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VOL. 46 NO. 5 SERVING 2000 ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS JULY, 2010 RLB Reports First Rise in Construction Costs Since 2008 A publication from global property and con- struction consultant Rider Levett Bucknall reports the first quarterly rise in national con- struction costs since the fourth quarter of 2008. This slight, but uneven, rise in construction prices over the last three months reflects recent gains in commodity prices and a marginal increase in builders’ and suppliers’ overhead and profit lev- els from their highly competitive rates in 2009. Even though national construction spending declined in the first quarter of 2010, Rider Levett Bucknall’s research suggests that the national average increase in construction cost was 0.3%. “This hints that the construction market is recu- perating,” said Rider Levett Bucknall President, Julian Anderson, “however, we believe the cur- rent rise in prices is more an indicator that con- struction prices are stabilizing, rather than a sign that construction costs are gaining sustained upward momentum.” Though the national average shows overall construction cost escalation in U.S. markets over the first quarter of 2010, many cities still saw prices drop. Los Angeles and Boston experi- enced construction cost increases of over 1%, while Phoenix, Las Vegas, Denver, New York and Washington, DC reported deflation between 0% and -0.5%. Table 1 reflects fluctuations on a national level. Despite the moderate deflation in Honolulu construction costs in the last quarter, there are certainly many signs of stabilization as we head toward the second half of 2010. With a number of larger public sector projects well into design, procurement, or even recently awarded, con- struction activity is expected to improve in the near term. Similarly, developers in the private sector are also looking ahead and preparing their projects for future construction. In addition to projects in Hawaii, a number of local architectural and engineering firms have been involved in various projects included in the $10.3 billion plan to relocate 8,000 US Marines to Guam. “It is our view that construction costs will not rise meaningfully until the national trend of decreased construction spending ends and is replaced with overall growth in construction expenditures,” said Mr. Anderson. “We expect that the decline in national construction spending will end sometime in the second half of 2010 and that spending will slowly increase in 2011.” It should be noted that, in our view the cost of construction is not driven entirely by supply and demand. Although this does play a significant role in construction prices, other factors such as investment in commodities should also be con- sidered. Some of these factors are only tangen- tially related to construction activity but are a directly connected to the problems that have been occurring in the financial markets. Internationally, economies appear to be mov- ing past the worst of the recent global difficulties early signs of growth are present however there are still ongoing concerns regarding the availabil- ity of funding for projects. Stimulus packages are heading to conclusion, which may result in a reduction of public sector work as compared to recent years. This will result in reliance on the commercial sector once again, however much will depend on the continued normalization of lending conditions and funding availability. Quarterly Construction Cost Report Rider Levett Bucknall and Nashville-based Connico, Inc. report on the comparative cost of construction in 13 U.S. cities on a quarterly basis, indexing them to show how costs are changing in each city in particular, and against the costs in the other 12 locations. Together with additional international and national cost com- pendia, the cost research is meant to equip clients with complete and relevant information to assist in key business decisions. To download the latest version of the Construction Cost Report, or to view past issues, visit http://www.americas.rlb.com/ cost- research_quarterly.html. About Rider Levett Bucknall Editor’s Note: this article was provided by Rider Levett Bucknall, an international firm pro- viding property and construction consultancy advice at all stages of the construction cycle. Rider Levett Bucknall has a number of individuals who are AACE ® International members and have also been officers or board members on both the local and national level. Since 1956, AACE ® International has been the leading-edge profes- sional society for cost estimators, cost engineers, schedulers project managers, and project control specialists. With over 7,000 members worldwide, AACE ® International is the largest organization serving the entire spectrum of cost management professionals. AACE ® International is industry independent, and has members in 80 countries and 80 local sections. TABLE 1 Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering HAWAII SECTION 2009 OFFICERS President Stephen Jacobson Vice Pres Kevin Mitchell Secretary Emile le Roux Treasurer Sloka Colon

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VOL. 46 NO. 5 SERVING 2000 ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS JULY, 2010

RLB Reports First Rise in Construction Costs Since 2008A publication from global property and con-

struction consultant Rider Levett Bucknallreports the first quarterly rise in national con-struction costs since the fourth quarter of 2008.This slight, but uneven, rise in construction pricesover the last three months reflects recent gains incommodity prices and a marginal increase inbuilders’ and suppliers’ overhead and profit lev-els from their highly competitive rates in 2009.

Even though national construction spendingdeclined in the first quarter of 2010, Rider LevettBucknall’s research suggests that the nationalaverage increase in construction cost was 0.3%.“This hints that the construction market is recu-perating,” said Rider Levett Bucknall President,Julian Anderson, “however, we believe the cur-rent rise in prices is more an indicator that con-struction prices are stabilizing, rather than a signthat construction costs are gaining sustainedupward momentum.”

Though the national average shows overallconstruction cost escalation in U.S. markets overthe first quarter of 2010, many cities still sawprices drop. Los Angeles and Boston experi-enced construction cost increases of over 1%,while Phoenix, Las Vegas, Denver, New York andWashington, DC reported deflation between 0%and -0.5%. Table 1 reflects fluctuations on anational level.

