VOL. 51 NO. 11 SERVING 2000 ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS JANUARY, 2016

2016 ENGINEERS WEEK BANQUETSaturday, February 27, 2016Grand Ballroom at Koolau Ballrooms & Conference Center

Robbie Alm“Where in the World Is Hawaii Headed?”

Robbie Alm is the President of the CollaborativeLeaders Network (CLN), an Omidyar Family Enterpriseinitiative designed to encourage more productive com-munity dialog and decision-making.

Most recently, he was Executive Vice President ofHawaiian Electric responsible, among other things, forthe transition of the Company to a clean energy future.Prior to joining Hawaiian Electric, he was an ExecutiveVice President at First Hawaiian Bank, and Director of State Departmentof Commerce and Consumer Affairs; and worked for U.S. Senator DanielK. Inouye.

He is active in the community and is Chair of PBS Hawaii and ofEnterprise Honolulu; and serves on the Boards of Helping Hands Hawaii,Friends of Iolani Palace, Hawaii Institute for Public Affairs, and PacificLinks Hawaii Foundation, among others. Robbie teaches a graduatecourse on leadership in the Public Administration Program at theUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa.

Robbie is a graduate of University High School, University of Hawaii(B.A.) and the University of Iowa School of Law (J.D.). He and his wifeCindy (an attorney and mediator) have two daughters, Kristin and Rachel.

Please reserve your space at the Engineers Week Banquet by sendingin the reservation form found on page 3.

2016 ENGINEERS WEEK KICK-OFF LUNCHEONTuesday, February 23, 2016, 11:30 amHale Koa Hotel, Banyan Tree Showroom

Peter E. Crouch, DeanUH Manoa College of Engineering“Re-engineering for a Sustainable Future”

Peter Crouch has been the Dean of the University ofHawaii at Manoa, College of Engineering since July2006.  He has worked with other Colleges at UHManoa developing joint programs and helped theCollege win a University wide grant to start a renew-able energy center with other Colleges.  The Collegehas worked extensively with other units in theUniversity of Hawai‘i including the CommunityColleges to promote STEM education pathways, and inparticular transfers into the College of Engineering.  He helped theCollege win funding at over $1 Million a year for four years, from the Stateof Hawai‘i to support K-12 STEM education. 

Dean Crouch believes it is important for the College to build on existingstrengths to create programs that deal with the challenges that theislands now face. These include building and maintaining renewableenergy sources, providing clean drinking water, mitigating the effects ofsea level rise associated with global warming and becoming resourcefulre-cyclers and re-manufacturers, minimizing the need for import of goodsthat sustain the Hawai’i economy, and helping maintain a pristine Hawai’ienvironment. Graduates of his College are employed throughout theState to manage all aspects of its environment, including its buildings,roads, harbors and sea defenses, and water and waste systems. It isimportant that Hawaii retains capacity in these areas to continually ser-vice Hawai’i’s future growth.

Please reserve your space at the Engineers Week Kick-off Luncheonby sending in the reservation form found on page 4.

HCES VEX and VEX IQ Skills ChallengeFebruary 21, 2016, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm.Pearlridge Uptown

Engineers Week is celebrating 65 years! This year’s E-Week will be kicking off with a fun-filled

Vex Robotics/VEX IQ Skills Only Challenge and HawaiiCouncil of Engineering Societies outreach event atPearlridge Uptown on Sunday, February 21, 2016, from10am-2pm.

Everyone is invited to cheer on the teams as they viefor a chance to go to the 2016 VEX Worlds in Louisville,Kentucky. Worlds is truly an international event withevents held in English, Spanish, and Mandarin.

In the Pearlridge event (http://www.robotevents.com/re-vrc-16-4301.html), middle school and elemen-tary school teams will test their robots in a solo event ina bid to rack up the most points possible. Scores willbe uploaded to the world-wide VEX database and theonly top 30 teams in each division internationally willadvance to Worlds.

Looking to learn more about different engineeringfields? HCES will be hosting an outreach event from10am-3pm with hands-on activities and displays. Learnhow Engineers Make a World of Difference! Stop byall the booths and get your “passport” filled for achance to win awesome prizes.

If you or your company would like to participate inthis event, please email Kristen Yoshida atsecretary@hces.us.

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2014-2015 OFFICERSChair: Les Kempers Chair-elect: Stephanie DoanSecretary: Kristen YoshidaTreasurer: Joanne HiramatsuSOC Representative AlternateAACE J. UnoACECH K. KawaharaAPWA J. Hiramatsu ASCE G. Miyasato B. RasaASHRAE P. ScottASME D. Kam D. SatoCMAA T. BramsenEAH H. WiigFALEA F.T. Cruzata HSPE M. Stevenson K. KunimineIEEE G. TorigoeITE W. YamamotoSAME B. ZachmeierSEAOH D. SakamotoSFPE S. DannawaySWE C. JowUHM CoE S.K. Choi

2016 ASHRAE Hawaii Chapter MeetingsJanuary 14, Chapter Meeting - Main

Presentation on Federal South Center Building- Charles Chaloeicheep, P.E.

February 11, Chapter Meeting -ASHRAE  Distinguished Lecturer  -Commissioning - Todd Rindlisbaker, P.E.

