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VOL. 46 NO. 12 SERVING 2000 ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS FEBRUARY, 2011
2011 HCES Lifetime Achievement AwardStanley A. Tamanaha, P.E.
The selection committee is honored and pleased toannounce Mr. Stanley A Tamanaha as the 2011 HCESLifetime Achievement Award recipient.
Mr. Tamanaha’s impressive career, spanning 37years, changed the landscape of O’ahu and con-tributed to the success of NAVFAC, Pacific Air Force,Pacific Command, the City and County of Honolulu,and to the overall engineering profession in the State ofHawaii.
To elaborate, Mr. Tamanaha began his engineeringcareer as an aide for the Board of Water Supply. After graduating from theUniversity of Hawaii, College of Engineering’s Department of CivilEngineering in 1966, he joined the U.S. Air Force, serving four years in theAir Force Civil Engineers and earning a Bronze Star for distinguished servicewith the 823rd Civil Engineering Squadron at Bien Hoa Air Base, Vietnam.
Upon retiring from active duty, Mr. Tamanaha returned to Hawaii, and from1970 to 1980, he worked at the City and County of Honolulu, first in theDepartment of Public Works and registering as a Professional Engineer, thenin the Department of Transportation as the District Engineer. During thisperiod, he was also the program manager for federal aid projects and amember of the Subdivision Review Committee.
In 1980, Mr. Tamanaha began a 23-year career with Naval FacilitiesEngineering Command (NAVFAC) as the Supervisory Engineer and DeputyResident Officer In Charge of Construction (ROICC), Marine Corps AirStation Kaneohe. During his 13-year service at Kaneohe, he earned numer-ous (over 36) honors for exceptional service culminating in his selection asNAVFAC’s Pacific Area Engineer of the Year in 1992.
2011 Engineer of the YearSheryl E. Nojima, PhD, PE
Sheryl E. Nojima, PhD, PE has been selected by theHawaii Society of Professional Engineers (HSPE) as therecipient of the 2011 Engineer of the Year award. Shewas nominated by the Hawaii Section of the AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers for her significant contribu-tions to the engineering community in Hawaii.
Dr. Nojima received her Bachelor of Science, Masterof Business Administration, and Doctor of Philosophydegrees from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Shealso attended the University of California at Berkeleywhere she earned a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering. She is alicensed professional engineer in two disciplines - civil engineering in Hawaiiand Oregon, and environmental engineering in Oregon.
Dr. Nojima started her engineering career at M&E Pacific where she wasinvolved in projects throughout Hawaii, Guam, and Okinawa. Over theyears, she has worked in both the private and public sector, including theCity and County of Honolulu, Department of Public Works, and theUniversity of Hawaii, College of Engineering, where she served as AssistantDean from 1995-2000. She is currently President of Gray, Hong, Nojima &Associates, Inc., the state’s only Woman-Owned Small Business consultingcivil engineering firm. In addition to serving as the firm’s managing partner,Dr. Nojima is actively involved in the technical practice as principal-in-chargeof civil/environmental studies, permitting, and civil site work projects. Someof her noteworthy projects include the Waianae Wastewater Treatment PlantModifications, Wai Kaloi at Makakilo, Ewa Nonpotable Water SystemEnvironmental Assessment, Kawa Stream Improvements, and the AirportSewer Rehabilitation/ Reconstruction.
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2011 Young Engineer of the YearDawn Barsana Szewczyk, P.E., M. ASCE
The Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies is proudto announce Ms. Dawn Barsana Szewczyk, P.E., M.ASCE as the recipient of the 2010 Young Engineer/Early Career Award. Ms. Szewczyk was nominated bythe Hawaii Section of the American Society of CivilEngineers (ASCE) for her outstanding contributions toher profession and the community.
Ms. Szewczyk is a graduate of Punahou School andLoyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, whereshe received her Bachelor of Science in CivilEngineering. At LMU, she served as a teaching assistant, a peer coun-selor/mentor, student facility manager, and participated in the ASCE studentchapter, Filipino club, women’s lacrosse team and held various leadershippositions within the LMU’s Hawaii Club.
Ms. Szewczyk has played an active role in various professional societiesand community organizations, including ASCE, the Hawaii WaterEnvironment Association (HWEA) and the Hawaii Section of the AmericanWater Works Association (HI-AWWA). After terms as the section’s Treasurer,Secretary and Vice-President, Ms. Szewczyk currently serves as the ASCEHawaii Section’s President-Elect, and is also the Youth Education Chair forHI-AWWA. Ms. Szewczyk was HI-AWWA’s Annual Conference TechnicalProgram Chair in 2002, 2003 and 2004 and went onto become Trustee At-Large/Annual Conference Co-Chair in 2005 and 2006. In 2006, she receivedthe Outstanding Section Member Award for her service to HI-AWWA. In2005, she also served as the Registration Chair for HWEA’s annual confer-ence and in 2008 was selected to be Annual Conference Co-Chair. For herefforts as Annual Conference Co-Chair, she received a special recognition
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2011 HCES Student Engineer of the Year AwardTravis Hee Wai
The selection committee is honored and humbled toannounce Mr. Travis Hee Wai as the 2011 HCESStudent Engineer of the Year Award. Travis hasdemonstrated a phenomenal academic achievementby maintaining an exceptionally high GPA, an astro-nomical 3.90 overall and a near perfect 3.98 major, andhas been on the College of Engineering Dean’s listevery semester since his matriculation to the ElectricalEngineering Program as a University of Hawaii Regent’sScholarship Recipient in 2007. He is a member of IEEE(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Student Branch. He isscheduled to graduate in May 2011, is a proud graduate of Kalani HighSchool, and planning to attend graduate school.
To briefly summarize some of Travis’ scholastic involvements and achieve-ments, in 2009, he has worked in the Biomedical Sensors Laboratory ondevelopment and testing of biomedical sensors to detect various medicaldiagnostics targets including heart attack, disease, cancer diagnostics, andvirus and bacterial sensing. He led a group of four students in designing, fab-ricating, programming, and testing an efficient micromouse. In 2010, heworked with Dr. James Yee on a Navy communications network projectinvolving a router as an MMPP/M/1 queue, which involved writing scripts tosimulate the queue and calculate performance measures. Finally, he is work-ing on the Infrasound Application Senior Project in collaboration with theUniversity of Hawaii’s Infrasound Laboratory in Kona, HI on analyzing appli-cations of infrasound (low frequency waves) to time-reversed acoustics bydesigning a MATLAB GUI for these analyses. In the midst of these projects,he also works as a research assistant at the University of Hawaii, Department
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EAH February Program 2011Program Chair: Martin McMorrowFeb 4 Speaker: Paul Brewbaker, Principal,TZ Economics.Title: “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow “Popular Paul Brewbaker, noted island economicadviser, will speak on Hawaii’s economic out-look for 2011.