Despite the moderate deflation in Honoluluconstruction costs in the last quarter, there are

certainly many signs of stabilization as we headtoward the second half of 2010. With a numberof larger public sector projects well into design,procurement, or even recently awarded, con-struction activity is expected to improve in thenear term. Similarly, developers in the privatesector are also looking ahead and preparing theirprojects for future construction.

In addition to projects in Hawaii, a number oflocal architectural and engineering firms havebeen involved in various projects included in the$10.3 billion plan to relocate 8,000 US Marines toGuam.

“It is our view that construction costs will notrise meaningfully until the national trend ofdecreased construction spending ends and isreplaced with overall growth in constructionexpenditures,” said Mr. Anderson. “We expectthat the decline in national construction spendingwill end sometime in the second half of 2010 andthat spending will slowly increase in 2011.”

It should be noted that, in our view the cost ofconstruction is not driven entirely by supply anddemand. Although this does play a significantrole in construction prices, other factors such asinvestment in commodities should also be con-sidered. Some of these factors are only tangen-tially related to construction activity but are adirectly connected to the problems that havebeen occurring in the financial markets.

Internationally, economies appear to be mov-

ing past the worst of the recent global difficultiesearly signs of growth are present however thereare still ongoing concerns regarding the availabil-ity of funding for projects. Stimulus packages areheading to conclusion, which may result in areduction of public sector work as compared torecent years. This will result in reliance on thecommercial sector once again, however muchwill depend on the continued normalization oflending conditions and funding availability.

Quarterly Construction Cost ReportRider Levett Bucknall and Nashville-based

Connico, Inc. report on the comparative cost ofconstruction in 13 U.S. cities on a quarterlybasis, indexing them to show how costs arechanging in each city in particular, and againstthe costs in the other 12 locations. Together withadditional international and national cost com-pendia, the cost research is meant to equipclients with complete and relevant information toassist in key business decisions.

To download the latest version of theConstruction Cost Report, or to view past issues,visit http://www.americas.rlb.com/ cost-research_quarterly.html.

About Rider Levett BucknallEditor’s Note: this article was provided by

Rider Levett Bucknall, an international firm pro-viding property and construction consultancyadvice at all stages of the construction cycle.Rider Levett Bucknall has a number of individualswho are AACE® International members and havealso been officers or board members on both thelocal and national level. Since 1956, AACE®

International has been the leading-edge profes-sional society for cost estimators, cost engineers,schedulers project managers, and project controlspecialists. With over 7,000 members worldwide,AACE® International is the largest organizationserving the entire spectrum of cost managementprofessionals. AACE® International is industryindependent, and has members in 80 countriesand 80 local sections.

TABLE 1

Associationfor theAdvancement ofCost EngineeringHAWAII SECTION

2009 OFFICERSPresident Stephen JacobsonVice Pres Kevin MitchellSecretary Emile le RouxTreasurer Sloka Colon

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HIGHLIGHTS – MAY/JUNE ACTIVITIES BOARD of DIRECTORS’ MONTHLY MEETING:

Treasurer’s Report: Marisol couldn’t make itto the meeting, so Nic gave an update of treasurybalances for FALEA and the Foundation. He alsogave a summary handout. He informed theBoard that Marisol will be moving to the mainlandlater this Month. Since there are only a couple ofMonths left before the end of the AdministrativeYear, Nic, as Ass’t treasurer, will be handlingMarisol’s function until a new Treasurer is electedduring our General Assembly in August. FilComgave $500 to FALEA for participating in lastMonth’s Fiesta Parade with a Float. A major por-tion of the reimbursement was used to defrayexpenses for building the Float. The $60 depositfor a Marching Unit was also reimbursed toFALEA.

Committee Reports: INFO & PUBLICATION– Website is current. The President gave a CD ofall major activity photos this year to Joey. He willselect photos to include in the website. Suzie,our HCES representative, attended the June 1stHCES meeting. TRAINING/PROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENT – FALEA will host a get-togeth-er for the 2010 FE Review attendees and volun-teer instructors later this year. Certificates of par-ticipation will also be given during our installationbanquet October 2nd. MEMBERSHIP – Nochange. SCHOLARSHIP – Joey will publish theApp Form and criteria. Deadline for App is end ofAugust to give the selection committee enoughtime to make the selection for the October 2ndAwards.

Unfinished Business: FALEA GOLF TOUR-NAMENT – No report. SUMMER FUN – Newdate for the summer camp: July 4th. Check- intime Sunday is at 3 PM, and check out the fol-lowing day is at 12 Noon.

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Topa Tower in the AMFAC Center (this is the Ewatower on Fort Street). $2 validated parking will beavailable in the AMFAC parking (enter fromNimitz). The WEB site has been updated to pro-vide directions and a Map. If you have questionsplease call Sam Gillie (543-4739) or any of theEAH officers.

