VOL. 55 NO. 1 SERVING 2000 ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS MARCH, 2019

2019 ACECH Engineering Excellence AwardsThe annual American Council of Engineering

Companies of Hawai`I (ACECH) EngineeringExcellence Awards (EEA) banquet was held onSaturday, February 2, 2019 at the Ko’olauBallrooms. The event served as the culminationof ACECH’s EEA program to recognize out-standing engineering projects throughout theState of Hawai`i. Top winners from Hawai`i canthen enter the American Council of EngineeringCompanies(ACEC) national competition, whichis one of the most prestigious design competi-tions in the world.

With a total of 10 entrants and nearly 200people in attendance at the event, WilsonOkamoto Corporation’s Kaneohe-KailuaWastewater & Treatment Facilities project wasannounced as the winner of the highly covetedGrand Conceptor Award. InSynergyEngineering Inc.’s Kahauiki Village, Poweringthe Next Generation and KAI Hawaii’s ClearWater Rinse Rack at Air Station Barbers Pointwere each recognized with ExcellenceAwards. A summary of all award winners is list-ed below.Grand Conceptor Award: Kaneohe-KailuaWastewater & Treatment Facilities ProjectFirm: Wilson Okamoto CorporationClient: City & County of Honolulu, Departmentof Environmental Services

Other Consultants & Contractors Involved:Bowers + Kubota, Brown & Caldwell, HenselPhelps Construction Company, The LimtiacoConsulting Group, MEI, McMillen JacobsAssociates, RMA Architects Inc.,Southland/Mole JV, Yogi Kwong Engineers

The City & County of Honolulu successfullycompleted the construction of a new 3-milelong, 10-foot diameter, fiberglass pipe lined,sewer tunnel from the Kaneohe WastewaterPre-Treatment Facility (KWWPTF) to the KailuaRegional Wastewater Treatment Plant(KRWWTP). It is the largest and longest con-veyance pipeline installed in the State. The tun-nel conveys wastewater by gravity and, whenneeded, has the capacity to store excesswastewater during wet-weather events until itcan be treated. Gravity flow requires no energyinput and is achieved by sloping the tunnelfrom a starting depth of approximately 35 feetbelow sea level (FBSL) at the KWWPTF, andending approximately 62 feet FBSL at theKRWWTP. The tunnel lies mostly in rock,through which a 13-foot diameter tunnel boringmachine was utilized. The project also includedconstruction of a tunnel influent pump station atKRWWTP, a tunnel influent facility at KWWPTF,and an intermediate shaft for access.

The construction of these facilities alleviated

Finished sewer tunnel. Looking towardsKaneohe tunnel shaft.

Hawaii Society of Professional Engineers(HSPE) Educational Foundation’s 36TH MATH-COUNTS® Oahu Chapter Competition washeld on February 9, 2019 in the KamehamehaSchools Kalama Dining Hall. MATHCOUNTS isa national math competition for middle schoolstudents. Competing were 27 Oahu public andprivate middle/intermediate schools with about247 middle school students, making this the

2019 OAHU CHAPTER MATHCOUNTS COMPETITION RESULTSbiggest Hawaii MATHCOUNTS Oahu Chaptercompetition held. Every space in the KalamaDining Hall was filled. The number of schoolsparticipating was normal; however, mostschools took advantage of the six individualrule allowing a total of 10 students per school toparticipate.

After several hours of timed math tests, thetest sheets scored, and the results tallied, thetwelve Countdown finalist were announced andteam results were as expected, withWashington Middle School taking nine of thetwelve places. Washington is coached by SungPark and assisted by Daniel Ninomiya. WithWashington in first place, in second place wasPunahou, followed by 3rd place Iolani, 4thplace Niu Valley Middle, 5th placeKamehameha Middle, and 6th place KapoleiMiddle. These six teams earn the right to com-pete in the March 9 Hawaii State Competition.

The placement of teams is deter-mined by adding all four team members’ indi-vidual Sprint and Target Round scores to theirTeam Round score. The Team Round focuseson problem-solving and collaboration wherestudents have 20 minutes to complete 10 mathproblems, with the use of calculators. Each

school team is composed of 4 designatedmathletes.

Hawaii MATHCOUNTS is organizedby HSPE with competition assistance fromHawaii educators and engineers. HSPEHonolulu Chapter and State MATHCOUNTSCoordinator is Nhut Pham of Bowers & Kubota,and assisted by outgoing coordinator, BarryNakamoto, Retired Hawaiian Electric. This isthe first competition without long-time co-coor-dinator, Nathan Yuen, Retired HawaiianElectric. Nathan passed away October 5, 2018.He was the Hawaii MATHCOUNTS co-coordi-nator for twelve years with Barry. Nathan will besorely missed. HEI Charitable Foundation isagain sponsoring the 2019 MATHCOUNTSOahu Chapter and State Competitions with agrant to the HSPE Educational Foundation.

Student mathletes are placedaccording to individual scores in the Sprint andTarget Rounds. The Sprint Round has individ-ual mathletes answering 30 difficult geometry,combinatorics, and algebra problems in 40minutes. The Target Round has 8 problems inpairs of two with 6 minutes per pair to com-plete. After all scores were tallied, the highest

concerns of a major failure of the existingKaneohe-Kailua force main, and additionallyprovided storage capacity within the tunnel tosignificantly reduce the likelihood of sewer spillduring wet weather events. The project wascompleted within the City’s budget, on time,and met the milestones dictated by the EPA’sConsent Decree.

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The 1st Place Washington Team, L-R:Coach Sung Park, Adam Inamasu, HyunSeo, Zachary Tyrrell, Felicity Zhou, andCoach Daniel Ninomiya

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NEXT ASME-HAWAII GENERAL MEMBER-SHIP MEETINGDate: Date yet to be determined)Time: from 5:30 pm to 6:45 pmPlace: Usually at Johnson Controls, 420Waiakamilo Road (map and parking instruc-tions found on the Hawaii Section website)Agenda: A copy of the agenda will be on theSection website when available.

