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2020 ACECH Engineering Excellence AwardsThe 2020 American Council of Engineering

Companies of Hawai'i (ACECH) EngineeringExcellence Awards (EEA) culminated in abanquet held on Saturday, January 25, 2020 atthe Ko'olau Ballroom in Kaneohe. This year’sevent had a total of 10 entrants and was one ofthe most well-attended EEA Banquets in recenthistory, with over 180 people in attendance.

The program aims to recognize outstandingengineering projects that demonstrateelements of innovation and ingenuity whilemaking positive impacts to the community. Topwinners from Hawai'i can also enter the ACECNational Competition, one of the mostprestigious design competitions in the world.

This year, the top project receiving the highlycoveted Grand Conceptor Award was earnedby the Umauma Stream Bridge, Hawaii BeltRoad, Hakalau, Hawaii. The project wassubmitted by KSF, Inc. RM Towill Corporation’sInterstate Route H-1 Shoulder Work and PCCPavement Rehabilitation, Austin, Tsutsumi &Associates, Inc.’s Iao Surface Water TreatmentPlant Upgrades, KAI Hawaii’s Espacio “TheJewel of Waikiki” Kowa Waikiki Beachside HotelRenovation, and Sam O. HIrota’s Engineeringfor the Future projects were each awardedExcellence Awards.

Grand Conceptor Award Winner: UmaumaStream Bridge, Hawaii Belt Road, Hakalau,HawaiiEntering Firm: KSF, Inc.

Client/Owner: State of Hawaii Department ofTransportation

Other Consultants & Contractors Involved:Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company,Inc., WSP USA Inc., Geolabs, Inc.

The aged Umauma Stream Bridge, part of theHawai‘i Belt Road on the Hāmākua Coast, BigIsland, was classified as structurally deficientwith insufficient roadway width. Despite the

challenging environmentat this 100-foot highbridge, the KSF, Inc. andHawaiian DredgingConstruction Co. teamprovided the HawaiiDepartment ofTransportation with anew, cost-effective,durable, aestheticallypleasing, and lowmaintenance bridge.Incorporating advancedmaterials andcomponents in thedesign also allowed for

the preservation of the important historicfeatures of the steel trestle bridge. Innovativeelements included Triple Pendulum Isolators toreduce seismic forces, negative batterMechanically Stabilized Earth to remove lateralloading on the existing abutment, precast deckpanels and Ultra-High Performance Concrete toaccelerate construction, and two-way post-tensioning to minimize the possibility ofcracking of the concrete deck. The bridge wasalso designed with no expansion joints in thedeck to decrease future maintenance andincrease longevity.

2020 OAHU CHAPTER MATHCOUNTS COMPETITION RESULTS

Hawaii Society of Professional Engineers(HSPE) Educational Foundation’s 37THMATHCOUNTS® Oahu Chapter Competitionwas held on February 8, 2020 in theKamehameha Schools Kalama Dining Hall, andwith no surprises, taking first place wasWashington Middle School. Speaking withWashington Coach Sung Park during thecompetition he mentioned this would beWashington’s tenth consecutive first place inMATHCOUNTS Oahu Chapter Competition.This dominance began in 2011. Park proudly

said that no other schoolhas accomplished thisfeat. In second place wasIolani followed byKamehameha MiddleSchool Kapalama in third,Punahou fourth,Highlands Intermediatefifth, and Mililani Middle insixth. These six teamsmove on to compete inthe March 14th HawaiiState MATHCOUNTSCompetition also in the

Kalama Dining Hall. The 7th through 10th placeteams were Niu Valley Middle School, KingIntermediate, Laie Elementary and KaimukiChristian, respectively.

Competing in this 37th Oahu ChapterCompetition were 25 Oahu public and privatemiddle/intermediate schools with about 240middle school students hoping to do well tocompete in the State. Each school is allowed upto ten participating students of which four aredesignated as the school team. Note that Laieis an elementary school which means 6th

graders placed 9th among the 24 middleschools competing.

After several hours of timed math tests, thetest sheets scored, and the results tallied, thetop ten scoring mathletes from first to tenth wereSangyuk Lee of Washington, Hyun Seo ofWashington, Arthur Chesshir of Washington,Keisuke Kwong of Washington, BrandonYoshioka of Highlands, Derek Mei ofWashington, Iris Xu of Punahou, MichaelRoberts of Mililani, James Be of Iolani and JustinLu of Iolani. They competed in the exhibition,lightning-fast Countdown Round pitting the top10 individual scorers against each other in pairsfor single-elimination competition. The pairingstarts with the lowest scores. The CountdownRound focuses on speed and accuracy, whichalways amazes the spectators. Students have amaximum of 45 seconds per problem without acalculator. In the end, Keisuke Kwong defeatedArthur Chesshir for first place and became thestar of the competition. The Countdown Roundis a required event at the State Competition todetermine which four mathletes go to theNationals.

