Yoshioka, Director, Department ofTransportation Services, City and County ofHonolulu. This presentation will give anupdate on the progress of the Honolulu HighCapacity Transit Corridor Project and theDirector’s vision of the important project benefits.Date: Thursday, March 20, 2008Location: Treetops at Paradise Park,

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

6:30 p.m. - Dinner7:20 p.m. - Program8:45 p.m. - Adjourn

Menu: Multi-entree buffetCost: $22.00 for ASCE Hawaii Section

members$25.00 for Non-ASCE Hawaii Sectionmembers and Guests$11.00 for UH Manoa StudentChapter members

Please make checks payable to ASCE-HawaiiSection and mail to Dawn Barsana, ASCETreasurer, CH2MHill, 1132 Bishop Street, Suite1100, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813-2822 post-marked by Wednesday, March 12, 2008.Reservations for the dinner meeting to DawnBarsana by Monday, March 17, 2008, by phoneat 943-1133, fax at 538-8205 or email [email protected].

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGFebruary 13, 2008

CONTINUING EDUCATIONASCE National holds more than 275 seminars

and computer workshops each year on a widevariety of technical, management, and regulatory

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

2007-2008 YMF OfficersPhone

President Lisa Takushi 531-4252 [email protected] ext. 14

Vice-Pres. Morgan B. LaRue [email protected]

Secretary Valerie Strom [email protected]

Treasurer Aaron Erickson [email protected]

Past Pres. Lori Nishida [email protected]

topics. 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.

REGIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCEPARTICIPATION

Several ASCE members from Hawaii attendedconcurrent regional meetings in Las Vegas,Nevada in early February. Our Region 8 Director,Westley Chun, attended the Region 8 Board ofGovernors meeting on February 6th. Our HawaiiSection President, Ron Iwamoto and President-Elect, Mike Hunnemann attended the Region 8Assembly meeting (Spring Planning Meeting)with Westley on February 7th. Our HawaiiSection Treasurer, Dawn Barsana and OutreachProgram Chair, Cey Murakami attended theRegion 8/9 Workshop for Section and BranchLeaders (WSBL) on February 8th and 9th. OurYMF President, Lisa Takushi, Past President LoriNishida, and Treasurer Aaron Erickson attendedthe Region 8/9 Western Regional YoungerMember Council (WRYMC) meeting on February8th and 9th. And our UH Student ChapterCorresponding Secretary Jessica Agsalda and2008 Conference Co-Chair Lori Higashi attendedthe Workshop for Student Chapter Leaders(WSCL) on February 8th and 9th. In Las Vegas,the YMF received two awards. Congratulationsto Paulette Ujimori, who was named the 2008WRYMC Outstanding Young Civil Engineer in thePublic Sector. And congratulations to theYounger Member Forum which received the2007 Public Service Award. The YMF awardswere accepted by Lori Nishida, Member andPast President of the Hawaii Section YMF.

ASCE HAWAII SECTION STUDENTSCHOLARSHIPS

Please help us increase our scholarshipendowment so that we can recognize deservingstudents. We continue to accept tax-deductibledonations with the goal of increasing the annualscholarships. 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 con-tact Lori Fong at (808) 384-5372, or [email protected].

ASCE JOB LISTINGSThe following employers have openings they

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

Engineer - Honolulu and Wailuku, LandSurveyor - Honolulu)

• Bills Engineering Inc. (Civil Engineer,Engineering Assistant & CADD Technician)

• Brown and Caldwell, Inc. (Drafter – Oahu)• CH2MHILL (Transportation/Traffic Engineer –

Honolulu Office)• Engineering Solutions, Inc. (Civil/Sanitary

Engineers - Honolulu)• Fewell Geotechnical Engineering (Geotechnical

Engineer - Honolulu)• Fukunaga & Associates (Civil and

Civil/Environmental Engineers - Honolulu)• HDR, Inc (Water/Wastewater Project Engineer,

Water/Wastewater EIT – Honolulu)• Warren S. Unemori Engineering (Project

Engineer, Civil Engineer, & CAD Operator -Wailuku)For more information on these job listings,

please visit the ASCE Hawaii Section website athttp://jobs.ascehawaii.org/jobs/jobs.html.

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

If you would like to receive e-mail notices ofupcoming meetings or activities, please sign-upfor the ASCE Hawaii Section’s webmail list athttp://www.ascehawaii.org/emailform.html. Youmay also update your email address on thatsame webpage. Please consider helping theHawaii Section reduce operating costs by receiv-ing your monthly issue of Wiliki via email. If youhave any questions, please contact WebmasterJoanna Seto at 586-4329 or [email protected].

Next YMF General MeetingThe next two YMF general meetings are

scheduled for Wednesday, March 5th, 6:00 p.m.at Lulu’s Waikiki, 926-5222, and Wednesday,April 2nd, 6:00 p.m. at Ryan’s Grill, 591-9132. Ifyou are interested in attending to find out whatthe YMF is all about, please contact Lisa Takushiat 531-4252 ext. 14 or [email protected].

2008 ASCE WRYMC Award Recipient –Paulette UjimoriBy Lisa Takushi, YMFPresident

The YMF would liketo congratulatePaulette Ujimori forbeing named the2008 ASCE WesternRegional YoungerMember Council(WRYMC) Out-stand-ing Young Engineer inthe Public Sector atthe 2008 WRYMCmeetings in LasVegas, NV. She wasrecognized for herparticipation and lead-ership in multiple pro-fessional and techni-cal societies, herresearch and studiesin the field of environ-mental engineering,and for her participa-tion in numerouscommunity serviceprojects. Highlights ofher accomplishmentsinclude chairing thefirst HawaiiCompetition for theASCE West Point

Paulette Ujimori with2008 WRYMC Award.