March 10, Chapter Meeting - ASHRAEDistinguished Lecturer - Stratified AirVentilation Systems - Dr Kishor Khankan

April 14, TECHNICAL SEMINAR - ChillerPlant Controls Series by ASHRAE - FeaturedSpeaker - Steve Taylor, P.E.

May 12, Chapter Meeting -  Student ProjectPresentation by University of Hawaii, ManoaME471 Students

June 9, Installation of 2016-17 Officers elect-ed and appointed for ensuing ASHRAE Societyyear.

Hawaii Section Officers 2015-2016President Donna KishiPres-Elect Dean Borges, PEVice Pres Kevin Luoma, PESecretary Mofazzal Mir, PETreasurer Willie DigucBd of Governors William (Bill) Lee, PE Lori Arakawa, PE Ryan Chang, PE Andrew Crossland, PE Rudolph J. Ritter Matthew Tio

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

NEXT ASME-HAWAII SECTION GENERALMEMBERSHIP MEETINGDate: January 27, 2016Time: 5:30 pm to 7:00 pmPlace: HECO Ward Ave Cafeteria

Conference RoomAgenda: Speaker – Christopher Ugale,Director, Maryknoll School MX ScholarProgram. This is a new high school program inHawaii that prepares students earlier for alltypes of engineering careers and strengthenthe local workforce pipeline. This STEM andAerospace program offers a full-time immer-sive high school curriculum focused on engi-neering that is modeled after successful main-land academies and brings a new kind ofaccelerated learning to our state.

Maryknoll School developed the MX pro-gram by working closely with STEM profession-als. Leading defense engineering firm BAESystems helped to develop the curriculum.Other partners who will be involved in provid-ing mentors, internships and other opportuni-ties for students include Structural Systems,Inc., Mitsunaga & Associates, Inc., and FungAssociates, Inc.

All members are invited and encouraged toattend our meetings. There are always lots offree pizza and soft drinks. Please contactChairman Derek Sato or Ed Chang for direc-tions and for more information, such as parkingwithin Hawaiian Electric’s Ward Avenue facili-ties.

ASME STUDENT CHAPTER PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING LUNCH

We attended the November 22, 2015Professional Networking Lunch held in the HaleKoa Hotel Laulima 3-4 Ballrooms. The StudentChapter organizes these sessions to provideprofessional development and networkingopportunities for their members. Professionals

from the local engineering industry are invitedto interact with the students to network and pro-vide insight of professionals in industry. Thecost is nominal being supplemented by theproceeds from Student Chapter fund raisingactivities.

The atmosphere is very professional, and theprogram is fun for student and professionalallowing the attending engineers to meet asmany students as possible, answer questions,and pass on their experiences as engineers.The students are interested in what you have tosay making your attendance rewarding.

Future Professional Networking Lunches areplanned for once a year so there are fewerchances you meeting the same students if youparticipated annually. If you have not attendedone of these networking lunches, you shouldthink about attending the next one.

ME DEPARTMENT ABET VISIT LUNCHEONSeveral ASME-HI members are UHM

Department of Mechanical Engineering (DME)Industry Advisory Board (IAB) members. OnNovember 23, 2015, we attended the ABETVisit Luncheon at the UH Manoa CampusCenter Executive Dining Room to meet theDME’s ABET Program Evaluator. This was thefinal IAB meeting for the DME ABET Re-Accreditation process for its BSME accredita-tion.

According to Dr. Mehrdad N. GhasemiNejhad, DME Department Chair, based on theABET process completed; the DME did well onseven out of eight ABET Criteria. For the eighthInstitutional Support criterion, a “Weakness”rating was received. This rating means there is“lack of strength for compliance” due to a lackof support by the University administration.ABET noted that the DME and program hashad exceptional growth of student enrollmentof over 65% from the last ABET visit inNovember 2009 to Fall 2015 increasing the stu-dent-to-faculty ratio in ME from about 21 in2009 to about 30 in 2015, without the propor-tional increase in Institutional Support in thethree areas of Faculty, Space, and Equipmentand Facility Replacement Funds. The MEenrollment is the highest in the College ofEngineering, and note that the average stu-dent-to-faculty ratio for UH Manoa is 15. TheDME enrollment and program has grown largerthan other departments in the College andhave to work with less faculty and less space.

The University will have until end of theSpring 2016 semester to address and resolvethe issues of Weaknesses, and communicateto ABET to remove the Institutional SupportWeakness rating.

The AmericanSociety of

Mechanical Engineers

www.asme-hi.com

ASME-HI 2015-2016 OfficersChairperson Derek Sato 543-4108 Derek.sato@hawaiianelectric.comVice-Chair Derick Kam derickFPE@gmail.comSecretary Victor Russell dsaengr@aol.comTreasurer Kevin Dang 737-1708 dangk001@hawaii.rr.comPast-Chair Kory Ikeda HCES Rep: Derick KamAlternate: Derek Sato