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First place Washington team, L-R: Coaches Sung Park and Daniel

Ninomiya, Hyun Seo, Sangyuk Lee, Keisuke Kwong, and Arthur Chesshir

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Ross Sasamura (left), Director of the Cityand County of Honolulu Department ofFacilities and Maintenance, met with thisyear’s Engineers Week awardees: SamDannaway, Rika Okino, Carly Ann Kaneko,and Ken Kawahara, for the signing of theMayor’s Proclamation of Engineers Week inHonolulu.

Ross Sasamura (left), Director of the City and County of Honolulu Department of Facilitiesand Maintenance, met with representatives of the Hawaii Council of Engineering Societiesfor the signing of the Mayor’s Proclamation of Engineers Week in Honolulu.

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HSPE Officers for 2019-2020President: Sara Doi sdoi@bowersandkubota.comPres. Elect: Majella Stevenson MujTravel@aol.comVice Pres: Irina Constantinescu IConstantinescu@BrwnCald.comPast Pres: Mike Lum mlum@bowersandkubota.comSecretary: Julann Sonomura julann.m.sonomura@hawaii.govTreasurer: Kurt Kunimune kkunimune@bowersandkubota.comHOD '19-'21: Mike Silva mike@femaui.comBig Island Dir., NICET Chair '19-'20: Curtis Beck curtbegood@mail.com

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Two Hawaii Society Members Named FEYAFinalists

Each year, NSPE’s Federal Engineer of theYear Award honors engineers employed at USagencies. The top 10 finalists exemplify the bestand brightest federal engineering talent. In2020, two of those finalists were members of theHawaii Society of Professional Engineers.Congratulations to Tony Lau, P.E., and LTC L.Reyn Mann, P.E.!

Tony Lau, P.E.US Department of the Navy

Naval Facilities Engineering Command (Hawaii)

Nearly 30 years of civil engineering prowesshas helped Tony Lau establish his trademark fordesign and management of Navy and MarineCorps facilities worldwide. His projects haveenabled warfighter lethality, thereby maximizingshore readiness and strengthening NAVFAC’ssystem command team in challenginglocations, including Hawaii, Guam, Japan,Singapore, and Diego Garcia. At NAVFACHawaii, he manages capital improvements andcoordinates civil technical design. Prepared forthe unpredictable, Mr. Lau guided two criticalprojects: a 42-inch emergency water line repairand a deep-water well emergency repair. Bothprojects restored the primary water source,

critical to base operations and military families,and prevented permanent damages to theNavy’s aquifers and waterline systems. Throughhis leadership, Mr. Lau also has implementedunique outside-the-box managementtechniques, keeping staff motivated to meetmission requirements. Mr. Lau was awarded theEngineer of the Year by Hawaii Society ofProfessional Engineers in 2017.

LTC L. Reyn Mann, P.E.US Department of the Army

US Army Pacific/130th Engineer Brigade

With a career spanning two decades oftactical and strategic Army experience, Ltc.Mann has commanded engineers at theplatoon, company, and battalion levels tosupport Special Operations Forces in Iraq, thePhilippines, Europe, and Africa. Her current roleis commander of the 84th Engineer Battalion inHawaii, which provides construction andcombat engineering operations throughout theIndo-Pacific region. To her credit, she hasfacilitated more than 20 full or partial designs,15 surveys, 10 horizontal construction projects,and 15 vertical construction projects. Ltc. Mannalso routinely trains, deploys, and supervisesengineers supporting security cooperationexercises in more than 15 countries. As anotherbenchmark achievement, she formerlyparticipated in a Directorate for Nuclear,Homeland Defense, and Current Operations,targeting mission assurance and energyresilience—fusing engineering strategy andpolicy for the highest levels of government.

NSPE honored the top 10 finalists and allFEYA agency winners at its ceremony inWashington, DC, on February 14. TimothySullivan, Ph.D., P.E., of the US Department ofthe Air Force, Air Force Civil Engineer Center,was named NSPE’s 2020 Federal Engineer ofthe Year Award winner.