As usual, all members, students and guestsare invited and encouraged to attend our meet-ings. There are always lots of complimentaryrefreshments. Please contact Chairman FroilanGarma for directions and for more information,such as parking.ASME-HI SECTION HISTORY COLLECTEDAND SAVED BY CHESTER KAITOKU

Past-Chair Derek Sato had the task of sortingand digitizing boxes of ASME-HI section filescollected by the Chester Kaitoku, Past-Chair,1989-1990 and 1998-2001. Chester passedaway in 2013. All are history of our Sectionsome of which dates back to 1984 whenChester began his Hawaii Section career.There are many interesting saved articleswhich we will share with the readers over time.There are a few files from the 1971-1973 periodwhen the Chairmen were Joe Hee, Bob Uyechi,and Jerry Yee. Saved are meeting minutes,description and photos of past tours, abstractsand photos of past Francis R. MontgomeryDesign Competitions, Outstanding Projectdetails, and past ASME RegionalAdministrative Conferences (RAC) correspon-dences. In the writer’s opinion, ASME supportto the sections has gone to the bare minimumwhen they dissolved the region concept. Thereappears to be much less section support fromASME headquarters.

With the 2019 Engineers Week Banquetupon us, Chester’s files remind me of threeentertaining Engineers Week Banquet venueswe had when speakers were replaced withentertaining programs. The first was the lateGlen Grant show at the Ala Moana Hotel whenhe told us ghost stories. The following yearLarry Lamberth brought his Barber ShopQuartet, again at the Ala Moana Hotel. Thesewere inexpensive programs and very entertain-ing. Later Chairman Amarjit Singh arranged fora Polynesian Revue to start his term as HCESchair.

If you are interested in any of the files, pleasecontact ASME-HI’s webmaster. Visit our web-site for contact information.

ASME-HI MEMBERS AT THE 2019 MATH-COUNTS OAHU CHAPTER COMPETITION

The competition was held Saturday,February 9, 2019, a little before the officialEngineers Week. For this engineers’ event,ASME members helping with the scoring wereCharly Kinoshita, Raymond Liu, and Ed Chang.ASCE-YMF, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,and HSPE were also represented scoring andproctoring. Refer to the MATHCOUNTS newsarticle in this Wiliki issue.

Raymond Liuan and Charly Kinoshita at the2019 MATHCOUNTS Oahu ChapterCompetition.

Hawaii Section Officers 2018-2019President Mofazzal Mir, PEPres-Elect Willie Diguc, PEVice Pres Samantha Nakamura, PESecretary Matthew TioTreasurer David LebowitzBd of GovernorsKevin Luoma, P.E., Donna Kishi, Paul Scott, ScottLaBeau

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

2019 ASHRAE Hawaii Chapter TechnicalSeminar“DESIGNING FOR THE NEXT GENERATION”Event Organizers: Mofazzal Mir, P.E., ASHRAE Hawaii ChapterPresidentJosh Jackson, ASHRAE Hawaii ChapterTechnical Seminar ChairSponsored by: Hawaii Energy

Are you ready to embrace change? Theworld and our work is moving further and fur-ther into a new direction and will never comeback. Join us as we learn of the explodingtrend of Cannabis and controlled environmentagriculture design. Our Technical Seminar alsoexplores the implementation and applicationsof big data, IoT, and “Smart” everything in ourbuildings. Lastly, we had such a strongresponse of the Construction Litigation presen-tation given at last year’s event that we’re backfor the 2nd edition. Speakers and Topics:o “Legal Practices for Risk Mitigation 2ndEdition” by Addison Bonnero “Big, Smart, and Everything: Data,Technology, Buildings, Cities, and the IoT” byDru Crawleyo “Cannabis Design 101: Fundamentals,Techniques, and Technology” by Kevin Hicks

ASHRAE Hawaii Chapter Technical Seminarwill be held on Thursday, March 7, 2019 at theAla Moana Hotel from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM.Attendees may register to attend the full day oflectures on all three topics (includes buffetlunch), or may sign up for only the CannabisDesign Fundamentals presentation. Studentsare welcome! More details on the registrationoptions are available on the ASHRAE HawaiiChapter website.

Registration is limited to 100 attendees, firstcome first served. Event sponsorships are alsoavailable.

Visit our website for online registration andmore information! https://ashraehawaiichapter.info/meetinginfo.php

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P.O. box 61728Honolulu, HI 96839HOME PAGE: http://hi.swe.orgEMAIL: swe.hisection@gmail.com2018-2019 SWE Hawaiian Islands (SWE-HI)Section OfficersPresident: Dian Nguyen Vice Pres: Tiffany Au Treasurer: Kristen YoshidaSecretary: Chi Jow The mission of the Society of Women Engineers is tostimulate women to achieve their full potential incareers as engineers and leaders, expand the imageof the engineering profession as a positive force inimproving the quality of life, and demonstrate thevalue of diversity.

The Society ofWomen Engineers(SWE) has recognizedKristen Yoshida, BeltCollins Hawaii LLCCivil Engineer, PE,CPESC, for her impacton the Society as wellas the engineeringcommunity with the WELocal New ELiTE

award (New Emerging Leader in Technology &Engineering). Kristen Yoshida will accept theaward at SWE’s local conference, WE LocalBellevue on April 6, 2019 during the formalawards banquet.

The WE Local New ELiTE award recognizesKristen Yoshida for her technical excellencewith 7 years of experience. The award alsorecognizes Kristen’s continuing dedication toSWE’s mission – striving to highlight the impactand importance of women in engineeringacross the globe, leading by example, anddemonstrating that a career in engineering canbe a fulfilling, rewarding pursuit for people of allgenders and of any background.