Ryan Tanaka, Karen Chongue, Morgan LaRue, Paulette Ujimori, LisaTakushi, Lori Nishida receiving 2007 ASCE Public Service Award.

Bridge Contest, supporting startup of the PeerMentoring Program for incoming freshmen at theUniversity of Hawaii, and serving on the commit-tee that drafted the first set of Bylaws for theHawaii Section YMF.

ASCE Hawaii Section Younger MemberForum (YMF) is the Recipient of the ASCE2007 Public Service AwardBy Lori Nishida, YMF Past President

This year at the 2008 Western RegionalYounger Member Council meeting in Las Vegas,the ASCE Hawaii Section YMF was recognizedfor their significant public service accomplish-ments and their involvement in numerous publicservice activities. Some of their activities, toname a few, include the arrangement of a techni-cal presentation on the inter-island ferry projectand a tour of the H-power plant. They are alsoresponsible for organizing a professional civilengineering exam refresher course to assist unli-censed engineers in preparing for the profession-al civil engineering examination, and they fre-quently mobilize groups of volunteers for numer-ous non-profit charities including the RonaldMcDonald House, Special Olympics and theKokua Kalihi Valley organization. They regularlydonate their time and resources to help improvepeople’s lives and bring engineering awarenessto the community. For the second year in a row,the Hawaii Section YMF is being recognized fortheir exceptional community service work andinvolvement.

YMF’s Pau Hana SocialBy Troy Ching, Golf Activities Chair and SocialCo-Chair

The first YMF Social Activity of 2008, a PauHana held on January 18th at the HukilauRestaurant went with great success. There wasa good turnout of young professionals from com-panies such as HDR/Hawaii Pacific Engineers,Community Planning and Engineering, WestonSolutions and Hawaiian Dredging. It provided theattendees to network and make new friends overgood food and good drinks.

HAWAII SECTION OFFICERS FOR 2007President: Paul WonVice Pres.: Don HamadaTreasurer: Steven YoshidaSecretary: Honglong Li

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CFSEI Hawaii Chapter Board We wish to introduce the newly-elected direc-

tors of the CFSEI-Hawaii Chapter for the term2008: Mr. Allison Agapay of Nagamine, OkawaEngineers, Mr. Jeoffrey S. Cudiamat of StructuralHawaii, Inc., Jason Emoto of Shigemura, Lau,Sakanashi, Higuchi, Inc. and Akira Usami ofDietrich Metal Framing.

The CFSEI-Hawaii Chapter Board of Directorsmeets monthly to discuss the chapter businessand programming. The minutes of each boardmeeting and the schedule of membership meet-ings are posted on the CFSEI website(www.cfsei.org).

CFSEI Installation Banquet on March 7The 12th Annual Installation Banquet is sched-

uled for March 7, 2008 at the Honolulu CountryClub from 5:30pm – 8:30pm. Registration startsat 5:00pm. The following will be installed as thechapter officers: Marvin Mestanza of StructuralAnalysis Group as President, Jeoffrey Cudiamatas Vice President, Jason Emoto as Treasurer andAlison Agapay as Secretary for the term 2008-2009.

Future CFSEI ProgramsWe have several topics being considered for

2008. Among these are mid-rise structures com-bined with non cold-formed steel (CFS) lateralsystems, truss presentation and product stan-dards and span tables in conjunction with theSSMA’s new catalog. There will also be a seminaron fire/sound acoustic systems and advance-ments by Robert Wills of the American Iron &Steel Institute. If you have any suggestions onfuture program topics, please contact MarvinMestanza.

CFSEI supports HPSFA training programThe CFSEI-Hawaii Chapter has partnered with

the HPSFA training committee in conductingseminars to building officials and inspectors onthe latest references on steel framing in the newbuilding codes. The first seminar was held in2007 in Hilo. Seminars on Oahu, Kauai and Mauiare also under way. For more information, please

Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute

HAWAII CHAPTER98-029 Hekaha St. Unit 23, Aiea, Hawaii 96701Phone: (808) 485-1400 Fax: (808) 485-1500Web Page: www.cfsei.org

OFFICERSPhone FAX

President Marvin Mestanza 951-5916 941-6489 [email protected]

Vice Pres Jeoffrey Cudiamat 488-5000 [email protected]

Treasurer Jason Emoto 942-9100 [email protected]

Secretary Alison Agapay 536-2626 [email protected]

Director Albert Fobel 521-6958 [email protected]

Director Akira Usami 683-5747 [email protected]

Director Paul Silen [email protected]

Past Pres Brian Enomoto 486-5202 [email protected]

Liaison Mardie Torres 499-1400 [email protected]

contact Mardie Torres at (808) 485-1400 or visitwww.hawaiisteel.com.

CFSEI National The CFSEI national Board of Directors meets

regularly every month. Their next annual meetingwill be held March 31-April 1 in Orlando, Florida.The CFSEI will participate/exhibit in the followingtrade shows: SCI in Vancouver, British Columbia(April 24-26), Metalcon in Baltimore, Maryland,CCFFS at the University of Missouri-Rolla(October 15) & NCSEA in Cleveland, Ohio(October).