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Excellence Award Winner: Interstate H-1Shoulder Work and PCC RehabilitationEntering Firm: R.M. Towill Corporation

Client/Owner: State of Hawaii Department ofTransportation

On the State’s busiest section of freeway, theH-1 from Aiea to Waimalu Viaduct, both east-bound and west-bound directions were in verypoor condition. The freeway was repeatedlypatched with asphalt, but in need of a morepermanent fix. How could the freeway berepaired without negatively impacting the over230,000 vehicles that traverse that sectiondaily? Repaving the freeway would requireprolonged lane closures that would becatastrophic to traffic.

The R. M. Towill Corporation / KiewitInfrastructure West team was carefully selectedby State Department of Transportation andFederal Highway Administration to solve thisproblem. Under a very tight deadline andextremely complex requirements, the teamleveraged several innovative technologiesincluding: 3-D paving techniques; GroundPenetrating Radar; Pre-cast concrete panelsthat eliminated long concrete drying times; andMechanically Stabilized Earth walls. The teamworked closely together to design and constructimprovements 3 months ahead of schedule!

Excellence Award, Post Construction Photoof the Completed Interstate H-1 ShoulderWork and PCC Rehabilitation

Excellence Award Winner: Iao SurfaceWater Treatment PlantEntering Firm: Austin, Tsutsumi & Associates, Inc.

Client/Owner: County of Maui, Department ofWater Supply

The new Iao Water Treatment Plant (WTP)uses state of the art membrane filtration units totreat surface water from the Iao-Waikapu Ditchto produce potable drinking water that meets allstate and federal requirements for safe drinkingwater. The WTP can produce an average dayflow of 3.2 million gallons per day to supplementthe County of Maui Department of Water

Supply’s (DWS’s) Central Maui system thatprovides drinking water to residences andbusinesses in Wailuku-Kahului area. The WTPis unique in that the entire flow of water from theIao-Waikapu Ditch to DWS’s Central Maui WaterSystem is by gravity. Another feature is the on-site chlorine generation system that generatessodium hypochlorite from salt, which was thefirst installation by DWS. The custom-builtSCADA system for the WTP enables theoperators to view and operate the systemanywhere, as long as they have access to asecure network.

Excellence Award Winner: Espacio “TheJewel of Waikiki” – Kowa WaikikiBeachside Hotel RenovationEntering Firm: KAI Hawaii, Inc.

Client/Owner: Kowa Waikiki LLC/KowaCompany, Ltd.

The Espacio Hotel was a complex,environmentally sustainable reuse of an existingbuilding that transformed an existing 12-story80-unit hotel into an ultra-luxury hotel and spawith 9 single floor suites. The Espacio reducedenvironmental impacts, supplies the demandfor larger luxury accommodations to visitors,contributes to our local economy through highergenerated tax revenues and employment, andenhances the overall appearance of Waikiki.

The building reuse and renovation requiredgutting the original 1966 building to its shell,removing the existing elevator core andretrofitting a new concrete core to bring thelateral seismic system up to code. This provedto be the biggest structural challenge; allwithout the original record drawings. Carefulplanning, creative solutions, and team effort ofthe engineer, architect, contractor, and owner;the project team overcame the complexity of theproject which included numerous unforeseenconditions encountered during the intricaterenovation while successfully fulfilling theowner’s vision.

Excellence Award Winner: Engineering forthe FutureEntering Firm: Sam O. Hirota, Inc.

Client/Owner: Punahou School

In 2013, Punahou School reimagined theschool’s 2-5 grade school with the new KosasaCommunity. The Community is a collaborativeeffort between the school, architects DesignPartners Inc., landscape designers PBRHawai‘i, and civil engineers Sam O. Hirota, Inc.to provide an outdoor environment that reflectsPunahou’s desire to integrate the practicalapplication of natural resource conservationand sustainability with the school’s overallinquiry-based educational mission. Specifically,to support its third-grade Hawaiian studiescurriculum with a self-sustaining environmentfilled with native plants. Built to achieve LEEDGold or above standards, the school hopes itsefforts result in a generation that cares about itsnatural and educational environment.

Excellence Award, the Completed KosasaCommunity

Honor Award Winner: Lahaina Bypass,Phase 1B-2Entering Firm: Wilson Okamoto Corporation

Client/Owner: State of Hawaii Department ofTransportation

Lahaina Bypass Phase 1B-2 is the third phaseof the overall Lahaina Bypass. The Bypass willserve as a major transportation access road inthe West Maui region providing an inlandalternative to a heavily utilized portion ofHonoapiilani Highway. Ultimately, the Bypasswill be a four lane divided highway with twotravel lanes and shoulders in both directions.For Phase 1B-2, one travel lane with a shoulderwere constructed in both directions, extendingthe Bypass approximately 2.7 miles.

