Hawaii Section - American Society of Civil Engineers

2015 OUTSTANDING SECTION / BRANCH AWARD NOMINATION FORM
Applications are limited to 12 pages plus a copy of one newsletter.
Please mail an electronic submittal (pdf files preferred) to Nancy Berson at ASCE:
[email protected] by October 30, 2015.
BASIC INFORMATION:
Award Classification (check one):
Section/Branch Nominee:
Name and Board Position of
Contact Member:
ASCE Member ID:
Address:
Telephone:
E-mail:
Very Large Section/Branch (> 2500 members)
Large Section/Branch (1001-2500 members)
X Medium Section/Branch (501-1000 members)
Small Section/Branch (< 500 members)
Hawaii
Glenn Miyasato, Past-President
261465
99-205 Moanalua Road, Suite 205, Aiea, HI 96701
808-488-7579 ext. 3
[email protected]
NOMINATION QUESTIONS/SCORING
100 points maximum
10 points each in Categories A to G and 30 points in Category H
Each event/activity may only be used once. Please select the most appropriate category.
A. COMMUNICATION WITH MEMBERS (10 Points Maximum)
Newsletter (1 point per newsletter, 4 points maximum):
13 total. 1 online interactive newsletter (yearly,
see attached), also 12 postings (monthly) in
Wiliki, newsletter for all the engineering
organizations (see attached Wiliki).
Number of Newsletters Published Annually:
Please include one newsletter with the Award nomination package.
Website (3 points maximum):
www.ascehawaii.org
Website URL:
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Discuss the content
included on your website:
The Section revamped its website this past year in an effort to
provide more efficient distribution of information. The new website
is much brighter and easier to navigate, and includes the following
information:
 Calendar and accompanying description of meetings,
seminars and other activities
 Information about webinars, awards and scholarships
 List of officers, committee chairpersons, past section
presidents, and section life members,
 About 200 history and heritage articles,
 Constitution and bylaws
 Institute and committee pages listing related activities
 Links to related websites including those of the YMF and
student chapter
 Civil engineering job listings (paid listings).
Other Tools (3 points maximum):

Discuss any other
communication tools used
by your Section/Branch:
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Eblasts two to three times a month to notify members of
meetings, seminars and other activities
Eblasts to nonmembers interested in our activities
Hardcopy mail outs once a month to civil engineering
companies and select individuals for meetings and seminars
Facebook posts to provide similar information as well as
other articles or comments of interest to members
B. PROFESSIONAL / LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES, AWARDS / RECOGNITION,
AND SCHOLARSHIPS (10 Points Maximum)
Professional / Leadership Activities (5 points maximum):
Professional / Leadership (non-Technical) Committees (1 point each, 2 points maximum)
Professional
Committee:
Number of Meetings:
Executive
12
YMF
12
Presentation Topic(s):
Discussion of section business and activities
Discussion of YMF business and activities
Professional / Leadership (non-Technical) Seminars / Courses (1 point each, 3 points
maximum)
Date:
Approx. Attendees:
9/8/15
120
10/16/14
25
1/22/15
35
Presentation Topics / Describe Seminar:
Governor of Hawaii’s priorities for the State and the role
engineers will play in shaping Hawaii’s future
End of year session with committee chairpersons to discuss
and coordinate Society, Section and committee initiatives and
Society and Section resource distribution
General membership meeting to discuss Section and Society
Initiatives for 2015
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Awards (1 point each, 2 points maximum):
Awards Given by the Section/Branch
Name of Award:
Best Small
Project
Best Special
Project
Recipient:
State of Hawaii
Department of
Transportation
State of Hawaii
Dept. of Natural
Resources
Best Large
Project
Oliver McMillan
Grand Prize
Winner
State of Hawaii
Department of
Transportation
Describe:
Design and construction of emergency repairs to
Ihiihiilaukea Bridge, a heavily deteriorated reinforced
concrete arch bridge.
Design of Tsunami Damage Repairs at Manele Small Boat
Harbor.
Design of the Pacifica Honolulu Tower, a high rise
condominium structure.
Emergency Repairs to Hana Highway Route 360, Maui.
Society Awards Received by the Section / Branch or its members
Name of Award:
Edmund
Friedman Young
Engineer Award
Hawaii Society of
Professional
Engineers 2015
Engineer of the
Year
Hawaii Council of
Engineering
Societies Young
Engineer of the
Year
ASCE Diplomate,
Water Resources
Engineer
(D.WRE)
Recipient:
Troy Ching
Describe:
Recognizes the professional contributions of younger
members of the Society
Awarded to the outstanding professional engineer in the
State of Hawaii for 2015
Gary Chock
Awarded to the outstanding young engineer in the State of
Hawaii for 2015
Susan Mukai
Manabu
Tagomori
Awarded for his accomplishments in the field of water
resources management and engineering in the State of
Hawaii from the 1950s to the present. Scholarships (3 points maximum):
Scholarships to High School Students (2 points maximum)
Name of Scholarship:
Middle School
Science Fair
Scholarship
High School Science
Fair Scholarship
Amount of Scholarship:
Describe:
Awarded to the middle school student with the
most outstanding Hawaii State Science Fair
project related to civil engineering
Awarded to the high school student with the
most outstanding Hawaii State Science Fair
project related to civil engineering
$200
$200
Scholarships to College Students (1 point maximum)
Name of Scholarship:
Amount of Scholarship:
Walter Lum
Scholarship
Two $3,000 awards
Student Chapter
Service Scholarship
Two $750 awards
Describe:
Scholarships awarded to two civil engineering
students at the University of Hawaii, based on
academic achievement, financial need, and
service.
Scholarships awarded to University of Hawaii
student chapter members that have contributed
significantly to the student chapter
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C. TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES (10 Points Maximum)
Section/Branch Technical Committees or Institutes (minimum of 2 technical meetings per
year; 1 point each, 4 points maximum)
Technical
Committee:
Number of Meetings:
Presentation Topic(s):

Water Resources
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2

Geo-Institute
2

Transportation
Environmental
2
Geotechnical Case Histories Workshop: This
one-day workshop included various case
studies regarding geotechnical failures and
issues both locally and internationally, and
provided lessons from these projects. The
Section brought in Professor John Endicott, a
tunneling expert as the keynote speaker and
supplemented his presentations with local
experts.
Stream Bluff Stabilization and Protection of
the Riverside Apartments


Honolulu’s History as a Transit Town
Civil Engineering: An Important Part of Our
Sustainable Future

Overview of Office of Planning and
Environmental Review Process
Honolulu Sea-Level Rise Risk and
Vulnerability Study