Feb 11 Speaker: Glenn Mason, President,Mason Architects Inc. and Don HibbardPh.D. Title: “Hart Wood - Architect” Mr.Mason and Dr. Hibbard will speak on the worksand ideas of one of Hawaii’s most significantarchitects of the first half of the twentieth centu-ry. They are co-authors of the book, “Hart Wood:Architectural Regionalism in Hawaii, published in2010”. Mr. Mason is an architect specializing inhistoric preservation and Dr. Hibbard, previouslyhead of the State Historic Preservation Division,has written several books about Hawaii’s archi-tectural history.
Feb 18 No Meeting Presidents Day HolidayFeb 25 Speaker: Don Hibbard, Heritage
Specialist, Mason Architects Inc. Title:“Hawaii’s Federal Works of the 1930s” Mr.Hibbard administered the State of Hawaii histori-cal preservation program from 1981 to 2002 andnow is with the team of Mason Architects Inc.His talk will highlight the many projects we passby almost every day in Hawaii. Projects that werethe result of the Federal “back to work programs”of the Great Depression.
Meeting Notes for December 10th 2010Martin McMorrow offered to provide some
humor, but it was pointed out to him that he wasfunny enough without having to tell a joke. Butthis did stop Mac from tell about an old cowboy,who spread a bit of gun powder on all his mealsas method for longevity, which must have helpedhim to live to a ripe old age, but when he died heleft a crater where the crematorium had been.
Speaker: David Mittelstadt, President,eGauge Hawaii.
Topic: “Real time meters; the biggestenergy saver for Hawaii’s homes” Mr.Mittelstadt briefed the EAH membership on theadvantages of monitoring of energy productionand energy usage in homes and business. Hestarted by demonstrated live on-line feed from abusiness’s solar system production. He believesthat by monitoring energy production and usagepeople will be able to reduce and conserve theirenergy usage. Hawaii Cleaner Energy Initiative,which calls for 70% renewable energy by 2070,includes 30% from energy conservation mea-sures. His system also include monitoring ofSolar Thermal system. He has found manyexamples of systems that were installed but werenot working and no one realized because thesystem were not being monitored. He also
believes this energy production date will be use-ful to utilities in managing their production ofelectric as more and more photovoltaic systemsare install on the electric gird.
Meeting Notes for December 17th, 2010Speaker: Soo Stover, Green Energy
Solutions. Topic: “Green Energy Solutions”Solar Soo as she is known, briefed EAH on herefforts to develop renewable projects in Hawaiiand her efforts and problems to get the projectspermitted at the Honolulu Building department.When she first approached the Building depart-ment for a solar hot water heating project at theWaikiki Shore condo on Kalia Street in Waikiki,she was told the building code for the specialdistrict required all roof equipment to be coveredor concealed. Not very good for a solar systemneedless to say. This problem was solved butinstalling the equipment on the roof of the 15story building required the use of a helicopter.Because of the tight location a larger helicoptercould not be used so the lifts had to be sized tothe capacity of the smaller helicopter. This evenmeant reducing the fuel capacity in order toincrease the lifting capacity. The project wasfinanced by the Bank of Hawaii as solar tax cred-it least program. Savings are estimated to be$2,500 to $3,000 per month on the gas bill.Michael Chong’s firm The Chong Group was themechanical engineer on the project. The balanceof the program Ms. Stover discussed ways towork effectively with the Building Department.She suggested making appointments with codereviewers On-line. Installation of Photovoltaichave become somewhat standard so in order inreduce review time the electrical is no longerreviewed, but the electrical installation is inspect-ed by the building inspectors. The recording ofthis program will be posted at the EAH website.
Meeting Notes for January 7th, 2010Speaker: Jeffrey M. Kissel, President &
CEO, The Gas Company. Topic: “Hydrogenfor Hawaii’s Fuel Cell Cars”
Mr. Kissel presented the Gas Company’sconcept to use their existing synthetic naturalgas (SNG) pipeline to distribute hydrogen to fuel-ing stations on Oahu. Currently the SNG mixcontains about 5% hydrogen. The gas companywill increase this to about 12% or higher. Theblended hydrogen in the SNG can be separatedthrough pressure swing absorption technology ateach fuel station. Basically at each station theseparation equipment take the SNG, separatessome of the hydrogen from the gas stream andreturn the remainder back to the gas pipeline.The Gas Company is team with GM to use theChevy Equinox SUV which has been convertedto a fuel cell. About 15 or 20 will be deliveredover the next year. Initially the DOD will get thefirst fuel stations and vehicles. Currently theycould support up to 15,000 vehicles or about7,000 equivalent gasoline gallons per day. Therecording of this program will be posted at theEAH WEB site.
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2011 Engineers Week BanquetSaturday, February 26, 2011DeRussy Hall at the Hale Koa Hotel
5:30 p.m. Cocktails6:30 p.m. Dinner7:15 p.m. Program:
• Presentation of Engineers Week Exhibit Awards.• Presentation of Engineer of the Year, Young Engineer of the Year, HCES
Lifetime Achievement, and Student Engineer of the Year Awards.• Guest Speaker – Wayne Y. Yoshioka, Director of the City and County of
Honolulu Department of Transportation Services will provide a presentationon Honolulu Rail Transit covering project time line, budget/funding, prelimi-nary engineering, transit-oriented development, and its relationship to othertransportation capital improvement projects.
• Installation of 2011 HCES officers.
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Rates are $40.00 per person for registration(s) postmarked on or before February 11, 2011,$50.00 per person for registration(s) postmarked after February 11, 2011, and $30.00 forstudents. Tables will seat 10 people.
HCES has invited special guests to attend the banquet. These guests may include theGovernor, Mayors, State Legislators, Governmental Department Directors, and/or their rep-resentatives.
If you would like to sponsor an invited special guest and their spouse/companion to sit atyour table, please fill in “HCES Special Guest” for two seats in the list below and HCES willassign a special guest and their spouse/companion to your table. Alternatively, if you wouldlike to arrange for your own special guest(s), please include their name(s) in the list below.