A unique feature is the GeosyntheticReinforced Soil Integrated concrete bridgespanning over Punakea Loop Road. Thisstructure sets a national record for abutmentheight and width between wingwalls. At thehighest point it is approximately 28 feet from thetop of the road to the bottom of the bridge andapproximately 126 feet wide between the faceof the wingwall to the adjacent wingwall. Theproject was constructed from February 2017 toApril 2018 for approximately $38.6 million.

Honor Award, Completed Lahaina BypassPhase 1B-2 at Hokiokio Place intersection(facing south).

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Excellence Award, Membrane FiltrationUnits with Control Panels in the CompletedIao WTP

Excellence Award, the Completed Espacioat Night

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Honor Award Winner: Kewalo BasinHarbor ImprovementsEntering Firm: Coffman EngineersClient/Owner: Kewalo Harbor DevelopmentCompany/ Howard Hughes Corporation

Coffman Engineers, Inc.’s engineeringservices significantly transformed thishistoric and deteriorated harbor into a safe,secure, and modern facility. The project teamhelped elevate the harbor’s public image andfunctionality through this project thatupgraded facility aesthetics, improved safetyand security systems, and providedamenities like security gates, Wi-Fi, andCCTV. The project team designedimprovements to the existing slips and the 45new harbor slips.

The project met the client’s strict budgetaryrequirements, and saved money by re-usingexisting components where possible.Coffman’s designs also helped provide theclient with the potential for increased revenuethrough the added amenities and the 45 newslips.

The Coffman team delivered the projectwhile conquering the complexities of thevarious project elements. Through carefullycoordinated phasing, our team adhered tothe client’s schedule, while minimizing theproject’s impact on the marine environment,the existing tenants and the harbor’s ongoingoperations.

Honor Award, Installation ofPrecast/Prestress Concrete Slab Sectionsin Progress

Honor Award Winner: Consolidated CarRental (ConRAC) Facility, OGGEntering Firm: Bowers + Kubota Client/Owner: State of Hawaii Department ofTransportation

Kahului Airport’s roadway system is a one-way street, requiring all traffic to passthrough the Airport terminal’s frontal road,creating a congestion nightmare, particularlyduring peak travel hours. A consolidatedrental car facility was constructed to providea centralized, on-Airport facility, situatedprior to the terminal building. An electric tramreplaced petroleum-powered bus fleets,transporting passengers to and from thefacility. The ConRAC’s location and tramgreatly reduces Airport traffic. Due tostructural design inefficiencies, theconstruction manager and contractorworked together to hire a separate structuralengineering firm that later submitted a valueengineering design change to resolve theissues. This resulted in a net shared savingsof over $3.4 million, assisting the project tocome in on time and on budget.

DOT-A’s vision for Kahului Airport and theConRAC facility recreates the historic Mauiplantation feel, while still utilizing state of the

art sustainable practices and conveniences.The new LEED Silver certified consolidatedrental car facility accomplishes just that!

Honor Award, ConRAC Aerial with WaterFeature

Honor Award Winner: Ke Kilohana, WardVillageEntering Firm: Wilson Okamoto Corporation Client/Owner: Howard Hughes Corporation

Ke Kilohana is one of several towersconstructed as part of the Howard HughesCorporation’s 60-acre Ward Villageredevelopment. Ke Kilohana is a 43-storyhigh-rise condominium offering muchneeded affordable units for the community.The residential tower also includes groundfloor commercial/retail space, anchored byLongs Drugs. Wilson Okamoto Corporation(WOC) was the civil engineer. WOC’s scopeof services included design of site layout,grading, roadway modifications, driveways,sidewalks, sewer system, storm drainageand storm water quality system, anddomestic and fire protection water service.Sewer design included construction of a 24-inch sewerline in Ward Avenue, from AuahiStreet to Ilaniwai Street. This sewerline willaccommodate sewer demand for otherdevelopments in the Ward/Kakaako area.

Ke Kilohana is a welcome residentialdevelopment that meets affordable housingneeds for the community, as well as re-energizing this part of Ward Avenue. Theproject was constructed from November2016 to March 2019 and for approximately$219 million.