The CFSEI Tech Note on “Guide on SoftwareApplication” is expected to be issued in Februarywhile a handful of Tech Notes are anticipated tobe published by April 2008 including a “LateralDesign Guide” soon after approval by theTechnical Review Committee.

MetalCon will be held October 1-3, 2008 inBaltimore, Maryland. The first awards forInnovative Design and Distinguished Volunteerwill be presented. The entry form and submis-sion guidelines for the awards are available onthe CFSEI website. Deadline for entries is June1, 2008.

CFSEI Young Engineers’ ProgramTrue to its commitment to improve quality of

education for young engineers, CFSEI-HawaiiChapter has launched its Young Engineers’Program aimed at introducing engineers to vari-ous cold-formed steel framing details and oppor-tunities of visiting steel framing plants. For thisprogram, please contact Brian Enomoto.

PublicationsWe encourage you to keep at least one set of

the cold-formed steel framing standards (generalprovision, header design, wall stud design, later-al design, truss design and the prescriptivemethod for one and two family dwellings with2004 supplement). For an updated list of techni-cal publication on CFS, please visitwww.cfsei.org.

CFSEI Corporate SponsorsThe CFSEI Hawaii Chapter recognizes the

support of its corporate sponsors (initial list) for2007/2008. Corporate sponsors help to supportchapter activities and keep the chapter runningsmoothly. 14 gauge sponsors: Dietrich MetalFraming and G. W. Killebrew (Allied BuildingProducts Corp.). 16 gauge sponsors: CoastalConstruction Company, Inc., Hawaii Partitions,Kealoha Construction, Inc. Maryl Group, Inc.Simpson Strong-Tie Co., Structural AnalysisGroup Inc. 18 gauge sponsors: Castle &Cooke Homes Hawaii. 20 gauge sponsors:CEMCO, Grabber Pacific, Robert M. KayaBuilders, Inc. Thanks again for supporting theHawaii Chapter CFSEI. We look forward to yourcontinued participation throughout 2008.

MembershipWe are thankful to all members for supporting

the CFSEI-Hawaii chapter in 2007. As you mayknow, the membership dues for the national SFAand HPSFA will be separate beginning in 2008.For those affiliating with the Hawaii Pacific SteelFraming Alliance, the chapter members havebeen categorized with special rates as our chap-ter dues are still forwarded to the national CFSEIwhich is the technical arm of SFA. We encour-age you to renew your membership to both orga-nizations. For more information about member-ship, please visit www.cfsei.org or www.steel-framing.org for the application form. For moreinformation, please contact Brian Enomoto.

INTRODUCING THE INCOMINGOFFICERS OF THE HAWAIICOUNCIL OF ENGINEERINGSOCIETIES, 2008-2009Chair Walter Billingsley,P.E.

Walter is a Civil/SanitaryEngineer and ProjectManager with Belt CollinsHawaii. He is a licensed pro-fessional engineer in Hawaiiwith B.S. and M.S. degreesin Civil Engineering from theUniversity of Hawaii and a B.S. degree in geogra-phy and environmental studies from theUniversity of Victoria in Canada. Walter is cur-rently serving as past president of the ASCEHawaii Section and legislative co-chari of theHawaii Water Environment Association. Walterhas over 20 years of experience with a strongbackround in environmental and civil engineering.

Vice Chair Dr. Song ChoiSong K. Choi received his

B.S., M.S., & Ph.D. inMechanical Engineering fromWorcester PolytechnicInstitute, Carnegie MellonUniversity, and University ofHawaii at Manoa, respective-ly. His specialization is inrobotics with an emphasis in automatic controlsystems, vehicle design, and graphic monitoringsystems for autonomous underwater vehicles.He returned to Hawaii in 1991 and has been aprofessor in the Department of MechanicalEngineering. He has been the assistant dean forthe College of Engineering since 2004 and hasbeen working with various primary, middle, andhigh schools in the State in promoting STEMeducation through robotics. He is an activemember of various engineering and philanthropicsocieties including HCES.

Secretary Grant TorigoeGrant is a Network

Engineer with HawaiianTelcom Inc. He graduatedwith a B.S. degree inElectrical Engineering fromthe University of Hawaii atManoa. He has 10 yars ofexperience at HawaiianTelcom working with developers, consultants,and contractors to provide telecommunicationscabling and infrastructure to various projects. Heis the HCES representative from the Institute ofElectrical and Electronics Engineers and has heldvarious executive positions with the StateChapter over the past 12 years.

Treasurer SamuelDannaway, P.E., C.S.P.

Sam founded S. S.Dannaway Associates, Inc.,in 1985 and today serves asPresident and Chief FireProtection Engineer of the12-person fire protectionengineering consulting firm.He received his B.S. in Fire ProtectionEngineering from University of Maryland and is aRegistered Fire Protection Engineer (California)and Registered Mechanical Engineer (Hawaii andWashington). He is Past-President and Board ofDirectors of the Society of Fire ProtectionEngineers (National and Hawaii Chapter), andserved as a Volunteer Firefighter for the PrinceGeorges County Fire Department.

