VOL. 49 NO. 1 SERVING 2000 ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS MARCH, 2013 continued on page 7 Kuhio Highway Emergency Slope Repairs Vicinity of Lumahai, Island of Kauai, Hawaii Receives 2013 ACECH Grand Conceptor Award At its annual awards banquet, held on January 20, 2013 the American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawaii presented the 2013 ACECH Grand Conceptor Award to the Kuhio Highway Emergency Slope Repairs project, which was designed and nominated by Geolabs, Inc. for the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation. Kuhio Highway is the sole vehicular access to the north shore of Kauai. From Princeville to Wainiha the narrow, winding two-lane road fol- lows the ridges and valleys along the coast, providing spectacular views for the thousands of residents and visitors who travel the road daily. Five small, one-lane bridges along the highway limit the size and weight of vehicles allowed in the area. When several heavy rain storms initiated slope instability and threatened road closure, quick action was needed to maintain this vital link to the northern Kauai communities. The challenge for this pro- ject was to stabilize the existing highway due to failure of the hillside slope, and to provide a safe route for the residents and tourists while maintaining the natural beauty of this designat- ed National Historic Route. Because it is the only vehicular access to northern Kauai com- munities, it was critical to maintain one lane of the two-lane highway open at all times during construction. The narrow winding highway also posed constraints on the construction equip- ment available due to the existing 8-ton weight limit of the bridges to the site. Construction of a bypass road would have required substantial earthwork and retaining walls by cutting through the mountain range. The bypass road would have been costly and deprive the public from the historical scenic route. The solution was to shift the highway about 25 feet mauka by constructing a 0.75H:1V slope supported by a soil nail anchored wire mesh slope stabilization system. The hillside instability was remediated by removing the landslide mass. To limit the excavation quanti- ties and disturbance to the hillside, a steep cut slope reinforced with soil nails was used to strengthen the wet natural soils. By using top- down construction, the grading work was accomplished while maintaining one lane of traffic during work hours. During non-work hours, two lanes of traffic were restored. The shotcrete facing normally used to cover the soil nail reinforced slope face was replaced with an anchored wire mesh system to allow vegetation growth and eliminated an unpleasant concrete surface. The soil nail anchored wire mesh system allowed planting of vegetation on the slope to retain the natural lush environment and to be installed without the need of large heavy equip- ment. Top-down slope construction sequence was employed to maintain one lane open to traffic during work hours and both lanes open during non-work hours. The construction was completed ahead of schedule and under bud- get, while preserving this historic highway alignment. The construction was completed ahead of schedule and under budget. Respecting the natural environment and involving the local community resulted in a project that was well received and appreciated by all. 2013 ACECH Engineering Excellence Award Results Each year the American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawaii (ACECH) recognizes the outstanding achievements of its member firms with Engineering Excellence Awards. An esteemed panel of judges evalu- ated the entries based on the judging criteria of uniqueness and originality; technical value to the engineering profession; social and eco- nomic considerations; complexity; and meet- ing or exceeding owner/client needs. The judges assign projects to one of 3 levels with the top project earning the Grand Conceptor Award, followed by Engineering Excellence Awards and Honor Awards. A 4th award cate- gory is the People’s Choice Award, which is determined by banquet attendees who cast their votes after reviewing the project poster boards before the awards program begins. This year’s awards banquet was held on January 20, 2013 at the Ko’olau Golf Club. The awardees are listed below: Grand Conceptor Award (see cover article) • Kuhio Highway Emergency Slope Repairs Vicinity of Lumahai, Island of Kauai, Hawaii (Nominated by Geolabs, Inc.; Owner/Rep: State of Hawaii Department of Transportation) Excellence Award • Honolulu zoo – Asian Tropical Forest P.O. Box 88840 Honolulu, HI 96830 Website: www.acechawaii.org Officers for 2012-2013 President: Terrance Arashiro,PE 533-3646 Pres. Elect: Beverly Ishii-Nakayama,PE 942-9100 Treasurer: William Bow,PE 941-8853 Secretary: Robin Lim,PE 841-5064 Past Pres.: Douglas Lee,PE 523-8499 Nat. Dir.: John Katahira,PE 596-7790 Directors: Joel Yuen,PE 521-3773 Jeff Kalani,PE 942-0001 Corey Matsuoka,PE 531-1308 Exec. Dir.: Ginny Wright 741-4772 Email [email protected]
Kuhio Highway Emergency Slope RepairsVicinity of Lumahai, Island of Kauai, HawaiiReceives 2013 ACECH Grand Conceptor Award
At its annual awards banquet, held onJanuary 20, 2013 the American Council ofEngineering Companies of Hawaii presentedthe 2013 ACECH Grand Conceptor Award tothe Kuhio Highway Emergency Slope Repairsproject, which was designed and nominatedby Geolabs, Inc. for the State of HawaiiDepartment of Transportation.