2
BWS Pilots of New Pipeline Condition
Assessment Tools
R-1 Reuse Feasibility Study at the
Waimanalo Wastewater Treatment Plant
Technical Seminars / Courses Offered with PDHs (1 point each, 4 points maximum)
Date:
Approx. Attendees:
Saturdays
from 8/8/15
to 10/17/15
20
3/19/15
70
8/8/15
25
2/11/15
20
Describe:
P.E. Exam Refresher Course: This course prepares engineers
to take and pass the civil engineering licensing exam.
Experienced engineers chosen from the local ASCE
membership lecture over 11 Saturday sessions on breadth
format material, including highway geometry, water resources,
structural analysis and environmental, construction and
geotechnical engineering. Many younger members take this
course, and attendees praise the course for helping them
significantly with exam preparation.
ASCE 7 Tsunami Loads: 1 hour seminar on the new ASCE 7
chapter on Tsunami Loads, including discussion on research
and testing to develop load criteria and application to local
projects.
Seminar on Legal Impacts of Stamping Drawings: In this
seminar, geared towards recently licensed engineers, an
attorney reviewed the legal responsibilities and ramifications of
stamping documents.
Structural BMPs in Support of LID Designs. Topics discussed
included definition of low Impact development, solutions and
impact on civil design, local policies and products.
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Other Technical / Educational Activities and Benefits for Section / Branch Members (2 points
maximum)
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Describe other technical /
educational activities and
benefits for Section /
Branch members:

The Section organized a teleconference between a member
familiar with Constant Contact with our committee members
responsible for eblasting and other email communication.
The Section is hosting the 7th Civil Engineering Conference
in the Asia Region (CECAR7) to be held in Hawaii on August
30 to September 2, 2016. Several members have been
working on the planning committee for the past two years
and members are in charge of several technical sessions,
including local projects, coastal engineering, wind and
tsunami hazards, as well as a one-day sustainability
workshop.
The Section Executive Committee provided a member on
the Geo-Institute and Sustainability committees to help them
plan their seminars and workshops so that they can
effectively use Section resources for these events
D. MEMBERSHIP (10 Points Maximum)

Describe efforts to transition
Student Members to Associate
Members (2 points):


Describe Member recruitment
programs (2 points):


Describe Member retention
programs (2 points):

Updated Website contains a tab on the home page to
join ASCE.
The Section heavily subsidizes student chapter dinner
meeting and seminar fees to encourage students to
attend these events
Section YMF organized outdoor activities such as beach
barbeques and the Aiea Loop Trail hike and Makapuu
Lighthouse hike.
Section YMF held regular driving range practice
sessions.

Section YMF gathered applications for the 2015 ASCE
CYM Employer Recognition Award for employers who
encourage their young engineers to get involved in
ASCE activities. Award winning company was
recognized at April dinner meeting.

Section YMF sponsors a softball team in the engineering
league.
The Section hosted a past presidents breakfast to keep
past presidents informed of ASCE activities and asked
them to help out as needed.
Describe any recognition
programs for employers
supporting ASCE (2 points):
Describe other Membership
Activities / Events (2 points):
Section president gave a presentation outlining the
benefits of joining ASCE to the student chapter at its first
meeting of the year.
At dinner meeting dedicated to the student chapter, the
Section YMF presents all the graduating seniors with a
graduation gift and formally invites them into the YMF.
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E. PUBLIC OUTREACH / EDUCATION ACTIVITIES (10 Points Maximum)

Describe outreach activities with
elementary, middle, or high
schools (2 points):
Describe outreach activities for
colleges without ASCE Student
Chapters (2 points):
Describe outreach activities with
your Practitioner Advisor and
ASCE Student Chapters/Clubs
(2 points):


Members served on a jury for CAD students at
Honolulu Community college.

Buddy system: Student members are paired up with
members at all dinner meetings to provide mentoring
opportunities and for members to talk to students
about ASCE and about job opportunities.
Student Chapter Dinner Meeting: The April dinner
meeting was dedicated to the student chapter and the
chapter presented their activities for the year. The
Student Chapter also provided a short chapter update
at about half of the monthly dinner meetings.


The Section invited the members of the print and
television media to attend our sustainability workshop
for free. This resulted in a print article about the
workshop and sustainability in general in the local
paper

The Section organizes the venue for the Annual
Hawaii Engineers Week Banquet promoting the
Engineering profession.
Section YMF organized a field trip to the
Kailua/Kaneohe Sewer Tunnel.
Describe outreach activities via
media outlets (2 points):
Describe other public outreach or
educational activities (2 points):
The Section provided a “Ropes of Engineering” activity
for all attending high school students to learn about
civil engineering at the High School Industry Challenge
held every year at the University of Hawaii.
Section YMF sponsored a Junior Engineering STEM
Night at Moanalua, Manana, and Webling Elementary
where members provided civil engineering related
games and activities for elementary school students

Manana Elementary STEM Night
Makapuu Lighthouse Hike
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F. COMMUNITY SERVICE, PUBLIC SERVICE, HISTORY & HERITAGE,
SUSTAINABILITY, AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS (10 Points Maximum)
NOTE: ASCE also awards a History and Heritage Award. If you have such activities and
want to be considered for that award, describe those activities here and submit a copy of
this application directly to Jennifer Lawrence at [email protected].

Describe public service projects
(2 points):


History and heritage chairman has been writing and
publishing articles almost monthly in the Wiliki
(Engineering newsletter)

Legislative committee chairman actively participates in
Coalition of Hawaii Engineering and Architectural
Professional Legislative and Lobbying efforts.
Hawaii Section president-elect participated in
legislative fly-in.
Describe History and Heritage
Activities (2 points):
Describe Government Relations
activities (2 points):
Describe Sustainability Initiatives
intended to advance the
principles of sustainable
development (2 points):

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

Describe Community Service
events (1 point each, 2 points
max):
Section YMF volunteered for the Special Olympics,
Aukake Classic, guiding athletes to the stage to
receive their medals.
Section YMF volunteered at the yearly Hawaii
Foodbank National Association of Letter Carriers food
drive. About 20 members packaged donated food for
distribution to community food banks or food pantries.

The Section started a Sustainability committee for the
purpose of promoting sustainability outreach and
activities
The Section designated one dinner meeting for
sustainability topics.
The Section including YMF participated at the
Mathcounts competition for middle school students.
Section YMF volunteered at the Malama Loko Ea
community work day. About 15 members worked to
stabilize the fishpond rock wall, deepen the channel,
and remove weeds from the banks.
Hawaii Foodbank Food Drive
Malama Loko Ea Fishpond Work Day
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G. DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION (10 Points Maximum)
NOTE: Diversity & Inclusion is support of equitable opportunity for participation of people within the
Civil Engineering profession without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation,
nationality, or physical challenges. In addition to points awarded for the Outstanding Section/Branch
Award, information in this section will also be used by ASCE’s Committee on Diversity and Inclusion
(CDI) to select the ASCE Section/Branch/ Committee/Institute Diversity Award.
Describe diversity programs (2
points):
Describe leadership position for
diversity (2 points):
Describe diversity among
Section/Branch leadership (2
points):
Describe participation in
community diversity programs (2
points):
Describe other diversity and
inclusion initiatives (2 points):
(examples: webinars, partnerships, scholarships for
underrepresented populations)
(examples: Diversity Champion or Committee)


The Hawaii Section Executive committee currently has
two women members.
Most executive committee members and committee
chairpersons are of Asian or Pacific Island heritage.
(examples: mentoring, career fairs, summer bridge programs)