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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

2008 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS &DIRECTORSPosition Officer PhonePresident Ian Robertson 956-6536

[email protected] Pres. Myles Shimokawa 593-0933

[email protected] Albert Fobel 521-6958

[email protected] Lee Takushi 531-1308

[email protected] Kylie Yamatsuka 534-1300

[email protected] Brian Awakuni 841-6444

[email protected] Phil Gerwien 531-4627

[email protected] Tim Waite 479-1216

[email protected] Pres Gary Chock 521-4513

[email protected]

• General Engineering• New Construction• Relevel Foundations• Compaction Grounding

• Soil Nails / Shoring• Micro & Pin Piles• Rock / Soil Anchors• Clay Stabilization

IN HAWAII FOR 21 YEARSCall 845-2474www.ssihawaii.com

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HIGHLIGHTS OF BOD MEETINGFebruary 6, 2008

Committee Reports:General Membership Meetings/Technical

Seminars/Events:– Training in seismic bracing of nonstructural ele-

ments (FEMA 74) will take place February 25 inHilo, February 27 in Maui, February 29 inHonolulu and March 3 in Honokaa. This eventis being coordinated with Jeff Lusk and GenTamura of FEMA in conjunction with AIA, CSI,DOE, DAGS, UH, DOH, County BuildingOfficials, and ACECH. SEAOH membershipmay be invited pending space availability.

– On March 5, 2008, CCPI will be sponsoring aDesign and Analysis: Macro Fibers in Concreteworkshop to be presented by Dr.Ramakrishnan, Cliff MacDonald and Tim Folks.The workshop will be held at Pearl CountryClub and the fee will be $25 for SEAOH andCCPI members.

– Hilti Night will be held on March 10, 2008 atthe Hilti store, 1199 Dillingham Blvd. from 6:00

to 7:00 PM. Hilti will be holding a workshop toshowcase its products. This hands-on clinicwill allow users to use tools, drill concrete, andset anchors at various stations. For more infor-mation contact Hilti’s representative JahidaNadi, 619-587-0977. RSVP [email protected].

– The Masonry Institute of Hawaii will be spon-soring a workshop regarding interpretation ofthe new building codes. John Tawresey ofKPFF Seattle will be the presenter for the work-shop which is tentatively scheduled for March-April.

– The Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute(COPRI) of ASCE will be holding a “Solutions toCoastal Disasters” conference on April 13 to16, 2008 at the Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu;topics include mitigation against catastrophicevents.

– There will be a 2-day timber design seminar onApril 15-16, 2008 sponsored by the HawaiiLumber Products Association. Speakers fromthe American Forest and Paper Association willdiscuss topics such as the NDS, the WoodFrame Construction Manual and sustainability.The event will be held at Ala Moana Hotel andwill include product representative exhibits anda workbook for design.

– The Honolulu Department of Planning andPermitting will be hosting this year’s HawaiiAssociation of County Building Officials confer-ence May 12 to 16, 2008. The conference willinclude six ICC technical seminars. More infor-mation will be provided later.

– The NCSEA Annual Meeting will be heldOctober 23 to 25, 2008 in Cleveland, Ohio. Adelegate from SEAOH will be in attendance.

– The next SEAOH Board of Directors andOfficers meeting will be held on Wednesday,March 5, 2008 at the University of Hawaii,Manoa. Contact SEAOH President IanRobertson (956-6536, [email protected]) formore information.Membership Directory: The SEAOH 2007

Membership Directory was updated and emailedto our members in PDF format in December. Thislist has also been used as the master list for iden-tification of Member and Allied members withinthe National Council of Structural EngineersAssociations and the Western Council ofStructural Engineers Associations.

Disaster Response Committee: The DisasterResponse Committee has updated the volunteer

list and established a standardized SEAOH eval-uation data report form. The committee stan-dardized form for assessment of structures dam-aged in a natural disaster will be posted on theSEAOH website. The SEAOH ResponseProcedures for Activating and DeployingVolunteer Building Safety Evaluation Engineerswas distributed to County Civil Defense Agenciesand State Civil Defense for their use after futuredisasters. SEAOH is also evaluating a request byState Civil Defense to develop Hawaii-cus-tomized ATC-20 and ATC-45 training presenta-tions of about 2 hour length each.

Building Code Committee: The Committeediscussed and developed recommended StateCode structural amendments to 2006 IBC.SEAOH will be recommending that the IRC notbe adopted.

Legislative Activity: Gary Chock presented alist of bills before the State House and Senate ofinterest to SEAOH membership. It was decidedthat testimony would be submitted by IanRobertson on behalf of SEAOH on bills relating tothe Loss Mitigation Grant Program and thepotential for adding Earthquake ResistiveDevices to the current Wind Resistive Devices eli-gible for grants under the program.

New Business:2008 SEAOC convention will be held in Hawaii

from September 23-27, 2008. Room ratesextended to SEAOH members and are $195 pernight from 9/20/08 to 9/30/08. ContactConstantine at 415-986-8400.

SEAOH is considering holding its 2008 conven-tion in Kauai or Maui in early August; however,there are discussions about holding the conven-tions in Hong Kong or Shanghai/Beijing. Pricingoptions are being investigated and will be madeavailable soon for polling by the membership.

New Member Application:Aaron Erickson’s (Wiss Janney Elstner &

Assoc.) application to be a SEAOH Allied mem-ber was approved.

Jonathan Brandt’s (Allana Buick & Bers) appli-cation to be an Associate member wasapproved.

The following new member application hasbeen received and is open for comments fromthe membership:

Danny Fujioka, Nagamine Okawa Engineers,Inc., as a Member.