Kristen Yoshida is a Civil Engineer at BeltCollins Hawaii LLC. She specializes in projectsinvolving water and wastewater components,including pipelines, reservoirs, pump stations,and modeling. Outside of the office, Kristen isactive in a local bowling league andoccasionally assists coaching her former highschool’s tennis team. Kristen chairs the HawaiiCouncil of Engineering Societies in addition toco-chairing the council’s outreach committee.She has held multiple positions in SWEincluding the University of Hawaii ManoaCollegiate Section President, the HawaiianIslands Professional Section Representative,Region A Treasurer, and Western RegionsConference Finance Committee Co-chair(Hawaii-hosted conference in 2012), andOutreach Committee Chair. Kristen is currentlythe Treasurer of the Hawaiian IslandsProfessional Section.

The Society ofWomen Engineers(SWE) has recognizedPearl Yamaguchi ofMedtronic for herimpact on the Societyas well as the engi-neering communitywith the WE LocalELiTE award(Emerging Leader inTechnology &

Engineering). Pearl Yamaguchi will accept theaward at SWE’s local conference, WE LocalBellevue on April 6, 2019 during the formalawards banquet.

The WE Local ELiTE award recognizes PearlYamaguchi for her technical excellence with 13years of experience in the fields of technologyand engineering. The award also recognizesPearl’s continuing dedication to SWE’s mission– striving to highlight the impact and impor-tance of women in engineering across theglobe, leading by example, and demonstratingthat a career in engineering can be a fulfilling,rewarding pursuit for people of all genders andof any background.

Pearl Yamaguchi has a BA in EnglishLiterature and Art, and a BS in ElectricalEngineering from the University of Hawaii. Shehas worked for Medtronic, the world’s largestmedical device company, for 10 years inHawaii, Arizona, and California where she iscurrently a Principal Clinical Account Leadermanaging clinical research sites in the SanFrancisco Bay Area. Her past experienceincludes roles as a Nuclear Engineer at thePearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Engineer withElectricians, Inc. in Hawaii. She is passionateabout SWE and has held multiple leadershippositions including SWE Senator, CharterPresident of the Hawaiian Islands ProfessionalSection, Medtronic Global SWEnet BoardMember, Society Governance Task ForceCommittee Member, Region MentoringProgram Chair, and President of the Universityof Hawaii at Manoa Collegiate Section. As wellas being active with her Santa Rosa MedtronicSWEnet and the LGBTQ Affinity Group, Pearl isChair of the Hawaiian Islands SteeringCommittee and Co-Chair of the ScholarshipCommittee. Pearl loves to give back by mentor-ing, providing leadership, and supporting SWEmembers and others on their journeys.

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2019 OfficersPresident Rouen Liu 543-7245 rouen.liu@hawaiianelectric.comVice-Pres Tyler Sugihara 768-3634 tsugihara@honolulu.govTreasurer Aaron Couch 441-2130 aaronc@g70.designSecretary Conor Bell 768-3692 conor.bell@honolulu.govPast Pres Ryan Char 441-2174 ryanc@g70.design

Meet & Greet Please join us Wednesday evening, March

13, at HASR Bistro, 31 North Pauahi Street, andnetwork with fellow members and invitedguests from various State and City agenciesand the private sector. We will install officers forthe upcoming year and also recognize thisyear’s scholarship recipients. Please contactJon Young at jon@hawaiiasphalt.org for details. 26th Annual Education Fund GolfTournament - April 5

The 26th annual Education Fund GolfTournament will be held Friday, April 5 at theAla Wai Golf Course. Proceeds will sustain theChapter's education fund which providesannual monetary awards at the Hawaii StateScience and Engineering Fair and annual par-tial scholarships towards higher educationtuition to eligible students who major in a publicworks-related field. Interested golf players maycontact Rouen Liu at 543-7245 orrouen.liu@hawaiianelectric.com.Community Service

The Chapter participates in the City’sMālama O Ka ‘Aina program, a partnershipbetween the City & County of Honolulu and itscitizens to care for and help keep our islandcommunity a quality place to live. A future com-munity service event will be forthcoming in Mayand the Chapter is seeking volunteers to pro-vide much needed support in this partnership.Please check hawaii.apwa.net for additionalinformation on this and other upcoming events.

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Hawaii Section — Younger Member Forum

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

2018-2019 YMF OfficersNicole Nakaoka, President nnakaoka@ascehawaiiymf.orgKapiolani Street, Vice President kstreet@ascehawaiiymf.orgCarly Kaneko, Treasurer ckaneko@ascehawaiiymf.orgClaire Fukuoka, Secretary cfukuoka@ascehawaiiymf.orgJordan Urabe, Past President jurabe@ascehawaiiymf.org

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGLast held: Feb 7, 2019Next meeting: Mar 4, 2019ASCE HAWAII SECTION DINNER MEETINGProgram: Palu Earthquake and Tsunami &Sunda Strait Tsunami

On September 28, 2018, a magnitude 7.5earthquake occurred north of Palu, SulawesiIsland, Indonesia. The death toll due to bothearthquake and tsunami is over 2200 with morethan 1000 still missing and 4500 injured. Anumber of multi-story reinforced concretebuildings collapsed during the earthquake,most notable was the eight-story Roa-RoaHotel which collapsed resulting in multipledeaths. The iconic twin steel-arch cable-sus-pended Palu Bridge IV over the mouth of thePalu River also collapsed during the earth-quake. A number of port facilities were dam-age either by the earthquake or tsunami, andmany ships, barges and boats were washedonshore or out to sea. The tsunami causedconsiderable damage to light-framed struc-tures, though some taller engineered struc-tures survived, protecting those who soughtrefuge in the upper floors. Extensive lateralspreading due to liquefaction caused by theearthquake also resulted in numerous deathsand extensive damage to residential structuresin a number of inland areas. Dr. Robertson vis-ited Palu as a representative of the StructuralEngineering Extreme Event Reconnaissance(StEER) Network to survey the damage due toboth the earthquake and tsunami. He will givean overview of the observations and lessonslearned from this event. He will also discussthe more recent Sunda Strait tsunami generat-

ed by the eruption and flank collapse of AnakKrakatau, the “Child of Krakatoa” whichoccurred on December 23, 2018.Speakers: Dr. Ian Robertson, Professor of Civil& Environmental Engineering, University ofHawaii at ManoaDate: Thursday, March 14thLocation: HASR BistroTime: 5:30pm Social Time