One executive committee member attended a
Women’s Transportation Seminar Career
Opportunities networking event.
H. ADDITIONAL SPECIAL SECTION / BRANCH ACTIVITIES (30 Points
Maximum)
Describe any other activities that are not are not covered under other sections of the nomination form
that your Section / Branch has undertaken to promote or advance the Civil Engineering profession to
either your members or the public. These can include other Community Service projects, hosting of
Regional meetings, fundraising and other best practices. Describe the activity and give dates,
locations and number in attendance. Also describe any activities relative to the creation of a Section /
Branch strategic plan and/or efforts to support the Society’s Strategic Initiatives (ie: sustainability
efforts). A maximum of five (5) points will be given for each special activity.
Type of
Activity/Event/Initiative:
Date (if applicable):
Describe:
The OCEA is an annual banquet organized by the
Section to recognize the outstanding civil
engineering projects for the year and to encourage
civil engineering excellence in design and
construction. Awards were given for several
categories including, best humanitarian project,
green project, studies project and an overall grand
winner that is submitted for the region award.
Outstanding Civil
Engineering
Achievement Awards
Banquet (OCEA)
9/26/15
The banquet provides an enjoyable closeout for the
year and allows members to socialize and
recognize notable civil engineering work by their
peers. Outgoing section officers are also
recognized for their service, new section officers
are installed and the new president presents his
initiatives and also those of the Society for the
coming year.
Approximately 90 people attended this year’s
banquet, held at the Treetops restaurant in Manoa
Valley.
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The Hawaii Section holds an annual golf
tournament to honor the memory of Steve Fong,
who contributed greatly to the local engineering
community through his work with FHWA, the
concrete industry, and various voluntary positions.
The main purpose of the tournament is to raise
funds for the University of Hawaii Student Chapter.
This year’s tournament at the Pearl Country Club in
Aiea topped out at over 160 golfers and raised
$4,000 for the chapter.
Steve Fong Memorial
Golf Tournament
8/28/15
As an added benefit, the golfers, who are primarily
from the local consulting firms and construction
industry are allowed to socialize in a relaxed setting
and can also interface with government engineers
and officials who make up a good portion of the
volunteers that staff the registration and course
booths and stations. The student chapter also
actively participates by staffing the food booths and
providing much of errand running around the
tournament.
The golf committee has been very innovative in
increasing the money raised for the students. Two
years ago, it was company hole sponsorships and
tents, last year it was the string game, this year
they added on being able to tee off at the green for
a small fee which ended up netting an extra $1,000.
Promotion of
Continuing Education
Units as part of
Licensure
After a survey among Section members showed
support for including CEUs as a requirement for
licensure renewal, the Section met with and
provided a white paper to other engineering
organizations in an attempt to provide a unified
position from all licensed disciplines in favor of
adopting continuing education units as a
requirement of continued licensure. When a unified
position could not be achieved, the Section
provided the white paper and oral presentation to
the licensing board requesting a continuing
education requirement for civil engineering
licenses.
1/15 to present
The Section has been making a second effort to
obtain support independently from the Hawaii
Society of Professional Engineers and the
Structural Engineers Association of Hawaii as it is
believed these groups are sympathetic to this
position.
Dr. Horst Brandes, a former president and governor
from our section provided an oral presentation on
ASCE’s position on continuing education to the
licensing board.
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The Section’s Outreach Committee has been very
active in starting clubs at the high school level that
promote civil engineering as a profession directly to
high school students. As of this year, the number
of High School CE Clubs have increased to five
(Moanalua, Pearl City, Roosevelt, McKinley,
Punahou) with about 60 students actively
participating. Section members act as advisors to
each club along with a teacher at the school.
High School Civil
Engineering Clubs
8/14 to 5/15
Students participate in a number of activities during
the year to introduce them to the practice, including
learning packages provided by the Society, a
parking lot layout design contest and presentation,
t-shirt design contest, end of year pizza party, and
field trips to the University of Hawaii Department of
Civil Engineering, various civil engineering firms,
and construction projects. Many members also
serve as guest speakers at club meetings.
As sustainability is one of the Society’s initiatives,
the Section together with its sustainability
committee planned a one-day workshop titled:
Increase Sustainability in Hawaii’s Infrastructure
and Engineering Projects: This one-day workshop
(8 PDHs) discussed sustainable engineering and
planning to support Hawaii’s Agencies and Private
Companies in developing sustainable projects.
Sustainability
Workshop
4/14/15
The Section used a SPAG grant to help bring in
William Wallace, a nationally renown sustainability
expert as keynote speaker who introduced the
Envision rating system to attendees. The afternoon
session was also supplemented with local
sustainability experts and government officials who
discussed local sustainability efforts and issues.
The 80 attendees consisted primarily of civil
engineers, but also included architects, planners
and government officials. The Section anticipates
this workshop will be a springboard to a second
sustainability/Envision workshop to be held next
year as part of the CECAR7 conference.
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As part of the Engineering Expo held at the
University of Hawaii each year, the Section hosts a
Popsicle Bridge Building Competition for middle
school students to introduce them to the civil
engineering profession. The contest starts in
September when the Section mails out the
materials and contest criteria to all the participating
schools. With the help of teachers and Member
volunteers, teams composed of 4 students spend
the next several months designing and building
their bridges and preparing an oral presentation for
the competition in March.
Teams are judged in two events: their oral
presentation and a strength to weight ratio load test
of their bridge.
Popsicle Bridge
Building Competition
3/6/15
This year about 200 students and teachers
comprising 36 teams statewide participated in the
final competition. This included teams from the
neighbor islands who fundraise to fly their teams to
Oahu. Some schools purchase the test frame from
the student chapter for in-school contests and
testing, of which the chapter makes a small profit.
The event allows our more seasoned members,
including life members to mingle with the YMF and
student chapter members, as approximately 40 to
50 volunteers are required on the day of the
competition. Due to the fact that the bridges are
also tested to failure, the contest has the added
benefit of being the most exciting contest at the
Expo and attracts much more spectators than those
being run by the other engineering disciplines.
High School CE Club Field Trip
Popsicle Bridge Building Competition
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ASCE Hawaii Section - 2015 1st Quarter Newsletter
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A Word from Our President, Glenn Miyasato, P.E.
• Welcome to our newsletter
Local Happenings
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ASCE Region 8 Awards
Engineers Week in Hawaii
Professional Development Requirements for License Renewal
Changes at the College of Engineering
Engineering Encounters Bridge Design Contest
Society Happenings
• ASCE Civil Engineering Video Contest
Dinner Meetings
• OCEA Awards Banquet
• October Dinner Meeting
• November Dinner Meeting
Upcoming Events
• Engineering Week Banquet (2/28/15)
• March Dinner Meeting
• Sustainability Workshop (4/14/15)
ASCE Hawaii Section Updates