Meetings are held Fridays from 12:00 - 1:00.Lunch is available for $10,(EAH members) and$12,(Guests).

*** UPCOMING MEETINGS ***July 2, 2010 - No meeting in observance ofIndependence DayJuly 9,16,23,and 30, 2010Speaker: To be Announced

If you are interested in speaking to the EAH orwould like to hear a specific talk, we welcomeyour input. Please contact Geofferey Patterson[[email protected]], The Newly elected EAH 1stVice President, for speaker engagements.

*** PREVIOUS MEETINGS ***Meeting Notes for May 14th, 2010

Speaker: Raymond Benzing M.P.H., BureauVeritas

Title: “Hazardous Materials in Buildings”Mr. Benzing provided some of the history over

the last 30 years on Hazardous Materials in build-ings. He noted that just because a building hasbeen built in the last 20 years does not mean itdoesn’t have hazardous materials. Asbestos isstill used in building materials and careful docu-mentation of materials used during construction

is necessary to prevent hazardous materialsbeing used during construction. This meetingrecording will be available at the EAH WEB site.

Meeting Notes for May 21th, 2010 President Papacostas announced EAH

received a letter from student Samuel Coylethanking EAH for the $100 US Bond he wasawarded for his Science Fair project, which wasjudged by William Warren and Geoffrey Paterson.

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2009-2010 OFFICERSOffice Name PhonePresident Jeff Kalani 596-2928

email: [email protected] 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] President Michael Hunnemann 791-3980

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For additional information call CCPI at 848-7100

or email to [email protected]

Design of Cast-In-Place and Post-Installed Concrete Anchors (In accordance to IBC 2009 and ACI 318-08)

Sponsored by the Structural Engineers Association of Hawaii and the Cement and Concrete Products Industry of Hawaii

This one-day seminar provides an overview of the anchor strength design provisions in

Appendix D of the ACI 318. Will be presenting design examples as well as a live

demonstration of the anchor software program. Post-installed anchors and adhesive

anchors will also be addressed. Featured Guest Speaker: Dr. S.K. Ghosh, S.K. Ghosh

Associates Inc.

Thursday, July 22, 2010 Pagoda Hotel Banquet (from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm; includes handouts, lunch, and validated parking)

Registration fee: $80 per SEAOH/CCPI/ Government Agencies; $95 per non-members

Registration forms on-line at www.seaoh.org or www.ccpihawaii.org

Call CCPI @ 848-7100 or [email protected]

XE AnnouncesNew Chapter Honor Member

The University of Hawaii Chapter of Chi Epsilonis pleased to announce the initiation of Bernard PKea as its newest of 45 chapter honor member.Mr. Kea received his Bachelor’s degree inEngineering at the University of Hawaii in 1962after his honorable discharge from service in theUnited States Marine Corps as a Military Policeofficer in Korea and California (September 1953to August 1955). Mr. Kea has been a licensedprofessional engineer since December of 1966.Mr. Kea’s professional experience includes workfor the State of Hawaii Transportation department(1956-1962), as well as with the City and Countyof Honolulu’s Public Works Department (SewerDivision 1962-1965). Most notably, Mr. Keaenjoyed a long tenure with Community Planning,Inc., with positions as chief engineer, vice presi-dent, president, and chairman emeritus. He iscurrently an instructor at the University of Hawaiiteaching CEE489B (Surveying and Planning) toseniors. Highly decorated as well as experi-enced, Mr. Kea has worked on a variety of landdevelopment projects such as the Ko OlinaResort, the New Town development, as well asthe Waikele development. Beyond the realm ofengineering, Mr. Kea has been highly active in thecommunity, serving as the Co-chairman of theFriends of Iolani Palace, an executive boardmember of the Aloha Council (Boy Scouts ofAmerica), and as a coach in a variety of sports,ranging from basketball, baseball, and softball.He has received awards from the NativeHawaiian Chamber of Commerce (O’o award –outstanding business person of the year), as wellas Engineer of the year (Hawaii Society ofProfessional Engineers). The University of Hawaiichapter of Chi Epsilon was honored to haveBernard P Kea join our family on Saturday, May8, 2010.

JULY DINNER MEETINGProgram: Structural Technical Committee;SEAOH Joint Meeting

Gary Chock, S.E. and Ian Robertson, Ph.D.,S.E., will make a presentation on the “Lesson’sLearned from the February 27, 2010 ChileanTsunami will aid the Development of PerformanceBased Tsunami Engineering”. Hawaii‘s ports andcoastal infrastructure have been, and will againbe, inundated by Tsunami waves. The presen-ters will discuss their observations of damage tocoastal buildings, bridges and port facilities dur-ing an EERI reconnaissance mission in Chilethree weeks after the disaster. They will relate theobservations to current efforts at the University ofHawaii to develop Performance Based TsunamiEngineering, PBTE, guidelines.Date: Thursday, July 15, 2010Location: Treetops at Paradise Park,

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

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

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

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

Please make checks payable to ASCE-HawaiiSection and mail to Ian Arakaki, ASCE Secretary,The Limtiaco Consulting Group, 680 Iwilei Road,Suite 430, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817 postmarkedby Friday, July 9, 2010. Reservations for the din-ner meeting to Brian Enomoto by Monday, July12, 2010, by phone at 388-5559 or email [email protected].