VOLUNTEERS WANTED/NEEDED FOR:January 16: State Middle School VEXChampionship, at Stevenson Middle School, 8:00 amto 4:00 pm. Judges wanted. Contact Song K Choi.February 5-6: State VEX IQ Championship, atHawaii Convention Center, 8:00 am t0 4:00 pm.Judges wanted for 2/6. Contact Song K Choi.February 21: Engineers Week Outreach and Exhibitsat Pearlridge Mall. Exhibitors wanted. ContactKristen Yoshida.March 31-April 2: FIRST Robotic Competition, atStan Sheriff Center, UHM, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm.Judges wanted for 4/1 & 4/2. Contact Song K ChoiVarious dates: School Science & Engineering Fairs,usually from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm. Judges wanted forspecific dates. Contact Song K Choi.CONTACT INFORMATIONSong K Choi: (808)956-8404 or schoi@hawaii.edu(preferred)Kristen Yoshida: kristen.yoshida@yahoo.com or(808)256-7314

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2016 Engineers Week BanquetSaturday, February 27, 2016Grand Ballroom at the Koolau Ballrooms & Conference Center

5:30 p.m. Cocktails6:30 p.m. Dinner7:15 p.m. Program:

• Presentation of Engineers Week Exhibit Awards.• Presentation of Engineer of the Year, Young Engineer/Early Career, HCES

Lifetime Achievement, and Student Engineer of the Year Awards.• Guest Speaker – Robbie Alm, President of the Collaborative Leaders

Network and former Executive Vice President of Hawaiian Electric, willspeak on, “Where in the World is Hawaii Headed?”

• Installation of 2016 HCES officers.

Contact Person and Organization _______________________________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________

Telephone __________________________ E-mail __________________________________

Rates are $60.00 per person for registration(s) postmarked on or before February 12,2016, $70.00 per person for registration(s) postmarked after February 12, 2016, and$40.00 for students. Tables will seat 8 people. Registration deadline is February 19,2016.

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

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

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

Name Company or Organization

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Number of people attending: ______ x $60.00 (registration on or before Feb 12) = ________

Number of people attending: ______ x $70.00 (registration after Feb 12) = ________

Number of students attending: ______ x $40.00 = ________

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

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

To pay by credit card, please visit the HCES website at www.hces.us. Please notethat an additional fee will be applied to process the credit card transaction.

To pay by check, Please make checks payable to “HCES” and mail with completed reg-istration form to:

2016 Engineers Week Banquetc/o Joanne Hiramatsu2153 North King StreetSuite 200Honolulu, HI 96819-4554

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

2016 Awards – Call for NominationsAPWA Hawaii Chapter would like to recog-

nize public works projects and leaders in thestate of Hawaii as outstanding examples of ser-vice to public works and is therefore seekingnominations for two awards: the Public WorksProject of the Year and Top 10 Public WorksLeaders of the Year. Selected projects or per-sons will be recognized at a luncheon in early2016, and may be nominated by HawaiiChapter for APWA National recognition.

Through the APWA Awards Program, theHawaii Chapter works to re-energize supportfor the public works industry. Public works pro-jects and professionals are critical to develop-ing and maintaining infrastructure and servicesessential to the welfare and quality of life for thepublic, yet these projects and professionalsoften go unrecognized or unheralded.

The Public Works Project of the Yearaward promotes excellence in the design,management, and administration of publicworks projects through recognition. Awards aregiven to projects in various categories (struc-tures, transportation, environment, historicrestoration/preservation, and disaster or emer-gency construction/repair) with significant con-tributions to public welfare or quality of life. Tobe eligible, the project must be substantiallycomplete. Criteria used in the selection projectinclude consideration for project schedule,safety performance, community relations, envi-ronmental protection, sustainability, or innova-tion.

The Top 10 Public Works Leaders of theYear award inspires excellence and dedicationto public service through recognition to thosewith significant contributions to the administra-tion or management of design, construction,maintenance, or operation of local public worksprojects. Awards focus on career service ratherthan on any one single project or event. Bothpublic and private sector individuals are eligi-ble, but must have ten years of qualifying expe-rience.

Nomination criteria, forms, and instruc-tions can be found at www.apwa.net/awards/CriteriaAndNominationForms. Submissions tothe APWA Hawaii Chapter must meet theaward criteria and include completed nomina-tion and supporting data forms. Submissionsare due to Ryan Char atrchar@group70int.com, by Friday, February 12,2016. For more information on APWA National’s2016 Awards Program, please visitwww.apwa.net/awards.

Meet & Greet event – January 2016A future Meet & Greet event will be forthcom-

ing early next year. Invitations will be extendedto representatives from various State and CityAgencies. Please check hawaii.apwa.net foradditional information on this and other upcom-ing events.

Website: hawaii.apwa.netHawaii Chapter 2015 OfficersPresident Tyler Sugihara 768-3600 tsugihara@honolulu.govVice-Pres Victor Valdez 356-1281 vvaldez@ssfm.comTreasurer Ryan Char 523-5866 rchar@group70int.comSecretary Darin Izon 523-8499 dizon@BrwnCald.comPast Pres Ken Kawahara, 836-1900 kck@akinaka.com

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WELCOME TO 2016,“THE YEAR OF THE MONKEY!”

DECEMBER 2015 HIGHLIGHTS: D’GRANDFINALE – Time flies! The first year of FALEAPresident Frank Cruzata’s term ended with afestive gala at Dole Cannery’s PomaikaiBallroom on December 5, 2015 to continue theorganization’s tradition of family & membershipcamaraderie. It marks yet another year of suc-cessful activities of the Board of Directors andOfficers of FALEA, the FALEA Foundation, andGeneral Membership which is highlighted bythe awarding of our annual scholarships todeserving students of engineering and archi-tecture.