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Outreach Committee
Civil Engineering (CE) Clubs
Sustainability Committee
Geotech Institute
Legislative Committee
Younger Member Forum
Student Chapter
Growing the Profession
• Corporate Culture In Support of Engineering Ethics (Space
Shuttle Challenger Explosion)
• Networking, Networking, Networking
A word from President Glenn Miyasato
Welcome to the first edition of our revamped newsletter! As we start the new year, ASCE Hawaii would like to let
you know what’s happening this quarter in the Hawaii Section. Read about your local award winning engineers,
projects, student chapter and younger member forum. If teaching or helping others is your thing, find out about
our numerous outreach programs. Pick out that workshop, dinner meeting or committee activity that piques your
interest and reserve that date. See what ASCE can do for you and what you can do to enhance your profession
and your community.
We hope you enjoy our newsletter!
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Local Happenings
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At our October dinner meeting, President-Elect Ben Rasa announced the recipients of two ASCE
Region 8 Awards. The 2013 ASCE Region 8 project of the year is the Kahoma Stream Bridge in
Lahaina, part of the Honoapiilani Highway Realignment Project, also known as the “Lahaina Bypass.”
The award was presented to Wilson Okamoto Corporation. This project also received the 2013
Overall Grand Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award from the American Society of Civil
Engineers (ASCE), Hawaii Section.
The recipient of the 2013 ASCE Region 8 engineer of the year is Jon Young. Jon serves as the chair of our Outreach
Committee as well as one of the practitioner advisors of the ASCE Student Chapter. He is also the 2014 Hawaii Council of
Engineering Societies engineer of the year.
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Help ASCE Hawaii celebrate and take part in this year’s National Engineers Week on February 22 through 28, 2015. The
Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies (HCES) of which ASCE is a member, has organized a number of events during that
week, including a kickoff luncheon, engineering displays and exhibits, and an awards banquet. Come see our exhibit at
Pearlridge Center from February 22 through the 23 and join us for the awards banquet at the Koolau Ballrooms (venue
arranged by our past-president Brian Enomoto!).
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ASCE is pushing for continuing education units (CEUs)as a requirement for renewing your professional
engineers license. Why is ASCE so interested in doing this? How might this implemented? What is our
current situation in Hawaii? Click here for the answers to these questions and the remainder of the article
titled “Where Are We On Professional Development Requirements For License Renewal” by our President
Glenn Miyasato.
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The end of 2014 was "goodbye" to Costas and "hello" to Panos.
Dr. Constantinos Papacostas, known as “Costas” to many of us, has retired from his current position as Professor
and Chairman of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Hawaii at Manoa at
the end of 2014. Dr. Papacostas has had an immeasurable impact on Hawai’i and its people. As a noted
researcher and teacher in the field of transportation engineering for over 40 years and as Director for the Hawaii
Technical Assistance Program for the past 15 years, he has provided invaluable guidance, expertise and
inspiration to many of our local engineering graduates and to the engineering community as a whole. With regard
to ASCE-HI in particular, he has served on numerous boards and committees in our organization, including president of our
section in 1992. We wish Dr. Papacostas well in his retirement and know that he will continue to be active in ASCE,
particularly in his current role as our History and Heritage chairman, where he continues to write monthly articles for the Wiliki
O Hawaii, a task he has performed faithfully for the past 20 years.
The new year brings us a new chairman. We would like to congratulate Dr. Panos Prevedouros on his
appointment as Chairman of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Hawaii.
As a professor specializing in transportation engineering at UH for the past 25 years, Panos brings a wealth of
experience to this position and will provide great leadership to the department. We look forward to the
University's continued support of ASCE.
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ASCE Hawaii Section will once again be conducting a local competition of the national Engineering Encounters Bridge
Design Contest (EEBDC). There will be two divisions: Middle Schools and High Schools. Only eligible contestants may
advance beyond the Qualifying Round (which is the end of the local contest) and compete for prizes on a national level. The
first, second, and third place finishers of the local contests will be awarded gift cards and certificates and will be recognized at a
ASCE Hawaii Section Dinner meeting in May 2015.
Last year two Hawaii Middle School teams made it to the national semi-final round. "Being in the semi-finals, was
very nerve wracking. But once we started, it was super fun." says Chloe Kalani of Team808, Mililani Middle School
about experience in the semi-final competition. Click here to read about her reflection on participating in last year's
contest.
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Society Happenings
Civil engineering clubs across the nation were judges for ASCE’s Music Video Contest for College Students and Younger
Members! ASCE wanted the videos to appeal to a younger audience and as such they asked the high school/middle schoolers
in the CE Clubs be the final judges! Three Hawaii clubs participated - McKinley High School,
Punahou School, and Roosevelt High School. Read about their experience in the December issue of
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the CE Club Newsletter.
As for the contest itself, ASCE offered a $5,000 grand prize for the 2014 Music Video Contest for
Students and Younger Members. All that they needed to do is perform and record a video of their
civil engineering themed parody or original song. Submissions were judged on content, creative
delivery and relevancy to civil engineering. For additional information about the contest, including
the winning videos, please see ASCE blog titled "When Civil Engineers Rock and Rap" by Audrey
Caldwell.
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Dinner Meetings
A great time was had by all at the 2014 ASCE Hawaii Section Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Awards
banquet held at the HASR Bistro on September 27. The attendees grooved to the nostalgic sound of the Band Groove and
enjoyed a delicious dinner. Click here for additional information and photos.
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There was a full agenda for our October 2014 dinner meeting. The ASCE Student Chapter got the
program started. Manfred Zapka, chair of the ASCE Sustainability Committee shared their goals.
President-elect Ben Rasa recognized the receipients of the 2013 ASCE Region 8 awards for best
project and engineer of the year. Guest speaker Ryan Yamauchi ended the program with
his presentation of the “R-1 Reuse Feasibility Study at the Waimanalo Wastewater Treatment Plant”.
Click here for the complete story and photos.
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The last dinner meeting of the year was on November 20 at Dave and Buster's. Guest speaker, Dolan Eversole, NOAA
Coastal Storms Program Coordinator, Pacific Islands Region ended the evening with his presentation of the “Honolulu SeaLevel Rise Risk and Vulnerability Study.” Click here for additional information and photos.
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Upcoming Events
This year's Engineers Week activities will conclude with the Banquet at the Ko'olau Ballrooms &
Conference Center. The celebration of display award winners (at Pearlridge 2-22 & 2-23-2015), Student,
Young Engineer and Engineer of the year along with the Life Achievement Award. The key note speaker
is Alicia Moy, CEO, Gas Company, presenting the latest information on Liquified Natural Gas applications in
Hawaii.
Click here for additional information and registration.
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Mark your Calendar! Our March dinner meeting is tentatively scheduled for March 19th at Dave & Buster's. Details are