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Hawaii SectionThe AmericanSociety of

Mechanical Engineers

Website: www.sections.asme.org/hawaii

ASME-HI 2008-2009 OfficersChairperson Edmund ChangVice-Chair Derick Kam 848-6966Secretary Ron Flegal 455-0265Treasurer Kevin Dang 737-1708Dir 1 yr Chester Kaitoku 527-6063

[email protected] 2 yr James Grogan 254-2947

[email protected]

The Society of

FIREPROTECTIONENGINEERS

www.sfpehawaii.org

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

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

[email protected] Derick Kam 848-6966

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

[email protected]

HONOLULU POST

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

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

SAME Honolulu 2007 Post OfficersPresident CDR Roger Wykle, P.E., USCG1st VP (Programs) Mr Todd Barnes, USACE2nd VP (Sustaining Members) Mr Will Boudra, Forest City3rd VP (Membership) Mr Jerry Matsuda, M&E PacificSecretary Lt Andy Wright, USCGTreasurer MAJ Robert Kroning, USA

NEXT ASME-HAWAII SECTION MEETINGDate: March 11, 2008Time: 5:30 pm to 7:00 pmSpeaker: Steve Tinker of Tinker Engineering LLC.

Mr. Tinker’s presentation will be on what ittakes to start and operate a one-man engineer-ing company. Mr. Tinker provides services inmechanical inspection and certification of boilers,cranes and elevators; and includes system analy-sis and component sizing, accident investigation,written procedures, drawings and calculations,and quality control manuals for design, construc-tion, repair and alteration of boilers, pressure ves-sels, elevators, cranes and heavy equipment.Place: Restaurant to be determined.

Please contact Ray Liu or Ron Flegal for moreinformation.

2008 ASME-HI BALLOT & SURVEYAs of February 12, 2008, we received 31 bal-

lots and/or surveys. This included 28 responsesvia SurveyMonkey.com. The Ballot & Surveydeadline was February 29, 2008.

The Hawaii Section elected officers and direc-tors for 2008-2009 are Chairman, EdmundChang; Vice-Chairman, Derick Kam; Treasurer,Kevin Dang; Secretary, Ron Flegal; and Director,Chester Kaitoku. James Grogan is our “hold-over” Director.

Results of the survey will appear in future Wilikiarticles. Thanks to all our members who com-pleted and submitted their ballot and survey.

2008 MATHCOUNTS COMPETITIONS – 25thANNIVERSARY

The Oahu Chapter Competition was heldSaturday, February 9, 2008, at the KamehamehaSchools Kalama Dining Hall. The following ASMEmembers volunteered their Saturday morning tohelp proctor or score the competition: Ed Chang,Ron Flegal, James Grogan, Andy Ho, ChesterKaitoku, Derick Kam, Charly Kinoshita, RaymondLiu, Ken Mashima, Gene Nowak, Derek Sato,and Nathan Yuen. Please see the MATHCOUNTSarticle in this Wiliki issue.

The organizations helping with the proctoringand scoring included ASCE, ASME, HECO,SSFM International, SAME, and the U.S. ArmyCorps of Engineers. Our volunteer recruiter con-nections are Emi Kiyoi and Jennifer Chang ofASCE, Kevin Nakamoto of SSFM, Iris Terashimaof SAME, and Lou Muzzarini of the CORPS.

NOMINATIONS FOR ASME-HI SECTION2008 PROJECT/DESIGN OUTSTANDINGACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The nomination deadline is April 30, 2008. Youcan submit nominations any time before thatdate. If you know of any unusual or outstandingmechanical engineering-type project or designthat have been completed within the past fiveyears, please contact Ed Chang at 543-4227.The nomination process is very simple, easy, andfast.

HAWAII FORENSIC FIRE SCENE RECON-STRUCTION SEMINARMARCH 18-19, 2008, Ala Wai Golf CourseClubhouse

Presented by the INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIA-TION OF ARSON INVESTIGATORS, the HawaiiChapter of IAAI, and the Hawaii Chapter of theSociety of Fire Protection Engineers (See attach-ment for more information and RegistrationForm.)

This 2-day Forensic Fire Scene ReconstructionSeminar is an excellent opportunity to learn andreview the up-to-date scientific approach to ana-lyzing a fire scene and reconstructing it to deter-mine how the fire developed through basic firedynamics and fire pattern analysis.

Dynamic speakers and authors, Dr. JohnDeHaan, author of Kirk’s Fire Investigation andDr. David Icove, co-Author with Dr. DeHaan ofForensic Fire Scene Reconstruction, show youhow to apply engineering principles and practiceto assess and investigate the impact of fires. Thisconcept is essential for comprehensive andaccurate fire scene investigation. This seminarwill be based on the textbook Forensic FireScene Reconstruction. Dr. DeHaan’s and Dr.Icove’s presentations will be taken from topicsand issues mentioned in the textbook.

Professions that would benefit from this infor-mative seminar include: Fire Investigators, FireProtection Technicians, Consultants andEngineers, Bomb and Arson Specialists, Coroner

Post Meeting Notes from February 2008Over 160 people attended the Engineers Week

Kick-Off Luncheon held February 19 at theHonolulu Country Club. The annual event issponsored jointly by the Society of MilitaryEngineers (SAME) and the Hawaii Council ofEngineering Societies (HCES). Opening remarkswere presented CDR Roger Wykle, PresidentSAME Honolulu and Todd Barnes, HCES Chair.

Peter E. Crouch, Dean, College of Engineering,University of Hawaii, spoke about the upcomingevents for Engineer’s Week. He also spoke ofthe need for the Hawaiian economy having aworkforce of skilled engineers and the successthe University has had with providing well trainedengineers.