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2011 Engineers Week Banquetc/o Derick KamThermal Engineering Corporation512 Kalihi StreetHonolulu, Hawaii 96819
Banquet attire will be aloha wear; military uniforms are not required. Parking will be validat-ed. For further information regarding cancellations and refunds, or if you have any ques-tions, please contact Registration Committee Chair Derick Kam at [email protected],telephone 356-2461.
HCES Pearlridge VEXInvitational Tournament
On February 20, 2011, Engineering Week, upto four Hawaii VEX robotics teams will qualify forthe VEX World Championships to be at WaltDisney World, Orlando, Florida, in April 2011, inthe HCES Pearlridge VEX InvitationalTournament. Eighteen public and private middleand high school teams have designed and pro-grammed robots from a kit of parts to play agame challenge called Roundup. VEX Round Upis played on a 12’x12’ square field. Two alliances– one “red” and one “blue” – composed of twoteams each, compete in matches consisting of atwenty-second autonomous period followed bytwo minutes of driver-controlled play. The objectof the game is to attain a higher score than youropponent alliance by scoring tubes upon goal-posts, owning goalposts and by low hanging orhigh hanging from the ladder. A bonus is award-ed to the alliance that has the most total pointsat the end of the Autonomous Period.
At the conclusion of the seeding rounds (eachteam plays 6 matches), top seeded teams bywin/loss records will select their alliance partnersfor the double elimination tournament that willdetermine the tournament champions. Theaward winning McKinley High Robotics team willbe directing the tournament. In addition, theRadford High Robotics team will be offering thegeneral public the opportunity to make and takea “brushbot,” made from a toothbrush head anda miniature vibrating motor and invite participantsto compete in a BrushBot tournament.VEX schedule: Pearlridge Center Uptown
9:30 a.m.: opening ceremonies9:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: VEX seeding rounds12:30 p.m.: alliance selections1:30-3:00 p.m.: double elimination tourna-ment, awards ceremony
Brushbot schedule:10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: brushbot workshop12:45-1:25 p.m.: brushbot tournamentWhy robotics? It is not about building robots
but developing life skills such as teamwork, prob-lem solving, time management and effectivecommunication. The evidence is compelling thatparticipation in one or more robotics programsfosters career interest in technical fields, in par-ticular, engineering. VEX robotics is one of sixscholastic robotics programs offered in Hawaii(http://www.hawaiiroc.org/). For further informa-tion regarding VEX robotics or brushbots, [email protected] (Art Kimura, Hawaii SpaceGrant Consortium, University of Hawaii atManoa).
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Executive Committee:President: Pearl YamaguchiVice Pres.: Julie HerrSecretary: Rena ChockTreasurer: Ruthsenne GagarinCharter Sec. Rep.: Amy WeintraubAlt. Charter Sec. Rep.: Cody Aihara
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P.O. Box 4135, Honolulu, Hawaii 96812Website: http://www.falea.org
Officers/BoDirectors’ for 2010-2012President: Elvi B. PinedaVP/Pres Elect: Jeoffrey S. CudiamatSecretary: Maritez MarquezTreasurer: Nicolo A. OrenseAss’t Treas: Jojo A. LopezAuditor: Eugene N. CalaraBus. Manager: Suzie S. AgraanPress Rel.Off: Joey G. ResurreccionPast President: John C. RamosHCES Rep: Suzie S. AgraanAlternate: Elvi B. PinedaDirectors: Napoleon Q. Agraan
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HONOLULU POST
SOCIETY OF AMERICANMILITARY ENGINEERSEstablished 1920 --Dedicated to the National Defense
P.O. Box 31218, Honolulu, HI 96817Web page: www.samehonolulu.org
2010-2011 Honolulu Post OfficersPresident COL Mark Bednar, USAFVice Pres,Programs Bryan ZachmeierVice Pres,SustainingMembership Will BoudraVice Pres,Membership Jerry Matsuda, PESecretary CAPT David Stringer, USAFTreasurer LCDR Jorge Cuadros, PE, USNDir at Large, Army COL Lawrence Sansone, USADir at Large, Navy CAPT Paul Fuligni, USNDir at Large,Air Force COL Karl Bosworth, USAFDir at Large,Coast Guard CAPT John Hickey, USCGDir at Large, Civilian James Bersson, PE, US Army
Corps of Engineers
The Society of American Military Engineers,Honolulu Post
& theHawaii Council of Engineering Societies
Cordially invites you to join us for the
2011 ENGINEER’S WEEK KICK-OFF LUNCHEON
Presentation and Speaker:Mr. Jeff Chang, Engineering Program Manager
Airports Division, Department of Tranportation, State of Hawaii
Hale Koa Hotel, Banyan Tree ShowroomTuesday, February 22, 2011 at 11:30 AM
Luncheon Cost: $35.00**$18.75 for Students
PLEASE RSVP BY: Wednesday, 15 FEBRUARY 2011
SEND THIS FORM AND PAYMENT TO:Society of American Military Engineers, Honolulu Post
c/o Eamonn P. KinsellaJ. M. Waller Associates, Inc.155 Kapalulu Place, Unit 104
Honolulu, HI 96819Please make checks payable to: Society of American Military Engineers
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LUNCH: Warrior Buffet*Students please indicate school and program
January Lunch MeetingOn January 11,
2011, SAME mem-bers heard fromRudy Matalucci,PhD, BSCP, PE,USAF Lt. Col(retired), presidentof Rudolph MatalucciConsultants, Inc. Hispresentation focusedon developing pro-tective strategies forcritical military assetspotentially subjectedto malevolent threats.
2011 O‘ahuRegional MATH-COUNTS Competition
We are looking for volunteers to help at the2011 O‘ahu Regional MATHCOUNTSCompetition, which will take place on Saturday,February 19 from 8:30am – 11:00am at the CaseMiddle School at Punahou Schools. If anyone isinterested in participating, please contact IrisTerashima at [email protected].
2011 Engineers Week Kick-Off LuncheonTogether with the Hawaii Council of
Engineering Societies, SAME Honolulu is helpingto coordinate the 2011 Engineers Week Kick-offLuncheon on February 22, 2011 at the Hale KoaHotel. The guest speaker will be Mr. Jeff Chang,who will be discussing the Hawaii AirportsModernization Program. Mr. Chang is theEngineering Program Manager for theEngineering Branch of the Airports Division,Department of Transportation, State of Hawaii.The registration form can be downloadedthrough our website at www.samehonolulu.org.Cost is $35.00 ($18.75 for students).