forthcoming . . . stay tuned!
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The INCREASE SUSTAINABILITY IN HAWAII’S INFRASTRUCTURE & ENGINEERING PROJECTS WORKSHOP will be
conducted on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. This one-day Workshop is on sustainable engineering & planning
to support Hawaii’s Government and Private Companies on planning, designing and constructing civil works and infrastructure
projects.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND SUSTAINABILITY EXPERT: William A. (Bill) Wallace is a recognized leader in the
field of sustainability, serving on several national and international professional society committees and operating
a successful consulting practice. He is the inventor and lead designer of the Envision™ sustainable infrastructure
rating system.
Details are forthcoming . . . stay tuned.
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ASCE Hawaii Section Updates
The Outreach Committee has been busy firming up plans for next years activities. Notices about the Engineering Encounter
Bridge Design Contest (EEBDC) were distributed to the middle and high schools throughout the state. The rules for the
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"Ropes of Engineering" contest as part for the University of Hawaii's (UH) High School Industry Challenge have been updated
and provided to the UH. Last, everything is set for the return of our Popsicle Bridge Building Contest on March 6, 2015. The
contest is one of the many contests that take place at the annual UH Junior Engineering Expo for middle school students.
Keep up with the Outreach activities by liking the Outreach Committee Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ASCEHIOutreach).
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The Civil Engineering Clubs are off to a great start. In the third year of this ASCE national program, there were 13 clubs.
Hawaii has 5 of the clubs. The school year started with returning clubs at Pearl City High School, Punahou School and
Roosevelt High School. They were joined by a new club at Moanalua High School. In December, a new club was established
at McKinley High School. The clubs meet twice a month. To see what they have been doing, please check out their monthly
newsletters:
• October 2014 Issue: Read about the students learning about water resources and bridges.
• November 2014 Issue: Read about the Moanalua High School visit to the UH campus, and how
the clubs are getting ready for the Parking Lot Layout Design Contest.
• December 2014 Issue: Read about the club's experiences at judging the videos submitted by
student chapters and younger member forums.
If you would like to be included in the newsletter distribution list, please send your name and email address to
[email protected].
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Although relatively new to the scene, the Sustainability Committee has already been working on
several exciting projects including their upcoming April 14 , 2015 workshop featuring Envision inventor
Bill Wallace as the keynote speaker and another workshop in 2016 to be held as part of the 2016
CECAR conference in Hawaii. Committee chairman Manfred Zapka is always looking for more
committee members so please contact him at [email protected] if you are interested. Find out
more about the Sustainability Committee activities at the following link: http://p0.vresp.com/KAPgc6
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Last November, the Hawaii Section Chapter of the Geo-Institute co-hosted a geotechnical case histories workshop at the
Ala Moana Hotel. More than 30 people from the government, private, and construction sectors attended the workshop.
Various case studies were presented regarding geotechnical failures and issues, both locally and internationally, and the
workshop discussed valuable lessons learned from these projects. Topics included large-scale tunneling and grouting projects,
geosynthetic reinforced soil bridge abutments, drilled shafts, and geotechnical forensic case studies.
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With the recent elections and new governor, there were some interesting developments on the legislative
front over the last quarter. In November 2014, an ASCE supported ballot initiative to amend the State
Constitution to allow Special Purpose Revenue Bonds to finance repairs to dams and reservoirs was passed.
Debt service for the bonds will not come from the general fund and will be supported entirely by the dam
owners. Previous attempts to pass similar initiatives may have failed because voters were uncertain about who
would bear the cost of the bonds. Also in November electrical engineer and former State Senator David Ige
was elected Governor and one of his first steps prior to his inauguration was to name Ford Fuchigami as
Interim Director of Transportation, subject to Senate confirmation during the 2015 legislative session. New DOT
Deputy Directors were announced for the Airports Division (Ross Higashi) and Highways Division (Edwin Sniffen). Ed
previously served as Highways Administrator for DOT.
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The Younger Member Forum had a busy 4th quarter of 2014. In addition to their monthly meetings, there were breaks from
studying for the PE exam, socials, and a couple of service projects. Click here for a complete list of their activities and
upcoming events.
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Over the past quarter, the ASCE Student Chapter has been nothing but very active! From thrilling voluntary works
to fun-packed community service projects and fundraisers, the club has thrived in keeping its members busy with
an endless array of opportunities. Recently, the Student Chapter volunteered to mentor a group of college
freshmen during their engineering “Blueprints” experience. Click here to learn about "Blueprints" and the recent
activities of the student chapter.
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Growing the Profession
Corporate Culture In Support of Engineering Ethics (September 2013) In June 2013,
ASCE presented an ethics seminar for engineering students at California Polytechnic
State University at San Luis Obispo. The seminar featured presentations by panelists
who were involved in some of engineering’s most notable ethics cases. One panelist,
Allan J. McDonald, was the program manager of the solid-fuel rocket motor project for
Morton Thiokol, Inc. (MTI), at the time of the Challenger accident. His experiences in the
decision to launch Challenger on January 28, 1986—a decision that resulted in the loss
of the spacecraft and its seven-person crew—highlight the role of professional ethics in
management practices and corporate culture.
Question: What ethical lessons can be drawn from the actions of MTI’s senior management leading up to the launch? Click
here for the complete discussion.
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Networking is an important part of everyone's career and it's never too early to start. The following articles present different
ideas and suggestions on how to build your network.
In a recent ASCE blog, Rachel Cantor Fogarty, President of RC Associates, an
engineering recruiting firm always recommends “networking, networking,
networking.” To learn why, click here for the complete article.
Matt Spencer, Director of Events & Special Projects, Chamber of Commerce
Hawaii says “Networking is a potent tool for personal advancement.” Click here
for his recent article in Hawaii Business magazine titled “5 Steps to Networking
Karma.”
Building networks of people, for sure, requires connecting with others, caring
about them, and adding value to the relationship. However, it takes more than
that. Click here to learn the "10 habits of remarkably powerful networkers."
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VOL. 50 NO. 9
SERVING 2000 ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS
NOVEMBER, 2014
ASCE HAWAII SECTION
2014 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award Winners
The American Society of Civil Engineers
(ASCE) Hawaii Section is pleased to announce
the 2014 Outstanding Civil Engineering
Achievement (OCEA) Award winners. The purpose of this award program is to recognize projects that demonstrate important outstanding
civil engineering accomplishments by Hawaii’s
design and construction professionals. To be
eligible, projects were required to have been
designed for constructed in Hawaii and completed within the last two years. Some of the