6:30pm Dinner7:00 Program

Menu: Multi-entrée buffetCost: $35.00 for ASCE Members

$40.00 for Non-Members and Guests$20.00 for ASCE Student Chapter Members

Committee PositionsASCE Hawaii is looking for volunteers to fill

the following committee positions: History &Heritage Chair, Advocacy Captain, StudentPractitioner Advisor, Water Resources, andOahuMPO CAC Representative. If you areinterested or have questions on any of thesepositions, please contact President EricArakawa,earakawa@ascehawaii.org.MEMBERSHIP

If you haven’t already done so, please renewyour ASCE membership. You can renew yourmembership at www.asce.org.ASCE JOB LISTINGS

The following job listings are currently post-ed on the ASCE Hawaii Section website:• Booz Allen Hamilton (Senior Civil Engineerand Wastewater Specialist)• City and County of Honolulu (Civil Engineer V(Geotechnical), Civil Engineer III, V, VII,Mechanical Engineer V)• HartCrowser (Geotechnical Engineers –Principal Level & Project Level)• Kennedy/Jenks Consultants (ProjectManager, Staff Engineer for Honolulu Officeand Staff Engineer for Hawaii Office)• Nagamine Okawa Engineers Inc. (StructuralEngineer)• PGH Wong (Change and Claims Manager,Change and Claims Specialist, Civil/BuildingInspector, Office Engineer, Scheduler)• SSFM (Civil Engineers V, Structural EngineerIV)• US Army Corp of Engineers (USACOE)(Interdisciplinary Project Manager, GS-12)• Zane & Associates, LLC (Facility Planners)For further information, please visithttp://www.ascehawaii.org/job-listings.html.

YMF General MeetingThe next YMF general meeting is scheduled

for Monday, March 4th, 2019 at 6:00 pm at theLa Mariana Sailing Club. If you are interested inattending and learning more about the variousprofessional, social and service opportunitiesavailable through YMF, please contact YMF atymf.hawaii@gmail.com. Dog Day Social

On Sunday, January 20th, twenty-three YMFmembers and 10 of their furry friends camedown to Triangle Park near Diamond Head andhad a paw-some morning. All of the membersgot to hang out with their friends and playedwith their cute companions. Some of the dogshappily showed off their tricks while othersenjoyed lying down on the grass. Everyonewho came made friends – human and doggyalike. Thank you to everyone who came tomake this social successful!Golf Outing

On Saturday, January 27th, YMF held a dri-ving range outing at the Newtown DrivingRange in Aiea. Thirteen YMF members attend-ed and helped each other out with tips toimprove their game. Overall, everyone enjoyedthe beautiful afternoon refining their golf skillsand networking with other engineers. Thankyou to all who participated in this event. Pleasekeep checking the YMF website for informationregarding the next YMF Golf Outing.Mathcounts

On Saturday, February 9th, eight YMF mem-bers volunteered for the 2019 MATHCOUNTSOahu Chapter Competition at KamehamehaSchools Kapalama Campus. The volunteerswere tasked with tallying the scores of the var-ious teams and individuals. Thank you to ourvolunteers and everyone who came out to helpon Saturday, and congratulations to the teamsand individuals who made it to the state com-petition next month!

2018-2019 ASCE Hawaii Section OfficersPresident: Eric Arakawa, P.E. email: earakawa@ascehawaii.orgPresident-Elect: Jason Kage, P.E. email: jkage@ascehawaii.orgVice President: Dayna Nemoto-Shima, P.E. email: dnemoto@ascehawaii.orgTreasurer: Clifford Lum, P.E. email: clum@ascehawaii.orgSecretary: Reyn Hashiro, P.E. email: rhashiro@ascehawaii.orgImmediate Past Pres: Lara Karamatsu, P.E. email: lkaramatsu@ascehawaii.orgYMF President: Nicole Nakaoka, P.E. email: nnakaoka@ascehawaiiymf.org

Mathcounts Golf Outing

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

2019 BOD OFFICERS AND DIRECTORSPresident Kevin Nakamoto knakamoto@ssfm.comVice President Danny Fujioka dannyf@nagamineokawa.comSecretary Brent Ching brent@iwamotollc.comTreasurer Regan Kobayashi Regan.kobayashi@englekirk.comDirector (Yr 2) Kainoa Aki Kainoa.aki@basf.comDirector (Yr 2) Jillian Sumitomo jillian@mkellc.comDirector (Yr 1) Brandi Castillo Brandi.castillo@navy.milDirector (Yr 1) Kirk Hashimoto kirk@ccpihawaii.com

2018-2019 ITE OfficersPresident: Claire Fukuoka cfukuoka@atahawaii.comVice Pres.: Cristina Rodriguez crodriguez@atahawaii.comSec./Treas.: Jennylin Tapat JTapat@wilsonokamoto.com