Kuhio Highway is the sole vehicular accessto the north shore of Kauai. From Princeville toWainiha the narrow, winding two-lane road fol-lows the ridges and valleys along the coast,providing spectacular views for the thousandsof residents and visitors who travel the roaddaily. Five small, one-lane bridges along thehighway limit the size and weight of vehiclesallowed in the area. When several heavy rainstorms initiated slope instability and threatenedroad closure, quick action was needed tomaintain this vital link to the northern Kauaicommunities. The challenge for this pro-ject was to stabilize the existing highway due tofailure of the hillside slope, and to provide asafe route for the residents and tourists whilemaintaining the natural beauty of this designat-ed National Historic Route. Because it is theonly vehicular access to northern Kauai com-munities, it was critical to maintain one lane ofthe two-lane highway open at all times duringconstruction. The narrow winding highway alsoposed constraints on the construction equip-ment available due to the existing 8-ton weightlimit of the bridges to the site. Construction of abypass road would have required substantialearthwork and retaining walls by cuttingthrough the mountain range. The bypass roadwould have been costly and deprive the publicfrom the historical scenic route.
The solution was to shift the highway about25 feet mauka by constructing a 0.75H:1Vslope supported by a soil nail anchored wiremesh slope stabilization system. The hillsideinstability was remediated by removing thelandslide mass. To limit the excavation quanti-ties and disturbance to the hillside, a steep cutslope reinforced with soil nails was used tostrengthen the wet natural soils. By using top-down construction, the grading work wasaccomplished while maintaining one lane oftraffic during work hours. During non-workhours, two lanes of traffic were restored. Theshotcrete facing normally used to cover the soilnail reinforced slope face was replaced with ananchored wire mesh system to allow vegetation
growth and eliminated an unpleasant concretesurface.
The soil nail anchored wire mesh systemallowed planting of vegetation on the slope toretain the natural lush environment and to beinstalled without the need of large heavy equip-ment. Top-down slope construction sequencewas employed to maintain one lane open totraffic during work hours and both lanes openduring non-work hours. The construction wascompleted ahead of schedule and under bud-get, while preserving this historic highwayalignment.
The construction was completed ahead ofschedule and under budget. Respecting thenatural environment and involving the localcommunity resulted in a project that was wellreceived and appreciated by all.
2013 ACECH Engineering ExcellenceAward Results
Each year the American Council ofEngineering Companies of Hawaii (ACECH)recognizes the outstanding achievements of itsmember firms with Engineering ExcellenceAwards. An esteemed panel of judges evalu-ated the entries based on the judging criteriaof uniqueness and originality; technical valueto the engineering profession; social and eco-nomic considerations; complexity; and meet-ing or exceeding owner/client needs. Thejudges assign projects to one of 3 levels withthe top project earning the Grand ConceptorAward, followed by Engineering ExcellenceAwards and Honor Awards. A 4th award cate-gory is the People’s Choice Award, which isdetermined by banquet attendees who casttheir votes after reviewing the project posterboards before the awards program begins.This year’s awards banquet was held onJanuary 20, 2013 at the Ko’olau Golf Club. Theawardees are listed below:
Grand Conceptor Award (see cover article)• Kuhio Highway Emergency Slope Repairs
Vicinity of Lumahai, Island of Kauai, Hawaii(Nominated by Geolabs, Inc.; Owner/Rep:State of Hawaii Department ofTransportation)
Excellence Award• Honolulu zoo – Asian Tropical Forest
P.O. Box 88840Honolulu, HI 96830Website: www.acechawaii.org
Officers for 2012-2013President: Terrance Arashiro,PE 533-3646Pres. Elect: Beverly Ishii-Nakayama,PE 942-9100Treasurer: William Bow,PE 941-8853Secretary: Robin Lim,PE 841-5064Past Pres.: Douglas Lee,PE 523-8499Nat. Dir.: John Katahira,PE 596-7790Directors: Joel Yuen,PE 521-3773 Jeff Kalani,PE 942-0001 Corey Matsuoka,PE 531-1308Exec. Dir.: Ginny Wright 741-4772 Email [email protected]
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CMAA will have a booth at Pearlridge Mallthe weekend of Feb 15-17 as part of EngineersWeek.
CMAA Hawaii Chapter organized two sitetours in January 2013 to the WahiawaWastewater Treatment Plant and to IolaniSchool. Students from UH and HCC attendedthe events.
CMAA held a Chapter meeting on Jan 16featuring Chris Takashige, Director Designateof the City Department of Design &Construction. Chris mixed thoughtful anec-dotes of his stint in Japan with his perspectiveon transit oriented development, as well asengaging the audience in a lively “icebreaker”exercise.
As a result of the success of the 1st AnnualCMAA Golf Tournament, CMAA will be award-ing 2 scholarships to ConstructionManagement students at HCC this year. Savethe date for the 2nd Annual tournament sched-uled for October 4, 2013.
A community service event is being plannedfor March to help the Kaneohe YWCA.
Back in December, CMAA hosted a HappyHour at Bar 35. The next quarterly Happy Hourwill return to Bar 35’s outdoor patio on April 11.