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGLast held: June 9, 2010Next meeting: July 7, 2010

ASCE HAWAII SECTION PROJECTAWARDS AND OUTSTANDING CIVILENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS(OCEA) NOMINEES NEEDED!

ASCE Hawaii Section will be having our annu-al awards banquet on Saturday, September 18th,on the Battleship Missouri. In addition to honor-

ing the traditional OCEA Award Winning project,the ASCE Hawaii Section would like to honor andprovide accolades to numerous other projectsthat would be selected for the following cate-gories: • Large Project (>$10M) • Medium Project (<$10 M but > $2 M)• Small Project (< $2 M) • International • Green Building • Transportation • Water/Wastewater/Environmental • Building/Technology/Structural Systems • Studies and Research • Special Projects

Nominations will be due July 23rd, 2010.Please visit our website www.ascehawaii.org todownload an application form and for furtherdetails.

STUDENT CHAPTER STEEL BRIDGE TEAMThe Student Chapter Steel Bridge team went

to West Lafayette Indiana to compete in the 2010National Student Steel Bridge Competition(NSSBC). The competition was hosted byPurdue University on May 28-29, 2010 and wasattended by the top 46 steel bridge teams thatpreviously had won regional events at which atotal of 192 bridges were entered. The UHStudent Chapter has been to NSSBC previouslyin 2006, 2008 and 2009. The 2010 team con-sisted of Eric Tomishima (captain), Reef Ozaki-Train, James Aoki, Melissa Yuen and BrentChing. The steel bridge competition consists of6 event categories, including lightness, stiffness,efficiency, construction speed, display and econ-omy. The UH team had their best finish yet at the2010 competition, placing 15th overall andnotably winning 2nd place in lightness, 2nd placein efficiency, and 3rd place in display. The UHstudents enjoyed the Purdue campus and proud-ly brought home three plaques for their efforts atthe 2010 NSSBC (on display outside the CEEoffice, Holmes Hall 383).

CONTINUING EDUCATIONASCE National holds more than 275 seminars

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

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Our new state-of-the-art plant maintains Tileco’s position as the State’s leading concrete block manufacturer.

www.tilecoinc.com ph. 682-5737 TILECO INC.

State-of-the-Art ManufacturingState-of-the-Art Manufacturing

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

Incoming 2009-2010 YMFOfficers PhonePresident: Troy Ching 697-6233

[email protected]: Eric Arakawa 258-5770

[email protected]: Kurt Nagamine 533-3646

[email protected]: Lauren Arizumi 524-3771

[email protected] President: Aaron Erickson 591-2728

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KNOW YOUR ASCE HISTORYby C.S. Papacostas

Engineering Quad(rangle)Last month’s article identified the Main Hall

(later Hawai’i Hall) as the first permanent buildingon the Manoa Campus of the University ofHawaii. In their history of the school, Kamminsand Potter (2003) explain that there were tempo-rary buildings prior to that: a 1910 poultry shedand a cow barn with attached farm office, as well“two wooden structures... shifted from YoungStreet to serve as a shop and a chemistry labo-ratory.

As for Main Hall, the Evening Bulletin [EB] ofJune 3, 1911 printed plan drawings of the pro-posed building by the architects Ripley andReynolds. The estimated cost of $75,000 for thethree-story building was elsewhere described ashaving the shape of the letter “E,” owing to thefact that it included three proposed extensionson the main entrance side, facing town, whichapparently never made it from dream into reality!Instead, staircases were added on both sides.

According to the EB article “bids for the con-tract will be called for in about sixty days. Thebuilding is to be completed in a year.”

Space in the new building was farshort of what was envisioned for the College ofEngineering. For example, in an article he wrotefor the February 1911 for the Paradise of thePacific, college president Gilmore reported thatthe laboratories for the Department ofEngineering have been completed and equippedwith machinery, tools and apparatus for instruc-tion and investigation in wood, iron and cementtechnology. He envisioned “that the need isalready apparent for an experiment station fullyequipped for the investigation of all our problemsin hydraulics, power development and structuralmaterials.”

It is not at all surprising then that the secondpermanent building on campus was theEngineering Materials Testing Laboratory, southand a bit offset from Main Hall. The lab was ori-ented east-to-west, in contrast with the MainHall’s north-to-south placement. As Kamminsand Potter describe it, this single-story building(designed by Prof. Keller) had 3,600 square feetof floor space built at the total cost to the Territory0f $8,146. Still standing and in use [but not forengineering] it probably represents the territory’sbest bargain in public building.” The laboratoryoffered clear span, except for storage closets,and a single toilet in one of them.