Honor Award, Ke Kilohana UnderConstruction

Honor Award Winner: Kaiser Permanente(KP) Moanalua Medical Center WaterTanksEntering Firm: Coffman EngineersClient/Owner: Kaiser Permanente

Coffman Engineers, Inc.’s design of areliable, clean domestic water supply wascritical to Kaiser Permanente MoanaluaMedical Center’s future operations andpatient care and should a prolonged citywater service interruption occur. Thedesigned system provides an emergencywater supply of 75,000 gallons to sustain 5.2days of operations for domestic use.Coffman’s mechanical and electricalengineering team designed a dependable,

pressurized system that saves the clientenergy costs and reduces maintenancecosts. The project team delivered the fullyredundant system that enables the hospitalto meet the water supply standards of anemergency hospital and designed thesystem to adapt to fit a significantly tightproject site. The Coffman team met theclient’s budget and adhered to the project’sschedule. Coffman met the challengesposed in design and construction withoutinterruption in water service or to hospitaloperations.

Honor Award, A view showing theproximity of the steep hillside beside thesite, and the camouflage of thesurrounding vegetation.

Congratulations to all of this year’s awardrecipients, all projects were commendableand exemplary examples of engineering.Mahalo to this year’s sponsors, the eventwould not be possible without their supportand generosity.

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Associationfor theAdvancement ofCost EngineeringHAWAII SECTION

Hawaii Section 2019-2020 OFFICERSwww.aacehawaii.com

President Christopher Kanae

Vice Pres. Kristy Kastner, PSP

Secretary Will Sparks

Treasurer Jeanette Roberts

Dir. Soc. Med. Yong Shi, CCP

Cont. on the Board

of Directors Maelyn Uyehara (Past Pres.)

AACE Hawaii Section is pleased to announcean upcoming seminar, by Christian Heller, theDirector of Technical Guidance at AACEInternational Headquarters, and PennyWhoolery, the Manager, Certification &Membership at AACE InternationalHeadquarters. An overview of the AACE’s eightcertifications will be examined, outliningeligibility requirements and examinationobjectives. Please RSVP ataacehawaiisection@gmail.com.

Our local Board Meetings are held monthly.Feel free to contact us with suggestions orinterest. For more information, please visit ourwebsite www.aacehawaii.com.

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2019-2020 ASCE Hawaii Section OfficersPresident: Jason Kage, P.E. email: jkage@ascehawaii.orgPresident-Elect: Dayna Nemoto-Shima, P.E. email: dnemoto@ascehawaii.orgVice President: Clifford Lum, P.E. email: clum@ascehawaii.orgTreasurer: Reyn Hashiro, P.E. email: rhashiro@ascehawaii.orgSecretary: Eric Tomishima, P.E. email: etomishima@ascehawaii.orgImmediate Past Pres: Eric Arakawa, P.E. email: earakawa@ascehawaii.orgYMF President: Kapiolani Street, P.E. email: kstreet@ascehawaiiymf.org

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGLast held: Feb 4, 2020

Next meeting: Mar 5, 2020

ASCE HAWAII SECTION DINNER MEETINGProgram: T.B.D

Check our website at ascehawaii.org forupdates and an email will be sent out tomembership with more information.

Speakers: T.B.D

Date: T.B.D

Location:T.B.D.

Time: 5:30pm Social Time

6:30pm Dinner

7:00pm Program

Menu: Multi-entrée buffet

Cost: $35.00 for ASCE Members

$40.00 for Non-Members and Guests

$20.00 for ASCE Student Chapter

Members

COMMITTEE POSITIONSASCE Hawaii is looking for volunteers to fill

the following committee positions: LocalLegislative Affairs Chair and StudentPractitioner Advisor. If you are interested orhave questions on any of these positions,please contact President Jason Kage,jkage@ascehawaii.org.

MEMBERSHIPIf you haven’t already done so, please renew

your ASCE membership. You can renew yourmembership at www.asce.org.

ASCE JOB LISTINGSThe following job listings are currently postedon the ASCE Hawaii Section website:

• AECOM (Civil Engineer II)

• Belt Collins (Civil Engineer II, Civil EngineerP.E., Senior Project Manager)

• Booz Allen Hamilton (Senior Civil Engineerand Wastewater Specialist)

• City and County of Honolulu (Civil EngineerIII, IV, V, Mechanical Engineer V, & ElectricalEngineer V)

• G70 (Civil Designer, Civil Engineer, CivilProject Manager, Construction Manager)

• HDR (Senior Civil Engineers, Senior FederalProject Manager, Project Manager –Transportation Group,& Water/WastewaterEngineer)

• Hirata & Associates (Geotechnical/CivilEngineer – Project Engineer)

• Jacobs (Civil Engineer)

• Kennedy/Jenks Consultants (Project

Manager, Staff Engineer for Honolulu Office andStaff Engineer for Hawaii Office)

• Nagamine Okawa Engineers Inc. (StructuralEngineer)

• PGH Wong (Change and Claims Manager,Change and Claims Specialist, Civil/BuildingInspector, Office Engineer, & Scheduler)

• SSFM (Civil Engineers V, Structural EngineerIV)

• US Army Corp of Engineers (USACOE)(Interdisciplinary Project Manager, GS-12)

For further information, please visithttp://www.ascehawaii.org/job-listings.html.