key judging criteria included: Resourcefulness
in identifying and solving design challenges;
Contributions to the well-being of people and
communities; Pioneering use of materials and
construction methods; Inventive or new application of civil engineering technologies;
Protection of and reducing impacts to natural
resources; Beneficial effects of the project,
including aesthetic value.
The following projects and project teams
were honored and presented with awards at
the ASCE Hawaii Section OCEA Awards
Banquet, held at HASR Bistro on Saturday,
September 27th, 2014. Congratulations to our
winners!
2014 Hawaii Section Outstanding Civil
Engineering Achievement Award and Best
Transportation Project (Project to be nominated by the ASCE Hawaii Section for the 2014
Region 8 OCEA award).
Project Name: Hana Highway Route 360
Emergency Repairs
Project Owner: State of Hawaii, Department of
Transportation
Submitted By: AECOM
Heavy rains in March 2012 set record rainfall
levels and caused extensive flooding across
most of Hawaii. The heavy storm water runoff
caused extensive damage. It severely washed
away roadway embankments and sections of
pavement at two locations, Mileposts (MP) 10.4
and 14.0, along Hana Highway (Route 360) in
Maui. The runoff also triggered landslide debris
that swept over the entire highway at a third
location, MP 16.0. These runoffs buried parts of
the highway and forced vehicles to drive on a
single lane, further increasing the potential for
progressive ground instability.
The roadway closures immediately disrupted
the lives of Maui residents because Hana
Highway is the sole thoroughfare that connects
the town of Hana, in East Maui, to the rest of the
island. The town and highway offer visitors
popular scenic routes and tourist attractions.
Therefore, road closures negatively impacted
the business and livelihood of the town community by making it difficult for both residents
and visitors to access and leave Hana. More
importantly, however, dangers from driving
along the eroded highway threatened people’s
health and safety.
RESOURCEFULNESS IN IDENTIFYING AND
SOLVING DESIGN CHALLENGES
The project team faced several challenges:
working in a remote part of the island with limited infrastructure for accessing each affected
site; working along steep mountain slopes;
managing heavy daytime vehicular traffic;
working along narrow road lanes with limited
passing and sight distances; and facing unpredictable and frequent heavy rains. Additionally,
construction required heavy equipment that
could potentially compromise the aging transportation bridges—which have restrictive load
capacities—along Hana Highway.
The challenge at MP 10.4 was to repair damage along a sharp curve in the road. On the
mauka side, adjacent to the road, there was a
20-foot high vertical slope and on the makai
side, flooding damage had washed over the
roadway shoulder and undermined the road
pavement, leaving hanging guardrails and a
45-foot deep drop-off. The team undertook corrective actions on the makai side by shifting the
roadway alignment approximately nine feet in
the mauka direction and cutting back the slope
to a more stable 1.5H – 1.0V gradient. The
team further stabilized the new cut slope by
applying an erosion mat, which was secured to
the slopes with a mechanical earth anchor system and vegetated. The team stabilized the
makai embankment by installing a system of
deep soil anchors and a high strength wire
meshing and an erosion mat to assist with the
natural growth of vegetation on the slope.
Shifting the road alignment and cutting back
the mauka slope allowed for a design that
improved vehicle site distance and motorist
safety, while allowing the existing steep makai
embankment to be stabilized in place and
avoid extensive backfilling and grading.
Conversely, since site constraints at MP 14.0
made road realignment impractical there, the
design approach taken at this site was to
restore the undermined makai roadway section
by incorporating a relatively shallow reinforced
concrete wall that utilized tieback anchors and
micropiles spanning and retaining the damaged section of roadway. By limiting construction to only the makai side of the road, the
mauka travel lane could remain open to contraflow traffic. Once the roadway was restored,
improvements to the mauka slope could commence by shifting contraflow traffic to the new
makai section of roadway.
PIONEERING USE OF MATERIALS AND
CONSTRUCTION METHODS
Each of the three highly damaged locations
presented challenges that required the project
team to improvise and adapt its methods to
overcome difficult site conditions.
MP 10.4- Installation of Platipus mechanical
anchors combined with a high tensile strength
erosion mat along the mauka embankment to
stabilize soil slopes against shallow failures.
This system allowed for the design of a steeper
embankment, thus reducing land acquisitions
and increasing savings for the State.
Installation of the soil anchors near the bottom of the deep slope on the Makai embankment required fabrication of a special support
cage equipped with a down-the-hole hammer.
MP 14.0 - The highway width along the flood
damaged stretch was too narrow to accommodate both the mandatory contraflow traffic and
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for the dinner meeting to Eric Arakawa by
Wednesday, November 12th, 2014, by phone
at 808-596-7790 or email at [email protected]. No shows will be billed.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
Last held: October 9, 2014
Next meeting: November 4, 2014
2014-2015 ASCE HAWAII SECTION OFFICERS
Office
President:
Name
Phone
Glenn Miyasato, P.E.
488-7579
email: [email protected]
President-Elect: Benjamin Rasa, P.E.
531-1308
email: [email protected]
Vice President: Timothy Goshi, P.E.
791-3966
email: [email protected]
Secretary:
Lara Karamatsu, P.E.
566-2227
email: [email protected]
Treasurer:
Eric Arakawa, P.E.
596-7790
email: [email protected]
Immediate
Past Pres:
Brian Enomoto, P.E.
388-5559
email: [email protected]
YMF President: Puna Kaneakua, P.E.
593-1116
email: [email protected]
NOVEMBER DINNER MEETING
Program: Honolulu Sea-Level Rise Risk and
Vulnerability Study
Speaker: Dolan Eversole, NOAA Coastal
Storms Program Coordinator, Pacific Islands
Region
Synopsis: Among the impacts associated with
climate change is the threat of rising sea levels.
Recent projections of global sea level rise
(SLR) estimate an increase of up to 1 meter or
higher above current sea levels. This is of particular concern to low-lying coastal communities and ecosystems which are exposed to a
variety of coastal hazards, such as tsunamis
and hurricanes. These hazards and the resulting risk to coastal areas can be exacerbated
by SLR. A thorough risk and vulnerability
assessment includes the mapping of inundation and an analysis of social and economic
impacts as a result of SLR and associated
coastal hazards.
This project aims to fulfill the need for Hawaiispecific information regarding the impacts of
SLR on coastal areas within the state. Because
of its high density, large population, major infrastructure, and high economic activity, the project focuses on the urban corridor of Honolulu,
as it represents the majority of the state’s commercial and industrial sectors. This area of
focus extends from Diamond Head to Pearl
Harbor in Honolulu, Hawai i. The objective of
the research is to identify the change in exposure and risk to coastal inundation hazards
such as hurricanes, tsunamis, and storm inundation as a result of SLR.
Date:
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Location: Dave and Busters, Paina Room
Time:
5:30 p.m. - Social Time
6:30 p.m. - Dinner
7:00 p.m. - Program
8:45 p.m. - Adjourn
Menu:
Multi-entree buffet
Cost:
$30.00 for ASCE Hawaii Section
members
$35.00 for Non-ASCE Hawaii
Section members and Guests
$20.00 for UH Manoa Student
Chapter members
Please make checks payable to ASCE
Hawaii Section and mail to Eric Arakawa, ASCE
Hawaii Section Treasurer, The Limtiaco
Consulting Group, 1622 Kanakanui Street,
Honolulu, HI 96817. Please send reservations
CONTINUING EDUCATION
ASCE National holds more than 275
seminars and computer workshops each year
on a wide variety of technical, management,
and regulatory topics. These seminars are held
in more than 45 cities across the U.S. In addition, ASCE offers customized on-site training
and many distance learning programs, including live interactive web/teleconference seminars, online courses and courses on CD,
videotape, and audiotape. Please visit