Please also take note of the upcomingOwners Leadership Forum, scheduled for May5-7, 2013 in New Orleans.
Please visit the CMAA Hawaii website foradditional information about upcoming eventsand how you can get involved with CMAA.
As part of National Engineers’ Week inHawaii, a formal coalition of several societies,consulting engineering firms and manufactur-ing companies, student groups from theUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM), androbotics clubs from local high schools gath-ered at Pearlridge Center to display engineer-ing projects in progress.
Static engineering exhibits were displayed atPearlridge Uptown from Saturday, February 16through Monday, February 18, 2013. A total offourteen companies and societies participatedincluding ECC, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,Society of Women Engineers (SWE), PearlHarbor Naval Shipyard & IntermediateMaintenance Facility (PHNSY&IMF), Baldridge& Associates Structural Engineering, Inc.(BASE), Coffman Engineers, Belt CollinsHawaii LLC, American Society of Heating,Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers(ASHRAE), InSynergy Engineering, Inc.,Oceanit, Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO),American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME), and the Construction ManagementAssociation of America (CMAA).
HCES would like to congratulate the staticdisplay event award winners in the followingcategories: Presentation: Oceanit; TechnicalMerit: Baldridge & Associates StructuralEngineering, Inc.; and Promotion ofEngineering: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was oneof many static displays shown during theweekend.
Students prepare for the VEX roboticscompetition.
On February 17, Pearlridge Uptown CenterCourt came alive with a VEX competition, pro-duced by the award-winning McKinley HighSchool Robotics Team and sponsored byHCES and Pearlridge Center. This event com-bined robotics competitions between top highschool robotics teams with interactive sciencedemonstrations. Eighteen teams of elemen-
tary, middle and high-school students fromOahu competed in this invitational as part ofthe 2013 Engineers Week in Hawaii celebra-tion. Registered teams included Campbell,Farrington, Kaahumanu Elementary, KaimukiMiddle, Kalaheo, Kalakaua Middle, KamaileAcademy, Maryknoll High, McKinley, Mid-Pacific Institute, Moanalua Middle, NanakuliHigh, Niu Valley Middle, Stevenson Middle,Wahiawa Middle, Waianae High, WaianaeIntermediate and West Oahu Robotics. TheTeam Excellence Award recipient, West OahuRobotics, qualified to compete in the 2013 VEXRobotics World Championship, which will beheld in California this April.
In addition to watching the matches, mem-bers of the public were invited to create andrace their own toothbrush robots at a BrushBotworkshop table hosted by the award-winningKalani High School Robotics team.
EAH’s new meeting location is at the MangoGrill in the Topa Tower (Ewa tower on FortStreet ) in the Topa Financial Center (OldAMFAC Bldg). Parking is available (enterfrom Nimitz). The WEB site has been updatedto provide directions and a Map. If you havequestions please call Sam Gillie (543-4739).
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Meetings start at NOON and have endedPROMPTLY at 1:00 pm for 70 Years.
Program schedule may be adjusted, callSam Gillie to confirm speaker 543-4739 Fax203-1335.
$10.00 Members, $12.00 Guest (AllWelcome), Students Free, Bring Your OwnLunches Welcome, Drink Refreshments arecompliamentary. A $2.00 donation is verygratefully appreciated!!
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P.O. BOX 3774 HONOLULU, HAWAII 96812
WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL DOMINATES AGAIN AT THE 2013 HAWAII MATHCOUNTS®
OAHU CHAPTER COMPETITIONWashington Middle
School dominated allother teams at the 30thMATHCOUNTS® OahuChapter Competitionon February 9, 2013.Iolani School managedsecond place, whilethe Punahou Schoolteam came in third.Amazingly, of the topten individual scorersof the written Sprint andTarget RoundsWashington mathletestook nine of the spotstaking the first sevenplaces, the 9th and10th places. Punahoustudent Tyler Niiyamasneaked into 8th place.In first place was NeoKo, followed by team-mates Thomas Yang,Alvin Yang, BrandenTsuji-Jones, VincentTran, EdwardRequilman, and FrankPang. In 9th and 10thplaces, respectively,were Jay Park andJason Cho. These indi-viduals also competed in the CountdownRound where the finalists were Branden Tsuji-Jones in first and Alvin Yang second. The sixtop teams as a result of the Team Round willparticipate in the State Competition on March9, 2013, at Kamehameha Schools Kapalamacampus. These six include first placeWashington Middle School, second placeIolani, third place Punahou, fourth place MililaniMiddle, fifth place Highlands Intermediate, andfinally Kawananakoa Middle School in sixthplace.
This Hawaii MATHCOUNTS® event returnedto the Kamehameha Schools Kapalama MiddleSchool campus after being away for the 2011and 2012 chapter competitions while the cam-pus was being renovated. During renovationsthe Oahu Chapter Competitions were very for-tunate to have been held at Punahou School(Case Middle School) and the StateCompetitions at Iolani School. For this year’scompetition, the Filipino community, throughManny Lanuevo, had offered the use of theFilipino Community Center in Waipahu. MostLeeward and Central Oahu MATHCOUNTS®volunteers were looking forward to the shorterdrive to the event.