S T R U C T U R A LE N G I N E E R S

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

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

2020 BOD OFFICERS AND DIRECTORSPresident Danny Fujioka dannyf@nagamineokawa.comVice President John Uno john@mkellc.comSecretary Jason Emoto jemoto@slshinc.comTreasurer Kevin Galvez kgalvez@baseengr.comDirector (Yr 2) Brandi Castillo Brandi.castillo@navy.milDirector (Yr 2) Kirk Hashimoto kirk@ccpihawaii.comDirector (Yr 1) Rod Haraga Rharaga.mih@gmail.comDirector (Yr 1) Lauren Tolentino lauren@bondedmaterials.netPast President Kevin Nakamoto pukapig@yahoo.com

Upcoming EventsFor registration, see seaoh.org or email

flyers.• MIH Seminar – Masonry Code Updatesand Design of Tall Masonry Walls. March12, 2020, 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 pm, at PearlCountry Club. Contact Rod Haraga at 808-782-8661 for additional information.• MIH Seminar – Masonry Mortar andGrout Specifications. April 16, 2020, 7:30a.m. to 11:30 a.m., at Pearl Country Club.Contact Rod Haraga at 808-782-8661 foradditional information.

Membership Applications Applications were received from:• Noemaikealohaiku’ulei Lum, MKEAssociates, Associate member• Leah Miyasato, MKE Associates,Associate member

Please contact any SEAOH BoardMember by March 1, 2020 to filecomments regarding the applicants.Next Meeting on March 4, 2020. Forinformation, contact SEAOH PresidentDanny Fujioka at dannyf@nagamineokawa.com

Deadline for

Wilikiis March 15th

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engineers andarchitects ofhawaii

founded 1902

PO. Box 1901, Honolulu, HI 96805-1901An association for Hawaii’s Engineers andArchitectsWEB address: www.eahawaii.org

EAH 2018- 2019 OfficersPresident Howard Wiig 587-38111st V. P. Open Treasurer Aaron Erickson 591-2728Secretary Gary Yamamoto 485-2777Sgt-at-Arms Martin McMorrow 256-4713Director George Coates 234-5659Director Bill Brizee 523-9636Director Phil Blackman 282-7948Director Rob Kinslow Past President Dave Martin 543-4504

EAH's meeting location is Room 301 in theTopa Tower downtown Honolulu 745 Fort Street.Validated parking is available (enter fromNimitz). Visit eahawaii.org for directions and amap and any Program schedule or meetinglocation updates.

Meetings are held 2 times per month onFridays. Meetings start at NOON and haveended PROMPTLY at 1:00 pm for over 110years.

All are Welcome. Lunch is $10.00 forMembers, $12.00 for guests and $5.00 forstudents. Drinks and refreshments arecomplimentary. Brown baggers welcome.$2.00 donation is gratefully appreciated if nothaving lunch.

March 6: Reyn Yoshimura, civil engineer,Sam O. Hirota, Inc.; will present their ACECHaward winning project – ‘Engineering for theFuture’, Kosasa Community RedevelopmentProject at Punahou School. Prime consultant forthis $88 million dollar Grades 2 thru 5, PunahouSchool, was Design Partners, Inc.

This certified Gold - LEED project waseducational inquiry-based learning philosophyto further its sustainability and green buildinggoals:

a. to make its students aware of living things,careful of resources and to understand thepreciousness of water.

b. to create innovative uses of existing storm-water treatment, management and resourcetechniques in harvesting of rainwater anddistributing to gardens.

c. to teach its students as learning tool inclassrooms for sustainable water resource innatural environment.

March 20: Kase Kaneko and EricMatsumoto, Structural Engineers KSF, Inc.; willpresent their ACECH Grand Conceptor, state’stop award winning project – ‘Umauma StreamBridge, Hawaii Belt Road, Hakalau’ for HDOT.The existing bridge, an historic steel trestlestructure and concrete abutments, built in theearly 1900s, was deemed structurally deficientin 2007. The original historic steel trestle bridgewas kept in place for appearance purposesonly. Under a state DOT Design-Build ContractVECP with Hawaiian Dredging ConstructionCompany, KSF, Inc. designed a first in Hawaiitruly uniquely different bridge structure 100’high in remote location, steep terrain and underseismic demands. The project involved meldingadvanced materials, innovative elements, andcreative construction techniques not previouslyused in Hawaii.