That the orientation of the buildings was alongthe cardinal directions was not accidental, but,rather, the standard design of Land GrantColleges at the time. Profs. Keller and Youngfaithfully followed the standard plans for theseand subsequent building, without any thought tofacing the buildings to take advantage of tradewinds or topographic features (e.g. ManoaStream). “Green” building was about a centuryoff.

What followed was construction of four build-ings, two on each side of the lab, which made upwhat is (to this day shown on the Campus mapas the Engineering Quad.) The EngineeringQuad, not to be confused with the CampusQuad that consists of the horseshoe formation ofHawaii, Crawford, George, Gartley and DeanHalls, consisted of five buildings in an H forma-tion with the Laboratory at the center. As of today(July 2010) only five structures remain, the build-ing at the southwest corner having been razed,apparently to make room for the ground levelaccess to the Bookstore that is part of the cur-rent Campus Center complex.

The limited hours of the University’s map col-lection made it difficult for me to seek maps ofthe period and to verify what I discovered in sec-

ondary sources. Among the primary information,I found several old photos of varying resolutionand quality. They showed the five buildings whereI placed them, but (curiously) the structure at thesoutheast part of the “H” appears to be shorterthat those at the other three corners.

I also visited the quad to discover that thebuilding at the northeast corner carries an oldsign saying, “Building 31-C / 1755 Pope Rd.” A1987 document by Agnes Quigg on the “Historyof the Pacific Islands Studies Program: 1950-1986,” states that in November 4, 1976 that pro-gram moved to the “Engineering Quad, Building31 E, Room 1,” without any clear indication as towhich of the five buildings she referred to. A signon the northwest building indicates “1755-APope Rd.” Searching the address of the currentoccupant, I discovered it to be “EngineeringQuad 31-D, 1755 Pope Road.

The only Pope Rd I could find on a Campusmap printed in the combined Sunday StarBulletin & Advertiser of 8/22/1965 was a spur offof East-West Center Road behind the location oftoday’s school of engineering (Holmes Hall). Itgoes west and then veers north on to theGeophysics Building. Holmes Hall was not occu-pied until 1972. Between it and the EngineeringQuad, the college had moved to Keller Hall.Initially, the 1959 move to Keller Hall made roomfor an expanded program in electrical engineer-ing.

Currently, the Materials Testing Laboratoryhouses something called “Roots Rhythm -Manoa Open Jam Sessions.” The structure isdesignated on a temporary banner as simply“Building 6.”

But all these and more are “loose ends” that Iplan to purse further.

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NOTICEThe UH collaborative team seeks an

experienced and motivated volunteer pro-ject manager to lead the coordination ofthe UH 2011 U.S. Department of EnergySolar Decathlon project. This will involvefundraising, public relations, and studentdesign and construction of a solar houseto be exhibited on the National Mall inWashington, D.C. in the fall of 2011.

Additional information is available athttp://www.solardecathlon.gov/. Thoseinterested in the position shouldcontact Professor David Rockwood [email protected].

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STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATIONOF HAWAIIHIGHLIGHTS OF BOD MEETING, June 3, 2010Committee Reports:

General Membership Meetings/TechnicalSeminars/Events:• A SEAOH General Membership Meeting will be

held in conjunction with a Simpson Strong-Tiecomplimentary presentation on the 2006 IBCWind and Seismic Design of Wood, Concreteand Cold-formed Steel Structures on June 29,2010 at the PagodaHotel. The speakers willbe Jeff Ellis, Damon Hoand Jason Oakley ofSimpson Strong-Tie.

• Joint SEAOH/ASCE din-ner meeting is scheduledfor July 15, 2010 atTreetops Restaurant inManoa. Program willinclude a presentation onthe Chilean earthquakeand tsunami damage byDr. Ian Robertson and Mr.Gary Chock. Registrationinformation will be sentout soon.

• Design of Cast-In-Placeand Post-InstalledConcrete AnchorsSubject to Seismic Forcesseminar on July 22, 2010at the Pagoda Hotel. Thespeakers will be Dr. S.K.Ghosh of S.K. GhoshAssociates, Inc. and Mr.Bret Turley of SimpsonStrong-Tie AnchorSystems. This one-dayseminar will provide anoverview of the anchordesign provisions of ACI318 Building Code,Appendix D. The seminaris being co-hosted byCCPI and SEAOH.

• ACI 318-08 BuildingCode seminar on Sept30, 2010 at the PagodaHotel. The speakers willbe Dr.Basile G. Rabbat,Ph.D., S.E. of PCA andCary Kopczynski, S.E. of

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A S S O C I AT I O NO F H AWA I I

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

2010 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS &DIRECTORSPosition Officer PhonePresident Ron Iwamoto 486-5202

[email protected] Vice President Brian Ide 536-2108

[email protected] Karl Umemoto 536-2626

[email protected] Patrick Calizar 235-5590

[email protected] John Cheung 848-2032

[email protected] Stephanie Doan 531-7094

stephdoan@gmailDirector Kimo Scott 671-2886

[email protected] Les Kempers 682-6000

[email protected] President Myles Shimokawa 593-0933

[email protected]

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

2010/2011 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

[email protected] Dennis Hanatani, P.E. Tel: 737-9488

[email protected] Glenn Isidro, P.E.