MATHCOUNTS® is a national math enrich-ment, coaching and competition program thatpromotes middle school (6th, 7th and 8thgrade) mathematics achievement in every U.S.state and territory, and is one of the most suc-cessful education partnership involving volun-teers, educators, industry sponsors and stu-dents in America. The subject matter includesgeometry, combinatorics, and algebra. It is anannual event locally sponsored and organizedby the Hawaii Society of ProfessionalEngineers (HSPE) in corporation with Hawaiieducators and with financial assistance fromHawaiian Electric Company, Inc. and HawaiianAirlines. The HSPE Education Foundation golftournament fundraiser for MATHCOUNTS istentatively scheduled for June 28, 2013. The
competitions are run by a steering committeewith volunteers from the Department ofEducation and the engineering profession.
The Oahu Chapter Competition began at8:30 a.m. with 236 students from 28 schoolsracking their brains first in the Sprint Round,followed by the Target, Team, and CountdownRounds. The Sprint Round has individual math-letes answering 30 difficult problems in 40 min-utes. The Target Round has 8 problems in pairsof two with 6 minutes per pair to complete. TheTeam Round has 10 problems where the teamsof four mathletes have 20 minutes to answer,and finally, the Countdown Round, a head-to-head ladder-style competition with the 12 high-est individual scorers from the Sprint andTarget Rounds. Countdown Round spectatorsare usually amazed on quickly the questionsare answered.
HSPE and the Hawaii MATHCOUNTS®Steering Committee would like to thank all themathletes, their coaches, and all the volunteerproctors and scorers for participating. The vol-unteer proctors and scorers came primarilyfrom Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. (HECO),the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ASCE YMF,ASME, and SSFM International. Without theirhelp there would not be any competition.HECO is a major sponsor of Hawaii MATH-COUNTS.
Washington Team, L-R: Coach Sung Park, Jason Cho, BrandenTsuji-Jones, Alvin Yang, Thomas Yang, Coach Charlen Taniguchi,and Coach Candy Ewell.
Iolani Team: L-R: Coach Li Ann Wada, Nathan Lee, ChristopherLindsay, Joshua Sunada, Kalani Takata, and Coach Larry Teske.
The 2013 Mathcounts State competition willbe held on March 9, at the KamehamehaSchools Kalama Dining Hall, Kapalama
Campus.The Big Island Mathcounts competition was
held on February 2, 2013. The winners were:Winning Team, Waiakea Intermediate
School: Felix Peng - 8th grade, Bradon Miyake- 8th grade, Benjamin Poppas - 8th grade,Jacqueline Millard - 8th grade. Coaches areArlene Cabalce and Rory Inouye.1st place student - Felix Peng, WaiakeaIntermediate School.
The Maui Mathcounts competition was heldon February 16, 2013. The winners were:
David Shiraki- 6th grade, Seabury Hall, ErikSvetin - Molokai Middle School
The HSPE Education Foundation golf tourna-ment fundraiser for Mathcounts, is scheduledfor June 28, 2013 at the Waikele Golf Course.Please be on the lookout for more details in theWiliki and at the HSPE websites. Mahalo.
Waiakea Intermediate School Team.
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Hawaii Section — Younger Member ForumWeb site: http://www.ascehawaii.org/ymf.html
Kahoma Stream with a curved, 60-foot wide,360-foot single span, low-profile, inverted tiedarch bridge. This structure consists of an inno-vative and unique combination of precast,post-tensioned and cast-in-place concrete.Due to the need to protect 30 acres of culturallysignificant agricultural terraces discovered dur-ing the project’s design phase, a roadwayrealignment was implemented that significantlymagnified the complexity of this structurewhich now required: elimination of intermediatesupports, high strength reinforcing / pre-stress-ing strands and high-performance concretemixes. Speaker: Eric Matsumoto, S.E., KSF Inc.Date: Thursday, March 21st, 2013Location: Treetops at Paradise Park,
Menu: Multi-entree buffetCost: $25.00 for ASCE Hawaii Section
members$28.00 for Non-ASCE Hawaii Sectionmembers and Guests$11.00 for UH Manoa StudentChapter members
Please make checks payable to ASCE-Hawaii Section and mail to Tim Goshi, ASCEHawaii Section Treasurer, KAI Hawaii, Inc., 31N. Pauahi Street, 2nd Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii96817. Please send reservations for the dinnermeeting to Tim Goshi by Monday, March 18,2013, by phone at 533-2210 or email [email protected]. No shows will bebilled.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGLast held: February 12, 2013Next meeting: March 13, 2013
ASCE JOB LISTINGSThe following job listings are currently post-
ed on the ASCE Hawaii Section website:• Civil Engineer VI – City and County of
Honolulu• Structural Engineer II – City and County of
Honolulu• Civil Engineer IV – City and County of
Honolulu• Civil Engineer V – City and County of
Honolulu• Mechanical Engineer IV – City and County of
YMF General MeetingThe next YMF general meeting is scheduled
for Wednesday, March 6, 6:00 p.m. at Ryan’sGrill. If you are interested in attending to findout what the YMF is all about, contact YMF [email protected].