Col William Corson HQ PACAF presented adonation of $5,000 to Tragedy AssistanceProgram for Survivors (TAPS). The check waspresented to Ms. Louise James, representingTAPS. The funds presented were part of pro-ceeds from the 2007 PACAF Civil EngineersConference, SAME Golf Tournament.

In addition to the $5,000 TAPS donation,PACAF/A7 will be presenting the Honolulu Postwith $3,600 from additional funds raised duringthe 2007 PACAF Civil Engineers Conference.PACAF/A7 has already donated $8000 to theHonolulu Post so this brings the total donation to$11,600.

The guest speaker was The Honorable MufiHannemann, Mayor of the City and County ofHonolulu. The Mayor spoke about the need forthe Honolulu High-Capacity Transit CorridorProject, its plans and impacts on the militarycommunity. Technology selection is currentlybeing reviewed. The current schedule is: Phase1 Design/Build – start Q4 2009, Constructionstart Q4 2011, Opening in Phases – start Q42012. Additional project information is availableat www.honolulutransit.org.

SAME Honolulu has announced the loading ofits new website. The website contains theschedule of events for 2008, meeting notes andhighlights of interest to military engineers. Thewebsite is www.samehonolulu.org.

The next SAME meeting is March 11 at theHale Ikena, 11:30am. The featured presentationis Military Housing Privatization Program Status -Army, Navy, AF. Actus LendLease and ForrestCity.

2008 Corps of Engineers WorkshopThe 13th annual Honolulu District, U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers workshop for archi-tects and engineers, construction contrac-tors and others in related fields, interested indoing business with the Corps will be held onWednesday April 23, 2008, from 7:30 a.m.to 1:30 p.m. Please note the location for thisyear’s workshop has changed to the AlaMoana hotel.

The theme this year is “A Green Future inthe Pacific.” The focus will be on informingprivate sector companies about what theymust do to successfully execute work withthe Corps. The agenda will include an updateon upcoming Corps projects.

Most of the day will be devoted to a widerange of breakout sessions covering variousgovernment initiatives and technical subjects.Corps functional area specialists will partici-pate and there will be ample time for ques-tions.

A registration form will be provided infuture mailing. Please reserve this date onyour calendar.

Investigators, Arson Prosecutors, Insurance andFire Litigation Attorneys, and Safety Professionalsand Engineers.

REGISTRATION: $245.00 IAAI Member /$295.00 Non Member

SEMINAR CONTACT: Event Registration,(410) 451-3473

See photos on next page

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Officers and representatives of the Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies met withHonolulu Mayor Mufi Hanneman for the signing of the proclamation honoring the 2008Engineers Week in Honolulu.

Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hanneman presentsHawaii Council of Engineering Societieschairman Todd Barnes with the proclama-tion honoring the 2008 Engineers Week inHonolulu.

National Engineers Week 2008 in Honolulu

US Army Corps of Engineers HonoluluDistrict explain their breakwater improve-ment project for Kaumalapau Harbor onLanai.

CDR Wykle introduces Mayor MufiHannemann.

Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivorsrepresentative Ms. Louise James receivingdonation from PACAF.

COL Corson and CDR Wykle with PACAF’sdonation to Tragedy Assistance Programfor Survivors.

Institute of Transportation EngineersStudent Chapter at UH Manoa explain theHOT lanes concept.

The Department of Transportation ServicesPublic Transit Division shows off theirhybrid bus.

We appreciate our generous sponsors.

PB Americas displayed the various tech-nologies under consideration for the pro-posed rapid transit system.

The following firms and orga-nizations were recognized fortheir displays at Pearl Ridgeduring the Engineers Weekbanquet:

Technical Merit ExhibitAward: KSF, Inc.

Presentation Exhibit Award:DTS Public Transit Division

Promotion of EngineeringExhibit Award: ASCEYounger Member Forum

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engineers andarchitects ofhawaii

founded 1902

po box 4353,honolulu,hawaii 96813An association for Hawaii’s Engineers and ArchitectsWEB Address http:community.hei.com/eah

NEW EAH WEB Site:http://eahawaii.googlepages.com/home

2007 – 2008 OfficersPresident Ardalan Nikou 523-88741st VP Michael Albright 536-17372nd VP Greg MeCartney 525-6611Treasurer Tit Mun ChunSecretary Gary Yamamoto 485-2777Director Andy Keane 531-3017Director C. S. Papacostas 959-6538Director Andy Keith 543-4523Director Howard Wiig 587-3811Past Pres Travis Hylton 531-3017

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St. Anthony Jr/Sr High School: PaulMacLeod (teacher), Surveyor’s Supply Co. ofHawaii (sponsor)

MOLOKA’IMoloka’i High School: Jonathan Smith

(teacher), Ace Land Surveying LLC (sponsor)

BIG ISLANDHilo High School: Joell Kerr (teacher), WCIT

Architecture (sponsor)Kamehameha High School-Hawaii: Kawika

Rose (teacher), Akinaka & Associates, Ltd.(sponsor)

Submitted by:Kevin K. Kea, LPLS, Trig Star Coordinator

March 08 Meetings Programs and Speakers to be AnnouncedMarch meeting as followsMarch 7, 14, and 28March, 21 – No Meeting Easter

Meetings held every Friday (except Holidays) atYWCA room 205 on Richards Street downtown.Meetings start at NOON and end promptly at1:00 pm. Parking at Alii Place off Alakea Streetfor $1.50 per hour.