http://ascehawaii.org for complete details.
ASCE HAWAII SECTION STUDENT
SCHOLARSHIPS
Please help us increase our scholarship
endowment so that we can recognize deserving students. We continue to accept taxdeductible donations with the goal of increasing the annual scholarships. Make your check
payable to ‘ASCE Hawaii Section’ and mail to:
ASCE Scholarship Committee, P.O. Box 917,
Honolulu, HI 96808-0917. If you have any
questions, please contact Brian Enomoto at
388-5559, or [email protected].
2014 WATER REUSE CONFERENCE
10th Biennial Water Reuse Conference on
Oahu covering program highlights, regulatory,
user, and technical presentations regarding
reuse. The conference also provides a great
networking opportunity for all.
Sponsored by:
Hawaii Water Environmental Association
(HWEA)
American Water Work Association, Hawaii
Section (AWWAH)
American Society of Civil Engineers, Hawaii
Section (ASCE)
Dates: Thurs., November 13, 2014 to Fri.,
November 14, 2014
Time: (Thurs) 8:00a-7:00p and (Fri)8:30a12:00p (Hwn Time)
(Please visit website for more details on conference program)
Location: Pagoda Hotel,1525 Rycroft St.
Honolulu HI, 96814
Deadline to Register: November 3, 2014
Please visit http://www.awwa-hi.org, section
events tab OR http://www.hwea.org, 2014
Water Reuse Conference tab for complete
details.
ASCE JOB LISTINGS
The following job listings are currently posted on the ASCE Hawaii Section website:
• Civil Engineer VI – 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
Honolulu
• Civil Engineer V – SSFM International
• Construction Manager – (Company withheld)
For further information on these job listings or
to find out how you can post job openings in
your company on this website, please visit
http://www.ascehawaii.org/job-listings.html.
VOTERS TO DECIDE ON STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROVIDING FINANCING FOR DAM SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
Voters will be asked to approve an amendment to the state Constitution in the November
General Election to authorize the issuance of
special purpose revenue bonds to finance dam
and reservoir improvements. The amendment
will provide financial assistance for public and
private dam owners to make improvements to
meet safety standards. A similar measure
failed to pass during the 2012 election.
Following the 2006 breach of the Ka Loko
dam on Kauai, the Department of Land and
Natural Resources conducted an investigation
of other reservoirs and dams throughout the
state. This led to the passage of Hawaii
Administrative Rules, Chapter 13-190.1 setting
safety standards to be met by the facility
owner.
ASCE supports the enactment of policies to
provide sustainable and dedicated funding
sources for repair, rehabilitation, or removal of
publicly and privately owned dams in the state.
Hawaii voters will be asked to vote “For” or
“Against” Constitutional Amendment 5 which
reads as follows:
“Shall the State be authorized to issue special purpose revenue bonds and use the proceeds from the bonds to offer loans to qualifying dam and reservoir owners to improve their
facilities to protect public safety and provide
significant benefits to the general public as
important water resources?.”
An affirmative vote “For” will ensure funds
are available to improve dams and reservoirs
protecting public safety and preserving important water sources. When going to the polls on
November 4, remember this:
• Special Purpose Revenue Bonds will not create an additional burden for the state or taxpayers
• Both public and private entities will have an
opportunity to seek out special purpose
bonds.
• The measure will have no effect on current or
future tax rates or debt limits.
• Ensuring funds are available for dam and
reservoir improvement is in the public inter-
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Hawaii Section — Younger Member Forum
Web site: http://www.ascehawaii.org/ymf.html
2014-2015 YMF Officers
Puna Kaneakua, President
[email protected]
Amanda Tanaka, Vice President
[email protected]
Norman Leong, Secretary
[email protected]
Jordan Urabe, Treasurer
[email protected]
Jason Sugibayashi, Past President
[email protected]
2014-2015 YMF Officers
Congratulations to the new officers listed
above.
YMF General Meeting
The next YMF general meeting is scheduled
for Wednesday, November 5, 6:00 p.m. at
Hoku Brewing Company. If you are interested
in attending to find out what the YMF is all
about, contact YMF at [email protected].
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KNOW YOUR ASCE HISTORY
by C.S. Papacostas
Mauna Kilika and Market House Armories
In May of last year (2013) I promised to get
back to the story behind the Armory of the
National Guard of Hawaii that stood where
today’s State Capitol is located. At its location,
on the Waikiki side of Miller Street (makai of
Beretania, now gone) that divided the block
from Richards to Punchbowl Streets in two
halves, was a Drill Shed and Armory that was
erected in 1886 [Daily Honolulu Press
4/7/1886]. To make room for the Capitol building which opened on March 16, 1969, the
fortress-like `Iolani Barracks (Halekoa) that had
been built before the Shed in 1870-71 next
door was moved, block by block, to the adjacent Palace grounds.
As a legislator put it in 1890, Hawai`i’s military was composed of companies existing
“under a law different from any elsewhere
[Hawaiian Gazette, HG, 7/8/1890].” At any
given time, there were the regular troops, several uniformed voluntary militia companies,
paramilitary but government-supported forces,
and armed groups and clubs of varying persuasions and political affiliations. The detailed
evolution of these groups would be of interest
in many quarters. However, I will be selective in
my reporting that follows, keeping in mind that
my present objective is to talk about the story
behind the Armory and not the military history
of Hawai`i.
An armory in the modern sense was clearly
part of the Honolulu Fort (1816-1857) that gave
Fort Street its name and served many other
functions also, including as residence for the
Governor of O`ahu and as a prison. It was
located below the intersection of Fort and
Queen Streets very near the shoreline prior to
the reclamation of the adjacent area.
Interestingly, a building outside the southeast
boundary of the fort, designated as the
“Armory” in a well-known 1854 sketch by Paul
Emmert of a View of Honolulu from the Harbor
(No. 1), was better known as “Mauna Kilika” or
“Silk Mountain.” This 1840 building served a
variety of purposes as well, including as a legislative assembly hall, a hospital for foreign
sailors, and the meeting place for political and
social organizations.
A notable or, for many, notorious paramilitary
force was the Honolulu Rifles. Indications are
that it had its genesis in an 1852 foreign sailor
disturbance: During a quarrel in the fort
between an American and a French sailor who
had been incarcerated for being intoxicated, a
prison guard, Constable Sherman, clubbed the
American, Henry Burns, to death. This incident
precipitated a riot involving foreign seamen
and resulted in the destruction and burning of
a building housing “the Harbor Master, Pilot’s
office, police station, and water reservoir” and
“two small buildings adjoining, used as butcher
shops [Polynesian, (Pol.) 11/14/1852].” As the
Governor of O`ahu hesitated to deploy regular
soldiers and “shed blood,” a group of mostly
foreign residents sought his permission to form
a volunteer company to protect their properties
and to quell the disturbance. He agreed and
provided arms to two groups named “Hawaiian
Guards” and “Hawaiian Cavalry” that were later
described as “independent companies of foreigners with a few exceptions in the latter company [Pol. 3/19/1853].” More specifically, the
two groups were reported to be made up of
“foreign residents, naturalized foreigners, and
sons of foreigners [Pol. 4/30/1853].” Following
the incident, the King thanked the volunteers
by saying “I take this occasion to thank you all,
as well as the other foreigners, who on a late
occasion, mustered in arms in support of my
authority of law and order [Pol. 12/4/1852].”
Renamed the “First” Hawaiian Guard, the
new organization held training and drill sessions at its armory, said to be near the New
Court House, and participated in ceremonies
such as a Fourth of July parade [e.g., Pol.
6/24/1854]. The new Court House, by the way,
was completed in 1852 and was located on
Queen Street outside the fort on its Waikiki
side.
A newspaper announcement introducing the
Honolulu Rifles appeared in Feb. of 1857: “A