2013 Outstanding Younger Member inCommunity Activities AwardBy Kurt Nagamine, President
On January 26, 2013, the Western RegionalYounger Member Council (WRYMC)announced the winner of the 2013 OutstandingYounger Member in Community Activities
award. This award is presented to a youngengineer nominee who frequently takes part inASCE events, participates in civic and human-itarian activities, has achieved numerous engi-neering accomplishments, and most impor-tantly donates countless hours to communityservice. ASCE Hawaii Section YMF is proudto announce our very own Past-President, LaraKaramatsu, P.E., as the recipient of the 2013Outstanding Younger Member in CommunityActivities Award. Lara was selected over manyapplicants from the ten states in the ASCE’swestern region. In addition to this award,Lara has won and will be receiving the 2013HCES Young Engineer of the Year award. Herdedication, determination, and aggressivesearch for community service activities hasalso helped the Hawaii Section YMF to earnmultiple awards including the Younger MemberGroup Award Certificate of Commendation(Small Group) for 2010, 2011, and 2012; Cityand County of Honolulu Good Neighbor Awardfor 2010, 2011, and 2012; 2012 ASCE PublicService Award; and the 2012 Paul A. ParisiNational Public Service Award.Congratulations Lara!
Heʻeia FishpondBy David Lin & Tiffany Hamada, CommunityService Chairs
On Saturday, January 26, 2013, 19 volun-teers from the Hawaii Section YMF gladly tookon the task of restoring the He‘eia Fishpond.After Paepae o He‘eia gave an introductionabout the He‘eia fishpond, volunteers split upinto three different groups and did varioustasks leading up to the wall restoration. Somegot into the water to help the material bargewhile others moved coral. After the hard workwas done, lunch was provided by Paepae oHe‘eia. In all, it was a fun event and thank youto all the volunteers for coming out to help withthis event and to Paepae o He‘eia for coordi-nating this event with the YMF.
MATHCOUNTS Oahu Chapter CompetitionBy David Lin & Tiffany Hamada, CommunityService Chairs
On Saturday, February 9, 2013, 11 volun-teers from the Hawaii Section YMF volunteeredat the MATHCOUNTS Oahu Chapter competi-tion at Kamehameha School. This competitioninvolved 6 – 8 grade students from schools allover Oahu. The math skills of these studentswere put to the test as they were challenged tosolve a series of math problems within a giventime limit. YMF members helped by tallying theresults for three different rounds: Sprint, Target,& Team. Congratulations to Washington MiddleSchool for placing first. Thank you to all the vol-unteers for coming out to help with this eventand Ed Chang for coordinating this event withthe YMF.
Lara Karamatsu receiving the WRYMCOutstanding Younger Member inCommunity Activities award from RandallS. Over, P.E., ASCE President-Elect.
Heʻeia fishpond
Honolulu• Project Engineer – Hawaii Public Housing
Authority• Building Engineer IV – Hawaii Public
Housing AuthorityFor further information on these job listings or
to find out how you can post job openings inyour company on this website, please visithttp://www.ascehawaii.org/jobs.htm.
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S T R U C T U R A LE N G I N E E R S
A S S O C I AT I O NO F H AWA I I
PO BOX 3348, HONOLULU, HI 96801Web Page URL http://www.seaoh.org
HONOLULU POSTSOCIETY OF AMERICANMILITARY ENGINEERSEstablished 1920 --Dedicated to the National Defense
P.O. Box 31218, Honolulu, HI 96817Web page: www.samehonolulu.org
2012-2013 OFFICERSPresident COL Gregory J. Gunter, USAVP/Programs Bryan Zachmeier, USAF (Ret)VP/Sustain. Members Will Boudra, PE, F.SAME, USN (Ret)VP/Membership Jerry M. Matsuda, PE, Col, USAF (Ret)Secretary 1LT Andrew K. Hill, USATreasurer LT Aaron T. Allison, USNRegional VP, Pacific Region Bill Grip, F.SAMEDir at Lge/Army LTC Doug Guttormsen, USADir at Lge/Navy TBDDir at Lge /Air Force Col Karl Bosworth, USAFDir at Lge /Coast Guard LCDR Andrew Wright, PE, USCGDir at Lge /Civilian Todd Barnes, PE, F.SAME, USA (Ret)
Our new state-of-the-art plant maintains Tileco’s position as the State’s leading concrete block manufacturer.