[email protected]

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2010 CFSEI National Convention The CFSEI conference, show and national

annual meeting was held on May 26 – 27, 2010at the Omni Hotel, CNN Center in Atlanta, GA.President Jeoffrey Cudiamat attended the con-vention on behalf of the Hawaii Chapter. Mr.Cudiamat informed the Board that the conven-tion featured a variety of 1-hour education ses-sions tailored to design professionals, suppliersand construction professionals. Topics rangedfrom field observation and repairs to progressivecollapse design and were conducted by national-ly and internationally known speakers. Mr.Cudiamat also announced that Marvin Mestanzawill join the CFSEI National membership commit-tee as CFSEI Hawaii Chapter’s representative.

CFSEI NATIONALThe Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute

(CFSEI) announced during its Annual conferenceearlier this month the election of its 2010-2011newly elected officers and directors. The new offi-cers and directors are as follows:

– Bill Babich, Incoming President– Ed Kile, Vice-President– Howard Lau, Director– Sutton Stephens, Director– John Lyons, DirectorCFSEI Hawaii would like to congratulate Mr.

Lau on his newly elected position!

CFSEI TECHNICAL WEBINARCFSEI National will be presenting a webinar on

June 23, 2010 entitled, “Beginners Guide to theDirect Strength Method for Cold-Formed SteelDesign.” Aimed at introducing designers to theDirect Strength Method, this seminar will providestep-by-step design examples as well as refer-ence design resources such as CFSEI TechnicalNote G100-09 and AISI Design Guide on DSM(CF06-1P.) For more information regarding thewebinar, please visit www.cfsei.org. (Note: Sincethe webinar will take place before the printing ofthis article, CFSEI Hawaii will rebroadcast thewebinar for interested parties depending ondemand. Please contact Tim Goshi by phone oremail if interested.)

MEMBERSHIPWe are thankful to all members for supporting

the CFSEI-Hawaii chapter in 2009 and encour-age you to renew your membership for 2010. Toobtain a membership application form, pleasecontact Glenn Isidro by phone or email. Or visitwww.cfsei.org for the membership applicationform or for paying your membership dues for2010 online.

Cary Kopczynski & Co. of Bellevue,Washington.

• AISC Design Seminar (Fall 2010)Notice: Members without email are reminded tocheck the SEAOH website for informationregarding upcoming events and activities.

2010 Annual Convention Update:This year’s annual convention (jointly with

CCPI’s Annual Meeting) will be on October 8 andOctober 9 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Resortand Spa, Tapa Tower. The theme of this year’sconvention will be disaster preparedness, mitiga-tion and response. Disasters could be due tonatural, accidental or terroristic causes. CallMyles Shimokawa or Wayne Kawano if you haveany suggestions for the technical sessions.Program will include Performance BasedTsunami Engineering guidelines by Ian Robertsonand Gary Chock, and a presentation by geo-physicist Gerard Fryer of the Pacific TsunamiWarning Center. Besides the technical sessions,exhibits and networking opportunities, this year’sevent will provide various social activities and achance to rediscover Waikiki. The traditionalCCPI Pinkball golf tournament will be on theafternoon of October 7, and the 2nd AnnualCanoe Race between teams from SEAOH andCCPI will be on the afternoon of October 9.Affordable hotel room rates will be available.Look for our registration materials coming soon!

Other Business:• Congratulations to the Steel Bridge Team of

ASCE Student Chapter at UH Manoa for plac-ing 15th overall (2nd place for efficiency andlightness) out of 49 schools at the AISCNational Student Steel Bridge Competition atPurdue University in May 2010. The SEAOHBoard approved and made a $1,000 donationto the ASCE Student Chapter to help defersome of the costs of their trip.

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Hawaii Society ofProfessional Engineers

A state society of the National Society of Professional Engineers

P.O. BOX 3774 HONOLULU, HAWAII 96812

WEB SITE www.eng.hawaii.edu/~hspe2009-2010 Officers and DirectorsPresident Florence Ching, P.E.

[email protected] Pres. Elect Majella Stevenson, P.E.

[email protected] Vice Pres. Kurt Kunimune

[email protected] Secretary Marc Botticelli, P.E.

[email protected] Treasurer Nathan Yuen, P.E.

[email protected] Pres. Manny Lanuevo, P.E.

[email protected] Chapter DirectorsHonolulu Enrique Che, P.E.

[email protected] Darren Okimoto, P.E.

[email protected] Island Galen Kuba, P.E.

[email protected] Nancy Burns, P.E.