Keep Abreast of SAME Honolulu NewsWebsite: www.samehonolulu.orgTwitter: www.twitter.com/samehonoluluFacebook: www.facebook.com/pages/SAME-Honolulu/103448323045939
Rudy Matalucciaddresses the audi-ence at the January 11SAME Honolulu Postlunch program.
HIGHLIGHTS BoD MONTHLY MEETING –01-07-11
Committee Reports: FE REFRESHERCOURSE - The Review Course is on schedule.Volunteer instructors to teach the various topicshad been selected. Also, members had beendesignated to assist with refreshments and otheradministrative duties during the sessions. Detailsare on the Website at www.falea.org, or contactJeoffrey @ 358-7111.
INFORMATION & PUBLICATION – HCES RepSuzie Agraan reported that the FALEA SelectionCommittee had made the final selection for theYoung Engineer of the Year Award. FALEA willalso reserve two tables for the Engineers’ WeekBanquet on February 26.
ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT – The GolfCommittee will be busy in the coming weeks get-ting ready for our 4th Annual Scholarship GolfTournament to be held at the Kapolei GolfCourse on April 15.
Next Meeting: 5:30 PM Friday, February 4, atAPB’s.
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WEB SITE www.eng.hawaii.edu/~hspe2010-2011 Officers and DirectorsPresident: Majella Stevenson, P.E.
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During Engineers Week, the Maui Chapter ofthe Hawaii Society of Professional Engineers willput on various events in an effort to increase theunderstanding of and appreciation for the field ofengineering by promoting the vital role engineershave in protecting the health, safety, and welfareof the community. Events include:• Proclamation signing with the Mayor: The
HSPE Maui Chapter board meets with theMayor to sign a Proclamation officially declar-ing Engineers Week in Maui County.
• Engineers Week Promotion: The HSPEMaui Chapter will promote Engineers Week ona local morning radio show.
• Project of the Year: The Project of the Yearcompetition recognizes projects completedduring the 2010 calendar year. The selectedproject is featured in the Maui News and pro-ject entries are exhibited to the public duringEngineers Week.
• HSPE Maui Chapter Scholarship: TheHSPE Maui Chapter offers one $1,000 schol-arship and one $700 scholarship to graduatinghigh school seniors entering accreditedEngineering programs.
• MathCounts Competition: The annualMathCounts competition, being held at MauiWaena Intermediate School on February 12th,is open to all public and private middleschools.
• Introduce a Girl to Engineering: The HSPEMaui Chapter is partnered with the MauiEconomic Development Board’s Women inTechnology Project for the annual Introduce aGirl to Engineering held on Thursday, February24th. The program is designed to expose 7thand 8th grade girls to the field of engineeringand encourage them to become engineers.
• Career Shadowing: The Career Shadowingprogram, being held on Friday, February 25th,will introduce high school juniors to the field ofengineering by visiting an engineering firm’soffice and a project site.
• Engineers’ Week Luncheon: To culminateEngineers Week, a luncheon will be held at
Café O’Lei at the Dunes at Maui Lani onSunday, February 27th, recognizing theMathCounts winners, scholarship recipients,and the Project of the Year winner.
• Math Matters Competition: The annual MathMatters Competition will be held on Saturday,March 5th, at Maui Waena Intermediate School.Public and private elementary schools are invit-ed to participate in individual and team examsand a non-competitive, hands-on activity. On a separate note, the 2011 Mathcounts
competition is upon us. The Big Island, Maui andOahu is having their respective competitions in
February of 2011. The Oahu competition will beheld on Saturday, February 19, 2011 at the CaseMiddle School at Punahou School.
The respective winners from each island willthen meet for the State Mathcounts champi-onship on Oahu at Iolani School on Saturday,March 5, 2011. The State winners will then go onand represent Hawaii on the mainland for theNational Mathcounts competition, in the lateSpring, 2011.
If you are interested in volunteering, or if youshould have any questions, please contact yourlocal HSPE chapters.
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Cold-Formed Steel Engineers InstituteHAWAII CHAPTER98-029 Hekaha St. Unit 23, Aiea, Hawaii 96701Phone: (808) 485-1400 Fax: (808) 485-1500Web Page: www.cfsei.org2010/2011 Officers & Board of DirectorsPresident Jeoffrey Cudiamat, P.E.
[email protected] Pres Dean Doi, P.E.
[email protected] Tim Goshi, P.E. Tel: 791-3966
[email protected] Ethan Okuna, P.E. Tel: 945-0198
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Associationfor theAdvancement ofCost EngineeringHAWAII SECTION
OFFICERS President – Kurt BendlerVice President – Paul BrussowDirector – Amarjit SinghDirector – Maelyn UyeharaPast President – Stephen JacobsonTreasurer – Guia LasqueteSecretary – Kevin Mitchell
Po Box 12204 Honolulu, HI 96828Website: www.eaauh.orgOFFICERS AND DIRECTORS 2009-2010President: Matt Fujioka 836-1900Vice Pres: Kyle YukumotoSecretary: Nelson PascuaTreasurer: Dayna NemotoDirectors: Lloyd Lee
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[email protected] President Wesley Segawa 935-4677
[email protected] Grant Okunaga 488-7579
[email protected] Danny Fujioka 536-2626
[email protected] Les Kempers 682-6000
[email protected] Kimo Scott 671-2886
[email protected] Aaron Erickson 591-2728
[email protected] Linda Moran 676-1963
[email protected] President Ron Iwamoto 486-5202
HIGHLIGHTS OF BOD MEETINGJanuary 5, 2011
Committee Reports:General Membership Meetings/Technical
Seminars/Events:– ATC Disaster Seminar has been rescheduled
to Feb. 28, 2011 at the Pagoda Hotel. Thisevent will be sponsored by NAVFAC Hawaii.
– Joint MIH/CCPI Special Inspection ofStructural Masonry Construction is scheduledfor Feb. 4, 2011 at the Pearl Country Club. The following seminars are anticipated to be
presented in 2011:– Pre-Engineered Metal Buildings (1/2 day sem-
inar) – Pre-Engineered Wood Trusses (lunch-time
seminar)– Structural Steel Corrosion Coatings (lunch-
time seminar)
Building Code Committee: – Hawaii County Code Update: The County
Department of Public Works has upcomingpublic meetings in February on the proposedchanges to the County’s Building Code (Bill270). A SEAOH representative will be in atten-dance.
Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies(HCES):– Engineers Week – February 20 to 26, 2011.
Go to the HCES website for more informationregarding Engineers’ Week events. KickoffLuncheon will be held on February 22 and theRobotics Event and Awards Banquet will be onFebruary 26. Exhibits will be at Pearl RidgeShopping Center.
Other Business:– Hawaii County Pre-engineered Truss Submittal
Requirements: SEAOH Board will issue a posi-tion letter in response to the CountyDepartment of Public Works, BuildingDivision’s new policy of requiring that the struc-tural engineer or architect of record accept fullresponsibility for the design, constructionobservation and installation of pre-engineeredtrusses.
– Possible venues for this year’s annual conven-
tion include the Turtle Bay Resort and theMakaha Resort.New Member Applications: New member
application from Jennifer Abayon (MKEAssociates) for grade of Allied Member wasreceived and is open for comments from themembership. Her application will be voted on atthe March 2011 board meeting. Please notifyany SEAOH officer prior to the March 2011 boardmeeting if you wish to comment on this prospec-tive member.
Missing Members: Please contactMembership Chairperson, Jiabao Chen (Ph:791-3945 or email [email protected]), or anyof the SEAOH officers if you have a new mailingand/or email address.
The next SEAOH Board of Directors andOfficers meeting will be held on Wednesday,February 2, 2011. Location and time to be deter-mined. Contact SEAOH President Brian Ide (536-2108, [email protected]) for more informa-tion.
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2010-2011 OFFICERSOffice Name PhonePresident Roger Babcock 956-7298
email: [email protected] Dawn Barsana-Szewczyk 943-1133
email: [email protected] Ian Arakaki 596-7790
email: [email protected] Brian Enomoto 388-5559
email: [email protected] Glenn MiyasatoPast President Jeff Kalani 596-2928
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Hawaii Section — Younger Member ForumWeb site: http://www.ascehawaii.org/ymf.html
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Vice-President: Javis Carino [email protected]
Secretary: Jason Sugibayashi [email protected]
Treasurer: Lara Karamatsu [email protected]
Past President: Troy Ching [email protected]
Moanalua Elementary School JuniorEngineering NightBy Kit Ieong, Outreach Chair
The ASCE Younger Member Forum participat-ed and hosted an activity at the MoanaluaElementary School Junior Engineering Night onDecember 8, 2010. The event was organized byDeAnna Hayashi of Austin, Tsutsumi &Associates, Inc.(ATA), and sponsored by theMoanalua Elementary School PTO, ATA, andKoga Engineering & Construction Inc. About 200students and 200 parents participated in theevent.
YMF hosted a paper rocket activity at theevent. Students were asked to construct a smallpaper rocket using a sheet of paper, a roundpencil, scissors, and tape. After the rockets wereconstructed, students were asked to launchthem by blowing air through the drinking straw.
Students and Parents listening to the event introduction. Students launching their paper rockets.
Thanks to (from let to right): Jason Sugibayahi, Eric Arakawa, LisaTakushi, Karen Chongue, Kit Ieong, and Cliff Yim for their time andhelp to make this event a very successful one.
Karen Chongue, YMF member, assisted students with the paperrocket construction.
ENGINEERS WEEK – FEBRUARY 20 – 26, 2011There will be no dinner meeting in February
due to Engineers Week activities. Please attendthe Engineers Week Kickoff Luncheon onTuesday February 22nd at 11:30 AM at the HaleKoa Hotel, Banyan Tree Showroom and theEngineers Week Banquet on Saturday February26th at 5:30 PM at DeRussy Hall at the Hale KoaHotel. See this month’s Wiliki for complete regis-tration information, or see our website atwww.ascehawaii.org; deadline for KickoffLuncheon is February 15th, and deadline forBanquet is February 11th).
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGLast held: January 14, 2011Next Meeting: February 18, 2011
HAWAII SECTION MEMBERS WIN AWARDSCongratulations to ASCE Hawaii Section
Members Sheryl Nojima and Dawn Szewczykwho have been chosen to receive the 2011Engineer of the Year and Young Engineer of theYear Awards, respectively. They will be honoredat the Engineers Week Banquet on SaturdayFebruary 26th (see registration info above).
CONTINUING EDUCATIONASCE National holds more than 275 seminars
and computer workshops each year on a widevariety of technical, management, and regulatorytopics. These seminars are held in more than 45cities across the U.S. In addition, ASCE offerscustomized on-site training and many distancelearning programs, including live interactiveweb/teleconference seminars, online coursesand courses on CD, videotape, and audiotape.Please visit www.asce.org/conted/ for completedetails.
ASCE HAWAII SECTION STUDENTSCHOLARSHIPS
Please help us increase our scholarshipendowment so that we can recognize thosedeserving students. We continue to accepttax-deductible donations with the goal of increas-ing the annual scholarships. Make your checkpayable to ‘ASCE Hawaii Section’ and mail toASCE Scholarship Committee, P.O. Box 917,Honolulu, HI 96808. If you have any questions,please contact Jeff Kalani at 754-5501, [email protected].
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KNOW YOUR ASCE HISTORYby C.S. Papacostas
“RED, WHITE AND BLUE ELEPHANT”Those among you who have been following
this series of articles will recall that three monthsago (in November 2010) I discussed the dedica-tion on February 23, 1973 of Holmes Hall, the“new” engineering building on the Manoa cam-pus of the University of Hawai`i. It was an install-ment of my short history of the College since itsinception around the turn of the 20th century.Retired Dean W. J. Holmes, who was also noneother than the famous novelist Alec Hudson, wasin attendance at the dedication of the buildingthat bears his name.
In December, I took a slight detour to answer aquestion posed by civil engineering alumnusGarret Fong of the U.S. Navy who wanted toknow about the sculpture that is placed on thebuilding’s lawn. The interest generated by my firstnote on Alexander Liberman’s “Gate of Hope”necessitated a follow-up explanation in Januaryof this year.
My readers’ as well as my interest and curios-ity about the sculptural piece notwithstanding, Iwelcomed the respite that this diversion affordedme because, at that exact time, I had discoveredamong my papers a copy of a letter to the editorin the Sept. 3, 1973, issue of the HonoluluAdvertiser that carried the innocuous title“Engineering Building,” the contents of whichwere, to put it mildly, puzzling.