Seminars/Events:– Cold-Formed Steel seminar on Progressive
Collapse with speaker Nabil Rahman isscheduled for March 14, 2013
– Joint ASCE Hawaii and SEAOH MarchDinner Meeting
– Thursday, March 21st, 2013 at Treetops atParadise Park, Manoa Valley
– Program: Design and Construction ofKahoma Stream Bridge
By: Eric Matsumoto, S.E., KSF Inc. Honoapiilani Highway realignment traverses
Kahoma Stream with a curved, 60-foot wide,360-foot single span, low-profile, invertedtied arch bridge. This structure consists ofan innovative and unique combination ofprecast, post-tensioned and cast-in-placeconcrete. Due to the need to protect 30acres of culturally significant agricultural ter-races discovered during the project’s designphase, a roadway realignment was imple-mented that significantly magnified the com-plexity of this structure which now required:elimination of intermediate supports, highstrength reinforcing / pre-stressing strandsand high-performance concrete mixes.
– Joint CCPI and SEAOH Annual Convention2013 will be at Hawaii Prince Hapuna BeachResort on the island of Hawaii on October3,4 and 5 2013. New Member: Ting-Cheng Wen of Sato and
Associates has been accepted for the grade ofAllied Member.
New Member Applications: Membershipapplications from Ryan Nakamoto of SSFM,Andrew Pang and Joshua Tyau of NagamineOkawa Engineers Inc., for the grade of AlliedMember were received and are open for com-ments from the membership. A membershipapplication from Michael Matsumoto of SSFMfor member was also received and is open forcomments from the membership
Missing Members: Please contactMembership Chairperson, Jiabao Chen (Ph:791-3945 or email [email protected]), orany of the SEAOH Officers if you have a newmailing and/or email address.
The next SEAOH Board of Directors andOfficers meeting will be held on Wednesday,March 6, 2013. Contact 2013 SEAOH PresidentBrian Kung (488-7579, [email protected]) formore information.
Society of American MilitaryEngineers (SAME)Honolulu Post Scholarship (2013)Announcement
Award: A $2,500 scholarship with a one-year SAME “Student” membership. Up to six(6) scholarships may be awarded.
Eligibility:A Hawaii high school senior planning to pur-
sue a full-time undergraduate degree in engi-
neering or architecture at a university with anaccredited program or a current Hawaii under-graduate or graduate student enrolled at a uni-versity with an accredited engineering or archi-tecture program
U.S. citizenMinimum 3.0 GPA (the latest official tran-
script is required)Military affiliation or experience (i.e., SAME
member or dependent, military dependent,Junior ROTC or ROTC) not required, but givenpreference
Requirements: latest “official transcripts”and when applicable, “acceptance letters” asdescribed below, and the following documents(items 3 to 5) typewritten and double-spaced.
For high school seniors who will pursueundergraduate degrees in engineering orarchitecture – a copy of the university accep-tance letter.
For college seniors who will pursue graduatedegrees in engineering or architecture – acopy of the graduate program acceptance let-ter.
Resume of work experience, academic andextra-curricular activities (one page maximum).
Essay on “What is the greatest engineeringor architecture project in Hawaii accomplishedduring WWII and why?” (one page maximum)
One reference letter sent directly by a faculty(non-family) member describing the applicant’sdesire to pursue a career in the eligible pro-grams (one page maximum).
Deadline: Postmark by April 15, 2013.Winners will be announced in mid-June 2013.
For more information and application, visitthe SAME Honolulu Website at www.same-honolulu.org.
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ASCEYMF, continued from page 4Makapuʼu/Lighthouse Hike and Tide PoolsBy Austin Wong & Emily Dong, Social Chairs
On Saturday, January 19, 2013, YMF Hawaiihosted the Second Annual Hike atMakapu’u/Lighthouse. About 25 YMF mem-bers, friends and family met at an early 8 AM tohike up to the top of the trail. Water, fruitsnacks, and granola bars were provided. Thetrail is a paved path with panoramic views ofthe south eastern neighbor islands. At the sum-mit, views of Kailua and Waimanalo on theeastern shore could be seen crystal clear aswell as Sandy beach on the south shore. Afterthe hike a few energetic members decided tocontinue hiking at Koko Head Crater Trail.Scenic views of Hawaii Kai and Diamond Headcould be seen. Thanks for all who came out!
KNOW YOUR ASCE HISTORYby C.S. Papacostas
LIWAI HA`ALELEAAs I pointed out last month (February 2013),
between 1904 and 1906, the EngineeringAssociation held its regular monthly meetingsat “Haalelea Lawn,” very likely in a building thatwas occupied at the time by the Hawai`iSymphony Society. My search into the matterpinpointed the “lawn” to an area on the Waikikiside of Richards Street between BeretaniaStreet and the Palace Walk (Heleali`i), and to a“Hulumanu” chief under Kamehameha III, Levi(or Liwai) Ha`alelea.