[email protected]

The Society of

FIREPROTECTIONENGINEERS

www.sfpehawaii.org

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

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

[email protected] Derick Kam 848-6966

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

[email protected]

Hawaii SectionThe AmericanSociety of

Mechanical Engineers

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

2009-2010 OfficersChairperson Edmund Chang 543-4227

[email protected] Derick Kam 848-6966

[email protected] Derek Sato 543-4108

[email protected] Treasurer Kevin Dang 737-1708

[email protected]

2009-10 OFFICERS President Albert Hahn, P.E.Pres.-Elect Dicson AggabaoVice Pres. Michael ChangSecretary Barry Jim On, P.E.Treasurer vacant

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

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

CALL FOR EXHIBITORSTO PARTICIPATE

IN ENERGY EXPO 2010Companies interested in featuring their

energy efficient technologies, products andservices are invited to participate as businessexhibitors at the Energy Expo 2010 sched-uled September 28, 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort &Spa. The event is presented by HawaiianElectric Company and Hawaii Energy.

More than 600 attendees are expected atthe Expo, including the State’s largest elec-tric customers, architects and developers,designers, design consultants and planners,operations and property managers, andbuilding and facility engineers.

The Energy Expo 2010 also will featureworkshops led by some of the country’sleading experts on clean energy, sustainablepractices, green building and energy man-agement, among others. Topics will includebuilding commissioning, lighting technolo-gies and applications, photovoltaic imple-mentation, renewable energy and conserva-tion initiatives, and more.

Exhibitor cost is $300 and includes abooth space and one full conference regis-tration with breakfast, lunch and reception.Exhibitor space is on a first-come, firstserved basis, and the exhibitor registrationdeadline is August 27, 2010. To register fora space, visit energyexpo.heco.com or call543-4618. The registration fee for non-exhibitors is $100.

As a result of actions taken at last year’s NSPEannual meeting in St. Louis, a Continuity TaskForce (CTF) was commissioned to addresswhether allowing each State Chapter the optionof offering “state-only” membership would be aneffective means to maintain and/or increasemembership. This policy review was necessarysince the current NSPE By-laws prevent Statesfrom offering such an option. After nearly a yearof work on this issue, the CTF recently issued itsreport. The CTF has recommended each StateChapter be allowed the flexibility to offer “state-only” membership to no more than 25% of itsmembers. This recommendation has been thesource of very heated discussion and controver-sy within the NSPE membership ranks. A coun-cil of former NSPE Presidents has taken anopposing position against the recommendationsof the CTF. This has set the stage for a veryimportant vote coming up at the NSPE AnnualMeeting in Orlando on July 17, 2010.

At its meeting in Honolulu on June 11, 2010,the Executive Board of HSPE voted 7-1 forHawaii to oppose the CTF proposal when itcomes to a vote in Orlando. The Board seesstrong arguments on both sides of the issue, butthe prevailing view is that while NSPE needs todevelop an effective marketing strategy to attractmore members to the organization, the proposed“states-only” membership option is too ambitiousand runs too great a risk of further weakening thenational organization and reducing member ser-vices and resources available to professionalengineers in Hawaii.

If there are any questions or concerns on thisissue, please send a note to Curt Beck [email protected] or Barry Nakamoto [email protected], or contact any ofyour HSPE Officers for more information.

Also, on June 2, 2010, a number of veteranBig Island HSPE Chapter members met at theHilo Yacht Club to begin developing a new initia-tive to re-energize the chapter after several yearsof relative inactivity. The chapter still has a nom-inal leadership structure and comes togetheroccasionally for key community events such asMATHCOUNTS, but needs to improve internalcommunications and inspire more of its mem-bers to active participation. For more informa-tion, please contact Curt Beck at [email protected].

As a reminder, please save the date ofSeptember 17, 2010 for the HSPE EducationalFoundation Golf Tournament at the Waikele GolfCourse. This is a fundraiser for the MATH-COUNTS competition and for scholarships.Please consider playing, sponsoring and/ordonating to the worthy cause of promoting sci-ence, technology, engineering and mathematicsto our local middle school students. Notices ofthe tournament will be sent out in the not too dis-tant future. For more information please contactKurt Kunimune, HSPE Vice-President [email protected]. Mahalo!

NEXT ASME-HAWAII SECTION EXECUTIVECOMMITTEE/GENERAL MEETINGDate: July 13, 2010Time: 5:30 pm to 7:00 pmPlace: Hawaiian Electric Ward Avenue

CafeteriaAgenda: Derek Sato - First meeting for our

new Chairman of the Hawaii Section, 2010-2011. Discussions will include Francis R.Montgomery Fund procedural guidelines.

Members and guests are invited. There will befree pizza and soft drinks as usual. Please con-tact Derek Sato or Kory Ikeda for directions andfor more information, such as parking.

2010 RAYTHEON MATHCOUNTS NATIONALCOMPETITION RESULTS

The MATHCOUNTS National Competition washeld May 7, 2010 in Orlando, Florida. The web-cast is archived on the MATHCOUNTS website,www.mathcounts.org. Unfortunately, the Hawaiiteam did not place within the top 23. Availableresults do not list the Hawaii team and individualteam members’ ranking. Is this another case ofjet lag bringing down a Hawaii team?