Buffet Lunch: Members-$10.00, Guests-$12.00, BYO lunches welcome. If not having theBuffet Lunch a donation is requested: Members$2, Guests $3; to help cover room rental costs.

Program schedule may be adjusted. CallSecretary Sam Gillie at 543-4739 (543-4804 FAX)to confirm speaker. Anyone wanting a weeklyemail meeting notice please send your emailaddress to Sam Gillie at [email protected].

Past Meeting Reports

Meeting notes: January 11th, 2008Mel Lepine returned to EAH after a short

absence and gave us this story: A tough old Navyaviator told his grandson that if he wanted to lifea long life, he should put a tablespoon of JP-4 jetfuel in his orange juice every morning. So thegrandson joined his grandfather and did this reli-giously. The grandfather lived to the ripe old ageof 105. He was survived by 2 son and 2 daugh-ters, 21 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildrenand 10 great great grandchildren and a 50 by 85foot hole where the crematorium used to be.

Bill Warren won the game of skill and theLong’s gift card. He donated balance of the kittyto the Peter Burk Scholarship fund.

Speaker: William Leary, Navy Dry DockConsultant. Subject: “Failure andReconstruction of General DynamicsElectric Boat Drydock” Mr. Leary gave adetailed presentation on the failure of the GravingDock 3 (GD3). The drydock had been construct-ed in the eighties by fabricating a series of 62 footcircular caissons formed from sheet pilings. Thecaissons were filled with structural fill and rockand were designed to fill and empty when thedrydock was filled and emptied. The dock hadan initial design life of about 15 years and had nocorrosion protection. In May of 2004, one of thecaissons failed as the drydock was beingpumped out during the lowering of the new USSJimmy Carter Attack Submarine. One caisson’ssheet piling joint failed when the sea water in thecaisson failed to drain properly, which resulted in

higher hydrostatic pressure on the caisson wallsand joints. They successfully removed the USSJimmy Carter and then started the emergencyrepair of the drydock. New concrete walls withtie-backs were installed in time for the next subto be moved into the drydock from the adjacentbuilding ways.

Meeting notes: January 25th, 2008Gary Yamamoto advised the Association that

he is preparing some clean up items in EAH ByLaws and will present the change in the next fewmeetings. He also advised on the Associationand the IRS. He initial thoughts are that EAHshould not register as a official Non-profit associ-ation, because our finances are under $5,000 notcounting the in and out lunch moneys. Theseitems will be discussed at the Board meeting.

Justin Muller on Energy: A thermodynamicsprofessor had a bonus question on his exam,which asked based on Boyle’s Law was Hellendothermic, takes heat in or is it exothermicgives heat off? One student replied, that all theCo-ed’s he had dated had told him, they would-n’t make out with him until ‘Hell Freezes Over’.So the student concluded, “Based on my sociallife Hell wasn’t freezing over, therefore Hell mustbe exothermic.”

Speaker: Navy Captain Dean Leech andNeil Sheehan – Navy Ret.

Subject: “Navy Hawaii Range Complex –Sonar - EIS” Capt. Leech started by providingthe background on the extent of the operationaltheater for the Navy in Hawaii. The Navy doesjoint training with a number of other countries inthe Pacific and Hawaii is the natural center forthose training exercises. That is one of the rea-sons, why the Navy Hawaii Range Complex is soimportant to the Navy. The Navy has recentlysubmitted their Environmental Impact Statementfor the Hawaii Range Complex. On of the mostcontroversial subject is the Navy’s use of ActiveSonar. That led into the use of the Navy’s Sonar.Capt. Leech explained that no matter how goodcomputer simulations are they can not compareto the real world. He explained the great diffi-culties a Sonar operator has in trying to detectand find an enemy submarine. Diesel sub-marines have advanced to the point that whentheir engines are off they are virtually completelyinvisible in the background noise of the Oceanand are impossible to detect without activesonar. Captain Leech said it was critical thatNavy operators train in as close to real life as

possible.

Meeting notes: February 1st, 2008Speaker: Conrad Paulson, Principle at

Wiss, Elstner AssociatesSubject: “An Engineering History of

Aloha Stadium”Mr. Paulson said he really appreciated pre-

senting to EAH today as it gets him out of theirChicago office. He showed a nice winter pictureof Chicago’s snow covered streets taken by aWEB Cam from the window of his apartment.Mr. Paulson’s firm is currently consulting on theAloha Stadium and part of that work involveddeveloping the history of the stadium. The stadi-um as most don’t know is the only stadium in thecountry that can be reconfigured between base-ball and football. This is done by inflating airbearings that allow the stadium sections to bemoved. It was originally suppose to take only 30minutes, but this goal was not met. It currentlycosts more to reconfigure to the baseballarrangement then what the Stadium can recoverfrom the baseball income. So the decision hasbeen made to leave the stadium in the footballconfiguration. He provided the background onthe non-corroding steel that was promoted in theearly 70’s, but it did corrode in Hawaii’s environ-ment. He talked about all the modifications thathad been necessary to keep water out of / oraway from the structural joints. The walkwaysbetween the sections also presented problems,because the natural frequency of the walkwaysmatches the movement of the people walkingacross them.