A section meeting was held on February 7that the Department of Transportation HighwaysDivision Building in Honolulu. President ClaireFukuoka welcomed everyone to the meetingand then shared some of the legislative billsLegislative Committee Chairperson WayneYoshioka has been following. These includemeasures aimed at increasing pedestrian safe-ty (no right-turn on red) and red light cameras.A summary of the bills currently under consid-eration has been posted on our website.Western District International Director CathyLeong followed with announcements from thedistrict level and thereafter Vice PresidentCristina Rodriguez introduced guest speakerShelly Kunishige, DOT Public Affairs Officer.She was also joined by Marshall Ando, DOTHighways Administrator. The topic of Shelly'spresentation was "Maximizing Hawaii'sHighways: What DOT is doing to implementcost effective congestion relief quickly".According to Shelly's presentation, there arecurrently 2,500 lane miles across Hawaii, ofwhich 25% are considered in good condition,53% in fair condition, and 22% in poor condi-tion. The organization's goal is maintain atleast 80% of the roadways in either fair or goodcondition. However, faced with the rising costof construction and a decrease in highwaysrevenue, DOT has had to reprioritize its pro-jects from improvements aimed to increaseroadway capacity to system preservation pro-jects that would utilize the existing right-of-wayand provide the greatest benefit for minimalcost. These projects have included the provi-sion of an additional zipper lane, the NanakuliContraflow, the Kahekili Highway Resurfacingand Contraflow, and the Keaau-Pahoa RoadRestriping between Keaau Town and ShowerDrive. The implementation of these projectshas helped to increase roadway capacityalong the affected areas all the while minimiz-ing significant infrastructure modifications andcost. In addition, DOT is currently designing aproject to provide an additional lane to thewestbound direction of H-201 between Puuloaand Halawa and in the future, plans to imple-ment additional ITS improvements andupgrade traffic signals along Nimitz Highway tosupport connected vehicles. DOT is alsoexploring different programs to fund some of itsmore extensive capacity improvement pro-jects.

Our next section meeting will be held onTuesday, March 12, 2019 at the AustinTsutsumi and Associates (ATA) office. Theguest speaker will be Jennifer Nakayama,President and Executive Director of the WaikikiBusiness Improvement District Association. Ifinterested in attending, please email Jenny atjtapat@wilsokokamoto.com.

CCMAA Hawaii Chapterhttp://cmaahawaii.org 2018-2019 Board President Ranelle Ho (SSFM)Vice President Kelly French (Jacobs)Secretary Gregg Kodama (Brett Hill Management Group)Treasurer Emily Boirum (Bowers + Kubota)Chapter Past President Brook Corney (CH2M)

CMAA Hawaii Chapter News:Aloha CMAA Hawaii!

We will no longer be having luncheons forthe remainder of the year due to low turnout.

The CMAA pau hana for February will bepostponed to March. We will have a combospeaker presentation and happy hour. It will alot of fun, so come out and enjoy yourselveswith a few of your peers. Watch for emailupdates on pau hana time.

CMAA mini conference will be held in May atKoolau Ballrooms. We are fortunate to haveAndrea Rutledge/CMAA President speaking atthe mini conference. Plan on attending to learnnew things and earn CCM credits.

Be on the lookout for our next community ser-vice project. Date and time to be announced.

As shared in the past, our chapter is here asa resource for all Construction Engineering andManagement professionals, and the things that

we do benefit not only our CM community butour larger Ohana as well.

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

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

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UHM College of EngineeringDeans and ChairsInterim Dean H. Ronald RiggsAssistant Dean Song K. ChoiInt. Assoc. Dean David MaCEE Chair Panos PrevedourosEE Chair Wayne ShiromaME Chair Marcello KobayashiHCAC Director Magdy Iskander

2540 Dole Street, Holmes HallHonolulu, Hawaii 96822

Po Box 12204 Honolulu, HI 96828www.uhalumni.org/eaauhEAAUH Board NamePresident Dennis TobaVice Pres. Rodney ChongTreasurer John KatahiraSecretary Stancher MabellosDirector Anthony Paresa(Immediate Past Pres.)Director Neal Miyake Steven Cayetano Ken Hayashida Ken Kawahara Diane Kodama Mike Magaoay Derek Mukai Martin Nakasone Dayna Nemoto-Shima Ross Okuda Landon Sakai Wayne Shiroma Jonathan Suzuki Keith Uemura Edward Yoshimura Kyle YukumotoStudent Director Allison WongAssistant to the Dean, CoE Jean ImadaAssistant Specialist, CoE Carrie Matsuzaki

Associationfor theAdvancement ofCost EngineeringHAWAII SECTION

Hawaii Section OFFICERSwww.aacehawaii.comPresident Maelyn UyeharaVice Pres. Christopher KanaeSecretary Kristy Kastner, PSPTreasurer Cristo RojasDir Soc. Med. Joseph Uno, CCP, LEED AP BD+C

AACE HAWAII SECTION NEWSFebruary 13, 2019

On December 14, 2018 the AACE SouthernCalifornia section shared a webinar with theAACE Region 6 sections (Alaska, SanFrancisco, Idaho Snake River, Cascade (OR),Seattle, South Central California, Hawaii, LasVegas, Rattlesnake Mountain (WA), Spokane).The presentation was titled “Turning AroundProblem Projects”, by Joseph A. Lukas, PECCP, Vice President, PMCentersUSA. The goalof the webinar is to help prepare viewers tomore effectively deal with a problem project.

Lukas talked about how we will all eventuallybe faced with events that result in a troubled or‘problem’ project – one that is in jeopardy of notmeeting the project objectives. He talked aboutthe types of problems that could occur andprovided suggestions on how to identify theearly symptoms of problem projects. Differenttypes of problem solving strategies were noted,including advantages and disadvantages ofeach. A five-step systematic problem resolu-tion technique was presented in detail, with acreative approach to problem solving. RiderLevett Bucknall organized group viewing for

AACE members and friends at their new officelocation. Ten people from scheduling, projectmanagement and cost estimating back-grounds were in attendance.