Ferdi Guinto, FALEA Business Manager wasin charge of the Reception Desk, and smoothprocessing and welcoming of guests. MajellaStevenson, Board Member opened up theSaturday evening activities with a warm wel-come to the membership and guests. NoniPanen, our Deejay provided music until the endincluding rendition of the American andPhilippine National Anthems. Frank Sapigao, apast president gave the invocation.

Our Emcees, dynamic duo, Board MembersAngie Armas & Jojo Lopez, who were also incharge of the Program, kept everything hop-ping and running smoothly throughout the end.As they say, there was never a “dull moment.”They also had a volunteer Santa Claus at the“photo booth” the whole evening, whose solejob was to pose with, and/or provide an appro-priate backdrop for all photographers whowanted a keepsake for their albums. All thechildren below a certain age received a giftfrom Santa. Board Members and other support-ers donated for door and grand prizes whichwere drawn throughout the evening in-betweenbreaks from regular, line dancing, specialdance and vocal performances, as well as fungames which added to the joy & merriment ofthe occasion. A continuous slide show pre-pared by Board Member Joey Resurreccionwas also on-going throughout the eveningalong one side of the ballroom for some mem-ories of the past year’s organizational activities.

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES: Solo DanceRoutines – Romeo & Elsa Navares, andMarcelino & Cindy Labasan of the HawaiiBallroom Dance Association; Line DanceRoutines & Christmas Songs – Bicol Club &Carolers (Minnie Corpuz); Vocal Solo – KristaChang; Games – Angie Armas.

The highlight of the celebration was award-ing the scholarships to our scholars who wereselected by the Scholarship Committee head-

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

2014-16 Officers/BoDirectorsPresident: Francisco T. Cruzata, AIAVP/Pres-Elect: Gene C. Albano, Jr., PE, LEED APSecretary: Maritez A. MarquezTreasurer: Riza Marie R. Gatdula, EITAss’t Treas: Belinda P.TeguiAuditor: Ramon B. Bonoan, Jr., LEED GABus. Manager: Ferdinand B. Guinto, PEPress Rel. Off: John C. Ramos, PE, CSPPast President: Jeoffrey S. Cudiamat, PEHCES Rep: Francisco T. Cruzata, AIAAlternate: Gene C. Albano, Jr., PE, LEED AP

ed by FALEA past president Elvi Sutherland.SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES: Estevan

Bonifacio - BS, Mechanical Engineering, U ofH Manoa Campus; parents, Eugene & DeborahBonifacio. Fara U. Lee – BS, ElectricalEngineering, U of H Manoa Campus; parent,Sevie G. Martin. Juanito V. Moises, Jr. – BS,Civil Engineering, Manoa Campus; parents,Juanito B. & Elena V. Moises. MeganStevenson – Biomedical Engineering,Washington University, St. Louis; parents,William & Majella Stevenson. The ScholarshipChecks as well as a FALEA Certificate werepresented to the recipients by Elvi Sutherlandand Frank Cruzata. Congratulations to all theawardees, and good luck on your educational

l-r Presenter Elvi Sutherland; Scholarship Recipients Megan Stevenson, Juanito Moises, Jr.,Estevan Bonifacio, and Fara Lee, with FALEA president Frank Cruzata.

endeavors!INSPIRATIONAL TALKS: Oscar Paez and

Roger Urbi, both past presidents of FALEAeach gave a short talk about their careers ingovernment to inspire our scholars and futurescholars on navigating the system and toalways do their best in whatever they do toenhance and succeed in their chosen profes-sions.

Frank Cruzata, in closing the night’s activitiesthanked all the attendees and pointed out thefact that most of the past presidents includingtwo of the three founders were in attendance.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL, AND GOODLUCK ON YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLU-TIONS!

The Society of American Military Engineers, Honolulu Post&

The Hawaii Council of Engineering SocietiesCordially invites you to join us for the

2016 ENGINEER’S WEEK ‘KICK-OFF’ LUNCHEON

Guest Speaker:Peter E. Crouch, Dean

UH Manoa College of Engineering

Presentation:“Re-Engineering for a Sustainable Future”

Hale Koa Hotel, Banyan Tree ShowroomTuesday, February 23, 2016 at 11:30 AM Warrior Buffet Luncheon Cost: $45.00

PLEASE RSVP NLT: Wednesday 17 FEBRUARY 2016

PAYMENT METHOD:Please go to the SAME Honolulu Post website to register with a creditcard or PayPal: www.samehonolulu.org.

OTHER:Please feel free to contact Kendra McDonough with questions or concerns:kendra.mcdonough@navy.mil, 808.474.5426 (o), 808.265.0672 (m)

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CMAA Hawaii Chapter News:Aloha and Happy 2016 from CMAA Hawaii!

Boy, 2015 sure flew by in a hurry, and thanks toyour support, it was another great year forConstruction Management in Hawaii. Eachyear we seem to garner a bit more success inproving to Hawaii’s owners that utilizing CMservices helps to get their projects built betterand more efficiently- In 2016 we intend to buildon these successes and continue this trend!