The letter was authored by Richard M. Fand,Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and beganthus:
“Your reporter, Jane Evinger, has done thepeople of Hawaii a service by exposing the grosswaste associated with the design, constructionand utilization of the new multimillion dollar engi-neering building at the University of Hawaii,Holmes Hall. Only by such exposure can theforces of public opinion be mobilized to preventthe repetition of such waste in the future.”
The letter continued by laying the blame forthis alleged poor state of affairs squarely on theshoulders of John W. Shupe, the college deanwho succeeded Holmes in 1965. It also made anoblique reference to a “critical report issued in1971 by a national accrediting committee.”
September 1973, by the way, was only abouta month after I arrived in Hawai`i. I was assigned,on a temporary basis, the office of structuralengineering professor Harold S. Hamada whowas on sabbatical at the time, Room 381 to bespecific, which is now occupied by anotherstructural engineering professor, Ian N.Robertson. Not being aware of the newness ofHolmes Hall, I recall how I admired the excellentcondition in which the building was kept! But Ialso wondered why I was not given an office ofmy own from the start.
The answer to my quandary was implied in theletter to the editor by Prof. Fand that I have dis-covered so many years since it was written in1973. For my convenience, it seems, it specifiedthe publication date of the subject newspaperarticle as being August 25 of that year.
I think you can easily imagine my great surprisewhen I rolled the microfilm reader display to theheadline “Holmes Hall’s price tag continues torise.” A photograph of the building taken fromDole Street at an angle that put the “Gate ofHope” in the foreground accompanied the articleby the “Advertiser University Writer” who started:
“Holmes Hall, the University of Hawaii’s newengineering building, has been dubbed ‘the red,
white and blue elephant’ by one campus wit -and he wasn’t referring only to its color scheme.Occupied for a year, the building is the mostexpensive on the Manoa campus. It cost$8,938,980, including equipment... Holmes isnot only the most expensive, but also the largestbuilding on campus in terms of gross square feet.It has 206,761 of them. But because of the build-ing’s design, which features wide lanais, only 43per cent of the space is assignable. That is thelowest percentage on campus.”
With respect to the assignable space, it con-tinues with “Holmes has only six classrooms,most of them small, so that engineering studentsmust attend classes in other buildings. It has onlyenough offices for about half of the engineeringfaculty.”
Aha! Here lies the reason why I, as a newlyarrived faculty member, was not assigned anoffice of my own!
An explanation of this situation attributed toDean Shupe was the fact that “when the newengineering facilities were being planned in 1965,Holmes Hall was designed to house the engi-neering laboratories and the administrativeoffices of the college and its departments. PhaseII, adjacent to it, was to have been almost aslarge as Holmes, and was to house classrooms,an auditorium, and faculty offices.”
Shupe indicated that Phase II was postponedindefinitely because of budgetary restrictions,but, contrary to the opinion of some facultymembers, he expressed the hope that, although“dead for at least the next 10 years,” the com-pletion of Phase II was a real possibility.
The critical accreditation report mentioned inProf. Fand’s letter to the editor was indeed issuedby the Engineers’ Council for ProfessionalDevelopment (ECPD), the predecessor of today’sAccreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET). The following excerpt, whichwas released by University President HarlanCleveland, appeared in the Dec. 9, 1973 editionof the same newspaper:
“In each department it was found that the fac-ulty is composed of high quality individuals, but itappears that these individuals seem unable towork together toward common goals under pre-sent conditions.”
My guess is that the severity of the budgetcuts must have contributed to the strained inter-personal relationships observed by the visitingteam of evaluators, as they always do!
Nevertheless, lest reality be misconstrued,despite the critical nature of the evaluators’report, none of the College’s departments hasever lost its accredited status.
Do you know of a civil engineering accom-plishment or event that your fellow ASCE members might find interesting? Please send abrief description to C.S. Papacostas (fax 956-5014, email [email protected]).Previous articles in the series may be found at theSection’s web site. Just point your browser tohttp://www.ascehawaii.org.
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2010-2011 BOARDExecutive Committee (Officers)President: Michael ChangPres-elect: Paul ScottVice Pres: Kevin Saito, P.E.Secretary: Barry Jim On, P.E.Treasurer: Paul Fukunaga, P.E.
Board of Governors (Members)Albert Hahn, P.E. (Immediate Past Pres)Blake Araki, P.E.Donna KishiMelek Yalcintas, PhD, P.E.Scott La BeauWilliam Lee, P.E.
Standing Committee (Chairpersons)Attendance & Reception: John LauChapter Technology Transfer: Paul ScottChapter Programs: Blake Araki, P.E.Governmental Affairs: Barry Jim On, P.E.Refrigeration: Scott La BeauTechnology: Herman SiuEnergy Awards: William Lee, P.E.Historical: Joseph K. Ting, P.E.Membership Promotions: Roland SuzukiNewsletter Editor: Kevin Saito, P.E.Research Promotions: Archibald MakatiniProduct Show: Donna KishiTechnical Seminar: Melek Yalcintas, PhD, P.E.Student Activities: Alayna ShimaYoung Engineers of ASHRAE (YEA): Brandon MaedaWebmaster: Mark Yamamoto, P.E.
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ASME-HI 2010-2011 OfficersChairperson Derek Sato 543-4108
[email protected] Derick Kam 848-6966
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[email protected] Samuel S. Dannaway, P.E. 526-9019
NEXT ASME-HAWAII SECTION GENERALMEETINGDate: March 15, 2011Time: 5:30 pm to 7:00 pmPlace: Hawaiian Electric Ward Avenue
CafeteriaAgenda:To Be Announced on ASME-HI’s web-
site.Members and guests are invited. There will be
free pizza and soft drinks as usual. Please con-tact Derek Sato or Kory Ikeda for directions andfor more information, such as parking.
BALLOTS & SURVEYS FOR 2011The voting for 2011-2012 Officers began with
email notifications to use SurveyMonkey.com formembers with an email address and with paperballots sent out via the US Post Office for mem-bers not providing an email address. The annual
membership survey was attached. The nomineesare Derek Sato, Chairman; Derick Kam, Vice-Chairman; Kevin Dang, Treasurer; Kory Ikeda,Secretary; and for Directors, James Grogan (oneyear term), Ronald Flegal (two year term), andRaymond Liu (two year term). This is the firstelection to increase the number of directors fromtwo to four. The deadline for ballots and surveysis February 28, 2011.