On Friday, February 8th, fourteen AACEHawaii Section members and guests partici-pated in a visit to the Kalaeloa site of GPRMPrestress. Les Kempers, P.E. gave us an infor-mative presentation on the use of PrestressedConcrete in Hawaii. It was very interesting tosee how much of an impact prestressed con-crete has had on our architectural landscape.

L-R: Les Kempers, Adam Kempers, Maelyn Uyehara, Nelson Lian, Kainoa Tom, Chris Baze,Juhee Thorn, Brooks Ford, Brandon Leong, Rachel Mamiya, Cole Yamakawa, Kama Gaspar,Kristy Kastner, Will Wong, Christopher Kanae, Sidney Huo, Vinson Hiraoka, Joseph Uno.

Governor Ige and representatives of HCES engineering societies participatein the signing of a proclamation for Engineers Week in Hawaii.

Honolulu Mayoral Proclamation of Engineers Week

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Grand Conceptor Awardee: Wilson Okamoto Corporation’s Kaneohe-Kailua Wastewater &Treatment Facilities Project

Excellence Award: Clean Water Rinse Rackat Air Station Barbers PointFirm: KAI Hawaii

In a nutshell, the USCG Clear Water RinseRack project is about providing highly filtered,recycled rinse water through a sophisticatedsystem of piping and nozzles, to clean 100% ofthe surface area of their C-130 airplanes andH-65C helicopters. Because the Coast Guardaircraft conduct multiple missions on a dailybasis the filtration system was designed to pro-vide sufficient rinse water for two rinse cyclesper hour, 24 hours per day.

The size of the C-130 propeller plane is sig-nificantly larger than the H-65C helicopter, andthe C-130 engines are more robust comparedto the more complex, intricate helicopterengine. Therefore, the rinsing technique, suchas nozzle spray direction, layout, and nozzlepressure had to be designed differently for thetwo aircraft. If the nozzle pressure is too greatand too much water is being directed to themost sensitive areas within the H-65C engine,then a “flameout” or engine failure can occur.

The Clear Water Rinse Rack system provid-ed to the U.S. Coast Guard at Air StationBarbers Point is a unique design that is notduplicated at any other U.S. military facility. Themethod of collecting the dirty rinse water andthe filtration system used for cleaning it isunique. The design of this system was a resultof a dedicated and ingenious team of engi-neers.Excellence Award: Kahauiki Village:Powering the Next GenerationFirm: InSynergy Engineering, Inc.

Modeled after Hawaii’s plantation era cul-ture, Kahauiki Village provides long term,affordable. residences for homeless families.This 144‐family master planned community,

incorporating refurbished homes originally builtfor the Tohoku, Japan tsunami victims, is pow-ered by a low‐cost, maintainable and sustain-able energy solution, which was brought to lifeby a public‐private partnership.

InSynergy Engineering, Inc. in collaborationwith PhotonWorks, engineered an integratedoff‐grid renewable energy micro‐grid thatincluded the first application of a solar‐pow-ered microgrid to an entire residential commu-nity in Hawaii and the first of its kind sharedphotovoltaic (PV) system with battery energystorage. This micro‐grid supports the energyneeds for the 30 families in Phase 1 andreduces their utility bills by over 20% over thecost of purchasing energy from local utilities.The Phase 1 microgrid system generates over126,648 kWh per year in electricity, whichsaves 218 barrels of oil, and avoids 104 tons ingreenhouse gas emissions (Carbon DioxideEquivalent).Honor Award: Central Maui RegionalSports ComplexFirm: R. M. Towill Corporation

The growing population of Central Maui wasin dire need for more playing fields and parks.The Central Maui Regional Sports Complexwas the answer. For the young and the old, thepark features baseball, softball, and soccerfields and a lot of open space for other activi-ties. Engineers designed it to allow four softballgames and four baseball games to occur at thesame time, in close vicinity. Like Central OahuRegional Park, the Central Maui RegionalSports Complex can accommodate tourna-ments with many teams. The restrooms andconcessions are conveniently located in themiddle of the four fields and the park isdesigned so the sound and bright lights won’tbother the neighbors. Best of all, the waterused for the fields does not come fromCounty’s drinking water supply; the park has itsown well to get water to irrigate the playingfields.

Honor Award: Construction Engineeringand Program Management for theKaneohe/Kailua Wastewater Conveyance &Treatment Facilities Firm: Bowers + Kubota Consulting, Inc.

To meet the requirements of the 2010Amended Global Consent Decree (GCD), theCity & County of Honolulu (City) constructed abrand new gravity sewer tunnel system on thewindward side of Oahu.

The $375 Million (construction) project wasthe City’s largest wastewater project to dateand its completion will reduce wastewater spillson the windward side of Oahu. Responsible forthe construction management of the project,Bowers + Kubota’s project team consistentlydeveloped timely creative solutions in the faceof unforeseen conditions and numerous com-plex issues leading up to and during the con-struction portion of the program. The teamestablished public trust by implementing arobust community outreach program, invitingpublic officials onsite, and sharing real-timestatus of construction.

This project was a first of its kind in Hawaii.Despite many complex challenges during con-struction, the construction management teamcollaborated to complete construction on timeand within budget meeting the CGD deadline.This is an amazing achievement for the City,community and environment.Honor Award: The Kroc Center Hawaii:Energy Savings WinnerFirm: RHA Energy Partners, LLC.

The Kroc Center Hawaii is the largest com-munity center of its kind in Hawaii, consisting ofa 15-acre multi-purpose campus that includesan aquatic and fitness center, gymnasium, dor-mitory, preschool, banquet and conferencespace, offices, and state-of-the-art worshipcenter. First opened in 2012, the Kroc CenterHawaii found itself facing rising energy andoperating costs.