The earliest documented occurrence of theterm “Haalelea Lawn” that I found so far, was inthe 1892 Polk “Directory and Handbook of theKingdom of Hawaii” in which several peopleare listed as residents in “Haalelea’s Lawn.”Among them were Mrs. Anna A. Haalelea(Levi’s Chinese/Hawaiian second wife, knownby several other names as well), HenryGalagher (Royal School teacher), and Chas.Rose (carpenter with C. B. Ripley). Of thesepeople, only Mrs. Haalelea is included in theearlier 1890 issue of the Polk Directory that listsher as residing on “Richard nr. Palace,” withoutexplicit reference to any “Lawn.” This time-frame is about 30 years after Levi’s death.
Levi’s obituary had appeared in the October8, 1864 issue of the Hawaiian language news-paper “Ka Nupepa Kuokoa.” In part, it said “uamake oia i ka la 3 o keia malama, ma kona wahinoho ma ‘Holani’ ma Honolulu nei...” or “hedied on the 3rd day of this month, at his placeof residence ‘Holani’ in Honolulu...” Among theitems he bequeathed his second wife in his willwas a “pahale [house lot] in Honolulu calledHolani and bounded by Richards St., PalaceWalk, and next to the pahale of H.K.Kapakuhaili and J. Kaeo.”
Chief Levi had come to possess this andmany other lands on several islands throughhis first wife Kekau`onohi, a granddaughter ofKamehameha I, whom he married around1849. According to a story by Royal and laterTerritorial Surveyor-General W. D. Alexander inthe 1906 Annual Report of the HawaiianHistorical Society, Levi had served as “privatesecretary and land agent” to Kekau`onohi andher previous husband Keali`iahonui of Kaua`i.Kekau`onohi died on June 2, 1851 at age 46.
These events were contemporaneous withthe transition of land ownership (the GreatMahele, or Land Division) that eventuallynecessitated for the first time accurate landmeasurements (by “metes and bounds”);hence, precise locational references prior tothis practice are often uncertain.
To summarize, sometime after Levi’s passingin 1864 and likely around the issuance of Polk’s1892 Directory, the land area known at the timeof his death as “Holani” or “Holani-Pa” came tobe part of a major gathering place in the heartof Honolulu, “Haalelea Lawn.”
To verify my sleuthing conclusions, I turnedto a valuable reference by Gorman D. Gilmanthat appeared in the Hawaiian Annual of 1904titled “Streets of Honolulu in the Early Forties.”Gilman had arrived in Honolulu in 1941, sawthe growth of the city first-hand, and put downhis reminiscences (with possible lapses ofmemory, of course). In his article, he methodi-cally describes the major thoroughfares of thecity in the 1840s and the most notable build-
ings located along them.At one point, he begins describing Richards
Street moving mauka and reaches the oldPalace grounds (earlier the site of a heiau andalso known as Hali`imaile), where he recalls“on the Palace side of the street was a series oflow one-story buildings occupied at differenttimes by the Princess Victoria and her brother,Prince Lot... Next mauka were the old premisesof the Sumner family... Still mauka crossing anarrow lane, afterward designated as PalaceWalk, came a large open ground in which wasthe residence of Haalelea. And mauka of thiscoming up to Beretania street, was the resi-dence of Kaeo, and Lahilahi, the parents of thelate Prince Albert recently [viz. 1862]deceased. The Central Union Church now [viz.1904] covers the ground formerly occupied bythese houses. Adjoining on Beretania street,was the residence of the French Consul, JulesDudoit, in whose family were also Mrs. andMiss Coney, his wife’s mother and sister...”
Farther on, he also explains that “on themauka borders of the palace property was theschool building of the Young Chiefs’ School,cared for and watched over by Mr. and Mrs. A.S. Cooke, formerly connected with the mis-sion.”
Fortuitously, in my collection of maps fromvarious sources was one showing Honolulu in1843 that appeared in the Honolulu Advertisercentennial issue (July, 1956), the original ofwhich was found among the papers of BritishConsul General (from 1825 to 1843) and insti-gator of the “Paulet Affair” (in 1843) RichardCarlton; the map was kept in the BritishConsulate in Honolulu.
The map section covering the area Idescribed above is reproduced below; anaccompanying index identifies special maplocations, including the Sumner residence onthe Palace grounds (item 36), Haalelea’s resi-dence (item 57), and Kaeo’s and Lahilahi’s res-idence (item 56). Item 58 across Beretaniastreet is described as “Captain Dominis resi-dence, now Washington Place.” The FrenchConsul’s house and the British Consulate areexplicitly noted and only a stub of Palace Walkis shown as improved, leading to the YoungChiefs’ School. This structure was laterreplaced with Halekoa (or `Iolani Barracks) thatwas eventually relocated to today’s Palacegrounds where the Sumner residence used tobe to make room for the State Capitol. Today’slarger and centered `Iolani Palace was com-pleted in 1882.
At the risk of once again being sidetrackedand keeping in mind that historical accounts ofthe following events vary in their detail, I feelthat a few words about Liwai are in order beforecompleting the story of “Haalelea Lawn.”