MATHCOUNTS 2011Ed Chang/ASME-HI reports that recruiting for
proctors and scorers for the MATHCOUNTSOahu Chapter competition ended shortly afterthe call for volunteers went out. More than a hun-dred volunteers responded to help proctor andscore the Oahu Chapter Competition onFebruary 19, 2011, which will be held atPunahou School after many years atKamehameha Schools. Most of the volunteersare from HECO, Army Corps of Engineers,SAME, and ASCE. Volunteers for the StateCompetition on March 5, 2011 at Iolani Schoolare still needed.
As a product of Hawaii’s public school system,Dr. Nojima is proud to serve as a member of theDepartment of Education’s Office of SchoolFacilities & Support Services Advisory Council,chairing the Committee on CapitalImprovements. And although she left her almamater, the University of Hawaii, in 2000, Dr.Nojima continues close ties with the College ofEngineering. She has served as a member of theDepartment of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering’s Industrial Advisory Committeesince 2002, as well as the Dean’s AdvisoryCouncil since 2007. In addition, she has made ita priority to get back into the classroom at leastonce a year during the spring semester, assistingProf. Roger Babcock as a mentor and lecturer inthe Civil and Environmental Engineering seniordesign course.
Within the professional community, Dr. Nojimais currently President of the American Council ofEngineering Companies of Hawaii (ACECH). Shehas been a member of the organization’s Boardof Directors since 2004, chairing the Departmentof Education (DOE) Liaison Committee. Amongher significant contributions was lobbying for leg-islation to amend standard contract termsremoving the design professional’s duty todefend the state. She subsequently worked withthe DOE in becoming the one of the first state
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agencies to remove this onerous condition.Dr. Nojima was also actively involved with the
Honolulu Chapter of HSPE, serving as presidentfrom 2001 to 2003. Through HPSE she volun-teered as a supporter of the MATHCOUNTS®Competition for middle school students – assist-ing with scoring, coordinating registration, andpresenting topics on engineering education forcoach’s sessions. She worked with other officersof HSPE to establish the HSPE EducationalFoundation which provides tax-exempt financialsupport in the education of Hawaii’s future engi-neers through college scholarships, theFundamentals of Engineering exam reimburse-ment program, and the MATHCOUNTS®Competition. In 2004 she was elected as VicePresident of the founding Board of Directors andthen as President from 2006 to 2008.
Dr. Nojima and her husband Mike are theproud parents of daughter Alison, a junior in civilengineering at Santa Clara University, and sonAaron, a junior at Iolani School. She has volun-teered much of her spare time in the community- chairing various committees for the IolaniOhana, serving as team mom for a number ofIolani basketball and volleyball teams, workingweekends at the Kalakaua Basketball Clinic con-cession, and participating in the Manoa ValleyChurch prison ministry group.
The Hawaii Society of Professional Engineersis proud to present the 2011 Engineer of the YearAward to Sheryl E. Nojima, PhD, PE. Please joinus to acknowledge Ms. Nojima at the 2011HCES dinner awards banquet on February 26,2011 at the Hale Koa Hotel.
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In 1985, Lieutenant Colonel Tamanaha wasselected to be the first Commander of the 945thCivil Engineer Squadron. Following his highly suc-cessful command tour, he was assigned to U.S.Pacific Command, where he performed strategicfacilities planning and was instrumental in the plan-ning and design of the new Pacific Commandheadquarters facility. He retired in 1993.
In 1995, Mr. Tamanaha was selected to be theSupervisory Engineer and Deputy ROICC, MiddlePacific, at the time the largest NAVFAC field officein the world, with a staff of nearly 100 engineers,construction managers, and contract specialist.Under his superb leadership and technical acu-men, ROICC MidPac oversaw the constructionof $5 billion of projects, including the Ford IslandBridge, U.S. Pacific Command HeadquartersBuilding, relocation support facilities for PatrolWing TWO from NAS Barbers Point to MCBHawaii, the recapitalization of one thousand Navyhomes, and the clean-up of Kahoolawe island.
Throughout his distinguished career, Mr.Tamanaha has made a profound impact withinHawaii’s engineering community. An inspiringand patient mentor of the young engineers in thecharge, he has influenced the early careers ofhundreds of City and County, Air Force, NAVFACcivilians, and Civil Engineer Corps officers, manywho still fondly recall his sage advice, “can do”attitude, and vast engineering knowledge.
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award and was inducted into the organization’s“Select Society of Sanitary Sludge Shovelers”.
Ms. Szewczyk is currently in the midst of com-pleting her 9-month term as a fellow of the pres-tigious Pacific Century Fellows Program, whichwas established by Mufi Hannemann in 1996 andis based on the White House Fellows Program.The program seeks to develop and provide col-laboration amongst Hawaii’s young leaders whoare envisioned to shape Hawaii’s future. Ms.Szewczyk is also volunteers for various educa-tional programs and activities, including servingas mentor for Punahou School’s innovative Pu’eoProgram (founded to identify students in the pub-lic school system with high academic potential,but low economic opportunity, and motivate andprepare them to enter and ultimately completecollege) and Student Global Leadership Initiative(aimed at developing a community of internation-al youth leaders focused on developing collabo-rative solutions to shared global challenges).
Ms. Szewczyk has over 12 years of profes-sional Civil and Environmental Engineering expe-rience in California and Hawaii. From 1998 to2000, she worked as a junior engineer for PSO-MAS (a land development firm in Los Angeles)where she provided assistance in the planningand design development of site civil utilities andinfrastructure for various master-planned com-munities ranging from 500 to 12,000 acres insize. She then went on to work as assistantengineer for the City of Palos Verdes Estates.There she served directly under the Director ofPlanning and Public Works and prepared staffreports and recommendations for presentation tothe City Planning Commission and City Council.
In 2000, she made her way home to theislands and went on to work for CH2MHILL, aunion that would last 10 years. She served as aengineer, design manager and assistant projectmanager on a variety of projects for multipleclients in Washington, Oahu and Maui, and wasprivileged to work on a wide variety of potablewater and wastewater research and design pro-jects. Because of her versatility, competence,organization, and hard work, Ms. Szewczyk wasable to enjoy many successes and accomplish-ments during the early portion of her career. Hertime at CH2MHILL culminated in her role asdesign manager for the Hawaii Department ofEducation’s Large Capacity CesspoolClosure/Conversion Project; an $87M design-
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build project, which achieved closure or conver-sion of 320 large-capacity cesspools distributedthroughout 49 schools on Oahu, Maui, Kauai,Molokai and Hawai’i. Outside of work, she tookthe lead in coordinating numerous office and out-reach events which included initiating engineer-ing-related activities with public elementaryschools, speaking to high school and collegestudents about the engineering profession andsharing her personal experiences as an engineer.She also became a founding member for a localbranch of the company’s internal “Women’sNetwork” which aims to help empower andencourage women in the workplace in seekingprofessional development opportunities toadvance their careers.