To address these challenges, RHA EnergyPartners created an Energy Savings &Sustainability Program that identified campus-wide lighting upgrades and solar PV system forimplementation. RHA led the Kroc CenterHawaii through design, contractor procure-ment, and construction management. The pro-ject consisted of upgrading over 2,100 light fix-tures with energy-efficient LED lamps and theinstallation of a 450-kW PV system that gener-ates 25% of the facility’s energy needs.Benefits include $250,000/year in cost savings(a 35% reduction), and 25% carbon footprintreduction. This savings allows the Kroc CenterHawaii to focus more resources on providingcommunity services.

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Honor Award: Farrington High SchoolBuilding S Repair Roof CollapseFirm: Bowers + Kubota Consulting, Inc.

The roof of the Farrington High School audi-torium collapsed on November 23, 2012. Achurch service was scheduled two hours later.From this near tragedy arose an opportunity torenovate and modernize the entire facility.

New structural steel trusses replaced theones that fell. New classroom spaces wereadded. A state-of-the-art media room was cre-ated. Brand new stage rigging and equipmentwere installed.

A ceremony was held to celebrate the open-ing of this community center. No words coulddescribe the faces of immense pride and joyfrom the students upon entering their new audi-torium for the first time. This is where they cannow put on plays. This is where they can nowgive speeches to their classmates. This iswhere they can now play in concerts. This isnow where memories will be made.Honor Award: Hawaii Film StudioFirm: G70

Hawaii is a premier filming location, knownfor scenic vistas, our hospitality, culture, andthe economic opportunity available to those inthe film industry. However, the State mustensure that it provides the needed productionoffice spaces, studio spaces, and physicalsupport that major productions need to suc-ceed in Hawaii. In an industry where the bottomline rules and make or break decisions aremade on a daily basis, it is imperative to pro-vide these amenities. The Hawaii Film Officehas taken steps to improve its facilities at theircampus, conveniently located near DiamondHead.

The Hawaii Film Studio project successfullyreplaced the old bungalows that served asoffice and makeshift storage, with a new facilitythat provides enhanced and much-neededwork space through a configuration that feelsopen and flexible. The improvements addedadditional parking spaces, enhanced ADAaccessibility, improved maneuverability forlarge production trailers, increased fire access,

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and addressed drainage issues. This projecthas shown how a collaboration between theState, design team, contractor, and modularbuilding vendor can provide a valuable andfunctional space meeting the requirements ofthe State and its important tenants, in a shorttimeframe, to support Hawaii's thriving filmindustry.Honor Award: Kapolei Business ParkWastewater Pump StationFirm: R. M. Towill Corporation

Kapolei is Oahu’s “second city” which con-tinues to see rapid development and growth.Kapolei’s industrial areas are no exception.The Kapolei Business Industrial Park is quicklygrowing and has plans for more growth. Due tothis growth, it became necessary to provideadditional sewer capacity for the area. Theexisting wastewater pump station was unableto handle the increase in flows that wasexpected in the area. As such, a newer andbigger pump station was needed. RMTCdesigned the new pump station that will handlethe increase in sewage and be ready for theincreases that are projected for the future.RMTC’s engineers also used new technologyto make the pump station easier to maintain,which will save money and time and be saferfor those working there.Honor Award: KNMD112001, Repair JetEngine Shop B3416Firm: Burns and McDonnell EngineeringCompany, Inc.

Built in the 1970s, the engine shop is atwo‐story, 32,080 SF steel and concrete blockstructure with a 23,000 SF first‐floor and a9,080 SF second floor. The first floor includestwo large highbay areas, shops, offices,latrines, weight room, storage and building util-ity spaces. The second floor includes adminis-trative areas for the Hawaii Air NationalGuard’s Aircraft Maintenance Unit.

Burns & McDonnell’s renovation of this DODfacility required gutting the complete interiorand replacing all roofing and exterior wall pan-els, leaving only the slab and structural framingremaining. The newly renovated facility is noweasily adaptable for future mission needs andconstructed of durable, sustainable materialsthat will lower the cost of ownership, withstandthe tropical environment and result in a 75%energy cost savings. This strategy resulted in acost savings of $15 million – more than 50%cost savings over new construction.

engineers andarchitects ofhawaii

founded 1902

PO. Box 1901, Honolulu, HI 96805-1901An association for Hawaii’s Engineers andArchitectsWEB address: www.eahawaii.orgEAH 2018- 2019 OfficersPresident Howard Wiig 587-38111st V. P. Open Treasurer Aaron Erickson 591-2728Secretary Gary Yamamoto 485-2777Sgt-at-Arms Martin McMorrow 256-4713Director George Coates 234-5659Director Bill Brizee 523-9636Director Phil Blackman 282-7948Director Rob Kinslow Past President Dave Martin 543-4504

ENGINEERS & ARCHITECTS OF HAWAII(EAH), founded 1902Friday Luncheon, March 8, 2019, 12 pm to 1 pmTOPA Tower, Ewa, 3rd Floor Conference RoomKAUHAUIKI: POWERING THE NEXT GENERA-TION by Joel Yuen of In Synergy Engineeringand Benefactor Duane Kurisu

Modeled after Hawaii's plantation era cul-ture, ACECH Excellence Award winning pro-ject, Kahauiki Village, Sand Island, provideslong-term, affordable residences for homelessfamilies. This 144-family community is pow-ered by a low cost, sustainable energy solution.