Included in this month’s Wiliki is our 2016Calendar- highlights include hosting of theProfessional Construction Manager (PCM)training class at Honolulu Community Collegein August and a planned (First Ever!) visit byBruce D’agostino (our CMAA NationalPresident) as keynote speaker at our MiniConference. Of course we will also continue allof the other events that have been the back-bone of our Chapter such as CommunityService events, bi monthly luncheons, network-ing activities such as Happy Hours and thePaina, project site visits, and of course ourAnnual CMAA Hawaii Scholarship Golf tourna-ment which generates funds to provide schol-arships to local CM College students and fundour chapter activities.

Be a part of our Ohana! Our chapter is hereas a resource for all Construction Engineeringand Management professionals, and the thingsthat we do benefit not only our CM communitybut our larger Ohana as well.

If you have any questions regarding any ofour upcoming events, would like to join ourOhana and become more involved with theCMAA Hawaii Chapter or would simply like tobe added to our email list, please email us athawaii.cmaa@gmail.com, or at our mailingaddress; CMAA Hawaii, PO Box 531, Honolulu,HI 96809 .

CCMAA Hawaii Chapterhttp://hawchapter.cmaa.org

2016 Hawaii Chapter OfficersPresident: Bill Thornton (Ledcor) President@cmaahawaii.orgVice Pres: Chandra Namumnart (HDR) Vicepresident@cmaahawaii.orgSecretary: Craig Williamson (Bowers+Kubota) Secretary@cmaahawaii.orgTreasurer: Julie Hero (SSFM) Treasurer@cmaahawaii.org

CMAA HAWAII 2016 Calendar of EventsJan 19, 2016 – CMAA Luncheon

(Location TBD) Feb 2016 – Site Visit forStudents – Kiewit Precast Yard (Date TBD)Feb 2016 – Maui Happy Hour(Date/Location TBD) Mar 15, 2016– CMAA Luncheon (Location TBD)March 24, 2016 – Happy Hour (LocationTBD) April 2016 – Site Visit for Students(Date/Location TBD) May 1-3,2016 – National Capital ProjectsSymposium (Austin, Texas) May 17,2016 – Mini Conference at Ko’olauBallrooms May 19, 2016 – CMAALuncheon (Location TBD) May 2016 –Community Service Event (Date/LocationTBD) May 2016 – Site Visit for Students(Date/Location TBD) Jun 23, 2016– Happy Hour (Location TBD)Jul 19, 2016 –CMAA Luncheon (Location TBD)Aug 1, 2016 – Kickoff CMAA Hawaii OfficerElections for 2017 Aug 30, 2016 – CMAAHawaii Elections for 2017 End Aug2016 – Maui Happy Hour (Date/LocationTBD) Sep 13, 2016 – CMAA Luncheon/ Announce CMAA Hawaii Officer ElectionsResults (Location TBD) September 24,2016 – Happy Hour (Location TBD)Sep 2016 – Site Visit for Students (LocationTBD) Sep 2016 – Community ServiceEvent (Date TBD) Sep 30, 2016 – CMAA5th Annual Golf Tournament (Location TBD)Oct 9-11, 2016 – National CMAAConference (San Diego, California)Oct 28, 2016 – End of the Year Paina(Location TBD) Nov 15, 2016 – CMAALuncheon (Location TBD) Dec 8, 2016–Happy Hour (Location TBD)

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

2016 BOD OFFICERS AND DIRECTORSPresident Jeffrey Hanyu 536-2108 jeffreyhanyu@allisonide.comVice President Jonathan Murai 533-2210 jmurai@kaihawaii.comSecretary Lyle Carden 521-4513 LCarden@martinchock.comTreasurer Kimberly Hoo 521-6958 kimberly.hoo@englekirk.com Director (Yr 2) Dennis Sakamoto 682-5737 dennis@tilecoinc.comDirector (Yr 2) Gaur Johnson 956-2377 gaur@hawaii.eduDirector (Yr 1) Ryan Lawton 848-0003 rlawton@kawikaspainting.com Director (Yr 1) Damien Enright 845-2474 structurs001@hawaii.rr.comPast President Fernando Frontera 781-2802 ffrontera@baseengr.com

2016 BOD OFFICERS AND DIRECTORSSEAOH is pleased to announce the results of

the 2016 Board of Directors election. Theabove Officers and Directors assumed theirduties starting January 2016. The Officers andDirectors will serve through December 2016with the exception of the Incoming Directorswho will begin their two-year term. Please con-gratulate the 2016 Board of Directors.

General Membership Meetings/TechnicalSeminars/Events

For all events see seaoh.org or look for emailflyer for registration.

January 23 – SEAOH 47th Annual InstallationBanquet at the Oahu Country Club. Meet the2016 officers as they begin their year of serviceto promote structural engineering in Hawaii.Additional information and registration can befound at seaoh.org.

Missing MembersPlease contact Membership Chairperson,

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

Next MeetingThe next SEAOH Board of Directors

and Officers meeting will be on January 6,2016. For location, contact SEAOH PresidentJeffrey Hanyu (536-2108 jeffreyhanyu@allisonide.com).