In August of 2010, Ms. Szewczyk moved ontowork with the Naval Facilities EngineeringCommand, Pacific (NAVFAC PAC), as an envi-ronmental engineer with the Guam ProgramManagement Office, Public Works/Utilities. Sheparticipates in the planning and development ofprojects associated with the Guam Buildup, esti-mated to be one of the largest military construc-tion projects in United States history. Projectedbudgets for utility-related infrastructure projectsto support the Marine relocation from Okinawa toGuam will exceed $1B.
In her personal life, she is a loving wife to hus-band, Michael, and proud mother to 2 sons,Kainalu (4) and La’akea (2). In whatever free timeremains, she serves as Room Mother forKainalu’s Preschool class at St. Clement’s Schooland volunteers for numerous school and churchevents. She enjoys paddling (has crossed theKaiwi channel once) and golf.
Ms. Szewczyk’s diverse engineering skills andexperience, work ethic, leadership qualities, ded-ication to the engineering profession and pas-sionate desire to help others make her a well-deserving recipient of this year’s award. We areindeed fortunate to have Ms. Szewczyk repre-senting us in the local community, as well as theengineering industry. Congratulations to Ms.Dawn Barsana Szewczyk, P.E., 2011 HCESYoung Engineer of the Year.
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Sato & Associates, Inc.HONOLULU MAUI2046 South King Street 2115 Wells StreetHonolulu, HI 96826 Wailuku, HI 96793Tel: (808) 955-4441 Tel: (808) 244-9265Fax: (808) 942-2027 Fax: (808) 244-5303
CONSULTING ENGINEERS • CIVIL & STRUCTURAL
NEWCOMER - LEELAND SURVEYORS, INC.
1498 Lower Main Street, Suite “D”Wailuku, HI 96793-1937
Tel: (808) 244-8889Fax: (808) 244-8422
NAKAMURA, OYAMAand ASSOCIATES, INC.
CONSULTING ENGINEERSELECTRICAL/TELECOMMUNICATIONS/FIRE PROTECTION
1314 South King St., Suite 401Honolulu, Hawaii 96814-1939
Telephone (808) 591-8887 Fax (808) 596-2383
HIDA, OKAMOTO & ASSOCIATES, INC.CONSULTING CIVIL ENGINEERS
PACIFIC GUARDIAN TOWER 1440 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1120Honolulu, Hawaii 96814Phone: (808) 942-0066Fax: (808) 947-7546
FUKUNAGA & ASSOCIATES, INC.1357 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 1530Honolulu, HI 96814Ph: 944-1821 • Fax: [email protected]
Professional Directory
Y. Ebisu & AssociatesAcoustical and Electronic Engineers
1126 12th Avenue, Room 305Honolulu, Hawaii 96816
(808) 735-1634
HAWAII COUNCIL OFENGINEERING SOCIETIESP.O. Box 2873Honolulu, Hawaii 96802
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U.S. Postage PaidHonolulu, HawaiiPermit No. 9434
Akira Usami, P.E.Territory Sales Manager, Kapolei facility91-300 Hanua StreetPhone: (808) 682-5747Fax: (808) 682-2928www.dietrichmetalframing.comwww.dietrichsteeljoist.com
Engineering Concepts, Inc.Civil /Environmental /Sanitary Engineers
1150 South King Street, Suite 700 • Honolulu, Hawaii 96814Phone: (808) 591-8820 • Fax (808) 591-9010
Email: [email protected]
91-059 Hanua StreetKapolei, Hawaii 96707Office: (808) 673-2310Fax: (808) 673-3355
Pacific GeotechnicalEngineers, Inc.
Soils & Foundation Engineering Consultants94-417 Akoki Street
Waipahu, Hawaii 96797(808) 678-8024 FAX (808) 678-8722E-mail: [email protected]
NAGAMINE OKAWA ENGINEERS INC.CONSULTING STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
1003 Bishop Street • Suite 2025Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Phone: (808) 536-2626 • FAX: (808) 536-3926
INABA ENGINEERING, INC.273 WAIANUENUE AVENUEHILO, HAWAII 96720
Phone: (808) 961-3727 / Fax: (808) 935-8033Civil Engineering • Structural Engineering
Land Surveying
SAM O. HIROTA, INC.Engineers & Surveyors
864 S. Beretania StreetHonolulu, Hawaii 96813
Telephone: 537-9971
GEOLABS, INC.Geotechnical Engineering and Drilling Services
2006 Kalihi StreetHonolulu, Hawaii 96819
Phone: 841-5064 Fax: 847-1749
ENVIRONMENTAL • GEOTECHNICAL • HYDROGEOLOGICALCONSULTANTS
98-021 Kamehameha Highway, Suite 337Aiea, Hawaii 96701-4914Phone 808 484-5366 • Fax 808 484-0007
MASA FUJIOKA & ASSOC.A PROFESSIONAL PARTNERSHIP
MFA
FewellGeotechnical
Engineering, ltd.OAHU: 96-1416 Waihona Place • Pearl City, Hawaii 96782-1973
(808) 455-6569 • FAX (808) 456-7062MAUI: (808) 873-0110 FAX (808) 873-0906
Esaki Surveying and Mapping, Inc.Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii
Ph. (808) 246-0625 • Fax (808) [email protected]
ENGINEERS • SURVEYORSEstablished 1979
ESMENGINEERS-SURVEYORS HAWAII, INC.
(FORMERLY WILLIAM HEE & ASSOCIATES, INC.)
1320 NORTH SCHOOL STREETHONOLULU, HAWAII 96817
Phone: 591-8116
Cost and Project Management Services(808) 947-4525
www.cummingcorporation.com
Maui – Honolulu brownandcaldwell.com
1132 Bishop Street • Suite 1003Honolulu, Hawaii 96813-2830
Phone: (808) 524-3771 • Fax: (808) 538-0445Website: www.hdrinc.com