Mark Sellke, 8th grader, of West Lafayette,Indiana was first in the Written Competition. Hemade an appearance on the Regis & Kelly Show.Sellke had placed 6th in the 2009 NationalCompetition. Written Competition runner-up was7th grader Shyam Narayanan of Kansas. TheMasters Round winner was 7th grader Alex Songof Michigan, who was fourth in the WrittenCompetition.

In the Team ranking, California was first, fol-lowed in order by Illinois, Washington,Massachusetts, Indiana, Texas, New York,Virginia, Georgia, and Pennsylvania. Californiaplaced all four team members in the top 35.Illinois had three team members in the top 28.

Hawaii’s team included Ethan Vo ofWashington Middle School, Nikolai Chen of IolaniSchool, Brian Kim of Punahou School, andJunhao Li of Waiakea Intermediate School.Punahou Coach Leslee Hosoda accompaniedthem.

Do you know of a civil engineering accom-plishment or event that your fellow ASCE mem-bers might find interesting? Please send a briefdescription to C.S. Papacostas (fax 956-5014,email [email protected]). Previous arti-cles in the series may be found at the Section’sweb site. Just point your browser to http://www.ascehawaii.org.

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topics. These seminars are held in more than 45cities across the U.S. In addition, ASCE offerscustomized on-site training and many distancelearning programs, including live interactiveweb/teleconference seminars, online coursesand courses on CD, videotape, and audiotape.Please visit http://ascehawaii.org for completedetails.

ASCE HAWAII SECTION STUDENT SCHOL-ARSHIPS

Please help us increase our scholarshipendowment so that we can recognize deservingstudents. We continue to accept tax-deductibledonations with the goal of increasing the annualscholarships. Make your check payable to‘ASCE Hawaii Section’ and mail to: ASCEScholarship Committee, P.O. Box 917, Honolulu,HI 96808. If you have any questions, please con-tact Mike Hunnemann at 791-3980, or [email protected].

ASCE JOB LISTINGSThe following employer has an opening they

would like to fill:• Mitsunaga & Associates, Inc. (Architects, Civil

Engineers, Structural Engineers, MechanicalEngineers, and Electrical Engineers –Honolulu, HI and Seoul, South Korea)

• Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company.(Project Engineers)For more information on these job listings,

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

ASCE, from page 3

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

OFFICERS & DIRECTORSPresident: John Katahira, P.E. 596-7790Pres-Elect: Sheryl Nojima, Ph.D. 521-0306Treasurer: Douglas Lee, P.E. 523-8499Secretary: Terrance Arashiro, P.E. 533-3646Past Pres: Norman Kawachika, P.E. 531-1308Nat. Dir: Jon Nishimura, P.E. 944-1821Directors: Beverly Ishii-Nakayama 942-9100

Joel Yuen, P.E. 521-3773Mike Street, P.E. 836-7787

Exec Dir: Ginny M. Wright 234-0821Email: [email protected]

Engineers Without Borders - Honoluluhttp://www.ewbaloha.org

2008-2009 OfficersPresident Shannon Holman 593-1116

[email protected] Pres Alexi Remnek 586-4343

[email protected] Bryce Toyama 521-8408

[email protected] Brannon Pang 521-3051

[email protected]

• 2011 Annual Convention in Japan: The con-vention committee is tentatively looking at a 5-day trip to Northern Japan in September orOctober, 2011. More information will beannounced in the upcoming months.

• NCEES Structural P.E. Exam: NCEES is intro-ducing a new 16-hour Structural P.E. examina-tion starting in April 2011. The current examwill be offered for the last time in Oct 2010.

New Member Applications:• Application for SEAOH membership from

Daniel J. Klingshirn(NAVFAC Pacific) wasunanimously approved.

• New member application from Jillian Santo(Iwamoto & Associates) for grade of AlliedMember was received and is open for com-ments from the membership. Her applicationwill be voted on at the July 2010 board meet-ing. Please notify any SEAOH officer prior tothe July 2010 board meeting if you wish tocomment on this prospective member. Missing Members: Please contact

Membership Chairperson, Jiabao Chen (Ph: 791-3945 or email [email protected]), or any ofthe SEAOH officers if you have a new mailingand/or email address.

The next SEAOH Board of Directors andOfficers meeting will be held on Thursday, July 8,2010, at the office of Iwamoto & Associates, LLC.Contact SEAOH President Ron Iwamoto (486-5202, [email protected]) for more information.

SEAOH, from page 5

http://www.HLSA-hawaii.org

Officers for 2010President: Artie SevignyVice Pres: Gavin HiranoSecretary: Debbora RobertsonTreasurer: Winston IngDirector: Iopa MaunakeaDirector: Darryl CadizPast Pres: Artie SevignyNSPS Gov: Kevin Kea

HAWAII SECTION OFFICERS FOR 2009President: Steven YoshidaVice Pres.: Honglong LiTreasurer: Robert NehmadSecretary: Sara Toyama

SWE - Hawaiian Islands SectionP.O. Box 61728Honolulu, HI [email protected]

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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