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JANUARY DINNER MEETINGThe January Dinner Meeting is scheduled to

be held on Wednesday Jan. 13th. Program: The U.S. Navy’s Wave Energy TestSite (WETS) in Hawaii is now fully operational,with three grid-connected test berths.  Severalcompanies have been selected for testing, andthe Hawaii Natural Energy Institute (HNEI) issupporting Navy and DOE WETS objectives.Observations and lessons learned from the firstwave energy conversion (WEC) devicedeployed (the Northwest Energy InnovationsAzura, deployed in May 2015) will be present-ed, along with an update on the status of theFred Olsen Lifesaver, to be deployed soon, asummary of environmental measurements,wave forecast and WEC device modeling work,and an outline of expected WEC deploymentsand other planned activities.Speaker: Patrick CrossDate: Wednesday, January 13th, 2016Location: HASR Bistro (31 N. Pauahi Street)Time: 5:30 p.m. Social Time

6:30 p.m. Dinner 7:00 p.m. Program

Menu: Multi-entrée buffetCost: TBA (Cost will be announced on the

Dinner Meeting flyer which is to bedistributed shortly)

Reservations: Once the cost is determined, please make

checks payable to “ASCE Hawaii Section” andmail to Eric Arakawa, ASCE Hawaii SectionTreasurer, The Limtiaco Consulting Group,1622 Kanakanui Street, Honolulu, HI 96817, byTuesday, March 10th, 2015. Phone/email RSVPby Wednesday, March 11th, 2015, (808) 596-7790 or email at eric.a@tlcghawaii.com. Noshows will be billed.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGLast held: Wednesday, December 9, 2015Next meeting: Friday, January 8, 2016

CONTINUING EDUCATIONASCE National holds more than 275 semi-

nars, courses and computer workshops eachyear on a wide variety of technical, manage-ment, and regulatory topics. These seminarsare held in more than 45 cities across the U.S.In addition, ASCE offers customized on-sitetraining and many distance learning programs,including live interactive web/teleconferenceseminars, online courses and courses on CD,videotape, and audiotape. Please visithttp://www.ascehawaii.org/links.html and clickon ASCE National for complete details.

2015-2016 ASCE Hawaii Section OfficersPresident: Ben Rasa, P.E. email: brasa@ascehawaii.orgPres.-Elect: Tim Goshi, P.E. email: tgoshi@kaihawaii.comVice Pres.: Lara Karamatsu,P.E. email: lkaramatsu@ascehawaii.orgTreasurer: Eric Arakawa, P.E. email: earakawa@ascehawaii.orgSecretary: Jason Kage, P.E. email: jkage@ascehawaii.orgPast Pres.: Glenn Miyasato, P.E. email: gmiyasato@ascehawaii.orgYMF Pres.: Amanda Tanaka, P.E. email: atanaka@ascehawaiiymf.org

ASCE HAWAII SECTION STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

Please help us increase our scholarshipendowment so that we can recognize deserv-ing students. We continue to accept tax-deductible donations with the goal of increas-ing the annual scholarships. Make your checkpayable to ‘ASCE Hawaii Section’ and mail to:

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

2015-2016 YMF OfficersAmanda Tanaka, President

atanaka@ascehawaiiymf.orgNorman Leong, Vice President

nleong@ascehawaiiymf.orgJordan Urabe, Secretary

jurabe@ascehawaiiymf.orgNicole Nakaoka, Treasurer

nnakaoka@ascehawaiiymf.orgPuna Kaneakua, Past President

pkaneakua@ascehawaiiymf.org

Waianae Watershed

YMF General MeetingThe next YMF general meeting is scheduled

for Wednesday, January 6, 6:00 p.m. at Bar 35.If you are interested in attending to find outwhat the YMF is all about, contact YMF atymf.hawaii@gmail.com.

Firebreak Project - Waianae MountainsWatershed Partnership

SEAOH YMG & ASCE YMF JointCommunity Service

By David Miyasaki & Lori Higashi,Community Service Co-Chairs

On the morning of Saturday November 21st,12 YMF members joined 13 SEAOH membersin Waianae to volunteer with the WaianaeMountains Watershed Partnership (WMWP) intheir Firebreak Project. The Waianae MountainsWatershed Partnership’s vision is to worktogether to protect, restore, and enhance thewatersheds while incorporating traditional, cul-tural and community values for future genera-tions. The task for this joint community workdayincluded planting native plants and maintain-ing previously planted areas. It was a greatopportunity for both SEAOH YMG & ASCE YMFto support the cultivation of native plants aswell as restore the Waianae MountainsWatershed. Thank you to all the volunteers forcoming out to this event and to Eric Tomishima(SEAOH YMG Community Service Chair) andYumi Miyata (WMWP Coordinator) for coordi-nating this event with the YMF.

On November 25, 2015, President NitaWolfgramm opened the meeting welcomingeveryone to the Hawaii Section NovemberMeeting at the Wilson Okamoto Corporationoffice. Vice President Sara Okuda then intro-duced Wayne Kawano, Executive Director ofCCPI, and Timothy Folks, Technical ServicesManager for Hawaiian Cement, who explainedthe chemical process involved to produce con-crete. Timothy also went over the differentadmixtures that are normally used to create thefinal product. Some of these admixturesinclude retarders, accelerators, water reducersand high range water reducers like superplas-ticizers which are common in Self-Consolidating Concrete (SCC).