In Synergy Engineering, Inc. engineered afirst of its kind integrated renewable energy,solar-powered micro-grid to this entire residen-tial homeless community in Hawaii.Friday Luncheon, March 22, 2019, 12 pm to 1 pmTOPA TOWER, EWA, 3rd Floor ConferenceRoomCLEAN WATER RINSE RACK by MikeHunnemann of Kai Hawaii

The ACECH Excellence Award winning pro-ject, the USCG Clean Water Rinse Rack at AirStation Barbers Point is a unique design, notduplicated at any other U.S. military facility.The Rinse Rack provides highly filtered andrecycled rinse water through a sophisticatedsystem of piping to clean 100% of the C-130airplanes and H-65C helicopters. Because ofthe Coast Guard conducting multiple missionson a daily basis, the filtration system wasdesigned for two rinse cycles per hour, 24hours per day, every day. The design of thissystem by Kai Hawaii was result of an inge-nious team of dedicated engineers.ACEC Hawaii

Website: www.acechawaii.org

2018-2019 Board of DirectorsPresident: Sean Sugai Ronald N.S. Ho & Associates, Inc.Pres.-Elect: Ken Kawahara Akinaka & Associates, Ltd.Treasurer: Garret Masuda Insynergy Engineering, Inc.Secretary: Derek Mukai Community Planning and Engineering, Inc.National Dir.: Terrance Arashiro Austin Tsutsumi & Associates, Inc.Past Pres.: Jeff Kalani Yogi Kwong EngineersDirector: Paul Matsuda Group 70 InternationalDirector: Michelle Adolpho ECS, Inc.Director; Nimr Tamimi Engineering Partners

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IEEE Hawaii SectionHawaii Section OfficersSection Chair: John BorlandVice-Chair: Al TodaTreasurer: Mark RognstadSecretary: Grant Torigoe

http://www.hawaiispe.org/HSPE Officers for 2018-19President: Mike Lum mlum@bowersandkubota.comPast President: Mike Kamaka mkamaka@bowersandkubota.comPresident Elect: Sara Doi sdoi@bowersandkubota.comVice President: Majella Stevenson MujTravel@aol.comHouse of Delegates: Mike Silva mike@femaui.comSecretary: Irina Constantinescu IConstantinescu@BrwnCald.comTreasurer: Kurt Kunimune kkunimune@bowersandkubota.com

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P.O. BOX 3774 HONOLULU, HAWAII 96812

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Hawaiian Electric Company, U.S. Army Corpsof Engineers (USACE), ASCE Young MembersForum (YMF), ASME, SSFM, and theDepartment of Education. Thanks to KevinAraki who recruited USACE volunteers, and toKimberlee Luke who assembled the ASCE YMFvolunteers.

Helping with the awards presentation wereDr. Taran Chun, Head of School, KamehamehaSchools Kapalama; Robert Isler, Vice-President of Power Supply, Hawaiian ElectricCo., Inc.; Patricia Ishihara, State MathematicsResource Teacher, Department of Education;and Sara Doi, President-Elect, HSPE. TheMaster of Ceremonies was again, LouMuzzarini, retired USACE and currently SSFMconsultant, who doubles as the competitionmoderator. Rosella Motoki, Hawaiian ElectricCo., assisted Muzzarini with awards presenta-tion announcing the difficult to pronounceaward recipient names.

Hawaii MATHCOUNTS thanks KamehamehaSchools for again hosting the Oahu ChapterCompetition. They will also host the StateCompetition on Saturday, March 9, 2019. TheState Competition will have six Oahu schools,Washington, Punahou, Iolani, Niu ValleyMiddle, Kamehameha, and Kapolei Middlecompeting with outer island schools to deter-mine the Hawaii team competing in the 2019Raytheon MATHCOUNTS National Competitionon May 11-14, 2019 in Orlando, Florida.

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scoring mathlete was Adam Inamasu ofWashington, followed by Felicity Zhou also ofWashington, third place Hyun Seo ofWashington, 4th place Khai Tran ofWashington, 5th place Arthur Chesshir ofWashington, 6th place Serena Perey Ratonel ofWashington, 7th place Travis Kuo ofKamehameha, 8th place Allison Eto of Iolani,9th place Shota Haitsuka of Mililani, and 10thplace Sang Huk Lee of Washington. In lastyear’s chapter competition, Inamasu placed5th and Zhou 7th.

A Countdown Round was held for fun andpractice pitting the top 12 individual scorersagainst each other in pairs. The CountdownRound focuses on speed and accuracy, whichamazes the spectators. Students have a maxi-mum of 45 seconds per problem without a cal-culator. In the end, Inamasu and Zhouexchanged places with Zhou taking first place.Zhou impressed the audience by respondingto the problems quickly and almost effortlessly.The Countdown Round is a required event atthe State Competition to determine which fourmathletes go to the Nationals.

Congratulations to Kamehameha Schools,and coach Midori Burton, and Kapolei Middle,and coach Kristine Lindstrom, for their out-standing performances, and again placing 5thand sixth, respectively, and being one of thesix Oahu schools continuing on and competingin the March 9 State Competition.

Over 100 volunteers were needed for scoringand proctoring, as scoring judges, and for therefreshments crew. The volunteers came from

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Countdown Round 1st Place Felicity Zhouand 2nd Place Adam Inamasu

Award presenters, L-R: Dr. Taran Chun,Patricia Ishihara, Robert Isler, and Sara Doi

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

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

NEW STRATEGIC PLANThe association has a new 2019-2022 StrategicPlan to guide our efforts and activities for thenext three years. Please look at the plan on thewebsite (www.hwea.org) and see how you canget involved and contribute.CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEWLYELECTED OFFICERSSee list of incoming officers above.NEXT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGMarch 20, 2019, 11:30am, Sand Island WWTPNEXT QUARTERLY LUNCHEON MEETINGProgram: TBA – please visit www.hwea.orgDate: Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Location: Dave & Buster’s HonoluluTime: 11:30 a.m. – Check In

11:45 a.m. - Lunch12:15 p.m. - Program1:00 p.m. - Adjourn

Menu: BuffetCost: $20.00 for HWEA Members

$10.00 for StudentsPlease make checks payable to: HWEA and

mail to Hawaii water Environment Associationc/o Jason Nikaido, CCH-CSM, 99-989 IwaenaSt. Aiea, HI 96701. Reservations for the lun-cheon meeting to Jason Nikaido by Monday,April 22, 2019, by phone at 768-7220 or emailat jnikaido@honolulu.gov.

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