meeting of the 1st Hawaiian Guard will be held
at their armory... for the purpose of organizing
a Rifle Company. Subscribers of the Honolulu
Rifles, and all others interested in the formation
of a Military Company, are respectfully invited
to be present.” Subsequently, the Polynesian of
Saturday, Feb. 28, 1857 informed its readers
that “at a meeting of the Hawaiian Guard at its
Armory on last Thursday evening, it was
resolved to organize a new volunteer company” named “Honolulu Rifles.” Moreover, “some
thirty persons, members of the old ‘Guard’ and
others, subscribed their names on the spot.”
Interestingly, “Minnie Rifles and uniforms to
match [were] expected in the ‘Raduya,’ 110
days out from Boston.” The reference here to
the “old” Guard (as opposed to a “new” one) is
explained below:
These events took place at a time when, by
proclamation, the King re-organized the “Royal
Guard and Volunteer Forces” of the Kingdom.
Among the changes contained in a related
Order No. 1 issued by Secretary of War W. L.
Green was the disbandment of the Hawaiian
Cavalry and its replacement by a new
“Leleiohoku Guard,” the renaming of “The
Prince of Hawaii’s Own” volunteer artillery company to “The Prince’s Own,” and the formation
of a new “Hawaiian Guard” volunteer infantry
company to replace the “old” one mentioned in
the previous paragraph. The entire proclamation and order, dated February 27, 1857, were
published in the Pacific Commercial Advertiser
[PCA 2/28/1857]. A sibling of the future King
Kalakaua and the future Queen Lili`uokalani,
Prince Leleiohoku was the heir apparent to the
throne at that time.
Thus, a meeting at the armory of the “new”
Hawaiian Guard took place in order to organize
the Honolulu Rifles volunteer militia that consisted of members of the “old” Hawaiian Guard
and others. Encouraging the public to contribute to the support of the Rifles, the
Polynesian [3/21/1857] inferred that “His
Majesty [had] in a substantial manner evinced
a lively interest in this corps.” The PCA
[3/4/1858] identified the Rifles’ Armory as
being on Fort Square, that is, the space
opened up by the demolition of the fort.
Judging by proximity, it may have been the
same building where the old Guard had its
Armory, but I have not been able to prove this
hypothesis.
Shortly thereafter, on June 21, 1858, the
trustees of the Rifles’ company submitted a
petition to the Legislature “setting forth that the
building at present occupied by them as an
armory is entirely unsuited for that purpose
[PCA 7/1/1858]” and a bill was submitted by
Rep. Manini of the Military Committee “authorizing the Minister of the Interior to grant
Honolulu Rifles the free use of the upper part of
the Market House for an armory.” By October of
the next year, the PCA [10/27/1859] noticed
“that the second floor of the market is being
converted into a large room to be occupied as
an Armory by the Rifles.”
Constructed in 1851 by the Government on
the wharf-side of Queen Street between
Ka`ahumanu and Nu`uanu Streets, the twostory coral building was featured in the same
painting by Emmert that included Mauna Kilika:
Both are shown below. At the time, the first
story was occupied under a long-term lease by
a re-organized C. Brewer & Co. The building
was often referred to as the “C. Brewer
Building” and the adjacent wharf, Pier 12 since
1914, was at that time known as Brewer’s
Wharf. It was here, by the way, that troops from
the USS Boston landed on January 16, 1893
during the overthrow of the Kingdom of
Hawai`i.
The Honolulu Rifles occupied their Market
House armory until 1886 when they moved to
new quarters previously used by a skating rink
and roller coaster enterprise at Manamanama
on the makai side of Beretania beyond its intersection with Punchbowl Street [Daily Press
8/12/1886].
Stay tuned!
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the large equipment necessary for drilling the
deep tieback anchors. The project team came
up with an incremental system of construction
which allowed use of large equipment to
rebuild the roadway beginning from each end
and progressing towards the center of the work
area. By doing so, the contractor was able to
reach and install the entire wall and the tieback
system while maintaining contraflow traffic in
the mauka lane.
MP 16.0- Utilization of geotechnical and subsurface investigation in combination with geophysical testing by way of electrical resistivity
tomography and seismic refraction techniques
to determine the soil and rock properties as
well as the extent of various ground layering
conditions. This innovative and uniquely combined methodology provided the project team
subsurface information necessary in designing
an erosion mat system with approximately 400,
45 foot deep rock anchors and developing the
means of construction.
INNOVATIVE OR NEW APPLICATION OF
CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES
The project team used a system of grouted
hollow core soil anchors to stabilize the makai
embankment at MP 10.4 location. This system
involved embedding anchors nearly 40 feet
deep into the mountain and connecting them
together on the surface with a high tensile
strength wire meshing that unified the system—a pioneering and innovating use of this
type of system in Hawaii for slope stabilization
with further specifications to carry traffic loading.
The project team installed a permeable layer
of aggregates and perforated pipes below the
entire new roadway pavement at MP 10.4 site.
This was intended to allow subsurface passage of ground water, which would improve the
life expectancy of the pavement structure.
The makai embankment at MP 14.0 was
washed away to near vertical slopes. Such
steep mountain slopes were unable to carry
the vertical loads of the concrete retaining wall
that was to be constructed there. To remedy
the situation, the project team designed and
installed a series of micro-piles, drilled down
into the steep slope that served as the base for
the wall foundation. Once the concrete wall
was installed, the team drilled heavy-duty
tieback anchors into the wall below the roadway, sixty feet into the slope. The anchored wall
system now supports both the lateral ground
loads as well as the anticipated traffic loading.
PROTECTION OF AND REDUCING
IMPACTS TO NATURAL RESOURCES
Protecting the surrounding environment and
natural resources was critical to the design
process, particularly in light of this historic and
legendary road, and Hana community’s deep
roots in Hawaiian tradition.
Best management practices and good
housekeeping principles were employed
throughout construction to safeguard the
Honomanu Stream and the pristine east Maui
coastline on the makai side of Hana Highway.
Archaeological monitoring was required to
address proper protocols in case historical artifacts were uncovered.
Except to improve road conditions and
motorist safety at MP 10.4, no additional impervious surfaces were created. The retaining
wall design at MP 14.0 provided for the restoration of the road pavement while preserving the
existing open “green” area. The slope stabilization design involved an erosion mat system
secured with mechanical earth anchors and/or
a system of anchored wire mesh and permanent erosion mat, both of which allow native
vegetation to be restored while providing the
required slope stability.
BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF THE PROJECT,
INCLUDING AESTHETIC VALUE
Hana Highway is also a popular scenic route
and tourist attraction. Consequently, protecting
the natural beauty of the area, with its lush rainforests, waterfalls, pools, seascapes, and
black sand beach was an essential design
consideration.
Restoring the three sections of highway was
the primary objective; however, the project
team’s goal was to design improvements conducive to the aesthetics of the area. The road
improvements at MP 10.4 not only enhanced
motorist safety but also provided for a more
scenic drive through this area of Hana
Highway, which has 620 curves and 59
bridges. Furthermore, the project team found it
imperative to develop slopes at all three sites in
a way that ensured slope stability and allowed
natural vegetation to return to and thrive in the
area.
The project was the result of a joint effort
between the project team and the impacted
communities to address the communities’ concerns and to communicate the project’s purpose.
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Project Owner: State of Hawaii, Department of
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Project Owner: Oliver McMillan
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