2015-2016 ITE OfficersPresident: Juanita Wolfgramm jwolfgramm@ssfm.comVice Pres.: Sara Okuda sara.t.okuda@hawaii.govSecretary: Chad Kadokawa ckadokawa@wilsonokamoto.comTreasurer: Chance Morrill cmorrill@wilsonokamoto.comDirector: Pete Pascua ppascua@wilsonokamoto.com

ASCE Scholarship Committee, P.O. Box 917,Honolulu, HI 96808-0917. If you have anyquestions, please contact Glenn Miyasato at488-7579, or gmiyasato@ascehawaii.org.

ASCE JOB LISTINGSThe following job listings are currently post-

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

Honolulu• Civil Engineer V – City and County of

Honolulu• Civil Engineer V (Geotechnical) – C&C of

Honolulu• Mechanical Engineer V – City and County of

Honolulu• Structural Engineer V – City and County of

Honolulu• Civil Engineer V – SSFM International• Structural Engineer IV – SSFM International

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

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808.536.1737

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CONSTRUCTIONCOST CONSULTANTS

1210 Ward Avenue, Suite 204Honolulu, Hawaii 96814Phone: (808) 947-6855

info@j-uno-associates.com

R. M. TOWILL CORPORATIONSINCE 1930

Civil Engineering Wastewater Engineering Surveying & MappingPlanning Construction Management Project Management

Contact: 808.842.1133 rmtowill@rmtowill.com www.rmtowill.com

720 Iwilei Road

Suite 425

P.O. Box 3351

Honolulu, HI 96801

Phone: (808) 536-2705

Fax: (808) 599-4032www.ssfm.com

Sato & Associates, Inc. Consulting Engineers

Honolulu Maui

www.satoandassociates.com

INTERNATIONAL(808) 486-6595

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Pacific GeotechnicalEngineers, Inc.

Soils & Foundation Engineering Consultants94-417 Akoki Street

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

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SUITE 1500, PACIFIC PARK PLAZA711 KAPIOLANI BOULEVARDHONOLULU, HAWAII 96813TELEPHONE: (808) 593-1676FAX: (808) 593-1607EMAIL: paren@pareninc.com

Engineers, Surveyors, Planners

SHIMABUKURO, ENDO & YOSHIZAKI, INC.Civil, Environmental & Structural Engineers

1126 12th Avenue, #309Honolulu, Hawaii 96816-3715Phone: (808) 737-1875Fax: (808) 734-5516Email: seyeng@seyeng.com

Tim Waite, P.E.Sales, EngineerMobile: 808-479-1216Email: twaite@strongtie.comSimpson Strong-Tie Co., Inc.

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WALKER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Precast Concrete Products

Frederick K. Wong, PEP.O. Box 1568 Maui (808) 877-3430Kahului, Maui, Hawaii 96732 Fax (808) 871-7282

Looking for a CCM? The current listing for allHawaii CCMs can be found here:https://cmaanet.org/certified-construction-managers-registry

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News Summary from NSPE1. NSPE will hold a “Virtual Career Fair” onFebruary 11, 2016 from 12:00 noon to 3:00 PMEastern Standard Time (7:00 AM to 10:00 AMHawaii time). Whether you’re a job seeker atthe outset of your career or an experiencedengineer exploring new horizons within the pro-fession, the NSPE Online Career Fair will con-nect you directly with employers with opencareer opportunities from the comfort of yourhome, office, smartphone or tablet. Attendeeswill have the ability to explore employer infor-mation and opportunities, choose whichemployers they want to interact with and thenengage in one-on-one text-based conversa-tions directly with a recruiter at those organiza-tions. Registration for participants is required,and more information including registrationinstructions can be found on the www.nspe.orgweb site.2. The National Institute for Certification inEngineering Technologies (NICET) has final-ized an agreement with the US Army PrimePower School and 249th Engineer Battalion torecognize the education/training attained bygraduates of the Prime Power School as 18months of work experience credit toward theirNICET Electrical Power Testing certification.New students at the Prime Power School willalso be taking the NICET Level I and Level IIexaminations for Electrical Power Testing

http://www.hawaiispe.org/

HSPE Officers, 2015 to 2016President: Curtis Beck, PE curt137inverse@yahoo.comPresident Elect: Mike Silva, PE, LS, LEED AP mike@femaui.comPast President: Darren Okimoto, PE dokimoto@wsue.comVice President: Mike Kamaka, PE mkamaka@bowersandkubota.comSecretary: Irina Constantinescu, PE, LEED AP Constantinescu@brwncald.comHouse ofDelegates Rep: Majella Stevenson, PE MujTravel@aol.comTreasurer: Kurt Kunimune, PE kkunimune@bowersandkubota.com

Hawaii Society ofProfessional Engineers

A state society of the National Society of Professional Engineers

P.O. BOX 3774 HONOLULU, HAWAII 96812

before they graduate – and immediately apply-ing for Level I certification. Then after gainingsix months of field experience, they will be eli-gible to apply for Level II certification.3. NSPE has been working with the AmericanAssociation of Engineering Societies (AAES) tooppose certain elements of a Model Code ofPractice for Engineers that pertains to engi-neering work on “climate adaptation”. Themodel code, developed by the WorldFederation of Engineering Organizations,would have established a new, more stringent,standard of care for professional engineers thatfar exceeds their existing duties and responsi-bilities and could expose them to professionalliability over perceived “climate change” con-sequences of their work. Professional Liabilityinsurance carriers joined forces with AAES andNSPE to successfully submit suitable revisionsto the draft and produce an acceptable modelcode.4. Letters of agreement have been signedbetween NSPE and McKinley Advisers toimmediately execute plans for a short termmembership recruitment as well as to developplans for a longer-term membership-buildingstrategy for NSPE.5. On its website, www.nspe.org, NSPE main-

tains a regularly-updated set of “Talking Pointsfor Volunteer Leaders” to assist members tospeak authoritatively about NSPE, its purposeand goals, and about the need to preserve andenhance professional licensure and practice.Members who have established a log-inaccount at the site can access these TalkingPoints via the site’s Leadership Toolbox.“Talking Points” are available in either a Wordor Powerpoint format.