The AmericanSociety of

Mechanical Engineers

www.asme-hi.com

ASME-HI 2018-2019 Officers

Chairperson Froilan Garma 321-2691 Froilan.B.Garma@jci.comVice-Chair Derick Kam derickFPE@gmail.comSecretary Jason Frifeldt 358-6322 frifelj@yahoo.comTreasurer Kevin Dang 737-1708 dangk001@hawaii.rr.comPast-Chair Derek Sato derek.sato@hawaiianelectric.comHCES Rep: Froilan Garma

NEXT ASME-HAWAII GENERALMEMBERSHIP MEETINGDate: (Date yet to be determined)

Time: from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Place: Johnson Controls, previous meeting washeld at the 550 Paiea Street office.

Agenda: A copy of the agenda will be on theSection website.

As usual, all members, students and guestsare invited and encouraged to attend ourmeetings. There are always lots ofcomplimentary refreshments. Please contactChairman Froilan Garma for directions and formore information, such as parking.

PROFESSOR CHOU CELEBRATES 100thBIRTHDAY

Professor James Chou celebrated hiscentennial January 13, 2020. He is currently oneof three Department of Mechanical Engineering,University of Hawaii at Manoa, Emeritus Faculty.Being quite old myself I remember Dr. Chouwhen I was an ME student long ago in the late60’s. Dr. Chou retired from teaching at the ageof 68, doing the math that was back in 1988.Nowadays Dr. Chou can be seen in the PearlCity-Aiea areas, especially at the 24 HourFitness Pearl City. Advice he usually shares is,“You need to be nice to people; every actionreceives a reaction.” Happy 100th Birthday Dr.Chou!

CALL FOR VOLUNTEER NOMINATIONSThe current Group Leadership Team (GLT) is

still seeking candidates for Section offices forthe next ASME fiscal year, July 1 to the followingJune 30. The GLT includes the SectionChairman, Vice-Chairman, Treasurer,Secretary, Group Page Administrator, and twoMembers. Since the list of confirmed GLTmembers (officers) must be sent to ASME byJune 30 each year, the deadline this year forvolunteer nominations submittals is April 30,2020.

Please send nominations or inquiries toChairman Froilan Garma. The GLT positionsand major duties can be found at the ASME-HIwebsite: http://asme-hi.com/bylaws-GOG2015.pdf.

NORTHWEST PROFESSIONAL SECTIONLEADERS MONTHLY CALLS

Hawaii Section Leaders call in to monthlytelecons. These monthly calls are for one hourwith email follow up with notes of meeting,agendas and newsletters. The next call isTuesday, March 17.

A new Sections Support team was formedwith a goal to improve communications with thevolunteer section leaders by sending monthly

newsletters sharing highlights and bestpractices while keeping leaders informed ofimportant upcoming events and deadlines.

ASME is committed to ensuring membershave an opportunity to engage with fellowmembers within their section. Section leadersplay a crucial role in welcoming members, andsections are crucial to members’ satisfaction. Tohelp facilitate this opportunity, ASMEassembled a team of professionals withexperience with non-profit organizations. Theirfocus is on supporting Professional and StudentSections by opening lines of communication,building relationships and engaging volunteers.

Hawaii Section — Younger Member Forum

Web site: http://www.ascehawaii.org/ymf.html

2019-2020 YMF OfficersKapiolani Street, President kstreet@ascehawaiiymf.org

Carly Kaneko, Vice President ckaneko@ascehawaiiymf.org

Claire Fukuoka, Treasurer cfukuoka@ascehawaiiymf.org

Brandon Uejo, Secretary buejo@ascehawaiiymf.org

Nicole Nakaoka, Past President nnakaoka@ascehawaiiymf.org

YMF General MeetingThe next YMF general meeting is scheduled

for Thursday, March 5th, 2020 at 6:00 pm atChez Kenzo. If you are interested in attendingand learning more about the variousprofessional, social and service opportunitiesavailable through YMF, please contact YMF atymf.hawaii@gmail.com.

MATHCOUNTSOn Saturday, February 8th, eleven YMF

volunteers assisted in scoring this year'sMATHCOUNTS Honolulu Chapter Competition-an island-wide math competition for 6th, 7th,and 8th graders. MATHCOUNTS, a nationalfoundation, organizes programs andcompetitions dedicated to the enrichment ofmiddle-school mathematics. YMF sendscongratulations to all of the participatingcoaches and mathletes on a great contest andwishes good luck to the winners, who will beadvancing to the State Competition in March.