Ha`alelea was born in Lahaina in 1822. In1835, an article in “Ke Kumu Hawaii” lists the13-year old among the students of Papa 3 (3rdClass) “o ke Kulanui of Hawaii nei, maLahailanuna i Maui.” As I noted above, heserved as secretary and land agent toKeli`iahonui and his wife Kekau`onohi whom hemarried upon her previous husband’s death.His only child, Julia Kamalalehea, died of con-gestion of the brain on Feb. 8, 1856 (TheFriend, Aug. 19, 1856). The Feb. 3, 1858 issueof Ka Hae Hawaii announced his second mar-riage “Ian. 21, 1858, Hilo, Hawaii, mare [mar-ried] o L. Haalelea me Amoe.” Also known as
Ululani, Anadelia or Andelia, andKapukalakala, she was the oldest daughter ofChinese merchant John Ena andKaikilaniali`iwahineopuna.
From April 26, 1852 to July 18, 1855, Ha`ale-lea served on the King’s Privy Council (`AhaKuka Malu) and from 1853 to 1862 in theHouse of Nobles (Hale `Aha`olelo Ali`i). At leastone of his feathered capes (`ahu `ula) is pre-served in the Bishop Museum.
Property disputes related to his vast estatepersisted for decades, including an accusationthat he forged the will of Keli`iahonui. Anothermajor case was Haalelea v. Montgomery(1858) where the Hawaii Supreme Courtdefined appurtenant fishing rights and redefin-ition of land “tenancy” in connection with a saleby Kekau`onohi of portion of the HonouliuliAhupua`a, later sold to James Campbell for$95,000 (Sacramento Daily Record-Union,Sept. 24, 1877).
In the 1850s, he allowed the first contingentof Mormon “Saints” to use his PalawaiAhupua`a on Lanai, and conveyed this land toWalter M. Gibson on Feb. 23, 1863. During thesame period, he befriended famous malacolo-gist William Harper Pease, allowing him tokeep his library and shell collection in hishouse.
He was buried at Kawaiaha`o Cemetery.Do you know of a civil engineering accom-
plishment or event that your fellow ASCE mem-bers might find interesting? Please send abrief description to C.S. Papacostas (fax 956-5014, email [email protected]).Previous articles in the series may be found atthe Section’s web site. Just point your browserto http://www.ascehawaii.org.
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Officers/BoDirectors for 2012-2014President: Jeoffrey S. Cudiamat, PEVP/Pres-Elect: Francisco T. Cruzata, AIASecretary: Krizlle Jane C. MabutiTreasurer: Riza Marie R. GatdulaAss’t Treas.: Maritez A. MarquezAuditor: Nicolo Orense, PEBus. Manager: Lei Racel P. JaramillaPress Rel. Off: John C. Ramos, PEPast President: Elvira SutherlandHCES Rep: Suzie S. AgraanAlternate: Gene Albano
FALEA FE REVIEW CLASS – By the time youread this, we’ll have been in the 7th week ofSaturday review classes which started onJanuary 19th. We’ve had quite a bit of partici-pation & according to Lei, at least 14 studentsapplied for membership in the organization.She also reminded us to look at the scheduleas we need volunteers to help out during thesessions. The Board also approved purchaseof a new coffee maker to replace the old onethat has been in use over the years.
MEMBERSHIP – Gene is already in processof updating our existing list, as well as require-ment(s) for membership.
SPECIAL EVENTS – Suzie has been busy inpreparation for one of our big events of theyear. It looks like we’ll have our 2013 ChristmasParty on December 15, a Sunday, at the PacificBeach Hotel based on availability, parking,food, & cost. So mark the date!
TRIP TO PI – Welcome back Jeoffrey, ourPresident, for a successful trip with the FCCH’sannual Trade Mission. Hopefully, this will pavethe way for more active participation next yearand years to come.
HCES BANQUET – FALEA has reserved atable of 8 for the Engineers Week Banquet onFebruary 23.
ITE Hawaii Section Meeting Highlights January 30, 2013
The speaker was Peter Rosegg from theHawaiian Electric Company (HECO).
Mr. Rosegg discussed the formation ofHECO and the company’s history of heavydependence on fossil fuels. He then dis-cussed the clean energy economy and therequirement of 70% clean energy by 2030.HECO is on track to meet the 2015 requirementof 15% energy from renewable sources, butmeeting the 2030 requirement will get harderfrom here. He discussed the challenges of bal-ancing demand for electricity and the unevennature of renewable electricity production. Healso talked about the rising cost of oil world-wide and mentioned HECO’s firm belief thatrenewables will be cheaper in the future thanoil.He summed up HECO’s next steps:1. Make rooftop solar power easier2. Encourage energy efficiency3. Promote electric vehicles4. Seek 400 MW more renewable energy for
Oahu; 30 MW more for Maui; 50 MW geot-hermal for the big island
5. Increasing biofuels and biomass6. Evaluating liquefied natural gas to replace
oilPresident Packard noted that plans for the
February meeting were not firm yet, but moreinformation would be forthcoming.
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