EAH’s new meeting location is Room 301 inthe Topa Tower (Ewa tower on Fort Street; OldAMFAC Building). Validated parking is avail-able (enter from Nimitz). The WEB site hasbeen updated to provide directions and a Map.If you have questions please call Sam Gillie(543-4739).

Meetings are held every Friday (exceptHolidays). Meetings start at NOON and haveended PROMPTLY at 1:00 pm for 70 Years.

Program schedule may be adjusted. CallSam Gillie to confirm speaker 543-4739; Fax203-1335.

Lunch is $10.00 Members, $12.00 Guests.(All Welcome), Students Free. Drink refresh-ments are complimentary. You may bring yourown lunches, in which case a $2.00 donation isgratefully appreciated!!

engineers andarchitects ofhawaii

founded 1902

PO box 4353, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813An association for Hawaiiʼs Engineers andArchitectsWEB address: www.eahawaii.orgEAH 2014- 2015 OfficersPresident Bill Brizee, AIA 523-96361st VP Michael Albright, PE Treasurer Aaron Erickson, PE 591-2728Secretary Gary Yamamoto, PE 485-2777

AACE-Hawaii Section NewsOur Section participated in a community ser-

vice event on Tuesday, December 22nd, at theInstitute for Human Services (IHS).

Please make note of our new WebsiteAddress: http://www.aacehawaii.com.

The next board meeting will be held inJanuary 2016, time and date to be announced.

Associationfor theAdvancement ofCost EngineeringHAWAII SECTION

Hawaii Section 2015-2016 OFFICERShttp://www.aacehawaii.comPresident David LadinesVice President Maelyn UyeharaSecretary Joseph Uno, LEED AP BD+CTreasurer Cristo RojasDirector of

Social Media Greg TreesePast President Kristy Kastner, PSP

MCE INTERNATIONAL, INC.MECHANICAL AND FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERS

1360 S. Ber tania St., Ste. 400Honolulu, Hawaii 96814Ph: (808) 941-0955 Fax: (808) 550-8167 Email: mcehnl@mceinternational.com

NAKAMURA, OYAMAand ASSOCIATES, INC.

CONSULTING ENGINEERSELECTRICAL/TELECOMMUNICATIONS/FIRE PROTECTION

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

www.noa-engineers.com

NAGAMINE OKAWA ENGINEERS INC.CONSULTING STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS

1003 Bishop Street • Suite 2025Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

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

ISLAND GEOTECHNICAL

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

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

Email: ige@igehawaii.com

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

Honolulu 808.697.6200Maui 808.359.2518

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GEOLABS, INC.Geotechnical Engineering and Drilling Services

2006 Kalihi StreetHonolulu, Hawaii 96819

Phone: 841-5064 Fax: 847-1749

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

MASA FUJIOKA & ASSOC.A PROFESSIONAL PARTNERSHIP

MFAENGINEERS-SURVEYORS HAWAII, INC.(FORMERLY WILLIAM HEE & ASSOCIATES, INC.)

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

Phone: 591-8116

Engineering Concepts, Inc. Civil /Environmental /Sanitary Engineers

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

Email: eci@ecihawaii.com

Y. Ebisu & AssociatesAcoustical and Electronic Engineers

1126 12th Avenue, Room 305Honolulu, Hawaii 96816

(808) 735-1634

When it’s RUSTCall us (808) 676-1963

www.corrosioncops.com

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

Honolulu, Hawaii 96814Ph:(808)591-2022, Fax:(808)591-8333Email: surveying@cpshawaii.net

Maui: 1129 Lower Main Street, Suite 102Wailuku, Hawaii 96793Ph:(808)242-9641, Fax:(808)244-9220Email: cpsmaui@cpshawaii.net

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ENVIRONMENTAL • GEOTECHNICAL • HYDROGEOLOGICALCONSULTANTS

98-021 Kamehameha Highway, Suite 337 Aiea, Hawaii 96701-4914 Phone 808 484-5366 • Fax 808 484-0007 masa-fujioka-associates.com • mfujioka@masafujioka.com

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Okahara and Associates, Inc.ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS

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Oahu: (808) 524-1224 • oahu@okahara.comwww.okahara.com

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Hirata & Associates, Inc.Geotechnical Engineering

808.486.0787www.hirata-hawaii.com

SAM O. HIROTA, INC.Engineers & Surveyors

864 S. Beretania StreetHonolulu, Hawaii 96813

Telephone: 537-9971

INABA ENGINEERING, INC.273 WAIANUENUE AVENUEHILO, HAWAII 96720

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

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501 Sumner Street, Suite 421, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817Tel: (808) 526-9019 Fax: (808) 537-5385

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