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WALKER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Precast Concrete Products

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WES THOMAS ASSOCIATESLand Surveyors

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

Surveying Hawaii Since 1975

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2006-2008 Officers and BoDirectors President: Napoleon AgraanVice Pres/Pres Elect: John RamosSecretary: Zosima AgraanTreasurer: Marisol TaconAsst. Treasurer: William RapisuraBusiness Manager: Angelie LegaspiPress Relation Officer: Judy TabiosAuditor: Nicolo OrenseBoard of Directors: Jojo Lopez

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ASCE History, from page 4

Although acknowledging that some labor hadto be imported to avoid the substitution of“Asiatic for white labor,” the PCA strongly warnedagainst the elements that, after the GreatEarthquake of April 18, 1906, brought about theexperience of “the rebuilders of San Francisco,who have had all the $8 per day bricklayers and$9 per day plumbers forced upon them by unionrules that they crave [6/10/1908].”

Speaking on the wider labor conditions inHawai`i while on a general inspection tour of theTerritory that included Pearl Harbor, U.S.Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfieldenunciated “there is one point regarding which Iam clear - that you must positively get Europeanlabor in the Islands either directly or through theUnited States [EB 6/29/1908].” As if wishing tohave the last word, however, the PCA came outagainst homesteading farmers from “Italy orSpain or Portugal” but favoring “[Anglo-Saxonsand Celts] from an English-speaking Americanbase [6/30/1908].”

Such was the ethnic and racial political climateof those times!

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.

Po Box 12204 Honolulu, HI 96828Website: www.eaauh.org

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS 2006-2007President: Ryan Sugamoto 956-6715Vice Pres: Matt Fujioka 836-1900Secretary: James Ibanez 779-9829Treasurer: Mike Furoyama 441-3660Directors: Lloyd Lee

Michael MagaoayWayne NakamuraMartin Nakasone

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IEEE Hawaii Sectionc/o Al Toda1363-A Hoowali St.Pearl City, HI 96782

2008-09 Hawaii Section OfficersSection Chair: Al Toda 455-1331

[email protected] Vice-Chair: Chris RussellTreasurer: Nancy Roemer [email protected]:

Mark Rognstad [email protected] - IEEE Ocean Engr Soc, Hawaii Chapter:

Mark Rognstad mark_rogn [email protected]

His application will be voted on at the April 2008Board Meeting. Please notify any SEAOH Officerprior to the April 2008 Board Meeting if you wish tocomment on this prospective member.

Dues statements for 2008 have been sent out andare due by March 7, 2008. There will be a member-ship information form included for updating.

SEAOH, from page 7

FIRST Robotics CompetitionVolunteers Needed

The State of Hawaii will be the host for the firstFIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition ofScience and Technology) Robotics Competitionregional tournament, March 27-29, 2008.Hosted at the Stan Sheriff Center, University ofHawaii at Manoa, this robotics competition willbring together 38 teams including 25 from Hawaiiin a sports like event with robots. NASA is pro-viding over $800,000 over four years in supportof the Hawaii FIRST Robotics Competition.

Hawaii’s Veteran teams include McKinley High,Waialua High, Waiakea High, Punahou, and HiloHigh. Rookie teams include St. Louis High,Kohala High, Waipahu High, Iolani, MaryknollHigh, Kapolei High, Nanakuli High, Sacred HeartsAcademy, Radford High, Campbell High, BaldwinHigh, Waimea High, Parker School, IslandSchool, Honokaa High, Moanalua High, HawaiiBaptist Academy, Kamehameha Schools-Oahu,Maui High, and Farrington High.

FIRST Robotics Competition (http://www.usfirst.org/default.aspx) is a unique variety ofsport of the mind, designed to help high schoolaged young people discovering how interestingand rewarding the life of engineers andresearchers can be. It challenges teams ofyoung people and their mentors to solve a com-mon problem in a six week timeframe. Thenational kickoff event occurred at 5 a.m., Hawaiitime, January 5, 2008, when the new game wasannounced (see the FIRST web site for the gameanimation called Overdrive) and a hundredpounds of parts were provided to the teams asthe basis for building their robots. New this yearis the use of a hybrid control that combines wire-less infrared technology with an autonomousmode.

Teams build robots from the parts and enterthem in competitions Designed by FIRSTfounder, Dean Kamen, Dr. Woodie Flowers and acommittee of engineers and other professionals.

FIRST redefines winning for these studentsbecause they are rewarded for excellence indesign, demonstrated team spirit, gracious pro-fessionalism and maturity, and the ability to over-come obstacles. Scoring the most points is asecondary goal. Winning means building partner-ships that last.

What is unique about FIRST? It is a sportwhere participants play with the pros and learnfrom them. Designing and building a robot is fas-cinating real world professional experience.Competing on stage brings participants as muchexcitement and adrenaline rush as conventionvarsity sports tournaments. The game rules area surprise every year.

The regional planning committee is continuingto seek volunteers for the March 27-29, 2008competition; if you would like to volunteer orknow teachers, colleagues, friends and otherswho want to volunteer, have them go to the VIMSweb site at https://my.usfirst.org/vims/logon.lasso?page=logon. I would suggest they also

email volunteer coordinators, Osa Tui([email protected]) or Carmela Minaya([email protected]) to let them know of theirinterest, when they can volunteer and their pre-ferred position. Volunteering can be from sever-al hours or all 3 days if available. It will undoubt-edly be a very rewarding experience for every-one. If there are any questions, please let meknow. Having been involved with FIRST for thepast 8 years, and having attended several tour-naments on the mainland with Hawaii teams, it isan exciting 3 days of robotics that should not bemissed. Mahalo for considering this uniqueexperience and opportunity.

Volunteer Event Positions (full description avail-able at the VIMS web site)

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