Dog Day Social On Sunday, February 9th, eight YMF

members and four of their furry friends camedown to Bark Park near Diamond Head to havea fetching morning. The skies were clear butthere was a gentle breeze to make it a paw-fectweather for the dogs to run around andmembers to hang out with their friends and playwith their canine companions. It was paw-someto watch the dogs make new friends andinspired us all to be as social as them. Thankyou all the YMF members fur coming andmaking it a fun and relaxing day. It would nothave been paw-sible without you!

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

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2020 MATHCOUNTS RESULTS,from Page 1

Hawaii MATHCOUNTS is organized by HSPEwith competition assistance from Hawaiieducators and engineers. HSPE HonoluluChapter and State MATHCOUNTS Coordinatoris Nhut Pham of Bowers & Kubota, and isassisted by Barry Nakamoto, Retired HawaiianElectric. HEI Charitable Foundation is again amajor sponsor of the 2020 MATHCOUNTSOahu Chapter and State Competitions.

As with more recent competitions over 100volunteers were needed for scoring, tallying,proctoring, scoring judges, and for therefreshments crew. The volunteers came fromHawaiian Electric Company, U.S. Army Corpsof Engineers (USACE), ASCE Young MembersForum (YMF), ASME, and the Department ofEducation. Thanks to Kevin Araki for recruitingUSACE volunteers, and to Sadielyn Arakaki andShane Sasaki who assembled the ASCE YMFvolunteers.

Helping with the awards presentation thistime were Dr. Steve Caley, Vice Principal,Kamehameha Middle School Kapalama;Joseph Manfre, Mathematics EducationalSpecialist, Department of Education; RobertIsler, Vice President Power Supply, HawaiianElectric Co., Inc.; and Sara Doi, President,HSPE. The Master of Ceremonies was again,Lou Muzzarini, retired USACE, who doubles asthe competition moderator. Rosella Motoki,Hawaiian Electric Co., assisted Muzzarini withawards presentation announcing the difficult topronounce award recipient names.

Hawaii MATHCOUNTS thanks KamehamehaSchools for again hosting the Oahu ChapterCompetition. They will also host the StateCompetition on Saturday, March 14, 2020. TheState Competition will have the six Oahuschools competing with two outer islandschools to determine the Hawaii teamcompeting in the 2020 RaytheonMATHCOUNTS National Competition on May 9-12, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

US Army Corps of Engineers Scorers &Tallyers Hawaiian Electric volunteers at the piko of the Kamehameha Middle School Campus

2019-2020 OfficersPresident: Scott McAdam smcadam@honolulu.govVice Pres.: Jason Nikaido jnikaido@honolulu.govTreasurer: Shelle Silva Shelle.silva@honolulu.govSecretary: Jon Baker jbaker@honolulu.govPast Pres.: Roger Babcock Jr rbabcock@hawaii.edu PWO Rep.: Herman Ellis III Hellis1@honolulu.govNat. Delegate: Sheryl Nojima snojima@grayhongnojima.comDeleg-at-Lrg: Lance Manabe lmanabe@fukunagaengineers.com

P.O. Box 2422 Honolulu, HI 96804www.HWEA.org

NEXT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEMEETINGMarch 18, 2020, 11:30am, Location TBA

WEF MEMBER ASSOCIATIONEXCHANGE (WEFMAX) MEETINGApril 15-17, 2020, Ala Moana HotelRegistration open: www.wef.org/membership/wef-member-associations/wefmax

BIOSOLIDS/NET ZERO ENERGYCONFERENCEMay 20, 2020, Manoa Grand Ballroom

2019-2020 ITE OfficersPresident: Jennylyn Tapat

JTapat@wilsonokamoto.com

Vice Pres.: Kelly Akasaki

Kelly.akasaki@honolulu.gov

Sec/Treas: Jasmine Teramae-Kaehuaea

jkaehuaea@atahawaii.com

The 2020 ITE Joint Western andMountain District Annual Meeting will beheld in Honolulu this year! Please join usJune 28th-July 1st at Hilton HawaiianVillage for the conference. Earlyregistration ends on April 30th. Regularregistration (regular pricing) begins onMay 1st. For additional information pleasevisit the meeting website at https://www.westernite.org/annualmeeting or emailJasmine Teramae-Kaehuaea at jkaehuaea@atahawaii.com.

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